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{"id":11698,"date":"2017-05-17T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=11698"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:29:27","slug":"revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealing Data: Explorations of Data in Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Christie Moffatt ~<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We hear about data every day. In historical medical collections, data abounds, both quantitative and qualitative. In its format, scope, and biases, data inherently contains more information than its face value. This series, <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/category\/series\/revealing-data\/\">Revealing Data<\/a>, explores how, by preserving the research data of the past and making it publicly available, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) helps to ensure that generations of researchers can reexamine it, reveal new stories, and make new discoveries. As the NLM becomes the new home of data science at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), <\/em>Circulating Now<em> explores<\/em> w<em>hat researchers from a variety of disciplines are learning from centuries of preserved data, and how their work can help us think about the future preservation and uses of the data we collect today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Within NLM\u2019s historical collections there are formal recordings of data in scientific laboratory notebooks, charts, logs, drawings, photographic images, and in a variety of other formats.\u00a0 The collections also include a wide range of data recorded informally, in jotted-down notes and correspondence between medical practitioners and scientists of many disciplines and fields, as well as in the documentation of individual experiences, in personal diaries, blogs, and oral histories.\u00a0 In addition to presenting data itself, this diversity of material reflects the many ways in which data is gathered, visualized, analyzed, and shared among personal networks, members of a team or lab, the broader scientific and medical community, and with the public, in lectures, reports, speeches, posters, moving images, and social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11709\" style=\"width: 5680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/llbbpb_crop.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/llbbpb_crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/llbbpb_crop.jpg?fit=5680%2C4536&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5680,4536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"LLBBPB_crop\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/LLBBPB<br \/>\nMcClintock worked with Blumenschein and Kato throughout the 1960s and 1970s on the Rockefeller-funded races of maize project. From left to right: Blumenschein, Kato and McClintock.<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Almiro Blumenschein, Angel Kato and Barbara McClintock with research notes, 1966<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/llbbpb_crop.jpg?fit=300%2C240&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/llbbpb_crop.jpg?fit=840%2C671&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-11709 size-full\" title=\"Discussing Data\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/llbbpb_crop.jpg?resize=840%2C671&ssl=1\" alt=\"Three people pore over documents on a table.\" width=\"840\" height=\"671\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584613X231\">Almiro Blumenschein, Angel Kato and Barbara McClintock with research notes<\/a>, 1966<br \/><em>Courtesy American Philosophical Society<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Often these recordings of data include important details and observations that reflect the larger world around the data and its collector, including biases, ethical norms, and technological, physical, or other challenges that reflect the state of research and research practices of the time.\u00a0 Examining these observations carefully, one can begin to discern the bigger stories behind the data: the what, when, where, why, and how the research was done.\u00a0 And when we collect and preserve materials related to data-specific sources–like <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/Narrative\/LL\/p-nid\/51\/p-docs\/true\">correspondence<\/a> between Barbara McClintock and collaborators while researching the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/Narrative\/LL\/p-nid\/51\">origins of maize in South America<\/a>, and Joshua Lederberg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584906X17660\">laboratory notebooks<\/a> documenting his experiments on the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/Narrative\/BB\/p-nid\/30\">genetics of bacteria<\/a>, research which led both to later earn a Nobel Prize–we can achieve deeper understanding of these big stories. Together, these different but complementary kinds of historical materials help to document research processes, as well as the myriad medical, social, and cultural contexts in which data is recorded, analyzed, discussed, and reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6309\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marshall-nirenberg-reading-data-in-lab.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6309\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/18\/a-tribute-to-marshall-nirenberg-myrna-weissman\/marshall-nirenberg-reading-data-in-lab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marshall-nirenberg-reading-data-in-lab.png?fit=1600%2C1065&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1065\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Marshall Nirenberg reading data in a lab\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/JJBBWS<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Marshall Nirenberg reading data in a lab, 1975<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marshall-nirenberg-reading-data-in-lab.png?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marshall-nirenberg-reading-data-in-lab.png?fit=840%2C559&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-6309 size-large\" title=\"Reading Data\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marshall-nirenberg-reading-data-in-lab.png?resize=840%2C559&ssl=1\" alt=\"Nirenberg in a room full of electronic equipment holding a paper readout in his hand.\" width=\"840\" height=\"559\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584910X369\">Marshall Nirenberg reading data in a lab<\/a>, 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marshall Nirenberg and his research team, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/01\/21\/deciphering-the-genetic-code-a-50-year-anniversary\/\">collectively and painstakingly prepared a chart<\/a> as they discovered how sequences of DNA, known as \u201ctriplets,\u201d direct the assembly of amino acids into the structural and functional proteins essential to life, a <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/01\/21\/deciphering-the-genetic-code-a-50-year-anniversary\/\">first summary of the genetic code<\/a>. But the chart is in a code all its own. Specific notations refer to laboratory notebooks: “N7-88,” for example, refers to the laboratory notebook labeled “Norma, book 7, page 88.” Experiments referring to “T” are in the laboratory notebooks of Theresa Caryk. The Library\u2019s collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/941\">Marshall Nirenberg Papers<\/a> contains the context, in oral histories, notebooks, letters, photographs, and other documentation, to translate not only the data in the chart, but the process and impact of the discovery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3022\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nirenberg_chart_jjbccw.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/17\/protecting-the-past-a-study-of-acetic-acid-offgassing\/nirenberg_chart_jjbccw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nirenberg_chart_jjbccw.jpg?fit=1600%2C1584&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1584\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Copyright (C) reserved","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Nirenberg Chart\" data-image-description=\"<p>By 1966, Nirenberg announced that he had deciphered the 64 RNA codons for all 20 amino acids. This chart from 1965 lists the correspondence between these codons and amino acids.<br \/>\nJJBCCW<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Nirenberg’s handwritten genetic code chart, 1965.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/JJBCCW<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nirenberg_chart_jjbccw.jpg?fit=300%2C297&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nirenberg_chart_jjbccw.jpg?fit=840%2C832&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-3022 size-large\" title=\"Recorded Data\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/nirenberg_chart_jjbccw.jpg?resize=840%2C832&ssl=1\" alt=\"A large paper chart constructed of serveral pages taped together, handwritten in several colors of ink.\" width=\"840\" height=\"832\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584910X475\">Nirenberg’s handwritten genetic code chart<\/a>, 1965.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another example, detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584650X29\">instructions for inspectors<\/a> in Fred Soper\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/vv\/feature\/biographical\">yellow fever service operation in Brazil<\/a> show how data was collected, describes the tools used, and includes sample forms, including definitions of terminology, used to track inspections and advise action. Soper literally “wrote the book” on effective eradication procedures and personnel management; the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584650X30\">Yellow Fever Service manual of operations<\/a> became the standard handbook for this effort, and a model for subsequent malaria eradication campaigns. Soper\u2019s experience in studying and eradicating the <em>Aedes aegypti<\/em> mosquito in parts of Brazil was a great step forward in managing mosquito borne diseases, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/vv\/feature\/biographical\">Fred Soper Papers<\/a> are a rich source of the history of gathering and acting on data that could prove useful in <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/06\/28\/web-collecting-during-the-zika-outbreak\/\">today\u2019s campaigns against Zika<\/a>, and future campaign\u2019s against other epidemics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/17\\\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 172px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"172\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/vvbbcb_crop\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"168\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"236\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11712\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbcb_crop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"856,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Fred Soper\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/VVBBCB<br \/> This photograph was taken during the time that Soper was a staff member of the Rockefeller Foundation’s International Division in Brazil.<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbcb_crop.jpg?fit=214%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbcb_crop.jpg?fit=730%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbcb_crop.jpg?w=168&h=236&ssl=1\" width=\"168\" height=\"236\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"168\" data-original-height=\"236\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Fred Soper\" alt=\"Formal portrait of Soper in a suit.\" style=\"width: 168px; height: 236px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Fred L. Soper, 1928 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 187px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"187\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/vvbbck_page_11\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"183\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"236\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11716\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"935,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Instructions for Inspectors on How to Collect Data.\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/VVBBCK<br \/> This book is a concise description of the yellow fever service operation in Brazil, including samples of the many forms used to track inspections and advise action. The rigorous organization and procedures described here were the key to the successful eradication of yellow fever and malaria.<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_11.jpg?fit=234%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_11.jpg?fit=798%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_11.jpg?w=183&h=236&ssl=1\" width=\"183\" height=\"236\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"183\" data-original-height=\"236\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Instructions for Inspectors on How to Collect Data.\" alt=\"Page with sample tabulation showing hot the inspector records results of an examination of water containters.\" style=\"width: 183px; height: 236px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Description of the Anti-Aegypti Technique, 1943 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 142px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"142\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/vvbbfw_crop\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"138\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"236\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11714\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfw_crop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"702,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Collected Data\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/VVBBFW<br \/> Captured from Soper’s field manual, this is the Yellow Fever Service report form that Brazilian inspectors used. The title translates to “Officer’s Record of Inspection.”<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfw_crop.jpg?fit=176%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfw_crop.jpg?fit=599%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfw_crop.jpg?w=138&h=236&ssl=1\" width=\"138\" height=\"236\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"138\" data-original-height=\"236\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Collected Data\" alt=\"A complex tabel filled in by hand recording the results of an inspection of an area for mosquitos.\" style=\"width: 138px; height: 236px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Boletim De Inspecoes Do Guarda, 1943 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 339px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"339\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/vvbbbs_crop\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"335\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"236\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11713\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbbs_crop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1126\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Public Health Campaign Posters\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/VVBBBS<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbbs_crop.jpg?fit=300%2C211&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbbs_crop.jpg?fit=840%2C591&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbbs_crop.jpg?w=335&h=236&ssl=1\" width=\"335\" height=\"236\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"335\" data-original-height=\"236\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Public Health Campaign Posters\" alt=\"Photograph of posters hanging inside a streetcar.\" style=\"width: 335px; height: 236px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Yellow Fever Service public information posters as they appeared in streetcars in Recife, Brazil, 1924 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 311px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"311\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 445px; height: 311px;\" data-original-width=\"445\" data-original-height=\"311\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/vvbbfs_crop\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"441\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"307\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11728\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfs_crop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Collecting Data\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/VVBBFS<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfs_crop.jpg?fit=300%2C209&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfs_crop.jpg?fit=840%2C585&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbfs_crop.jpg?w=441&h=307&ssl=1\" width=\"441\" height=\"307\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"441\" data-original-height=\"307\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Collecting Data\" alt=\"Ferrying a car accross a river on a raft.\" style=\"width: 441px; height: 307px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Jaguaribe river during rainy season in Ceara, Brazil. ca. 1930s <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 395px; height: 311px;\" data-original-width=\"395\" data-original-height=\"311\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/05\/17\/revealing-data-explorations-of-data-in-collections\/vvbbck_page_06-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"391\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"307\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11719\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_061.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1160,911\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Aedes Aegypti Mosquito\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/VVBBCK<br \/> This book is a concise description of the yellow fever service operation in Brazil, including samples of the many forms used to track inspections and advise action. The rigorous organization and procedures described here were the key to the successful eradication of yellow fever and malaria.<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_061.jpg?fit=300%2C236&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_061.jpg?fit=840%2C660&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vvbbck_page_061.jpg?w=391&h=307&ssl=1\" width=\"391\" height=\"307\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"391\" data-original-height=\"307\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Aedes Aegypti Mosquito\" alt=\"Lateral View of a female Aedes Aegypti mosquito.\" style=\"width: 391px; height: 307px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Description of the Anti-Aegypti Technique, 1943 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>How might these and other examples in our historical collections help us think about future research and understanding of the data we collect today, and will collect in the years to come?\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/ndsa.org\/\">National Digital Stewardship Alliance<\/a>\u2019s (NDSA) <a href=\"http:\/\/ndsa.org\/documents\/2015NationalAgenda.pdf\">National Agenda for Digital Preservation<\/a> identifies \u201cresearch data\u201d as an urgent challenge for digital stewardship, and cites the important challenges of preserving heterogenous data, different information standards and management practices across scientific disciplines, and the sheer volume of material being generated. \u00a0In addition to preserving research data itself, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vG7Wb5BGvgI?list=UUPJpmAY_xANov6p_7BFNPFQ\">scientific<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalpreservation.gov\/meetings\/documents\/othermeetings\/science-at-risk-NDIIPP-report-nov-2012.pdf\">cultural heritage<\/a> communities also emphasize the need to preserve the context of current research: in the near-term, to support of data sharing and reuse, and in the long-term, to document the record of scientific knowledge, discovery, and innovation, changes in scientific and scholarly communication, and public understandings of science and science policy. What kinds of documentation (also in challenging and heterogenous data types) do we need to preserve alongside current data to document the broader context in which it is created, so that researchers in the future can reexamine it, reveal new stories, and make new discoveries?<\/p>\n<p>Throughout this series, we will explore the many ways in which we document research and communicate about data, and what we can learn by preserving related material for context and understanding. This exploration will illuminate research as it was being undertaken, as well as subsequent discoveries which have emerged from studying the original research. And this exploration will help to reveal the important and evolving relationships between the creators of data and the work of many today\u2014archivists, historians, librarians, data scientists, and others\u2014who are actively\u2014 and proactively\u2014taking collective responsibility for the long-term preservation and curation of, and access to, historical and contemporary data for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 60px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/12\/05\/future-explorations-of-the-modern-flu\/cm3-2_crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?fit=1000%2C1173&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1173\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1384788061","copyright":"","focal_length":"85","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Christie Moffatt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?fit=256%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?fit=840%2C985&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2622\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?resize=86%2C100\" alt=\"Christie in the NLM HMD reading room.\" width=\"86\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Christie Moffatt is Manager of the Digital Manuscripts Program in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine and Chair of NLM’s Web Collecting and Archiving Working Group.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christie Moffatt ~ We hear about data every day. 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