UNLV Libraries are participating in the development of campus
infrastructure and services to support data discovery, curation, and
preservation. Positioning the Libraries as a partner in and space for this
development, we organized a faculty Research Data Management unConference
during our campus Research Week. We envisioned the unConference as a forum
for faculty from across campus to engage with each other and librarians; it
was also intended as a way for the Libraries to learn about faculty needs
around research data management, identifying potential partners, problems,
and areas of support. Invited speakers from across campus gave short
presentations on different aspects of data management, followed by in-depth
discussions of participant-selected topics relevant to RDM. The
interactions we facilitated, and the feedback we received, helped inform
our next steps as the Libraries move the RDM conversation forward. This
presentation will cover the process of organizing and facilitating an
unConference, successful elements, and lessons learned in outreach and
faculty engagement.
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Matthew Murray | Library Fellow
Scholarly Communication Initiatives | UNLV Libraries
matthew.murray@unlv.edu | (702) 895-4530 | orcid.org/0000-0001-5799-8471