Bonnie Tijerina
Researcher
Data & Society Research Institute
Emily F. Keller
Project Coordinator
Data & Society Research Institute
The Supporting Ethics in Data Research project explores the current and potential partnerships between computer science researchers, librarians, and support systems on campus to address emerging ethical issues in the research process. New ethical concerns have surfaced in the field of computer science research, a field that has limited training to manage the growing complexity of privacy, ambient data tracking, data sharing, de-identification, and manipulation, and the ethics implications therein. These types of concerns have been the subject of noteworthy press. This project examines the role of libraries within a university ecosystem of support and guidance for technical decision-making to better understand the state of current collaboration and to explore future plans and possibilities through interviews, site visits, a review of ethics policies and protocols, and a literature review. In this session, we attempt to better understand the unique role that research libraries play in assisting researchers to navigate complex ethical issues around data collection, storage, sharing, and reuse. We also explore how the library can become better enmeshed with other available researcher support services on campus.
http://www.datasociety.net/initiatives/ethics-big-data-research/supporting-ethics-data-research/