The semester finally started today, so hopefully this will kick start the blog going forward. I have a nice new volunteer/internship at Bird Library uploading digital documents into the open-access repository SUrface, a cause I am really dedicated to. I have some really challenging classes dealing with scientific data and management as well, but I usually have more activity the more I am challenged intellectually.
One thing I am thinking about now that I have drilled down a bit more and gained more experience is just how bad the data deluge is (or tsunami if you prefer). Which I always knew about, really, but once you throw metadata needs in there, too... yikes. Hopefully my job and classes will give me some ideas on how to get self-described data into repositories that last long into the future.
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