Ever thought about what “data quality” even means or wondered what steps you need to take to improve the quality of your data? If you want to find out more and you missed the live webinar on 11 June 2026, please check out the recorded session and additional resources here:
This webinar explored the following:
Biocollections data often suffer from data quality issues that arise from the complexities of the digitization and mobilization processes, and these data quality issues can prevent the data from reaching its full potential for research and educational impact. Some data quality issues are complex, others are relatively simple to identify and fix and can provide momentum for further improvements. In this webinar, several categories of common data quality issues in biocollections dataset were discusseds, and a toolbox of data quality checks and fixes that can be easily deployed in collection management systems or spreadsheets were shared.