{"id":1600,"date":"2020-10-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2020-10-19T08:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T12:11:05","slug":"how-is-open-access-impacting-the-availability-of-data-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/how-is-open-access-impacting-the-availability-of-data-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Open Access impacting the availability of data during COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In celebration of Open Access Week 2020, this is the second blog in a series of five written by the UConn Library Scholarly Communications Coordinating Group (SCCG) to explore how Open Access has impacted the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn more about the SCCG and find more resources, see our Scholarly Communications webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to data has become vitally important as infection rates and deaths are tracked, local resource information is made available, and researchers work together to sequence the virus and create a vaccine.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data dashboards have become a quick, easy way to share numbers and visual information about the pandemic. The Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Map<\/a> has become well-known and shows real-time information about the pandemic in an easy to read format.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The open data available is also bringing known disparities in the healthcare system into a fresh light.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n