As we celebrate Black History Month, it’s a critical time to engage in actively anti-racist and social justice-focused work. However, it’s not enough to celebrate and focus on this work during one month every year. …
Datapoints: the RDS blog
Best Data Resources of 2020
As the year winds down, we’re putting together a list of our favorite data-related resources and books from 2020 that help readers reflect and think critically about how they work with and present data. Take …
Link Roundup December 2020
Cameron Cook The campus Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative is helping to support research which has been drastically affected by COVID-19 interruptions. A recent Educause article speaks about open science from the IT perspective and how …
Link Roundup November 2020
Jennifer Patiño A new study at UW-Madison by Evan Polman, associate professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business, Paul Hoban, assistant professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business, and Lyn Van …
Update: NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing Released
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released their final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS Policy) requiring the submission of Data Management and Sharing Plans and compliance with the approved Plans for …
World Digital Preservation Day: Disaggregating COVID-19 Racial/Ethnic Data
This year, the theme for World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD) is “Digits: for Good.” According to the Digital Preservation Council, this year’s theme “refers to the hard work, resilience, and responsiveness of our colleagues which …
Link Roundup October 2020
Cameron Cook This week we’re celebrating International Open Access Week! This year’s theme is “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.” Checkout the UW-Madison Open Access Week page for a full …