Managing Research Project Lifecycles: Onboarding and Offboarding at Harvard Online
What: Join us for an informative session on the important steps for:
- Onboarding new employees or trainees to a lab or new project, focusing on data planning and organization.
- Offboarding personnel from a Harvard lab or project, focusing on data access and clear research records.
Why: Research Data Management (RDM) is essential for responsible, consistent research. Introducing RDM practices when starting a new project or joining a new lab sets the new project or staff up for success. Capturing employee institutional knowledge related to projects and datasets before they leave ensures future success.
How: This is a free 1 hour hands-on workshop. We will introduce the RDM Onboarding and Offboarding Checklists tailored for Harvard researchers. The webinar recording will be shared with all who register.
Where: Online via Zoom (link provided upon registration).
Who: This seminar is open to all Harvard affiliates from all disciplines, and the public research community.
Instructors:
- Julie Goldman, BS, MLIS, Research Data Services Librarian, Countway Library
- Edgar Franck, BS, MS, Research Data Management Consultant, Harvard Medical School
Join your peers to meet new people and learn new skills in a welcoming and encouraging environment!
- Date:
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Classes Data Management > RDM Seminar Series Records Management
Fall 2026 Research Data Management Seminar Series
Seminar Audience
- Seminars are free and open to all faculty, research staff, postdoctoral researchers, and students from all disciplines.
- In-person workshops are open to Harvard University ID holders only.
- Online webinars are open to the public research community.
- While content will focus on Harvard policies and resources, participants from other institutions may find the concepts useful.
Seminar Accessibility
- Harvard Library is committed to making our workshops accessible to everyone.
- If you require an accommodation to fully participate in the workshop, please contact Julie Goldman to discuss options.
Need help with data management? Feel free to book a 30 minute meeting slot with me.
Happy to help with data organization, cleaning, and sharing for fostering reproducible workflows and open science!