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IDCC poster submission: Data citation in the wild
The summer 2010 internships have concluded, but the pulling-it-all-together work continues. Here’s a poster abstract we’ve just submitted to the 6th International Digital Curation Conference 2010, 6 – 8 December 2010, Chicago, USA. Data citation in the wild Valerie Enriquez, Sarah Walker Judson, Nicholas M. Weber, Suzie Allard, Robert B. Cook, Heather A. Piwowar, Robert J. […]
Sharing is Caring
July 28, 2010
by scootypuffrider
With budget cuts affecting all libraries, it is an unpleasant, but all too common surprise when you no longer have access to a particular journal or database. What then? There is always interlibrary loan. However, there may be cost prohibitions, or the article may not get to you in time. What if you could contact […]
Deadline vs. Inertia: Round 1, Fight!
July 21, 2010
by scootypuffrider
I have to admit, I am of two minds when it comes to deadlines. The cool, rational half of me likes to have things done at least two weeks in advance to allow for revisions, edits, and tweaks at appropriate intervals. This also allows for healthier eating and sleeping habits. The brash, impulsive half of […]
Policy Extraction and Seat Belts : Do Your Part !
For the last few weeks I have been extracting elements of data sharing and citation policies into a series of datasets (links below) What I am trying to capture are the essential elements of what is present in current policies. I’ve looked specifically at three categories of journals: Evolutionary Biology http://tables.googlelabs.com/DataSource?snapid=68246 Ecology http://tables.googlelabs.com/DataSource?snapid=68743 And Envrionmental […]
Friday Bits
Please share any of your own in the comments section! Show me the Data: NISo is hosting a webinar on linking datasets and publications August 11th There is a trove of session summaries and interviews with presenters from the CNI / JISC 2010 Meeting : Managing Data in Difficult Times: policies, strategies, technologies and infrastructure to […]
Posted in: Data Sharing, oadata
tracing data through the archives
Upon tedious perusal of many articles, I’ve come to form some strong opinions on what makes data traceable. At a basic level, I simply wish authors were more clear (it sure would make my data extraction easier!). This requires transparency on the part of the scientist. Not just a willingness to be open, but explicitly […]
Posted in: Data Reuse, Data Sharing
Playing to My Strengths
July 9, 2010
by scootypuffrider
In a former life, I was once a fiction writer and amateur music writer. It wasn’t actually so long ago and occasionally I still dabble. However, returning to the narrative format within a more scientific framework may prove to be a larger challenge. For some context: At our mentor/intern meetup this week, we presented our […]
Information Science Detectives
June 30, 2010
by scootypuffrider
“It’s kind of like trying to find someone on Facebook only knowing their hair color and favorite breakfast cereal.” This has been my clumsy way of explaining to my friends exactly what it is I’ve been doing lately and why I can’t come out and play in the tree fort with the other kids. Not […]
Why Share Data?
Raw data is the currency of science. It “pays” the publication bills, it fuels the inquiry. But once the publication is obtained and logged on the tenure checklist, what good is data? A busy scientist might say the data has served its purpose and bury it in their cemetery of computer files. Another could argue […]
Posted in: Data Reuse, Data Sharing
On keeping an open science journal
June 23, 2010
by scootypuffrider
This certainly isn’t the diary I had in middle school with the broken lock from when I lost the key. For one thing, I wouldn’t mind if anyone actually reads it. It’s hard for me to imagine a time before the internet. Then again, what I have pictured usually involves Thomas Edison being a jerk and trying to vandalize […]
Posted in: Data Reuse, Data Sharing
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September 13, 2010
by Heather Piwowar
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