Data Curation in Research Centers
Data Curation Workshop Agenda

June 5-7, 2012
Building FL1-room 2198
EOL Atrium

Goals:

• Introduce students to data curation practices and issues in research center environment
• Share expectations and outcomes for student research experience at NCAR
• Build community among students, science and data mentors

Day 1: Tuesday, June 5, 2012

AM-

• 9:00 - 9:30 Introductions, overview, goals of workshop and field experiences at NCAR
  (Karon Kelly - NCAR, Carole Palmer - UIUC, Matt Mayernik - NCAR )
• 9:30 - 10:30 Overview of data acquisition and curation data practices; role of a research data archive/centers in data curation
  (Steve Worley - NCAR, Bob Cook - ORNL, Lawrence Buja - NCAR)
• 10:30 - 10:45 Break
• 10:45 - 12:00 Student presentations on research interests

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch-Pairing of Master's students with data and science mentors; discussions over lunch

PM-

• 1:30 - 2:30 Panel on science issues in data use and reuse
  (NCAR science mentors - Kate Young, Samuel Levis, Dennis Shea, Paty Romero Lankao)
• 2:30 - 2:45 Break
• 2:45 - 3:45 Panel discussion on data practices and issues and how they compare across sites
  (Nicole Kaplan - LTER, Karen Baker - UIUC, Joan Burkepile - NCAR)
• 5:30 - Dinner at Mary Marlino's home - Students, mentors, faculty, and staff to continue developing student projects.

Day 2: Wednesday, June 6, 2012

AM-

• 9:00 - 10:00 Instituting data services; Considerations and evaluation criteria
  (Ruth Duerr - NSIDC)
• 10:00 - 10:45 DataONE and ORNL metrics of data use and citation
  (Bob Cook - ORNL: DataONE, ORNL metrics)
• 10:45 - 11:00 Break
• 11:00 - 12:00 Metadata issues and initiatives in USGS
  (Viv Hutchison - USGS)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

PM-

• 1:00 - 1:45 NARCCAP and NetCDF
  (Toni Rosati - NCAR)
• 1:45 - 2:30 CESM/IPCC data and metadata protocols/requirements
  (Gary Strand - NCAR)
• 2:45 - 4:00 Student/mentor meetings to flesh out summer project plans.

Day 3: Thursday, June 7, 2012

AM-

• 9:00 - 9:45 Data citation-developing and implementing an institution-wide approach, experiences with NCAR pilot in creating metadata
  (Matt Mayernik - NCAR )
• 9:45 - 10:30 NCAR Library experiences in developing an institutional repository: OpenSky
  (Jennifer Phillips - NCAR)
• 10:30 - 10:45 Break
• 10:45 - 12:00 Student/mentor presentations on summer project plans

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

PM-

• 1:00 - 1:45 Faculty panel - Academic information science perspectives on the workshop
  (Suzie Allard and Carol Tenopir - UTK, Carole Palmer - UIUC)
• 1:45 - 2:15 Workshop evaluation/feedback
• 2:30 - Field trip to Research Aviation Facility for students and faculty.