Data News Archive
- NPG to launch Scientific Data
- May 31, 2013
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced the spring 2014 launch of Scientific Data, an open-access, online-only platform for describing scientific datasets.
- Data.gov Agricultural Community
- May 3, 2013
The Food, Agriculture and Rural virtual community on data.gov was launched last week.
- Recent Dryad Announcements
- May 1, 2013
In April, the Dryad repository announced a redesigned website and submission fees.
- NSF BIO DMP Guidance Updated
- Apr 24, 2013
Earlier this year the NSF Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO) updated the guidance on data management plans.
- Federally Funded Research
- Feb 25, 2013
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a memo concerning public access to results of federally funded research.
- Supplemental Materials
- Feb 12, 2013
NISO and NFAIS have published "Recommended Practices for Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials"
- Intro to Data Management workshop
- Jan 22, 2013
The Intro to Data Management workshop is being offered twice this spring.
- DMP Tips & Examples
- Dec 14, 2012
A Data Pub blog post included tips for creating high-quality data management plans and links to examples.
- Data Citation Index trial
- Nov 16, 2012
The University Library has arranged a trial to Thomson Reuters' new Data Citation Index.
- Reminder: Data Management workshop
- Nov 6, 2012
Due to high demand, a repeat of the Library's Intro to Data Management workshop will be offered on November 13.
- ORCID now available
- Nov 5, 2012
ORCID, which provides individual researchers with a persistent digital identifier, was launched last month.
- Data Citation Index webinars
- Nov 2, 2012
Thomson Reuters is offering introductory webinars for its new Data Citation Index.
- Intro to Data Management workshop
- Oct 29, 2012
Due to high demand, a repeat of the Library's Intro to Data Management workshop will be offered on November 13.
- Data Plans for NSF & NIH Grants
- Oct 12, 2012
At the Oct. 16 IGB seminar, Sarah Williams and Sarah Shreeves will present practical resources for NSF and NIH data management and data sharing plans
- Introduction to Galaxy workshop
- Oct 10, 2012
An Introduction to Galaxy workshop is being offered to the University of Illinois community October 16-17, 2012
- Data in NSF Bio Sketch
- Oct 10, 2012
Starting January 2013, datasets can be included in biographical sketches for NSF grant proposals.
- Reminder: Data Purchase Program
- Oct 8, 2012
Remember the application deadline for the University Library's Data Purchase Program is October 15, 2012.
- DataUp: A tool for Excel
- Oct 5, 2012
DataUp, an open source tool for working with data in Excel, has been released by the California Digital Library.
- Coursera - Clinical Data Management
- Sep 26, 2012
Coursera will offer a Data Management for Clinical Research course
- Data Citation Index to be released
- Sep 26, 2012
In late 2012, the Data Citation Index will be released on the Web of Knowledge platform.
- Reminder: Data Management workshop
- Sep 19, 2012
Remember the Library's Intro to Data Management workshop is September 27 at 5pm
- Data Purchase Program
- Sep 4, 2012
The University Library has announced the 2012 Data Purchase Program.
- Intro to Data Management workshop
- Aug 28, 2012
New to the Library's Savvy Researcher Workshops - Intro to Data Management
- Funder Data Management Requirements
- Aug 22, 2012
A recent article, "De-Mystifying the Data Management Requirements of Research Funders," maybe of interest to librarians and researchers.
- Pew Report: The Future of Big Data
- Aug 8, 2012
In July the Pew Internet & American Life Project released a report - The Future of Big Data.
- MaizeGDB Tutorial
- Aug 8, 2012
The OpenHelix Blog highlighted the MaizeGDB Genome Browser tutorial.
- DataONE Goes Live
- Jul 27, 2012
DataONE, an earth and environmental sciences data portal, went live this week.
- Dryad June 2012 Newsletter
- Jul 13, 2012
The latest Dryad newsletter includes information on sustainability planning, new integrated journals, and new features.
- Dryad Information for Librarians
- Jul 13, 2012
The e-Science Community Blog has an informational post - Dryad for Science Librarians.
- NSF Dear Colleague Letter
- Jun 14, 2012
NSF has released a Dear Colleague Letter about integrative data management infrastructures.
- Quick Guide to Data Citation
- Jun 6, 2012
IASSIST Special Interest Group on Data Citation has published a Quick Guide to Data Citation
- Agricultural data initiatives
- May 4, 2012
At the U.S. Agricultural Information Network conference, a few international agricultural data initiatives were presented.
- NCBI's BioProject
- Apr 26, 2012
NCBI's BioProject is highlighted in a Video Tip of the Week on the OpenHelix blog
- BioMed Central data publishing
- Apr 18, 2012
BioMed Central has partnered with LabArchives for scientific data publishing
- "Big Data" Initiative
- Mar 30, 2012
The Obama Administration announced a "Big Data Research and Development Initiative."
- Jeff Ubois to speak April 12
- Mar 30, 2012
Jeff Ubois, founder and chair of the Personal Digital Archiving conferences, will speak on April 12 at 4pm in Room 126 Library and Information Science Building.
- Scholarly Commons has moved
- Mar 26, 2012
The Scholarly Commons in the Main Library has moved to room 306.
- Databib is in beta
- Mar 16, 2012
Databib, an online, community-driven, annotated bibliography of research data repositories, is now available in beta.
- Myron Gutmann to speak Mar. 15
- Mar 5, 2012
Dr. Myron Gutmann, assistant director of NSF, will speak on March 15 at 10:30am in Room 126 Library and Information Science Building.
- Dryad receives more NSF funding
- Mar 1, 2012
NSF has announced an addition $2.4M for the Dryad repository.
- Data Information Literacy program
- Mar 1, 2012
A partnership of research universities has received IMLS funding to develop a data training program for graduate students.
- DMPTool now supports NIH
- Mar 1, 2012
Support for NIH's data sharing requirements has been added to the DMPTool.
- FigShare: Scientific file sharing
- Feb 23, 2012
FigShare is a scientific file sharing platform for all types of research outputs
- OpenHelix now available
- Feb 9, 2012
The UIUC Library now subscribes to OpenHelix, a bioinformatics and genomics resource.
- ISA Commons
- Feb 2, 2012
"Toward interoperable bioscience data" (Nature Genetics, Feb 2012) presents ISA Commons.
- Scholarly Commons' Data Consulting
- Feb 2, 2012
Spring semester hours are announced for data consultation in the Scholarly Commons.
- DMP webinar posted
- Jan 19, 2012
Slides & recording are posted of the DMP: Tips, Tricks & Tools webinar
- Update on NBII resources
- Jan 18, 2012
NBII site lists partner organizations that will provide access to resources.
- DMP: Tips, Tricks & Tools webinars
- Jan 9, 2012
Data management plan webinars from the California Digital Library - Jan 11 & 19
- Current state of NSF DMP reviews
- Jan 9, 2012
Information about the current state of NSF data management plan reviews
- NBII terminated Jan 15
- Jan 6, 2012
NBII site and related resources will be terminated on January 15, 2012.
- NYTimes: DNA Data Deluge
- Dec 1, 2011
A New York Times article about the data deluge from DNA sequencing.
- GigaScience journal and database
- Nov 30, 2011
GigaScience is a journal and a database for large biological datasets.
- DMPTool supports more NSF divisions
- Nov 30, 2011
The DMPTool has added support for more NSF directorates and divisions.
- Public access to funded research
- Nov 11, 2011
Federal government is requesting input on public access to federally funded scientific research.
- DMPTool officially launched
- Nov 2, 2011
The DMPTool is an online application for researchers to generate data management plans.
