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Short Hiatus…

16 May 2011
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I will be taking a short hiatus from writing in this blog while I work on my literature reviews in preparation for my Comprehensive Exams later this year.
While I may still post occasionally, I will not be posting my usual two or more times a week.
I hope you have a wonderful summer.

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Save the Data

13 April 2011

Welcome to my own version of NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard-ism).
Yes, I know the US federal budget needs to be cut, but not my programs.
Seriously. :)
The Sunlight Foundation writes:

Some of the most important technology programs that keep Washington accountable are in danger of being eliminated. Data.gov, USASpending.gov, the IT Dashboard and [...]

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A Moment to Remember the Victims of Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March 2011

14 March 2011

“The Great Wave at Kanagawa” by Hokusai.
I’d like to take a moment to remember the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan on 11 March 2011.
[Pause.]
If you would like to help the victims of this disaster, or find out more about it, Google has created this page of resources related to the [...]

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Starbuck’s Adds the 31 oz “Trenta” to the Menu

18 January 2011
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How big is a 31 oz cold coffee beverage? How can you display the new beverage size so that a layperson like me can understand exactly how oversized the new beverage is?
Starbucks recently announced that they will add a larger size to their menu of beverages — the “Trenta“. As I stated above, the new [...]

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Digital Preservation Education for NC State Government Employees

19 November 2010
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This past week, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources released guidelines for state employees responsible for preservation of the state’s public record. I have included the press release below. Whether or not you are an employee of the State of North Carolina, if you are interested in learning about digital preservation, I encourage you [...]

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Oxford Launches Research Data Management Website

16 November 2010
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The following announcement was posted to the Research Data Management listserv on 14 November 2010 via S. Hodson. I thought it might be on interest to some of you.

The University of Oxford has recently launched a new Research Data Management Website: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/rdm
The development of this resource was ‘a close collaboration between Research Services, Computing [...]

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Please Vote!

2 November 2010
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This is just a friendly reminder to please vote today. Whatever your party affiliation, if you are a U.S. Citizen, please take the time to vote today. I believe it is our civic duty to vote. If you need help deciding on the issues, Mashable has links to 17 Web Resources to Help You Decide [...]

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ICPSR Releases “Guidelines for Effective Data Management Plans”

27 October 2010
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The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) has released their Guidelines for Effective Data Management Plans.
On the web site ICPSR writes this about these guidelines:

Many federal funding agencies, including NIH and most recently NSF, are requiring that grant applications contain data management plans for projects involving data collection. To support researchers in [...]

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The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time

4 October 2010
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Have you ever wished you could go back in time to see a town or city as it “used to be”? Cities like Ancient Rome, Athens, and Tenochtitlan? What about China’s Forbidden City?
Thanks to a collaboration between IBM and the Palace Museum, you may explore this aspect of Chinese culture and history online via [...]

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Google Releases World Map of Government Censorship Requests

28 September 2010
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How would you display a somewhat abstract term like “censorship” to your users and the rest of the world?
Earlier this week, Google released the latest version of their censorship map. Via the BBC: “the new map and tools follows on from that and allows users to click an individual country to see how many [...]

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