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Data Services Workshop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Jacobs)
Mon Mar 23 21:18:12 1998
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 18:39:26 -0600
From: James Jacobs <jajacobs@odwin.ucsd.edu>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: jajacobs@odwin.ucsd.edu
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The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR) Summer Workshop in providing services for social science data
will be offered again this summer. Details below. Please excuse
cross-postings.
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Jim Jacobs, Data Services Librarian voice: (619) 534-1262
University of California, San Diego FAX: (619) 534-7548
9500 Gilman Drive Library 0175-R internet: jajacobs@ucsd.edu
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
PROVIDING SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES:
STRATEGIES FOR DESIGN AND OPERATION
August 3-7, 1998
Ann Arbor Michigan
This workshop is designed for individuals who provide local support
services for ICPSR and other numeric data for quantitative research.
Through discussion, hands-on computing exercises and homework, the
participants will examine how to plan and design appropriate levels of
service for local environments; identify and select data and documentation;
and use Internet tools for retrieval. Examples of topics covered include:
working with variables, critiquing data documentation, using ICPSR's
various data distribution formats; searching The Internet for social
science data; subsetting data files; examining and evaluating web-based
data extractors; ordering and downloading ICPSR data; and options for local
data delivery. Techniques and tools examined during the week will include
network file transfer tools; data verification techniques; specialized web
search engines and thesauri; and major statistical software. Throughout
the workshop, an emphasis will be placed on social science concepts and
terminology as well as on practical solutions to service delivery.
Instructors:
Diane Geraci, Library, SUNY Binghamton;
Charles Humphrey, Data Library, University of Alberta;
James Jacobs, Central University Library, University of California, San Diego
This course will meet August 3-7, six to eight hours a day. The first 20
applications with payment received by the Summer Program office will be
accepted. Application is considered incomplete unless accompanied by fee
payment. Registration is limited and cancellation less than 14 days prior
to the workshop is subject to a $50 late withdrawal fee. Individuals
applying for this course should check the "statistical one-week" box on the
application form.
The fee for the course is $850 for individuals from ICPSR member
institutions and $1700 for those from institutions not affiliated with
ICPSR. A list of ICPSR member institutions is available at:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/Membership/ors.html
Additional information about the summer program is available at:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog
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