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Emerging Resource Types Part 1: Large Data Sets

Webinar

About the Webinar

Big Data is the catch-phrase of the day, and for good reason. It appears that everything is being digitized and as such, huge data sets are now suddenly available to researchers and data scientists. But how do they use all of this data? The idea of having anything we need just a few clicks away is exciting, but when the data is not created in a way that is easily searchable and extractable, access is limited. Additionally, there are issues about ownership, management, preservation, and the rights the library offering it may or may not have regarding access. This webinar will discuss these issues and try to find the happy medium between policy and practicality.

Event Sessions

Data Publishing Workflows

Speaker

Amy Nurnberger

Research Data Manager, Center for Digital Research and Scholarship
Columbia University

Workflows for data publishing can be varied and are frequently dependent upon both the publication outlet and the discipline in question. The RDA-WDS Data Publishing Workflows working group studied the current data publishing workflow landscape across disciplines and publication outlets - from small to big data solutions. We present the common elements of data publication that we identified following our survey of a diverse set of workflows, along with recommendations, challenges, and next steps.

Making Big Data Useful: The NSIDC Experience

Speaker

Ruth Duerr

Data Stewardship Program Manager
National Snow and Ice Data Center

Addressing the New Challenges in Data Sharing: Large-Scale Data and Sensitive Data

Speaker

Mercè Crosas

Chief Data Science and Technology Officer, IQSS
Harvard University

Additional Information

  • Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on December 9, 2015. Cancellations made by December 2, 2015 will receive a refund, less a $25 cancellation. After that date, there are no refunds.

  • Registrants will receive detailed instructions about accessing the webinar via e-mail the Monday prior to the event. (Anyone registering between Monday and the close of registration will receive the message shortly after the registration is received, within normal business hours.) Due to the widespread use of spam blockers, filters, out of office messages, etc., it is your responsibility to contact the NISO office if you do not receive login instructions before the start of the webinar.

  • If you have not received your Login Instruction email by 10 a.m. (ET) on the Tuesday before the webinar, at please contact the NISO office at nisohq@niso.org for immediate assistance.

  • Registration is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive of the webinar. You may have as many people as you like from the registrant's organization view the webinar from that one connection. If you need additional connections, you will need to enter a separate registration for each connection needed.

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  • Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free webinar connection as part of their membership and DO NOT need to register for the event for this free connection. Your webinar contact will receive the login instructions the Monday before the event. You may have as many people as you like from the member's library view the webinar from that one connection. If you need additional connections beyond the free one, then you will need to enter a paid registration (at the member rate) for each additional connection required.

  • Webinar presentation slides and Q&A will be posted to the site following the live webinar.

  • Registrants and LSA member webinar contacts will receive an e-mail message containing access information to the archived webinar recording within 48 hours after the event. This recording access is only to be used by the registrant's or member's organization.