Slides from the 2016 Aug 1 Digital Science webinar. I spoke about how data management does not need to be a barrier and gave my top 5 tips for managing your data better.

1. Breaking the
Data Management
Barrier
Kristin Briney
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2. andrius.v, https://www.flickr.com/photos/banditaz/6823875954 (CC BY-NC-SA)
10 years ago…

3. camknows, https://www.flickr.com/photos/camknows/3821001012 (CC BY-NC-SA)
The average researcher?

5. data management plans
!=
data management

6. https://twitter.com/youinthelab/status/755041180958728197
Example: metadata

7. Open Grid Scheduler https://www.flickr.com/photos/opengridscheduler/19914347770/ (CC0)

8. Open Grid Scheduler https://www.flickr.com/photos/opengridscheduler/19914347770/ (CC0)

9. Ingo https://www.flickr.com/photos/lichtspieler81/15252561619/ (CC BY)
Data management
should not be a wall,
rather a door to
better things…

10. US Army Materiel Command https://www.flickr.com/photos/armymaterielcommand/14677468985/ (CC BY)
Data management
makes for
happier researchers

11. Chuck Coker https://www.flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/4016133284/ (CC BY-ND)
Data management
streamlines
open data

12. A Crash Course in
Data Management
Br3nda https://www.flickr.com/photos/taniwha/10231916 (CC BY-NC-SA)

13. Follow the 3-2-1 Rule
• 3 copies of your data
• In 2 locations
• On more than 1 type of storage hardware

14. Take Better Notes
• Data without documentation are often unusable

15. Organize Your Files
• Pick a system
• Get in the habit
• Work out a system with your coworkers
• Also helps to name your files consistently

16. Review Your Data Security Plan
• If you have sensitive data, make a plan
• Who has access?
• Strategies to limit access
• Who’s responsible?
• Make sure everyone knows the plan

17. Check Your Old Files
• Do you know where your old data are?
• And the documentation?
• Do you still have the software to read the files?
• Is the hardware old or becoming obsolete?

18. Chris Hoving, https://www.flickr.com/photos/pcrucifer/2433274595 (CC BY-ND)
Slow and steady
wins the race

19. Thanks!
@KristinBriney
briney@uwm.edu