I’m surprised that I haven’t discussed this on the blog yet, but there is a pretty fundamental question that needs to be addressed in order to discuss data management: what does “data” even mean? Coming from a scientific background, it’s … Continue reading
I wrote about the best licenses for datasets in my previous post and I want to add to that information by pointing out two potentially problematic Creative Commons licenses for research products, data and publications alike: CC Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) … Continue reading
As scientists, we aren’t necessarily trained in copyright. For a long time this hasn’t been a problem, as practices for distributing our scholarly work have been fairly standardized. Open access publishing and data sharing are changing things and providing researchers … Continue reading
The last time I wrote about data management plans, I covered reasons that funders are starting to expect researchers to manage their data better and the 5 topics that make up most data management plans. The topics are as follows: … Continue reading
Last week, I discussed some of the policy requirements for retaining research data and I’d like to follow up by discussing how one goes about retaining research data for 10+ years. It’s a sad fact that many of us have … Continue reading
Retraction Watch wrote an interesting post this week about the partial retraction of a 2007 article because the authors could not provide the original research data. The retraction concerns a figure in which two panels appear to show the same information. … Continue reading
My name is Kristin Briney and I love research data. Follow my adventures with data here or contact me with questions.
My third book, "The Research Data Management Workbook".
My second book, "Managing Data for Patron Privacy," co-authored with Becky Yoose.
My first book, "Data Management for Researchers".