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"Technology transfer and true transformation: Implications for open data"
When considering the “openness” of data, it is unsurprising that most conversations focus on the online environment—how data is collated, moved, and recombined for multiple purposes. Nonetheless, it is important to recognize that the movements online are only part of the data lifecycle. Indeed, considering where and how data are created—namely, the research setting—are of key importance to open data initiatives. In particular, such insights offer key understandings of how and why scientists engage with in practices of openness, and how data transitions from personal control to public ownership. This paper examines research settings in low/middle-income countries (LMIC) to better understand how resource limitations influence open data buy-in. (Full article...)
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