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Getting Organized: Managing your research Scholars’ Commons Workshop Series - September 26, 2014 Juliet L. Hardesty Metadata Analyst Indiana University Libraries [email protected]@jlhardes

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Part of the Indiana University Scholars' Commons Workshop series on Surviving and Thriving in Academia. This presentation provides tips, examples, and things to consider for organizing research files (primary and secondary resources).

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

Juliet L. HardestyMetadata Analyst

Indiana University [email protected]@jlhardes

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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

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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)

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Field data • spreadsheets, proprietary software

flickr

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Interviews • sound recordings, transcriptions,

screen capture

icanhascheezburger

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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

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Personal Example: Journal Article

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Personal Example: Journal Article (cont’d)

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Personal Example: Journal Article (cont’d more)

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Personal Example: Report from Survey

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Personal Example: Report from Survey (cont’d)

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

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Back it up!

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• Box@IU• Other options

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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

[email protected]

Questions? Comments!