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Exploring the BTAA Geoportal: A Gateway to Geospatial Data

Sep 4, 2024

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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…

Three phases of a systematic search

Aug 12, 2024

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Elle Covington

in Advanced Reviews

As implied by the name, advanced review methodologies grew out of the more traditional literature review. Over the years, it became clear that for certain disciplines and certain research topics, the reliability and credibility of the findings of a review…

Reparative Research Practices at a Land-Grant University Library

Jul 30, 2024

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Gabe Bruguier

in Reparative Research

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…

The UNL Data Repository and Its “Treasures”

Jun 4, 2024

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Leslie Delserone

in Research Data Management, Research Partnerships

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…

Indigenous Data Governance and the FAIR Principles

May 16, 2024

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Scout Calvert

in Research Data Management

April is the perfect time to visit southern Arizona and the giant cactuses in Saguaro National Park. But I didn’t make my plans to attend the inaugural US Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance Summit in Tucson in time, and instead…

Introduction to Advanced Reviews

Apr 1, 2024

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Elle Covington

in Advanced Reviews

Systematic reviews, evidence syntheses, meta-analyses. These are all terms for research methodologies that are growing in popularity in many disciplines as the push for evidence-based practice—and transparency, reproducibility, and bias-reduction in research more generally—becomes ever greater. But what are these…

International Open Data Week 2024 (March 2-8)

Mar 1, 2024

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Leslie Delserone

in Research Data Management

In February, we celebrated Love Data Week. This month, the international data community is encouraged to celebrate an Open Data Day during the first full week of March. The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN; https://okfn.org/) leads this effort annually. What happens…

Love Data Week, now with a Prequel: Love Methods Week

Feb 6, 2024

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Scout Calvert

in Research Data Management

Research Partnerships wishes you the best this Love Data Week, February 12-16! We love data every day of the year, but to celebrate International Love Data Week, we are offering some workshops to help people from every discipline show their…

Welcome to Research Moment

Jan 9, 2024

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Scout Calvert

in News, Research Partnerships

Research Partnerships is a small but mighty unit in University Libraries charged with advanced research support for data and information-intensive research.