UC DLFx 2018: Data Curation Unconference

Organized by Vessela Ensberg, Danielle Kane, and Brianna Marshall, on behalf of the UC Data Curation CKG.

This half-day unconference will address data management problems facing libraries across California, providing a forum for participants to bring up difficulties and unsolved issues in their work and receive suggestions based on experiences from different campuses. Challenges discussed can range from infrastructure to shifting cultural practices.

To make the most of our three hours, we will solicit problem statements before the meeting. In the spirit of a true unconference, topics can also be added at the very start of the meeting. The top up-voted problems will be discussed during the first session. After group discussions, the outcomes will be reported back to the whole group. Since the outcome of these discussions may influence the preferences for other topics, the voting process will be repeated prior to the second session. Based on previous experience at the California Data Librarians unconference in 2017, we consider this problem-solving session of great value to librarians and analysts involved with data management.