Factors in Aging: Development Research Resources

描述(由申请者提供)：NACDA的使命是为老年学科学的智力活力做出贡献。我们通过项目工作人员在领导项目团队的知名研究人员的指导下开展活动来实现这一目标，并从更广泛的研究社区中挑选越来越多的NACDA研究附属公司来指导NACDA的收购目标。NACDA打算在下一个五年项目期内实现四个具体目标： 1)首先，NACDA将获取和保存对老年学研究界具有科学重要性的数据集，特别是在纵向数据、国际数据、少数群体老龄化数据、历史数据以及其他方面无法随时获得的数据领域。这将需要有重点的努力，鼓励研究人员分享和存档他们的数据，以供更广泛的科学界使用。NACDA在培训方面的活动以及提供的资源和工具促进了社会科学领域内的数据共享和存档文化，并促进了这种文化的发展。 2)其次，NACDA将以便于使用的形式向研究人员分发数据和文件，并将以高效和具有成本效益的方式这样做。这将涉及创建比原始数据生产者创建的版本更易于使用的数据和文件产品，并继续在使用新的数据存储和传输模式方面发挥领导作用。新的技术和呈现策略，如我们的在线书目、可变级别的搜索能力和正在进行的Web增强，将在未来几年显著提高我们数据的活力。 3)第三，NACDA将向NIA资助的产生数据的研究人员提供支持和援助，以促进他们的数据共享活动和无价之宝的长期保存。NACDA将继续积极参与研究进程，特别是在为二级用户编制数据开发工具、培训和支助领域。在接下来的五年里，我们将加强这些服务，使这一过程变得更容易，并将实施创新的解决方案，认识到研究人员用来共享数据的方法的多样性。 4)第四，NACDA将提供用户支持和技术服务，以促进老年学二次数据分析。作为这一目标的一个方面，我们认为在我们的网站内整合搜索和分析工具可以增强研究人员利用档案中包含的一系列数据的能力。作为这一具体目标的一部分，NACDA将对其现有的收藏品进行改造，以便随时可以将系统文件用于流行的分析软件包。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): NACDA's mission is to contribute to the intellectual vitality of the gerontological sciences. We accomplish this through the activities of the project staff under the guidance of established researchers who lead the project team, and a growing body of NACDA Research Affiliates drawn from the broader research community guiding NACDA acquisition goals. NACDA intends to accomplish four specific aims over the next five-year project period: 1) First, NACDA will acquire and preserve datasets of scientific importance to the gerontological research community especially in the areas of longitudinal data, international data, data on minority aging, historical data, and data that are otherwise not readily available. This will require a focused effort to encourage researchers to share and archive their data for use by the wider scientific community. NACDA's activities in training, and the provision of resources and tools have nurtured the culture of data sharing and archiving within the social science community and facilitated its growth. 2) Second, NACDA will distribute data and documentation to researchers in a form that will facilitate their use, and will do so in an efficient and cost-effective manner. This will involve the creation of data and documentation products that can be used more easily than the versions created by the original data producer and continued leadership in the use of new modes of data storage and transmission. New technologies and presentation strategies such as our online bibliography, variable level search capacity, and ongoing of Web enhancements will significantly improve the vitality of our data in the coming years. 3) Third, NACDA will provide support and assistance to NIA-funded researchers who are producing data, in order to facilitate their data sharing activities and the long-term preservation of the priceless. NACDA will continue to be an active participant in the research process, particularly in the realm of developing tools, training and support for the preparation of data for secondary users. During the next five years we will enhance these services to make the process easier, and will implement innovative solutions that recognize the diversity of approaches that researchers are using to share their data. 4) Fourth, NACDA will provide user support and technical services to facilitate secondary data analysis in gerontology. As an aspect of this goal, we see the integration of search and analysis tools within our Web site as enhancing the ability of researchers to utilize the array of data contained in the archive. As part of this specific aim, NACDA will retrofit its existing collection to make available ready to use system files for popular analysis software packages.