From mess to method: A case study about designing a workshop on research data discovery

The dream of FAIR data is to have, where possible, research data open and accessible to review and reuse. The present reality complicates data’s findability in a myriad of ways not least of which is the decentralised nature of research data repositories and indexes that characterise the data publishing landscape. In an effort to improve this situation, we, a network of library research support staff in Denmark, have developed a workshop designed to enhance the competencies of researchers to search for published data. This case study summarises the genesis of this workshop, its various iterations and potential avenues for future development.