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DATA CONTEXT

DATA CONTEXT. Jane Weintrop Columbia University Representing Electronic Data Service Columbia University Libraries. Electronic Data Service http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/. Acquire and manage data resources Many sources: federal government, research cooperatives, commercial vendors

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DATA CONTEXT

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  1. DATA CONTEXT • Jane Weintrop • Columbia University • Representing • Electronic Data Service • Columbia University Libraries

  2. Electronic Data Servicehttp://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/ • Acquire and manage data resources • Many sources: federal government, research cooperatives, commercial vendors • Data intermediaries (find, explain, and extract) • Columbia’s interface to data studies, DataGate • Support statistical program users

  3. Data Context • Contributed to the specification for an Ontology • Preliminary analysis of existing data user behavior • Acquaint others with existing methods for handling data queries • Provide information about Census data products • Feedback on the second DGRC interface for Energy data

  4. Reviewing Data User Behavior and Search Interfaces • DataGate the search interface to Columbia’s data archive • Analysis of the transaction log what do they enter? how do they refine their search? • Was the DataGateinterface intuitive?

  5. Other interfaces for handling data queries • Web Interfaces American Factfinder Ferret • CD/DVD Interfaces Allocate Geolytics • Novice user and “power” user

  6. Census Data Preview • What types of data products are there? size structure logical arrangement • What are the challenges of presenting Census data to users geographic concepts census variables • What meta-data exists

  7. Social Science Librarians and DGRC • Skilled in matching queries to information sources • Subject specialists • User perspective

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