Following a Data Citation through the Publishing Process
In the Spring of 2021, a researcher I regularly work with informed me that he had included the citation to his dataset in the References section of the paper that he had just submitted to AGU JGR...
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Our First Digital Preservation Assessment
Image CaptionNo actual clipboards were used in this assessment. Clipboard by Dave Crosby via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) In the summer and early fall of 2021, the Digital Preservation Steering Committee...
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Archiving Twitter
Image CaptionWorried about Twitter’s new direction, some users and advertisers have abandoned the platform. Photo by Life Of Pix on Pixnio (CC0) Turmoil at Twitter is causing concerns about the...
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The Horrors of Good Intentions: Told through the story of a dark repository.
Image CaptionMe (pictured left) and Being Honest About My Capacity (pictured right). Image from pixabay.com. An overview and lessons learned from challenges faced in the management of our dark...
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Documenting a Mixed Language: Interview with Dr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales
Image CaptionDr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales interviewing a Lannang speaker. His research focused on undocumented mixed language (Lannang), which is a combination of Tagalog, English, and Chinese...
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Stabilizing Ships with a Flywheel: Interview with Nate Clemett
Image CaptionMS student Nate Clemett and collaborators' research focused on testing the effectiveness of using a flywheel to stabilize naval vessels. In this interview, Nate Clemett (Master's student...
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Measuring Snow Reflectance: Interview with Dr. Adam Schneider
Image CaptionMagnified images of snow using micro-computed tomography. From Dr. Adam Schneider's dissertation. In this interview, Dr. Adam Schneider (U-M alum; PhD in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space...
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Simulating historical and future pollen emissions: An Interview with Yingxiao...
Image CaptionYingxiao Zhang, PhD candidate in the Climate and Space Sciences department In this interview, Yingxiao Zhang (PhD candidate in the Climate and Space Sciences department) describes why she...
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Measuring hormone concentrations in woolly mammoth and African elephant...
Image CaptionComputerized tomography (CT) scan of the right tusk of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) In this interview, Dr. Adam Rountrey is the Research Museum Collection Manager...
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Newly released: Data Curation Primer on Data Accessibility
Image CaptionThe beginning of the primer One of the main activities the Deep Blue Repository & Research Data Services team conducts is data curation(1)--that is, actions that provide meaningful and...
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Introducing Daniel Alexander! Our new Data Curation and Research...
Image CaptionDaniel Alexander joins us from Cornell University where he spent the last five years working in the area of research reproducibility. This post highlights one of the new members to the...
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Introducing Peter Cerda! Our new Data Curation Specialist for Workflows and...
Image CaptionPeter holding a Leptophis ahaetulla caught in Belize during his Ph.D. field work. This post highlights one of the new members to the DBRRDS team! Peter Cerda is Data Curation Specialist...
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Finding Our Way In The Dark (Repository)
Image CaptionA light at the end of the tunnel? Image from pixabay.com. Part two of our ongoing series on getting our dark repository back up and running. This post outlines our approach to moving...
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Solving a Seismic Mystery with Diver's Camera: An Interview with Dr. Amir...
Image CaptionDr. Amir Salaree is a Research Fellow in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan. He has published over a dozen peer reviewed articles on...
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iPres 2023: Notes from the Kettle
Image CaptionConference swag from iPres 2023 in Champaign-Urbana The 2023 iPres conference at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana brought an international community of digital archivists to...
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Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodres (PASH): Interview with Mike Galaty of the UM...
Image CaptionPhoto by Michael L. Galaty We are excited to share the publication of "Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH)"...
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Celebrate Open Access Week with Deep Blue Repositories
Open Access Week 2023 is upon us! The theme this year is "Community over Commercialization." This theme emphasizes transparency and equitable access to knowledge, which directly aligns with the goals...
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Deep Blue Data celebrates 1,000 individually-curated datasets during Love...
This Love Data Week, Deep Blue Data celebrates 1,000 curated and published datasets!
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Understanding the atmosphere of the planet of love: Interview with Brandon...
Image CaptionDr. Brandon Ponder, Ph.D. earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2023, with a focus on exploring the energy balance of Mars, Earth and Venus. He now focus on various topics...
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Machine Learning and Shipwrecks: Interview with the Field Robotics Group
Image CaptionAnja Sheppard with collaborators on their research vessel. Photo by Darby Hinkley of the Alpena News. In this interview, Anja Sheppard, Ph.D. Candidate in Robotics, describes her research...
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