Digital Data Archives as Knowledge Infrastructures: Mediating Data Sharing and Reuse
Digital Data Archives as Knowledge Infrastructures: Mediating Data Sharing and Reuse
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DOI：
10.1002/asi.24172
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发表时间：
2019-08-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Golshan, Milena S.
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作者：
Borgman, Christine L.;Scharnhorst, Andrea;Golshan, Milena S.
数字档案是开放获取研究数据的首选手段。他们在知识基础设施中扮演着重要的角色--强大的人员、工件和机构网络--但是很少有人知道他们如何在利益相关者之间进行信息交换。我们通过研究DANS来打开数据档案的“黑匣子”，DANS是荷兰的数据存储和网络服务研究所，它管理着来自社会科学，人文科学和其他领域的50多年的数据。我们的访谈、博客、人种学和文档分析显示，少数大贡献者提供了稳定的内容流，但大多数是学术研究人员，他们很少提交数据集，而且经常限制对其文件的访问。消费者是一个多样化的群体，与贡献者的重叠最少。档案管理员大约有一半的时间用于帮助贡献者进行管理，一半的时间用于帮助消费者。鉴于使用的多样性和不频繁，人工协助管理和搜索仍然是必不可少的。DANS的知识基础设施包括公共和私人利益相关者，他们贡献，消费，收获和服务于他们的数据-其中许多人在DANS集合起源时并不存在-随着他们的社区，技术和服务的发展，加强了对数字数据档案的持续投资的需求。
Digital archives are the preferred means for open access to research data. They play essential roles in knowledge infrastructures-robust networks of people, artifacts, and institutions-but little is known about how they mediate information exchange between stakeholders. We open the "black box" of data archives by studying DANS, the Data Archiving and Networked Services institute of The Netherlands, which manages 50+ years of data from the social sciences, humanities, and other domains. Our interviews, weblogs, ethnography, and document analyses reveal that a few large contributors provide a steady flow of content, but most are academic researchers who submit data sets infrequently and often restrict access to their files. Consumers are a diverse group that overlaps minimally with contributors. Archivists devote about half their time to aiding contributors with curation processes and half to assisting consumers. Given the diversity and infrequency of usage, human assistance in curation and search remains essential. DANS' knowledge infrastructure encompasses public and private stakeholders who contribute, consume, harvest, and serve their data-many of whom did not exist at the time the DANS collections originated-reinforcing the need for continuous investment in digital data archives as their communities, technologies, and services evolve.