Political Arithmetic, Territorial Geometry and Programmed Cities
Kings presentation nov 2012
1. Digital Social Science
November 2012
John Kaye – Lead Curator Digital Social Sciences
http://www.slideshare.net/johnkayebl
2. What is a dataset?
Seismic measurements taken by a
geologist.
Genetic data collected by a medical
researcher.
A survey of public opinions collected
by a sociologist.
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3. The Foundation for Research
Data is a crucial component of the scholarly record.
Re-acquisition may be impossible
Datasets are essential to the British Library’s mission
to advance the World’s knowledge.
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6. Economic and Social Data Service - (ESDS)
Data search and download
Research method guides
Thematic guides
Online analysis
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7. Economic and Social Data Service - (ESDS)
http://www.esds.ac.uk/
ESDS Government
large-scale government surveys, such as the Labour Force Survey and
the General Household Survey
ESDS International
multi-nation databanks, such as World Bank's World Development
Indicators, and survey data including Eurobarometer
ESDS Longitudinal
major UK surveys following individuals over time, such as the British
Household Panel Survey
ESDS Qualidata
a range of multimedia qualitative data sources
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8. Other Sources of Data – EDiNA - Spatial Data
Go Geo! Search
http://www.gogeo.ac.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi
Edina Digimap and
UK Borders
http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/
http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/
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9. Other Sources of Data – Other Spatial Data
Landmap
http://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/
Ordanance Survey Open Data
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/os-opendata.htm
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10. UK Government Open Data
http://data.gov.uk/
Admin and Statistical data portal
Office for National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp
http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp
National Digital Archive of Datasets
http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Regional Government
http://data.london.gov.uk/
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11. Other Sources of Data – International Organisations
United Nations
http://data.un.org/
European Union
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/
World Bank
http://data.worldbank.org/
IMF
http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
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12. Examples of Other Sources of Data
Arts and Humanities data Service (AHDS)
http://ahds.ac.uk
Guardian Data Store
http://www.guardian.co.uk/data-store
Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
Economist Intelligence Unit
http://www.eiu.com/Default.aspx
Web Archive
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/
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14. Examples of Online Analysis Tools
ESDS NESSTAR
http://nesstar.esds.ac.uk
ESDS Spatial Tools
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/gis/
Economists Online Dataverse
http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/NEEO
United Nations
http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx
London Profiler
http://www.londonprofiler.org/
London Heat Map
http://www.londonheatmap.org.uk/Mapping/
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15. Online Mapping Tools using Google Maps
MapTube
http://www.maptube.org/
Google Fusion Tables
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Ho
me/
Gmap Creator
http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/software/gm
apcreator.asp
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16. Data Visualization
Presenting data in a
useful and interesting
manner
Allowing concepts to
be easily understood
Lots of examples online
e.g:
http://flowingdata.com/
http://datavisualization.c
h/
http://www.guardian.co.
uk/news/datablog
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21. John Kaye
Lead Curator – Digital Social Science
Socials Sciences The British Library
96 Euston Road London
NW1 2DB
Telephone: 020 7412 7450
Email: john.kaye@bl.uk
Twitter: @johnkayebl
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscie
nce/
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Notas do Editor
I am here to tell you about the datasets programme across the BL and in the Social Sciences team, There have been rapid changes in the digital landscape which has led to people generating and sharing ever increasing volumes of data. We refer to collections of data as datasets. While the nature of datasets varies across disciplines, researchers within each discipline typically agree on what constitutes a dataset for them. Examples of datasets include (1) example of volcanic data (2) cluster of chromosomes inside a breast cancer cell (3) uk poll of voting intention (blue cons, red labour, yellow liberal) Within the Dataset Programme, we consider a dataset to be an organised collection of digital objects that is produced or consumed during research. We emphasise the role that the dataset plays in the research activity, its importance to researchers, its impact, and its potential for reuse. Despite the differing nature of datasets, many of the services required by researchers are shared, such as methods of citation, discovery, and preservation.
So why focus on datasets? Data is the foundation for research It is an essential component of the scientific record. Time-consuming, costly to produce. Re-acquisition may be impossible. Therefore essential that it is preserved and shared.
Example Project 3 – Resource Discovery The BL is developing improved discovery services by deploying the Primo system from Ex Libris. We are investigating ways of including datasets alongside of other catalogue material such as articles and monographs. Now you can see how this works together with DataCite. There is a link next to the dataset that shows that you can get it as an on-line resource. This link uses the DataCite DOI. If we follow it, the DOI system takes us directly to the dataset. The same mechanism is also being used to link to articles and datasets in Elsevier's ScienceDirect and Thompson-Reuters Web of Science.
The types of data linked to include Data from ESDS/UKDA, UK government data, regional and local government data, international organisations etc.