Data Liberation Initiative Update ACCOLEDS December 2008 Michel
Data Liberation Initiative Update ACCOLEDS December 2008 Michel B. Séguin, Jennifer Pagnotta
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 § § § 2 Organizational Updates Changes in the DLI Community Changes in the EAC and Education Committees Changes in the DLI Collection Present Projects – priorities Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n Ivan Fellegi retired on June 16, 2008 and is now Chief Statistician Emeritus Dr. Ivan Fellegi 3 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n Currently Chief Statistician effective June 16, 2008 Dr. Munir Sheikh 4 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Vicki Crompton – Director General Retired, June 2008 5 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Jonathan Massey-Smith – Director General Started in September 2008 6 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n Director of Communications and Library Services Division Eric St. John 7 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n Assistant-Director of Communications and Library Services Division Bernie Gloyn 8 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n On leave until August 2008 Marie-Claire Lauzon 9 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n n n Replacing Marie. Claire for a year Very smooth transition Thanks to all her efforts and her work to make this a success Jennifer Pagnotta 10 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n n 11 Renée has occupied the administrative officer position since May 2008 Looks after all the travel forms, mail outs and other administrative tasks Renée Rocan Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES § Takes care of : • • the FTP site the Web site the search tool registration on listserv • passwords • all of us § Worries about the conversion to CLF 2. 0 12 Jackie Godfrey Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n n n Works on DDI Is becoming our DDI specialist Provides training to divisional staff on tagging DDI files Linda Harding-De. Vries 13 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n n Works on DDI Tags files in DDI compliant format Loads files on NESSTAR Will be with us until Spring 2009 Eve Boyle 14 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n n n Works on completing SPSS code Ads missing values to SPSS codes Will be with us until Spring 2009 Maxine Giroux 15 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n n n 16 Works on metrics document Survey of DLI contacts and designates Did great job of comparing English and French DLI site Gaëtan Drolet Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES n n EAC minutes Long term planning document Training DLI staff Will also work on metrics Mike Sivyer 17 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 DLI MEMBERSHIP § Since December 2007, two new institutions joined the DLI: • University of the Fraser Valley in BC • Humber College in Ontario § This brings the membership to 74 § A visit will be organized at their convenience 18 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 DLI MEMBERSHIP § Several other colleges have contacted the DLI Section for information § We will follow-up to find out why they haven’t joined § EAC has directed us to follow-up and come up with propositions / alternatives that would allow these institutions to join 19 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 EAC MEMBERSHIP n n n 20 Mary Mac. Leod from Acadia has resigned from the EAC and Education Committee Jennifer Adams has been appointed to the EAC and the Education Committee Jean Poirier, representing the research community, has been appointed to replace Chad Gaffield Ted Wannell, Assistant Director, Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Division Nancy Darcovich, Assistant Director, Health Statistics Division replaced Mario Bédard Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 EAC MEMBERSHIP n n 21 Mark Leggott has resigned from the EAC and will be replaced by Margaret Haines from Carleton University Elizabeth Hamilton will be attending her last EAC meeting next spring. A note has been sent to DLI contacts in the Atlantic Region to see who would be interested in becoming an EAC member. Nicole Doyle was been invited to the Spring 2008 EAC as a guest offering a voice for smaller institutions Suzanne Drapeau was the invited guest to the Fall 2008 EAC for the same reason Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 EAC MEMBERSHIP n n 22 EAC will also look at changes to membership over time since there will be quite a few changes in the next five years. Minutes from the EAC committee Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 Education Committee n n n 23 Jennifer Adam has replaced Mary Mc. Leod as Regional Training Coordinator Jean Blackburn has replaced Sharon Neary as Regional Training Coordinator The objective, as much as possible, is to have different people on the EAC and as Regional Training Coordinators for each region Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 Education Committee n The committee met in September 2008 and presented the following recommendations: • Review the funding policy for regional workshops to remove barriers and increase flexibility. • Provide $10, 000 so that RTCs from one region may attend training in the other regions. • Approve a project to improve the FTP access structure for census and geography • Help to disseminate information regarding the historical evolution of products on CDPS beyond the Statistics Canada firewall • Authorize another train-the-trainer session between November 2009 and March 2010 24 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 Education Committee n n n 25 There will also be another «Train the Trainers» session in Montreal in 2009 There will also be a French Boot Camp in Montreal in February 2009 Minutes from the Education Committee Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 DLI COLLECTION n n n n 26 Regular updates as new products are being released See: http: //www. statcan. gc. ca/dli-ild/site_ann-eng. htm Youth Smoking Survey 2004 and 2006 – Mirror site Catch and Effort Data (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) Mirror site Landing data from Citizenships and Immigration Canada Mirror site Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring (CADUMS) PUMF – Mirror site Canadian Heart Health Survey - Mirror site Input and Output tables Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 DLI Award Census Operations Division Special Surveys Divison 2006 2008 27 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n Listserv n n n 28 Remains our first priority Even with the transition, I think that the service standards were maintained Thanks to Marie-Claire and Jennifer Pagnotta for setting these standards and maintaining them even through transitions Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n Annual Report 07/08 n Was mailed out the last week of August 2008 n To Library Directors n n n To DLI contacts n n 29 One copy of the Annual Report A covering letter indicating the DLI contact Two copies of the Report A covering letter A copy of the letter sent to the library director and no comments were received EAC agreed that the Annual Report to be mailed each year in early September instead of June Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) n n Two people working on tagging files in DDI format Making these files accessible through NESSTAR on the DLI site at Stat. Can n n http: //www 62. statcan. ca/webview/ In order to find out which files will be done next: http: //www. statcan. gc. ca/dli-ild/proje-eng. htm n Not yet accepted within Stat. Can but some work is being done to make it part of the survey process n n Revamping the household surveys production Starting to make this output as part of the planned production process for coming years • RDCs are starting to code master files in DDI compliant format • DLI has contributed to Standard Division to bridge IMDB to DDI and DDI to IMDB 30 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n FTP access structure for Census and Geography n Part of the mandate from the Education Committee and EAC to the DLI Section: n n n 31 Improve the FTP access structure for census and geography Receive from you comments and suggestions Gather comments at training sessions or after and prepare a proposal for the Fall of 2009 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n Investigate the e-conferencing / e-presence n n 32 In order to have continuous information on products More contacts between Subject-matter specialists and DLI contacts Take advantage of new technology that brings more current information Looking for a host since we cannot host this within Stat. Can Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n Profile potential smaller institutions n n n 33 Follow-up with institutions that have contacted DLI but chose not to become a DLI member Find out the reasons for not going ahead Prepare a proposal on how to address any issues that could be raised Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n Integrated Metadata Base (IMDB) n n 34 All documentation from DLI collection has been transferred to the IMDB Links the information on the survey to the documentation and vice versa Makes our new interface work better Jennifer will be talking about it in a few minutes Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 PRESENT PRIORITIES n Improve the quality and standardization of data and metadata n n n 35 Did not have the resources over the last year to do this work We now have a student from Carleton University working on revising SPSS codes and missing values We need to find a full time resource to work on this part as well as exploring how we can take advantage of new technology for continuous training Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
DLI UPDATE – ACCOLEDS 2008 § Other projects that are being worked on: • • • 36 Survival Guide Collection Interface Listserv Search tools DLI Update Stat. Can search tool CLF 2. 0 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2/16/2022
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