DCERC Data Curation Workshop 2012

Introductions, overview, goals of workshop and field experiences at NCAR

(Karon Kelly - NCAR, Carole Palmer - UIUC, Matt Mayernik - NCAR )

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)

BREAK

Student presentations on research interests

LUNCH - Pairing of Master's students with data and science mentors; discussions over lunch

Panel on science issues in data use and reuse

(NCAR science mentors - Kate Young, Samuel Levis, Dennis Shea, Paty Romero Lankao)

BREAK

Panel discussion on data practices and issues and how they compare across sites

(Nicole Kaplan - LTER, Karen Baker - UIUC, Joan Burkepile - NCAR)

DINNER (Mary Marlino's home) - Students, mentors, faculty, and staff to continue developing student projects.

Instituting data services; Considerations and evaluation criteria

(Ruth Duerr - NSIDC)

DataONE and ORNL metrics of data use and citation

(Bob Cook - ORNL: DataONE, ORNL metrics)

BREAK

Metadata issues and initiatives in USGS

(Viv Hutchison - USGS)

LUNCH

NARCCAP and NetCDF

(Toni Rosati - NCAR)

CESM/IPCC data and metadata protocols/requirements

(Gary Strand - NCAR)

Student/mentor meetings to flesh out summer project plans.

Data citation-developing and implementing an institution-wide approach, experiences with NCAR pilot in creating metadata

(Matt Mayernik - NCAR )

NCAR Library experiences in developing an institutional repository: OpenSky

(Jennifer Phillips - NCAR)

BREAK

Student/mentor presentations on summer project plans

LUNCH

Faculty panel - Academic information science perspectives on the workshop

(Suzie Allard and Carol Tenopir - UTK, Carole Palmer - UIUC)

Field trip to Research Aviation Facility for students and faculty.