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This 90-minute online training session will guide you through the various options for:

  • how much data you might want to share (all fields/selected fields?)
  • who can see the data you share (all fields open to anyone/some fields restricted/all fields restricted?)
  • whether there is personal information in the data you might share (none/some in specific fields?)
  • how the data you share can be used by others (what kind of licence?)

Who is this session for?

This training is for museum people who have expressed interest in sharing data with MDS and want to start thinking about the next steps.

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