Special Issue 4: Democratizing Data

From the Editors

Democratizing Data: Our Vision

by Julia Lane and Nancy Potok

Data Democratization: An Ecosystemic Contemplation and Coordination

by Xiao-Li Meng

The Value of Data

An Invisible Hand for Creating Public Value From Data

by Julia Lane, Alfred Spector, and Michael Stebbins

A Mapping Lens for Estimating Data Value

by Abhishek Nagaraj

The Importance of Philanthropic Foundations in Democratizing Data

by Julia Lane, Stuart Feldman, Joshua Greenberg, Jonathan Sotsky, and Vilas Dhar

An interview with Stuart Feldman, Joshua Greenberg, Jonathan Sotsky, and Vilas Dhar by Julia Lane

Scale, Publishing, and Open Data

by Ian Mulvany

The New Importance of Data for Evidence Building

Data Usage Information and Connecting With Data Users: U.S. Mandates and Guidance for Government Agency Evidence Building

by Nancy Potok

The View From Four Statistical Agencies

by Nancy Potok, Peggy Carr, Hubert Hamer, Emilda Rivers, and Spiro Stefanou

An interview with Peggy Carr, Hubert Hamer, Emilda Rivers, and Spiro Stefanou by Nancy Potok

Search and Discovery Methods

Discovering Data Sets Through Machine Learning: An Ensemble Approach to Uncovering the Prevalence of Government-Funded Data Sets

by Ryan Hausen and Hosein Azarbonyad

Discovering Datasets on the Web Scale: Challenges and Recommendations for Google Dataset Search

by Katrina Sostek, Daniel M. Russell, Nitesh Goyal, Tarfah Alrashed, Stella Dugall, and Natasha Noy

Discovering Data Sets in Unstructured Corpora: Discovering Use and Identifying New Opportunities

by Nick Pallotta, John M Locklear, Xiangyu Ren, Victor Robila, and Adel Alaeddini

Searching for How Data Have Been Used: Intuitive Labels for Data Search and Discovery

by Christina Zdawczyk, Julia Lane, Emilda Rivers, and May Aydin

Practical Implementation

Turning Visions Into Reality: Lessons Learned From Building a Search and Discovery Platform

by Attila Emecz, Arik Mitschang, Christina Zdawczyk, Maytal Dahan, Jeroen Baas, and Gerard Lemson

A Practical Use Case: Lesson Learned From Social Science Research Data Centers

by Stefan Bender, Jannick Blaschke, and Christian Hirsch

Building Collaborative Communities

Creating Engagements: Bringing the User Into Data Democratization

by Lauren Chenarides

On Democratizing Data: Diminishing Disparity and Increasing Scientific Productivity

by Ophir Frieder

The Future of Data in Research Publishing: From Nice to Have to Need to Have?

by Christine L. Borgman and Amy Brand

Building Trust: Data Metrics as a Focal Point for Responsible Data Stewardship

by Iratxe Puebla and Daniella Lowenberg

Enabling Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Through the Democratization of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

by Manish Parashar

Democratizing Data: Discovering Data Use and Value for Research and Policy

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