It’s been two years since I posted about my 2020 US COVID daily fatalities handwoven visualization. I have had many interesting conversations about that piece (for examples, see here) and it’s one of my handmade projects for which I am … Continue reading
Author: Kristin Briney
A Summary of Research Data Documentation Methods
A phrase that often comes up when data librarians speak about documentation is that “documentation is a love letter to your future self.” Basically, documentation is necessary because research data rarely speak for themselves and researchers forget details over time; … Continue reading
“Managing Data for Patron Privacy” is Here!
I’m thrilled to announce that my second book is officially out! I’m pleased to share the book “Managing Data for Patron Privacy: Comprehensive Strategies for Libraries“, which was co-written with the amazing Becky Yoose and published by ALA Editions. Summary: … Continue reading
Should Researchers Use a Standard Folder Structure?
I love to teach people about data management and file organization, but I tend to talk mostly about file naming conventions and ISO 8601. These two strategies are incredibly helpful in keeping files organized and easy to find, but file … Continue reading
Wrapping Up
I’ve had two giant projects finish up in the last month and am already feeling their loss. The first project is the Data Doubles project, which I’ve been working on in one form or another since 2017. This team been … Continue reading
Book Review: The Book of Trees & The Book of Circles
This post is a review of a pair of related books, The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Knowledge and The Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge, both by Manuel Lima. I ran across these on a list of … Continue reading
Life in the Time of COVID
Year 3 of this pandemic is quickly approaching and one might think we’d be getting used to being in these “unprecedented times.” And yet the last several months have been extra challenging for me, particularly as a parent of small … Continue reading
Book Review: Better Posters
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
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