Research Data Librarian
Research and Education
175 W 18th Ave
Columbus OH
43210-1150614-247-6580
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Kelsey Badger is the Research Data Librarian and an assistant professor at The Ohio State University Libraries. In this role, she leads the Libraries' initiatives for access, management, and stewardship of research data, whether it is produced by campus researchers, licensed or acquired by the Libraries, or openly available online. She specializes in practices that support scientific reproducibility and transparency, including federal funder requirements for data management and sharing. Previously, Badger has supported data management through positions in academia as well as state and federal government, including the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Consultation and Support Areas
- Finding or acquiring data
- Managing, organizing, and cleaning data
- Metadata and documentation
- Sharing data
- Scientific reproducibility
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Background
- MS, Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Areas of Interest
- Social services data
- Administrative data curation
- Data equity