This article advocates for robust data-sharing plans to become common in research. Because external support for data sharing is minimal, the author suggests that principal investigators should consider engaging existing institutional information experts, such as librarians and information systems personnel, to participate in data-sharing efforts.
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Giffels, Joe 1; Email Address: jgiff001@umaryland.edu; Affiliation: 1: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; Source Info: Dec2010, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p801; Subject Term: INFORMATION sharing; Subject Term: LIBRARIANS; Subject Term: LIBRARY employees; Subject Term: INFORMATION professionals; Subject Term: SOCIAL informatics; Author-Supplied Keyword: Data sharing; Author-Supplied Keyword: Information Systems professionals; Author-Supplied Keyword: Science librarians; Number of Pages: 3p; Document Type: Article
