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2010

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Baseline Assessment Of Scientists’ Data Sharing Practices., Carol Tenopir Jun 2010

Baseline Assessment Of Scientists’ Data Sharing Practices., Carol Tenopir

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Review Of Research Data Curation Practices And Attitudes Of Stakeholders, Suzie Allard, Elizabeth Allen, Christina Murray, Robert J. Sandusky Jan 2010

Review Of Research Data Curation Practices And Attitudes Of Stakeholders, Suzie Allard, Elizabeth Allen, Christina Murray, Robert J. Sandusky

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Advances in technology have allowed researchers to create large amounts of reusable digital data sets. This phenomenon, e-Research, encompasses not only innovative forms of scholarship in the sciences, but the humanities and social sciences as well (Lynch 2008). While digital data benefits research by permitting new types of problems to be addressed, increases ability to collaborate across disciplines and institutions, and allows for replication of previous results, it is easily lost for future use unless action is taken to manage it from its inception. Data curation is the process of managing digital data from the moment of its creation so …