Welcome! Some logistics… Ehrlicher Room and North Quad details Schedule each day and across week Wireless access Binder and electronic docs Summer Program laptops Shuttle
Data
Documentation
Established 1962 Originally 21 Members Data on Cards, then Tape Originally Political Science, now all social sciences Spurred by 1960s- 70s technology, research, policy ICPSR Overview
The Archive Over 8,000 data collections & 500,000+ files 9 Terabytes, soon to be 40+ Terabytes Grows by collections a year Search out the data researchers want Topical Archives = Special Collections Bibliography of 60,000+ citations using ICPSR Data, many full-text
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ICPSR Case Study Dataset
A well-prepared data collection “contains information intended to be complete and self-explanatory” for future users.
A corollary: Do no harm.
Looking Ahead New kinds of data New ways to think about data and analysis New avenues for collaboration New technologies for data curation, preservation, sharing Onnella in PNAS May 2007