Bishop Bradley Wade, Fox Jaxx, Gavel Sidney Wanda Taylor, Chapin Emily Grace, Kansa Sarah
School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America.
Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2025 Jun 27;20(6):e0317070. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317070. eCollection 2025.
Physical collections provide the tangible objects that when analyzed become data informing all sciences. Physical collection managers aim to make physical objects discoverable, accessible, and reusable. The volume and variety of physical collections acquired, described, and stored across decades, and in some cases centuries, results from large public and private investments. The purpose of this study is to understand the curation perceptions and behaviors of physical collection managers across domains to inform cross-disciplinary research data management. Ten focus groups were conducted with thirty-two participants across several physical collection communities. Participants responded to open-ended questions about the data lifecycle of their physical objects. Results indicated that physical collections attempt to use universal metadata and data storage standards to increase discoverability, but interdisciplinary physical collections and derived data reuse require more investments to increase reusability of these invaluable items. This study concludes with a domain-agnostic discussion of the results to inform investment in cyberinfrastructure tools and services.
实物藏品提供了有形物体，这些物体经过分析后便成为为所有科学提供信息的数据。实物藏品管理者旨在使实物可被发现、可获取并可重复使用。数十年来，在某些情况下甚至是几个世纪以来，通过大量公共和私人投资积累了数量众多、种类各异的实物藏品，并对其进行了描述和存储。本研究的目的是了解各领域实物藏品管理者的管理观念和行为，以为跨学科研究数据管理提供信息。我们与来自多个实物藏品领域的32名参与者进行了10次焦点小组讨论。参与者回答了关于其实物数据生命周期的开放式问题。结果表明，实物藏品试图使用通用的元数据和数据存储标准来提高可发现性，但跨学科实物藏品和衍生数据的重复使用需要更多投资，以提高这些宝贵物品的可重复使用性。本研究最后对结果进行了与领域无关的讨论，以为网络基础设施工具和服务的投资提供信息。
