TDL Fall Data Symposium

• Jessica Trelogan, Data Management Coordinator, University of Texas at Austin Libraries

This three-hour workshop will provide a high-level overview of a range of topics related to the management of research data. Intended for librarians and library staff who are new to providing research data services to faculty, students, and staff, this introductory course will cover the basics of data management throughout the research lifecycle, from the creation of a data management plan through long-term archiving

• Billie Peterson-Lugo, Director, RCMS, Electronic Library, Baylor University Libraries
• Christina Chan-Park, Science Librarian, Baylor University Libraries
• Bruce Herbert, Director of Scholarly Communications, Texas A&M University Libraries

This session features a practical discussion about working with faculty as they put together data management plans for their research grants.

In this facilitated discussion, symposium attendees will identify priority areas around research data for TDL membership to address as a community over the next 1-3 years.

• Colleen Lyon, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Texas at Austin Libraries

This session will provide attendees with an overview of copyright as it relates to data. We’ll use real life examples to help demonstrate the complexity of intellectual property data issues.

• Kristi Park, Director, Texas Digital Library
• Ryan Steans, Assistant Director, Texas Digital Library
• Santi Thompson, Head of Digital Repository Services, University of Houston
• Vito D’Orazio, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Dallas

This is the first part of the workshop, providing an introduction to the Texas Data Repository, which uses the open source Dataverse platform.

• Kristi Park, Director, Texas Digital Library
• Ryan Steans, Assistant Director, Texas Digital Library
• Santi Thompson, Head of Digital Repository Services, University of Houston
• Vito D’Orazio, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Dallas

This is the second part of the workshop, providing training on the Texas Data Repository, which uses the open source Dataverse platform. The workshop will feature a special presentation by Vito D’Orazio, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UT Dallas and the developer of TwoRavens, a graphical user interface for quantitative analysis that is integrated with Dataverse.

Topics covered will include:

• Logging into the system
• Roles for library staff/faculty
• Using the TDR to add, describe, share, and publish data
• Managing data, including versioning and de-accessioning data
• Downloading and using data
• Visualizing tabular data with TwoRavens