220 Hesburgh Library, Collaboration Hub
Do you struggle with locating your files? Does your bookmark file look like a junk drawer from the kitchen or garage? Are you still storing 17 drafts of that paper you completed, turned in, edited, resubmitted and received a final grade on years ago because you don’t remember which paper-final-final-final.doc is the actual final copy?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions then this workshop is for you. Some small changes will have a big impact on your life.
Learn how you can begin to form habits of the best practices for file and data file management. Bring your laptop and use time during the session to think about your own best practices and begin to apply the skills. Bring your calendar and set a recurring time to practice the habit of “e-clutter” cleanup.
Participants will: • Recognize the need for and apply regular file maintenance and organization techniques • Determine which points of practice to apply now (and later) • Apply consistent metadata in the use of tags and file naming conventions to assist file management practice • Identify file or folder structures that support research areas and needs • Identify generally what types of data needs to be stored and where
Open to graduate students and postdocs.