Event Title
Research Data Management Efforts at USM
Location
Thad Cochran Center 218
Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Start Date
26-4-2018 5:50 PM
Description
University Libraries at The University of Southern Mississippi was proud to launch its Research Data Management services in the Fall of 2017. Providing guidance on file formats, metadata, preservation, and access, University Libraries set out to support researchers at every stage of their research and care for their data into the future. This Lightning Talk will give a brief history of what prompted USM to implement data management services and give a tour of the newly created Research Data Management website. Other institutions may benefit from shared policies and ideas for implementing these services with existing infrastructure and staffing.
Research Data Management Efforts at USM
Thad Cochran Center 218
University Libraries at The University of Southern Mississippi was proud to launch its Research Data Management services in the Fall of 2017. Providing guidance on file formats, metadata, preservation, and access, University Libraries set out to support researchers at every stage of their research and care for their data into the future. This Lightning Talk will give a brief history of what prompted USM to implement data management services and give a tour of the newly created Research Data Management website. Other institutions may benefit from shared policies and ideas for implementing these services with existing infrastructure and staffing.
Comments
Elizabeth La Beaud is the Digital Lab Manager for the University of Southern Mississippi’s Digital Collections. She holds a MLIS, a certificate in Archives and Special Collections, the Digital Archives Specialist certificate from the Society of American Archivists and is a Library of Congress trained Digital Preservation Topical Trainer. Elizabeth specializes in digital preservation, project planning and implementation, and copyright as it pertains to digital collections.