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Microdata, Research data, Data curation, Digital curation, Data management, African data, Data curation training
South Africa

Biography

I am data scientist with more than 20 years’ experience curating and sharing disaggregated African data with researchers. I manage data operations at DataFirst, a data service and research unit based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. I am responsible for Africa’s only CoreTrustSeal certified open data repository and established the only secure research data centre in Africa, to give researchers controlled access to sensitive government data. I train data managers in government and research institutions across Africa and assist governments to assess their data-readiness for Sustainable Development Goal planning and monitoring. My research field of interest is open government data and information ecosystems for data-directed decision-making in African countries.

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, ZA

2001 to present | Manager (DataFirst)
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Lynn Woolfrey

Education and qualifications (4)

University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2007 to 2010 | MPhil (Centre for Information Literacy)
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University of South Africa: Pretoria, ZA

1990 to 1992 | BBibl Hons (Information Studies)
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University of KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

1983 to 1983 | HDLS (Library and Information Science)
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Rhodes University: Grahamstown, ZA

1980 to 1982 | Bachelor of Arts (Humanities)
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Professional activities (8)

International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology: St. Louis, Missouri , US

2014-06-20 to present | Africa Regional Secretary/Member
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South African National Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA): Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

2014-01-20 to present | Member
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ICSU World Data System: Tokyo, JP

2013-01-29 to present | Organisational Member (World Data System)
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: Addis Ababa, ET

2011-08-03 to present | Member (Data Expert Group)
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City of Cape Town’s Open Data Steering Committee : Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2017-02-21 to 2020-02-26 | External Member
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African Open Science Platform: Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

2016-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | Board Member (Technical Advisory Board)
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CoreTrustSeal: The Hague, NL

2018-11-05 | Institutional Certification
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Data Seal of Approval: The Hague, NL

2014-10-14 | DSA Certification
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Works (12)

Data Management Plan

Research Ideas and Outcomes 3
2017 | Journal article
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Demonstrating Repository Trustworthiness through the Data Seal of Approval

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 40 Number 3
2016 | Journal article
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Enabling data linkage to maximise the value of public health research data

Wellcome Trust
2015 | Report
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Managing University Research Microdata Collections

New Review of Academic Librarianship
2015 | Journal article
DOI:

DOI:10.1080/13614533.2015.1031911

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An Open African Data approach to improving data quality

University of Cape Town
2014 | Working paper
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UCT Research Data Management policy project

University of Cape Town
2014 | Report
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Leveraging data in African countries: Curating government microdata for research.

DataFirst Technical Paper
2013 | Working paper
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South African labour market microdata scoping study

Human Sciences Research Council
2013 | Report
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Innovations for the curation and sharing of African social survey data

Data Science Journal
2010-04-10 | Journal article
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Knowledge Utilisation for Governance in Africa: Evidence-based decision-making and the role of Survey Data Archives in the region

Information Development
2009 | Journal article
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A Survey Data Archive Network in Africa – possibilities and practicalities

IASSIST Quarterly
2007 | Journal article
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The establishment of the African Association of Statistical Data Archivists

IASSIST Quarterly 31(2)
2007 | Journal article
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