UAL Graduate Student Data Management Ambassador Program

Format(s):

• Independent study
• Zoom presentation with discussion

Description:

This presentation is an overview of the Data Management Best Practices web page resource but attendance is limited to ambassadors and may be customized depending on the results of Session 1.  Ambassadors will be expected to approach their mentor with unanswered questions following the presentation.  Ambassadors should independently pursue information on Data Management & Sharing best practices and FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) data principles to fill in gaps in knowledge (see "Assignment Session 2").

Time: 1.5 hours

Objectives: 

Understand best practices in: (a) Finding Data, (b) Citing Data & Code, (c) Storage, Back-ups, & Security, (d) Data & Project Organization, (e) Data Documentation, Readme, & Metadata, (f) Data Sharing & Archiving, (g) Confidentiality & Ethics, (h) Data Repositories, (i) Data Publications & Reproducibility, (j) Copyright.

Become familiar with the content on the the UA Libraries' Best Practices for Data Management & Sharing webpage and the FAIR principles:

• Best Practices for Data Management & Sharing
• FAIR Principles