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We are wrapping up our Love Data Week activities at UNL Libraries. If you missed our workshops, Data Management for (Digital) Humanities and Introducing SANDY Research Data Repository, get in touch. We will offer them again or can deliver them…
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Introducing the UNL Geoportal
We are thrilled to announce the soft launch of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) Libraries’ new Geoportal (https://geoportal.unl.edu/portal/home/index.html), powered by ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Server. The UNL Geoportal serves as a centralized hub for discovering, accessing, and utilizing a wide…
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Happy New Year to Us All!
The data curation team at UNL Libraries is excited to be starting out the new year with SANDY, our new research data repository platform. SANDY’s full name is Stewarding Nebraska Data. We call it SANDY because it reminds us of…
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Celebrate GIS Day and Announce the Winners of Map Competition!
Enter the fascinating world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), on November 20, from 1-3 p.m. in the second-floor collaborative space at the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons on East Campus. Whether you’re a GIS enthusiast or just curious to learn more,…
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Indigenous People’s Day and Indigenous Visibility on Campus: A Micro Data Essay*
On October 14th the State of Nebraska will observe both Indigenous People’s Day and Columbus Day. This dual observation was passed into law in the 2020 legislative session as LB848, authored by Senator Patty Pansing-Brooks. §1 of that bill states,…
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Exploring the BTAA Geoportal: A Gateway to Geospatial Data
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Geoportal (https://geo.btaa.org/) is a valuable resource for anyone interested in geospatial data and geographic information systems (GIS). This online platform provides access to a wealth of spatial data collections from academic institutions across the…
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Reparative Research Practices at a Land-Grant University Library
Part 1: The Founding of Nebraska’s Land-Grant University by Gabe Bruguier, July 30, 2024 In this research moment, I’ll be discussing the introduction of a new service offering by the Research Partnerships Department—Reparative Research Practices—against the background of UNL’s land-grant…
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The UNL Data Repository and Its “Treasures”
The UNL Data Repository (UNLDR) launched in 2010, curating, preserving, and making public the research data collections of NU researchers. These data are available for anyone’s exploration, support the results and conclusions presented in publications, and may be reused in…