General Principles and Practices of Digital Data Management
Arienne M. Dwyer · KU ScholarWorks (University of Kansas) · 2016
The teaching unit is largely based on Arienne Dwyer's February 2016 handout on digital data management principles for all anthropologists, with additions from the February and May 2016 data management consultants as well as from the other three module writers (Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Kathryn Oths, and George H. Perry). The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and American Anthropological Association (AAA) initiated this data management project in mid-2015, as a service for anthropologists and to improve the quality of the data management plans (DMPs) in grant proposals. The AAA solicited modules in Biological Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, and Archaeology. They convened two meetings in early 2016 with the four recruited authors, data management experts, and representatives of the AAA and NSF, and twice obtained feedback on drafts of the modules. The modules writers, including the present author, invite user feedback and adaptation of these materials.