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- Title
Where Have All the Scientific Data Gone? LIS Perspective on the Data-At-Risk Predicament.
- Authors
Thompson, Cheryl A.; Robertson, W. Davenport; Greenberg, Jane
- Abstract
Scientists produce vast amounts of data that often are not preserved properly or do not have inventories, placing them at risk. As part of an effort to more fully understand the data-at-risk predicament, researchers who were engaged in the DARI project at UNC's Metadata Research Center surveyed information custodians working in a range of settings. The survey collected information on the data characteristics and preservation plans. Forty-three information custodians completed the survey. The results indicate that at-risk data include a variety of formats subject areas, and ownership status, as well as compliance with a variety of standards. Although a majority of respondents agree that data preservation is important, they caution that time is the greatest barrier to sharing these data. The study has implications for data rescue and for training information custodians.
- Subjects
INFORMATION resources management; INFORMATION retrieval; LIBRARY science; INFORMATION science; RESEARCH management; UNIVERSITY of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; UNIVERSITY research; OBSOLETE digital media
- Publication
College & Research Libraries, 2014, Vol 75, Issue 6, p842
- ISSN
0010-0870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5860/crl.75.6.842