Applications for the “Data Steward” course in Vienna are now open!
The University of Vienna is launching 3rd round of the international certificate course for Data Stewards this October. This course is based on the success of other courses, e.g. the “Data Librarian” from the FAIR Data Austria project and similar courses – DataTrain or Zertifikatskurs FDM in Germany.
It was created by Tereza Kalová, who received last year’s LIBER 2023 Award for Library Innovation for introducing “Data Steward” certificate program and its contribution at the annual (52ths) LIBER conference, that held the theme “Open and trusted – Reassessing research library values“. LIBER is a Europe’s largest network of research libraries, bringing together hundreds of representatives of the library sector every year. This year’s theme is “State-of-the-art libraries in the service of science and society” and the registration for (53ths) conference is also now open here.
Why to apply for “Data Steward” course
This course is trying to unify role of Data Stewards internationally and to prepare foundation for future skills in Research Data Management and Open Science.
Based on the pre-selection of aplicants, the selective group of people has more individual attention from speakers and experts in their fields. They choose circa 25 people from 10-12 different countries each year and from different fields of expertise (arts and humanities, social science, natural and life sciences, law, computer science …).
Basic info
Certificate: University of Vienna Certificate
Language: English (at least B2)
Course length: 2 semesters/15 ECTS credits
Lectures: 5 days live in Vienna, the rest of the course online (2 full days per month)
Target group: scientists and researchers, Ph.D. students, science and research support (library, IT …)
Price: 2950 €
Applications for this course have been opened since the 4th of April and are closing on the 30th of June. They must include a CV and a motivation letter, as the number of participants is quite limited.
An introductory informative webinar for the course was held on 18 April via Zoom online, slides from the presentation can be found here and a recording of the online webinar here.
To register and fill out an application for the “Data Steward” course, visit their website here.
