Data-at-Risk: Developing a Plan for Preserving Astronomy's Archival Records

存在风险的数据：制定保存天文学档案记录的计划

• 批准号: 1110231
• 负责人: Kevin Marvel
• 金额: $ 1.7万
• 依托单位: American Astronomical Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1110231&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Data; Risk; Developing; Plan; Preserving

This award will provide partial support of a workshop titled, "Data-at-Risk: Developing a Plan for Preserving Astronomy's Archival Records". The goal of the workshop is to bring together the world's experts on non-electronic astronomy archival data where they will develop a Plan of Action that will promote the preservation of irreplaceable data. The PI notes that there are over 3 million glass plates or films currently in archives with over half of that data being stored in North America. These archives contain both imaging and spectroscopic data that extends back roughly 120 years. The archives represent a rich resource for long-term variability studies and offer scientific information that cannot be otherwise obtained. Unless positive action is undertaken soon most of the data in these archives, particularly those being stored in non-optimal conditions, will simply not survive the next decade. The broader impacts of the proposal are inherent in the preservation of the data archives. The impact of data preservation has the potential to affect all facets of observational astronomy.

该奖项将为题为“有风险的数据：制定保存天文学档案记录的计划”的研讨会提供部分支持。研讨会的目标是汇集世界非电子天文学档案数据专家，他们将制定一项行动计划，促进不可替代数据的保存。 PI 指出，目前档案中有超过 300 万块玻璃板或胶片，其中一半以上的数据存储在北美。这些档案包含可追溯到大约 120 年前的成像和光谱数据。这些档案代表了长期变异性研究的丰富资源，并提供了无法通过其他方式获得的科学信息。除非尽快采取积极行动，否则这些档案中的大部分数据，特别是那些存储在非最佳条件下的数据，将根本无法在下一个十年中保存下来。该提案的更广泛影响是数据档案保存所固有的。数据保存的影响有可能影响观测天文学的各个方面。