Clearing the Path for Data Discovery and Re-UseThomson Reuters Panel Discussion: Libraries Taking a Leading Role in Data Curation and Preservation

Elizabeth MossICPSReammoss@umich.edu

ALA Annual ConferenceJune 24, 2012

Overview

1.About ICPSR and the data we archive

2.Data discovery with the Bibliography of Data-related Literature

3.Aiding the cultural shift to reliable data citing practice

What is ICPSR? 50 Years of Data Management

• One of the world’s oldest and largest social science data archives, est. 1962

• Data distributed on punch cards, then reel-to-reel tape, now: – Data available on demand, online– Over 8,000 studies with over 65,000 data sets

• Membership organization started among 21 universities, now:– Over 700 members world-wide– Federal funding of public collections

Data Sharing Increases Research Productivity . . .• The majority of social science data are not archived

publicly• Younger researchers are more protective of their

research than established ones• When data are archived (formally), 2-3 times more

publications are created

-- Pienta, Amy M.; Alter, George C.; Lyle, Jared A. (2010) The enduring value of social science research: The use and reuse of primary research data. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/78307

Top 10 Downloads This Year

1. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2010 2. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add

Health), 1994-20083. General Social Survey (1972-2010)4. Chinese Household Income Survey, 20025. India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 20056. Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES),

2001-20037. National Crime Victimization Survey, 20108. Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), 1991-

20069. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 200910. The 500 Family Study, 1998-2000

In References, with DOI

doi:10.3886/ICPSR21240

Finding Cited Data in the Social Science Research Literature

Data “Sighting”(implicit)

vs. Data Citing

(explicit)

Issues with Attribution and Access

• Sample described, not named, no author information, no access information, only a publication cited

• Data named in text, with some attribution, but no access information

• Cited in reference section, but with no permanent, unique identifier

Other efforts to

IASSIST Special Interest Group on Data Citation

Contact Information

Jared Lyle: lyle@umich.eduData Management Planning

Amy Pienta: apienta@umich.eduDepositing Data at ICPSR

Mary Vardigan: vardigan@umich.eduDDI and Metadata

Elizabeth Moss: eammoss@umich.eduICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature

Thank you!