Southeast Data Librarian Symposium Program

Day 1 (morning)

Session Title and Presenters

Topics to be covered

8:00 - 8:30am -Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:30 - 8:50am

Meeting Overview & Welcome

• Goals for the meeting
• Walk-through agenda and program

8:50 - 10:20am

Lightning Talks & Group Discussions

Planning Committee

• Where are we in data services? Five-minute talks from the organizing institutions
• Themed discussion tables: choose your own data services adventure

10:20 - 10:45am - Break

10:45am - 12 noon

Workshop: Tableau Public

Natalia Lopez (NCSU)

• Data visualization software
• Please install Tableau Public before the workshop
• Slides, data and guide for the Tableau Workshop

12 noon - 1:30pm - Lunch

Day 1 (afternoon)

Session Title and Presenters

Topics to be covered

1:30 - 2:45pm

Data Curation Network

Jennifer Darragh (Duke)

Joel Herndon (Duke)

• Why Data Curation?
• Launched in May of 2016, the Data Curation Network is an ambitious, multi-organizational attempt to harness the data curation expertise of a network of data interests representing libraries, repositories, and data organizations. This presentation explores the rationale for the DCN, its current work, and future goals while sharing some strategies that the DCN employs to curate data in the network.
• The presentation will conclude with a data curation exercise.

2:45 - 3:15pm - Break

3:15 - 4:45pm

Panel: Research Data Management

Ali Krzton (Auburn)

Jen Doty (Emory)

Michele Hayslett (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Moderator: Renaine Julian (FSU)

• Three perspectives on research data management support to respond to faculty and student needs.

4:45 - 5:00pm - Wrap-up Day 1

6:00 - 8:30pm - Evening Reception in Clough Commons Atrium

Day 2

Session Title and Presenters

Topics to be covered

8:00 - 8:30am - Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45am

Welcome back

8:45 -10:15am

Workshop: Data Cleaning

Sherry Lake (University of Virginia)

• Cleaning Data with Openrefine based on Library Carpentry lesson
• Please have OpenRefine Program Installed before the Workshop
• Workshop Info Page: Links to Etherpad Notes and Complete Lesson Information

10:15 - 10:45am - Break

10:45am - 12:15pm

Panel: Data Viz

Ximin Mi (Georgia Tech)

Walt Gurley (NCSU)

Nick Ruhs (FSU)

Moderator: Samantha Guss (University of Richmond)

• Starting and sustaining data visualization services

12:15 - 1:45pm   Lunch

Choose:        Carpentries Lunch Discussion

OR                Lunch Affinity Tables

1:45 - 2:45pm

Closing session

Dr. Subhrajit Guhathakurta (Georgia Tech)

• Dr. Guhathakurta is a well-established researcher and professor in urban planning, spatial analytics, and visualization
• His presentation will be about using data to inform urban planning.
• Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss with Dr. Guhathakurta about how library data services can provide:
  • better directions for using open data
  • understand and support Smart Cities related research
  • start thinking about supporting urban digital infrastructure

2:45 - 3:00pm - Closing Remarks