2017 American Theological Library Association Annual Conference: Full Schedule

10:30am EDT

Data Curation 101 for Theological Librarians

What counts as data within a theological context? How are theological data different from other forms of data? And what is data curation, and why should theological librarians care?

This workshop will explore the relevance of this quickly developing field within scholarly communications for theological librarians, and will also offer examples of practical and easy to implement solutions.

The presenters will introduce the basics of data curation, including the data curation lifecycle, data management plans, and digital preservation practices. Additionally, they will address questions about the ethics of data collection, the role of institutional review boards (IRBs), data licensing, and data privacy. Finally, they will demonstrate practical data visualization techniques to convert information theological libraries already collect into shareable datasets that can be used for making data-driven decisions about collections and access.

Speakers

Clifford B Anderson

Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning, Vanderbilt University

I'm Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning and Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University.

Bobby Smiley

Director of Divinity Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, Vanderbilt University

I’m the the Associate Director of the Divinity Library and a Religion and Theology Librarian at Vanderbilt University. At Vanderbilt, I liaise with the Divinity School and Religious Studies department, engage in outreach and capacity building for library and digital humanities initiatives... Read More →

Friday June 16, 2017 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Conference Center

In-Conference Workshop, Digitization and Preservation, Publishing and Scholarly Communications

2017 American Theological Library Association Annual Conference

10:30am EDT

Clifford B Anderson

Bobby Smiley

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