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
There is a saying about storage in the library world: lots of copies keep stuff safe. The abbreviation, LOCKSS, not only defines this principle but also provides the name of two storage systems, LOCKSS and CLOCKSS, which libraries buy into … Continue reading
This week is Open Access week, a celebration that promotes and raises awareness for the growing Open Access movement. There are a lot of great reasons to publish open access, including making research openly available and shifting away from an … Continue reading
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
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 Data Management Workbook".
My second book, "Managing Data for Patron Privacy," co-authored with Becky Yoose.
My first book, "Data Management for Researchers".