Facilitating Access to Restricted Data

The decision to allow users access to restricted and protected data is based on the development of trust in the user by data repositories. In this article, I propose a model of the process of trust development at restricted data repositories, a model which emphasizes the increasing levels of trust dependent on prior interactions between repositories and users. I find that repositories develop trust in their users through the interactions of four dimensions – promissory, experience, competence, and goodwill – that consider distinct types of researcher expertise and the role of a researcher’s reputation in the trust process. However, the processes used by repositories to determine a level of trust corresponding to data access are inconsistent and do not support the sharing of trusted users between repositories to maximize efficient yet secure access to restricted research data. I highlight the role of a researcher’s reputation as an important factor in trust development and trust transference, and discuss the implications of modelling the restricted data access process as a process of trust development

Complementary Data as Metadata: Building Context for the Reuse of Video Records of Practice

Data reuse is often dependent on context external to the data. At times, this context is actually additional data that helps data reusers better assess and/or understand the target data upon which they are focused. We refer to these data as complementary data and define these as data external to the target data which could be used as evidence in their own right. In this paper, we specifically we focus on video records of practice in education. Records of practice are a type of data that more broadly document events surrounding teaching and learning. Video records of practice are an interesting case of data reuse as they can be extensive (e.g., days or weeks of video of a classroom), result in large files sizes, and require both metadata and other complementary data in order for reusers to understand the events depicted in the video. Through our mixed methods study, consisting of a survey of data reusers in 4 repositories and 44 in-depth interviews, we identified the types of complementary data that assist reusers of video records of practice for either teaching and/or research. While there were similarities in the types of complementary data identified as important to have when reusing VROP, the rationales and motivations for seeking out particular complementary data differed depending on whether the intended use was for teaching or research. While metadata is an important and valuable means of describing data for reuse, data’s meaning is often constructed through comparison, verification, or elucidation in reference to other data. &nbsp

Finding access and digital preservation solutions for a digitized oral history project: A case study

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine affordable access and digital preservation solutions for digital collections developed by under-resourced small and mid-size cultural heritage organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a case study of Jeffco Stories, a collection of digitized oral histories created by the Jefferson County Public Library in Colorado. Findings – This paper describes how the Jefferson County Public Library undertook a migration project of its oral history digital collection into an open access platform, Omeka and selected DuraCloud as a hosted digital preservation service.Research limitations/implications – As a case study, this paper is limited to one institution’s experience with selecting access and digital preservation solutions. Practical implications – This paper is relevant to librarians and archivists who are exploring access and preservation solutions for digital collections and to those who are considering migrating to open access content management systems and cloud-based digital preservation solutions. Originality/value – This paper presents a case of a public library and the challenges in finding affordable access and digital preservation solutions for small digital collections

Finding Access and Digital Preservation Solutions for a Digitized Oral History Project: A Case Study

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine affordable access and digital preservation solutions for digital collections developed by under-resourced small and mid-size cultural heritage organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a case study of Jeffco Stories, a collection of digitized oral histories created by the Jefferson County Public Library in Colorado. Findings – This paper describes how the Jefferson County Public Library undertook a migration project of its oral history digital collection into an open access platform, Omeka and selected DuraCloud as a hosted digital preservation service. Research limitations/implications – As a case study, this paper is limited to one institution’s experience with selecting access and digital preservation solutions. Practical implications – This paper is relevant to librarians and archivists who are exploring access and preservation solutions for digital collections and to those who are considering migrating to open access content management systems and cloud-based digital preservation solutions. Originality/value – This paper presents a case of a public library and the challenges in finding affordable access and digital preservation solutions for small digital collections

Researcher Credentialing for Administrative Data: Easing the Burden, Increasing the Efficiency

While not collected primarily for research purposes, administrative data gathered as part of normal agency or program operations present unique and vital opportunities for researchers. However, as with other types of restricted access data, these data are often not made available or require special authorization to access. The risks of re-identification, social stigma, and privacy violations for individuals represented in the data, especially for special populations, require that data be securely held and access authorization be moderated. Obtaining this authorization, especially for multiple datasets from one institution or spread across multiple data providers, imposes a significant administrative burden on researchers and data repository staff who must repeatedly and redundantly provide and validate user identities. This presentation will offer the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research’s solution to ease the burden on both researchers and data repository staff -- the Researcher Passport. The researcher passport will incorporate standardized, community-normed identity verification criteria, data security level interpretations, and restricted data access training requirements. The researcher passport, using these standards, will be issued by a central authority who carries out the identity verification process and issues a tiered-access passport to users who are authorized for a streamlined data access request process for certain levels of secure data. Visas issued by data custodians control “entry” by passport holders to particular data sets. We describe these standards, how they fit into the repository workflow, and how they make the data access process for efficient and effective for administrative data users and providers

Three Approaches to Documenting Database Migrations

Database migration is a crucial aspect of digital collections management, yet there are few best practices to guide practitioners in this work. There is also limited research on the patterns of use and processes motivating database migrations. In the “Migrating Research Data Collections” project, we are developing these best practices through a multi-case study of database and digital collections migration. We find that a first and fundamental problem faced by collection staff is a sheer lack of documentation about past database migrations. We contribute a discussion of ways information professionals can reconstruct missing documentation, and some three approaches that others might take for documenting migrations going forward. [This paper is a conference pre-print presented at IDCC 2020 after lightweight peer review.

Phrasing Feedback to Improve Students\u27 Writing in a Large First-Year Humanities Course

On a revise-and-resubmit assignment in a large introductory History course, students were provided with feedback that was phrased either as questions, statements, or imperatives. This study examines which form was most likely to lead to improvement in the students’ writing. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) were used to analyze a data set comprising 669 individual pieces of feedback on 67 sets of papers. Researchers found that, overall, students were most likely to implement feedback phrased as imperatives and least likely to implement feedback phrased as questions, and that the likelihood shifted somewhat depending on which aspect of writing was being commented upon; the extent of change required; the students’ past performance in the course; and the person providing the feedback

Predictors and Effects of E-Cigarette Usage

This panel presentation will address Juul\u27s e-cigarette marketing campaign and the Truth Initiative\u27s counter campaign. In addition, our Communication 346 Capstone class will discuss overall e-cigarette usage on campus, known predictors of usage, general attitudes toward e-cigarettes, and potential health related outcomes. We will conclude with suggestions for an upcoming health promotion campaign addressing the information needs of students regarding the effects of e-cigarette usage

A hedonic analysis of factors impacting the value of planters on the used machinery market

A hedonic model was employed to examine factors that influence the resale price of row crop planters on the used machinery market. Planter sale data from 2016 to 2018 were utilized to conduct the analysis. Results suggested that the primary factors impacting planter resale prices were make, age, condition, planter configuration, row number, and row spacing. As a function of age (depreciation), planter values were generally determined to decrease at a decreasing rate. Finally, it was determined that there was a significant interaction between the variables make and age, suggesting that different planter makes depreciate differently

Heavenly Bodies RSVP

The purpose of the Heavenly Bodies RSVP project was to design and fabricate planet props, as well as a mechanism by which they could be raised and lowered in California Polytechnic State University’s Pavilion theater. The project team was comprised of four fourth year mechanical engineering students: Allison Turnbaugh, Braden Lockwood, Jack Boulware, and Justin Spitzer. We conducted extensive research to determine the ideal solution for the design problem brought to us by our sponsor. In our analysis, we discovered that the most important aspects of our design were the absolute reliability of the system, fire retardant material selection, and the overall aesthetics of the planets. These criteria along with our past product research allowed us to design a product that aligned with the vision of our sponsor. The system of planets was planned for use by the Music Department for the 25th installment of their annual diverse transmedia series entitled RSVP XXV: Call and Response. Sponsored by Dr. Antonio Barata, the show’s artistic director and producer, and professor in Cal Poly’s Music Department, the project featured design considerations unique to the location and nature of the production. For instance, the project had a hard completion deadline set for May 17, 2020, as stage construction would have been completed in preparation for rehearsals the following week. We determined that approximately 20 planets would be manufactured by the end of the project as well as a system to deploy them. Our objective was to make these planets safe, quiet, aesthetically pleasing, lightweight, and suitably reliable for use in the play. Though our design was unique to the needs of our sponsor, research of patented mechanisms provided inspiration for a system to raise and lower the planets. This information was utilized during ideation, which resulted in the creation of a few viable solutions, discussed later in this document. Working with our sponsor and advisor, the team finalized and tested a design, then created a structural prototype. However, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the team was forced to forgo construction of a final product, as the production was cancelled. In response, the team devoted its remaining time to creating a set of online instructions to assist others in building and implementing the developed system