Book - Exploring Research Data Management

By Andrew Cox and Eddy Verbaan 

See: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=302789#.WwpjbNVuaAw

 

Research Data Management (RDM) has become a professional topic of great importance internationally following changes in scholarship and government policies about the sharing of research data.

 

Exploring Research Data Management provides an accessible introduction and guide to RDM with engaging tasks for the reader to follow and develop their knowledge. 

 

Starting by exploring the world of research and the importance and complexity of data in the research process, the book considers how a multi-professional support service can be created then examines the decisions that need to be made in designing different types of research data service from local policy creation, training, through to creating a data repository. 

 

Coverage includes:

• A discussion of the drivers and barriers to RDM
• Institutional policy and making the case for Research Data Services
• Practical data management
• Data literacy and training researchers
• Ethics and research data services
• Case studies and practical advice from working in a Research Data Service.

Readership: This book will be useful reading for librarians and other support professionals who are interested in learning more about RDM and developing Research Data Services in their own institution. It will also be of value to students on librarianship, archives, and information management courses studying topics such as RDM, digital curation, data literacies and open science.

What's going on in this graph

The NYTimes has a dedicated unit for producing educational materials built upon their articles. One interesting output from that unit ("The Learning Network") is "What's going on in this graph?", which may be a useful example for developing resources around or teaching digital/data/visual literacy.

This is an offshoot of their "What's going on in this picture" feature, where they present part of the information--e.g., a picture without a caption--and ask students to consider the context of the image, and comment in a public forum. In the case of the "Graph" version, one or more graphs are shown separate to the article in which they occurred. In addition to this, bits of information (e.g., labels) are sometimes removed and the students are asked to discuss what information might be shown by the graph. Later in the week, the missing information is revealed. As a learning activity, there are offline and online components, and the discussion and final "reveal" is supported by online forums with mediators.

For further background, see this interview at the "Data Stories" podcast.

J of eScience Librarianship - issue on data

Dear Colleagues,

The latest issue of the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JESLIB) has just been published! It is available at http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/vol3/iss1/.

Table of Contents
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2014)

Editorial

What is Data Literacy?
Elaine R. Martin
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1069

Full-Length Papers

Planning Data Management Education Initiatives: Process, Feedback, and Future Directions Christopher Eaker
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1054

A Spider, an Octopus, or an Animal Just Coming into Existence? Designing a Curriculum for Librarians to Support Research Data Management Andrew M. Cox, Eddy Verbaan, and Barbara Sen
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1055

An Analysis of Data Management Plans in University of Illinois National Science Foundation Grant Proposals William H. Mischo, Mary C. Schlembach, and Megan N. O'Donnell
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1060

Initiating Data Management Instruction to Graduate Students at the University of Houston Using the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum Christie Peters and Porcia Vaughn
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1064

EScience in Action

Research Data MANTRA: A Labour of Love
Robin Rice
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1056

Building Data Services From the Ground Up: Strategies and Resources Heather L. Coates
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1063

Building the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum Donna Kafel, Andrew T. Creamer, and Elaine R. Martin
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1066

Lessons Learned From a Research Data Management Pilot Course at an Academic Library Jennifer Muilenburg, Mahria Lebow, and Joanne Rich
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1058

Gaining Traction in Research Data Management Support: A Case Study Donna L. O'Malley
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1059

The New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum Pilot at the University of Manitoba: A Canadian Experience Mayu Ishida
http://dx.doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2014.1061


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Towards a data literate citizenry - Article

Abstract:

We believe that data literacy should be a skill not just for scientists, but for all citizens. We make the case by considering literatures on various kinds of literacy, and using a number of examples to explore some of the challenges that emerge from trying to move to a more data literate citizenry. We consider the opportunities arising from developing technologies to help individual communities and intermediaries in understanding how data should inform personal and societal decision-making.

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/38385