Cameron Cook In the wake of changes in the pricing structure and licensing policies of the Box cloud storage system, UW Madison has created a task force to evaluate Box usage on campus. They will …
Cloud Storage
Version Control for Research Projects
Working on individual or collaborative projects of any size requires keeping your files organized. Inconsistent file management can result in lost work, redundancies, errors in the final products, or difficulty for others building on your …
An Introduction to Web Archiving for Research
Web archiving is the practice of collecting and preserving resources from the web. The most well known and widely used web archive is the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive was launched in 1996 …
Tools: Google Takeout
The UW-Madison has implemented a utility for exporting your files out of your UW Google Drive account (as well as YouTube and Google Contacts) in one step. This is useful for archiving files in your …
Tools: Electronic Lab Notebooks
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 …
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 …
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 …