SIPP ACCESS, an information system for complex data: A case study in creating a collaboratory for the social sciences

Robbin, Alice SIPP ACCESS, an information system for complex data: A case study in creating a collaboratory for the social sciences. Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 1995, vol. 5, n. 2, pp. 37-66. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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The "collaboratory" concept has recently entered the vernacular of the scientific community to reflect new modes of scientific communication, cooperation and collaboration made possible by information technology. The collaborator represents a scientific research center "without walls" for accessing and sharing data, information, instrumentation and computational resources. The principal applications of the collaboratory concept have been in the physical and biological sciences, including space physics, oceanography and molecular biology. Discusses the attributes of the collaboratory, and applies the concept developed by computer and physical scientists to the design and operation of the SIPP ACCESS prototype information system for complex data to be used through the Internet by sociologists, demographers and economists. Examines obstacles to collaborator development for the social sciences. Concludes that four major obstacles will inhibit the development of collaboratories in the social sciences.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: SIPP ACCESS; collaboration; scientific community; collaboratory
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BH. Information needs and information requirements analysis.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BC. Information in society.
B. Information use and sociology of information
B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
Depositing user: Alice Robbin
Date deposited: 17 Apr 2008
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:11
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11397

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