What’s the Deal with
Data?”:
Data, data, data!

Who are we?

What is data?

CC-BY João Batista Neto
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43063497

Numbers/figures

CC BY https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2640158

Images

Why does data matter
to libraries?

It matters because people
matter.

How are
people using
data?

HOW PEOPLE USE DATA

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

Genealogy

Visualization

The family tree of Ludwig Herzog von Württemberg (ruled 1568–1593) Public
Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1997456

The World Bank

CC-BY-NC-ND IN239S12 World Bank - World Bank Photo Collection
https://flic.kr/p/4tj4Fo

data.gov

App development
https://solarapp.gisdata.mn.gov/solarapp/

Citizen Science

(p) Climate Change & Vegetation Citizen Scientists, Joshua Tree National Park
https://flic.kr/p/BmhfFk

Galaxy Zoo

https://www.galaxyzoo.org/

(p) “A Cosmic Magnifying Glass” NASA on The Commons
https://flic.kr/p/fq237N

https://www.operationwardiary.org/

Blatant plug
Dan Stanton - ASU
Libraries
Lightning Round
Friday 11:15 AM
Lake Loveland

How do you see
people using data
in your
community?
CC-BY-NC Silverton Colorado from road to Mola Pass Al_HikesAZ https://flic.kr/p/g6JEMG

CC-BY-NC “Opinionated” Chris Coleman https://flic.kr/p/4Gjqk3

Finding Data

Places to get data
❏

The World Data Bank

❏

Data.Gov

❏

Registry of Research Data
Repositories

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HathiTrust

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OAD List of Data Repositories

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Datacite

Ideas for
incorporating data
into your services

Target Specific Data Needs

Science Fairs

CC-BY “Science Jamboree atrium” - woodleywonderworks https://flic.kr/p/o7pi4F

CC-BY mark byzewksi https://flic.kr/p/8a4qiF

Work with local citizen science projects:
Colorado Spider Survey!

CC-BY “Information Desk” - Vaquero Cooper:
https://flic.kr/p/bwedDp

What ideas do you have?

Thanks!
Anali Maughan Perry: anali.perry@asu.edu
Matthew Harp: matthew.harp@asu.edu