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- Finding the Source of the Pioneer Anomaly - IEEE SpectrumHow data saved & preserved for decades was finally used to explain a long-standing mystery. Do you have a research data plan?
- Of GM corn and rat tumors: Why peer reviewed doesn't mean "accurate" - Boing BoingHow peer review functions in the publication process for scientific research, and why bad studies sometimes show up in good journals.
- What Space Smells Like - The Atlantic"When astronauts return from space walks and remove their helmets, they are welcomed back with a peculiar smell...."
- Colleges Awakening to the Opportunities of Data Mining - NYTimes.comSome examples of the use of big data in higher ed to advise, direct, and teach undergraduate students.
- New: Geoscience Data Journal (Wiley)New accepting submissions. Provides an open access platform where scientific data can be formally published, in a way that includes scientific peer-review.
- Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow: What’s Inside the BoxWho controls, knows, has access too your data and your electronic devices? Who should?
- BioMed Central Blog : Citing and linking data to publications: more journals, more examples...more impact?More journals are starting to make it possible for researchers to include links to data sources in online publications, just as they now often provide links to articles cited in references. More prevalent in the sciences, but hopefully social sciences will follow.
- Use This Infographic to Pick a Good, Strong Passwordstrong passwords are your friends!
- Library Juice » Data MiningData mining, e-science, data curation, and libraries: "The library's role is to curate the data, i.e., identify, acquire, and manage the data sets through the course of their life cycle."
- Earth's Seasons — Naval Oceanography PortalDate and time of perihelion, aphelion, equinoxes, and solstices in UTC (universal time).
- Popular Science magazine special issue: Data is Power (Nov 2011)Links to articles from this issue via library database: Brock users only.
- November 2011: Data Is Power | Popular ScienceHere's the public site, which does not include full content of the issue but doesn't require Brock affiliation, either.
- Don’t Keep Your Head Down: Digital Dissertations and Graduate Training | GradHackerArgues that the benefits of sharing research & writing online far outweigh possible risk of being plagiarized or offending prospective publishers.
- In the Library with the Lead Pipe » CSI(L) Carleton: Forensic Librarians and Reflective PracticesPlacing information literacy in context by comparison to methods of recognition and argument common in everyday social exchange.
- Following Digital Breadcrumbs To 'Big Data' Gold : NPRPart 1 of 2-part story on companies created to access & process big data.
- The Search For Analysts To Make Sense Of 'Big Data' : NPRPart 2 of the NPR story on big data.
- ICPSR Research Paper CompetitionOpen to undergrad & master's students who have used ICPSR data in a paper for their degree. Submission deadline 31 January 2012.
- Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Visualization, 1969 (2011) on Vimeo"The Apollo 11 visualization draws together social and technical data from the 1969 moon landing in a dynamic 2D graphic. The horizontal axis is an interactive timeline. The vertical axis is divided into several sections, each corresponding to a data source."
Data/Liaison Librarian |
 Heather Whipple |
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As Data Librarian, I'm responsible for helping people find and use data and statistical sources for any topic or subject area. I work closely with the other members of the Data Research Service to facilitate access and promote awareness of numerical and spatial information available at Brock.
I'm also the Liaison Librarian for Geography, Labour Studies, and Political Science, and I provide research support to faculty, staff, and students as well as library instruction and collection development for those subjects. People are welcome to ask me for help resarching government and legal information as well.
Other interests: feminist science fiction, geography, new holidays, tiny houses, and, of course, cats (this is the internet after all).
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