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"Foundations of Data Curation: The Pedagogy and Practice of ""Purposeful Work"" with Research Data"

Palmer, Carole; Weber, Nicholas M.; Renear, Allen H.; Muñoz, Trevor

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Title
"Foundations of Data Curation: The Pedagogy and Practice of ""Purposeful Work"" with Research Data"
Author(s)
  • Palmer, Carole
  • Weber, Nicholas M.
  • Renear, Allen H.
  • Muñoz, Trevor
Issue Date
2013
Keyword(s)
  • Data Curation
  • Education
Abstract
Increased interest in large-scale, publicly accessible data collections has made data curation critical to the management, preservation, and improvement of research data in the social and natural sciences, as well as the humanities. This paper explicates an approach to data curation education that integrates traditional notions of curation with principles and expertise from library, archival, and computer science. We begin by tracing the emergence of data curation as both a concept and a field of practice related to, but distinct from, both digital curation and data stewardship. This historical account, while far from definitive, considers perspectives from both the sciences and the humanities. Alongside traditional LIS and archival science practices, unique aspects of curation have informed our concept of “purposeful work” with data and, in turn, our pedagogical approach to data curation for the sciences and the humanities.
Publisher
Archives Journal
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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