Data Ethics & Literacy
Data Services
Research Data Services staff and library faculty are available for workshops and one-on-one consultations to help you find, manage, analyze, and visualize the data you need for your coursework and use in your research. View our current workshop schedule to register.
Data Services is excited to work with you but please note the following:
- Plan ahead! Appointments are scheduled between 9-4 pm, Monday-Friday. If you are not able to meet during these times, please let us know about your time constraints. We have had such a great response to our service, we book appointments 1-2 weeks out, especially during midterms and finals.
- What we CAN do:
- Spend 30 minutes with you per appointment.
- Connect you a Data Services team member based on availability.
- Explain data concepts.
- Provide guidance on data you come prepared to work with.
- What we CAN’T do:
- Help you complete a problem set or homework.
- Guarantee weekly appointments or exceed 30 minutes per appointment.
- If you need more time to solidify data concepts, we ask that you reach out to your professor or form a study group with your classmates.
- Guarantee you’ll meet with the same Data Services team member each appointment.
- Give you a tour/general overview on a research consult.
- LinkedIn Learning, provided by TLTC @SHU provides helpful materials.
Questions? Reach out to dataservices@shu.edu
Click on the following link to check out our Research Data Services News: Research Data Services News
Defining the Issues
As data is being used and gathered in more and more areas, the need for data ethics is growing as well. While data can make things better and improve services it can also be used against people and communities, which has real impact on our lives. It is a tool that can improve our lives but can also harm. We need to understand how to use it ethically and beneficially.
What is Data Ethics?
Why is Data Ethics Important?
What is an Algorithm?