Love Data week 10th – 14th Feb

Love Data week is an annual social media event, to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to research data management, sharing, preservation, reuse and library-based research data services. This year the Library have put together a programme of events during Love Data week, which runs from 10th – 14th February. If you can’t make it to one of our sessions then we will also be releasing a podcast, blog post and several 60 second videos about creating your Data Management Plan using DMPonline. Keep an eye on our Twitter account for details: @UoMLibResearch

• Monday 10th February
13:00 – 14:00: DMP Writing Hour (GF Seminar Room)

This session will provide attendees with dedicated time and space to make a start on writing their plan using DMPonline. There will be expert advice in the room should they get stuck on any sections.By the end of this session attendees will have made a significant start on completing their data management plans. Before attending this session, attendees should ensure they have created an account with DMPonline. Attendees should also bring their own laptop.

• Tuesday 11th February
14:00 – 15:30: Research File Management (GF Seminar Room)
This session will share good practice and conventions for research file management – crucial for not only saving you time later on, but it will also enable you to share your data which has been shown to lead to higher citations and improved visibility of your work. You will be given a range of practical tips and community accepted best practices which you can then apply to organising your own files in-session, with an expert in Research Data Management on-hand. Remember to bring your laptop and those disorganised files! Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

• Wednesday 12th February
15:00 – 16:30: RDM Drop in: ask us anything (GF Seminar Room)
No booking required for this session, just turn up with your research data management questions. We will also have some of our research data management games set out to try. Come and see what Lego has to do with metadata, and play our file organisation game. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.

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