Contemporary issues of open data in information systems research: considerations and recommendations

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dc.contributor.authorLink, Georg J.P.
dc.contributor.authorLumbard, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorConboy, Kieran
dc.contributor.authorFeldman, Michael
dc.contributor.authorFeller, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Jordana
dc.contributor.authorGermonprez, Matt
dc.contributor.authorGoggins, Sean
dc.contributor.authorJeske, Debora
dc.contributor.authorKiely, Gaye
dc.contributor.authorSchuster, Kristen
dc.contributor.authorWillis, Matt
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-26T16:52:28Z
dc.date.available2020-02-26T16:52:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.date.updated2020-02-26T16:46:52Z
dc.description.abstractResearchers, governments, and funding agencies are calling on research disciplines to embrace open dataĆ¢ data that anyone can access and use. They have done so based on the premise that research efforts can draw and generate several benefits from open data because it might provide further insight and enable individuals to replicate and extend current knowledge in different contexts. These potential benefits, coupled with a global push towards open data policies, bring open data into the agenda of research disciplines, which includes information systems (IS). In this paper, we respond to these developments as follows. We outline themes in the ongoing discussion around open data in the IS discipline. The themes fall into two clusters: 1) the motivation for open data includes themes of mandated sharing, benefits to the research process, extending the life of research data, and career impact; and 2) the implementation of open data includes themes of governance, socio-technical system, standards, data quality, and ethical considerations. In this paper, we outline the findings from a pre-ICIS 2016 workshop on the topic of open data. The workshop discussion confirmed themes and identified issues that require attention in terms of the approaches that IS researchers currently use. The IS discipline offers a unique knowledge base, tools, and methods that can advance open data across disciplines. Based on our findings, we provide suggestions on how IS researchers can drive the open data conversation. Further, we provide advice for adopting and establishing procedures and guidelines for archiving, evaluating, and using open data.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationLink, G. J., Lumbard, K., Conboy, K., Feldman, M., Feller, J., George, J., Germonprez, M., Goggins, S., Jeske, D., Kiely, G., Schuster, K., & Willis, M. (2017). Contemporary Issues of Open Data in Information Systems Research: Considerations and Recommendations. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 41, pp 587-610. doi: 10.17705/1CAIS.04125en
dc.identifier.doi10.17705/1CAIS.04125en
dc.identifier.endpage610en
dc.identifier.issn1529-3181
dc.identifier.journaltitleCommunications of the Association for Information Systemsen
dc.identifier.startpage587en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9702
dc.identifier.volume41en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAssociation for Information Systemsen
dc.relation.urihttps://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol41/iss1/25/
dc.rightsĀ© 2017 by the Association for Information Systems. Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and full citation on the first page. Copyright for components of this work owned by others than the Association for Information Systems must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers, or to redistribute to lists requires prior specific permission and/or fee. Request permission to publish from: AIS Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2712 Atlanta, GA, 30301-2712 Attn: Reprints or via email from publications@aisnet.org.en
dc.subjectOpen dataen
dc.subjectOpen research dataen
dc.subjectOpen scientific sataen
dc.subjectOpen data in researchen
dc.subjectData sharingen
dc.subjectOpen access to dataen
dc.subjectOpen scienceen
dc.titleContemporary issues of open data in information systems research: considerations and recommendationsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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