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Unlocking Open Government Data for Your Research

Unlocking Open Government Data for Your Research Online

If you’ve ever checked an online weather forecast, used your phone’s GPS to find an all-night drugstore, or calculated how much your city paid for road repairs, you’ve used Open government data. Finding and acccessing government data can be tricky, but not impossible!

In this workshop, we will:

  • Gain an understanding about the many types of open government data and how it is collected (and who collects it);
  • Explore the context of domain and agency-specific repositories, and differences between federal and local data;
  • Discover how to access open government data online and through the CMU Libraries’ resources;
  • Examine methods for comparing historical government data;
  • and learn ways to utilize open government data in your research.
Date:
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Online
Campus:
Virtual Workshop
Audience:
  Faculty     Staff     Students  
Categories:
  Digital Humanities     Information & Data Literacy CC     Open Science     Working With Data and Code  
Online:
This is a virtual event. A URL to participate will be sent via a reminder email 24 hours before the event.

Registration is required. There are 99 seats available.

Virtual Workshop Information:

  • The link to join this event will be found in your confirmation email and in the reminder email sent 24 hours before the event. 
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If you require accessibility accommodations, please contact the event organizer.

Organizer(s)

Profile photo of Emma Slayton
Emma Slayton

About & Contact Info

Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist

eslayton@andrew.cmu.edu

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Charlotte Kiger Price

About & Contact Info

History & Languages Librarian

charlotteprice@cmu.edu