Data

Data Bites - Creating README Files for Research Data

November 12, 2025, 11:30 am to 12:00 pm

Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time: 11:30am - 12:00pm
Presenter: Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy
Location: Online

Workshop: Creating README Files for Research Data

This hands-on workshop, delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, introduces the importance of README files in documenting research data for long-term access and reuse. Designed for graduate students, researchers, and staff, the session provides practical guidance for creating clear, consistent, and useful data documentation.

Participants will learn how to:

  • Identify the key components of an effective README file, including dataset description, file structure, and usage instructions
  • Apply best practices to improve data transparency, usability, and alignment with FAIR principles
  • Use templates and open tools to create and maintain README files throughout the research lifecycle

 

Location: ONLINE

(A Zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 hours before the event starts.)

Campus/Source
UBC Library–Vancouver

https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3920208

  • Data
  • Digital Scholarship
  • Research Commons
  • Research Data Management

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC's two main campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xwmə0– kwəyˇəm (Musqueam) and Syilx (Okanagan) peoples, and that UBC’s activities take place on Indigenous lands throughout British Columbia and beyond.

Research Data Management @ UBC

UBC Vancouver & UBC Okanagan
UBC Library | Office of the Chief Information Officer | Vice-President, Research and Innovation,
Website rdm.ubc.ca

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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