The UW-Madison Libraries became members of Dryad, a non-profit, community-driven data repository and organization, in June of 2021. While Research Data Services has been recommending Dryad as a trustworthy generalist data repository solution to campus …
Data Storage
Transforming Qualitative Research with QDR
by Aatisha Cyrill Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) is an invaluable tool for researchers to store, share, and reuse qualitative data. For many researchers, particularly in the social sciences, collecting qualitative data has traditionally been a …
Initiative to Improve Access to NIH-funded Data
The NIH Office of Data Strategy recently announced the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI). This new initiative seeks to supplement the subject-specific NIH data repositories available to NIH-funded researchers with 6 generalist repositories. These expanded …
Research Data Tips for Leaving UW-Madison
If your time as a researcher or student at UW-Madison is coming to an end, good luck with your new opportunities! As you make the shift, it’s important to begin the process of off-boarding – …
Spreadsheets and Databases as Tools for Data Management
Is the spreadsheet you’re using for research data starting to get unwieldy? For research projects of any size it’s important to think about the tools that will best suit your data collection, recording, and analysis …
Refresh Your Data Management Savvy This New Year
Happy New Year’s! The start of a new year and a new semester are as good a time as ever to evaluate your data management practices. Here are some reminders about data management best practices, …
OpenCitations Enhances Citation Data with COCI
OpenCitations has been working toward enhancing citations to make citation data more easily discoverable and retrievable. In July, OpenCitations released COCI, the OpenCitations Index of Crossref open DOI-to-DOI references. The initial release of COCI created …