Research Management: Project and Lab Onboarding Online
What: Learn important steps for onboarding new employees or trainees to a lab or new project, focusing on data planning and organization.
Why: Research Data Management (RDM) is essential for project consistency and should be introduced when starting a new project or joining a new lab.
How: This is a free 1.5-hour online workshop, consisting of lecture, interactive poll questions, and discussion. We will introduce the RDM Onboarding Checklist tailored for Harvard researchers and how to incorporate onboarding steps within your individual project or lab environment. The webinar recording will be shared with all who register.
Where: Online via Zoom (link provided upon registration).
Who: This seminar is open to faculty, research staff, postdoctoral researchers, and students from all disciplines. There are no prerequisites or assumptions of knowledge. Online webinars are open to 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:
- Thursday, October 16, 2025
- Time:
- 12:30pm - 2:00pm
- 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 2025 Research Data Management Seminar Series
- September 17 - Better Research I: Managing Research Data Efficiently (online)
- September 30 - Better Research I: Managing Research Data Efficiently (in-person)
- October 15 - Research Management: Project and Lab Onboarding (online)
- October 29 - Data Horror Stories: Avoid the Nightmare (in-person)
- November 4 - Research Management: Roadmap for Data Retention Policies & Practices (online)
- November 5 - Data Literacy: Intro to GIS, maps and data with the Harvard Map Collection (in-person)
- November 20 - Better Research II: Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan (online)
- November 25 - Better Research II: Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan (in-person)
- December 3 - Better Research III: Data Sharing in Repositories (online)
- December 9 - Research Management: Data Organization and Sharing in Open Science Framework (in-person)
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!