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Collaborative qualitative research at scale: Reflections on 20 years of acquiring global data and making data global.
- Source :
- Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology; Jun2021, Vol. 72 Issue 6, p667-682, 16p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A 5‐year project to study scientific data uses in geography, starting in 1999, evolved into 20 years of research on data practices in sensor networks, environmental sciences, biology, seismology, undersea science, biomedicine, astronomy, and other fields. By emulating the "team science" approaches of the scientists studied, the UCLA Center for Knowledge Infrastructures accumulated a comprehensive collection of qualitative data about how scientists generate, manage, use, and reuse data across domains. Building upon Paul N. Edwards's model of "making global data"—collecting signals via consistent methods, technologies, and policies—to "make data global"—comparing and integrating those data, the research team has managed and exploited these data as a collaborative resource. This article reflects on the social, technical, organizational, economic, and policy challenges the team has encountered in creating new knowledge from data old and new. We reflect on continuity over generations of students and staff, transitions between grants, transfer of legacy data between software tools, research methods, and the role of professional data managers in the social sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEALTH policy
OCCUPATIONAL roles
TEAMS in the workplace
EXPERIMENTAL design
INTERDISCIPLINARY research
TEAM building
RESEARCH protocols
HUMAN research subjects
METADATA
ACQUISITION of data
SOCIAL factors
POPULATION geography
QUALITATIVE research
SOCIAL sciences
ENDOWMENT of research
DATABASE management
INFORMED consent (Medical law)
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
RESEARCH funding
OPEN access publishing
INTELLECT
ACCESS to information
TECHNOLOGY
DATA analysis software
REFLECTION (Philosophy)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23301635
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150294206
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24439