Humans of Data: 025
“I’m an archivist who does digital preservation in a library and I’m very aware of the opportunities and challenges that happen in that...
Humans of Data: 024
"My story with data is funny. A year and half ago I didn’t know the term ‘big data’ exists. I couldn’t sleep one night in Cairo and I was...
Humans of Data: 023
“I’m excited that people are now starting to think about data sharing. For the last few years it’s been me, as the institutional data...
Humans of Data: 022
“In my previous life as an academic, I always liked interdisciplinary work: to come at things from a slightly sideways perspective. But...
Humans of Data: 021
"I’m not a data scientist but I know how to read and fiddle with code. This is what drives me – I want to understand and know something...
Humans of Data: 020
"I’m inspired by the fact that the [digital preservation] field is cross-disciplinary. To be able to talk about digital preservation in...
Humans of Data: 019
"Digital preservation is a perfect field because it unites two things I’m passionate about: humanities and IT. I can work on a framework...
Humans of Data: 018
“I work in a university library but was trained as an engineer. When I was doing my PhD, my advisor claimed engineering was a liberal...
Humans of Data: 017
“Brené Brown, the social scientist, said that stories are data with a soul. I think about that a lot in the work I do. I’m passionate...
Humans of Data: 016
“I wonder whether any ethics are applied in collection of samples of Ebola and HIV/AIDS in emergency situations. When I talk to doctors...