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Unlocking Public Opinion Poll Data in Canada May 27, 2009 IASSIST 2009

Unlocking Public Opinion Poll Data in Canada May 27, 2009 IASSIST 2009 Michelle Edwards, PhD, University of Guelph Jane Fry, Carleton University. ODESI. O ntario D ata Documentation, E xtraction S ervice and I nfrastructure Initiative

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Unlocking Public Opinion Poll Data in Canada May 27, 2009 IASSIST 2009

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  1. Unlocking Public Opinion Poll Data in Canada May 27, 2009 IASSIST 2009 Michelle Edwards, PhD, University of Guelph Jane Fry, Carleton University

  2. ODESI Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure Initiative Available to 20 OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries) universities since March 2008

  3. ODESI • Houses 9394 metadata records from DLI, Canadian Gallup Polls, Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA), and ICPSR (April 17, 2009) • Infrastructure is maintained by Scholars Portal – one of the world’s outstanding collections of scholarly resources

  4. ODESI • Files are marked-up based on the Best Practices Document, DDI 2.x • Data is provided to the community using 2 Nesstar servers housed behind a Load balancer.

  5. ODESI • Files are available in Canada’s two official languages: English and French • If the survey was conducted in both languages

  6. So what? Making data available to a broad academic community NOT NEW! We’re using DDI NOT NEW! We’re distributing the data with a Nesstar server NOT NEW!

  7. What is new? People are taking notice Institutions are taking notice Researchers are taking notice

  8. What is new? They ALL want to participate!

  9. Canadian Public Opinion Data In the past, very few academic institutions had access: • Carleton University maintained the Canadian Gallup Poll data • Wilfrid Laurier University received an endowment from IPSOS-REID (formerly Angus-REID)

  10. Canadian Public Opinion Data Each of these institutions were able to access and make data available to their own members • If you wanted the data and were not a member, you needed to contact • Each institution was given licensing rights to their respective collections

  11. Putting it all together • Institutions are willing to share their public opinion poll data • Infrastructure in place to share the data • Natural Fit – only enhance ODESI’s collection

  12. Making Data Accessible • DLI data – restricted to DLI institutions • Public Opinion Poll data – some is restricted and some is open to the world • Want this service to be open and accessible

  13. Making Data Accessible • Create a new search • Search is based on Metadata • Search is open to the world

  14. ODESI Search Interface • Uses the DDI elements • Uses MarkLogic XML Server • Customized user interface

  15. ODESI Search Interface • Search for “GST” in variable for ODESI collection • Search for “Internet”

  16. ODESI Search Interface

  17. ODESI Search Interface • Select survey – see matching variables on right

  18. ODESI Search Interface • Select Variable to view frequency in Nesstar • Select view categories to view frequency in Search

  19. ODESI Search Interface • Searches the DDI elements using MarkLogic • In front of Nesstar • Allows unrestricted access and search of Metadata

  20. Canadian Public Opinion Data • Canadian Gallup Polls • Angus-Reid • Other sources: • Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA) • ICPSR

  21. Canadian Public Opinion Data • ODESI Search allows users to search ALL public opinion poll metadata • What happens with ICPSR – not everyone is a member…

  22. ODESI & ICPSR • Search for “public opinion” and “Canada”

  23. ODESI & ICPSR • View Survey • No matching variables

  24. ODESI & ICPSR • View in ICPSR

  25. ODESI & Public Opinion Poll Data • Opened access to Canadian Public Opinion Poll Data • Increased data awareness and access to our academic community

  26. Contacts A. Michelle Edwards University of Guelph edwardsm@uoguelph.ca Jane Fry Carleton University janefry@gmail.com

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