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Libraries Will Be an Asset for Us: Emerging Roles for Academic Libraries
in Civic Data PartnershipsAaron Brenner, Bob Gradeck,
Michael Bolam and Eleanor MatternUniversity of Pittsburgh
Coalition for Networked Information Fall Membership MeetingDecember 15, 2015, Washington DC
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Hello!
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Commonalities across Open movements
Higher ed & scholarly communication
Cultural heritage sector (GLAM)
Civic and governmental sector
➔ Global institutional and organizational involvement➔ Shared values around access, engagement, participation, empowerment, community
development, data stewardship, data literacies, more (all resonate with libraries)➔ Moving towards data as a platform, understanding necessity of tending surrounding (social)
ecosystem
Scientific protocols and materials data
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Common strategies for engagement
We want communities to make meaning and solve problems with content we produce and steward
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While some public libraries have been involved in civic open data projects,
to our knowledge few academic libraries have (yet)
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Earlier this fall
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http://us-city.census.okfn.org/
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Open data is, right now, developing in ways that will provide more opportunities for higher ed (and its libraries) to get involved
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Community is key to the enterprise of the university:
At Pitt, one of five top-level strategic goals
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With similar values, similar goals, an obvious opportunity to work together
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Eleven Years Experience as a Data IntermediaryCommunity Profiles
Community Profiles GIS Server Projects
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Open Data in Other Cities Often Looks Like This
http://bit.ly/1YUL2ZD
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Five observations informed the structure of the project. So did the library.
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/a_and_d.html
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1. Problems cross borders, data often doesn’t.
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/a_and_d.html
Two-Page Data Deposit Agreement for New Publishers● Government● Non-Profit● Academic
2. Most data owners are not good at publishing.
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/a_and_d.html
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Support to Publishers
https://www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/19385280159/in/photolist-vx1Cqg-otpmtN-apx2SD-odWF4p-ovebPy-odWfXE-5FWddA-5jWDQ7-odWwti-ovecZ9-odXvhX-otpnK5-odWyLz-odWyjT-odWAc9-odWnFE-ove7cs-ovprG7-ovrjpa-oxc8bT-odWESH-odWGQk-ovreFc-ovpAGm-ovrer4-ov9Z3c-odWyT7-ie7mnw-5jWF7N-odyj6L-odzc58-oxUKB6-oxc58i-ove7Bf-ovefAm-odWACR-odWzTU-odWeFG-oxc9mi-otpg1o-odWz8r-ova1ge-odWBLm-odWvEp-ovricF-oerSHC-ov2jm9-odyihT-oeEizC-oeEqGy
● Loading data● Writing metadata● Protecting sensitive information● Prioritizing data releases● Adopting data standards● Data catalogs
3. Data is like bread. It gets stale over time.
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/a_and_d.html
Automated Publishing of Key Data
Extract Transform Load
4. People don’t talk to each other about how they’re using data (or want to use it).
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/a_and_d.html
Data User Groups
Data User Guides
Feedback Mechanisms
Make it Easier to Request Data
5. Information infrastructure is often an afterthought.
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/a_and_d.html
Data Infrastructure: Open Data Portal
Legal Infrastructure
● Partnership Agreement● Data Deposit Agreement● Terms of Use● Data License or Public Domain Dedication
People Infrastructure
Pitt Digital Scholarship Team
Regional Data Center Staff
City of Pittsburgh Government Solutions
Engineering Team
Allegheny County Government Solutions Engineering Team
Carnegie Mellon Friends
UCSUR Staff
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Our Ecosystem
wprdc.org @wprdc
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Background from the library
➔ Research Data Management➔ Digital Humanities and Computational Social
Science➔ Data Visualization➔ GIS and Spatial Analysis➔ Digitization and Digital Collections➔ Open Access Publishing & Advocacy➔ Copyright and Licensing Consultation➔ External-facing Metadata Services➔ Digital Stewardship
Umbrella by Max Cougar Oswald & Nihir Shah from the Noun Project
Like many, consolidating, developing expertise and services under the umbrella of digital scholarship
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Education Advisory Board. (2011). Redefining the Academic Library: Managing the Migration to Digital Information Services.
And, like many, shifting towards more collaboration outside the library
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Where can academic libraries & open civic data projects build capacity together?
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Here, and here, and here, and here, and...
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A closer look: two mini case studies
Data management and curation Metadata schema & data cleaning
Drain Repair by Paulo Sá Ferreira from the Noun Projectbookcase by Sergey Patutin from the Noun Project
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Libraries and research data curation--
many of us are already thinking about and providing guidance for issues around privacy and research data
informed consent and data sharing
anonymization of research data
controlled access to sensitive data
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“information about a person that contains some unique identifier, including but not limited to name or Social Security Number, from which the identity of the person can be determined.” [GSA 2014]
GSA (General Services Administration). “Rules of Behavior for Handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII),” 2014.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and open data initiatives
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“information about a person that contains some unique identifier, including but not limited to name or Social Security Number, from which the identity of the person can be determined.” [GSA 2014]
GSA (General Services Administration). “Rules of Behavior for Handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII),” 2014.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and open data initiatives
From: Department of Homeland Security. “Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive PII.” March 2012. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy/Guidance/handbookforsafeguardingsensitivePII_march_2012_webversion.pdf
Privacy Considerations and research data
Documentation from the University of Pittsburgh IRB
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Libraries and research data curation--
many of us are doing outreach with researchers about research data sharing and preparing data for deposit
libraries can help translate this and produce training and guidance for open data publishers
Licensing and data
“If information is to be truly public, and maximally re-usable, there should be no license-related barrier to the re-use of public information. To be completely “open,” public government information should be released completely into the worldwide public domain and clearly labeled as such.”
Sunlight Foundation, “Open Data Policy Guidelines,” accessed April 30, 2015. Available online: http://sunlightfoundation.com/opendataguidelines/#license-free
Available online: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/
Licensing and data
Available online: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/
From our RDM LibGuide
Whyte, A. & Wilson, A. (2010). "How to Appraise and Select Research Data for Curation". DCC How-to Guides. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre. Available online: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/appraise-select-data
Considerations for what to keep when it comes to research data --
Relevance to organizational mission
Legal requirements
Uniqueness
Future historical/scientific value
Replicability
Costs
Excerpt from NYC’s Open Data Policy and Technical Standards Manual, September 2012. Available online: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/downloads/pdf/nyc_open_data_tsm.pdf
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Metadata as a public service
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(c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) (from U.S. Census Bureau source) - Source image taken from the United States Census Bureau's website pa_cosub.pdf. Image was modified by Ram-Man. GFDL 1.2 File:Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.png
Dealing with civic data● timeliness of data● importance of geographic
information● rights and privacy issues● diversity of data types● diversity of data publishers
and users
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Digital Scholarship Workshop Series
#cni15f @abrennr @BobGradeck @nora_mattern @guttercultKissane, Erin. "Metadata is a love note to the future.” 2011-09-28. Online image of slide from presentation by Jason Scott. Accessed 2015-12-11. http://twitpic.com/6ry6ar
Caveat:Bob LOVES metadata!
Challenge:Most people do not love metadata.
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We are also collaborating towards➔ Open Educational Resources built around the
Data Center
➔ Development of tools for data validation and cleaning
➔ The library contributing historical and reference datasets
➔ Academics & students contributing datasets, linking publications that make use of WPRDC resources
Party by Piotrek Chuchla from the Noun Project
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And, next April in Texas...
Spring 2016 CNI Membership Meeting
San Antonio, TXApril 4-5, 2016
Spring 2016 NNIP Partnership Meeting
San Antonio, TXApril 6-8, 2016