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3 thoughts on “Pragmatism and Information Science: Are They Mutually Exclusive?”
In the limited amount of literature I’ve read so far I’m finding a similar distinction between data curation and digital curation. They make data curation essentially sound like an industry term among research scientists, meant only to refer to the results of their research. This makes me want to search out several more reference points for this, because it feels like an assertion that someone will surely bash us on if anyone anywhere has ever used it in a broader sense.
Let’s confer in class.
We have very similar takes on how to use Yakel and Dallas–I guess that makes it easier for our group!
Good points. Re the data curation references, you might try Christine Borgman’s book as a good point to start: Big data, Little Data, No Data (MIT Press, 2015), https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/900409008
In the limited amount of literature I’ve read so far I’m finding a similar distinction between data curation and digital curation. They make data curation essentially sound like an industry term among research scientists, meant only to refer to the results of their research. This makes me want to search out several more reference points for this, because it feels like an assertion that someone will surely bash us on if anyone anywhere has ever used it in a broader sense.
Let’s confer in class.
We have very similar takes on how to use Yakel and Dallas–I guess that makes it easier for our group!
Good points. Re the data curation references, you might try Christine Borgman’s book as a good point to start: Big data, Little Data, No Data (MIT Press, 2015), https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/900409008
I’ll think about other citations.