Consult or request training on data management best practices.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving
An international consortium of academic institutions and research organizations providing leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.

Data Information Literacy
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded research project investigating data information literacy (DIL) needs of e-scientists.

MANTRA
Research data management course at the University of Edinburgh.

Teaching Research Data Management: UMass Med / WP
University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester Polytechnic online instructional modules on preserving, managing, and sharing digital data.

Digital Preservation Outreach and Education
The Library of Congress’s digital preservation program dedicated to foster national outreach and education to encourage individuals and organizations to actively preserve their digital content.