Matt works in research communications and media relations at North Carolina State University. These are all skills we need to have – and that we need to teach – in the current world.įinally, I read Matt Shipman’s book on scientific writing. His latest was a nice companion to others that I read, in terms of getting better at cutting through all of the noise, the falsehoods, the trivial, the bias thrown at us daily via news bits and misleading graphics. I’ve read (actually, I own) all of Alberto Cairo’s books on data visualization. They prompt a thousand thoughts and ideas for action. I throw this one in my bag at least every other week to work on one or two of the “assignments.” Data Feminism and Calling Bullshit are two excellent accessible academic reads. Georgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec’s fun companion to their wonderful, Dear Data, from a few years back is good fun. A longtime key figure in the data discussion, Few steps up to say “hold on” just a bit.
We’ve also seen more than a few cautionary tales of the troubles of big data as big noise. We have certainly seen countless benefits of big data and open science during the global fight against COVID, as well as in vaccine development. The 2020 gift is his work, Signal.) I also found myself tracking down a couple of his “little books.” All involve looking at “big data” with a skeptical eye, something that I find myself doing often. Stephen Few gave the world one of his usual big books this year. Not that they’d find it all that interesting, but… Speaking of, Rick Anderson’s little primer on scholarly communication is one I could refer to friends and/or family who never really understand what I do as a librarian. I recommend both for those who work in scholarly communications. It prompted me to seek out two works she’s involved with on the topic of bibliometrics and measuring the impact of research. I discovered Cassidy Sugimoto via a conference that I attended (virtually, of course) and really enjoyed her keynote.
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