The University of Michigan LIbrary's International Data Workshop (IDW) Series

Abstract

To support librarians’ effective data services to their clients, the University of Michigan Library’s Clark Librarians have provided a series of two-day in-depth data services boot camps, called International Data Workshop, every two years for subject librarians and area specialists. Initially, the primary targeted audience was the subject liaison librarians and area specialists in the US and Canada. But, this workshop series became a data workshop series for a worldwide audience. In this article, I will explain the characteristics of the IDW series, the content of the IDW 2023: Africa, which was held in May 2023, and the lesson that we learned from organizing the IDW series.