An introductory talk for librarians on why laboratory notebooks are a critical tool for data management in scientific research. I also suggest ways that academ…

Cloud based project management for research LIMS and ELN. SaaS for fast adoption, easy transition, lower costs, always available

So this happened yesterday, and it’s a good thing. But note Mike Eisen’s question below Ed Summers’ tweet.

If you've ever wanted to drop terms like EC2 and S3 into casual conversation ( …

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Using Data in the Classroom is a site that provides information and discussion for educators and resource developers interested in effective teaching methods and pedagogical approaches for using data in the classroom.

Outline of a data-science curriculum. Should talk to 855 students about what "data scientists" are learning.

Documentation et conservation du patrimoine des arts mediatiques

Multi-institution data-curation collaborative effort. Uses existing IR infrastructure (especially human) to move forward.

“What we’re really looking for is an [information technology] solution that will allow one to determine that the data that are being used to eventually lead to clinical trials are in fact the data obtained at the time of collection and that there haven’t been changes that people are not aware of,” she said.

Comparison of handles, ARKs, PURLs, DOIs, etc. etc.

As open data is gaining momentum an increasing number of organizations are thinking about ways to make their data available for others to use. Here are some thought on how to approach design issues when making open government data available. TL;DR See if it is possible to publish your open data as file dumps instead …

ISO standard for uniquely identifying people and organizations, including fictional ones.

Digital curation involves a wide range of activities, many of which could benefit from cloud  deployment to a greater or lesser extent. These range from infrequent, resource-intensive tasks  which benefit from the ability to rapidly provision resources to day-to-day collaborative activities  which can be facilitated by networked cloud services. Associated benefits are offset by risks  such as loss of data or service level, legal and governance incompatibilities and transfer  bottlenecks. There is considerable variability across both risks and benefits according to the  service and deployment models being adopted and the context in which activities are  performed. Some risks, such as legal liabilities, are mitigated by the use of alternative, e.g.,  private cloud models, but this is typically at the expense of benefits such as resource elasticity  and economies of scale. Infrastructure as a Service model may provide a basis on which more  specialised software services may be provided.   There is considerable work to be done in helping institutions understand the cloud and its  associated costs, risks and benefits, and how these compare to their current working methods,  in order that the most beneficial uses of cloud technologies may be identified. Specific  proposals, echoing recent work coordinated by EPSRC and JISC are the  development of  advisory, costing and brokering services to facilitate appropriate cloud deployments, the  exploration of opportunities for  certifying or accrediting cloud preservation providers, and  the targeted publicity of outputs from pilot studies to the full range of stakeholders within the  curation lifecycle, including data creators and owners, repositories, institutional IT support  professionals and senior managers

Example of authority control on messy data.

Some fantastic work is going on in crowdsourcing the transcription of cultural heritage collections. After some recent thinking and conversation on these projects I want to more strongly and forcef…

A few weeks ago I went to a great talk by Victoria Stodden about how there’s a crisis of confidence in scientific research that depends on heavy computing. Long story short, because the data …

We have learned that a widely published Japanese anesthesiologist is under investigation by his university over concerns that he engaged in repeated fraud for decades that has tainted roughly 180 a…

The embedded video is a WONDERFUL look into skewed and missing clinical-trial data and why it matters.