First-person and compelling.

The Office of Data Management and Analytics Services is working to modernize and expand the capabilities of UW–Madison’s enterprise data warehouse, InfoAccess. The modern system will use the latest in cloud analytics technology to deliver a broad set of cross-functional data. The completed project will deliver previously unimaginable capabilities to the delivery of analytic insights…

In early 2018, officials at University College London were shocked to learn that meetings organized by “race scientists” and neo-Nazis,…

The company’s AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can't fix the problem.

When selecting a web analytics tool, academic libraries have traditionally turned to Google Analytics for data collection to gain insights into the usage of their web properties. As the valuable field of data analytics continues to grow, concerns about user privacy rise as well, especially when discussing a technology giant like Google. In this article, the authors explore the feasibility of using Matomo, a free and open-source software application, for web analytics in their library’s discovery layer. Matomo is a web analytics platform designed around user-privacy assurances. This article details the installation process, makes comparisons between Matomo and Google Analytics, and describes how an open-source analytics platform works within a library-specific application, EBSCO’s Discovery Service.

Data Profession Key Positions — Explained

blog on various aspects of technology (FOSS, security, privacy) and society (open web, digital freedom)

We’ve conflated data with truth. And this has dangerous implications for our ability to understand, explain, and improve the things we care about.

A presentation about web tracking, web analytics, and web privacy in academic libraries.

Your website’s search engine can tell you what your web visitors want, how they look for it, and how well your content strategy meets their needs.

Lana Gibson from Lanalytics writes about a project she worked on with Te Papa.