Research data and teacher librarians
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Ideas for teacher librarians who want to start incorporating research data in their collections and collaborations with teachers.
Research data and teacher librarians
- 1. 1 Karen Visser April 2016 Preparing us for the sexiest jobs in the 21C Working with data
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- 6. 6 100 research organisations from around Australia contribute information to RDA is managed by These 100,000+ datasets are used by In order to Investigate and solve the Big Questions facing Australia
- 7. The new rock stars of the business world are data scientists (according to the Sydney Morning Herald 22 Aug. 2015) 7 http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/data-scientists-are-the-rock-stars-of-business-20150819-gj2i0r.html#ixzz46X3PrKjO
- 8. 8 Fiona Tweedie Data Scientist Her data scientist role includes use data to support internal decision-making make life easier for the staff look for new ways to extract value from company data ensure the company is valued company data is well-managed at every point of the information life- cycle. Her degree was in She works for
- 9. 9 Why is research data (suddenly) so sexy?
- 10. 10 Why is research data (suddenly) so sexy?
- 11. 11 Australia faces a challenging period in shifting towards an innovation economy, with a drive towards: greater participation in science and technology; an increased focus on commercialisation success; and partnering research with industry. But how will we get there? April 22, 2016 http://sciencemeetsbusiness.com.au/thought-leadership-series/ Why is data (suddenly) in the news?
- 12. Government policy make non-sensitive data open by default make high-value data available for use by the public, industry and academia ensure non-sensitive publicly funded research data is made open for use and reuse; DEC 2015 https://www.dpmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/aust_govt_public_data_policy_statement_1.pdf + USA, European Union, UK. NZ, Japan, and more + Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust and more
- 13. 13 We are Generation open https://data.qld.gov.au/
- 14. 14 University of Oxford in 2007 it all began with a problem discovered by a few researchers in the Universitys astrophysics group. a data set made up of a million galaxies which needed classifying.. https://www.galaxyzoo.org
- 15. 15 . but within 24 hours of launch we were stunned to be receiving almost 70,000 classifications an hour. In the end, more than 50 million classifications were received by the project during its first year, contributed by more than 150,000 people
- 16. 16 https://youtu.be/6v7BO8_rhWI Citizen Science Research Data saves lives More stories at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG25fMbdLRa6om9CAD5_Lh0AG4Gyr0qAd
- 17. 17 7 Research Data opportunities for .. TLs, teachers and students
- 18. http://syllabus.bostes.nsw.edu.au/mathematics/mathematics-k10/content/1118/ Realising a Data infused future
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- 23. 23 2. Data Contributors The work is important, not who does it" Dr Matthew Todd University of Sydney Open Source Malaria
- 24. 24 3. Collections and resources A world of plenty but A word of warning
- 25. 25 Where can I find Research Data?
- 26. 26 more than 1,130 data repositories most are freely accessible http://www.re3data.org/ Accessible? Teaching materials? Curriculum match? Age relevant? Software $$? Veracity? Dataset size? Computer power?
- 28. 28 4. Data champions http://www.space.com/29630-high-school-student-discovers-exoplanet.html British high school student Tom Wagg spotted a Jupiter-size exoplanet at the age of 15. Credit: Keele University
- 29. 29 5. Software and coding https://www.govhack.org/
- 33. 33 http://new.censusatschool.org.nz/resource/data-detective-poster/ 7. Data literate Australia starts at school
- 38. 38 1. Skilled Communicators 2. Global Contributors 3. Collections and resources 4. Champions 5. Software and Coding 6. Assessment 7. Data literacy for business, government, educators, citizens 7 data opportunities for educators
- 39. 39 Ideas for Teacher Librarians .. who want to know more about Research Data (and have limited time)
- 40. 40 People dont need a data genius as much as a data guideand thats what librarians are there for. Celia Emmelhain May 18, 2015
- 42. 42 Teacher Librarians: you are the future in a . . infused world
- 43. 43 Questions from Librarians? .. who want to know more about Research Data (and have limited time) karen.visser@ands.org.au
- 44. Acknowledgement Australian National Data Service is funded by the Commonwealth under the NCRIS Program * 44