Love your Data through Documentation
Documenting your data is kind of like eating your spinach. You know that you need to do it to keep your data healthy, but it’s not something that you look forward to. Good documentation takes an...
View ArticleLove your data? Share it!
It is common scholarly practice to publish results of research, and it is becoming increasingly more important to share the underlying data. Data sharing allows for the replicability and verification...
View ArticleLove your data by learning how to get the most out of it
You probably know that the University of Michigan Library offers a variety of educational programs, but did you know that these programs include topics relevant to working with research data?
View ArticleAssessing and Quantifying Risk to Digital Media Materials
A summary of a risk assessment model as applied to a born-digital archival collection at M Library.
View ArticleThe University of Michigan Library hosts Midwest Data Librarian Symposium
This past week, the University of Michigan Library was pleased to host the second annual Midwest Data Librarian Symposium (MDLS). The goal of the symposium was to offer librarians who work with...
View ArticleA Born-Digital Laboratory is Born
We are putting together a super sweet lab to handle born-digital content!!
View ArticlePersonal Digital Archiving Guide Part 1: Preservation Planning
The first in a series of how-to guides helping you to preserve your personal files and archives!
View ArticleData Management Plans as a Research Tool (DART)
At the May 2017 Data Bites meeting, Research Data Services (RDS) Manager Jake Carlson presented on his work with an IMLS-funded project, Data Management Plans as a Research Tool (DART). This...
View ArticleDeep Blue Data: New Features
The Deep Blue Data development and service teams have been hard at work incorporating feedback from our diverse community of users. Development is ongoing and we are rolling out many small changes, but...
View ArticleCopyright and Preservation Workshop
Copyright and Preservation workshop, Monday, 6/19, 11:00 am-12:00 pm How does copyright law treat preservation by libraries, archives, and museums? When does copyright law permit you to provide access...
View ArticleData Librarian Conference Round Up
The June 2017 Data Bites Forum provided an opportunity for librarians to share what they had learned from attending the Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP), IASSIST and other data related...
View ArticleDigital Data in Biodiversity Conference, 6/5-6/6/17
The University of Michigan hosted the inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity conference on June 5-6, 2017. Co-sponsored by NSF’s iDigBio program and the U-M Museums of Zoology, Paleontology, and the...
View ArticleWhat does a Data Workflows Specialist Do Anyways?
We are very pleased to have Susan Borda join the UM-Library as our very first Data Workflows Specialist. What exactly does a Data Workflows Specialist do you ask? Read on...
View ArticlePersonal Digital Archiving Guide Part 2: Media Types and File Formats
Part 2 of the Personal Digital Archiving Guide covers characteristics of digital file formats that you should consider when deciding how to preserve your digital materials.
View ArticleiPres 2018 Call for Contributions
iPres 2018 in Boston releases the initial call for contributions.
View ArticleDispatches: Digital Preservation 2017 conference
A report from Pittsburgh on the National Digital Stewardship Alliance's annual conference, Digital Preservation 2017.
View ArticleDisk Imaging for Preservation: Part 1
An outline of the workflow developed to image and preserve content from obsolete floppy disks. Part 1 of 2.
View ArticleDisk Imaging for Preservation: Part 2
An outline of the workflow developed to image and preserve content from obsolete floppy disks. Part 2 of 2.
View ArticleSpring Digital Preservation Unit Update
Update on work done by the Digital Preservation Unit including efforts on the Digital Preservation Lab, digital file formats, and community outreach.
View ArticleAdapting the Disk Imaging Workflow
A summary of how we transitioned our workflow for forensic imaging.
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