by Matt Mayernik, UCAR/NCAR The Data Conservancy will be well represented in San Francisco next week, Dec. 3-7, for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The AGU Fall Meeting brings together around 20,000 scientists, professionals, and educators who …
by Ruth Duerr, NSIDC This is an exciting time for scientific data management, a field that up to just a few years ago desperately needed more attention, but which now shows signs of coming into its own as people …
By Matt Mayernik, UCAR/NCAR The kickoff workshop for the Digital Curation Education in Research Centers (DCERC) program took place June 5-7, 2012, in Boulder, CO. DCERC, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), supports graduate …
By Matthew Mayernik The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) put on a data citation workshop in Boulder, CO, April 5-6, 2012. The workshop, titled “Bridging Data Lifecycles: Tracking Data Use via Data Citations,” brought together over 75 people …
By Ruth Duerr, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) As a member of the Data Conservancy team, my role includes keeping up with developments in data management, and often these developments are not technical so much as organizational. …
Sunday, 22 January 2012, 8:30–12:00 p.m.; Room 338/339 In this half-day workshop on Sunday January 22, 2012, everything the modern data-producing scientist needs to know about data management will be introduced. We will discuss the rationale for data management …
Don’t let science leave you behind. The proliferation of data from all sources requires today’s scientists to be aware of sound data management practices. In this free half-day workshop, everything the modern data-producing scientist needs to know about data management …
Based on the success of the “Writing Your Data Management Plan” workshop held at AGU in December 2010, the ESIP Federation has asked Ruth Duerr to spearhead an effort to develop a customizable data management training package. As currently envisioned, …