Integrating Numeric, Statistical, and Geospatial Data Services for Graduate Students

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1 Integrating Numeric, Statistical, and Geospatial Data Services for Graduate Students Maria A. Jankowska UCLA Research Library IASSIST Conference, June, 2012

2 Agenda The Age of Big Data/ UN Global Pulse Data intensive social sciences/demand for skilled gradate students Are academic libraries ready to serve data intensive research in social sciences? Data services and strategy at UCLA Research Library & Discussion

3 This presentation is not about Scientific data Data management plan Long-term digital preservation and access Data repositories

4 The Age of Big Data AGENDA Big Data Are academic libraries ready to face Big Data challenges? Is about the voluminous quality of data Is growing at 50 percent a year Is doubling every two years Is aiming to understand changes in the world Is helping in decision processes Demanding analytical experts, data librarians, informatics metadata experts, archivists

5 Data intensive social sciences Economic forecasting (long time-series) Political Sciences (time series cross section, microdata) Marketing/Advertising (lifestyle consumers, census and business data) Media Art (time-series) Public health (bio-informatics)

6 Infochimps social data tags Public policy (regional small geography units) Urban planning (regional and spatial data) Geography (spatial and geographic units) Demographics (censuses, surveys, vital registrations) Education & Justice (cross-classified tables) Sociology (spatial distribution of social variables)

7 Food for Thought AGENDA UCLA Charles E. Young Research Commons Are academic libraries ready to serve data intensive research in social sciences?

8 National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region Charles E. Young Research Library California Census Research Data Center Statistics Online Computational Resources (SOCR) Data Services at UCLA MapShare Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies Social Science Data Archive Statistical Consulting Services

9 Data Services AGENDA Role of Libraries Current Engagement Served population faculty, graduate students, and upper division undergraduates Available expertise librarians, archivist, GIS specialist, and statistical consultants Collection building different formats, suppliers, unique holdings Management subscription, licensing, purchase, access Available budget shared, endowments, discretionary funds Outreach work with faculty, graduate students, and peers

10 Graduate students and faculty demand for data AGENDA Role of Libraries Based on individual consultations between April April 2012 U.S. Census 75 Haver Analytics (national and regional) - 68 International (GDP, interest rate, foreign investment, currency intervention, wages, unemployment, government spending) - 53 International historical data - 46 GIS shapefiles and tabular data - 33 Census (British, Indian, Polish) 16 Economic census 23 Referrals (Data Archive, Mapshare, local agencies) 36

11 Data strategy AGENDA Current Engagement Know your sources to discover data Determine what students want to achieve by requesting data Focus on data from trusted sources Look for raw, not processed data; students prefer to analyze own data Make referrals to units with better data accessibility

12 Data collaboration AGENDA Role of Libraries Current Engagement Institutional policies for external collaborations Policies on data sharing resources Funded research supporting purchase of datasets Institutional cross-training Collaborative communication tools Events to present ongoing research and projects

13 Data challenges AGENDA Current Engagement Multi-layered administration Support for professional training Sheared purchases (Tier system) Licensing policy and access Purchasing different format materials Technical infrastructure Budgetary constraints Sustainability Fellows

14 Integrating Numeric Statistical, and Geospatial Data Services for Graduate Students AGENDA Role of Libraries Thank you!

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