Category: OSC Victoria Practical Data Skills: Organizing Files and Folders

Practical Data Skills: Organizing Files and Folders


September 10, 2025

What You’ll Learn:

Open Science & Scholarship - Discover practical skills that empower you to contribute meaningfully to open science —making your work more accessible, equitable, and impactful.

Practical Data Skills - Gain practical data skills through short, interactive lessons.

One topic will be explored per session. Topics include:

  • Organizing Files and Folders: Learn how to keep your files tidy and easy to navigate -- UVic Data Science Librarian, Nick Rochlin, will lead the instruction on this topic
  • Creating ReadMe Files
  • Pre-Registering Your Study
  • Using ORCID iDs
  • Best Data Management Practices
  • Finding Open Data
  • Choosing the Right License
  • Best Practices for Reproducible Research
  • Depositing Data
  • Citizen Science

Why Attend?

  • Enhance Your Research: Gain knowledge and skills to make your research more open, clear, and impactful.
  • Hands-On Learning: Take part in practical exercises that help you apply new skills right away.
  • Network with Peers: Meet others who are also interested in improving their research with Open Science and data skills.

Your full participation in this workshop is important to us. Should you require any accommodations or have questions regarding accessibility, please contact mgrenier@uvic.ca.

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