After talking more yesterday with my university’s compliance person about the new Uniform Guidance, I realize that I misinterpreted the “new” part of the guidance relating to data, A-81 section 200.430, in my last post. Having now read through the … Continue reading →
Author: Kristin Briney
New Federal Grants Guidance and How It Effects Data
If I made a list of the things I cite the most in the course of my job as a data management specialist, at the top would be ISO 8601, the recent Vines, et al. study on data loss over … Continue reading →
“Data Is” or “Data Are”?
Want to start a disagreement amongst data managers? Ask them if “data” is a singular or plural noun. Does one say “data are” or is it better to say “data is”? Data people often have opinions about which is correct … Continue reading →
Video: The 3-2-1 Rule
One of the things I love about running this blog is that it lets me flesh out ideas that I can then turn into other awesome things. Case in point is this post on the Rule of 3 that I … Continue reading →
2015 Data Resolutions
With only a little time left in 2014, I’m sure I’m not the only one making New Year’s resolutions. While many people put diet and exercise at the top of this list, this year I’m making a few data management … Continue reading →
How to Share Your Research Data
With so many new policies from funding agencies and journals requiring data sharing, it’s growing more likely that you will encounter a data sharing mandate at some point in time. However, it can be difficult to know how to comply … Continue reading →
Where to Start with Data Management
Managing your research data well feels like a big task. There are so many practices that make up good data management that there are whole classes (Oregon State, University of Minnesota) and curricula (NECDMC, MANTRA) on the topic. There’s even … Continue reading →
Cloud Backup
I’m going to come right out and say that Dropbox is not a sufficient backup. If all you have are files in a Dropbox folder that are synced to the cloud, you should not consider your files to be backed … Continue reading →
Data Dictionaries
Recently, I was reading through Christie Bahlai’s excellent roundup of spreadsheet best practices when I started thinking about documenting spreadsheets. You see, best practices say that spreadsheets should contain only one large data table with short variable names at the top … Continue reading →
Dating Your Data (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Standard)
I’m going to come right out an admit something terribly nerdy: I have a favorite standard. It’s ISO 8601. My having a favorite standard probably doesn’t surprise you, as I am a person who writes a blog on data management … Continue reading →