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Countway Library

Better Research IV: A Guide to Efficient Research Practices

Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Countway Library
Harvard ID required, Open to the public, OSRDS,

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Managing data in a research project should be involved in each step of the research process. The data lifecycle provides a high-level overview of the stages involved in successful management and preservation of data for use and reuse. A simple tool to help you keep track of all the data management elements throughout your project is a checklist.

In this session, we will walk through each stage of the lifecycle using the Research Data Management Checklist. You will have time to plan your own research and ask questions about documentation, storage, quality assurance, and sharing. This will be an interactive working session, so please come prepared to work individually or with others on your team.

InstructorsJulie Goldman, Research Data Services Librarian, Countway Library
Meghan Kerr, Archivist and Records Manager, Center for the History of Medicine
Ashley Thomas, Health Science Data and Digital Services Librarian, Countway Library

Registration is required.

You may attend in-person at Countway Library or virtually over Zoom. In-person registration is limited and attendees must have a Harvard University ID (HUID) to enter the Countway Library.

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Spring 2025 Research Data Management Seminar Series

  • January 29 - Data Literacy: Introduction to GIS
  • February 27 - Research Management: The Ins & Outs of Making Your Work Open Access at Harvard
  • March 19 - Better Research IV: A Guide to Efficient Research Practices
  • March 26 - Better Research V: Tips and Tricks for Writing an Actionable Data Management Plan
  • April 9 - Research Management: Closing Out Your Research
  • April 23 - Better Research VI: Data Sharing with Harvard Dataverse
  • May 21 - Research Management: Research Data Stewardship Basics

Seminar Audience

  • Seminars are open to all faculty, research staff, postdoctoral researchers, and students from all disciplines.
  • In-person workshops are open to Harvard University ID holders only.
  • Online webinars are open to the public research community.
  • While content will focus on Harvard policies and resources, participants from other institutions may find the concepts useful.

Event Organizer

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Julie Goldman

 

Need help with data management? Feel free to book a 30 minute meeting slot with me.

Happy to help with data organization, cleaning, and sharing for fostering reproducible workflows and open science!