A Pilot Study to Locate Historic Scientific Data in a University Archive

Autor/inn/en	Farrell, Shannon L.; Kelly, Julia A.; Hendrickson, Lois G.; Mastel, Kristen L.
Titel	A Pilot Study to Locate Historic Scientific Data in a University Archive
Quelle	In: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, (2023) 103, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Farrell, Shannon L.) ORCID (Kelly, Julia A.) ORCID (Hendrickson, Lois G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Archives; Universities; Data; Data Collection; Access to Information; Information Management; Information Retrieval; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Archivwesen; Archiv; University; Universität; Daten; Data capture; Datensammlung; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung
Abstract	Historic data in analog (or print) format is a valuable resource that is utilized by scientists in many fields. This type of data may be found in various locations on university campuses including offices, labs, storage facilities, and archives. This study investigates whether biological data held in one institutional university archives could be identified, described, and thus made potentially useful for contemporary life scientists. Scientific data was located and approximately half of it was deemed to be of some value to current researchers and about 20% included enough information for the study to be repeated. Locating individual data sets in the collections at the University Archives at the University of Minnesota proved challenging. This preliminary work points to possible ways to move forward to make raw data in university archives collections more discoverable and likely to be reused. It raises questions that can help inform future work in this area. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Web site: https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01