What are they? Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) are software counterparts to paper lab notebooks. Although the name suggests a physical notebook device, ELNs are actually just software that runs on a computer, although some ELNs …
Datapoints: the RDS blog
Tools: SpiderOak
What It Is: Cloud-based file storage, synchronization, and back-ups. SpiderOak is available on Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, Android, and N900 Maemo. Cost: Free, premium, and enterprise accounts available. The pricing for storage is better compared …
Popular Economic Paper Criticized for Undocumented Errors
A new review of an influential research article on fiscal austerity and GDP finds that the results were tainted in part by an undocumented error in the authors’ Excel dataset. The original research by Carmen …
Case Study: Box
I recently sat down with Breanne Litts, a doctoral candidate in Digital Media, Curriculum & Instruction, who has been using Box for file storage and collaboration for her research on learning in makerspaces. Project needs: The …
Tools: Box
www.box.com What it is Box is a cloud-based file storage, synchronization, and collaboration service. It can be used by groups for storing, creating, editing, and sharing data files, documents, and other digital objects. Cost A …
Free E-book on Data Science
A new book by Jeffrey Stanton from Syracuse University School of Information Studies, An Introduction to Data Science, is now available for free download. The book–which uses R code to illustrate examples–begins with a clear …
DDI Workshop
Documenting research data and processes is becoming highly relevant in the age of Big Data. The Data Documentation Initiative (http://www.ddialliance.org/what) is an effort to standardize how social science metadata are described, thus leading to more …