
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-
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.