Accelerating Science: The Moment When the Value of Sharing Data Surpasses the Activity Required for Preservation
Accelerating Science: The Moment When the Value of Sharing Data Surpasses the Activity Required for Preservation
Session ID#: 123663
Session Description:
Journals and funders recognize the value of data sharing for supporting transparency and reproducibility, but many researchers overlook the value of making their data usable by others. Establishing a culture where data is easier to discover, understand, and reuse by others has significant barriers due to beliefs that:
- Data that are currently available are often not trusted leading researchers to create new data.
- Data created for research is not valued as a contribution to the scientific record and does not warrant the time taken to preserve.
- Incorrectly utilizing data created by someone else could result in misuse.
Our Earth and solar systems are complex: to better understand these systems we must use all data relevant to our research. Our speakers will share their findings on what is required to encourage researchers to share their data to benefit their careers, scientific discovery, and society.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- AMS: American Meteorological Society -
- ESA: Ecological Society of America -
- EGU: European Geosciences Union -
- JpGU: Japan Geoscience Union -
Index Terms:
1904 Community standards [INFORMATICS]
1912 Data management, preservation, rescue [INFORMATICS]
1916 Data and information discovery [INFORMATICS]
Primary Convener: Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Data Leadership, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners: Caroline Coward, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia and Justin James Henry Buck, National Oceanography Center, BODC, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison: Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Data Leadership, Washington, DC, United States
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