TRAINING

THE KEY TOREPOSITORY

SUSTAINABILITYBess Sadler

Stanford University Libraries

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Mark BusseyData Curation Experts

What is Training?

• On the job

• Informal or formal developer pairing

• Self-paced reading or online study

• Conference workshops

• Longer-term – camps and courses

• In-house events

Training and job quality

• Staff anxiety is counter-productive

• New challenges create flow experiences

• Training counteracts skills obsolescence

• Training exposes staff to new people, new ideas, and new perspectives

Training and Quality

• Training provides a medium to communicate patterns and conventions

• Sharing of best practices enhances software quality

• Understanding system capabilities (and limits) leads to higher data quality

Training and Sustainability

• Training provides a mean to address (unavoidable) team attrition

• Training provides a mechanism to transmit technical and community principles

• Training increases your project’s bus factor

Training and Outreach

• Training helps publicize your project

• Training helps draw new talent to your project

• Training can give potential adopters a chance to ‘kick the tires’

• Training keeps you honest about your project

OK, I’m Sold – What Now?

• There is no one-size solution

• The only bad training plan is no plan

• Have big ambitions, but take small steps

• Train your trainers

• Foster a culture of learning at every level and stage of your project

What we’re doing in Hydra

• Annual: HydraCamps

• Periodic: Conference Workshops

• On-Demand: Online Tutorials

• When Possible: Train the Trainer

• Always: Getting Feedback

Bess Sadler

bess at stanford.edu

Mark Bussey

mark at curationexperts.com

http://projecthydra.org