Tuesday, February 11, 2020
NIH to Host Workshop on Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse Feb. 11-12 in Bethesda, Md.
Register by Feb. 4 to Attend In-Person

The Office of Data Science Strategy at the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine are hosting a workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse on Feb. 11-12. The workshop will be held at the Lister Hill Auditorium on the NIH main campus in Bethesda, Md.
The primary goals of the workshop are to:
- Hear from generalist repositories about how they see themselves in the larger biomedical data repository landscape.
- Understand from institutional data repositories how they are creating suites of solutions for their researchers and how they see generalist repositories fitting in this landscape.
- Consider desired characteristics of data repositories and how they relate to institutional expectations of data storage/preservation solutions.
- Explore adoption of common infrastructure, standards and federated search solutions to enable greater discoverability of NIH research data across federated data repositories.
- Address the role of data curators in ensuring that data and metadata are sufficiently well curated to enhance discovery and enable reuse.
Workshop registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Attendees are expected to fund their own travel and board. Virtual attendance will also be available. Register for in-person or virtual attendance by Feb. 4.
Agenda at a glance:
Time | Details |
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Day 1 – Feb. 11 | |
9:30-10:15 a.m. | Keynote Address |
10:15-11:45 a.m. | Session 1: Introducing the Generalist & Institutional Repository Landscape |
1-2 p.m. | Session 2: Enabling Data Discovery |
2-3:15 p.m. | Session 3: Enabling Data Reuse |
3:30-4:45 p.m. | Breakout Groups: Identifying Common Practices in Discoverability & Reusability |
Day 2 – Feb. 12 | |
9:30-10:30 a.m. | Session 4: Facilitating Reproducibility |
10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. | Session 5: Managing Technical and Cultural Change in Research |
12 p.m. | Closing remarks |