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Free DCC Workshops

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University of Sheffield 1-3 March 2011

Register at - http://asp.artegis.com/dccroadshowmarch2011

The UK Digital Curation Centre is running free regional workshops aimed at supporting institutional research data management planning and training. The 2nd DCC Roadshow organised in partnership with the White Rose University Consortium will take place 1-3 March 2011 in Sheffield. Running over 3 days, different workshops will provide advice and guidance tailored to a range of staff, including PVCs Research, University Librarians, Directors of IT/Computing Services, Repository Managers, Research Support Services and practising researchers.

Day 1 The Research Data Landscape - introduction with case studies

  • An awareness raising workshop for a wide range of staff. Please see here for the latest programme.

Day 2 The Research Data Challenge for Institutions - strategic policy and planning

  • A workshop for senior managers interested in developing and implementing institutional strategy. Please see here for the latest programme

Day 3 A practitioner workshop for researchers and research support staff

Day 3) Research Data Management in practice.

A workshop for researchers and research support staff running from 11am to 3pm covering: funding
body policies and mandates, tapping into existing institutional infrastructure and policies, selection and appraisal of data and formulating data management plans.
http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk/DCC%20Roadshow_Sheffield-day3.doc

The Sheffield Roadshow will be opened on Day 1 by Martin Lewis, Director of Library Services and University Librarian at the University of Sheffield. The venue is the University´s Halifax Conference Centre.
Workshops can be booked individually, you can select the ones that address your particular data management requirements. Registration is free, but delegate numbers are limited and priority will be given to participants from HEI´s in Yorkshire.

Find out more about the workshops at
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/data-management-roadshows/dcc-roadshow-sheffield

We hope you will join us!