{"id":6475,"date":"2018-02-12T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=6475"},"modified":"2018-02-12T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:01:24","slug":"love-data-week-2018-stories-about-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2018\/02\/12\/love-data-week-2018-stories-about-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Data Week 2018: Stories about Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is the kickoff of Love Data Week<\/a> during which the DePaul University Library will be joining universities around the world to celebrate data and dialogue about data-related topics. This year’s theme is Data Stories and today we will be talking about Stories about Data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Data makes news regularly; not simply to prove a fact within a story, but news stories that are specifically about data. We hear about companies that are routinely the victims of massive data breaches<\/a>; we read articles that consider what Amazon, Facebook, and Google do with our data<\/a> as well as how Fitbit is partnering with a third party for continuous glucose monitoring<\/a> for diabetics.<\/p>\n

While today’s reading is about data, it’s actually about the absence of data and how that affects us as Americans:\u00a0Mass Shootings, Climate, Discrimination: Why Government’s Fear of Data Threatens Us All.<\/a><\/p>\n

Would you like detailed information about arrests, homicides, and gang murders in 2016? Well, the FBI isn\u2019t giving it to you anymore. How about melting Arctic ice? Nope; Congress is dismantling a satellite that was supposed to update the aging monitor network. Climate change? Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, doesn\u2019t think human beings cause it and, more importantly, doesn\u2019t really think you can measure anything to find out. The weather? Forget it; the National Weather Service is coming apart at the seams. How many people live in the United States, data critical to determining political representation and funding priorities? Yeah, no\u2014the 2020 Census is shaping up to be an epic disaster.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine a good argument for knowing less\u2014about anything, really, but especially about difficult problems with profound policy implications. The government is supposed to base policy on the best data possible, along with political concerns, budget concerns, social priorities … the usual warp and weft of running a country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What obstacles do you<\/em> face in working with data?<\/p>\n

Where do you search for data?<\/p>\n

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To read all our Love Data Week stories follow our blog series at\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/lovedatadepaul<\/a>\u00a0or join the conversation with @dpulibrarian<\/a> on Twitter using the #lovedata18 hashtag .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the kickoff of Love Data Week during which the DePaul University Library will be joining universities around the world to celebrate data and dialogue about data-related topics. This year’s theme is Data Stories and today we will be talking about Stories about Data. Data makes news regularly; not simply to prove a fact <\/p>\n

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