Filenames and Backups

A resource I created as part of a group assignment in my research data management course. File and Folder Naming Benefits: What to include: Tips: What might you want to use to identify a file without having to open it? If you need to be able to easily find the file for participant 26, then … Read more

OpenAlex relational bibliometric data

A case study on ETL and research data management. OpenAlex is a public bibliometrics database that contains many millions of records related to academic journal articles, authors, citations, and other research outputs and indicators related to scholarly publishing. This data is useful for doing research about research, or at least about the communication of research … Read more

Ethics of Open Educational Resources

This semester, I’m learning about information ethics, and for one of my class projects I decided to examine the ethical implications of Open Educational Resources (OER) and how they compare to the traditional publishing model for educational resources. The submission format was a video presentation which I’ve struggled with before and did again this time. … Read more

Permaculture Pathfinder

One of my assignments this semester was to create a pathfinder, which is an introduction to a topic that provides a definition, highlights a few resources in various formats, and directs the user to where they can find more information. I chose the topic of permaculture. You can find the pathfinder for the made-up library … Read more