Start Date
5-20-2017 11:30 AM
End Date
5-20-2017 11:45 AM
Subjects
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Governmental aspects, Research -- Information services, Data curation
Description
Beth Pickard is a librarian and assistant professor at Portland State University where she works with geographers and other scientists. She earned her BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and her MSI in Information Science from the University of Michigan. In addition to her work in academia, she writes poetry, fiction and other genre-resistant pieces. Her work has appeared in Underwater New York, the Portland Review and elsewhere.
Before coming to PSU, Beth served as Interim Engineering Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago and as University Library Associate at the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on information access
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20643
Included in
Federal Data: Strategies for Maintaining Access and Availability
Beth Pickard is a librarian and assistant professor at Portland State University where she works with geographers and other scientists. She earned her BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and her MSI in Information Science from the University of Michigan. In addition to her work in academia, she writes poetry, fiction and other genre-resistant pieces. Her work has appeared in Underwater New York, the Portland Review and elsewhere.
Before coming to PSU, Beth served as Interim Engineering Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago and as University Library Associate at the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on information access
Comments
Panel description:
The Trouble with Data: Issues in Production, Curation and Access
Panelists: Jamaal Green, Jim Thatcher, and Beth Pickard.
Moderator: Tim Hitchins
Data is more than just a spreadsheet with values. Its production, curation, and accessibility are rooted in power dynamics determined by those that control it. Because most data rests in the domain of government agencies and private corporations, its existence, or non-existence, benefits their interests most. This panel will explore some of the underlying problems with data, challenges with access, initiatives for protecting data from political interference, and resources that work to keep it free and openly available.
Note: Jamaal Green's presentation may be found here and Jim Thatcher's presentation may be found here