Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development

Data and information management are key components of enabling a knowledge-sharing environment in the development sector. Improved physical and virtual availability, accessibility, and applicability of data and information increases the chances of it reaching intended audiences and providing them wi...

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Main Authors: Zandstra, Megan, Azubuike, Abraham, Clobridge, Abby, Kuchma, Iryna, Mwanzia, Leroy, Prasai, Nilam, Staiger Rivas, Simone, Willmers, Michelle, Senmartin, Denise
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83166
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author Zandstra, Megan
Azubuike, Abraham
Clobridge, Abby
Kuchma, Iryna
Mwanzia, Leroy
Prasai, Nilam
Staiger Rivas, Simone
Willmers, Michelle
Senmartin, Denise
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Clobridge, Abby
Kuchma, Iryna
Mwanzia, Leroy
Prasai, Nilam
Senmartin, Denise
Staiger Rivas, Simone
Willmers, Michelle
Zandstra, Megan
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Azubuike, Abraham
Clobridge, Abby
Kuchma, Iryna
Mwanzia, Leroy
Prasai, Nilam
Staiger Rivas, Simone
Willmers, Michelle
Senmartin, Denise
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description Data and information management are key components of enabling a knowledge-sharing environment in the development sector. Improved physical and virtual availability, accessibility, and applicability of data and information increases the chances of it reaching intended audiences and providing them with new insights, evidence, or confirmation of assumptions. In this Special Issue of the KM4Dev Journal: Open research, open data, and your development organization: Best practices in information and data management for development we present six cases of open access and open data management approaches in diverse institutional settings around the world. Novel open data management tools and practices aim to support the discovery of solutions and answers to some of the world’s most complicated problems; the data for which were previously hidden in numerous unpublished data sets with restricted access. There is increasing evidence that data quality increases as data collection is automated, and its analytical methods improved; therefore many organizations are currently addressing the technical and organizational challenges of open data management, trying to provide the components that will strengthen data curatorial and analytical capacity. From the digitization of documents for the Greek Parliament to the management of data and information for a large network of bean research organizations in Africa, we share how institutions of all types are working to make information openly available, accessible, and applicable for the purpose of global development.
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spelling CGSpace831662025-03-13T09:44:46Z Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development Zandstra, Megan Azubuike, Abraham Clobridge, Abby Kuchma, Iryna Mwanzia, Leroy Prasai, Nilam Staiger Rivas, Simone Willmers, Michelle Senmartin, Denise open data development organizations organizaciones de desarrollo data management gestión de datos information management gestión de la información best practices mejor práctica Data and information management are key components of enabling a knowledge-sharing environment in the development sector. Improved physical and virtual availability, accessibility, and applicability of data and information increases the chances of it reaching intended audiences and providing them with new insights, evidence, or confirmation of assumptions. In this Special Issue of the KM4Dev Journal: Open research, open data, and your development organization: Best practices in information and data management for development we present six cases of open access and open data management approaches in diverse institutional settings around the world. Novel open data management tools and practices aim to support the discovery of solutions and answers to some of the world’s most complicated problems; the data for which were previously hidden in numerous unpublished data sets with restricted access. There is increasing evidence that data quality increases as data collection is automated, and its analytical methods improved; therefore many organizations are currently addressing the technical and organizational challenges of open data management, trying to provide the components that will strengthen data curatorial and analytical capacity. From the digitization of documents for the Greek Parliament to the management of data and information for a large network of bean research organizations in Africa, we share how institutions of all types are working to make information openly available, accessible, and applicable for the purpose of global development. 2017 2017-08-17T14:52:54Z 2017-08-17T14:52:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83166 en Open Access Zandstra, Megan; Azubuike, Abraham; Clobridge, Abby; Kuchma, Iryna; Mwanzia, Leroy; Prasai, Nilam; Staiger-Rivas, Simone; Willmers, Michelle; Senmartin, Denise. 2017. Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development . Knowledge Management for Development Journal 13(2): 1-6.
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development organizations
organizaciones de desarrollo
data management
gestión de datos
information management
gestión de la información
best practices
mejor práctica
Zandstra, Megan
Azubuike, Abraham
Clobridge, Abby
Kuchma, Iryna
Mwanzia, Leroy
Prasai, Nilam
Staiger Rivas, Simone
Willmers, Michelle
Senmartin, Denise
Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development
title Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development
title_full Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development
title_fullStr Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development
title_full_unstemmed Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development
title_short Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development
title_sort open research open data and your development organization best practices in information and data management for development
topic open data
development organizations
organizaciones de desarrollo
data management
gestión de datos
information management
gestión de la información
best practices
mejor práctica
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83166
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