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Using the Librarys Data

Resources in your Teachingand Learning

Jack Hyland

Business Librarian

jack.hyland@dcu.ie

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Overview

Resources

Library funded content and

Freely available content

Fun content to grab students attention in lectures

and

Hard work possible coursework

All feedback and questions welcome

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Use data to challenge assumptions

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UN factsheet on alcohol in Ireland

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Directing students to stats / data sources

Teach students valuable information literacy skills:

Teach students not to take info at face value

Use readily available data sources to question given

interpretations

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Library funded resources

GMID / Euromonitor

OECD iLibrary

FAME

DataStream; Ecowin

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GMID

Global market research reports and data

Searchable by industry, product, region, company

etc.

Question: assess the potential for introducing a new

beer to the Irish market, supporting your answer with

market research data

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GMID

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GMID

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GMID

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Economist Intelligence Unit

Regularly updated political and economic summaries

of six countries: Ireland, UK, Germany, Spain, France

and Japan

Great as snapshots / introductions for students

Access to reports from other countries available from

Business Source Complete (6 month embargo)

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Economist Intelligence Unit

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OECD iLibrary

Comparative statistics and factbooks for 34 OECD

member states and for selected other countries

Themes:

Economics

Education

Health

Governance

Science and Technology

and more

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OECD iLibrary: examples

Key stats by country at a glance

Total central government debt as percentage of GDP

(Q: why is Ireland so low?)

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www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org

Attractive, engaging and easy to use representations

of quality-of-life data from OECD, national stats

offices, UN and Gallup polls. Areas covered include:

Demo

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World Bank: World Development Indicators

http://data.worldbank.org

Was a Library subscribed resource now freely

available

Data for 209 countries 298 indicators in areas lie:

Education

Poverty

Health

Urban Development

Question: compared to other countries, how energy

dependant is Ireland?

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World Bank: World Development Indicators

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World Bank: World Development Indicators

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World Bank eAltas ofWorld Development

Free visualisations of select World Bank data

Demo

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Google NGram

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Visualising data

Trend towards agencies making their data open

Third parties, developers and graphic designers, are

free to create visually stimulating illustrations of the

data See guardian.co.uk data store

Historic interest rates

Transparent source (Bank of England)

Easy to read

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Visualising data

Trend towards agencies making their data open

Third parties, developers and graphic designers, are

free to create visually stimulating illustrations of the

data See guardian.co.uk data store

Life expectancy across the UK mapped

Transparent source (Office for National

Statistics) Easy to read

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Visualising data

However:

Some look great but tell you nothing

Some use questionable data sources

Snake Oil: Scientific evidence for popular health

supplements

Looks good

Links with authoritative sources (PubMed,

Cochrane)

But very confusing: what is it saying?

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Suggested data assignment for students

American IT company want to establish an office in

Europe. Use statistics and data from reputable

sources to show them why Dublin is the best location.

Consider the some of following criteria:

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Suggested data assignment for students

Physical proximity to key markets use GMID to see

where key markets are

Running costs: rent, rates, salaries, taxation see

govt. or EU stats HR issues:

Costs of staff

Availability of highly educated staff (education and

demographic stats) Quality of life (to attract staff from other countries)

Energy costs (OECD ilibrary)

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Library support

If youre using data resources in your T&L, your

subject librarian can:

Recommend resources

Run training workshops for your students

Suggest tasks and exercises for your students