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A presentation to the management team at CBC Library & Archives, June 2014.
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Kimberly Silk, MLS
Data, Metrics, and our
Profession
Agenda:
1. What is the Martin Prosperity Institute?
2. Defining Data Librarianship
3. Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study
4. Pushing the Boundaries
5. Measuring our Value and Impact
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About the Martin Prosperity Institute
• Located at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto• We attempt to answer, “How can capitalism work best in the 21st
century?” Infrastructure for democratic capitalism (Roger Martin) Cities as key drivers of economic geography (Richard Florida) Web-based networks for cooperation, problem solving and governance (Don
Tapscott)
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Creating or Procuring
Data
Processing Data
Analyzing Data
Preserving Data
Giving Access to
Data
Re-Using Data
Defining Data Librarianship: The Data Lifecycle
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Image repurposed from the UK Data Archive
The DataLifecycle
Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study
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Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study
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Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study
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Pushing Our Boundaries
• The 21st century librarian adds
value to information
• Beyond document delivery:
we select, curate, analyze and
recommend action
• We facilitating DIY research,
teaching information & data
literacy
• We conduct & author research
to identify best practices and
discover innovative methods
for our practice.
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Measuring Our Impact & Value
• Good data & good stories communicate value.• Measure what you can
– and tell stories to represent what can’t be measured.• Align your work with
the goals of the organization – show causality when you can.
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