I recently attended an RDAP webinar about data sharing for physical samples. While the requirement to share this type of data is not universal, it is increasingly popping up in public access policies. Economically and scientifically, it makes sense to … Continue reading
July is Disability Pride Month. I’ve been learning more about disability during the past year and this has naturally led me to thinking about accessibility of research data. Last year, my friend Abigail co-wrote a really nice call-to-action about making … Continue reading
I’m so excited to share the publication of my article “Measuring Data Rot: An Analysis of the Continued Availability of Shared Data from a Single University” in PLOS ONE. Here’s the abstract: To determine where data is shared and what … Continue reading
I blogged in February about how my Library won a DataWorks! prize for our data reuse recipe: the file naming convention worksheet. This month FASEB, the prize sponsor along with NIH, just announced the 2024 DataWorks! Prize Symposium, which will … Continue reading
Deciding on where to share your data can be difficult. The current universal expectation for data sharing is swiftly becoming: put shared data in a data repository. The challenge for researchers is that the data repository landscape is still evolving. … Continue reading
I ran across this lovely video by UMN copyright librarian Nancy Sims on making decisions about your research data and found it so helpful that I had to share it here. She gives an excellent overview of how copyright (see my … 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".