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Data Documentation, Analysis & Statistical Software, Sai Deng, Xiang Zhu Jun 2020

Data Documentation, Analysis & Statistical Software, Sai Deng, Xiang Zhu

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Workshop on data documentation, analysis & statistical software delivered online to the University of Central Florida (UCF)’s graduate students. This workshop is conducted by a Statistician at the College of Medicine and the Metadata Librarian at UCF. It includes five modules which focus on data basics, data documentation, dataset metadata, data analysis and statistical software. The data basics section introduces data, research data and dataset, the need for documenting and preserving research data. The data documentation and dataset metadata sections touch on researchers’ data practices and offer some general recommendations for a researcher’s research lifecycle. They also discuss documenting data …


Data Documentation, Databases & Statistical Software, Sai Deng, Xiang Zhu Feb 2020

Data Documentation, Databases & Statistical Software, Sai Deng, Xiang Zhu

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Workshop on data documentation, databases & statistical software delivered at the University of Central Florida’s Graduate Student Center. “Join a Statistician and a Metadata Librarian for an introduction to data documentation, databases and statistical software. Learn about research data, datasets and data documentation for data sharing, re-use and long-term preservation. This session introduces best practices and recommendations for documenting and analyzing research data. Moreover, it includes real-world examples and a discussion of data tools for data documentation and analysis, such as NVivo for qualitative data and SPSS/SAS/STATA/R for quantitative data.”


Expanding The Metadata Librarian Horizon: Reflections On The Metadata Practices In The Web And Digital Repositories, Sai Deng Feb 2018

Expanding The Metadata Librarian Horizon: Reflections On The Metadata Practices In The Web And Digital Repositories, Sai Deng

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The growing amount of digital resources on the web and in libraries have been rapidly changing the ways data is organized, shared and discovered, and the Metadata Librarians’ roles and practices have been constantly reshaped under this larger environment. In light of related literature and the author’s experiences in web archiving and working with several digital repositories including CONTENTdm, Islandora, Digital Commons, DSpace and Omeka, this presentation will discuss the ongoing changes in metadata practices in various areas, such as identity management, authority control, repository design and capability, metadata, its presentation and discovery, and linked data. It will also reflect …


Preparing For Linked Data In Digital Repositories, Sai Deng Jan 2016

Preparing For Linked Data In Digital Repositories, Sai Deng

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This program will present the experiment of adding linked data values to the digital collections at the University of Central Florida Libraries in its digital repository and institutional repository (IR). Working with the Digital Initiatives and some faculty members, the Metadata Librarian in Technical Services has been adding Library of Congress linked data and Virtual Internarial Authority File data to the library's collections in CONTENTdm and its Digital Commons based IR. While these systems haven't been designed or updated to fully accommodate linked data yet, to add linked data values to the collection fields in these systems is preparing for …


Data Documentation & Metadata, Sai Deng Nov 2014

Data Documentation & Metadata, Sai Deng

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Metadata Services, Sai Deng Sep 2013

Metadata Services, Sai Deng

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Dataset Metadata, Sai Deng Sep 2013

Dataset Metadata, Sai Deng

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Distinctiveness, Challenges And Opportunities: The Research Lifecycle At The University Of Central Florida, Sai Deng May 2013

Distinctiveness, Challenges And Opportunities: The Research Lifecycle At The University Of Central Florida, Sai Deng

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