Students aren’t the only ones cheating—some professors are, too. Uri Simonsohn is out to bust them.

The implementation of a scientific research data management system is an important task within long-term, interdisciplinary research projects. Besides sustainable storage of data, including accurate descriptions with metadata, easy and secure exchange and provision of data is necessary, as well as backup and visualisation. The design of such a system poses challenges and problems that need to be solved.This paper describes the practical experiences gained by the implementation of a scientific research data management system, established in a large, interdisciplinary research project with focus on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Data.

In conversations with fellow digi-dorks, it became clear I was looking at this wrong. To answer the question, how much does it cost to start a small digital humanities lab; first, consider the most expensive element: personnel. The other costs: a few computers, web-hosting, software, and furniture are relatively inexpensive. The other big issue, and... Read more »

This blog post is written by Sven Vlaeminck | ZBW – German National Library of Economics / Leibniz Information Center for Economics Background In Economics, as in many other research disciplines, t…

New data journal.

New data journal.

HUGE growth in "supplemental materials" added to articles. Graph suitable for use in slidedeck.

"The DIWG will provide the ACD and the NIH Director with expert advice on the management, integration, and analysis of large biomedical datasets." Big data only, which IMO is a mistake.

Linked Open Data - Libraries, Archives, Museums

What UVa is doing to tame data storage issues.

Invited presentation at the Digital Curation Centre Roadshow, Dundee, 5 December 2012.

Researcher has trouble finding and downloading GIS data.

IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences and beyond.

To study the brain from molecules to behaviour, neuroscientists face the challenge of communicating an emerging wealth of information in coherent accessible forms.

ACRL report on what academic libraries are doing and what they plan to be. Late 2012.

Neuroimaging and the discipline of cognitive neuroscience have grown together in lock-step with each pushing the other toward an improved ability to explore and examine brain function and form. However successful neuroimaging and the examination of cognitive processes may seem today, the culture of …

From 1974: "During the last twenty years, social scientists involved with the establishment and administration of data archives have been making overtures to traditional libraries. But until recently, there has been almost no response." Plus ça change...