In this essay, I will analyze the overlaps and discontinuities between my research data management practices for a study undertaken in my Human Information Interaction and what I have learned so far about the variously-described research data life cycle. We’ve explored several variations of the research data management life cycle (RDMLC) this semester, each with … Read more
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
As part of my ongoing series on how I’m publishing my first peer-reviewed journal article, today I’m talking a bit more about peer review. Last time I talked about getting feedback from my peers in the academic program I’m in. That feedback has been very helpful, and my writing is better for it. That said, … Read more
Unexpectedly, having a computer science undergrad occasionally bites me in the rear. One of my projects this semester is to do some bibliographic analysis. I love being able to understand the connections between things, and bibliometrics offers me a way to explore how different authors relate to each other, how works relate to each other, … Read more
As one of my academic goals for this year, I’m working towards my first peer reviewed academic journal publication. I’m nervous about this for a lot of reasons. I’m still a student, so how could I possibly know what I’m talking about? English is not my first language, so what if I screw up my … Read more
I have a lot of things I want to work on this year. Many of them are education related: I’m designing my own university course. I’m trying to keep my grades up. I’m trying to write regular blog posts about my experiences as a student. I’m submitting an articles to get my first publication. I’m … Read more
In one of my classes this semester, we’re learning about Research Data Management. We’re exploring policies, funding requirements, best practices, history, theory, and practical details for the research data management life cycle. I’m having a great time and learning a lot. One of the things we’re learning about is how to define a good organizational … Read more
I’m going to school to be a librarian. Librarians are trained to be experts in the organization and management of information. This doesn’t make librarians experts in every subject contained within their libraries. The public library is often called the university for the common man, but librarians are not its professors. In Adler and Doren’s … Read more
One of my tasks this semester is to plan for a reading course. A reading course is a student-designed course, consisting of identifying a topic, creating a list of learning objectives, creating assignments that demonstrate and reinforce those objectives, finding source materials that will teach the objectives along with modalities to import the information from … Read more
This has been a rewarding and challenging semester. In many ways, I expected that changing universities would be straightforward. Even moving to another country, the same organization still accredits the program of study here. The academic and social cultures are relatively similar. I had already taken some courses towards the degree, and so by starting … Read more
