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
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
I gave a talk on e-lab notebooks (ELNs) at UW-Madison yesterday. I cover the reasons for making (or not making) the switch to an ELN, what to look for in an ELN, and some things that Madison has done in … Continue reading
Have you ever had that experience where you’re analyzing a dataset and realize you should have written some extra bit of information down when you took the data? Sometimes this is just a minor inconvenience, but sometimes this makes your … Continue reading
The laboratory notebook is one of the most important tools for data management in the laboratory and in its paper format, it’s also one of the most problematic. The paper laboratory notebook has historically been the place to record all … 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".