Creating a Repository of Training Materials: The Canadian Experience

Over the past nine years, many presentations, demonstrations, and workshops have been given at the four annual training sessions for the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) across Canada. These sessions are rich in content and remain useful long after the initial presentation. However, if one were looking for a certain item, there was often a difficulty finding it because the material was stored in an ad hoc fashion and not archived in a central location. This became increasingly problematic for the trainers as the number of sessions grew. The Education Committee of the DLI was examining this issue and the idea of a Training Repository (TR) was born. The enthusiastic responses given at the latest training sessions, which introduced the TR, reaffirmed the need for it. And everyone was pleased to see the ease of retrieving a session. Currently there are over 150 presentations in the TR. This presentation examines the history of the Training Repository, the criteria used to choose the program that houses it, and the processes used to populate it.

过去九年间，加拿大全境的**数据解放倡议（Data Liberation Initiative, DLI）**每年举办四次培训课程，期间累计呈现了大量主题演讲、演示汇报与工作坊内容。这些培训内容丰富详实，即便在首次举办多年后仍具备较高的实用价值。然而，若需检索特定资料，往往难以快速定位——所有素材均以临时零散的方式存储，未集中归档至统一平台。随着培训场次逐年增加，这一问题给培训组织者带来的困扰也愈发突出。数据解放倡议下设的教育委员会针对该问题开展调研，由此催生了**培训资源库（Training Repository, TR）**的构想。在最新一期培训课程中推出该资源库后，参会者反响热烈，进一步印证了其建设必要性；而用户能够便捷检索所需培训资料的体验，也让全体项目成员倍感欣慰。目前，该培训资源库已收录超过150份主题演讲资料。本演讲将梳理培训资源库的发展历程，阐释遴选其承载平台的核心标准，并说明平台内容的填充流程。