#critlib for April 17, 2017

#critlib Be sure to follow #EndangeredData on Twitter and at  http://endangereddataweek.org/ . We're chatting about data all week!

thanks all 'specially @WorldCatLady and @brandontlocke and happy #EndangeredData week #critlib

Thanks everyone! Would anyone like to volunteer to make a Storify of our chat? #critlib  https://twitter.com/WorldCatLady/status/854152990344843264 …

Thanks to everyone for the thoughtful conversation—our time is officially up, but feel free to keep chatting #critlib

@rhonabwy A5 Teaching history always requires those questions. How do you read colonial archives? [skeptically] #critlib

Really keenly interested in having that convo with the #critlib & #infolit communities.

bye #critlib gotta dash - thanks for the great chat @WorldCatLady and @brandontlocke

A5 I feel like most have moved beyond gov info = "unbiased", but I wonder how to talk about authority in light of what gov *is* #critlib

@Kathy_Weimer .....or any interstate #critlib

A5 Very subtly. Show historic & modern topo map & point out landfills, environmental stuff on old then ask what is there now #critlib

@MohamedBerray And I should also say the consequence of that stratification being a devaluation of skills and literacies relative to questions. #critlib

A5. @zoh_zoh shared syllabus for credit-bearing #infolit course. Not gov data, but lots of #critlib #sj issues.  https://quickaskzoe.com/2017/03/20/applying-the-framework-to-an-online-credit-bearing-information-literacy-course/ …

A5 the last soc class where we looked at data centered on why there isn't "any" data on that topic and what that says about power #critlib

@MohamedBerray Sure, we had our own experiments doing this in the Humanities. This is a general comment on role stratification. #critlib

A5. yes. a lot. #critlib

I'm still waiting for the right student to take on this incredible  http://data.michigan.gov  dataset  https://data.michigan.gov/Recreation/Michigan-Lizards/ai2w-u9jv … #critlib

I'm at a criminal justice college students learn to get to data via secondary sources and also to look for bias in criminal stats #critlib

I've done Wikipedia editathons b4 but also my campus is social justice oriented so much of the instruction I do is in that context #critlib  https://twitter.com/WorldCatLady/status/854148727421804547 …

@thomasgpadilla Data curriculum mapping integrates DIL with course curricula. The more integrated and less standalone the instruction the better #critlib

A5. I mostly teach grad students in museum studies, w social justice focus in program. #infolit using those kinds of examples. #critlib

Hear, hear! #critlib  https://twitter.com/brandontlocke/status/854149241027088384 …

Random thought: Could fed data website design be improved? (yes) Could libraries help? #endangereddata #critlib

@LNBel Someone recently asked me, for example, is there such a thing as "pure data" | I immediately thought of stripping markup from TEI #critlib

A5 Specifically, I've had students go through  http://data.gov  to download & viz datasets. Just knowing it's there is power #critlib

Q4 I'm wary of going down the skills and literacies route at the expense of disciplinary questions. #critlib

A5 I try to frame all of the literacies and skills we work on as having some civic value. That's the point of teaching (for me) #critlib

@LNBel Nor should you, necessarily. Just trying to understand how the open in open data works when you need mediation #critlib

Q5. Do you teach infolit in a civic/social justice context (civic hackathons, ‘Fake News’)? #critlib

@elotroalex absolutely its a special skill & knowledge, I am never ever going to learn to code, why should I? #critlib

@elotroalex @LNBel but I guess that's more like "capitalism literacy" than data literacy at this point #critlib

@elotroalex @LNBel yeah, this needs to be more granular: user-friendly interfaces can be the most awful when it comes to _getting your data out_ #critlib

Not really in response to a question but at ppow a colleague ran this grant program and it was awesome!  http://libguides.usc.edu/teachingwithdata/CET … #critlib

@brandontlocke in part this is why I find deformance work in DH to be an interesting provocation - e.g. @samplereality  http://www.samplereality.com/2012/05/02/notes-towards-a-deformed-humanities/ … #critlib

A4 - also, support for grad students/faculty formulating useful/publishable data - its a task separate from 'normal' publishing #critlib

A4 3/3 Maybe not totally required, but ability to work w, analyze, visualize public data though open data & civic hacking events #critlib

A4 2/3 Ability to evaluate the use of analytical tools & algorithms. e.g. ‘lying with stats’ or  http://weaponsofmathdestructionbook.com/  #critlib

Most success has been in working with sociology folks. #critlib

A4. Some understanding of how algorithms and big data play into what is fed to public by media. #critlib

@LNBel Would you say that coding is "special skills & knowledge", or one that goes hand in hand with the manipulation of data? #critlib

A4 1/3 Ability to find the context necessary to evaluate the process of data collection and the constraints imposed by data design #critlib

A4 For me, I want to teach an orientation toward advocacy as a fundamental part of sustained engagement with the content. #critlib

A4: if special skills & knowledge are needed to engage with data, its not open. doi's, trusted urls= concepts students already know #critlib

@elotroalex And, data literacy to be part of every general library instruction session #critlib

A4. In order to avoid wasting time on passing and unreliable tech, I dare say, coding. #dontkillme #critlib

@ccaffgardner Oh that's fantastic -- do you have a particular source you feature? I'm interested in finding more specific ways to teach this. #critlib

@WorldCatLady Koltay, T. (2015). Data Literacy for Researchers and Data Librarians. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 49(1), 3-14 #critlib

Q2 We all need make a lot of noise #endangereddata #critlib

Q4 What skills & literacies are required for engagement w/ open data & data-driven news and policies? #critlib

My last A3 is prompted from reading this today, by @OpenContext on #EndangeredData #critlib  http://ux.opencontext.org/2017/04/17/endangered-data-week/ …

@thomasgpadilla do you mean digital affordances or the power dynamics of data capture and structure? or both at once? #critlib

A3. In designing studies, a good understanding of strengths, weaknesses, constraints of different kinds of Q's and methods. #critlib

A3. Fwiw, I'm increasingly convinced that "data literacy" cannot be divorced from teaching the fundamentals of computing #critlib

A2 For me: trying to fit into existing workflows, then asking who cares about the gaps that emerge & what might be doable. #critlib

A3. The basic skills I've had to teach most to students = to read, choose appropriate formats for, construct charts and graphs. #critlib

A3- we need money, power, agency and time to do data preservation/access. In addition to lacking those, I also lack knowledge #critlib

A3 - Broadly, I think of data literacy as the means to engage with subjective forces that constitute digital environments. #critlib

A3 + all things metadata #critlib

Still working on mastering DIL integration. Building off Library-Led DH Pedagogy symp by @thomasgpadilla @bobbylsmiley @praise711 #critlib

@brandontlocke I wish I had a really awesome playbook to hand over, I really do, but my gut says "share it with select journalist/researchers" #critlib

A3 In addition to the great answers so far, understanding how data collection informs data interpretation #critlib

@brandontlocke in all seriousness, we (Canada) were going through funding-cut crises when the census was cut, and we didn't do much data rescue #critlib

A3 data literacy needs to include data/graphics *reading* = graphicacy. Must be a good reader before analysis & data vis #critlib

I see it as part of information literacy. Find, read, evaluate, critique, make, etc. #critlib A3  https://twitter.com/WorldCatLady/status/854143694932520960 …

@brandontlocke A3 understanding too that data can be made expressive at any level of the stack; that it's shape is cultural and performative #critlib

A2. Also rogue accounts tweeting facts from national parks and other agencies, and #DayOfFacts on February 17. #critlib

A3 Foundationally, being able to critically read & analyze a dataset, to speak for how things are being recorded & how it matters. #critlib

@WorldCatLady A3 understanding bytes: their structure, repetition, manipulation, storage and transfer. & not confusing them with letters or paper #critlib

A2 - we can also support & promote subject based data repositories like @OpenContext #critlib & offer our inst. Repositories if approriate

Hi #critlib, I work as a Humanities Data Curator at UCSB. I think about data a lot. Tacos too.

A1 So many great answers already! Tools built on top of public data sources make what's already accessible, more actionable. #critlib

@brandontlocke your lawyer, your priest, your boss (but only in your annual review, which no one reads anyways) #critlib

Q3. How do you define data literacy? #critlib

Oh, and hi! I'm Alex. One of them in any case. Jack of most trades, even master of a few #critlib

A2 - working to understand who wants to use data and how they want to use it is integral to preservation #critlib

Hi #critlib - my background: docs/maps/GIS & work w/federal docs 20+ years. Data rescue event here last month.

@brandontlocke @allanaaaaaaa gotta tell some folks #critlib. May I propose the trinitarian model culled from the annals of my childhood home  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Trinitaria_(Dominican_Republic) …

Oh yeah hey #critlib I'm a special collections librarian & a researcher struggling to publish data of tiny old things

@allanaaaaaaa nobody in government or nobody at all? #critlib

A2 Grab it, stash it, ship it, copy it, hide it, reform it... and then write stories that appeal to people about their importance. #critlib

A2. Saw articles, tweets after election re coordinated efforts to DL endangered data. @internetarchive created backup in Canada. #critlib

A1 Lots of interest in FEMA website / flood maps (in Houston). They make good intro to federal maps for high schoolers #critlib

Hey #critlib, joining up belatedly! Gov info & data services librarian, eager to learn & connect up with #endangereddata work.

Popping in late to #critlib A2 just today suggested to donor to find person & money to make her husband's data in his papers publishable

Teaching + support data preservation projects w/ library $ (like ICPSR membership) #critlib A2  https://twitter.com/brandontlocke/status/854141181940441088 …

A2 Depends on job & institution. I think teaching info & data literacy that acknowledges role of data in society goes a long way #critlib

@brandontlocke preserve it darkly; don't tell anyone you're doing it #critlib

A2 Well, participating in #EndangeredDataWeek for one :) #critlib

A1. Enjoyed lots of data from National Parks with my child. Much #library #museum data exists thanks to IMLS & similar agencies. #critlib

Any thoughts on this? Perhaps more endangering data, rather than endangered? #critlib  https://twitter.com/CritLib_anon/status/854139540306579457 …

Q2 What can we as information professionals do to preserve access to #endangereddata? #critlib

A1 I also use fed open data to help explain what is data, what it can tell us, who makes it, how to read it, etc to undergrads #critlib

A1. In earlier work as a museum evaluator, designed and collected data for many evaluation projects funded by NSF. #critlib

A1 ooh and genealogy! #critlib

A1 mostly as a citizen and also for demographics research #critlib

A1. (Not to mention the way NEH funded initiatives have taught me about data curation) #critlib

A1. Have recommended data from government agencies to students. Industry reports from agencies that regulate business sectors. #critlib

oooooh this is my first #critlib with the new Twitter format. No more extended convos turning into a bunch of @ and 40 spare characters

A1. I’ve used Census/ACS data in countless projects. #critlib

A1. No longer sure what constitutes federal data, in an age of surveillance. #critlib

A1 I’ve also seen good work on the demographics of police stops.local mapping of crime & bike accidents provide valuable info #critlib

A1 SO many! As an academic librn NCES data definitely plays into how my workplace is run/funded #critlib  https://twitter.com/WorldCatLady/status/854138663848091648 …

A1 As a scholar & teacher: I’ve used the census, military draft & war mobilization data, shipping and agricultural production data #critlib

Hi #critlib - infolit librarian from CA here

A1. Worked for US Census in 2010, which pulled me and many others out of un- and under-employment at the time. #critlib

A1 As a citizen:Census data determines legislative districts, fed/state funding. Many policies are often driven/manipulated by data #critlib

A #critlib reminder: you can participate anonymously:  https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwyWyihbid8kFgyc1Pu5_BTBFGZt9Ij75bA9WPjPaMu1jCgtNmQ/exec …

Just to clarify, we'll be using #critlib to organize the chat, but check out #EndangeredData for the earlier @CLIRDLF chat & ongoing convos

Hey there, #critlib! Youth services consultant from Austin, TX here :)

Q1. What are some ways in which you are impacted by the collection & use of federal data? #critlib

hi #critlib, I'm in Canada and once upon a time we had a prime minister that scrapped our national census.

Hi #critlib academic librarian in California. Expect to listen and learn a lot this evening.

And I’m Sarah, the Head of Digital Scholarship at @bclibraries. I <3 open access/data/educational resources #critlib

Let's start with intros. I'm Brandon. I'm Director of @LEADR_MSU. I teach dig research skills & work on humanities data curation #critlib

Hi #critlib! Welcome to #EndangeredData chat! @WorldCatLady & I will be moderating tonight. Materials are here:  http://critlib.org/endangered-data/ …

Time to fire up Tweetdeck! The #EndangeredData #critlib chat starts in 15 minutes!

Different questions, same #EndangeredData Week. #critlib chat at 9pm Eastern tonight!  https://twitter.com/CLIRDLF/status/854061657047400448 …

Our hour’s up! Don’t forget to join @brandontlocke & @WorldCatLady for another #EndangeredData chat at 9pm ET, sponsored by #critlib.