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Data Curation Spring Institute

About the Program


The Data Curation Spring Institute is co-organized by Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois and Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, and co-ordinated by JULAC. HKUST Library provides the venue and logistics support.

The Institute aims to meet the increasing need of academic librarians in Hong Kong (and neighboring countries) in learning data curation and related theories, techniques and best practices.

 

Program Schedule (25 – 27 February 2015)


(All events will be held in HKUST Lee Shau Kee Library unless otherwise stated.)

 Day 1 (25 February, Wednesday)

Data Curation Life Cycles (ILO: 1, 2, 3) & Introduction to Field & Academic Data Curation

Time Event Location
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome with Dr. Sam Chu (Associate Professor and Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies, HKU) and Ms. Diana Chan (University Librarian, HKUST) Multi-Function Room, LG4
9:05 – 9:15 Opening words from Dr. Allen Renear (Professor and Dean, GSLIS, University of Illinois)
9:15 – 10:15 Keynote address – “Open Data and Scholarly Communication” for Data Curation
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break Multi-Function Room Terrace, LG4
10:30 – 12:30 Lecture – “Data Curation Life Cycles and Tools” Multi-Function Room, LG4
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break Chinese Restaurant, HKUST

Group A

Group B

14:00 – 15:30 Case study 1 – Academic Data Curation Lab 1 – Curation Profiles Toolkit & DMPTool Case studies:
E-Learning Classroom A, LG1Lab 1:
E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break Multi-Function Room Terrace, LG4
15:45 – 17:15 Lab 1 – Curation Profiles Toolkit & DMPTool Case study 1 – Academic Data Curation Case studies:
E-Learning Classroom A, LG1Lab 1:
E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
17:15 – 17:30 Day 1 wrap-up Group A: E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
Group B: E-Learning Classroom A,LG1
17:45 – 18:30 Library Tour Gather at Library Gallery, G/F

 

Day 2 (26 February, Thursday)

Metadata Schema Design/adaption and Contextualization (ILO: 5, 6)

Time Event Location
9:00 – 10:00 Lecture – “Selecting and Applying Standards for Building Data Collections” – interactive session with Dr. Jerome McDonough and Dr. J. Stephen Downie Multi-Function Room, LG4
10:00 – 11:00 Interview and Q & A with Dr. Jerome McDonough Multi-Function Room, LG4
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break Multi-Function Room Terrace, LG4
11:15 – 12:15 Lecture – “Selecting and Adapting Metadata Schemas for Different Research Contexts” Multi-Function Room, LG4
12:15 – 12:30 Open discussion
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break Bistro, HKUST

Group A

Group B

14:00 – 15:30 Case study 2 – Data Citation Lab 2 – Data Curation with Open Refine Case study 2:
E-Learning Classroom A, LG1Lab 2:
E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break Multi-Function Room Terrace, LG4
15:45 – 17:15 Lab 2 – Data Curation with Open Refine Case study 2 – Data Citation Case study 2:
E-Learning Classroom A, LG1Lab 2:
E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
17:15 – 17:30 Day 2 wrap-up Group A: E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
Group B: E-Learning Classroom A,LG1

 

Day 3 (27 February, Friday)

Providing Data Storage and Access Services (ILO: 4, 5)

Time Event Location
9:00 – 10:00 AKT & NMW: Lecture – “Providing Data Services” Multi-Function Room, LG4
10:00 – 11:00 JSD interview Heidi Imker
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break Multi-Function Room Terrace, LG4
11:15 – 12:15 JSD: Lecture – “HathiTrust: Large-Scale Data Repository in the Humanities” Multi-Function Room, LG4
12:15 – 12:30 Open discussion and question and answer period
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break Chinese Restaurant, HKUST

Group A

Group B

14:00 – 15:15 AKT: Case study – the SBDC Project & Systems Analysis for Data Curation NMW Hands-on lab – preservation auditing and assessment Case studies:
E-Learning Classroom A, LG1Hands-on lab:
E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break Multi-Function Room Terrace, LG4
15:30 – 16:45 NMW Hands-on lab – preservation auditing and assessment AKT: Case study – the SBDC Project & Systems Analysis for Data Curation Case studies:
E-Learning Classroom A, LG1Hands-on lab:
E-Learning Classroom B, LG1
16:45 – 17:30 Plenary closing session – discussion on how to effectively involve researchers and administrators in data curation. Panel includes Dr. J. Stephen Downie, Dr. Sam Chu, Mr. Peter Sidorko, Ms. Diana Chan, Mr. Nicholas Weber, Ms. Andrea Thomer, Dr. Xiao Hu Multi-Function Room, LG4
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last modified 08 July 2019