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Why You Should Care About Open Data: Open Access Week Thoughts On Why Research Data Rarely Are Reused, Christine L. Borgman Oct 2013

Why You Should Care About Open Data: Open Access Week Thoughts On Why Research Data Rarely Are Reused, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

Scholarly knowledge-sharing includes sharing research data, but while the supply of data is growing rapidly, demand exists in only a few research communities. This appears to be caused by factors related to trust, application, and practices. When collecting one’s own data, a researcher knows its origins, transformations, analyses, assumptions, strengths, limitations, access conditions, and likely longevity, but researchers may not have that information about data acquired from other parties. Librarians, archivists, and data scientists assist scholars with managing, curating, and disseminating their data, recommending practices with reuse in mind whenever possible. This lecture is by Christine L. Borgman, professor and …


Local Or Global? Making Sense Of The Data Sharing Imperative (Keynote), Christine L. Borgman Dec 2010

Local Or Global? Making Sense Of The Data Sharing Imperative (Keynote), Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

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Research Data: Who Will Share What, With Whom, When, And Why?, Christine L. Borgman Sep 2010

Research Data: Who Will Share What, With Whom, When, And Why?, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

The deluge of scientific research data has excited the general public, as well as the scientific community, with the possibilities for better understanding of scientific problems, from climate to culture. For data to be available, researchers must be willing and able to share them. The policies of governments, funding agencies, journals, and university tenure and promotion committees also influence how, when, and whether research data are shared. Data are complex objects. Their purposes and the methods by which they are produced vary widely across scientific fields, as do the criteria for sharing them. To address these challenges, it is necessary …