TY - JOUR
T1 - Contemporary issues of open data in information systems research
T2 - Considerations and recommendations
AU - Link, Georg J.P.
AU - Lumbard, Kevin
AU - Conboy, Kieran
AU - Feldman, Michael
AU - Feller, Joseph
AU - George, Jordana
AU - Germonprez, Matt
AU - Goggins, Sean
AU - Jeske, Debora
AU - Kiely, Gaye
AU - Schuster, Kristen
AU - Willis, Matt
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by the Association for Information Systems.
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Researchers, governments, and funding agencies are calling on research disciplines to embrace open data-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.
AB - Researchers, governments, and funding agencies are calling on research disciplines to embrace open data-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.
KW - Data sharing
KW - Open access to data
KW - Open data
KW - Open data in research
KW - Open research data
KW - Open science
KW - Open scientific data
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U2 - 10.17705/1cais.04125
DO - 10.17705/1cais.04125
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85034024492
SN - 1529-3181
VL - 41
SP - 587
EP - 610
JO - Communications of the Association for Information Systems
JF - Communications of the Association for Information Systems
IS - 1
M1 - 25
ER -