Digital Data IV - Bloomington Ind. June 2020

[debpaul]

A suggestion that we set up some opportunities at Digital Data IV to move forward. Ideas

• Carpentries invited to talk (Plenary)
• Moving the Carpentries into the Museums (Smithsonian as a model)
• Carpentries workshop (one or two-day)
• Curriculum brain-storm (whinge-fest)
• Seeking funding to develop an NHC-specific set of Biodiversity Data lessons that suit the collections data pipeline.

[lbrensk]

@debpaul I'm interested specifically in the "curriculum brain-storm", what did you mean by that exactly?

[debpaul]

Hi @lbrensk it's an activity similar to what we did when we gave birth to Data Carpentry. I'd like a chance to repeat that exercise -- with the community that attends Digital Data. For example: it helps researchers AND data/collection managers see that many of the tasks they face, and data issues they run into, are the same. So, it becomes a bridge-building exercise -- so that we do not solve these issues in a silo.

Essentially it involves everyone talking about what struggles (skills, knowledge, repetitive tasks) they would like to find ways to improve upon. And for those that support users, a chance for them to share what their communities struggle with repetitively. Then we can compile this information to help inform some future curriculum development...

[dschigel]

Hi, this sounds interesting and should be added to the list of GBIF events. Do you know the exact dates and place, ideally the link?

[debpaul]

Hi @dschigel -- The 4th Annual Digital Data Conference will be held at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, 1-3 June 2020. Workshops (such as I am proposing) are on the last day. We can also submit sessions for June 1-2 if desired. @tdwg/curriculum folks will be excited to see GBIF interest I think.