The document discusses data visualization and the role of libraries and data librarians. It provides examples of websites for data visualization projects and references articles about the increasing role of data in research. Data librarians are seen as having an important role in providing data archiving, education and outreach to a broad range of researchers.

1. michelle m. hudson

3. flickr: photosydney

5. academic libraries + social sciences research

6. flickr: eggplant

7. "In this increasingly complex and technological world, sociology continues to cross pollinate and subdivide." Severt, 2008 flickr: snap®

9. http://mycro.media.mit.edu/

10. http://mycro.media.mit.edu/

11. http://www.swivel.com/ data visualization on the web for fun and work

12. http://www.data360.org data visualization on the web for fun and work

13. http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com data visualization on the web for fun and work

14. http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com data visualization on the web for fun and work

15. http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com data visualization on the web for fun and work

16. http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com data visualization on the web for fun and work

17. visualization = understanding

18. read write execute web 3.0 a web where users contribute code, interact with data from web services, and create something new

19. read write execute http://vizlab.nytimes.com/

20. “ The role of the library in data-intensive research is important and a strategic repositioning of the library with respect to research support is now appropriate.” Swan & Brown, 2008

22. “ [data librarians] have a responsibility to design and implement education and outreach programs that make the benefits of data collections and digital information science available to the broadest possible range of researchers, educators, students, and the general public.” The National Science Foundation, 2005

23. “ It is exceedingly rare that fundamentally new approaches to research and education arise. Information technology has ushered in such a fundamental change. Digital data collections are at the heart of this change. They enable analysis at unprecedented levels of accuracy and sophistication and provide novel insights through innovative information integration. Through their very size and complexity, such digital collections provide new phenomena for study. At the same time, such collections are a powerful force for inclusion, removing barriers to participation at all ages and levels of education.” The National Science Foundation, 2005

24. Notre Dame Office of Research :: Institutes & Centers

25. references articles & reports Anderson, C. (2008). The end of theory: The data deluge makes the scientific method obsolete. Wired 16 (7) . http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_theory The National Science Foundation. (2005). Long-Lived Digital Data Collections: Enabling Research and Education in the 21 st Century. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsb0540/ Severt, C. (2008). Realistically, isn't everything social science data? International Federation of Library Associations, Toronto, August 6-7. https://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/bitstream/2142/8854/2/severt.pdf Swan, A., & Brown, S. (2008). The skills, role and career structure of data scientists and curators: An assessment of current practice and future needs. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/dataskillscareersfinalreport.aspx data & visualization sites mycrocosm http://mycro.media.mit.edu/ swivel http://www.swivel.com/ data360 http://data360.org/ manyeyes http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ nyt vizlab http://vizlab.nytimes.com/