This might be less essential to traditional history projects than other fields, but large-scale digital and public history projects might find these workshops useful... Begin forwarded message: From: Wendy Mann <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Data Management Bootcamp for Graduate Students Date: September 9, 2013 11:20:58 AM EDT To: Cynthia A Kierner <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Randolph Scully <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Cc: Jason B Byrd <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Good morning, Below is a "save the date" announcement for a Data Management Bootcamp University Libraries is hosting in January. Can you please forward to your graduate students? Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Thanks so much, Wendy -- Wendy Mann Head, Data Services George Mason University Libraries C-105 Fenwick Library Phone: 703-993-5272 http://dataservices.gmu.edu<http://dataservices.gmu.edu/> ------ Save the Date - Data Management Bootcamp in January 2014! Students interested in learning more about data management issues and best practices are invited to participate in a Data Management Bootcamp sponsored by five Virginia institutions, January 8-10, 2014. This collaborative event will feature experts from across the state and will provide an opportunity for local, hands-on practical experience on the third day. Data management is an important topic for researchers and scholars across domains, especially as funding agencies increasingly require submission of data management plans with grant proposals. Essentially, data management plans are documents that describe the data and metadata that will be gathered in a study, and the processes for preserving and sharing that information. These new requirements encourage researchers to plan ahead for data management and sharing and help to promote practices that facilitate reproducible research, data use and reuse, and interoperability among distributed systems. Topics will include: Understanding Research Data, Organizing Data, File Formats and Transformation, Documentation and Metadata, Storage and Security, Data Protection, Rights and Access, and Preservation, Sharing and Licensing. A detailed agenda will be forthcoming. Free to attend and offered to students in any discipline or academic program, the Bootcamp is offered via the 4VA telepresence system, across five sites: University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, James Madison University, George Mason University, and Old Dominion University. Space is limited at each campus location. Light refreshments will be provided. Mark your calendar and look for registration opportunities in October! The Data Management Bootcamp is a collaborative initiative of Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, sponsored by Virginia Tech’s University Libraries, Graduate School, and Office of the Vice President for Research and by University of Virginia’s Library and Office of the Vice President for Research. For more information, contact Wendy Mann, Head, Data Services at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>