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Rebecca D. Frank

Rebecca Frank is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and a Faculty Affiliate at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). She is also affiliated with the Einstein Center Digital Future in Berlin, Germany. Her research examines the social construction of risk in trustworthy digital repository audit and certification. She also conducts research in the areas of open data, digital preservation, digital curation, and data reuse, focusing on social and ethical barriers that limit or prevent the preservation, sharing, and reuse of digital information. Her work has been supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (German Foundation for Peace Research), the Einstein Centre Digital Future, the InfraLab Berlin, the National Science Foundation (United States), and the Australian Academy of Science.
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The Transparency Gap: What’s Missing from Qualitative Research Reporting in Information Science?

by Rebecca D. Frank, Adam Kriesberg February 4, 2026 0

How do Information Science researchers describe their use of qualitative methods? What do they say about their approach to different steps in the research process... Read more.