unlocking public opinion poll data in canada may 27, 2009 iassist 2009
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Unlocking Public Opinion Poll Data in Canada May 27, 2009 IASSIST 2009 Michelle Edwards, PhD, University of Guelph Jane Fry, Carleton University. ODESI. O ntario D ata Documentation, E xtraction S ervice and I nfrastructure Initiative - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Unlocking Public Opinion Poll Data in Canada
May 27, 2009IASSIST 2009
Michelle Edwards, PhD, University of GuelphJane Fry, Carleton University
ODESIODESI
Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure Initiative
Available to 20 OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries) universities since March 2008
ODESIODESI
• Houses 9394 metadata records from DLI, Canadian Gallup Polls, Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA), and ICPSR (April 17, 2009)
• Infrastructure is maintained by Scholars Portal – one of the world’s outstanding collections of scholarly resources
ODESIODESI
• Files are marked-up based on the Best Practices Document, DDI 2.x
• Data is provided to the community using 2 Nesstar servers housed behind a Load balancer.
ODESIODESI
• Files are available in Canada’s two official languages: English and French
• If the survey was conducted in both languages
So what?So what?
Making data available to a broad academic community
NOT NEW!We’re using DDI
NOT NEW!We’re distributing the data with a
Nesstar server
NOT NEW!
What is new?What is new?
People are taking notice
Institutions are taking notice
Researchers are taking notice
What is new?What is new?
They ALL want to participate!
Canadian Public Opinion DataCanadian Public Opinion Data
In the past, very few academic institutions had access:
• Carleton University maintained the Canadian Gallup Poll data
• Wilfrid Laurier University received an endowment from IPSOS-REID (formerly Angus-REID)
Canadian Public Opinion DataCanadian Public Opinion Data
Each of these institutions were able to access and make data available to their own members
• If you wanted the data and were not a member, you needed to contact
• Each institution was given licensing rights to their respective collections
Putting it all togetherPutting it all together
• Institutions are willing to share their public opinion poll data
• Infrastructure in place to share the data
• Natural Fit – only enhance ODESI’s collection
Making Data AccessibleMaking Data Accessible
• DLI data – restricted to DLI institutions
• Public Opinion Poll data – some is restricted and some is open to the world
• Want this service to be open and accessible
Making Data AccessibleMaking Data Accessible
• Create a new search
• Search is based on Metadata
• Search is open to the world
ODESI Search InterfaceODESI Search Interface
• Uses the DDI elements
• Uses MarkLogic XML Server
• Customized user interface
ODESI Search InterfaceODESI Search Interface
• Search for “GST” in variable for ODESI collection
• Search for “Internet”
ODESI Search InterfaceODESI Search Interface
ODESI Search InterfaceODESI Search Interface
• Select survey – see matching variables on right
ODESI Search InterfaceODESI Search Interface
• Select Variable to view frequency in Nesstar
• Select view categories to view frequency in Search
ODESI Search InterfaceODESI Search Interface
• Searches the DDI elements using MarkLogic
• In front of Nesstar
• Allows unrestricted access and search of Metadata
Canadian Public Opinion DataCanadian Public Opinion Data
• Canadian Gallup Polls
• Angus-Reid
• Other sources:• Canadian Opinion Research
Archive (CORA)• ICPSR
Canadian Public Opinion DataCanadian Public Opinion Data
• ODESI Search allows users to search ALL public opinion poll metadata
• What happens with ICPSR – not everyone is a member…
ODESI & ICPSRODESI & ICPSR
• Search for “public opinion” and “Canada”
ODESI & ICPSRODESI & ICPSR
• View Survey• No matching variables
ODESI & ICPSRODESI & ICPSR
• View in ICPSR
ODESI & Public Opinion Poll DataODESI & Public Opinion Poll Data
• Opened access to Canadian Public Opinion Poll Data
• Increased data awareness and access to our academic community
