Join the code4lib NYC for a code & coffee Zoom the first or second Friday of each month this fall. These calls are generally casual discussions about projects we are working on, cool tools we have come across in the past month, and a casual forum for technical questions of all kinds.
This month, Dan Woulfin of NYU will present on DIYDDICurator, a Shiny web app he designed to help researchers generate a valid Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) codebook, and rddi, the R package powering that generation.
Abstract:
Generating project metadata is crucial for data sharing but also a challenge for both information professionals and researchers, especially in the social sciences. This presentation will look at DIYDDICurator, a Shiny web app designed to help researchers generate a valid Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) codebook, and rddi, the R package powering that generation. We will explore the social drivers and needs that led to DIYDDICurator, the basics of reactive programming that structures the app, and how rddi powers it and can be used in data pipelines. While DIYDDICurator is mostly relevant for curators or researchers working with human survey data, the lessons learned when creating this app can be applied to a wide range of situations where there’s a technological gap between the information professional/librarian and the researcher.
Speaker bio:
Dan Woulfin is an information professional and the Data Associate at Global TIES for Children - NYU, an interdisciplinary social science research center. He is responsible for the proper curation and archiving of research data and its outputs as well as managing data curation workflows at the center. Dan earned his MLS from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Queens College - CUNY (2021) and his PhD in History from Stony Brook University (2011).