Documenting Multi-Institutional Collaborations, Phase II: A Case Study in Space Science and Geophysics

历史学家、社会学家和其他学者并没有很好地理解大规模合作研究的过程。科学家、科研管理人员和公众也没有对这一具有中心重要性的活动进行任何系统的分析。在这项资助下，沃诺女士继续研究记录物理学和相关科学领域大型合作历史的问题。目前，他们的行政和知识记录广泛分散，经常被丢弃。在文件得到保障之前，学者们不可能研究这个合作研究项目。在她之前的资助下，Warnow女士研究了团队组建、资金、沟通、责任授权和出版的模式，以及高能物理领域记录的创建和保留。在这项资助下，沃诺女士正试图确定高能物理学的见解能在多大程度上延伸到其他科学领域。具体来说，她正在进行为期两年的空间科学和地球物理研究。她正在指导一组研究人员，他们将(1)对大量合作项目进行计算机统计普查，(2)采访150-200名合作项目的选定样本成员，这些合作项目涉及卫星、行星航天器、海洋考察和其他数据收集系统（钻孔、地震网和阵列），(3)对几个特别重要的案例进行详细的历史考察。其目的是确定协作模式，定义文档问题，对这些问题的可能解决方案进行实地测试，并建议促进未来学术研究的行动。档案工作者、历史学家和社会学家将加入PI和AIP的其他工作人员；杰出的科学家、管理人员和其他专家担任该项目的顾问。

The process of large-scale collaborative research is not well understood by historians, sociologists and other scholars. Nor do scientists, research administrators and the public possess any of the systematic analysis of this centrally important activity. Under this grant, Ms. Warnow is continuing her study of the problems of documenting the history of large collaborations in physics and allied sciences. Currently their administrative and intellectual records are widely dispersed and often discarded. Until the documentation has been secured it will be impossible for scholars to study the collaborative research project. Under her prior grants, Ms. Warnow has studied the patterns of team formation, funding, communication, delegation of responsibility, and publication, as well as the creation and retention of records in the area of high energy physics. Under this grant, Ms. Warnow is trying to determine how far insights from high energy physics extend to other fields of science. Specifically, she is undertaking a two year study of space science and geophysics. She is directing a group of researchers who will (1) conduct a computerized statistical census of a large number of collaborations, (2) interview some 150-200 members of a selected sample of collaborations involving satellites, planetary spacecraft, oceanographic expeditions, and other system for data-gathering (drill holes and seismic networks and arrays), and (3) conduct detailed historical probes of a few especially important cases. The aim is to identify patterns of collaboration, define the documentation problems, field-test possible solutions to these problems, and recommend actions to facilitate future scholarly study. The PI and other AIP staff will be joined by archivists, historians, and sociologists; distinguished scientists, administrators, and other specialists are serving as advisors on the project.