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October 21, 2007
The Data Curation Continuum
Managing Data Objects in Institutional Repositories
This article describes the work currently underway at Monash University to rethink the role of repositories in supporting data management. It first describes the context within which the work has taken place and some of the local factors that have contributed to the inception and continuation of this work. It then introduces the idea of a Data Curation Continuum and describes the various continua that might be applicable in a repository data management context. The article then discusses some of the implications of this approach, before reviewing related work.
The work being done at Monash University on rethinking the role of repositories in supporting data management has grown out of a number of local factors that distinguish Monash University from other institutions: its size and focus on e-Research, an Information Management Strategy, and a range of inter-related and innovative projects.
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Posted by: Deborah Lyon
Posted by colldev at October 21, 2007 02:15 PM