I couldn’t be more excited to tell you that my book, Data Management for Researchers, is now officially published! The book is described as: A comprehensive guide to everything scientists need to know about data management, this book is essential … Continue reading →
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Data Management Threshold Concepts
We’ve been going through the new ACRL “Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education” recently at work. This document discusses ways to teach students how to search and understand information resources, framing critical skills as “threshold concepts”. While the Framework … Continue reading →
Data Management Videos
I’ve been so busy talking about documentation on the blog recently that I’ve forgotten to share an awesome project that I’ve been working on: the data management video series! Over the course of the last semester, I worked with an … Continue reading →
New Data Requirements and How To Meet Them
Around the time when I started this blog in 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) decreed that all major federal funders would soon have to require data management plans and data sharing from their grantees. … Continue reading →
Clarification and Correction on My Uniform Guidance Post
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
README.txt
I mentioned README.txt files in my previous post and I wanted to expand on this concept because README’s are one of my favorite data management tools. The reason is that many of us keep notes separate from our digital data … Continue reading →
Wrapping Up A Project
Data managers talk a lot about doing data management before your project starts, but there is another important point in a project that is critical to data management: when a project ends. My recent post on managing thesis data got … Continue reading →