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michelle m. hudson
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• research assistant and analyst for the Libraries in Small Schools Project
• graduate assistant analyst for faculty projects: crawling the Greek Web; iAccessibility
academic libraries+
social sciences research
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"In this increasingly complex and technological world, sociology continues to cross pollinate and subdivide."Severt, 2008
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http://mycro.media.mit.edu/
http://mycro.media.mit.edu/
http://www.swivel.com/
data visualizationon the web
for fun and work
http://www.data360.org
data visualizationon the web
for fun and work
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com
data visualizationon the web
for fun and work
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com
data visualizationon the web
for fun and work
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com
data visualizationon the web
for fun and work
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com
data visualizationon the web
for fun and work
visualization = understanding
read write execute
web 3.0 a web where users contribute code,
interact with data from web services, and create something new
read write executehttp://vizlab.nytimes.com/
“The role of the library in data-intensive research is important and a strategic repositioning of the library with respect to research support is now appropriate.”
Swan & Brown, 2008
swan & brown
• increasing data-awareness amongst researchers
• providing archiving and preservation services for data within the institution through institutional repositories
• developing a new professional strand of practice in the form of data librarianship
“[data librarians] have a responsibility to design and implement education and outreach programs that make the benefits of data collections and digital information science available to the broadest possible range of researchers, educators, students, and the general public.”The National Science Foundation, 2005
“It is exceedingly rare that fundamentally new approaches to research and education arise. Information technology has ushered in such a fundamental change. Digital data collections are at the heart of this change. They enable analysis at unprecedented levels of accuracy and sophistication and provide novel insights through innovative information integration. Through their very size and complexity, such digital collections provide new phenomena for study. At the same time, such collections are a powerful force for inclusion, removing barriers to participation at all ages and levels of education.”
The National Science Foundation, 2005
Notre Dame Office of Research :: Institutes & Centers
referencesarticles & reportsAnderson, C. (2008). The end of theory: The data deluge makes the scientific
method obsolete. Wired 16(7). http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_theory
The National Science Foundation. (2005). Long-Lived Digital Data Collections: Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsb0540/
Severt, C. (2008). Realistically, isn't everything social science data? International Federation of Library Associations, Toronto, August 6-7. https://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/bitstream/2142/8854/2/severt.pdf
Swan, A., & Brown, S. (2008). The skills, role and career structure of data scientists and curators: An assessment of current practice and future needs. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/dataskillscareersfinalreport.aspx
data & visualization sitesmycrocosm http://mycro.media.mit.edu/
swivel http://www.swivel.com/
data360 http://data360.org/
manyeyes http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/
nyt vizlab http://vizlab.nytimes.com/