UC3 :: California Digital Library Posts

I am a newcomer to the world of libraries and information science.  Being the new kid on the block is a familiar feeling for me:…

I spent much of last week talking to scientists about Excel.  One of the questions I asked is What drives you crazy about Excel?   This definitely…

Check back soon for updates on the Digital Curation for Excel (DCXL) project.

I’m currently working on the development of user scenarios for the Excel add-in.  That means I’m charged with summing up all of the scientists that might…

If you read my last post, you know that I am an advocate for better data education for scientists at all levels.  I focused on…

I always assumed my advisor had a great data and computer file management system.  But when I asked her for a particular piece of information,…

Last week I had an interesting conversation with Hazel Asuncion from University of Washington’s Bothell campus.  Along with an undergraduate computer science student, she’s  been…

Due to a number of upcoming activities associated with the DCXL project, both of this week’s posts are quite… light.  However there was a great…

For those of you that have been reading this blog, you know that I’ve devoted much of the content to results from scientist surveys.  How…

Before last week, I had never attended an American Fisheries Society function.  I have known a few fisheries biologists in my academic and personal life,…