The Research Data Stewardship Program (RDSP) is an annual training program to provide early-career researchers with the knowledge and skills to be effective data stewards.
This Spring-semester program focuses on training, promotion and advocacy for reproducible research, better research data management practices and planning, and FAIR data principles. Open to all disciplines and research areas.
Feel empowered to be champions for open research!
Program topics
- Introduction to data management
- Organizing and formats
- Documentation and metadata
- Data storage and security
- Data publishing
Benefits of participating
- Learn to manage your data effectively
- Increase the impact of your research by knowing how to effectively showcase your data
- Expand and develop transferable research data skills
- Connect with and learn from other people interested in data stewardship from all over campus
Spring 2025 Research Data Stewardship Series
Now open to all Princeton University faculty, staff and students, sign up for any sessions that are interesting to you. You must sign up for each session individually. All lecture sessions will be recorded and available in Media Central
Introduction to Data Management
Date: March 6, 2025
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Zoom
Description: What is data management and why does it matter? This workshop will introduce participants to the core concepts of “data stewardship” and the major components of data management across the research lifecycle. Participants should come away from this introductory session appreciating the scope of what data stewardship entails, feeling confident in how best to proceed through the research lifecycle, and knowing that they can ask PRDS for guidance at any time.
Register here: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/13730209
Data Organization
Date: March 20, 2025
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Zoom
Description: Do you struggle with organizing your research project, data, and files? Better data organization can save you time, prevent future errors, and help reduce data duplication. This workshop will cover practical techniques for organizing your data files, including strategies for file naming, stable data formats, and file and folder organizational structures.
Register here: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/13730288
Data Stewardship Help Session
Date: March 27, 2025
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Firestone B-6H
Description: Feeling confused or overwhelmed by what you have learned about Data Stewardship?
Want to co-work on your data management tasks with others?
Come by Data Stewardship Help Session to get connected to resources, ask questions about strategies you might be considering, find materials to support your data management, and meet others who are working on managing their data too.
In this session, you will be reminded of the asynchronous materials introduced as part of the Data Stewardship Series, and get a chance to co-work with other members of the campus community as they tackle their own data management challenges. Ask questions of data management specialists, stay for the whole time or just drop in when you can.
Register here: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/13726030
Documentation and Metadata
Date: April 3, 2025
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Zoom
Description: Have you ever returned to a research project at a later date and can’t seem to remember certain details that would allow you to reuse or replicate your own data? Need others to understand and use your data? Data documentation and metadata are practices you can put into place to help others, including future you! This workshop will cover the fundamentals of data documentation (including standardized metadata), explain the principles behind the recommended practices, and prepare you to streamline your own processes of data documentation.
Register here: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/13730407
Data Storage and Security
Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Zoom
Description: Have you safeguarded your research data against potential data loss? This workshop will give participants an overview of data storage options available at Princeton and detail the logistics of using each option, which is best suited for their data and research needs. Participants will learn the recommended practices for backing up their data, how to maintain data integrity, and how to keep their data secure.
Register here: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/13730487
Data Stewardship Help Session
Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Firestone B-6H
Description: Feeling confused or overwhelmed by what you have learned about Data Stewardship?
Want to co-work on your data management tasks with others?
Come by Data Stewardship Help Session to get connected to resources, ask questions about strategies you might be considering, find materials to support your data management, and meet others who are working on managing their data too.
In this session, you will be reminded of the asynchronous materials introduced as part of the Data Stewardship Series, and get a chance to co-work with other members of the campus community as they tackle their own data management challenges. Ask questions of data management specialists, stay for the whole time or just drop in when you can.
Register here: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/13726051
Publishing Research Data
Date: May 1, 2025
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Zoom
Description: Need to publish your research data? This final workshop in the Data Stewardship series will go over some motivations for publishing data, how to apply the FAIR principles, what to look for when choosing a data repository, and go over a typical data deposit workflow.
Register here: https://libcal.princeton.edu/event/13730510
Spring 2025
Organizers
Organized by Princeton University Library’s Princeton Research Data Service, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering, and Research Computing.