1. WHAT IS DATA? (And why you should care)

2. What is ‘data’? How do you define ‘data’? Does it matter how ‘data’ is defined? What is your data? From ‘C3PO vs. Data’ by JD Hancock on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/4617759902/

3. What is ‘data’? “A reinterpretable representation of information in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing.” Digital Curation Centre

4. What is ‘data’? Any information you use in your research

5. Why you should care Reason 1: Data are fragile and easy to lose

6. ‘data garbage’ by steffenz on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenz/336512756/

7. ‘data garbage by steffenz on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenz/336512756/ Storage media are fragile

8. http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/08/01/why-you- need-a-data-management-plan/

9. DON’T LET THIS BE YOU! http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/08/01/why-you- need-a-data-management-plan/

10. “Fire” by andrewmalone via flickr.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewmalone/2032844649/ What would happen to your data if there was a fire in your office, department or home?

11. ‘books in a stack (a stack of books)’ by austinevan on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/

12. ‘books in a stack (a stack of books)’ by austinevan on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/ Can you find things you know you have when you need them?

13. Why you should care Reason 2: Data are part of your (research) legacy

14. Love your data!

15. Send your research into the future! ‘The Eduardo Paolozzi sculpture of Newton at the British Library’ by dumbledad on flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dumbledad/3372398044/ CC-BY-2.0

16. Open Access Teaching Materials for Digital Preservation Produced by Anna Collins (Cambridge University Library) for the JISC-funded PrePARe project (2012) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License