Humans of Data
Humans. Doing data.
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- Humans of Data 037“I think it’s about making a difference in the world. To believe that by working with data and metadata and technologies,… Read more: Humans of Data 037
- Humans of Data 036“I’m a librarian and I do feel part of a data community – the library sector is such a strong community,… Read more: Humans of Data 036
- Humans of Data 035“It really matters to me that my work contributes to the public good, that people can benefit from what I do.… Read more: Humans of Data 035
- Humans of Data 034“There’s an argument out there that scientific data is not biased. But it’s people that decided to collect that data, and… Read more: Humans of Data 034
- Humans of Data 033“So I ask researchers, ‘Can you help me generate this documentation, so others can use it? And so others can cite… Read more: Humans of Data 033
Category: HoD posts
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“I’m a librarian and I do feel part of a data community – the library sector is such a strong community, there’s a real sense of identity and belonging. When I travel to CODATA and RDA events I feel like I’m meeting colleagues and friends from across the world, building little data bridges around the…
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“It really matters to me that my work contributes to the public good, that people can benefit from what I do. So working to support the sharing of data for re-use, for greater promotion and visibility, so that everyone can benefit from it, is important to me. A lot of my data is cultural data…
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“There’s an argument out there that scientific data is not biased. But it’s people that decided to collect that data, and it’s people that are deciding what to collect within that and how they’re coding it and what they decide to omit.
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“So I ask researchers, ‘Can you help me generate this documentation, so others can use it? And so others can cite your data, and help you with that impact that you’re trying to show and share and tell stories about?’
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“When I think about how we can better support the sharing and preservation of research data, I think of the challenge we have in moving beyond our individual project-based approaches.
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“I get passionate when we can engender system change, and that’s often through policy change. Sometimes that’s top down, but it can also often be bottom-up – it feels good when we can make change by having a community come together. It’s great to see the data community continuing to broaden, particularly to embrace the…
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“The things that made me interested in data twenty-five years ago are the same things that make me interested in it now. It’s the way structures and narratives are going to define our culture and who we are. I was interested initially in the historical perspective: how is data going to change the subtlety about…
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“I’m a data scientist. One needs to be aware that data is important to do science. But it comes with lots of issues, to make good quality results. It’s not just about collecting data and using it. Any data-driven solutions you try to develop, you need to understand the users and their different roles. A…
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“I‘m an ethnographer. Well, I’m not only an ethnographer, but the heftiest part of my dissertation work was ethnography. And as one who also has rigorous training in engineering and other natural science fields – I was surprised at how much of my research design required transformational change. While I did the research – as…
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