In part for a possible OU Library workshop, in part trying to mull over possible ideas for an upcoming ILI2015 workshop with Brian Kelly, I’ve been pondering what sorts of “data literacy” skills are in-scope for a typical academic library.…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: Open University
Idle Thoughts on “Data Literacy” in the Library…
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Tagged with: data, data curation, data literacy, data reporting, data resourcing, data sensemaking, libraries, open data, Open University, Tony Hirst
Don’ Panic – The Latest OU/Hans Rosling Co-Pro Has (Almost) Arrived…
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To tie in with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals summit later this week, the OU teamed up with production company Wingspan Productions and data raconteur Professor Hans Rosling to produce a second “Don’t Panic” lecture performance that airs on BBC2…
Tagged with: Data stories, data visualisation, Hans Rosling, Open University, population, Tony Hirst
The good, the bad, and the unstructured… Open data in cultural heritage
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I was in London this week for the Linked Pasts event, where I presented on trends and practices for open data in cultural heritage. Linked Pasts was a colloquium put on by the Pelagios project (Leif Isaksen, Elton Barker and…
Tagged with: bad data, Heritage, Heritage and Culture, Mia Ridge, open data, Open Objects, Open University, unstructured
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