**Apologies for cross posting**

If you or your organization works with or manages data sets, don’t miss this new NISO Virtual Training series launching in April!

Quality Assurance of Data Sets

Thursdays, 11:00 am–12:30 pm EDT (US/Canada)

April 27–June 13, 2023

This eight-week course on Quality Assurance of Data Sets will cover three main topics: Cleaning, Provenance, and Discoverability. Participants will learn about the importance of data quality and its impact on decision-making, as well as techniques for improving data quality. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Use data cleaning techniques to detect and correct errors, missing values, and inconsistencies in data sets

• Understand and capture data provenance information to track and explain data cleaning operations 

• Understand the impact of data cleaning on downstream analysis and detecting intentional and unintentional problems in data.

Event Sessions

Thursday, April 27, 2023: Introduction to Data Quality Assurance

Thursday, May 4, 2023: Cleaning Data Sets

Thursday, May 11, 2023: Data Provenance

Thursday, May 18, 2023: Provenance for Data Cleaning

Thursday, May 25, 2023: Discoverability

Thursday, June 1, 2023: Data Catalogs and Repositories

Thursday, June 8, 2023: Data Quality Assessment & Fraud Detection

Thursday, June 15, 2023: Data Quality Management

Training Facilitator: Dr. Leslie McIntosh, VP of Research Integrity at Digital Science 

Guest lecturers may be featured in some sessions—check the event page for updates.  

Register here. Discount available for NISO Voting Members/LSA Members. Early bird registration deadline is Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Recordings will be available for those who cannot attend the live broadcast(s). Sign-on information will be sent to registrants three business days before each session. Please note that it is not possible to register for individual program segments or lectures.

Data quality is critical to research integrity and making informed decisions, so be sure to take this unique opportunity to learn from the experts! 

Best wishes,

The NISO Team

NISO

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