data, metrics, and our profession

Kimberly Silk, MLS

Data, Metrics, and our

Profession

Agenda:

1. What is the Martin Prosperity Institute?

2. Defining Data Librarianship

3. Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study

4. Pushing the Boundaries

5. Measuring our Value and Impact

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About the Martin Prosperity Institute

• Located at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto• We attempt to answer, “How can capitalism work best in the 21st

century?” Infrastructure for democratic capitalism (Roger Martin) Cities as key drivers of economic geography (Richard Florida) Web-based networks for cooperation, problem solving and governance (Don

Tapscott)

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Creating or Procuring

Data

Processing Data

Analyzing Data

Preserving Data

Giving Access to

Data

Re-Using Data

Defining Data Librarianship: The Data Lifecycle

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Image repurposed from the UK Data Archive

The DataLifecycle

Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study

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Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study

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Librarian as Researcher: The TPL Study

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Pushing Our Boundaries

• The 21st century librarian adds

value to information

• Beyond document delivery:

we select, curate, analyze and

recommend action

• We facilitating DIY research,

teaching information & data

literacy

• We conduct & author research

to identify best practices and

discover innovative methods

for our practice.

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Measuring Our Impact & Value

• Good data & good stories communicate value.• Measure what you can

– and tell stories to represent what can’t be measured.• Align your work with

the goals of the organization – show causality when you can.

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Thank You

Kimberly Silk, MLS

Kimberly.Silk@rotman.utoronto.ca

www.martinprosperity.org