Content Curators or How to Let Research Data Management Improve your Research Output (Workshop)In-Person Event

by Ines Schmahl (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Justin Finnerty (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Monica Gonzalez-Marquez (Quala Lab), Sebastian Lehmann (Hochschule Hannover)

Thursday 30 Oct 2025, 14:00 → Friday 31 Oct 2025, 15:00 Europe/Berlin

Building 04.7, room 338 (Central Library (FZ Jülich))

Target group

Supervisors, head of research teams, doctoral researchers, senior researchers, and any other employees interested

Duration

Oct, 30, 2025 from 2 pm - 6 pm (part 1)

Oct, 31, 2025 from 10 am - 3 pm (part 2)

Content

In this workshop the concept of managing data with the so-called "Content Curators", developed by the institute IAS-6 and adopted by the institute IET-1, is introduced. Their tasks include having an overview of projects, knowing best practices and accompanying on- and off-boarding.

In this context, 4 curation levels of data are identified that need to be considered in sound data management. It ranges from data that are only relevant to the particular user to data that are part of scientific publications. The Institute’s publication process includes several measures and reviews. When employees are off-boarded, this ensures that their data - provided it is highly relevant - is archived appropriately.

 

Part 1 on 30 October 2025

• Session 1: Motivation for RDM

• Importance of RDM
• Cost of not doing it
• Skill retention
• Efficiency
• The Helio model

• Session 2: Basics of RDM

• Evaluating content
• Good documentation & metadata
• Skill retention in daily live

Part 2 on 31 October 2025

• Session 3: Route to data management
• Change management
• Analysis of current RDM status
• Community

• Session 4: Application of the learnings
• Creating a plan for setting up RDM in your institute
• How to introduce an ELN or alternative?
• What documentation is needed for Content Curation?

 

Registration

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Registration deadline

Oct 28, 2025