Creating a Podcast to Engage the Data Professional Community

Researchers increasingly need to adopt new practices to meet the requirements of funders and publishers as well as to engage in increasingly open and reproducible science. Thus, it is vital that researchers be supported in implementing good research data management practices. But, what are the best ways to engage with researchers on these topics? In this lightning talk, we will describe (1) a professional podcast for data professionals, IDEA (Improving Data Engagement and Advocacy), (2) the authors’ process of starting and maintaining a podcast which highlights adoptable data engagement activities and reviews the literature, and (3) the benefits of developing a podcast as early career librarians.