Readings: Week 8
Documentation: Metadata, Codebooks
Objectives and Competencies for this session:
- Be able to explain what metadata are and why they are important
- Identify & list the types of information typically included in metadata records
- Identify reasons metadata is of value to data users, creators, and organizations
- Be able to identify metadata standards relevant to different disciplines
- Explain the elements of good metadata
Please read / watch these before class:
Readings: None this week
- Michener, W.K., et al . 1997. Non-geospatial metadata for the ecological sciences. Ecological Applications 7: 330–342. [read online] or [download pdf]
- Videos:
- Metadata [link to video on Youtube]
Data Sharing, Reuse, and Archives
Objectives and Competencies for this session:
Please read / watch these before class:
Readings:
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Alexander, S.M., Jones, K., Bennett, N.J. et al. Qualitative data sharing and synthesis for sustainability science. Nat Sustain 3, 81–88 (2020). [read online] or [download pdf]
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Renaut, S. et al. 2018. Management, Archiving, and Sharing for Biologists and the Role of Research Institutions in the Technology-Oriented Age. BioScience 68(6)400–411 [read online] or [download pdf]
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Duke, Clifford S., and John H. Porter. 2013. “The ethics of data sharing and reuse in biology.” BioScience 63(6): 483-489. [read online] or [download pdf]
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Tenopir, C., et al. (2015). Changes in data sharing and data reuse practices and perceptions among scientists worldwide. PloS one, 10(8), e0134826. [read online] or [download pdf]
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Mauthner, NS, & O. Parry O. 2009. Qualitative data preservation and sharing in the social sciences: On whose philosophical terms?. Australian J of Social Issues 44(3):291-307. [read online] or [download pdf]
- Videos: None