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Transcript of DLI UPDATE 2007-2008 Michel Séguin Statistics Canada May 14, 2007.
DLI UPDATE 2007-2008
Michel SéguinStatistics Canada
May 14, 2007
Organizational changes Changes in the DLI Community Changes in the EAC and Education
Committees Changes in the DLI Collection Present Projects – priorities
Listserv Compleat Survival Kit Improve quality and standardization of data and
metadata for preservation Database and Internet update project DDI - CANDDI Digitizing the printed documentation Census Basic Summary tables 71-81 Metrics Papers DLI contact Survey
Citation Guide Training Repository Licensing Questions
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
Director of Communications and Library Services Division François Bordé will retire on June 24th 2007 Eric St. John will start as June 4th 2007 Marie-Josée Bourgeois has gone to Special Survey Division André Blondin is now with Industry Account Division Sage Cram is now on Maternity leave Monia Bergeron has gone to Science, Innovations and
Electronic Information Division Marie-Claire Lauzon is now the Communications person with the
DLI Community Linda Hardings-Devries is our DDI specialist Jocelyn Geha is working with u s on an occasional basis to
transfer Census BST and Profile to the DLI collection Renée Rocan will start soon working on the administrative aspect
of the DLI
In April 2005 Red Deer College decided not renew their membership
In fall 2005 the University of Ontario Institute of Technology joined
In January 2006 Niagara College joined.
In April 2006 Nova Scotia Community College joined
In June 2006, Grant MacEwen College in Alberta joined
In December 2006, Kwantlen College University in British Columbia joined
This brings the membership to 71
DLI MEMBERSHIP
Other institutions who have made enquires during 2005 – 2007 include:British Columbia Institute of
TechnologyNo picture… not joined yet…
Selkirk College in British Columbia Heritage College and Seminary in
OntarioThe College of the North Atlantic in
Newfoundland and Labrador
DLI MEMBERSHIP
DLI MEMBERSHIP
We keep getting requests from American universities to join DLI.
This has been discussed by the EAC a number of times, including the fall of 2005.
EAC has decided that, for now, DLI will remain open to only Canadian institutions.
EAC MEMBERSHIP
Mary MacLeod of Acadia University has resigned – Thank you Mary
Chad Gaffield has also left the EAC and is now appointed as President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Jeffrey Smith has left Statistics Canada for a two years assignment and may rejoin EAC upon his return
EAC MEMBERSHIP
New Members:
Jean Poirier, co-ordinator of the Montreal RDC
Ted Wannell, Assistant Director, Labor and Household Surveys Analysis Division
Jennifer Adams from Acadia
Education Committee The committee met last October Minutes and action items are posted on
the DLI site Training Repository has been implemented
and many documents are already posted Training coordinators are challenged in
keeping a balance between repeat basic knowledge and advance training
Also challenged with changes in technology
DLI COLLECTION
The complete series of Absence From Work survey 1979 – 1999 has been added to the collection
This was part of project to retrieve older surveys from the STC mainframe before it is shut down.
The division responsible is continuing efforts to retrieve older surveys.
DLI COLLECTION
Also part of retrieval project we now have:Survey of Job Opportunities (Revised
1992 – 1993) Added 1979 - 1989; 1991.
Survey of Alberta Apprentices and
Journeymen 1985 – 1989.
Survey of Household Spending - 1997 to 2003 Standard Tables.
DLI COLLECTION
Other major files added to the DLI Collection during 2005 – 2007 include:Canadian Addiction Survey (2004).GSS 16 (Social Support and Aging),
GSS 18 (Victimization) and GSS 19 (Time use).
Census 2001 Individual, Families and Household files.
Absence from Work Survey 1979 – 1999CCHS Files Cycle 2.1, 2.2 (1st part of
Nutrition) and 3.1
DLI COLLECTION
Continuous updating of the collection 2006 Geography products 2006 Census products
Mirror Site Mirror the DLI site Data from non Statistics Canada Data Sources
Other initiative: Landings Data from Citizenship and Immigration
Canada Working group in Statistics Canada is exploring
access of PUMF from longitudinal files Looking at various alternatives
PRESENT PRIORITIES
LISTSERVRemains our first priorityBest tool available for answering
your questionsDon’t be afraid of asking questions
on the listservPresent search tool may not be best
at this point but work is being done to resolve this
PRESENT PRIORITIES
Compleat Survival KITBased on suggestions obtained from
DLI members and from a kit used in Atlantic
Aimed at new members as a starter kit but used by others as a reference document
The kit will be presented at this afternoon at one of the workshop
Thanks to Monia, Jane, Sage and Jackie
Thanks to Elizabeth for the original idea
PRESENT PRIORITIES
Improve the quality and standardization of data and metadataGoing through the collection, survey
by surveyEnsuring that the information is
complete – data files, metadata, and other information
All information meets the STC standards – bilingual
Working with Divisions to complete the collection if required
PRESENT PRIORITIESData base and Internet update project
Talk about for quite a few yearsData base built from existing information
from online catalogue or IMDBWill allow DLI members:
Browse through the DLI CollectionChoose the survey you want to accessChoose to see the metadata Will link to the FTP site to allow you to
download the dataHoping to have this on line before the Fall
PRESENT PRIORITIES
Data base and Internet update project
Jackie Godfrey will be managing this project with the help of the DLI team
PRESENT PRIORITIES
CANDDIAn informal “movement” to
coordinate the efforts being made to create DDI marked-up metadata for Canadian studies.
An ad hoc meeting organized by Chuck Humphrey and Bo Wandschneider was held during the IASSIST conference in 2004.
PRESENT PRIORITIES
CANDDIAt that time a number of
different working groups were outlined:Coordinating/Steering GroupTag Working GroupControl Vocabulary / Thesaurus Working Group
Quality Control GroupEducation Group
PRESENT PRIORITIES
CANDDIOver a year ago Bo decided to get the
discussions moving again and a group of individuals were identified to act as the Steering Group:Dan Duda – MemorialStefano Biondo – LavalBernie Gloyne – STC – DLIMike Sivyer – STC – DLIErnie Boyko – CarletonBo Wandschneider – GuelphChuck Humphrey – Alberta
PRESENT PRIORITIES
CANDDIA conference call was held to
discuss the following topics:The need to formalize the CANDDI process slightly.
To take steps to establish a Tag Working Group.
To look at other identified groups and determine how to get these established.
To find ways to promote DDI and CANDDI at other venues.
PRESENT PRIORITIES
CANDDIThe Steering Group also
identified some main participants for the Tag Working Group:
Michelle Edwards – GuelphIrene Wong – Alberta RDCJane Fry – CarletonMarie-Josée Bourgeois – STC/DLI
PRESENT PRIORITIES
DLI COLLECTION IN DDIMarie-Josée and Pauline have been
preparing files to be DDI compliant.
They use the NESSTAR system because it easier to start by reading in an SPSS portable file.
Templates have been created to reduce the need to manually insert other information for a number of the DDI tags
PRESENT PRIORITIESDLI COLLECTION IN DDI
Next they enter additional information that has been collected from different sources:
User Guide Codebooks QuestionnairesCatalogue records (Bibliocat , On-line Catalogue)
STC Integrated Metadata BaseEtc.
PRESENT PRIORITIES
DLI COLLECTION IN DDI
We began this project by converting the re-based Labour Force Survey files.
We now have all of the re-based LFS monthly and annual files (1976 to present) loaded onto our internal NESSTAR system .
PRESENT PRIORITIESDLI COLLECTION IN DDI
It will not be necessary for all DLI members to purchase a NESSTAR system.
NESSTAR browser in both languages is now being installed on Internet and will soon be accessible to everyone.
PRESENT PRIORITIES
DLI COLLECTION IN DDI
The data files will be accessible to only the DLI Contacts and will be userid and password protected.
The metadata will be accessible by everyone. Your patrons will be able to perform variable level searches to identify the files required.
PRESENT PRIORITIES CANDDI - NOW
Is composed of :Michelle Edwards – Guelph Irene Wong – Alberta RDC Jane Fry – CarletonMarie-Josée Bourgeois – Special Surveys
DivisionLouise Marmen – Special Surveys
DivisionMary Decuypere – Special Surveys
Division John Ladds – Special Surveys DivisionLinda Harding-Devries – DLIMichel Séguin - DLI
PRESENT PRIORITIES
CANDDI - NOW Has put together a best practice
document which is DDI compliant Hopefully finalized shortly and accessible
to everyone on DLi website and other appropriate places
STC DDI working group has been created DLI Section Special Survey Division Health Statistics Division Standards Division Census Operations Division Labor Force Survey Division
PRESENT PRIORITIES
DIGITIZING THE PRINTED DOCUMENTATIONQuite a few paper documents,
part of the collection were not digitized
Now available as PDF documentsThis project has been completed.
PRESENT PRIORITIES
CENSUS BASIC SUMMARY TABLES 71-81Keep Jocelyn Geha as a student part-
time and for the summer and hopefully complete this project
Create records layoutTranslate documentationWork with Census Operations Division
and Toronto UniversityLoad information as part of DLI
collection1981 has been loaded Thanks you to Laine Ruus and Linda
Niman
PRESENT PRIORITIES Sherlock Metrics Paper
Part of identifying use of DLI collection Essential feedback to STC divisions in order to
ensure their participation to making information available to DLI and to obtain improved documentation
Five years of use of Survey data from Statistics Canada DLI collection
Use of Census of population microdata files Next: Use of GSS files in Quebec Universities
Other systems: IDLS – University of Western QWIFS – Queens University Island – University of British Columbia Landru – University of Calgary
PRESENT PRIORITIES
DLI Contact Survey Obtain information from DLI members in
terms of satisfaction, use of data and other useful information that will help improve services
Gaëtan: a few words!!!
THE CITATION GUIDE
This guide has been completed and is now an “official” STC guide
Available on the STC web site
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/12-591-XIE/12-591-XIE2006001.htm
TRAINING REPOSITORY
All DLI training materials from workshops are being collected and deposited in one central location - T-Space at University of Toronto
This work is being done by Jane Fry and students at Carleton University
It is not on DLI site because of language requirements
All training coordinators have access in order to load all material
TRAINING REPOSITORY
https://ospace.scholarsportal.info/handle/1873/69
LICENCING QUESTIONS
There have been a number of questions over the last few months concerning data access and use as defined under the DLI License Agreement.
A series of questions and answers / situations that you can browse through and get some answers are posted on the site.
LICENCING QUESTIONS
We have created a database with examples of different data use questions.
These are from actual cases.
We will continue to add to this database as we get additional examples.
Thank you Monia
http://www4.statcan.ca/english/dli/boundary/pages/displaycases.asp
LICENCING QUESTIONS
LICENCING QUESTIONS Static Maps
Maps at the Census Subdivision (CSD) level and higher geographic level (specifically: Census Metropolitan Area (CMA); Census Agglomeration (CA); Census Division (CD); Federal Electoral District (Fed); Province and Canada) may be placed on a DLI institution’s website for general accessibility.
Static thematic maps at the Census Tracts (CT), Dissemination Area (DA), and Forward Sortation Area geographic levels may be published on a DLI’s institutional website for general accessibility, without further consent from Statistics Canada, provided such maps constitute an integral part of analysis and/or research which was conducted using STC data products. Otherwise, maps at the CT, DA, and FSA must remain behind the institution’s firewall and accessible only to authorised DLI users.
All maps disseminated freely on the Statistics Canada website can be replicated.
In all cases where there are maps containing Statistics Canada data, proper Sourcing is required; Approval for making an atlas available on the Web requires licensing
permission from Statistics Canada. Permission must be obtained from the client Services Division of Statistics
Canada: [email protected] for all other types of request. Such requests will be handles
on a case by case basis and if approved a notice must be posted indicating that
Statistics Canada approval has been obtained;
LICENCING QUESTIONS Products from Secondary Distributors,
Section 5.3 in the license agreement: Grants the licensee to provide copies of a
derived information product(s) to educational institution(s) at a discounted price providing that: The products are used exclusively for educational
purposes; The educational institutions are supplied with a
copy of the condition of use statement The royalty fees are then based on the
licensee’s discounted price :
PUBS ON STC WEB SITE
Since April 24, 2006 all electronic publications on the STC web site are available for free.
This is a first step towards free information on the Internet
What’s the future… Next Education Committee and EAC meeting