Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure

OverviewOverview

< What is <odesi>?

< How it came to be,

< Funding,

< Project achievements,

< and < The project’s next steps.

<odesi> what it is…<odesi> what it is…

< <odesi> is a centralised, standardised web-based data exploration/extraction system delivered through Scholars Portal

< it is the only provincially available tool that allows the user to search multiple datasets at the variable level

Researchers

<odesi> Nesstar

Data

ICPSR Archive

Data

CORA Nesstara

Data

<odesi> CORA<odesi> Search Layer

ICPSR

You only have to search in one location…

Metadata Metadata Metadata

Metadata Metadata Metadata

Data holdings of <odesi>Data holdings of <odesi>

< Statistics Canada DLI files • Census • Public-use Microdata Files (PUMF) • Special Surveys, • General Social Surveys (GSS)• Health (CTUMS)

< Public Opinion Polls (e.g. Gallup & IPSOS Reid)

< currently, have over 9392 files in <odesi>

How it came to be…How it came to be…

< In 2005, the Data IN Ontario (DINO) working group of OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries) started thinking about moving beyond ‘home-grown’ data solutions,

< DDI was being recognised as a coding standard,

< Data users were interested in building a province-wide data solution.

< Nesstar became available and suddenly there was a viable tool with which to create a centralised data portal

< Norwegian Social Science Data Services” -- Networked Social Science Tools and Resources

< was already in use in Europe, UK, US, Canada

< In Ontario: Queens, Guelph, Carleton, Windsor, Ottawa, U. of T. and Statistics Canada use Nesstar

The <odesi> partnershipsThe <odesi> partnerships

< Partnerships were developed through data groups such as Data IN Ontario (DINO) working group of OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries)

< Ontario Universities (Guelph, Carleton, < Scholars Portal< DDI Alliance

< Data providers: Statistics Canada, Wilfrid

Laurier University (IPSOS Reid)

Funding backgroundFunding background

< the <odesi> planning group went to the BPS Supply Chain Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Finance in the hopes of finding funding.

< <odesi> in the end secured funding from the Ontario Ministry of Finance’s OntarioBuys program.

Funding backgroundFunding background

<odesi> is now a jointly funded project between the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and OntarioBuys (BPS Supply Chain Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Finance)

< $1.04M including “in kind” contributions of datasets and facilities

OCUL & Ontario Buys

Commercial

SoftwareScholars

Portal

DDI Standard

Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure Initiative

Project achievementsProject achievements

In 2007, a team was struck, a Project Manager was hired.

In 2008, hardware/software were purchased through Scholars Portal.

Project achievementsProject achievements

<odesi> was launched on Scholars Portal March 4, 2008

< negotiated access to the IPSOS Reid files at LISPOP for use on <odesi>

< extended the <odesi> co-op program to other universities funding students at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Ottawa, Laurentian & Western Universities

Project achievementsProject achievements

< Lead institutions in <ODESI> are Carleton and Guelph, with in-kind assistance from Queen’s University.

< First step was developing a Canadian ‘best practices’ document for cataloguing data files using DDI – analogous to AACR2 for MARC.

< Next, survey files were ‘marked up’ (catalogued) and loaded onto a test server at Guelph.

< The team at Scholars Portal is working with <ODESI> to establish a data server and load data files.

Project achievementsProject achievements

< working with University of Ottawa to mark up STC files in French

< hiring a programmer at Scholars Portal to further improve the site (French instance, Federated Identity Management …)

< completed the Best Practice Document for DDI data coding in both French and English.

Project achievementsProject achievements

< engaged in many promotional activities• created <odesi> brands• purchased promotional materials (pens & post-it

pads…)• producing a bilingual brochure• article in the OCULA Winter Newsletter• presentation at OLA, CLA, IFLA , IASSIST……

< extended the contract with our <odesi> developers for another year

Next stepsNext steps

< seek new datasets• Province of Ontario Data• ICPSR

< creating a suite of tutorials and other training materials

< investigate providing access to <odesi> to the wider education sector (colleges & CREPUQ)

< work toward creating a national co-ordination committee for DDI projects in Canada

Next StepsNext Steps

< investigate using <odesi> as a depository for Ontario research data

< explore links with CARL and CISTI in the aim of creating a national data archive

< explore international links e.g. CESSDA, IFDO

ContactContact

An intuitive data portal for researchers, teachers and students; inspiring,

developing and supporting research excellence.

< <odesi> inspires, develops and supports research excellence in the academic environment.

For more information contact Paula Hurtubise, <odesi> Project Manager @

paula_hurtubise@carleton.ca or visit www.odesi.ca