Through scholarly information sharing, researchers make the output of their work, such as articles, data, and software, available to the public. Researchers choose to share -- or not to share -- scholarly information for a variety of reasons, including fostering collaboration, increasing public involvement, and having sensitive information within the research data.
Research on data practices gets into the specifics of not only how data is and should be shared, but also how it is and should be collected, stored, and used.
Technical standards -- an established norm or requirement around a technical tasks that includes characteristics, guidelines, methods, and processes -- are a potential result of research done on data practices and scholarly information sharing. Research done in these areas can guide those working on developing technical standards on what needs to be part of the standard.
Research Highlights
Dr. Rebecca Morris has received the Nancy Tannery Grant for OER 2024 for her project “Connect and Reflect: Contextualizing Experiential Learning in Libraries and Information Environments.”
Art + Data workshops facilitate conversations about personal and civic data, considering how data visualization and analysis are interpretive, humanistic endeavors. The series explores visualization without computers, and examine feelings toward and approaches to working with data.
Chelsea Butkowski (Assistant Professor, American University) and Frances Corry explore the role of nostalgic anticipation in public discourse around emerging and re-invented social media platforms.
