Research Data Management: What's in a README?

REGISTER (registration is open for entire RDM series, you can register for one class or many)
This event is sponsored by the Countway Library, Harvard Biomedical Data Management
Guest Instructor: John Obrycki, PhD, Research Data Manager, Boston Children's Hospital
Description: To ensure that you understand your own data and to enable others to find, use and properly cite your data, it helps to create README files with ‘documentation’ or ‘metadata’ about the datasets you create.
This session will explore the critical role documentation plays in data management and how you can ensure good documentation throughout your research.
Learning Objectives: 
- Define common types of documentation
- Understand why documenting your research is important
- Learn best practices for creating README files
- Receive resources and contacts for future help