Eugene Barsky

Publications & presentations:


Recent Conference Presentations (last 15 years):

  • Grguric, E., & Barsky, E. (2024, October). RDM OERs @ UBC. Digital Research Alliance of Canada. Webinar presented on October 24, 2024. Online. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0447179
  • Barsky, E. (2024, April). Basic Introduction to Geodisy and Lunaris. Canadian Data Curators Borealis Community. Presented on April 25, 2024. Online. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0441451
  • Barsky, E., Carlisle-Johnson, E., & Stobbs, R. (April 2024). Digital Research Alliance of Canada Open Education Resources (OERs) in Research Data Management (RDM) Webinar Series: Introduction to OERs in RDM. Presented on April 7, 2024. Online. Available at: https://youtu.be/NYds3k-c5O4?si=UAgch51m-2mmlT9w  
  • Barsky, E. (2023, October). PIDs at the University of British Columbia. Presentation at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network Annual Meeting 2023. Vancouver, BC. Presented on October 4, 2023. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0436876
  • Barsky, E. (2023, October). DOIs/RORs at the University of British Columbia. Presentation at the Datacite Intenational Community Meeting 2023. Online. Presented on October 12, 2023. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0436877
  • Barsky, E. (2023, May). Working with DOIs at the University of British Columbia. Presentation at the USA/Canada DataCite Community meeting. Online. Presented on May 3, 2023. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0431423
  • Barsky, E. (2023, April). DOIs at the University of British Columbia. Presentation to the British Library and Datacite UK consortium. Online. Presented on April 3, 2023. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0428846
  • Barsky, Eugene; Schichter, Brittney; Trawin, Jessica; Johnson, Teresa; Kissoon, Niranjan; Wiens, Matthew; Ogilvie, Gina; Murthy, Srinivas; Dhugga, Gurm; Kinshella, Maggie Woo; Ansermino, J Mark. (2023, April) "Open Data Training Workshop: Tri-Agency Research Data Management and Ethical Considerations of Open Data Sharing", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/VQJMUF
  • Barsky, E. & Lesack, P. (2022, October). “dryad2dataverse : Open Source Software.” Presentation for the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Conference 2022. Online. Presented on October 3, 2022. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0419375.
  • Barsky, E. & Lesack, P. (2022, June). Dryad2Dataverse: Introduction. Presentation for the Dataverse Community Conference 2022. Online. Presented on June 15, 2022. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0413799
  • Goodwin, M., Dante, P., & Barsky, E. (2022, June). Redesigning the FRDR Discovery Interface : Better, Stronger, Geospatial-er. Presentation for the Canadian Research Software Conference, June 3, 2022. Montreal, Canada. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0413742
  • Goodwin, M., Dante, P., Stathis, K., & Barsky, E. (2021, December). Reinventing the Canadian Geospatial Data Discovery Service. Presentation for the Government Information Conference 2021. December 14, 2021. Online. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0406325. 
  • Barsky, E., & Lesack, P. (2021, November). Dataverse at the UBC Library. Presented for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) webinar. Online. November 17, 2021. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0403693
  • Barsky, E., Goodwin, M., Dante, P., & Stathis, K., (2021, October). Expanding Geospatial Discovery for Canadian Data. Presented for the Access Conference 2021. Online. October 21, 2021. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0402650 
  • Dante, P., Barsky, E., and Goodwin, M. (2021, July). FRDR Map Search : powered by Geodisy. Presented for the CANARIE Research Software Conference 2021. Online. July 7, 2021. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0398729 
  • Barsky, E.,Goodwin, M., Dante, P. (2021, June). Geodisy: New geospatial data discovery for Canadian research data. Presented for the Open Repositories Conference 2021. Online. June 9, 2021.  Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0397502
  • Dante, P., Barsky, E., and Goodwin, M. (2021, June). Geodisy : Federated Geospatial Data Discovery for Canada. Presented for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2021. Online. June 16, 2020. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0398428 
  • Barsky, E., Leggott, M., and Dubé, M. (2021, March). The Who, What, and Where of Persistent Identifiers. Webinar for CRKN, CARL-Portage, and Research Data Canada. Presented on March 3, 2021, available at https://vimeo.com/521003384
  • Barsky, E. (2020, December). Geodisy: A New Visual Way to Discover Canadian Research Data. Presented for the Coalition for Networked Information: CNI 2020 Winter meeting. Online. December 1, 2020.  Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394961
  • Barsky, E.,Goodwin, M., Dante, P. (2020, October). Geospatial Discovery for Canadian Research Data. Presented for the Digital Humanities 2020 conference. Online. October 28, 2020.  Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394924
  • Stathis, K., Barsky, E.,Goodwin, M., Dante, P. (2020, October). Geodisy: A new way to discover Canadian research data. Presented for the ACCESS 2020 conference. Online. October 22, 2020.  Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394923  
  • Barsky, E.,Goodwin, M., Dante, P. (2020, June). Geodisy project in Canada. Presented for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2020 online. June 18, 2020.  Available at https://osf.io/vsw32/
  • Barsky, E.,Goodwin, M., Dante, P. (2020, May). Portage Webinar: Introduction to Geodisy An Open-source Spatial Discovery Platform. Presented for the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. May 6, 2020.  Available at https://youtu.be/aKSLgVIy-k0 
  • Barsky, E., Dante, P., & Goodwin, M. (2020, February). Federated Geospatial Data Discovery for Canada. Presented at the Canadian National Research Data Summit, February 2019, Ottawa, ON. Available at http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3662848
  • Barsky, E., Dante, P., Goodwin, M. (2019, December). Topics in Research Data Management #6: Geodisy. Webinar for Texas Digital Library. Dec 12, 2019. Available at https://youtu.be/B3IZnMRhdqA 
  • Barsky, E. (2019, November). Geodisy Project: Search Canadian research data data by location. Presentation for the ACCOLEDS 2019 conference. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. November 27, 2019. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0385552
  • Barsky, E. (2019, July). Research Data Management: A View From Canada. Presentation for EU Universities (Eindhoven University of Technology; Universität zu Köln; Ghent University; University of Bonn; RWTH Aachen University; Universiteit Hasselt; and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf), July 2019, Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0379514
  • Wilson, L., & Barsky, E. (2019, June). Geodisy project - geospatial data discovery for Canada. Presentation for CANHEIT-ARC 2019. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. June 20, 2019. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0379508
  • Dante, P., Goodwin, M., Barsky, E., Lee, T., Thornberry, E., Lesack, P., & Domingue, E. (2019, May). Geodisy: Geospatial Discovery for Canadian Research Data. Presentation for CANARIE Research Software Conference. May 29, 2019. Montreal, QC, Canada. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0379446
  • Dante, P., Goodwin, M., Barsky, E., & Tang, L. (2019, April). Geodisy- Geospatial Discovery for Canadian Research Data. Presentation for BCNET 2019 Conference, Richmond, BC, Canada. April 30, 2019. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0378255
  • Barsky, E. and Thornberry, E. (2019, January). Federated Geospatial Data Discovery for Canada - Geodisy. Presentation for CANARIE Research Data Management Workshop. January 23, 2019. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0376194
  • Barsky, E. and Thornberry, E. (2019, January). Geodisy. Presentation for the National Data Services Framework Summit 2019. January 24, 2019. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2555352
  • Barsky, E. (2018, November). Dataverse North. Presentation for Pacific Northwest Data Curators. November 30, 2018. Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Barsky, E. (2018, November). Persistent identifiers for datasets. Presentation for Pacific Northwest Data Curators. November 30, 2018. Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Barsky, E. (2018, October). Discovery of research data. Presentation for British Columbia Research Ethics Boards (BC REBs) retreat on October 3, 2018. Available at doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0372083
  • Barsky E., Bilodeau L., Durand P., Mills A., and Stewart D. (2018, October). Joint National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) & CRKN Workshop on Documentary Heritage. Presented on October 16, 2018 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.   
  • Lake, S., Mumma, C., Vanderjagt, L., Barsky, E., McEachern, S., Durand, G., Conzett, P., Odu, O. (2018, June). Reaching out with Data: Dataverse Creating a Global Community. Panel - GT23: The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.  Annual Open Repositories Conference, June 2018. Bozeman, MT, USA. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0368663
  • Barsky, E. (2018, June). Always Findable: Persistent Identifiers for Digital Assets in the University of British Columbia. Poster at the Canadian Higher Education Information Technology Conference (CANHEIT) - TECC Summit, June 2018. Burnaby, BC, Canada. 
  • Barsky, E., Leahey, A., & MacPherson, E. (2018, June). Portage Dataverse North. Presentation at the Dataverse Community Meeting 2018. June 14, 2018, Harvard, MA, USA. Available at - http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0368665
  • Barsky, E. (2018, May). What’s Next in Research Data Management? Open Scholarship Symposium, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Presented on May 2, 2018. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0366011
  • Barsky, E., & Wilson, L. (2018, April). Portaging Along: Developing a Collaborative National Research Data Management Network in Canada. BCNET 2018 Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0365282
  • Locher, J., Demes, G. & Barsky, E. (2018, April). Connecting the Data Dots to Identify Research Expertise in Large Universities. BCNET 2018 Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Trimble, L., Dearborn, D., Zaraiskaya, T., Burpee, J., Barsky, E., Sahadath, C., Cheung, M., Mitchell, M., Gertler, M. (2017, May). Across Canada, across disciplines: Research data management practices and needs in the social sciences and humanities [Conference Paper]. International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) Annual Conference. Lawrance, Kansas. May 23-26, 2017. Available at doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0348075.
  • Barsky, E., Joseph, P., & Sprout, B. (2017, April). Let Them Have DOIs: Persistent Identifiers for Digital Assets in the University of British Columbia. Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2017. Seattle, WA,  April 19-21, 2017. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0343487
  • Gutteridge, K. and Barsky, E. (2017, January). Taking Care of Business: The Clinical Research Data Edition. Workshop for the Health Libraries Association of British Columbia (HLABC) Winter Continuing Education. Vancouver, BC. January 23, 2017. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0340949
  • Barsky, E. (2016, November). Getting Your Hands Dirty with Research Data Management (RDM). Workshop for ACCOLEDS conference, Statistics Canada, November 29, 2016. Victoria, BC. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0339936 
  • Barsky, E. and Gutteridge, K. (2016, November). It Takes a Village - Collaborative Best Practices in Clinical Research Data Management. Workshop for BC Children's Hospital. Monday, 21 November, 2016. Vancouver, BC. 
  • Barsky, E. (2016, November). Best Practices for Research Data Management - Using Dataverse for Research Data. Westgrid webinar presentation. Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Online. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0340263 
  • Barsky, E. (2016, November). Persistent Identifiers for Data: Focus on DOIs. Pacific Northwest Data Curators Meeting. November 10, 2016. Vancouver, BC. Available at https://stephwright.github.io/PNWData/conference
  • Gutteridge, K, and Barsky, E. (October 2016). UBC’s response to the Tri-Council Policy on Digital Data Management and increasing Open Access Requirements. BC REB Retreat 2016. Wednesday, 19th October 2016. Vancouver, BC, Canada. 
  • Barsky, E. (2016, October). DOIs and Other Persistent Identifiers in Research Data. ORCID Vancouver Workshop. October 6, 2016. Vancouver, BC, Canada. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0319238
  • Barsky, E. (2016). Dataverse for Research Data: Using Best Practices for Research Data Management in UBC. Canadian Higher Education Information Technology Conference (CANHEIT). June 2016, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0305049   
  • Sewerin, C., Barsky, E., Cheung, M., Dearborn, D., Henshilwood, A., Hwang, C., MacPherson, E., Munroe, F., Spence, M., Stevenson, S., Szigeti, K., and Zaraiskaya, T. (2016). RDM Needs of Science and Engineering Researchers: a View from Canada. International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST ) Annual Conference. June 2016, Bergen, Norway. Accessible at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0304648
  • Sewerin, C., Barsky, E., Cheung, M., Dearborn, D., Henshilwood, A., Hwang, C., Keys, S., MacPherson, E., Mitchell, M., Munroe, F., Spence, M., Stevenson, S., Szigeti, K., and Zaraiskaya, T. (2016). From Coast to Coast: Canadian Collaboration in a Changing RDM Seascape. International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) Annual Conference 2016. June 2016, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0305007 
  • Barsky, E. (2015). "Research Data Management, a view from Vancouver". Digital Library Federation 2015 conference Invited Talk, October 28, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Accessible at https://goo.gl/LpmRFd
  • Barsky, E. (2015). "YouTube for Mathematics (almost…)". Digital Library Federation 2015 conference, October 28, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Accessible at https://goo.gl/yweMWe 
  • Barsky, E. (2015). “Best Practices for Research Data Management”. BC Cancer Agency Invited Talk. Monday, September 14, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Accessible at https://goo.gl/2pbkFY  
  • Barsky, E., and Cundy, S. (2015). "Research Data on Our Campuses: Roles and Responsibilities". 2nd Annual True North Science Boot Camp,  Monday, May 25, 2015, Kelowna, BC, Canada
  • Spence, M., Saundry, A., Mawhinney, T., Dooley, S.J. and Barsky E. "Minding the gaps: Comparing engineering research output and library holdings at four large universities". American Society for Engineering Education 2015 Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 16, 2015
  • Barsky, E. (2015). "Canadian Data Management Planning Tool or “Get Your Hands Dirty with DMPs”. 2nd Annual True North Science Boot Camp,  Wednesday , May 27, 2015, Kelowna, BC, Canada
  • Barsky, E. (2015). "Dataverse and discoverability of data". Pacific Northwest Summer meeting, June 24, 2015. Portland, Oregon
  • Barsky, E. (2015). "The ABC of DMPs: Introduce Yourself to Data Management Plans" BCNET 2015 Annual Conference. Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Accessible at http://goo.gl/qMFtZO 
  • Barsky, E. (2014). "Research Data Management in UBC: Time to Walk the Walk" ALS BCLA Fall meeting, 5 December 2014. Accessible at http://goo.gl/WR4doY 
  • Barsky, E. , Humphrey, C. and Boyko, E. (2014). "Getting out in front of Data Management Plans". ACCOLEDS Workshop, 27 November 2014. Accessible at http://goo.gl/CwqsUX
  • Mawhinney, T., Barsky E. and Spence, M. "Collection Analysis Using Citation Data in Three Large University Libraries". Invited Panel: Data Driven Collection Development. American Society for Engineering Education 2014 Annual Conference, Indianapolis, June 17, 2014
  • Kessler, K., Barsky, E., and Nettlefold, L. "Visual and interactive discovery of research data management needs in a large multi-disciplinary research centre". Special Libraries Association Conference 2014, June 9, 2014, Vancouver, Canada
  • Kessler, K., Barsky, E., and Nettlefold, L. "Discovering Research Data Management Needs in a Multi-disciplinary Health Research Centre: A Visual and Interactive Approach". BCNET 2014, April 30, 2014, Vancouver, Canada. Accessible at http://goo.gl/nC8VY8 
  • Barsky, E., Dooley, SJ., Mawhinney, T., Peterson, Z., and Spence, M. "Influence of Discovery Search Tools on Science and Engineering e-books Usage." Session W435. The 120th Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference, June 26, 2013, Atlanta, GA. Accessible at http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/20/papers/5841/view
  • Stephens, T. and Barsky, E. "Open access to talings and mine waste information." Talings and Mine Waste Conference 2011. Presented on November 8, 2011. Vancouver, BC
  • Barsky, E., Berndt, A., Greenwood, A & Paterson, C. "What information sources do engineering students use to address authentic socio-technical problems?. Findings and Conclusions" 2011 ASEE Global Colloquium Invited session II. European Society for Engineering Education Conference 2011, September 28, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Barsky, E., & Greenwood, A. " Science and Engineering Library - Accessible to Inner-City Communities through Science 101." Session M630. The 118th Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference, June 26, 2011, Vancouver, BC.
  • Barsky, E., " Open Mining Reclamation Information to the World." Session M430. The 118th Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference, June 26, 2011, Vancouver, BC.
  • Barsky, E., Berndt, A., Greenwood, A & Paterson, C. "What information sources do engineering students use to address authentic socio-technical problems?." Session W230. The 118th Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference (SEFI 2011), June 29, 2011, Vancouver, BC.
  • Barsky, E., Lindstrom K. and Greenwood A. Portable science: podcasting as an outreach tool for a large academic science and engineering library. The Second International m-Libraries Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada. June 23-24, 2009
  • Barsky, E. "Web 2.0 in Forestry". Presentation. Pacific Northwest Forestry Librarians Meeting, October 20, 2008. Vancouver, BC
  • Levesque, N., Long, S., Barsky, E, and Rowell, G. , "e-HLbc: new opportunities for collaboration and meeting unique user group needs". Presentation. British Columbia Library Association Conference, April 18, 2008. Richmond, BC
  • Barsky E. Web 2.0 in health: a practical overview. Presentation to British Columbia Ministry of Health and British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development. October 31, 2007, Victoria, BC
  • Barsky E. Social technology in health libraries. Presentation to Vancouver Coastal Health Authority managers. July 9, 2007, Vancouver, BC
  • Giustini D., & Barsky E. "Using social software in health libraries". Continuing Education session. Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference, May 27, 2007, Ottawa, ON
  • Barsky E., Neame S. & Tunnacliffe R.B.  Implementing Web 2.0 tools into health library practice and outreach ".Presentation. Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference, May 30, 2007, Ottawa, ON
  • Barsky E.,  Advanced Internet Searching. Workshop for Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia, March 2007, Vancouver, BC
  • Barsky E., "UBC Weblogger's Salon: Blogging in UBC Library". Presentation at the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, University of British Columbia, February 15, 2007, Vancouver, BC
  • Barsky E., "WIKIng in Your Library: A Practical Overview". Presentation for the Vancouver Association of Law Libraries (VALL), October 2006, Vancouver, BC
  • Barsky E., "Google Scholar and the Future of Searching". Presentation for the Special Libraries Association, Western Canada, June 2006, Vancouver, BC
  • Barsky E., & Giustini D. Health Research & the Web: Can Google Bring Order to the Chaos? Presentation. Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference, June 1-3, 2005, Toronto, ON
  • Giustini D., & Barsky E. Using Google Scholar in Health Research: Functionality & Retrieval Comparisons with PubMed. Presentation. Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference, June 1-3, 2005, Toronto, ON (Invited paper)

Recent Publications (last 15 years):

Recent Datasets:

  • Barsky, Eugene; Schichter, Brittney; Trawin, Jessica; Johnson, Teresa; Kissoon, Niranjan; Wiens, Matthew; Ogilvie, Gina; Murthy, Srinivas; Dhugga, Gurm; Kinshella, Maggie Woo; Ansermino, J Mark, 2023, "Open Data Training Workshop: Tri-Agency Research Data Management and Ethical Considerations of Open Data Sharing", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/VQJMUF, Borealis, V2
  • Rochlin, Nicholas; Vis-Dunbar, Mathew; Gardner, Jeff; Kinney, Elizabeth; Buhler, Jeremy; Brigham, Doug; Barsky, Eugene, 2022, "UBC DRI Needs Assessment", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/YIIYOX, Scholars Portal Dataverse, V3
  • Barsky, Eugene; Brown, Helen; Ellis, Ursula; Ishida, Mayu; Janke, Robert; Menzies, Erin; Miller, Katherine; Mitchell, Marjorie; Vis-Dunbar, Mathew, 2017-05-16, "UBC Research Data Management Survey: Health Sciences", http://hdl.handle.net/11272/10491 V3 [Version]
  • Barsky, Eugene; Farrar, Paula ;  Meredith-Lobay, Megan; Mitchell, Marjorie ; Naslund, Jo-Anne ; Sylka, Christina , 2017-02-03, "UBC Research Data Management Survey: Humanities and Social Sciences", http://hdl.handle.net/11272/10430 V2 [Version]
  • Barsky, Eugene; Mitchell, Marjorie; Buhler, Jeremy, 2016, "UBC Research Data Management Survey: Science and Engineering ", http://hdl.handle.net/11272/10364 V7 [Version]
  • Barsky, Eugene; Dooley, Sarah Jane ; Mawhinney, Tara ; Saundry, Amber; Spence, Michelle, 2015, "Minding the gaps: Comparing research output and library holdings in four large engineering schools", http://hdl.handle.net/11272/10106 V2 [Version]
  • Barsky, Eugene, "Four Decades of Materials are Used by Researchers in Mathematics: Evaluating Citations' Age and Publication Types in Mathematical Research", http://hdl.handle.net/11272/10090 V1 [Version]


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