[Rdap] Research Access and Preservation 2018 Summit (RDAP18) Registration Now Open

[Jonathan Petters]

Registration is now open for the Research Data Access and Preservation
(RDAP) Summit <https://www.asist.org/rdap/>, which will take place in
Chicago, IL from March 21-23, 2018.

To view the program/schedule and register please visit:
https://www.asist.org/rdap

This national conference will feature panel presentations, lightning talks,
workshops, and a poster session reception. Managers, users, and generators
of digital data from all sectors, including industry, academia, government,
and cultural heritage centers will gather to explore topics in the
following areas:


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   Data quality: Curation services, Metadata, and Metrics
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   Defining the role of the library in research data management within an
   institution
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   FAIR vs. Friction
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   Intersection of Publishing and Data
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   Underserved Data Communities: Understanding Access & Preservation Bias
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   Research reproducibility - how data librarians are getting involved


We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker: Tom Schenk, the Chief
Data Officer for the City of Chicago, will address the Summit attendees.
More information will be forthcoming.

March 23 is our Workshop/Demo day
<https://www.asist.org/rdap/program-2018/#workshops> with additional
sessions led by data organizations and experts.

RDAP is also excited to partner with the Journal of eScience Librarianship
<http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/> (JeSLIB) to publish the RDAP
posters and presentations in this peer-reviewed, open access journal.

Keep up with the conversation on Twitter at #RDAP18 and on the RDAP
Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/ResearchDataAccessPreservation/>.

Questions? Please contact RDAP chairs: Amy Neeser (aneeser at berkeley.edu) &
Jon Petters (jpetters at vt.edu)


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Jon Petters and Amy Neeser
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