Data

Data Bites - File Naming Best Practices for Research Data

May 12, 2025, 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm

Date: Monday, May 12, 2025
Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Presenter: Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy
Location: Online

Workshop: File Naming Best Practices for Research Data

This practical workshop, delivered by the delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, introduces strategies for consistent and meaningful file naming to support better research organization, collaboration, and long-term data reuse. Designed for graduate students, researchers, and staff, this session helps participants avoid common pitfalls and adopt best practices in their research workflows.

Participants will learn how to:

  • Apply clear and consistent file naming conventions
  • Incorporate elements like version control, dates, and identifiers for easy file tracking and retrieval
  • Avoid problematic file names that can cause compatibility issues across platforms and systems

 

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/3899766

  • 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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