Scholars Portal Update

Scholars Portal Support Team<odesi>

Amber Leahey - Data & GIS Librarianamber@scholarsportal.info

Kathryn Barrett - Virtual Reference Librarian (and Data Support)kathryn@scholarsportal.info

Kevin Worthington - Data and GIS Programmerkevin@scholarsportal.info

You can reach us at odesi-help@scholarsportal.info

MarkIt! Program 2017-2018● Received $30,000 for DDI metadata and data publishing to <odesi>

● 6 participating schools ○ Queens○ Western *new*○ McMaster○ UofT○ Ottawa○ Laurentian

● Meeting Minutes & Progress Reports available on Spotdocs https://spotdocs.scholarsportal.info/display/odesi/MarkIt+Program (login required)

● MarkIt! Program 2018-2019 Applications (April 2018)

<odesi> MarkIt! Progress● PUMFs

○ Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey 2015○ Employment Insurance Coverage Survey 2014 & 2015○ General Social Survey Time Use 2015-2016 (cycle 29)○ Labour Force Survey: Aug to Oct 2016 (English) & April to Oct 2016 (French)○ Labour Force Survey (French) rebased (2001 census), 1987-1994○ Labour Force Survey (French) rebased (2006 census), 1995-2000 -- in progress○ Labour Force Survey (French) rebased (2011 census), 2001-2014 -- in progress○ Survey of Consumer Finances 1986 (Economic Family Income)○ Travel Survey of Residents of Canada 2016○ Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs (French) 2016-2017 & 2017-2018○ Discharge Abstract Database 2016 -- in progress

● Aggregate data○ Business Integrated Database 1995○ Census of Population 2016, profile and topic-based tabulations○ Dangerous Goods Accident Information System 1998-2001 -- in progress○ National and Provincial Multipliers 2013

● Data rescue group○ Knowledge, Perceptions, Awareness and Behaviors on Immunization 2010-2011 -- staging○ Children’s Health and Safety Baseline Survey 2010 -- staging○ HIV Attitudinal Tracking Survey 2012 -- staging○ National Anti-Drug Strategy Youth Advertising Recall and Tracking Survey 2012 -- staging

<odesi> MarkIt! Progress (2017)● Migration of the Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA) (Queen’s)

○ Over 500 public opinion polls

<odesi> Usage Statistics

20,129Total number of tables created

938,109Total number of views

17,608Total number of downloads

1,692

Total number of subsets created

2017 usage at a glance...

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Stata v. 76%

Stata v. 851%

SPSS32%

SAS

5%

Most popular download formats of 2017

<odesi> Usage StatisticsMost downloaded surveys of 2017

Survey Name Downloads

Canadian Community Health Survey, 2014: Annual Component 1,024

Canadian Community Health Survey, 2012: Annual Component 1,018

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2011 [Canada]: person File 506

2006 Census of Population [Canada] PUMF: Individuals File (v. 2) 499

National Household Survey, 2011 [Canada] PUMF: Individuals File 459

Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012 [Canada] 438

Labour Force Survey June 2017 [Canada] 360

Canadian Community Health Survey, 2013-2014: Annual Component 253

Survey of Household Spending, 2009 [Canada] 250

Canadian Community Health Survey, 2012: Mental Health Component 229

<odesi> Updates● New usage statistics database

○ Excel spreadsheet sent to local schools / posted to Spotdocs

Thanks to Carlos McGregor Muro (student at SP)& Tomasz Mrozewski (Laurentian University)

● Search by ‘variable name’ ○ Kevin investigating this in MarkLogic

Dataverse Support TeamAmber Leahey - Data & GIS LibrarianMeghan Goodchild - RDM Systems Librarian (Queen's / SP)Kaitlin Newson - Digital Projects LibrarianKevin Worthington - Data/GIS ProgrammerJayanthy Chengan - Senior DeveloperBikram Singh - Systems Analyst

You can reach us at dataverse@scholarsportal.info

Dataverse Update● Updated to Dataverse 4.7.1 in Fall 2017● Data Explorer enhancements:

○ Support for variable charting○ Cross-tabulations

● Bug fixes and improvements:○ URL links in metadata○ DataCite standard validation on publishing○ User e-mail validation for account setup ○ Accessibility improvements○ New french translations○ Non-OCUL Institutional Dataverses added

● Usage Statistics *new*○ Institutional usage

Data Explorer

Dataverse Usage Statistics

401 GB

Total size of published datasets

20,269Total number of downloads

811Number of published datasets

889Number of registered users

Usage between 2014-2017 at a glance...

Dataverse Usage Stats - Downloads over time

Dataverse Usage Stats - Downloads by datasetDataverse Name Dataset Name Number of

downloads

University of Guelph Dataverse Theano-based large-scale visual recognition with multiple GPUs

1998

University of Guelph Dataverse Assessment of the fecal microbiota in beef calves 1369

University of Toronto Dataverse Forum Research Political Poll – Federal Issues 2013 1361

University of Toronto Dataverse 2011 National Household Survey, Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Level [custom tabulation]

765

University of Toronto Dataverse 2011 National Household Survey, Dissemination Area (DA) Level [semi-custom tabulation]

569

University of Ottawa Dataverse Dramatic Growth of Open Access 502

University of Toronto Dataverse Forum Research Political Poll – Provincial Issues 2013 361

University of Ottawa Dataverse Open access article processing charges May 2014. 360

University of Guelph Dataverse Weather records for the Elora Research Station, Elora, Ontario [Canada]: Meteorological data 2016

351

RDC Standards & Interoperability Committee (SINC) Dataverse

Research Data Repository Requirements and Features Review

300

Dataverse Usage Stats - Downloads by Dataverse

Dataverse Usage Stats - Size of dataverses

Dataverse Usage Stats - File types

Dataverse Usage Stats - Subjects

Dataverse Usage Stats - User affiliations

Dataverse Usage Stats

Current report ● Word document with accompanying excel spreadsheet shared on ownCloud

Next steps● Automate report generation● Other usage statistics

Feedback ● Contact for feedback: meghan.goodchild@queensu.ca

Dataverse v4.8.x● SWIFT (Cloud) ● Rsync for large file transfer (Data Capture Module)

○ Investigating integration with FRDR○ Investigating integration with OLRC

● User management features (delete all)● Improved CSV upload● Improved workflow for reviewing datasets (curators)

Timeline for SP upgrade: Summer 2018

Dataverse North ● DV North formed in March 2017● Portage WG (over 20 members, from across Canada)● SP Dataverse is the largest DV among the group● A community of practice for libraries using or interested in using

Dataverse for research data○ Business Models WG

■ DV users and hosts survey■ Develop models for consideration; national coordination / OR

/ single Dataverse for all○ Metadata WG

■ Templates for data description ■ Recommended / required fields■ DataCite, DDI, DC, and other standards being evaluated

○ Training WG■ Training survey

Interim Report due Jan 2018

Thank you!Questions?