Evaluation of a Scientific Collaboratory System: Investigating Utility before Deployment

Data sharing in the sciences

“…However, this lacuna has since been addressed through numerous mixed‐methods case studies of data access and use in cyberinfrastructure (Baker & Bowker, 2007; Karasti, Baker, & Halkola, 2005; Ribes & Finholt, 2007; Sonnenwald, Whitton, & Maglaughlin, 2008), scholarly communication in research collections (Palmer, 2005), and institutional repositories (Davis & Connolly, 2007). Many of these studies have been qualitative in nature and have emphasized local practices that emerge and shape the design and use of these resource‐intensive infrastructures, often for the purpose of more effective design.…”