The final day of LOVE YOUR DATA week and it all comes together. Well documented and organized data kept safe and shared with researchers continue the scientific conversations. A brilliant example of this is the Human Genome Project. This 13-year project funded by public and private efforts opened access to genetic data that led to the discovery of 1800 disease genes and over 2000 tests for human conditions. Countless research projects can get off the ground because their time and resources can focus on next steps instead of reinventing the already sequenced wheel. What is really going on is DATA REUSE.
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LOVE YOUR DATA Day 4 – Data Shhharing
Post by Tiffany Grant PhD, Research Informationist based at Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library
Data Shhharing
“Data” and “sharing” are two words that we don’t like to juxtapose in the scientific community. I mean, who wants to share their hard earned data? It’s the equivalent of sharing ones salary with the world- a group of strangers. The data generated via the scientific process is extremely personal, and is intrinsic to the life and legacy of the researchers who create it. Researchers don’t have a problem with publishing their work once completed, as it adds to their scientific credibility. But, therein lies the problem. Publication does not always equal access.
It is the publisher, not the researcher who owns the rights to the articles published in their journals. Access to these journals typically only comes through a paid subscription. So, while researchers can often get access to journals through their institution, access is not granted to all without paying for individual articles at a time, a process which can prove quite costly. Thus paying for access to online content makes sense only to publishers who profit from it. But, as a researcher, do you really want your hard work under this veil? Is that really what you worked for?
LOVE YOUR DATA Day 3 – Data Documentation
I say to you….slow down, smell the agar plates, take the time to document your data. Your future self will thank you, profusely.
Proper documentation provides the context that your data needs to persist through time, to integrate into new systems and to give you credit for your contributions in the form of data citations. Where possible, you should consider contributing the following information along with your dataset.
LOVE YOUR DATA Day 2 – Organizing your data
Post by Tiffany Grant PhD, Research Informationist based at Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library
Organizing Data
When you’re generating data at a rapid pace, it can be easy to label files with names that seem good at the time, but that will have very little meaning to you later. This practice may save time in the present, but it will ultimately lead to great frustration in the future when finding these exact files seem nearly impossible.
A good practice for data organization is to give your files meaningful, descriptive names, but avoiding long file names. Files names should allow you to identify a precise experiment from the name.
How meaningful are the following file names?
- Test_data_2013
- Project_Data
- Design for project.doc
- Lab_work_Eric
- Second_test
- Meeting Notes Oct 23
LOVE YOUR DATA Day 1 – Keep your data safe
Let’s kick off LOVE YOUR DATA week with KEEPING DATA SAFE.
First a sad story – in one of my first Top Ten Tips for Data Management workshops, I had a workshop participant who I thought was bored out of his skull. He had a glazed look in his eyes and kept shaking his head as if he was saying no, no, no. I approached him, though with some reservations after the workshop, and asked what he thought about the topic and my presentation. His words and I quote were “if only I had known this 6 months ago…I just lost my dissertation work and I am still getting over the shock”. Not bored, but in shock. He had lost 6 months’ worth of work. Sadly he is not the first. If only he and others had known about 3-2-1 or Here-Near and Far.
3-2-1 stands for
3 copies (1 primary copy and two backup copies of your data)
2 formats for storage (use a computer hard drive and an external hard drive)
1 remote copy (cloud storage or geographically separate from your other copies)
These three tips will help keep your data safe and protect your valuable time.
Here, Near and Far is another way of thinking about the same tips. Set up an automatic back up for your data to make it even easier.
At UC we have a few tools that can help you back up your data:
1) Use your Box account. You have 50 GB available to you. IT@UC also has other data solutions available.
2) You can track your work with the Open Science Framework developed by the Center for Open Science or use GitHub.
3) Attend a data management workshop offered by UC Libraries. We have several coming up particular a workshop called Managing Research Data from Generation to Preservation on April 19th.
Fun Fact: Did you know we can still look at Darwin’s original notebooks through the Darwin Online project. Someone took extra special care for those files. Let’s do the same for your data.
Check out this fun video about data back-up and learn how the movie Toy Story 2 was almost lost, but was saved by the 3-2-1 rule.
Visit the Love your Data website for more tips to help keep your data safe. Follow the event on Twitter at #LYD16.
Love Your Data Week Feb 8-12
Join us for LOVE YOUR DATA WEEK February 8 – 12 2016. This week long social media event will celebrate your biggest research asset – your data. Each day will highlight tips and resources around a specific theme.
Monday: Keeping Data Safe
Tuesday: Organizing Data
Wednesday: Documenting Data
Thursday: Data Sharing – Data Citations
Friday: Open Data – Reusing Data
Website: https://loveyourdata.wordpress.com/
Twitter: #LYD16
Instagram: #LYD16
Facebook: #LYD16
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/coateshl/love-your-data-2016/
https://www.pinterest.com/coateshl/the-changing-face-of-data/
BoardVitals: Family, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Question Banks
The Health Sciences Library has recently acquired access to the BoardVitals Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner question banks. These exam preparation products will enhance the student’s ability to prepare for their licensure examination. These products are web based allowing students 24 hour a day world wide access.
Links to BoardVitals may be found in UCLID (https://uclid.uc.edu/search/X) UC’s online catalog as well as the Health Sciences Library list of databases (http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/research/hsl-databases.html) or the Nursing EBooks page (http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/c.php?g=222237&p=1471150).
Tutorials, including registration and use of BoardVitals can be found on the Health Sciences Library tutorials page (http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hsltutorials).
For questions or additional information please contact Charlie Kishman by email – kishmacp@ucmail.uc.edu or phone – (513)-558-3849.
New Presentation Software and Database Workshops at the Health Sciences Library
Want to try a new presentation software called Emaze or learn more about the Embase database? Register to attend these workshops in the Health Sciences Library Troup Learning Space G005G.
Registration available at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx.
Thursday, January 21, 2016, 10:00 – 11:30 am
Emaze
Check out the presentation capabilities of Emaze, a cloud-based software. Learn the basics of how to an Emaze presentation in this hands-on class and how it compares with Prezi, another cloud-based presentation software.
Thursday, January 28, 2016, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Embase
Embase is a biomedical research database known for its comprehensive drug, medical device, and clinical information. This hands-on class introduces the unique features and search options available in this database.
Contact Edith Starbuck at edith.starbuck@uc.edu with any questions.
Online Resources: HSL eBook Collections
Do you know how many Health Sciences ebook collections are available through the Health Sciences Library (HSL)? There are 15! Some are available just to the Academic Health Center and others are available to the entire university.
eBook Collections – Features:
Most of these collections provide the opportunity to search across the entire collection or browse for a specific subject or title. Collections vary in what they include in addition to ebooks. Some include multimedia, cases, self-assessment, drug monographs, calculators and patient education while others also include journals and guidelines. Most include the option to create a personal account that provides the ability to print or email and often more. One collection, ClinicalKey requires a personal account in order to access the PDF full text of an ebook.
Over the next few weeks these ebook collections will be introduced more fully. In the meantime, feel free to explore the collections below.
Health Sciences Library eBook collections:
- AccessMedicine
- AccessPharmacy
- AccessSurgery
- ClinicalKey (medicine)
- PharmacyLibrary APhA Collection
- Psychiatryonline Collection (DSM-5 and other psychiatric titles)
- LWW Health Library/Basic & Anatomical Sciences Health Library
- STAT!Ref Medicine
- STAT!Ref Nursing
- R2 Library (allied health, medicine, nursing)
- Facts and Comparisons
UC Libraries eBook collections:
- CRCnetBASE Collection (engineering, medicine, science, information technology)
- Knovel (environment & environmental engineering, safety & industrial hygiene & more)
- SpringerLink (biomedical, environmental, food sciences, life sciences & more)
- Wiley Online Library (life sciences, medicine, nursing, psychology, earth & environment, veterinary medicine & more)
Other Ways to Access:
HSL A-Z ebooks list: www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/research/ebooks.html
Research guides (click on Subject Guide to see a list of guides in various subject areas): http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hsl
Library catalog (most collections but not necessarily all the individual titles in those collections are in the catalog yet): https://uclid.uc.edu/search/X
Off Campus Access:
Most are accessible from off campus via the proxy server or the VPN (Virtual Private Network). The exception is ClinicalKey which is only accessible from off campus via the VPN.
To install the VPN Junos Pulse client on your home computer or device go to http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/services/off-campus-access.html
Best bet: use the Junos Pulse manual installation instructions NOT the automatic installation instructions.
Questions?
Contact Edith Starbuck at 513-558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu
Health Sciences Library Winter Break Hours
Winter Break
Friday, December 18, 2015 7:30am-5pm
Saturday, December 19, 2015 Noon-5pm
Sunday, December 20, 2015 Noon-5pm
Monday, December 21, 2015 8am-5pm
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8am-5pm
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8am-5pm
Thursday, December 24, 2015 CLOSED
Friday, December 25, 2015 CLOSED
Saturday, December 26, 2015 CLOSED
Sunday, December 27, 2015 CLOSED
Monday, December 28, 2015 Noon-4pm
Tuesday, December 329, 2015 Noon-4pm
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Noon-4pm
Thursday, December 31, 2015 Noon-4pm
Friday, January 1, 2016 CLOSED
Saturday, January 2, 2016 CLOSED
Sunday, January 3, 2016 CLOSED
Regular hours resume on Monday, January 4, 2016