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Digital Humanities Data Curation

Course Details

June 24th-26th, 2013
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The three-day workshop will provide a strong introductory grounding in data curation concepts and practices, focusing on the special issues and challenges of data curation in the digital humanities. Learning will be largely case-based, supplemented by short lectures, guest presentations, and practical exercises.

All participants will also have access to an online resource for sharing knowledge about data curation for the humanities. This resource will build on material from the existing DH Curation Guide (external link).

Participants will learn how to:

  • Model humanities data for sustainable computational research
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate risks to their data
  • Evaluate tools and systems for working with data from a curatorial perspective
  • Plan and implement data management during all phases of a project's lifecycle
  • Leverage data curation skills to improve scholarly publications, grant applications, and promotion dossiers
  • Understand and stay current with the landscape of data curation research
Course Format: On site
Address: 501 E Daniel St, Champaign, IL 61820
 
Duration: 3 Days
Audience Category: Humanities researchers,librarians, archivists, other information professionals, and advanced graduate students
Level: Advanced
Instructor(s): Trevor Munoz, Julia Flanders, and Dorethea Salo
Maximum Attendees: 20
 
Cost Range: See Website
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Sponsored by: MITH, Brown, CIRSS, iSchool at Illinois

Course website (external link)

This information is provided as a convenience for informational purposes only; it does not constitute an endorsement by the Library of Congress.