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
I published the article “Data Management Practices in Academic Library Learning Analytics: A Critical Review” in 2019. Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that I omitted a couple of citations, instead listing them as “citation omitted in order to protect students’ … Continue reading
A side effect of being a data specialist-by-day and a crafter-by-night, is that the two sometimes combine. This leads to things like the bad passwords dress and the women in science dress, but more recently, I’ve been dabbling in data … Continue reading
The thud you might have heard yesterday was NIH dropping a new Data Management and Sharing Policy. It won’t go into effect until 2023-01-25 but the policy has so many ramifications that I don’t plan to waste time in preparing. … Continue reading
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
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
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".