RDAP13 summit: Introduction. Issue 6 (12th August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Parham, Susan Wells; Rolando, Elizabeth; Doty, Jennifer
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Volume 39:Issue 6(2013)
• Page Start: 17
• Page End: 18
• Publication Date: 2013-08-12
• Subjects: Information science -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/bult.2013.1720390607
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0095-4403

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Editor's Summary</bold> </p> <p>This special section of the <italic>Bulletin</italic> explores issues in research data access and preservation (RDAP) and samples the program highlights and attendees' reflections of the ASIS&amp;T RDAP13 Summit, the 4th annual meeting, held in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 4–5, 2013. Contributed papers address the value of partnering with publishers and repositories as a way to address the complexity of data curation and explore the issue of data use and reuse from a data curator's perspective. One article discusses the use, benefits and challenges of altmetrics to track citations of research data. Others tackle the need to develop a standard data infrastructure and describe efforts to promote research data management across institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom. Last, a sampling of the posters presented at RDAP13 reflects the scope of the topic, current progress and advances to come.</p> </abstract>