I mostly work remotely, but will be available in person in the UNCW library upon request. My work hours are 9:00 - 5:30 ET.

Schedule a chat with me or reach out by email: argabrightl@uncw.edu

Get help with quantitative data analysis and programming languages: https://library.uncw.edu/sctc

See an overview of data services at the library: https://libguides.uncw.edu/data

Responsibilities and Activities

I can provide support for topics such as:

• Data management practices
  • Data privacy and ethics
  • Data storage and security
  • Team collaboration in data research
• Grant preparation: writing Data Management Plans, data management budget planning
• Data sharing/publishing/depositing
• Open data and open science practices and policies
• Data collection
• Citing datasets
• Qualitative data analysis
• Data visualization
• Data-related software training
• Sensitive or restricted-access data procurement, handling, and de-identification

I also regularly participate in teaching Responsible Conduct of Research with RIO, serve on the IRB, and facilitate Love Data Week at UNCW.

Education

• MS Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill (2020)--Thesis entitled "Open Access Patterns in Emerging Scholars' Journal Choice: A Bibliometric Analysis"--code, data, and visualizations deposited at DOI:10.17615/xaea-3k47
• BA English and History, Smith College (2013)

Selected Professional Experience

Research engagement posted at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6814-6485 

• Research Data Librarian, UNCW (2021-present)
• Database manager, North Carolina Biotechnology Center (2020-2021)
  • Reviewed data quality in Center's internal- and public-facing database and ensured data up to date
• Graduate Research Assistant, UNC-Chapel Hill (2018-2020)
  • Conducted data privacy audit, collecting and analyzing qualitative data, managed data files
  • Managed social media for outreach and resources about Open Science
• Graduate Research Assistant, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise (2018-2019)
  • Suggested data sources for market research economic development projects
• Graduate Research Assistant for professor's grant-funded research, UNC-Chapel Hill (2019)
  • Submitted IRB application, scheduled and conducted interviews, managed qualitative data files
• Assistant Editor, Neuropsychology monographs and handbooks, Oxford University Press (2015-2017)
  • Provided permissions licensing support for images/figures, data tables, charts, and graphs
• Assistant Editor, History textbooks, Oxford University Press (2013-2015)
  • Developed first and updated edition textbooks, and drafted author contracts