[Sigdl-l] Announcing RDAP14 workshops!

[Andrew Johnson]

Workshop Descriptions for the 2014 Research Data Access and Preservation Summit (RDAP14) Have Been Announced!

Please join us on Friday, March 28th, the final day of RDAP14 (http://www.asis.org/rdap/), for two exciting, hands-on workshops aimed at helping to develop, assess, and improve services for research data. These workshops are a new addition to this year's summit and provide an opportunity to build skills that will help you jumpstart research data efforts at your institution or take your existing program to the next level! See below for workshop descriptions and more information about RDAP14.

Building Capabilities for Sustainable Research Data Management Practices
Friday, March 28, 8:00am-12:00pm

Kevin Crowston & Jian Qin
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

As more organizations invest in Research Data Management (RDM), it has become increasingly important for administrators, researchers, and managers to be able to evaluate RDM process for sustainability, efficiency, and effectiveness, which requires a baseline for comparison. The goal of this workshop is to raise the awareness of process management and assessment for RDM and to learn how to apply the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for RDM for the purpose of process assessment.

As a tool to increase the reliability of RDM, since 2011 we have been developing a CMM for RDM by gathering evidence from literature and empirical observations and identifying and clustering key RDM practices. The current draft CMM for RDM includes five specific RDM practice areas: 1) Data management in general; 2) Data acquisition, processing and quality assurance; 3) Data description and representation; 4) Data dissemination; and 5) Repository services and preservation. The CMM for RDM framework will provide guidelines that are much needed in data policy making, personnel training, and performance assessment.

Learning to Teach, Teach for Learning: Instructional Practices for Data Services
Friday, March 28, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Lisa Hinchliffe
University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Data services specialists are increasingly called upon to provide instructional sessions for users and colleagues. This workshop provides pragmatic approaches to developing and delivering instruction using proven and efficient strategies. The workshop will particularly draw on Understanding by Design, the Experiential Learning Cycle, and Classroom Assessment Techniques frameworks. Clarify learning outcomes, implement engaging teaching techniques, and document evidence of your learners learning!

Register for Workshops Here: https://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP14/rdap14regform.php

RDAP14 Important Dates
November 25, 2013 Panel Presentations Submissions Due<http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit>
December 16, 2013 Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks Submissions Due<http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit>
February 14, 2014 Early Bird Registration<https://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP14/rdap14regform.php> Ends
March 26-28, 2014 RDAP14 Conference and Workshops<http://www.asis.org/rdap/>

View previous RDAP presentations and posters on our Slideshare<http://www.slideshare.net/asist_org/tag/rdap13> site. Links to previous Summits' programs, videos and articles in the ASIS&T Bulletin are available on our RDAP Past Events<http://www.asis.org/rdap/past-events/> page.

Keep up with RDAP news by joining our Listserv<http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/rdap>, following us on Twitter<http://twitter.com/RDAPsummit> or visiting our Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Research-Data-Access-Preservation-RDAP/125779237528763> page. For questions, contact rdapinfo at asis.org<mailto:rdapinfo at asis.org>. We look forward to hearing from you!

Best,
Andrew Johnson
RDAP14 Program Chair
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