Oh the horror! It’s enough to make our spreadsheets lose their headers! Do you have stories of devastating data loss, failed saves, daring rescues, or disturbed vibe coding? Did saving to the cloud end up …
Datapoints: the RDS blog
HathiTrust Featured Collections Project
At the intersection of digital libraries, big data, and academic impact, our team had the opportunity to contribute to a meaningful project in support of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries. Our mission was clear: create …
Automating DOI Creation: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Manual Effort
The Challenge of Manual DOI Creation Managing research data efficiently is crucial in academic institutions, and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) play a key role in ensuring research outputs are easily accessible, citable, and trackable. However, …
Share Your Story at the Data Story Slam!
The Data Story Slam, an informal social held in conjunction with the 2025 Data Science Research Bazaar, will take place on Thursday, February 27, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Attendees are invited to share and hear …
Love Data Week: Research Data Resources You Should Know
International Love Data Week, which takes place February 10 – 14, 2025, is the perfect time to get familiar with some of the resources for managing and sharing research data that are available at UW-Madison. …
Overview of UW-Madison Research Data in Dryad: 2008 – 2024
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 …
Using Data Dashboards for Research
by Rahil Virani What are data dashboards? Imagine driving a car without a dashboard. You wouldn’t know your speed, fuel level, or engine temperature, making it nearly impossible to drive safely or efficiently. In much …