Happy to answer any questions off list!
Lisa
Share your subject, functional or data expertise and help extend library
curation capacity!
Now accepting applications to attend the Fall 2019 Specialized Data
Curation Workshop <https://sites.psu.edu/dcnworkshops/> hosted by the Data
Curation Network <http://datacurationnetwork.org/>. The workshop will be
held November 5 & 6, 2019 at Washington University in St. Louis in St.
Louis, MO.
This free 1.5 day training session <https://sites.psu.edu/dcnworkshops/>
will bring together library data specialists and discipline/functional
experts in a peer-to-peer learning environment for specialized data
curation.
Attendees will:
1.
Increase their understanding of data curation practices and tools in
various disciplines, data types, and formats
2.
Share expertise and enhance curation capacity for librarians nationwide
3.
Meet like-minded colleagues who are interested in building and extending
curation practices at their institutions
4.
Develop or build upon actionable primers for data curation
Who should attend:
-
Subject specialists and library staff with functional expertise who have
experience working with research data
-
Library staff who are tasked with curating research data
-
Library staff who have experience in working with research data and are
interested in expanding their knowledge of curation practices into new
formats or disciplines
-
Those interested in sharing their expertise and developing data curation
primers. (What's a primer? <https://sites.psu.edu/dcnworkshops/primers/>)
Apply now
<https://sites.psu.edu/dcnworkshops/workshops/applications-and-scholarships/>!
There is no cost for the workshop, but we are limited in the number of
attendees we can support. To ensure a good mix of library data staff,
subject specialists, and functional experts we've established an
application and selection process for the workshops.
Application Deadline: August 2, 2019
Acceptance Notification: August 12, 2019
Scholarships are available for participants who would like to attend the
workshop but have limited resources. We specifically encourage scholarship
applications from students, new professionals, and members of
underrepresented groups. Additional information about the scholarships is
available on the website
<https://sites.psu.edu/dcnworkshops/workshops/applications-and-scholarships/>
.
These workshops <https://sites.psu.edu/dcnworkshops/> are made possible by
a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services
RE-85-18-0040-18 and with support from the partner institutions in the Data
Curation Network, http://datacurationnetwork.org.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lisa Johnston
Research Data Management/Curation Lead and Co-Director of the University
Digital Conservancy
Principal Investigator, Data Curation Network
University of Minnesota Libraries
108 Walter Library, Minneapolis, MN 55455
http://lib.umn.edu/datamanagement | http://conservancy.umn.edu |
http://datacurationnetwork.org
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-9240
########################################################################
to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce
