Pelagic Publishing (disclaimer: they published my book “Data Management for Researchers”) asked if I wanted to review their new book, “Better Posters: Plan, Design, and Present an Academic Poster,” and sent me a review copy to read. As a mid-career … Continue reading
Author: Kristin Briney
The White Supremacy of Library Learning Analytics
I’ve removed this post because it is problematic. I want to thank my colleagues of color for pointing this out to me and educating me. It is a privilege to not see white supremacy in learning analytics research. I jumped … Continue reading
Thoughts on Data Management as Housekeeping
My colleague Carolyn Bishoff at the MDLS20 conference introduced me to the idea that data management is like housekeeping: it’s a task that you have to continually do in order to live and thrive in your environment. It’s not something … Continue reading
Citation Omitted: A Story of Re-identification
I published the article “Data Management Practices in Academic Library Learning Analytics: A Critical Review” in 2019. Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that I omitted a couple of citations, instead listing them as “citation omitted in order to protect students’ … Continue reading
Visualizing COVID in Fiber
A side effect of being a data specialist-by-day and a crafter-by-night, is that the two sometimes combine. This leads to things like the bad passwords dress and the women in science dress, but more recently, I’ve been dabbling in data … Continue reading
New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
The thud you might have heard yesterday was NIH dropping a new Data Management and Sharing Policy. It won’t go into effect until 2023-01-25 but the policy has so many ramifications that I don’t plan to waste time in preparing. … Continue reading
Bulk File Renaming
Today, we’re going to discuss what happens when you don’t end up liking your file naming conventions. (Every time I think I’ve covered file naming conventions enough, I find something new on this topic to talk about. They are my … Continue reading
Foundational Practices of Research Data Management
If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know that one of my goals is for all researchers to adopt the basic data management practices that make conducting research easier. I’ve written a whole book on data management, done … Continue reading
Book Review: How Charts Lie
Continuing in my pandemic reading of data books, next up is “How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information” by Alberto Cairo. (I didn’t plan to be a predominately book review blog, but I need a way to channel the … Continue reading
File Naming Convention Worksheet
I’ve been working on a lot of data management resources at work recently. At my last position, I was really focused on 3-5 minute videos but I’m currently taken with the concept of 1-2 page data management handouts. I described … Continue reading