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What is Open Data?“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.” From http://opendefinition.org/
Is Free Data New? Free Data Is not New!●Census Consortia in Canada (1980’s – 1990’s)●Stats Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) – 1996
What Can We Do with Open Data?●Mashups (examples of Google Map Mashups)●Apps that help people (OCBusTracker, using Ottawa OC Transpo bus data)●Make data more accessible for people (e.g. http://freethought.ca)●New research using existing (recycled) data (examples?)●Examples of how people are mining Twitter data?
What Are the Challenges of Open Data?●Lost data (very few research projects save their data)●Canadian Copyright law and lack of Canadian data license (copyright is impliciteven when it’s on the web)
How Can Academic Libraries Participate in Open Data?
●Libraries and librarians have skills essential for supporting Open Data:○Many libraries already offer data and GIS/map literacy support○Libraries have archiving, metadata, copyright, and licensing expertise○Many libraries are already hosting other types of repositories for theirinstitution’s research●Some institutions have started building data repositories/portals
Open Data Applications Open Data Supporters
A Date with Data: Embracing “Open” Relationships
Angus L. Macdonald Library
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What is Open Data?“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to
use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.” From
http://opendefinition.org/
Is Free Data New? Free Data Is not New!●Census Consortia in Canada (1980’s – 1990’s)
●Stats Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) – 1996
What Can We Do with Open Data?●Mashups (examples of Google Map Mashups)
●Apps that help people (OCBusTracker, using Ottawa OC Transpo bus data)
●Make data more accessible for people (e.g. http://freethought.ca)
●New research using existing (recycled) data (examples?)●Examples of how people are mining Twitter data?
What Are the Challenges of Open Data?●Lost data (very few research projects save their data)
●Canadian Copyright law and lack of Canadian data license (copyright is impliciteven when it’s on the web)
How Can Academic Libraries Participate in Open Data?
●Libraries and librarians have skills essential for supporting Open Data:
○Many libraries already offer data and GIS/map literacy support
○Libraries have archiving, metadata, copyright, and licensing expertise
○Many libraries are already hosting other types of repositories for theirinstitution’s research
●Some institutions have started building data repositories/portals
Open Data Applications Open Data Supporters
A Date with Data: Embracing “Open” Relationships
Angus L. Macdonald Library
Information
Is Free Data New? Free Data Is not New!●Census Consortia in Canada (1980’s – 1990’s)●Stats Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) – 1996
What Are the Challenges of Open Data?●Lost data (very few research projects save their data)●Canadian Copyright law and lack of Canadian data license (copyright is impliciteven when it’s on the web)
How Can Academic Libraries Participate in Open Data?
●Libraries and librarians have skills essential for supporting Open Data:○Many libraries already offer data and GIS/map literacy support○Libraries have archiving, metadata, copyright, and licensing expertise○Many libraries are already hosting other types of repositories for theirinstitution’s research●Some institutions have started building data repositories/portals
Open Data Applications Open Data Supporters
A Date with Data: Embracing “Open” Relationships
Angus L. Macdonald Library
What is Open Data?“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.” From http://opendefinition.org/
What Can We Do with Open Data?●Mashups (examples of Google Map Mashups)●Apps that help people (OCBusTracker, using Ottawa OC Transpo bus data)●Make data more accessible for people (e.g. http://freethought.ca)●New research using existing (recycled) data (examples?)●Examples of how people are mining Twitter data?
Data WarriorI am thinking of making a T-Shirt with this as an iron on patch
A Date with Data: Embracing “Open” Relationships
Free Data Is not New●Census Consortia in Canada (1980’s – 1990’s)●Stats Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) – 1996
What Can We Do with Open Data?●Mashups (examples of Google Map Mashups)●Apps that help people (OCBusTracker, using Ottawa OC Transpo bus data)●Make data more accessible for people (e.g. http://freethought.ca)●New research using existing (recycled) data (examples?)●Examples of how people are mining Twitter data?
What Are the Challenges of Open Data?●Lost data (very few research projects save their data)●Canadian Copyright law and lack of Canadian data license (copyright is impliciteven when it’s on the web)
How Can Academic Libraries Participate in Open Data?●Libraries and librarians have skills essential for supporting Open Data:○Many libraries already offer data and GIS/map literacy support○Libraries have archiving, metadata, copyright, and licensing expertise○Many libraries are already hosting other types of repositories for theirinstitution’s research●Some institutions have started building data repositories/portals
What is Open Data?“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.” From http://opendefinition.org/
