Cool webinar series from ICPSR in January!
Join ICPSR for a webinar series titled, “Life of a
Dataset.” This 3-part series will
describe ICPSR’s data management approach starting with the identification and
deposit of data, to processing and cleaning, and finally to building metadata
and tools to ready the data for discovery and dissemination.
Whether you are collecting data, planning on sharing
(depositing) data to meet funding agency requirements, or interested in
repository and archive management, you will find lots of informative content
and guidance. Q&A will be available
during each session.
Interested in all three sessions?
Please note you must register for each session individually.
Life of a Dataset Part I: The Deposit - Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at
1 pm EST
This stage in a dataset’s life will discuss and describe the
opening steps it takes on the path to dissemination through the Web site at
www.icpsr.umich.edu. We’ll cover the method of identifying data for
acquisition, depositing of study materials (ingest), and the technical support
that the Acquisitions unit provides to researchers. Tools for the researcher
will be reviewed and the tools that are used by this unit will also be shown.
Life of a Dataset Part II: The Process of Processing - Wednesday,
January 23, 2013, at 1 pm EST
This stage in a dataset’s life will describe the process of how
the data are reviewed, cleaned, archived, and prepared for dissemination. The
working relationship between the processor and the processing supervisor to
ensure the confidentiality of respondents will be examined. The tools used by
the processor to insure data security and accuracy in processing will be
discussed.
Life of a Dataset Part III: Discovery & Dissemination - Wednesday,
January 30, 2013, at 1 pm EST
This stage in a dataset’s life will relate how the study’s
description is built and the metadata are enriched to aid discovery. We’ll
consider how the codebook and other materials are created, and what final steps
are taken to preserve the digital data in advance of their release. Finally, we
will talk about how the study is released, announced, and disseminated through
the ICPSR Web site.
