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Palmer delivers keynote at RDA meeting

Carole Palmer
Carole Palmer, Professor Emeritus
Carole Palmer, director of CIRSS and professor at GSLIS, delivered a keynote address at the second biannual plenary meeting of the Research Data Alliance (RDA). The three-day meeting was held September 16-18 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and involved conversations between top leaders from the White House and US science agencies, and their international colleagues.

Palmer’s keynote, "Fueling and Transforming Evidential Cultures of Research," was presented during a session on the Benefits and Possibilities of Open Data Sharing, chaired by CIRSS affiliated researcher Sayeed Choudhury, associate dean for research data management at the Johns Hopkins University. Video of the session, including Palmer's presentation, is available for viewing online.

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