Enabling long-term access to scientific, technical and medical data collections

Jeff Rothenberg ; Stijn Hoorens

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Science and Technology;    Databases and Data Collection;    Analysis;    and Processing;   

RP-ID  :  TR-567-BL

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

In recent decades, online access to large, high quality data collections has led to a new, deeper level of sharing and analysis, potentially accelerating and improving the quality of scientific research. These online datasets are becoming imperative at all stages of the research process, particularly in scientific, technical and medical (STM) disciplines. Since libraries have a traditional responsibility to guarantee the availability of the output of scholarly research, they have a potentially important role to play in facilitating long-term access to these resources. Yet, the role of a national library in the realm of STM data remains unclear.