Research Data Management Conference 2014

The third annual Research Data Management Conference, sponsored by the University of Waterloo Library, will be held on Wednesday, October 22 from 9 am to noon, in DC 1302.

This year’s conference features the following speakers:

• Ian Milligan, assistant professor of digital and Canadian history, University of Waterloo.
  • Historians and the Web Age: Making Sense of Abundance.
    "Historians and the Web Age" argues that we need to understand the implications of the arrival of new archives: web collections. These collections of websites aggregated into single files necessitate a rethinking of how historians will approach their professional standards and trainings, with particular implications for historians studying topics involving the 1980s onwards. While historians are normally accustomed to not having enough information about their topic, the problem for many is now shifting towards having far too much data. How can humanities-based researchers begin to grapple with these problems?
• Carol Perry, associate librarian, University of Guelph.
  • Project ARC.
    An overview of Project ARC, the aim of which is to lay the foundation for the implementation of a library-based research data management network in Canada.
• Courtney Earl Matthews, digital repository librarian, University of Waterloo.
  • Overview of Research Data Management in Academic Libraries.
    A broad overview of where academic research libraries in the U.S. and Canada are in terms of Research Data Management (RDM) services and technologies and some suggestions on near(er)-term items that we here at Waterloo can pursue in terms of either RDM content, technologies, or services.

For more information and to register, please visit the Data Management Conference 2014 Guide.

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