This document provides an introduction to data science concepts for librarians. It discusses why librarians should care about data, including the growing importance of data in research. It outlines some basic concepts to understand like data types and software tools. It also lists resources for learning more, such as blogs, conferences and training opportunities. The document emphasizes that while "big data" is a buzzword, librarians can play an important role in helping researchers manage and share their data.

1. Data 101
Where Do I Start & Why Do I Care?
#data101
Computers in Libraries 2012 CC BY-NC 3.0
Abigail Goben @hedgielib abigailgoben@gmail.com

2. Now what
is SHE
doing here?
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3. Autodidactic Librarian’s Guide to Learning Data Science
WHAT
WHERE
WHO
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4. Complex
Systems
Analyst
and
Computational
Biologist
*Piranha hat not included
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5. WHAT?
Basics of Data
Software
Library
Components
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6.  Gold, Anna. Cyberinfrastructure, Data,
and Librarians: Parts 1 & 2. D-Lib.
September/October 2007:13(9/10).
 Salo, Dorothea. Retooling Libraries for
the Data Challenge. Ariadne. July 2010:64.
 2012 Priscilla Mayden Lecture from the
University of Utah: eScience and the
Evolution of Library Services

8. RDAP

10. Who?
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11. Blogs and Tweeps
mathbabe
Retraction Watch
@LibSkrat
(Dorothea Salo)

12. Universities

13. Photo: Pete Reed http://www.flickr.com/photos/petereed/496392956/

14. BIG DATA
!=
BIG DEAL

15. Citations
Slide 2: Photo by Jeff Nelson http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustyangel/4609244407/
Slide 3: Photo by Kevin Spencer http://www.flickr.com/photos/vek/4322160396/
Slide 4: Photo by Abigail Goben
Slide 5: Photo by Anna Goben http://www.flickr.com/photos/annagoben/6619735933
Slide 6: Gold, Anna. Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Librarians: Parts 1 & 2. D-Lib.
September/October 2007:13(9/10).
Salo, Dorothea. Retooling Libraries for the Data Challenge. Ariadne. July 2010:64.
2012 Priscilla Mayden Lecture from the University of Utah: eScience and the Evolution
of Library Services http://library.med.utah.edu/or/pmayden/home.php
Slide 7: Stuart, David. Facilitating Access to the Web of Data: a Guide for Librarians. October 2011:
Facet Publishing. London.
Milton, Michael. Head First Excel. 2010: O’Reilly. Sebastopol, CA.
Caldwell, Sally. Statistics Unplugged. 3rd Ed. 2010: Cengage Learning. Wadsworth, MA.
Slide 8: http://www.lynda.com
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/
http://www.arl.org/sparc/
http://www.ala.org/lita/
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP11/
http://www.iassistdata.org/
http://www.ala.org/alcts/
http://strataconf.com/stratany2012
http://blog.okfn.org/2012/02/08/announcing-the-school-of-data/

16. Citations
Slide 9: http://datacurationprofiles.org/
http://www.data.gov/
https://dmp.cdlib.org/
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
http://www.gapminder.org/
Slide 10: Photo: Anna Goben http://www.flickr.com/photos/annagoben/6619765679
Slide 11: https://twitter.com/#!/libskrat
https://twitter.com/#!/researchremix
http://www.kdnuggets.com/
http://flowingdata.com/
http://mathbabe.org/
Slide 12: http://www.lib.umn.edu/datamanagement
http://researchdata.wisc.edu/
http://research.hub.purdue.edu/
http://www.cdlib.org/
http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/data/
http://www.umich.edu/
Slide 13: Photo: Pete Reed http://www.flickr.com/photos/petereed/496392956/

17. Contact Me
@hedgielib
http://hedgehoglibrarian.com
abigailgoben
@gmail.com