Data for ACT Public and School Librarians
This is not an exhaustive list – just a taster! Remember Federal and State Governments, State Libraries,
Councils, Universities, Research Sectors all have data.
Australian National Data Service
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ANDS www.ands.org.au
For school kids and teachers:
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US Federal Registry for Educational Excellence - Maths Resources http://free.ed.gov/math/
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Data in the news http://www.teachingwithdata.org/
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ICPSR https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
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CSIRO http://www.csiro.au/en/Education
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Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/world
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Chemistry and Physics http://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/site_guides/data.html
Research activity for ACT citizens:
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ACT Government data – 67 datasets: https://data.act.gov.au
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NSW Climate Projections
http://www.climatechange.environment.nsw.gov.au/Climate-projections-for-NSW/Interactive-map#tab1
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AFP Crime Statistics http://www.police.act.gov.au/crime-and-safety/crime-statistics
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Understanding climate change: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/
Citizen scientists of all ages contributing to:
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Edgar (Birds) - use date slider http://spatialecology.jcu.edu.au/Edgar/
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Redmap: spot, log and map uncommon marine species along particular parts of our coast.
http://www.redmap.org.au/region/qld/
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Atlas of Living Australia: 3 ways to get involved http://www.ala.org.au/get-involved/
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Trove newspaper editing online: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
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School of Ants http://schoolofants.net.au
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FungiMap http://fungimap.org.au
Growing Business:
● Open data that drives business. UK study 2015. http://theodi.org/open-data-that-drives-business
● How to use research data in business: https://www.business.qld.gov.au
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ABS: http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/Services+we+provide+to+small+business
ands.org.au
New ways of engaging with your community:
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GovHack: offer your library for the weekend to be invaded by computer hackers, librarians, citizens of all
ages to make amazing things happen to government datasets for the good of the community. Contact
Mount Gambier Library to find out what they did in 2015 https://www.govhack.org/brisbane2015/
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How the Brooklyn Public Library used data visualization to build a better library. Jon Reed 2015
http://diginomica.com/2015/02/18/how-the-brooklyn-public-library-data-visualization-a-better-librarywith-tableau/#.VguKNPmqpBc
What services can be built to support client needs around research data?
Collection building: is free, usually open source
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data portals listed on the ANDS pamphlet: http://ands.org.au/presentations/research_data_librarians_flyer.pdf
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data portals http://www.re3data.org 1200+ data repositories!
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Research Data Australia: data portal for over 90 Australian research institutions: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/
Building Data Literacy:
● Adding data literacy to information literacy
● Include referencing of dataset citations to referencing guides (eg Endnote reference – Dataset)
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● Demonstrate searches of Trove (limiting to dataset) and Data Research Australia
Data management subject guides – for example University of Sunshine Coast Library, Research Data Management
Guide at http://libguides.usc.edu.au/researchdata
Data Librarian as a possible career change
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how do you get to be a “data” librarian? - andsdata youtube playlist for Data Librarians
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG25fMbdLRa5HevME_LuSlVJdMrjqo3lU
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Keep in touch with ANDS and research data - subscribe to andsUP (fortnightly email newsletter from ANDS
http://ands.org.au/newsletters/index.html
Do some reading:
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Data Librarians in Public Libraries. Celia Emmelhain, 2015.
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/05/data-librarians-in-public-libraries/
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HLS: Prepare Yourself for a Career as a Data Librarian. Celia Emmelhainz, 2015.
http://databrarians.org/2015/02/hls-prepare-yourself-for-a-career-as-a-data-librarian/
Get involved in ANDS 23 (research data) Things in 2016:
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23 (research data) Things is coming to a desktop near you in 2016 - if you are a person who cares for, and about, data and
want to fill in some gaps, learn more, find out what others are thinking... then this might be of interest to you.
http://ands.org.au/partner/23-things.html
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