Program

Revitalizing CoPAR for the Digital Age
June 2 to 3, 2016 University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
WORKSHOP RESOURCES

THURSDAY, JUNE 2
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Welcome/Introduction

  • Brian Butler (Dean, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland)
  • Ricky Punzalan, Diana Marsh, and Robert Leopold (Workshop Organizers)
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM Participant Introductions
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Current Practices in Data Curation

  • Margaret Hedstrom – Data Curation: The Broad Landscape
  • Robert Leopold – The Anthropological Landscape
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Facilitated Discussion on the Key Questions

  • Research Data in Anthropology Today
  • Current Issues
  • Shifting Landscape of Production, Storage, Use, Re-Use
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Breakout Group Discussion 1: Identifying Needs

  • What do producers and users of research materials want?
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Reports and Discussion on Breakout Groups
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Breakout Group Discussion 2: What role might CoPAR play?
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Reports and Discussion on Breakout Groups
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Facilitated Discussion on Day 1 Activities
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Dinner (Riggs Alumni Center)
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Responses to Day 1
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Breakout Group Discussion 3: Re-Writing CoPAR’s Mandate
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Reports on Breakout Groups
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Sustaining CoPAR: Developing Actionable Strategies
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Closing