Kristin Briney
@kbriney.bsky.social
Biology librarian, data nerd, ISO 8601 enthusiast, privacy advocate, tea drinker, author
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It's also the default name used in a lot of non-English languages.
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It's also the default name used in a lot of non-English languages.
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I just tested with Windows Narrator and README is read as we'd speak it. I'd assume it's the same for the other standard readers, but not sure.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just tested with Windows Narrator and README is read as we'd speak it. I'd assume it's the same for the other standard readers, but not sure.
Question for the #DataSharing community. We use "README" to name dataset documentation files. But that name is not accessible for screen readers or for dyslexic users.
Is there a better file name than "README"? Or is that name so short and effective that it's still useful?
#A11y #Accessibility
Is there a better file name than "README"? Or is that name so short and effective that it's still useful?
#A11y #Accessibility
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Question for the #DataSharing community. We use "README" to name dataset documentation files. But that name is not accessible for screen readers or for dyslexic users.
Is there a better file name than "README"? Or is that name so short and effective that it's still useful?
#A11y #Accessibility
Is there a better file name than "README"? Or is that name so short and effective that it's still useful?
#A11y #Accessibility
Very happy book pile in my office: all three of my books together in one place. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Very happy book pile in my office: all three of my books together in one place. 🥰
In happy news, I finally finished the handknit cardigan I started at the beginning of 2025. I didn’t swatch (note to self: you know better than to skip swatching), so I had to go back and fix the sleeves. But it’s all good now and I have a chunky, cozy cardigan to wear this winter!
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In happy news, I finally finished the handknit cardigan I started at the beginning of 2025. I didn’t swatch (note to self: you know better than to skip swatching), so I had to go back and fix the sleeves. But it’s all good now and I have a chunky, cozy cardigan to wear this winter!
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
Friends who do research together, stay together.
Also, I'm ready to start that next project whenever you are. 😉
Also, I'm ready to start that next project whenever you are. 😉
With the paper submitted today, @kbriney.bsky.social and I have been crafting scholarship together for over a decade. 💜
And I'm pretty sure we have at least another decade's worth of ideas in the pipeline.
And I'm pretty sure we have at least another decade's worth of ideas in the pipeline.
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Friends who do research together, stay together.
Also, I'm ready to start that next project whenever you are. 😉
Also, I'm ready to start that next project whenever you are. 😉
Always a good day when @hedgielib.bsky.social and I submit another article!
This one is super long but hopefully super useful. Fingers crossed that the reviewers like it.
This one is super long but hopefully super useful. Fingers crossed that the reviewers like it.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Always a good day when @hedgielib.bsky.social and I submit another article!
This one is super long but hopefully super useful. Fingers crossed that the reviewers like it.
This one is super long but hopefully super useful. Fingers crossed that the reviewers like it.
Love to see support for this great project.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has generously awarded us funding to secure our own storage. This critical processing space will be instrumental in ensuring that large datasets can be temporarily stored, curated, and described.
Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!
Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!
Data Rescue Projects receives support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support data rescue efforts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since launching in February 2025, the Data Rescue Project has grown substantially. At this point, the DRP has enabled the rescue of more than 1,000 datasets from US Federal…
www.datarescueproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Love to see support for this great project.
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Congrats @kbriney.bsky.social! 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾 Awesome to see your workbook published! 📘 You can read about the development and creation of Kristin's book in her recent JeSLIB article: doi.org/10.7191/jesl...
Best day of the year: getting author copies of my new book, “The Data Management Workbook.” It comes out on December 2 from @pelagic.bsky.social and is already available for pre-order.
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Congrats @kbriney.bsky.social! 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾 Awesome to see your workbook published! 📘 You can read about the development and creation of Kristin's book in her recent JeSLIB article: doi.org/10.7191/jesl...
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The Data Management Workbook: Practical Exercises for Better Organization, Storage and Use of Your Research Data by Kristin Briney. @kbriney.bsky.social.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The Data Management Workbook: Practical Exercises for Better Organization, Storage and Use of Your Research Data by Kristin Briney. @kbriney.bsky.social.
Best day of the year: getting author copies of my new book, “The Data Management Workbook.” It comes out on December 2 from @pelagic.bsky.social and is already available for pre-order.
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Best day of the year: getting author copies of my new book, “The Data Management Workbook.” It comes out on December 2 from @pelagic.bsky.social and is already available for pre-order.
I'm deeply grateful that @lyndamk.bsky.social wrote a lovely blurb for my book, "The Data Management Workbook," which comes out in just over a month.
I really admire Lynda's work, her books, and her recent efforts with the @datarescueproject.org.
I really admire Lynda's work, her books, and her recent efforts with the @datarescueproject.org.
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm deeply grateful that @lyndamk.bsky.social wrote a lovely blurb for my book, "The Data Management Workbook," which comes out in just over a month.
I really admire Lynda's work, her books, and her recent efforts with the @datarescueproject.org.
I really admire Lynda's work, her books, and her recent efforts with the @datarescueproject.org.
a jury of my peers? 12 nerds obsessed with ISO 8601?
a jury of my peers? 12 anxiety-ridden cheese lovers?
a jury of my peers? 12 people who never shut the fuck up about birds?
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
a jury of my peers? 12 nerds obsessed with ISO 8601?
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
I just realized that I will be teaching the RCR class with "The Research Data Management Workbook" (the first draft, open version of "The Data Management Workbook") on the day of the updated workbook's publication. It's fitting because this is the first class that used the book 2 years ago.
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I just realized that I will be teaching the RCR class with "The Research Data Management Workbook" (the first draft, open version of "The Data Management Workbook") on the day of the updated workbook's publication. It's fitting because this is the first class that used the book 2 years ago.
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This review was easy to write. Kristin is the OG expert, working to solve research data management issues long before I even knew that term existed. With her newest book, she has really honed in on what researchers need to know to move from theory to real life practices in their work. Check it out!
I'm incredibly grateful for early endorsements of "The Data Management Workbook," like this one from my peer @cghlewis.bsky.social who wrote the amazing "Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research" (if you do education research, this is the data management book for you).
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This review was easy to write. Kristin is the OG expert, working to solve research data management issues long before I even knew that term existed. With her newest book, she has really honed in on what researchers need to know to move from theory to real life practices in their work. Check it out!
I'm incredibly grateful for early endorsements of "The Data Management Workbook," like this one from my peer @cghlewis.bsky.social who wrote the amazing "Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research" (if you do education research, this is the data management book for you).
October 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm incredibly grateful for early endorsements of "The Data Management Workbook," like this one from my peer @cghlewis.bsky.social who wrote the amazing "Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research" (if you do education research, this is the data management book for you).
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Issue 17 of RDM Weekly is out! 📬
- Data Carpentry for Biologists @ethanwhite.weecology.org
- Fallibility in Science @deevybee.bsky.social
- RDM Resources @shlakeuva.bsky.social
- Data Management for Collaborations @kbriney.bsky.social
and More!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
- Data Carpentry for Biologists @ethanwhite.weecology.org
- Fallibility in Science @deevybee.bsky.social
- RDM Resources @shlakeuva.bsky.social
- Data Management for Collaborations @kbriney.bsky.social
and More!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
RDM Weekly - Issue 017
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
rdmweekly.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Issue 17 of RDM Weekly is out! 📬
- Data Carpentry for Biologists @ethanwhite.weecology.org
- Fallibility in Science @deevybee.bsky.social
- RDM Resources @shlakeuva.bsky.social
- Data Management for Collaborations @kbriney.bsky.social
and More!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
- Data Carpentry for Biologists @ethanwhite.weecology.org
- Fallibility in Science @deevybee.bsky.social
- RDM Resources @shlakeuva.bsky.social
- Data Management for Collaborations @kbriney.bsky.social
and More!
rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
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There wasn't a backup
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
There wasn't a backup
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Today on my blog: some thoughts on the best data management strategies for collaboration: dataabinitio.com?p=1204
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
Data Management for Collaborations » Data Ab Initio
dataabinitio.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today on my blog: some thoughts on the best data management strategies for collaboration: dataabinitio.com?p=1204
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
Today on my blog: some thoughts on the best data management strategies for collaboration: dataabinitio.com?p=1204
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
Data Management for Collaborations » Data Ab Initio
dataabinitio.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today on my blog: some thoughts on the best data management strategies for collaboration: dataabinitio.com?p=1204
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
What's your best data tip for collaborative research?
I just started a Zotero library for the project I’ve been ruminating on for about a year. I’m psyching myself up for putting this idea out into the world.
October 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just started a Zotero library for the project I’ve been ruminating on for about a year. I’m psyching myself up for putting this idea out into the world.
Sometimes there is nothing better than a walk outside. During my walk just now, I had a major brainwave for this book idea I’ve been considering for the last year. I think the last piece might have just clicked into place.
September 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sometimes there is nothing better than a walk outside. During my walk just now, I had a major brainwave for this book idea I’ve been considering for the last year. I think the last piece might have just clicked into place.