The California Digital Library (CDL) is conducting a survey to better understand researcher practices and perceptions around data publication. Their aim is to learn what a “data publication” should look like: what should accompany a dataset …
Month: January 2014
Erin Carrillo named RDS co-lead
Research Data Services (RDS) is proud to announce that Erin Carrillo will become co-chair of the service. Carrillo, who is a science librarian at UW-Madison’s Steenbock Memorial Library, has been a member of RDS for …
Scientific Data Lost to Poor Archiving
A recent article from Library Journal highlights a critical problem in research data management: “Hundreds of new pieces of scientific research are published every month, in fields from physics to biology. While the studies themselves …
Tools: Interview with Mark Igra, LabKey Server
Earlier this year, I spoke with Mark Igra, a partner at LabKey Software, and learned more about how LabKey Server works and how it’s used by researchers. Q: What types of research is LabKey Server …