Research Data Preservation: A Love Letter to Our Future Research Communities

This Love Data Week panel brings together speakers from across Canada to share case studies and practical examples of how institutions are approaching research data preservation. Presentations (English) will be followed by a Q&A period (French and English), moderated by Alyssa Conlon (Research Data Management Librarian, Borealis/Queen’s University Library). Speakers Amanda Tomé (Digital Preservation Coordinator, Digital Research Alliance of Canada) – “What’s love got to do with it?”: The trial and tribulations of the preservation of research data Lucia Costanzo (Research Data Management Librarian, University of Guelph) – A beginner’s journey into research data preservation Julie Shi (Digital Preservation Librarian, Scholars Portal): File format identification – An exploratory Borealis project Adele Torrance (Manager, Heritage Services, Canadian Research Knowledge Network) – Preservation of Canadiana data Mary Catherine Shea (Data Support Specialist, University of Ottawa) – From Finding Aid to FAIR: an Archives as Data Case Study Natalie Vielfaure (Digital Curation Archivist, University of Manitoba Libraries) – Navigating the CoreTrustSeal process at UML Corey Davis (Digital Preservation Librarian, University of Victoria Libraries) – Becoming a Trusted Repository: CoreTrustSeal-driven improvements to research data preservation Event objectives Raise awareness about digital preservation and research data preservation among the RDM community Share case studies on approaches to research data preservation from institutions of varying contexts and stages of preservation readiness