Getting Organized:Managing your researchScholars’ Commons Workshop Series - September 26, 2014
Juliet L. HardestyMetadata Analyst
Indiana University [email protected]@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? – [email protected]• IU Libraries Scholars’ Commons Reference Desk• Me! – Tuesdays, 10am-noon, Scholars’ Commons 157L
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• Julie Hardesty• [email protected]• @jlhardes• Metadata Consulting– Fall 2014– 10am-noon, Tuesdays– Scholars’ Commons 157L
Questions? Comments!
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