A finger on the pulse: temporal rhythms and information seeking in medical work
CSCW '02 Proceedings of the 2002 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
The human infrastructure of cyberinfrastructure
CSCW '06 Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Not by metadata alone: the use of diverse forms of knowledge to locate data for reuse
International Journal on Digital Libraries
International Journal on Digital Libraries
Infrastructure Time: Long-term Matters in Collaborative Development
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Sociotechnical Studies of Cyberinfrastructure and e-Research: Current Themes and Future Trajectories
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Units of evidence for analyzing subdisciplinary difference in data practice studies
Proceedings of the 11th annual international ACM/IEEE joint conference on Digital libraries
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A better understanding of scientific data practices is needed to inform the continued development of infrastructures to support long-term use of research data. In this paper, the conceptual framework of 'rhythms' is employed in a qualitative analysis of data practices in the domain of earth science to explain the use of data types over time, from a biographical, organizational, phenomenal, and infrastructural perspective. By tracing the rhythms associated with two specific data types--physical field samples and computational model output---patterns of short-term and long-term use within subdisciplines and their relationships to scientists' perceptions and behaviors connected with the scholarly value of these data types begin to emerge. Preliminary results suggest that data rhythms should be understood as part of the service context for the curation and long-term maintenance of research data.