Open AccessData curation practices in institutional repositories: An exploratory study
Author(s) -
Lee Dong Joon,
Stvilia Besiki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.2014.14505101085
Subject(s) - data curation , metadata , digital curation , context (archaeology) , research data , exploratory research , world wide web , knowledge management , computer science , best practice , work (physics) , data science , political science , sociology , engineering , biology , social science , paleontology , mechanical engineering , law
ABSTRACT This poster reports on the preliminary findings of a study that examines data curation work in institutional repositories (IR). The study identified three perceived roles played by IR staff (i.e., data curator, IR manager, and metadata specialist) and role‐specific sets of activities and skills. The findings of this study can inform the development of best practices and effective infrastructure support for data curation in the context of IRs, as well as teaching data curation in LIS schools.