This research guide is maintained and presented to you by the Scholarly Communications Team. Headed by Brad Ost (bost@auctr.edu), and along with the Research Analytics & Data Visualizations Librarian Bryan Briones (bbriones@auctr.edu), we work collaboratively with the head of the Digital Services Department Christine Wiseman (cwiseman@auctr.edu), and Digital Initiatives Librarian Lynn Davies (ldavies@auctr.edu), to ensure that the resources and services presented throughout this guide meet the research data management needs of all researchers and teaching faculty here at the Atlanta University Center.
Depositing and sharing research data and scholarship via the AUC Woodruff Library's institutional repository is offered as a service to AUC member institutions that do not already have an available discipline specific repository. It cannot be overly emphasized enough that sharing research data is part and parcel to scholarly communications best practices.
Visit our page on RDM Policies and Procedures for more information on using our research data repository service.
The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library assists AUC member institutions with identifying resources and training opportunities and materials on research data management and data management planning, the management and storage of data, and the selection of data repositories.
This research guide is the vehicle for presenting you with such resources, training opportunities, and materials. Freely explore this regularly updated clearinghouse of information. Want to get started on writing a data management plan as a requirement for you research planning? Perhaps you would like to find possible sources of funding for your research? Maybe you are fairly new to RDM and want to know more about it or get some structured training on the topic. Are you looking for data or data repositories? How about adding something like a module to incorporate into your teaching curriculum? Well, you've come to the right place! Again, take a look around this research guide.
Sharing datasets is one of many best practices of open scholarship. Alongside of that, making your data tell a story or scaffold your findings with data visualizations enhances your scholarly communication. There are different forms of visualizations for the right type of data as there are a plethora of tools to build data visualizations. See this actual example of a data visualization we put together in collaboration with a professor at Morehouse College School of Business and Economics: Black-owned businesses in Atlanta, 1904-1914.
Our Data Visualizations Librarian can assist you with your data visualization needs. Schedule a class visit or set up a consultation meeting with Bryan Briones at bbriones@auctr.edu.
Report dead or outdated links to Research Analytics & Data Visualization Librarian, Bryan Briones, at bbriones@auctr.edu.