Recovering and Reusing Historical Data for Science: Retrospective Curation Practices Across Disciplines

Amanda H. Sorensen; Camila Escobar-Vredevoogd; Travis L. Wagner; Katrina Fenlon

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_2

Recovering and Reusing Historical Data for Science: Retrospective Curation Practices Across Disciplines

Amanda H. Sorensen, Camila Escobar-Vredevoogd, Travis L. Wagner, Katrina Fenlon

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Abstract

While data curation research and practice have provided a growing body of guidance for and tools to support the curation, sharing, and reuse of recent and future scientific data, attention to retrospective data curation has been limited. The Recovering and Reusing Archival Data for Science project draws on semi-structured interviews with scientists and data curators to investigate data recovery and reuse efforts focused on historical data, or data drawn from legacy research materials, across a wide range of institutional, disciplinary, and research contexts. This paper describes selected findings related to (1) the perceived value of historical data for current and future scientific research; (2) challenges particular to recovering historical data; and (3) ethical quandaries that arise in historical data recovery and reuse. These findings shed light on the potential impact of historical data recovery and implications for retrospective data curation practices in support of active scientific research across disciplines.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Information for a Better World
Subtitle of host publication	Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Isaac Sserwanga, Anne Goulding, Heather Moulaison-Sandy, Jia Tina Du, António Lucas Soares, Viviane Hessami, Rebecca D. Frank
Publisher	Springer
Pages	14-28
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783031280344
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_2
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th International Conference on Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity, iConference 2023 - Virtual, Online Duration: Mar 13 2023 → Mar 17 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13971 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity, iConference 2023
City	Virtual, Online
Period	3/13/23 → 3/17/23

Keywords

Data curation
Data recovery and reuse
Data sharing
Legacy data
Scientific data

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Sorensen, A. H., Escobar-Vredevoogd, C., Wagner, T. L., & Fenlon, K. (2023). Recovering and Reusing Historical Data for Science: Retrospective Curation Practices Across Disciplines. In I. Sserwanga, A. Goulding, H. Moulaison-Sandy, J. T. Du, A. L. Soares, V. Hessami, & R. D. Frank (Eds.), Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Proceedings (pp. 14-28). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13971 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_2

Recovering and Reusing Historical Data for Science: Retrospective Curation Practices Across Disciplines. / Sorensen, Amanda H.; Escobar-Vredevoogd, Camila; Wagner, Travis L. et al.
Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Isaac Sserwanga; Anne Goulding; Heather Moulaison-Sandy; Jia Tina Du; António Lucas Soares; Viviane Hessami; Rebecca D. Frank. Springer, 2023. p. 14-28 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13971 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Sorensen, AH, Escobar-Vredevoogd, C, Wagner, TL & Fenlon, K 2023, Recovering and Reusing Historical Data for Science: Retrospective Curation Practices Across Disciplines. in I Sserwanga, A Goulding, H Moulaison-Sandy, JT Du, AL Soares, V Hessami & RD Frank (eds), Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13971 LNCS, Springer, pp. 14-28, 18th International Conference on Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity, iConference 2023, Virtual, Online, 3/13/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_2

Sorensen AH, Escobar-Vredevoogd C, Wagner TL, Fenlon K. Recovering and Reusing Historical Data for Science: Retrospective Curation Practices Across Disciplines. In Sserwanga I, Goulding A, Moulaison-Sandy H, Du JT, Soares AL, Hessami V, Frank RD, editors, Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Proceedings. Springer. 2023. p. 14-28. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_2

Sorensen, Amanda H. ; Escobar-Vredevoogd, Camila ; Wagner, Travis L. et al. / Recovering and Reusing Historical Data for Science : Retrospective Curation Practices Across Disciplines. Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Proceedings. editor / Isaac Sserwanga ; Anne Goulding ; Heather Moulaison-Sandy ; Jia Tina Du ; António Lucas Soares ; Viviane Hessami ; Rebecca D. Frank. Springer, 2023. pp. 14-28 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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