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Open Data *for Scholars*

Open Data *for Scholars*. Jessica Gallinger Economics, Data, & GIS Librarian University of Saskatchewan. Introduction.

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Open Data *for Scholars*

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  1. Open Data *for Scholars* Jessica Gallinger Economics, Data, & GIS Librarian University of Saskatchewan

  2. Introduction Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, described knowledge in the following way: "He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me." In doing so, Jefferson anticipated the modern concept of a public good. … A public good [depends on] non-rivalrous consumption – the consumption of one individual does not detract from that of [another]. Knowledge of a mathematical theorem clearly satisfies [this] attributes: if I teach you the theorem, I continue to enjoy the knowledge of the theorem at the same time that you do. Stiglitz (1999). Knowledge as a Global Public Good.

  3. The Free culture Movement #opendata

  4. What is open data? • Access – freely downloadable • Format – machine-readable • License – permitting free use, modification, and sharing opendefinition.org

  5. Merits of publishing data May citation frequency May integrity discoverability sharing * Repositories accept null results * Depositing keeps you compliant with funding requirements Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate: Principal Findings [The study] examined the citation history of 85 cancer microarray clinical trial publications with respect to the availability of their data. The 48% of trials with publicly available microarray data received 85% of the aggregate citations. Publicly available data was significantly (p = 0.006) associated with a 69% increase in citations, independently of journal impact factor, date of publication, and author country of origin using linear regression.

  6. Repositories What is a repository? • (un)curated • Restricted use vs on demand Scholars Portal LibGuide: Research Data Repositories

  7. Research data management Data management plans: • describe how researchers will provide for long-term preservation of, and access to, scientific data in digital formats. • provide opportunities for researchers to manage and curate their data more actively from project inception to completion. • ICPR, Data Management Plan Resources, August 2014 • NIH Data Sharing Plan • ICPSR Guidelines for Effective Data Management Plans

  8. Next steps: Contact information Jessica Gallinger Social Sciences Librarian (Economics, Data, & GIS) University Library, University of Saskatchewan jessica.gallinger@usask.ca

  9. Works Cited King, Gary. (2007). An Introduction to the Dataverse Network as an Infrastructure for Data Sharing. Sociological Methods and Research 36: 173-199. copy at http://j.mp/iHJcAa Piwowar HA, Day RS, Fridsma DB. (2007). Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate. PLoS ONE 2(3): e308. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000308 Scholars Portal. DataverseLibGuide: http://guides.scholarsportal.info/dataverse Stiglitz, J. (1999). Knowledge as a global public good, in Kaul, I., Grunberg, I. and Stern, M. (eds.), Global Public Goods: International cooperation in the 21st century. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 308–325. Wicherts JM, Bakker M, Molenaar D. (2011). Willingness to Share Research Data Is Related to the Strength of the Evidence and the Quality of Reporting of Statistical Results. PLoS ONE 6(11): e26828. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026828 Willinsky, J. (2010). Open access and academic reputation. Annals of Library and Information Studies 57: pp. 296-302

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