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DCC Digital Curation 101 Workshop
10-12 March 2009
London
The majority of scientific research is carried out through short-term,
funded projects. Accordingly, principle investigators and researchers must
constantly be on the lookout for new funding opportunities to continue their
research activity. This, coupled with often limited staffing resources, has
meant that data management and curation activities have not generally been
given a high priority within research projects. However, research councils
and funding bodies are becoming increasingly aware of the value of sharing
and reusing data and now require evidence of adequate and appropriate
provisions for data management and curation in new grant funding
applications.
To assist researchers in developing sound data management and curation
plans, we developed this workshop to provide an introduction to digital
curation and the range of activities that should be considered when planning
and implementing new projects.
About the Course
Using our DCC Curation Lifecycle Model [PDF] as a reference point, this
three-day course will employ a mixture of lectures and practical exercises
to equip participants with both a theoretical underpinning of core digital
curation issues as well as hands-on experience in applying the lessons
learned.
Benefits of Participation
Upon completing this workshop participants will gain an understanding of the
range and nature of data management and curation activities that should be
considered when planning new research projects, and will be better equipped
to develop and implement sound data management and curation plans for future
research funding bids.
Target Audience
The target audience for this workshop is researchers with funding body data
management and curation mandates to fulfil and information management
specialists. A key goal is the integration of these communities of practice
to share their experiences and to identify where, when and how they could
best cooperate to meet data curation challenges.
Please note: This course aims to introduce participants to the range of
activities and stakeholders that should be considered for active data
curation - from conceptualisation of research projects through to access and
reuse of data generated. If you are more interested in learning about
organisational and technological issues with regards to digital
preservation, we highly recommend the Digital Preservation Training
Programme (DPTP) which will be running from February 23-25th 2009 in London.
It is targeted to managers in institutions who are grappling with
fundamental digital preservation issues. More details can be found at
http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/dptp/about-dptp.html.
Costs
This course is being offered free of charge as a pilot. Places are limited
to 20 participants.
To register, please go to
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/digital-curation-101-2009/.
Joy Davidson
DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
George Service House, 11 University Gardens,
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QJ
Scotland
Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592
Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788
http://www.dcc.ac.uk
http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu
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