Abstract

Collection management techniques used in map and geography libraries to describe and provide access to materials ensure researchers can engage with collections as viable sources of research data. Many practitioners create frameworks to market these collections as potential sources of data, whether used alone or alongside other research data. These frameworks bear similarities to the FAIR data movement, where data producers are encouraged to make their data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. I frame the historical landscape photograph collections of the American Geographical Society Library and the United States Geological Survey Library as FAIR research data, offering the potential to engage with trends, concerns, or concepts being explored by geographers. When highlighting the FAIRness of these collections, we have an opportunity to better understand how they may be used as standalone sources of data, as well as alongside other FAIR data sources in scientific research. As another FAIR data source, I use the DataONE Data Catalog to contextualize these photographs alongside present-day datasets from fieldwork in similar landscapes. I encourage map and geography libraries to understand how the FAIRness of their collections enable unique research opportunities, leveraging the momentum surrounding FAIR research data in open science/open research communities.

摘要

地图和地理库中用于描述和提供资料的馆藏管理技术可确保研究人员可以将馆藏作为研究数据的可行来源。许多从业者创建了框架来营销这些收藏作为潜在的数据来源，无论是单独使用还是与其他研究数据一起使用。这些框架与FAIR数据运动具有相似之处，在FAIR数据运动中，鼓励数据生产者使它们的数据可查找，可访问，可互操作和可重用。我将美国地理学会图书馆和美国地质调查图书馆的历史景观照片集作为FAIR研究数据进行构架，提供了与地理学家探索的趋势，关注点或概念互动的潜力。当强调这些系列的公平性时，我们有机会更好地了解它们如何用作独立的数据源，以及如何与科学研究中的其他FAIR数据源一起使用。作为另一个FAIR数据源，我使用DataONE数据目录将这些照片与类似场景中实地调查的当前数据集进行上下文关联。我鼓励地图和地理图书馆了解其馆藏的公平性如何利用开放式科学/开放性研究社区中围绕公平性研究数据的势头带来独特的研究机会。我使用DataONE数据目录将这些照片与类似场景中实地调查的当前数据集进行上下文关联。我鼓励地图和地理图书馆了解其馆藏的公平性如何利用开放式科学/开放性研究社区中围绕公平性研究数据的势头带来独特的研究机会。我使用DataONE数据目录将这些照片与类似场景中实地调查的当前数据集进行上下文关联。我鼓励地图和地理图书馆了解其馆藏的公平性如何利用开放式科学/开放性研究社区中围绕公平性研究数据的势头带来独特的研究机会。