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Mine of Information or Minefield?

Mine of Information or Minefield? . Making OECD Data Accessible. Toby Green Head of Publishing, OECD http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org. ICSTI One-Day Workshop: Delivering Data in Science, Paris. March 5 th 2012. Datasets. Mine?. or. Minefield?. Specialist audiences.

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Mine of Information or Minefield?

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  1. Mine of Information or Minefield? Making OECD Data Accessible Toby GreenHead of Publishing,OECD http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org ICSTI One-Day Workshop: Delivering Data in Science, Paris. March 5th 2012

  2. Datasets Mine? or Minefield?

  3. Specialist audiences “Stop showing off! We get it.”

  4. Ordinary mortals “I have a fear of heights and long division.”

  5. MAKING DATA UNDERSTANDABLE IS AS IMPORTANT AS MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE

  6. Challenge # 1 Which flavour of GDP do you need?

  7. Challenge # 2 What do these codes mean?

  8. Challenge # 3 Now I have to choose countries? How can I compare different national currencies? And what does “current prices” mean?

  9. “Mmm ... Please can I have some more, sir?”

  10. “and me” “But what about me?”

  11. How about this? • Ready-made by an expert • Ready-to-download in PDF or Excel • Stable and linkable (via DOI)

  12. Mine? Minefield?

  13. Saying it with Flowers www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org

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