Writing space: the computer, hypertext, and the history of writing
Writing space: the computer, hypertext, and the history of writing
Fixed or fluid?: document stability and new media
ECHT '94 Proceedings of the 1994 ACM European conference on Hypermedia technology
The Social Life of Information
The Social Life of Information
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Enhancing access to research data: the challenge of crystallography
Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Significance is in the eye of the stakeholder
ECDL'09 Proceedings of the 13th European conference on Research and advanced technology for digital libraries
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Data repositories walk a fine line between the fixity and fluidity of the data they curate. Change is constant, but too much change affects the integrity of data. This paper examines data transformations in three repositories, serving the zoological, archaeological, and quantitative social science research communities. Based on in-depth analysis of 27 interviews, we identify a typology of changes: adding value; correcting errors; creating consistency; changing representations of data to reflect new knowledge; responding to designated communities; and evolving practices around collecting. Then we discuss the nature of these changes in terms of the data and collections. Our findings indicate that organizational differences and the diverse needs of the repositories' designated communities play a large role in how they manage change.