The Data Management workshops were completed!

On November 29th, 2023 and January 15th, 2024, we attended workshops on Data Management hosted by Data Support experts from the University of Helsinki & EMU. The workshops covered important topics such as the significance of research data management, data ownership and user rights, and documentation of research data. During the meeting, participants also worked on case studies to apply their new knowledge. 

The event was the element of the Best Practice Transfer from the University of Helsinki.

The speakers were:

• Iina Hepolehto works as an information specialist in the research data management team at the Helsinki University Library. Iina is specialized to support data management of sensitive research data.

• Mari Elisa Kuusniemi (aka Mek) works in the research data management team at Helsinki University Library. She has developed services, guidance, and training about research data management since 2009. She works in organizational (long-term preservation), national (training for data stewards), and international projects (EOSC data quality).

• Niina Nurmi works as an information specialist in the research data management team at the Helsinki University Library. She has a background in animal behavior research. Currently, she is working on a development project focusing on the long-term preservation and curation of research data. 

• Mikko Mäkelä works as an information specialist in the research data management team at the Helsinki University Library. Currently Mikko’s tasks involve data curation and developing organizational data services. His academic background lies in ecology and evolutionary biology.