Karsten Boye Rasmussen
Sharing qualitative research data, improving data literacy and establishing national data services
welcome fourth issue volume 43 iassist quarterly iq 434 2019x0d first article authored jessica mozersky heidi walsh meredith parsons tristan mcintosh kari baldwin james dubois located bioethics research center washington university school medicine st louis missouri usa ask question ready share qualitative research data subtitle knowledge preparedness among qualitative researchers irb members data repository curators subtitle indicates research includes survey key personnel related scientific data sharing report obtained semistructured indepth interviews 30 data repository curators 30 qualitative researchers 30 irb staff members usa irb stands institutional review board countries might called research ethics committee similar generally increasing trend towards data sharing open science qualitative data rarely shared dilemma behind reluctance share exemplified health data qualitative methods explore sensitive topics sensitivity leads protection confidentiality hinders keeping sufficient contextual detail secondary analyses could add protection confidentiality much bigger task qualitative data sensitive information hidden every corner data consequently must finecombed quantitative data decisions concerning confidentiality made level variables reporting article gives insights differences three stakeholder groups oftenfound answer among researchers data sharing associated quantitative data irb members little practice qualitative among curators half curated qualitative data many worked quantitative data general qualitative data sharing lacks guidance standardsx0d x0d second article also raises question many ways teach data literacy asia connection usa author yun dai working library new york university shanghai explored many ways teach data literacy undergraduate students initiatives described article included workshops inclass instruction tempted students offering uptodate technology online casebooks topics data lifecycle event series appealing names like lying data event series marketing mascot lying data pinocchio sessions fooled advertisements getting truth opinion surveys data literacy resemblance information literacy perspective data literacy defined critical thinking applied evaluating data sources formats interpreting communicating findings statistical literacy ability evaluate statistical information evidence article presents approaches conclude question many readers surprised missing answer certain readers enjoy ideas article marketing focusx0d x0d last article examining barriers establishing national data service author janez tebe takes us europe janez tebe head social science data archives arhiv druboslovnih podatkov university ljubljana slovenia consortium european social science data archives cessda distributed european social science data infrastructure access research data cessda many european countries members focus situation 20 noncessda member european countries emerging immature data archive services developed projects cessda strengthening widening saw 2016 2017 cessda widening activities wa 2018 identifying comparing gaps differences group countries similar level may consider following similar best practice examples achieve mature supportive open scientific data ecosystem like earlier articles article provides good references earlier literature description previous studies area project 22 countries selected cessda nonmembers interviewees among social science researchers data librarians contacted email template october 2018 january 2019 article brings results discussion national data sharing culture data infrastructure yes lack money however process gradually establishing robust data infrastructure believed impact growth data sharing culture improve excellence efficiency research generalx0d x0d submissions papers iassist quarterly always welcome welcome input iassist conferences conferences workshops local presentations papers especially written iq preparing presentation give thought turning onetime presentation lasting contribution event also gives opportunity improving work feedback encourage login create author login httpswwwiassistquarterlycom open journal system application permit authors deep link iq well deposit paper local repository chairing conference session purpose aggregating integrating papers special issue iq also much appreciated information reaches many people limited number session participants readily available iassist quarterly website httpswwwiassistquarterlycom authors welcome take look instructions layoutx0d httpswwwiassistquarterlycomindexphpiassistaboutsubmissionsx0d authors also contact directly via email kbrsamsdudk interested compiling special issue iq guest editors also delighted hear youx0d karsten boye rasmussen december 2019