UPDATE: This position is no longer available. The Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services (JHU DMS) group is hiring a Manager to lead the team with a focus on operational and supervisory aspects. The JHU DMS provides both …
By David Shorthouse, Marine Biological Laboratory Biology is an exceptionally diverse science whose pursuit spans timeframes of nanoseconds to millennia, operates on scales from nanometers to thousands of kilometers, describes all life from minute, aeolian fauna that plunge down …
By Matthew Mayernik The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) put on a data citation workshop in Boulder, CO, April 5-6, 2012. The workshop, titled “Bridging Data Lifecycles: Tracking Data Use via Data Citations,” brought together over 75 people …
By Matt Mayernik, UCAR/NCAR The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) held its third annual Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit March 22-23, 2012, in New Orleans, LA. The summit brought together information professionals from academia, …
By Ruth Duerr, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) As a member of the Data Conservancy team, my role includes keeping up with developments in data management, and often these developments are not technical so much as organizational. …
by Jane Beitler, NSIDC Ian H., a postdoc in biological sciences at JHU, seems a little out of his element as he looks over the criteria for the data management plan that he must submit with his research proposal. …
Data Conservancy and SEAD, an NSF DataNet-funded cyberinfrastructure development project led by the University of Michigan, have announced a collaboration that will enable the SEAD project to use Data Conservancy code modules for use in their own software. This partnership …
Sunday, 22 January 2012, 8:30–12:00 p.m.; Room 338/339 In this half-day workshop on Sunday January 22, 2012, everything the modern data-producing scientist needs to know about data management will be introduced. We will discuss the rationale for data management …
In the next few weeks, the Data Conservancy will have a new look and feel, including a new website. Before these changes occur, we want to hear from our social media followers. Is there something missing from our current site …
Don’t let science leave you behind. The proliferation of data from all sources requires today’s scientists to be aware of sound data management practices. In this free half-day workshop, everything the modern data-producing scientist needs to know about data management …