Tuesday, March 18, 2014

[Lib-helig-l] Reminder about Research Data Management Workshop (DCC and LIASA)

Dear Colleagues

 

LIASA Western Cape Higher Education Libraries Interest Group (WCHELIG) and the National Higher Education Libraries Interest Group (HELIG)  host this one-day workshop presented by the Digital Curation Centre (Glasgow, UK), made possible by UCT’s Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC).

Presenters are Joy Davidson, Associate Director of the DCC and Sarah Jones, Senior Institutional Support Officer.  Joy leads the DCC’s training provision and sits on a number of international working groups to define digital curricula. Sarah is mainly involved in the DCC institutional engagement programme, supporting universities to develop research data management services. She also contributes to the delivery of training, publications and tools development.                                             Read more: Digital Curation Centre at http://www.dcc.ac.uk/about-us

This workshop builds on the DCC roadshow model.  Joy and Sarah will explain the importance of Research Data Management (RDM), profile examples of how UK universities are developing services, and share practical lessons and tools to help you get started.

 

Date:  Thursday 27 March 2014

Venue:   CPUT Library, Bellville Campus

Costs:  R100 for LIASA members;  R150 for non-LIASA members

To register:  http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/liasa/rdms

Closing date: 23 March 2014

(Please no walk-ins, as space is limited)

 

The programme:

 

09:30

Registration

 

09:45

Welcome and Introduction

LIASA

10:00

RDM: what it’s all about, the benefits and drivers...

Joy Davidson, DCC

10:30

RDM initiatives in UK universities

Sarah Jones, DCC

11:00

Coffee

 

11:15

CARDIO quick quiz & discussion. Exercise to assess your RDM readiness

All (exercise)

12:00

Reflections on the RDM position in South Africa

Lucia Lotter, HSRC

12:30

Lunch

 

13:30

Useful RDM tools and services – resources you can reuse

Joy Davidson, DCC

14:00

DMPonline – brief talk and demo

Sarah Jones, DCC

14:45

Developing a data roadmap for your institution

All (exercise)

15:30

Closing discussion

Joy & Sarah

 

 

 

 

 

Ingrid Thomson

Subject Librarian:  Humanities Information Division

Chancellor Oppenheimer Library

University of Cape Town Libraries

Tel:  +27 21 650 3133

Fax:  +27 21 650 2965

Ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za

 

Chair: Western Cape Branch  (2012 – 2014)

National EXCO Additional Member: Advocacy and Social Media (2012 – 2014)

Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)

 


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