I remember being incredibly paranoid when I was writing my PhD thesis that my computer would crash and I would lose all of my files. After 5 long years of work, I did not want anything keeping me from finally … 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
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
I’m currently developing a workshop on creating a data management plan (DMP) and, as part of this development process, I want to identify the absolute most important things to know in order to create a DMP. Part of the reason … Continue reading
It’s been a very big month for me: I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May and promptly got a job as Data Services Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The combination represents big life changes and a lot … 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
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".