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Curating research data / edited by Lisa R. Johnston.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Chicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2017Description: 2 volumes ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838988589
  • 083898858X
  • 0838989187
  • 9780838988626
  • 0838988628
  • 9780838989180
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ZA4080.4 .C87 2017
Contents:
Volume one. Practical strategies for your digital repository -- Volume two. Handbook of current practice.
Volume one. Introduction to data curation / Lisa R. Johnston ; Research and the changing nature of data repositories / Karen S. Baker and Ruth E. Duerr ; Institutional, funder, and journal data policies / Kristin Briney, Abigail Goben, and Lisa Zilinski ; Collaborative research data curation services : a view from Canada / Eugene Barsky, Larry Lalibert�e, Amber Leahey, and Leanne Trimble ; Practices do not make perfect : disciplinary data sharing and reuse practices and their implications for repository data curation / Ixchel M. Faniel and Elizabeth Yakel ; Overlooked and overrated data sharing : why some scientists are confused and/or dismissive / Heidi J. Imker ; Research data services maturity in academic libraries / Inna Kouper, Kathleen Fear, Mayu Ishida, Christine Kollen, and Sarah C. Williams ; Extending data curation service models for academic library and institutional repositories / Jon Wheeler ; Beyond cost recovery : revenue models and practices for data repositories in academia / Karl Nilsen ; Current outreach and marketing practices for research data repositories / Katherine J. Gerwig ; Open exit : reaching the end of the data life cycle / Andrea Ogier, Natsuko Nicholls, and Ryan Speer ; The current state of meta-repositories for data / Cynthia R. Hudson Vitale ; Curation of scientific data at risk of loss : data rescue and dissemination / Robert R. Downs and Robert S. Chen -- Volume two. Establish your data curation service ; Receive the data ; Appraisal and selection techniques that mitigate risks inherent to data ; Processing and treatment actions for data ; Ingest and store data in your repository ; Descriptive metadata ; Access ; Preservation of data for the long term ; Reuse ; Brief concluding remarks and a call to action.
Summary: Data are becoming the proverbial coin of the digital realm: a research commodity that might purchase reputation credit in a disciplinary culture of data sharing, or buy transparency when faced with funding agency mandates or publisher scrutiny. Unlike most monetary systems, however, digital data can flow in all too great an abundance. Not only does this currency actually grow on trees, but it comes from animals, books, thoughts, and each of us! And that is what makes data curation so essential. The abundance of digital research data challenges library and information science professionals to harness this flow of information streaming from research discovery and scholarly pursuit and preserve the unique evidence for future use. Volume One of Curating Research Data explores the variety of reasons, motivations, and drivers for why data curation services are needed in the context of academic and disciplinary data repository efforts. Twelve chapters, divided into three parts, take an in-depth look at the complex practice of data curation as it emerges around us. Part I sets the stage for data curation by describing current policies, data sharing cultures, and collaborative efforts currently underway that impact potential services. Part II brings several key issues, such as cost recovery and marketing strategy, into focus for practitioners when considering how to put data curation services in action. Finally, Part III describes the full lifecycle of data by examining the ethical and practical reuse issues that data curation practitioners must consider as we strive to prepare data for the future. Digital data is ubiquitous and rapidly reshaping how scholarship progresses now and into the future. The information expertise of librarians can help ensure the resiliency of digital data, and the information it represents, by addressing how the meaning, integrity, and provenance of digital data generated by researchers today will be captured and conveyed to future researchers.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab ZA4080.4 .C87 2017 v.1 1 Available 50583020003491
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab ZA4080.4 .C87 2017 v.2 1 Available 50583020003624
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Includes bibliographical references.

Volume one. Practical strategies for your digital repository -- Volume two. Handbook of current practice.

Volume one. Introduction to data curation / Lisa R. Johnston ; Research and the changing nature of data repositories / Karen S. Baker and Ruth E. Duerr ; Institutional, funder, and journal data policies / Kristin Briney, Abigail Goben, and Lisa Zilinski ; Collaborative research data curation services : a view from Canada / Eugene Barsky, Larry Lalibert�e, Amber Leahey, and Leanne Trimble ; Practices do not make perfect : disciplinary data sharing and reuse practices and their implications for repository data curation / Ixchel M. Faniel and Elizabeth Yakel ; Overlooked and overrated data sharing : why some scientists are confused and/or dismissive / Heidi J. Imker ; Research data services maturity in academic libraries / Inna Kouper, Kathleen Fear, Mayu Ishida, Christine Kollen, and Sarah C. Williams ; Extending data curation service models for academic library and institutional repositories / Jon Wheeler ; Beyond cost recovery : revenue models and practices for data repositories in academia / Karl Nilsen ; Current outreach and marketing practices for research data repositories / Katherine J. Gerwig ; Open exit : reaching the end of the data life cycle / Andrea Ogier, Natsuko Nicholls, and Ryan Speer ; The current state of meta-repositories for data / Cynthia R. Hudson Vitale ; Curation of scientific data at risk of loss : data rescue and dissemination / Robert R. Downs and Robert S. Chen -- Volume two. Establish your data curation service ; Receive the data ; Appraisal and selection techniques that mitigate risks inherent to data ; Processing and treatment actions for data ; Ingest and store data in your repository ; Descriptive metadata ; Access ; Preservation of data for the long term ; Reuse ; Brief concluding remarks and a call to action.

Data are becoming the proverbial coin of the digital realm: a research commodity that might purchase reputation credit in a disciplinary culture of data sharing, or buy transparency when faced with funding agency mandates or publisher scrutiny. Unlike most monetary systems, however, digital data can flow in all too great an abundance. Not only does this currency actually grow on trees, but it comes from animals, books, thoughts, and each of us! And that is what makes data curation so essential. The abundance of digital research data challenges library and information science professionals to harness this flow of information streaming from research discovery and scholarly pursuit and preserve the unique evidence for future use.

Volume One of Curating Research Data explores the variety of reasons, motivations, and drivers for why data curation services are needed in the context of academic and disciplinary data repository efforts. Twelve chapters, divided into three parts, take an in-depth look at the complex practice of data curation as it emerges around us. Part I sets the stage for data curation by describing current policies, data sharing cultures, and collaborative efforts currently underway that impact potential services. Part II brings several key issues, such as cost recovery and marketing strategy, into focus for practitioners when considering how to put data curation services in action. Finally, Part III describes the full lifecycle of data by examining the ethical and practical reuse issues that data curation practitioners must consider as we strive to prepare data for the future.

Digital data is ubiquitous and rapidly reshaping how scholarship progresses now and into the future. The information expertise of librarians can help ensure the resiliency of digital data, and the information it represents, by addressing how the meaning, integrity, and provenance of digital data generated by researchers today will be captured and conveyed to future researchers.

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