Getting Organized: Managing your research

Getting Organized:Managing your researchScholars’ Commons Workshop Series - September 26, 2014

Juliet L. HardestyMetadata Analyst

Indiana University Librariesjlhardes@iu.edu@jlhardes

Goals for organizing research

• Track (and don’t lose) your research• Use your research• Share your research

Step 3: Profit!

Step 2

Step 1: Data

… using metadata

What is this… metadata?

• Describes, categorizes, organizes• Example• Store, preserve, migrate• Find, identify, and access later – (sometimes much much later after it’s mixed in

with all sorts of other stuff that may or may not be related)

Field data • spreadsheets, proprietary software

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Interviews • sound recordings, transcriptions,

screen capture

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Citations • articles, books, web sites, digital collections, presentations

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• Based on feature– File format– Date– File name– Directory

structure

Finding things later

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• Based on activity–Writing a paper–Conducting an experiment–Analyzing a data set–Creating a presentation–Preparing a lesson/course

• No correct answer when it’s personal

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Device Determinism

• Mobile device(s) > Main device• Use apps available on all of your devices– Evernote– Zotero– Google Drive– Box

Personal Example: Journal Article

Personal Example: Journal Article (cont’d)

Personal Example: Journal Article (cont’d more)

Personal Example: Report from Survey

Personal Example: Report from Survey (cont’d)

Personal Example: Report from Survey (cont’d more)

Back it up!

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• Box@IU• Other options

Tools (and people) exist to help

• Evernote – note-taking in the cloud• Zotero – citation management• Bamboo Dirt – more digital research tool options

than you will ever need• Top 10 tech tips for IU students - UITS• What is Metadata? – metadata@iu.edu• IU Libraries Scholars’ Commons Reference Desk• Me! – Tuesdays, 10am-noon, Scholars’ Commons 157L

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• Julie Hardesty• jlhardes@iu.edu• @jlhardes• Metadata Consulting– Fall 2014– 10am-noon, Tuesdays– Scholars’ Commons 157L

• metadata@iu.edu

Questions? Comments!