Course Schedule

Welcome to Fundamentals of Research Data Management, taught by Jenny Muilenburg, Mahria Lebow and Joanne Rich at the University of Washington Libraries. The goal of the class is to introduce students to the concepts and reasons behind data management, and to provide some best practices for personal and professional use. For more information on the curriculum, see the Syllabus.

The course meets Wednesdays 3:30-4:40pm, 1/22/14-3/5/14, in either OUGL 220 or HSL (Red Area), depending on how you registered. If you have questions about your session, contact one of the instructors, above.

The course content is as follows:

Date	Module	Topics
1/22/14	Module 1	Overview of Research Data Management
1/29/14	Module 2	Types, Stages and Formats of Data
2/5/14	Module 3	Contextual Details Needed to Make Data Meaningful to Others (aka, Metadata)
2/12/14	Module 4	Data Storage, Backup, and Security
2/19/14	Module 5	Legal and Ethical Considerations for Research Data
2/26/14	Module 6	Data Sharing and Reuse Policies; Archiving and Preservation
3/5/14	Module 7	Creating a Data Management Plan with DMPTool, Introduction to EZID and ORCID

Barring technical difficulty, course lectures will be made available online at the end of the series.