SFU Library offers workshops on various topics related to managing your research data, including creating data management plans, cleaning data, keeping your data safe, sharing data effectively via repositories, ethical considerations and de-identifying data, structuring your data files, and more. In addition, the SFU Library Research Commons offers workshops on qualitative and quantitative research software tools.
As upcoming workshops are scheduled they will be added below.
Research data management for geospatial data [Online]
About the workshop
The complexities of geospatial data, including the variety of data types and sources, can make data management in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) particularly challenging, but investing time in data management can benefit you in the near- and long-term. Good data management practices will help ensure you can find, access, understand, and use your data for as long as necessary, and they facilitate data sharing and data publication at the end of a research project. This presentation will address good data management practices with a focus on GIS data. Topics covered will include:
- File structure in a GIS environment
- Storage, back-up and versioning
- Metadata, documentation, and provenance
- Ethical considerations in geospatial data
- Preparing data for deposit
Target audience
Anyone with some experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) who wants to learn more about applying good practices in research data management to their own data.
Register for upcoming workshops
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Monday, June 23, 2025 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
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via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
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