It was wonderful to meet many of you at the New Graduate Student Welcome Resource Fair last week! We enjoyed starting to learn about your exciting areas of research and we hope to be a …
Datapoints: the RDS blog
August 2016 Link Roundup
In this series, members of the RDS team share links to research data related stories, resources, and news that caught their eye each month. Feel free to share your favorite stories with us on Twitter @UWMadRschSvcs! Cameron Cook “Good Enough …
Hey UW! Tell Us About Your Digital Preservation Needs
Do you have data worth preserving for future generations? Do you know how much you have collected? Or how long you should keep it for? What are the consequences if it’s lost, and how …
DataCite Identifiers Through EZID
Following a pilot period this summer, the University of Wisconsin Libraries will now be offering permanent identifiers in the form of DataCite DOIs through the EZID service. EZID will be available through either the EZID user …
RDS Practicum Student Talks About Lessons from the Lab
On August 25, RDS summer practicum student Allison Langham gave a talk entitled, “Research data management (RDM): Convincing a lab group they really need to manage their data.” The talk was a culmination of her …
July 2016 Link Roundup
Brianna Marshall Have you seen this video of UW researchers talking about their work studying the Zika virus? A blog post by ecologists Ethan White and Morgan Ernest on whether long-term data should be open. …
Data Management in the Lab: An Interview with Allison Langham
Describe yourself and your role(s) on campus. I just finished my first year in the master’s program at the School of Library and Information Studies. In addition to my classes, I work on a project …