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Open Data
GovernmentMontana State Library webinar – February 8, 2017
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After today, we hope you will…• Understand what open data is, what’s available, and what it’s good
for• Explore the possibilities of open data for your library and your
community• Prepare your library to play an appropriate role in your community:
informing and empowering citizens, managing data resources, or assisting local government.
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Before we begin…
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Montana ConstitutionArticle II, Declaration of Rights• Section 9 Right to know. No person shall be deprived of the right to
examine documents or to observe the deliberations of all public bodies or agencies of state government and its subdivisions, except in cases in which the demand of individual privacy clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure.
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Montana Code Annotated 2015MCA 2-6-1003 (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), every
person has a right to examine and obtain a copy of any public information of this state. (2) A public officer may withhold from public
scrutiny information relating to individual or public safety or the security of public facilities, including public schools, jails, correctional facilities, private correctional facilities, and prisons, if release of the information
jeopardizes the safety of facility personnel, the public, students in a public school, or inmates of a facility. A public officer may not withhold from public scrutiny any more information than is required to protect
individual or public safety or the security of public facilities.
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What’s the problem?
https://goo.gl/IRRgzJ
Government Information
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So what is “open”?• Complete, Primary, Timely, Accessible, Machine
processable, Non- discriminatory, Non-proprietary, and License-free• Online and free, permanent, trusted, documented,
safe to open, and designed with public input
Open licenses, open access and open formats!
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Formats and access
http://5stardata.info/en/
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What’s it good for?• Make better decisions• Transparency in government• Opportunities for people to create tools for industry and public good• Identify efficiencies and inefficiencies• Avoid duplication of information• Share data for economic development• Open data policy benefits everyone
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An ideal world…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/46274765@N07/8600245980/sizes/l/in/photostream
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What does open look like?
https://youtu.be/IsQt3Vva81c
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Think for a moment…• What are some local issues in your community that
might be addressed using data?• What datasets might help citizens be better
informed in your own community?
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What data?
https://www.data.gov/
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Government spending, for example
https://www.usaspending.gov/
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Open Long Beach
http://www.longbeach.gov/OpenLB/
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City of Palo Alto
http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/home
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Open in Montana• US Open Data Montana report card:
https://census.usopendata.org/datasets.html?state=Montana
• Transparency in Local Government Montana Data Portal: http://sfsd.mt.gov/LGSB/localgovernmentreports
• Montana Data Portal: https://data.datamontana.us/
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Montana FWP Open GIS Data
http://data.mtfwp.opendata.arcgis.com/
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City of Bozeman Open Data Portal
http://public.bozeman.opendata.arcgis.com/
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What can your library do?• Collect• Provide access• Inform• Advocate
http://www.lib21.org/il-progetto/
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Public Policy for Public Data• A checklist and resource guide for open data policy from the Sunlight
Foundation
http://whatworkscities.sunlightfoundation.com/#section-h2-05
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Think for a moment…• What government information or datasets does
your local government hold? • Has the library taken inventory? • How can your library use data to help the
community? • Do you, or have you considered working with local
government and other partners to open up data in your community?
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OD processes and tools• Linked Open Data platforms • Open Source tools to explore,
publish, and share public datasets • Policy guidelines, implementation
guidance, and case studies• OD Community
http://rivistageomedia.it/201510138900/dati-geografici-evidenza/una-nuova-open-data-charter-oggi-serve-ancora
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The best data around• Complete and timely• Librarians:• know about it• know how to access it• know how to use it
Montana Public Library Statistics Center: http://libraries.msl.mt.gov/library_development/statistics.aspx
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Think for a moment…• Do you use the Montana Statistics Center?• How do you use your library data ?• What other kinds of data might it be good for your
library to collect or consider?
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Thanks! Questions?• Jim Kammerer [email protected]• Lauren McMullen [email protected]
http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2010/06/bring-us-your-burning-science-questions.html
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References• https://www.data.gov/ Data.gov• https://www.usaspending.gov/ USA Spending.gov• https://youtu.be/IsQt3Vva81c What Works Cities• http://datalb.longbeach.gov/ City of Long Beach data• http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/home City of Palo Alto Data Portal• https://census.usopendata.org/datasets.html?state=Montana US Open Data Montana Report Card• http://sfsd.mt.gov/LGSB/localgovernmentreports Local Government Reports from Montana• https://data.datamontana.us/ Montana Data Portal• http://public.bozeman.opendata.arcgis.com/ City of Bozeman Open Data Portal • http://data.mtfwp.opendata.arcgis.com/ Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Open GIS Data• http://libraries.msl.mt.gov/library_development/statistics.aspx Montana Public Library Statistics Center• http://whatworkscities.sunlightfoundation.com/#section-h2-05 Public Policy for Public Data