Mara Blake

ORCID: 0000-0003-2888-8024
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Research Areas
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Data Quality and Management
  • Library Science and Information Literacy
  • Web and Library Services
  • Library Science and Administration
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Geographic Information Systems Studies
  • Semantic Web and Ontologies
  • Open Education and E-Learning
  • Digital and Traditional Archives Management
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
  • Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Big Data and Business Intelligence
  • Data Analysis with R
  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • Big Data Technologies and Applications
  • Data Analysis and Archiving

North Carolina State University
2022-2024

North Central State College
2024

Johns Hopkins University
2018-2022

University of Cambridge
2016

Initiatives (Denmark)
2016

State Library of Iowa
2016

University of Iowa
2016

Cambridge University Press
2016

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
2016

Bridge University
2016

Funders increasingly require that data sets arising from sponsored research must be preserved and shared, many publishers either or encourage accompanying articles are made available through a publicly accessible repository. Additionally, researchers wish to make their regardless of funder requirements both enhance impact also propel the concept open science. However, curation activities support these preservation sharing costly, requiring advanced practices, training, specific technical...

10.2218/ijdc.v13i1.616 article EN cc-by International Journal of Digital Curation 2018-12-26

Purpose Technologies for teaching abound, but many of them are proprietary systems and software that require institutional individual subscriptions use. Instructors librarians in higher education have open source free options types technologies. While some these technologies to users, goes beyond makes the code runs it available as well. These provide more enhance teaching. Design/methodology/approach This paper will an overview landscape evaluate potential use college or university...

10.1108/rsr-05-2016-0033 article EN Reference Services Review 2016-08-03

Measuring success plays a central role in justifying and advocating for statistical or data science consulting collaboration program (SDSP) within an academic institution. We present several specific metrics to report targeted audiences tell the story of robust sustainable program. While gathering such includes challenges, we discuss potential sources possible practices SDSPs inform their own approaches. Emphasizing essential reporting, also share metric reporting two programs greater...

10.1002/sta4.686 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Stat 2024-05-28

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, a team from Sheridan Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) provided technical support to JHU Global COVID-19 Dashboard. This paper reflects on lessons learned working highly publicized, heavily trafficked resource explores role of academic libraries in supporting research public interest. The authors argue that engagement with projects this nature not only leverages existing strengths expertise but also positions them contribute...

10.1353/pla.2022.0007 article EN portal Libraries and the Academy 2022-01-01

Niche and proprietary data formats used in cutting-edge research technology have specific curation considerations challenges. The increased demand for subject liaisons, library archivists, digital curators to curate this variety of types created locally at an institution or organization poses difficulties. Subject liaisons possess discipline knowledge expertise a given domain experts know how properly steward assets generally. Yet, gap often exists between the available within local needs....

10.2218/ijdc.v15i1.713 article EN cc-by International Journal of Digital Curation 2020-08-19
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