This post is aimed at the graduate students, post docs, and research scientists who have established good data management practices in their own work and now want to make a positive impact on their peer’s data management. It can be … Continue reading
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The Research Data Management Workbook
I am beyond thrilled to share with you my third book, The Research Data Management Workbook. This book is free and openly licensed (CC BY-NC), available both online and as a PDF or EPUB download. Here’s the citation: Briney, K. … Continue reading
Leaving the University
Don’t worry, I’m not actually leaving my job. Rather, I’ve been thinking about what happens to data when a researcher leaves a university. For how common separation is, it’s often a time during which data gets lost because there usually … 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
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
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
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
Project Close Out Checklist for Research Data
Researchers tend to think about data management at key times during a project, such as when writing a data management plan for grant funding and when preparing for data collection. But there’s one other critical time for data management in … Continue reading
Managing Your Literature
I’m putting my librarian hat on for today’s post as we’re looking at citation managers. There’s a lot to love about this type of software (easy citation formatting!!!) but in essence, they’re a tool for managing a specific type of … Continue reading →