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Kings presentation nov 2012
- 1. Digital Social Science November 2012 John Kaye – Lead Curator Digital Social Sciences http://www.slideshare.net/johnkayebl
- 2. What is adataset? Seismic measurements taken by a geologist. Genetic data collected by a medical researcher. A survey of public opinions collected by a sociologist. 2
- 3. The Foundation forResearch Data is a crucial component of the scholarly record. Re-acquisition may be impossible Datasets are essential to the British Library’s mission to advance the World’s knowledge. 3
- 4. Datasets in ExploreThe British Library 4
- 5. Explore The BritishLibrary (Portals) 5
- 6. Economic and SocialData Service - (ESDS) Data search and download Research method guides Thematic guides Online analysis 6
- 7. Economic and SocialData Service - (ESDS) http://www.esds.ac.uk/ ESDS Government large-scale government surveys, such as the Labour Force Survey and the General Household Survey ESDS International multi-nation databanks, such as World Bank's World Development Indicators, and survey data including Eurobarometer ESDS Longitudinal major UK surveys following individuals over time, such as the British Household Panel Survey ESDS Qualidata a range of multimedia qualitative data sources 7
- 8. Other Sources ofData – EDiNA - Spatial Data Go Geo! Search http://www.gogeo.ac.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi Edina Digimap and UK Borders http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/ http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/ 8
- 9. Other Sources ofData – Other Spatial Data Landmap http://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/ Ordanance Survey Open Data http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/os-opendata.htm 9
- 10. UK Government OpenData http://data.gov.uk/ Admin and Statistical data portal Office for National Statistics http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/ https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp National Digital Archive of Datasets http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Regional Government http://data.london.gov.uk/ 10
- 11. Other Sources ofData – International Organisations United Nations http://data.un.org/ European Union http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/ OECD http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/ World Bank http://data.worldbank.org/ IMF http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm 11
- 12. Examples of OtherSources of Data Arts and Humanities data Service (AHDS) http://ahds.ac.uk Guardian Data Store http://www.guardian.co.uk/data-store Financial Times http://www.ft.com/home/uk Economist Intelligence Unit http://www.eiu.com/Default.aspx Web Archive http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/ 12
- 13. Analysis Tools andSoftware Statistical - SPSS, SATA, R (open source) GIS - ArcGIS, MapInfo, Quantum GIS (open source) Excel Online Tools 13
- 14. Examples of OnlineAnalysis Tools ESDS NESSTAR http://nesstar.esds.ac.uk ESDS Spatial Tools http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/gis/ Economists Online Dataverse http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/NEEO United Nations http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx London Profiler http://www.londonprofiler.org/ London Heat Map http://www.londonheatmap.org.uk/Mapping/ 14
- 15. Online Mapping Toolsusing Google Maps MapTube http://www.maptube.org/ Google Fusion Tables http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Ho me/ Gmap Creator http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/software/gm apcreator.asp 15
- 16. Data Visualization Presenting data in a useful and interesting manner Allowing concepts to be easily understood Lots of examples online e.g: http://flowingdata.com/ http://datavisualization.c h/ http://www.guardian.co. uk/news/datablog 16
- 17. Citing Data 17
- 18. Unique Researcher ID- ORCID http://about.orcid.org/ 18
- 19. Depositing Data http://figshare.com/ 19 http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/researchsupport/disseminate/openaccess/oa.aspx
- 20. Why identify, depositand Cite? – IMPACT! http://impactstory.org/ 20
- 21. John Kaye Lead Curator– Digital Social Science Socials Sciences The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Telephone: 020 7412 7450 Email: john.kaye@bl.uk Twitter: @johnkayebl http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscie nce/ 21
Editor's Notes
- #3 I am here to tell you about the datasets programme across the BL and in the Social Sciences team, There have been rapid changes in the digital landscape which has led to people generating and sharing ever increasing volumes of data. We refer to collections of data as datasets. While the nature of datasets varies across disciplines, researchers within each discipline typically agree on what constitutes a dataset for them. Examples of datasets include (1) example of volcanic data (2) cluster of chromosomes inside a breast cancer cell (3) uk poll of voting intention (blue cons, red labour, yellow liberal) Within the Dataset Programme, we consider a dataset to be an organised collection of digital objects that is produced or consumed during research. We emphasise the role that the dataset plays in the research activity, its importance to researchers, its impact, and its potential for reuse. Despite the differing nature of datasets, many of the services required by researchers are shared, such as methods of citation, discovery, and preservation.
- #4 So why focus on datasets? Data is the foundation for research It is an essential component of the scientific record. Time-consuming, costly to produce. Re-acquisition may be impossible. Therefore essential that it is preserved and shared.
- #5 Example Project 3 – Resource Discovery The BL is developing improved discovery services by deploying the Primo system from Ex Libris. We are investigating ways of including datasets alongside of other catalogue material such as articles and monographs. Now you can see how this works together with DataCite. There is a link next to the dataset that shows that you can get it as an on-line resource. This link uses the DataCite DOI. If we follow it, the DOI system takes us directly to the dataset. The same mechanism is also being used to link to articles and datasets in Elsevier's ScienceDirect and Thompson-Reuters Web of Science.
- #6 The types of data linked to include Data from ESDS/UKDA, UK government data, regional and local government data, international organisations etc.
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