Digital Social ScienceNovember 2012

John Kaye – Lead Curator Digital Social Sciences

http://www.slideshare.net/johnkayebl

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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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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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Datasets in Explore The British Library

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Explore The British Library (Portals)

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Economic and Social Data Service - (ESDS)

Data search and download

Research method guides

Thematic guides

Online analysis

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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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Other Sources of Data – EDiNA - Spatial Data

Go Geo! Searchhttp://www.gogeo.ac.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Edina Digimap and UK Bordershttp://edina.ac.uk/digimap/

http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/

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Other Sources of Data – Other Spatial Data

Ordanance Survey Open Datahttp://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/os-opendata.html

Landmaphttp://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/

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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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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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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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Analysis Tools and Software

Statistical - SPSS, SATA, R (open source)GIS - ArcGIS, MapInfo, Quantum GIS (open source)ExcelOnline Tools

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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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Online Mapping Tools using Google Maps

MapTube

http://www.maptube.org/

Google Fusion Tables

http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home/

Gmap Creator

http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/software/gmapcreator.asp

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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.ch/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog

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Citing Data

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Unique Researcher ID - ORCID

http://about.orcid.org/

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Depositing Data

http://figshare.com/ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/researchsupport/disseminate/openaccess/oa.aspx

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Why identify, deposit and Cite? – IMPACT!

http://impactstory.org/

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John KayeLead Curator – Digital Social ScienceSocials Sciences The British Library96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB  Telephone: 020 7412 7450Email: john.kaye@bl.ukTwitter: @johnkayebl

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/socialscience/