Data Curation in the Wild
Dublin Core
Title
Data Curation in the Wild
Subject
Data curation.
Scientific literature.
Communication in learning and scholarship.
Description
This collection highlights researchers' experiences with data curation within their fields, and case studies where data curation, existent or non-existent, made a difference to scientific progress. Consisting of blog posts, online articles, and Tweets, this collection highlights the informal and often-overlooked channels through which data curation is discussed.
Publisher
Omeka
Date
2016-10
Contributor
Dobbs, Zoe
Language
English
Spanish
Type
Collection
Items in the Data Curation in the Wild Collection
Author asks to retract nearly 20-year old paper over figure questions, lack of data
Since the original research data for a paper containing "suspicious" images could not be located, one of the authors has requested its retraction.
@DynamicWebPaige A NASA scientist said that over 80% of old NASA data was unreadable: lack of documentation. Same w/ hardware. No curation.
Tweets about a lack of computer hardware curation and data documentation.
A matter of integrity: Can improved curation efforts prevent the next data sharing disaster?
An explanation of how improved data curation methods can prevent situations like the controversial release of OK Cupid data from occurring.
#datasharing among doctors is very important to minimize patient/caregiver frustration #WHFrontiers .@PittTweet .@CarnegieMellon
Tweets about the importance of efficient data sharing among doctors.
Sharing data: Here’s how you do it, and here’s how you don’t
A description of contrasting ways that research data can be shared and obtained: free of charge via a willing researcher, or for a fee using donations from GoFundMe.