Data curation plays an important role in enhancing data quality, leading to better, more valuable data. By ensuring proper appraisal, documentation, metadata and formatting, it contributes to making data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. While data curation tasks should be carried out throughout the whole research data lifecycle, they certainly get into focus, when data are prepared to be published in a repository.

In a hands-on session, guest lecturer Dr. Julian Dederke will teach you best practices for data curation and guide through a sample data curation process in small working groups. In a concluding discussion, we will explore how insights gained in the workshop can be applied to your field or the whole university and used to support researchers.

The workshop serves as an introduction to central aspects and challenges in data curation. It provides an opportunity to engage in exchange and learn from each other.

Lecturer

• Dr. Julian Dederke (Research Data Management, ETH Library, ETH Zurich)

Course Language: English

Data stewards and other members of the university's RDM Network will be invited to this course by email. Other people who are interested in attending the course are asked to contact the coordinators of the Data Stewardship Program (researchdata@clutterunibas.ch).