How to Prepare Your College for an Uncertain Digital Future - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"[Q:] Isn't it true that researchers often don't want to share their data? [A:] I think that is true. That's part of the cultural piece. Certainly there are cases where it's not appropriate to share it for privacy reasons or while something's in progress. At the same time, I think that there's a lot of data that's not being shared now simply because it's not easy to do so, or it's a burden. And I think if we can put in place services that will make it not be a burden, and show the benefit of doing this, and have ways of tracking how it's being used. … I think we'd find that more people would be willing to share...."