TY - GEN
T1 - Beyond data sharing
T2 - ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW'12
AU - Oleksik, Gerard
AU - Milic-Frayling, Natasa
AU - Jones, Rachel
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Scientific communities have long been concerned with the design and implementation of effective infrastructures for data access and collaborative scientific work. Recent studies have shown an increase in collaborative data generation and reuse. However, further improvements require a deeper understanding of the social and technological circumstances under which they emerge. To that effect we conduct in-situ observation study of a Nano-photonics Research Centre. We consider the artifact ecology that evolved from the Centre's common experimentation and data platform, the scientific practices, and the intricate interactions with digital artifacts that arise from the researchers' activities. We uncover the use of progress summaries for collaborative data interpretation and knowledge sharing. By studying this reputable collaborative scientific environment we (1) identified the factors that led to its functional and effective artifact ecology and (2) propose expansions of tools and services to improve it further. The latter include effective support for contextual search, browsing, and flexible viewing of information artifacts based on relevant parameters and properties.
AB - Scientific communities have long been concerned with the design and implementation of effective infrastructures for data access and collaborative scientific work. Recent studies have shown an increase in collaborative data generation and reuse. However, further improvements require a deeper understanding of the social and technological circumstances under which they emerge. To that effect we conduct in-situ observation study of a Nano-photonics Research Centre. We consider the artifact ecology that evolved from the Centre's common experimentation and data platform, the scientific practices, and the intricate interactions with digital artifacts that arise from the researchers' activities. We uncover the use of progress summaries for collaborative data interpretation and knowledge sharing. By studying this reputable collaborative scientific environment we (1) identified the factors that led to its functional and effective artifact ecology and (2) propose expansions of tools and services to improve it further. The latter include effective support for contextual search, browsing, and flexible viewing of information artifacts based on relevant parameters and properties.
KW - artifact ecology
KW - collaborative work
KW - data sharing
KW - escience
KW - information management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863252857&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2145204.2145376
DO - 10.1145/2145204.2145376
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863252857
SN - 9781450310864
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 1165
EP - 1174
BT - CSCW'12 - Proceedings of the ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Y2 - 11 February 2012 through 15 February 2012
ER -