Curation as “Interoperability With the Future”: Preserving Scholarly Research Software in Academic Libraries
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Chassanoff, Alexandra M
Altman, Micah
Date Issued
May 2019
Journal
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
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Wiley
Citation
Chassanoff, Alexandra M and Micah Altman. "Curation as “Interoperability With the Future”: Preserving Scholarly Research Software in Academic Libraries." Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 71, 3 (May 2019): 325-337 © 2019 ASIS&T
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Abstract
This article considers the problem of preserving research software within the wider realm of digital curation, academic research libraries, and the scholarly record. We conducted a pilot study to understand the ecosystem in which research software participates, and to identify significant characteristics that have high potential to support future scholarly practices. A set of topical curation dimensions were derived from the extant literature and applied to select cases of institutionally significant research software. This approach yields our main contribution, a curation model and decision framework for preserving research software as a scholarly object. The results of our study highlight the unique characteristics and challenges at play in building curation services in academic research libraries.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries
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https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24244
