Curating for Convergence: Data Stewardship for Interdisciplinary Inquiry

IF 0.3 4区管理学 Q4 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Library Trends Pub Date : 2023-05-19 DOI:10.1353/lib.2023.0007

C. Palmer, M. Cragin

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Abstract

Abstract:Advances in data infrastructure are often led by disciplinary initiatives aimed at innovation in federation and sharing of data and related research materials. In library and information science (LIS), the data services area has focused on data curation and stewardship to support description and deposit of data for access, reuse, and preservation. At the same time, solutions to societal grand challenges are thought to lie in convergence research, characterized by a problem-focused orientation and deep cross-disciplinary integration, requiring access to highly varied data sources with differing resolutions or scales. We argue that data curation and stewardship work in LIS should expand to foster convergence research based on a robust understanding of the dynamics of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research methods and practices. Highlighting unique contributions by Dr. Linda C. Smith to the field of LIS, we outline how her work illuminates problems that are core to current directions in convergence research. Drawing on advances in data infrastructure in the earth and geosciences and trends in qualitative domains, we emphasize the importance of metastructures and the necessary influence of disciplinary practice on principles, standards, and provisions for ethical use across the evolving data ecosystem.

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融合策划:跨学科探究的数据管理

摘要：数据基础设施的进步往往是由旨在联合创新和共享数据及相关研究材料的学科举措引领的。在图书馆和信息科学（LIS）中，数据服务领域专注于数据管理和管理，以支持数据的描述和存储，以便访问、重复使用和保存。与此同时，社会重大挑战的解决方案被认为在于融合研究，其特点是以问题为导向和深度跨学科整合，需要访问具有不同分辨率或规模的高度多样化的数据源。我们认为，LIS中的数据管理和管理工作应该扩大，以促进基于对学科和跨学科研究方法和实践动态的有力理解的融合研究。为了突出Linda C.Smith博士对LIS领域的独特贡献，我们概述了她的工作如何阐明当前融合研究方向的核心问题。利用地球和地球科学数据基础设施的进步以及定性领域的趋势，我们强调了元结构的重要性，以及学科实践对不断发展的数据生态系统中道德使用的原则、标准和规定的必要影响。

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Library Trends INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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1.20

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12.50%

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