The most important topic you didn’t know you needed: Data Modelling and Design – Researcher@Library Week 2017

Imagine a spreadsheet column for recording participant names. Should you have two columns instead, so you can sort by last name? What about middle name? Is this useful for your research? Names also include titles such as Dr and Prof. Is storing this fact separately helpful? What about aliases and nicknames, are they names? What about more complicated examples such as addresses, tweets, interview transcripts, social networks? Waaaaa!

Data modelling is a process you can undertake to help answer these questions. Data modelling is the fundamental building block on which quality big-data, meta-data and data-bases all rest. It is about working through what you need to record, how you need to store it and to what ends. The ontological decisions you make during data modelling are often fundamentally linked with the underlying theories of your research!

As part of Researcher@Library Week 2017, in this workshop we’ll cover the fundamentals of data modelling for humanities and social sciences research. We’ll also conduct some data modelling task with willing volunteers from the audience!

Date: Thursday, 24 August 2017

Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Venue: Digital Studio, Level 3, West Wing Arts, West Building 148 (access via single lift at the rear foyer)

Presenter: Dr Mitchell Harrop.

Click here or more information about the session and to register for your spot; and view the full program here.