tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86657867863009019832024-03-08T08:31:42.722+00:00The Data BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-65902863465724173502014-01-06T10:47:00.002+00:002014-01-06T10:47:47.122+00:00TWO fully funded ESRC PhD STUDENTSHIPS linked with the ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre England
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The new Administrative Data Research Centre (ADRC) England
at the University of Southampton is pleased to announce TWO 1+3 PhD
studentships which will be linked to the Centre and based within the
University’s ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC). The studentships will
provide up to four years’ funding (1 year Masters + 3 years PhD) including
fees, Standard Maintenance Grant (currently £13,726 pa) and Research Training
Support Grant (£750 pa). In addition students are eligible for the advanced
quantitative methods supplement (currently £3000 pa and £250 pa respectively).
High quality applicants will also be considered who have already obtained an
average of 60% or more in an ESRC recognised Masters. Applications are
invited in the following topic areas to be supervised by ADRC
co-investigators. Two studentships will be awarded based on the
excellence of the applicants.<u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><u>Topic A: Establishing patterns of error in household
and individual level consumption data<u5:p></u5:p></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This project concerns the relationship between a range of
consumption patterns and energy consumption levels. The project will review
approaches to the estimation of reported 'consumption error'; combine and/or
link consumption and other datasets from various sources to produce a set of
experimental linked consumption datasets; develop methods to analyse the
characteristics and distribution of error in reported consumption of, for
example, water and energy.<u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><u>Topic B: The Residential Mobility of Mental Health
Service Users<u5:p></u5:p></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">The aim of this research is to
enhance understanding of the residential mobility of patients receiving NHS
mental health treatment. Tracking geo-referenced patient movements via
administrative sources, the project will undertake multilevel longitudinal
analysis of individual and area variables to predict the numbers of moves,
comparing trajectories of people with mental illness with a comparison sample
of others treated for conditions that are also likely to give rise to multiple
hospital treatment episodes.<u5:p></u5:p></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><u>Topic C: Multistage cluster sampling using geo-frame<u5:p></u5:p></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">In traditional approaches to
multistage sampling design, the clusters are fixed in advance. This PhD
concerns investigation of multistage cluster sampling methodology in which
geo-referenced information is incorporated into the sampling frame. The project
will explore the possibility of using administrative data to perform dynamic
clustering in order to minimize the intra-cluster correlation subject to the
constraints of cost or work load, and thereby achieve to better trade-off
between cost and design efficiency.<u5:p></u5:p></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><u><span style="color: black;">Topic D: Combining survey
and administrative data for nonresponse investigation <u5:p></u5:p></span></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">This project aims to combine
survey data with administrative data to analyse survey nonresponse behaviour.
The project will use multilevel modelling to investigate key determinants of
nonresponse and representativity indicators and to develop nonresponse
adjustment methods. The project will inform survey practice on how to analyse
and adjust for nonresponse using administrative data. The research will improve
survey designs including adaptive and responsive survey designs.<u5:p></u5:p></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Details of how to apply are provided on the Southampton ESRC
DTC website at </span><a href="http://www.southampton.ac.uk/esrcdtc"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.southampton.ac.uk/esrcdtc</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
Applicants must apply to the University and submit the additional DTC form
downloadable from the website. The closing date for applications is <b>Monday
28<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> February 2014</b> and interviews will be arranged with the
short-listed applicants soon after this closing date. These studentships are
for entry in October 2014.<u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For informal enquiries and further detail on any of these
topics, contact: Prof Peter W Smith (</span><a href="mailto:P.W.Smith@soton.ac.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">P.W.Smith@soton.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">),
Director, ADRC England; or Prof David Martin (</span><a href="mailto:D.J.Martin@soton.ac.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">D.J.Martin@soton.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">), Deputy
Director, ADRC England<u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<u5:p></u5:p>Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-54684795752196079342013-11-28T09:46:00.000+00:002013-11-28T09:46:57.287+00:00Webinar on Social Science Data Management and Curation<div style="margin: 0px;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Date:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">January
13, 2014<b></b></span></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Time:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2:00-3:30pm
US Central (8.00-8.30pm GMT)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Speakers:
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=Qij7INj7YEWvPHmoor0k35m298Czv9AIm54tVWHAEiuoFIsn_RFeVpWn640l9kp9Q9zjNuq4n2o.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.icpsr.umich.edu%2ficpsrweb%2fcontent%2fmembership%2fstaff%2flyle.html" target="_blank">Jared Lyle</a>, Director of Curation Services, Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jared
Lyle directs the Curation Services Unit, which is responsible for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=Qij7INj7YEWvPHmoor0k35m298Czv9AIm54tVWHAEiuoFIsn_RFeVpWn640l9kp9Q9zjNuq4n2o.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.icpsr.umich.edu%2ficpsrweb%2fcontent%2fdatamanagement%2flifecycle%2fmetadata.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666;">Metadata</span></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=Qij7INj7YEWvPHmoor0k35m298Czv9AIm54tVWHAEiuoFIsn_RFeVpWn640l9kp9Q9zjNuq4n2o.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.icpsr.umich.edu%2ficpsrweb%2fICPSR%2fcitations%2findex.jsp" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666;">Bibliography of Data-Related
Literature</span></a>, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=Qij7INj7YEWvPHmoor0k35m298Czv9AIm54tVWHAEiuoFIsn_RFeVpWn640l9kp9Q9zjNuq4n2o.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.icpsr.umich.edu%2ficpsrweb%2fcontent%2fdatamanagement%2fpreservation%2findex.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666;">Digital Preservation</span></a>. His
work includes developing and maintaining a comprehensive approach to data
management and digital preservation policy at ICPSR.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=Qij7INj7YEWvPHmoor0k35m298Czv9AIm54tVWHAEiuoFIsn_RFeVpWn640l9kp9Q9zjNuq4n2o.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.icpsr.umich.edu%2ficpsrweb%2fcontent%2fmembership%2fstaff%2fpienta.html" target="_blank">Amy Pienta</a>, Director of Data Acquisitions, Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Amy
Mehraban Pienta is Acquisitions Director at ICPSR. She is also a research
affiliate of the University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging and
the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. At ICPSR, she
oversees new data acquisitions. Major responsibilities include identifying new
data collections in the social sciences, negotiating with potential data
depositors, strategic planning for new data acquisitions, and developing
appraisal standards for data. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Description:
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
speakers will discuss resources and tools for social science data management and
curation, including data management planning, preparing data for sharing and
preservation, and supporting access. They will highlight examples from
ICPSR.<b></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Registration: </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">IMPORTANT:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
webinar is free but in order to participate, please make sure that you register
at <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=Qij7INj7YEWvPHmoor0k35m298Czv9AIm54tVWHAEiuoFIsn_RFeVpWn640l9kp9Q9zjNuq4n2o.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fala.adobeconnect.com%2fe471pdbc64z%2fevent%2fregistration.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e471pdbc64z/event/registration.html</span></a>.
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Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-17246234735934129212013-10-28T16:22:00.002+00:002013-10-28T16:22:53.374+00:00ONS International Migration Statistics User GuideThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently published an
"International Migration Statistics First Time User Guide". The guide is
designed as a short introduction to the key concepts which underpin migration
statistics, and to provide information on the range of data sources/statistics
related to international migration which are available. The guide is aimed at
people who are new to using migration statistics. <br />
<br />The guide can be found
on the ONS Migration theme page (in the 'Behind the Scenes' section) or can be
accessed from the following link:<br /><br /><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=-5X8238_aUWj3IGJAl85RWGebU2Hp9AIIRANAL6a5pzOkAvxGfeoUz7E3phgsNU7MFJ_ET7JcUA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ons.gov.uk%2fons%2fexternal-links%2fother%2finternational-migration-stats-first-time-user-guide.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/external-links/other/international-migration-stats-first-time-user-guide.html</a><br /><br />ONS
would welcome any comments on the first time user guide, which should be sent to
migstatsunit@ons.gov.uk .Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-81078844806146376742013-10-28T15:47:00.001+00:002013-10-28T15:47:27.887+00:00Learn how to set up and run a data service<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;">There are still places available on the UK Data Archive's two-day event on <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=-5X8238_aUWj3IGJAl85RWGebU2Hp9AIIRANAL6a5pzOkAvxGfeoUz7E3phgsNU7MFJ_ET7JcUA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.data-archive.ac.uk%2fnews-events%2fevents.aspx%3fid%3d3543" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">How to Set up and Run a Data
Service: The Challenges of Social Science Data</span></a>.</span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;">Held on 28 and 29 November
2013 at the University of Essex (Colchester), this is a once-a-year opportunity
to go behind the scenes and learn first-hand from specialists at the UK Data
Archive. The Archive has over 40 years’ experience in selecting, ingesting,
curating and providing access to data. UKDA are a designated Place of Deposit for
The National Archives and are internationally acknowledged experts in this
field.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;">Over the two days
participants will learn about the strategies and practices used in the Archive's
daily work, with a focus on storing and sharing social science data, including
microdata, aggregate, qualitative and historical data.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;">Both days will include
optional specialist surgeries which will give participants the opportunity to
engage with Archive experts about specific needs and interests.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The workshop is best suited for
those who are actively working with storing and sharing data for use in social
science research, or plan to in the near future. This course is unlikely to be
suitable for undergraduate or postgraduate students unless working specifically
in a data archiving environment.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The course fee is </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">£250, which includes all workshop materials plus coffee,
lunch, drinks reception and evening meal on Day 1.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">For a full programme and
booking information: <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=-5X8238_aUWj3IGJAl85RWGebU2Hp9AIIRANAL6a5pzOkAvxGfeoUz7E3phgsNU7MFJ_ET7JcUA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.data-archive.ac.uk%2fnews-events%2fevents.aspx%3fid%3d3543" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news-events/events.aspx?id=3543</span></a></span></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-28865903737857698192013-10-28T15:36:00.002+00:002013-10-28T15:37:10.178+00:00Learn to cost, plan, manage and share social science data effectively<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are still places
available for </span><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=-5X8238_aUWj3IGJAl85RWGebU2Hp9AIIRANAL6a5pzOkAvxGfeoUz7E3phgsNU7MFJ_ET7JcUA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fukdataservice.ac.uk%2fnews-and-events%2feventsitem%2f%3fid%3d3556" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Planning, Appraising, Ingesting
and Documenting Social Science Data</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, a one-day workshop at the UK
Data Archive (University of Essex, Colchester) on 27 November 2013.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it comes to dealing with
the ever increasing commitments of research data, the UK Data Service continues
to see institutions struggle with the challenges of domain specificity, in
particular, how to treat social science data.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do we help our local
researchers cost, plan and manage social science data effectively and following
best practice? How do we then appraise, ingest, curate and make accessible that
mixed bag of data that a social scientist might have created? How can we
effectively demonstrate the impact of sharing?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this workshop UKDS will
showcase our collaborative support and training materials that are being used to
support:</span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">research support staff who
face dealing with ensuring compliance with data management responsibilities set
out in almost all research applications (as well as persuading them it's the
right thing to do)</span>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">institutional repository
managers now charged with appraising, ingesting, describing and managing social
science research data created by local academics.</span></span></li>
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</ul>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day includes hands-on work
getting your hands dirty with data!</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The workshop is best suited for
those who are actively working with storing and sharing data for use in social
science research, or plan to in the near future. This course is unlikely to be
suitable for undergraduate or postgraduate students unless working specifically
in a data archiving environment.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Course fees include all
workshop materials plus refreshments and lunch:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">£30 for UK students</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">£60 for UK academic staff (including research centres),
ESRC researchers, voluntary and public sectors staff</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">£150 for commercial and international
participants</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">For a full programme and
booking information: <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=-5X8238_aUWj3IGJAl85RWGebU2Hp9AIIRANAL6a5pzOkAvxGfeoUz7E3phgsNU7MFJ_ET7JcUA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fukdataservice.ac.uk%2fnews-and-events%2feventsitem%2f%3fid%3d3556" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=3556</span></a></span></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-51994801639865466182013-10-24T10:33:00.000+01:002013-10-24T10:33:08.258+01:00Help shape the content of the LSYPE age 25 survey<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">Deadline
for written submissions: 22 November 2013</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">Consultative
conference: 6 December 2013</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CLS is seeking advice on what should be covered in the age 25 survey of
the <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cls.ioe.ac.uk%2flsype" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Longitudinal Study of Young People in
England</span></a> (LSYPE), scheduled for 2015.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CLS has
recently taken on management of the LSYPE. Their first tasks are to re-contact all
participants and plan the Age 25 Survey. This is an important stage of life for
the participants, and the survey will provide vital insights into the pathways
to adulthood. Your expertise will help uthem produce a high-quality
survey.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CLS is asking academics, policy makers and other stakeholders to put
forward their specific suggestions for content and questions by <b>Friday 22
November 2013</b></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">and to join them at the <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cls.ioe.ac.uk%2flsypeconsultativeconf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">LSYPE age 25 consultative
conference</span></a> on<b> Friday 6 December 2013</b>.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How to contribute to the consultation</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CLS have
organised the survey content into five key themes (see below), with a theme
leader responsible for reviewing and prioritising your proposals, and presenting
a summary for debate at the consultative conference.</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Further information on the
themes and theme leaders can be found below, and a copy of the consultation form (to be returned to the relevant theme leader by 22 November) can be found on the consultation website. <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cls.ioe.ac.uk%2flsypeconsultation" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Please visit website for more
details</span></a>.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Register
for the conference</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Date:
Friday 6 December 2013</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Time:
10:00am – 4:00pm</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Location:
Institute of Education, University of London</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Email
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3ac.battye%40ioe.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">c.battye@ioe.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> to
book your place</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
conference is free of charge. You do not need to have made a written submission
to attend.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Themes and theme leaders</span></b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Employment
and resources </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Claire
Crawford, Institute for Fiscal Studies, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3ac.crawford%40ifs.org.uk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">c.crawford@ifs.org.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This theme covers </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">current
economic activity; activity histories; jobs and training; income and benefits;
assets and housing; and future plans.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Household
formation and relationships </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Dylan
Kneale, Relate, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3adylan.kneale%40relate.org.uk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">dylan.kneale@relate.org.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This theme covers </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">relationship
and partnership histories; relationship with parents and families; children and
childcare; and neighbourhood context.</span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Education
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Alissa Goodman, Institute of Education, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3aa.goodman%40ioe.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">a.goodman@ioe.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This theme covers </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">academic
and vocational qualifications gained; qualifications being studied for;
experience of and attitudes towards education; and aspirations and
expectations.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Health and
wellbeing</span></b><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This theme is divided into two sections:</span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">General and physical
health; and risk taking behaviours (Helen Sweeting, University of Glasgow,
</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3ahelen.sweeting%40glasgow.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">helen.sweeting@glasgow.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Emotional health and
wellbeing (Amanda Sacker, University College London, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3aa.sacker%40ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">a.sacker@ucl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, and Yvonne Kelly,
University College London, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3ay.kelly%40ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">y.kelly@ucl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></li>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Identity and
participation </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Ingrid
Schoon, Institute of Education, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3ai.schoon%40ioe.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">i.schoon@ioe.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This theme covers s</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">elf
concept; locus of control; self efficacy; gender, class and ethnic identity;
politics; religion; civic participation and engagement; and social
cohesion.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Help pick a new study name!</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CLS are planning to rebrand the LSYPE to better reflect the broader scope
of the study and the life stage of the participants. As part of the age 25
consultation, they are seeking ideas for a new name for the study. Please add your
suggestions to your submission form, or email Carole Sanchez <a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=prKJ-xZ_mE6FrX88gqR1Vy3NT-MvpNAITCPdjm3SLWLJi74ATj2XcCn7DdLEjGo91GSTqUoVUVE.&URL=mailto%3ac.sanchez%40ioe.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">c.sanchez@ioe.ac.uk</span></a>.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Please
forward this information on to others you think would be interested in contributing to
the consultation. </span></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-87303487581307600992013-10-04T10:16:00.000+01:002013-10-04T10:16:01.234+01:00Statistical Disclosure Control – Balancing Data Confidentiality and Data Quality<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Manchester University is
hosting SDC expert Larry Cox from the US National Institute for Statistical
Science from 1<sup>st</sup>-15<sup>th</sup> November. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">He is running a course
whilst he is in Manchester: </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Statistical
Disclosure Control – Balancing Data Confidentiality and Data
Quality</span></b><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Date:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> 6-7
November 2013 </span><span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">For more
info: </span><span style="font-family: "Bell MT","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://email.essex.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=mWxsSyB3HUOdSLuKrc8F_z_6Rr54lNAI3YHddFjwPPt0NpxSZf_gPHDsHYzzLLv0QIlEu2tAN4U.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ccsr.ac.uk%2fcourses%2fida1%2fsdc.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/ida1/sdc.html</span></a></span></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-65696802399562354822013-09-23T17:26:00.002+01:002013-09-25T09:29:12.060+01:00Census consultation: Future provision of population statistics The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is launching a three month public consultation on the census and future provision
of population statistics in England and Wales today.<br />
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After each census, ONS reviews
the future needs for information about the population and housing in England
and Wales, and how these needs might be met.<br />
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Improvements in technology and in
government data sources offer opportunities to either modernise the existing
census process, or to develop an alternative census method that reuses
existing data already held within government.<br />
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The ONS' research has
resulted in two approaches for taking the census in future:<br />
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<li>a census once a decade, like that conducted in 2011, but primarily online</li>
<li>a census using existing government data and compulsory annual surveys.</li>
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ONS believe that both approaches would provide annual
statistics about the size of the population, nationally and for local
authorities. A census using existing data and surveys would provide more
statistics about the characteristics of the population every year. An online
census would provide more detailed statistics once a decade.</div>
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The
consultation document describes these approaches, their strengths
and weaknesses and the different types of information they could
provide:</div>
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<a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=sElI49BwmkyLJd9vx0VbPuBgKacJjNAItCSpK5pokgfPTX-b4i-7VLV1G_4pHngg7FMAJ3rqQU0.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fons.gov.uk%2fons%2fabout-ons%2fget-involved%2fconsultations%2fconsultations%2fbeyond-2011-consultation%2fbeyond-2011-consultation-doc-c1.pdf" target="_blank">http://ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/get-involved/consultations/consultations/beyond-2011-consultation/beyond-2011-consultation-doc-c1.pdf</a></div>
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No
decision has yet been made, and we welcome your views. Please respond using
the online questionnaire:</div>
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<a href="https://mail.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=sElI49BwmkyLJd9vx0VbPuBgKacJjNAItCSpK5pokgfPTX-b4i-7VLV1G_4pHngg7FMAJ3rqQU0.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fons.gov.uk%2fons%2fabout-ons%2fget-involved%2fconsultations%2fconsultations%2fbeyond-2011-consultation%2findex.html" target="_blank">http://ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/get-involved/consultations/consultations/beyond-2011-consultation/index.html</a></div>
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CONTACTS</div>
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Queries
relating to tables or the census in general should be addressed
to: <a href="mailto:census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk">census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk</a>.</div>
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Queries relating to
boundaries/geography should be addressed to: <a href="mailto:ons.geography@ons.gov.uk">ons.geography@ons.gov.uk</a></div>
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Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-73446664019915757452013-09-16T17:09:00.000+01:002013-09-16T17:09:05.353+01:00Data Information Literacy sypmosium - live stream<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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Purdue University Libraries will be live streaming a symposium on Data Information Literacy (DIL)
on Sept 23</span><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 7pt;">rd</span></sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">
and 24</span><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 7pt;">th</span></sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> .</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The DIL symposium will explore roles for practicing librarians in teaching competencies in data management and curation to graduate students. With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, librarians from Purdue University, Cornell University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Oregon have investigated this topic through developing and implementing “data information literacy” (DIL) instruction programs for graduate students in a range of science and engineering disciplines. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">No registration for viewing the live stream is required. The DIL Symposium will be recorded and made available afterwards through e-pubs, Purdue University’s Institutional Repository. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The
URL for the live stream is: </span><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=0VKxa7-EnE6FKPKIcUR9dFiIdEyIhtAIMaBzgsGJUIqT4ciwU_gVHAYRZGnKNfvOYs0wBRapNoE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.kaltura.com%2ftiny%2fi82md" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">http://www.kaltura.com/tiny/i82md</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">More
information about the DIL Symposium can be found at: </span><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=0VKxa7-EnE6FKPKIcUR9dFiIdEyIhtAIMaBzgsGJUIqT4ciwU_gVHAYRZGnKNfvOYs0wBRapNoE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwiki.lib.purdue.edu%2fdisplay%2fste%2fSymposium" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://wiki.lib.purdue.edu/display/ste/Symposium</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The
schedule for the symposium is available at: </span><a href="http://wiki.lib.purdue.edu/display/ste/DIL+Symposium+Schedule" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://wiki.lib.purdue.edu/display/ste/DIL+Symposium+Schedule</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The twitter hash tag for the symposium is #datainfolit. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Please note that, Purdue will make an effort to review the twitter feed during the symposium, but will be unable to respond to any questions or comments directly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The organisers
have asked that attendees read two articles before coming to the DIL Symposium.
They are:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Carlson,
J., Fosmire, M., Miller, C. & Sapp Nelson, M. (2011).Determining data
information literacy needs: A study of students and research faculty. <i>portal:
Libraries and the Academy,</i> <i>11</i>(2). 629-657. Pre-print: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=0VKxa7-EnE6FKPKIcUR9dFiIdEyIhtAIMaBzgsGJUIqT4ciwU_gVHAYRZGnKNfvOYs0wBRapNoE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fdocs.lib.purdue.edu%2flib_fsdocs%2f23%2f" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fsdocs/23/</span></a></span></div>
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J., Johnston, L., Westra, B., & Nichols, M. (2013). Developing an approach
for data management education: A report from the data information literacy
project. <i>International Journal of Digital Curation, 8(1). 204-217.
</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=0VKxa7-EnE6FKPKIcUR9dFiIdEyIhtAIMaBzgsGJUIqT4ciwU_gVHAYRZGnKNfvOYs0wBRapNoE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ijdc.net%2findex.php%2fijdc%2farticle%2fview%2f8.1.204%2f306" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc;">http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/8.1.204/306</span></a><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
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Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-63951585964793221482013-08-27T16:39:00.000+01:002013-08-27T16:39:29.236+01:00DANS video promoting data sharing<div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">
DANS, the Netherlands Data Archiving and Networked Services, has published a video
to promote storing and sharing data within the research community. The video is
available in Dutch and English, and shown on the DANS Youtube channel. The title
of the English video is 'Sharing data: good for science, good for you': <a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=obN76D-xvU2Wg1mawyzkGs1EKIDKdtAIogcTo2f4LOaGRGafMLwEEjMTN-GPW5NQ28ONFf0SHFE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fHJbo-OAaJ1I" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/HJbo-OAaJ1I</a></div>
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"Scientific research
produces data. The lifetime of these data varies greatly. Stored on a hard disk
or USB stick they are likely to be lost in the near future together with the
storage medium. Luckily, there is another, more sustainable option, which
benefits science.'</div>
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In this video Dutch
historian Martijn Kleppe (Erasmus University Rotterdam) explains why he opened
up his big photo database for other researchers to use, and quantitative data
analyst Manfred te Grotenhuis (Radboud University Nijmegen) speaks about the
treasures in data archives that are waiting to be discovered by
researchers.</div>
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Both scientists made use of
the online archiving system EASY from DANS (Data Archiving and Networked
Services) in the Netherlands. As an institute of KNAW and NWO, DANS promotes
sustained access to digital research data."</div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-4257131479300818932013-08-20T11:53:00.000+01:002013-08-20T11:53:29.765+01:00Census Research User Conference<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Friday 27 September
2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Birkbeck College,
London</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The first annual
Census Research User Conference will be held at Birkbeck College, London, on 27
September from 9.30 – 5.30.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This one-day event
will be an opportunity for data producers and research users of the census to
gather and discuss data developments, research undertaken and work in
progress. Presenters include the UK census offices and academic
researchers.</span></div>
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include:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">ONS Census Quality
and Output plans</span><br />
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Work Programme</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Characteristics of
and living arrangements amongst informal carers at the 2011 and 2001
censuses</span><br />
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data to populate the Measurement Framework for equality and human
rights</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Migration and
population profiles of city-regions in England & Wales</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Assessing potential
exposure and vulnerability to surface water flooding</span><br />
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limited so booking is required. Tea and coffee will be provided in the morning
and afternoon breaks, however lunch will not be provided.</span></div>
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please go to <a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=b1a6lZSu0UCO6enM05zf1BjtzvkocdAIxFwkZttXCWT44P3k0mvCAHOU5jbUpFsGxqDBoHH5yOs.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcensus.ukdataservice.ac.uk%2fnews-and-events%2feventsitem%2f%3fid%3d3539" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://census.ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=3539</span></a></span></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-2486163968790100742013-08-20T11:43:00.002+01:002013-08-20T11:43:56.872+01:00How to set up and run a data service: the challenges of social science data<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;">
<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">A once-a-year opportunity for data
archivists to go behind the scenes and learn first-hand from specialists at the
UK Data Archive is happening on 28 and 29 November 2013.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"></span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Over two days
participants will learn about the strategies and practices used in the Archive's
daily work, with a focus on storing and sharing social science data, including
microdata, aggregate, qualitative and historical data.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">The Archive
has over 40 years’ experience in selecting, ingesting, curating and providing
access to data. We are a designated Place of Deposit for The National Archives
and are internationally acknowledged experts in this field. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">The Digital
Preservation Coalition (DPC) will be supporting fully funded scholarships to
attend this workshop. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Applications
to join this event are now being taken. Further details and booking can be
found at: <a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=b1a6lZSu0UCO6enM05zf1BjtzvkocdAIxFwkZttXCWT44P3k0mvCAHOU5jbUpFsGxqDBoHH5yOs.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.data-archive.ac.uk%2fnews-events%2fevents.aspx%3fid%3d3543" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news-events/events.aspx?id=3543</span></a>
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Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-31616836224674919012013-08-14T19:11:00.000+01:002013-08-14T19:11:34.644+01:00NIH Call for Information on Methods for 'Big Data' in Biomedical Research<div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The US National Institutes of
Health (NIH) has just issued a call for information on software tools and
analysis methods as part of their Big Data to Knowledge Initiative. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Specifically,
the call solicits input on needs for software and analysis methods related to
data compression/reduction, data visualization, data provenance, and data
wrangling for biomedical research. The closing data for r<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">esponses is September 6th 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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data-intensive as researchers are generating and using increasingly large,
complex, and diverse datasets. This era of 'Big Data' in biomedical research
taxes the ability of many researchers to release, locate, analyze, and interact
with these data and associated software due to the lack of tools,
accessibility, and training. In response to these new challenges in biomedical
research, and in response to the recommendations of the Data and Informatics
Working Group (DIWG) of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (<a href="http://acd.od.nih.gov/diwg.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://acd.od.nih.gov/diwg.htm</span></a>),
NIH has launched the trans-NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative (<a href="http://www.bd2k.nih.gov/"><span style="color: blue;">www.bd2k.nih.gov</span></a>).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is to support advances in data science, other quantitative sciences, policy,
and training that are needed for the effective use of Big Data in biomedical
research. (The term "biomedical" is used here in the broadest sense
to include biological, biomedical, behavioral, social, environmental, and
clinical studies that relate to understanding health and disease). </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-69784622590831395722013-08-14T18:59:00.000+01:002013-08-14T18:59:09.519+01:00BSA Presidential Event: The Challenge of Big Data
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">25
October 2013: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">09:30-16:45<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">British
Library Conference Centre,
London, UK<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">BSA President, Professor John Holmwood has announced a one-day seminar/workshop
on 'The Challenge of Big Data', organised in collaboration with Dr Emma
Uprichard, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick
and Dr Abby Day, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Speakers include: Evelyn Ruppert (Goldsmiths), Ken Benoit (LSE), Emma
Uprichard (University of Warwick), Alan Warde (University of Manchester), Abby
Day (Goldsmiths), Emer Coleman (dsrptn), Peter Elias (University of Warwick),
Paul Martin (University of Sheffield), Paul Taylor (UCL), Andrew Goffey
(University of Nottingham).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Government White Paper on Open Data and the Finch Report on Open
Access to Research publications were both published in June 2012, inaugurating
a discussion about the changing nature of social science research and its role
in the evaluation of policy and practice. Administrative data and its linkage
to other large data sets, data mining, and the increased proprietorial interest
in large data all pose a fundamental challenge for the social sciences to
confront big data with big questions. This joint event of the British Library
and the British Sociological Association uses a workshop format to address
these issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Places
for this event are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Lunch and
refreshments are included. BSA Members can attend this event for £10.
Non-Members of the BSA may also attend this event for a registration fee of
£30.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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information see <a href="http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/bsa-presidential-event.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/bsa-presidential-event.aspx</span></a>
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Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-76579200174334840702013-08-14T18:49:00.003+01:002013-08-14T18:49:47.071+01:00Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents ... Historical Economic Data Sources & Economic Time Travel<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b></b></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Government Resources Section of the
North Carolina Library Association is holding a series of webinars designed
to increase familiarity with
government information resources, and the best strategies for
navigating them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Session #29 on historical economic data sources will take place online on August 21 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Eastern). Please RSVP for the Session by August 20 at 5:00 pm using this link: </span><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=FbI5vsfUakmGLL-fZ2suga4WjHSrbNAIREN_0KOuHSaj2yWE38yxRaLQjEbJh-H_ef7hRgi8P-c.&URL=https%3a%2f%2ftinyurl.com%2fgrs-session29" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://tinyurl.com/grs-session29</span></b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In economics, historical data aren’t necessarily 200 years old; historical
data could be two weeks old. That’s because economic data are revised,
frequently. And those revisions mean that the historical data librarians find
for patrons may not be the same values that an individual would have seen when
the data were initially released. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Economic data are made from estimates. Over time, more information becomes
available and these estimates are revised. Policy-makers, businesses, and
consumers make economic and financial decisions based on unrevised data
available at a point in time. These unrevised are useful for studying historic
decisions and economic policies. This webinar will describe sources available
for uncovering historical economic data and methods for using those sources that
provide a window into the past. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pamela Campbell is a Senior Librarian at the Federal Reserve Bank of St.
Louis. She has been working with government documents for nearly four years,
with a focus on economic history. Pamela is part of the team that provides
FRASER <</span><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=FbI5vsfUakmGLL-fZ2suga4WjHSrbNAIREN_0KOuHSaj2yWE38yxRaLQjEbJh-H_ef7hRgi8P-c.&URL=http%3a%2f%2ffraser.stlouisfed.org%2f" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">>, a digital library dedicated
to preserving the nation’s economic history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Technical requirements: The webinar will be via Blackboard Collaborate. The conneting PC must have JAVA. On RSVP, a link will be sent that can be used to test the
software. No microphone is needed as a chat system is available in the software, but speakers or headphones will be necessary.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (</span><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=FbI5vsfUakmGLL-fZ2suga4WjHSrbNAIREN_0KOuHSaj2yWE38yxRaLQjEbJh-H_ef7hRgi8P-c.&URL=mailto%3almkellam%40uncg.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lmkellam@uncg.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The session will be recorded and made
available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (</span><a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=FbI5vsfUakmGLL-fZ2suga4WjHSrbNAIREN_0KOuHSaj2yWE38yxRaLQjEbJh-H_ef7hRgi8P-c.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nclaonline.org%2fgovernment-resources" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span></span></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-83988164413175753982013-07-25T12:40:00.001+01:002013-07-25T12:41:05.067+01:00HMRC consultation on data sharingHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is seeking views on the department sharing non identifiable information for the creation of general, aggregate and
anonymised datasets, and on proposed safeguards.<br />
<br />
The consultation also
covers the potential benefits, costs / risks and necessary safeguards for
proposals to share VAT registration data, either publicly or under controlled
conditions for specified purposes, for example, credit rating. Views are welcome
on the principles underlying these proposals and on the suggested approaches to
implementation.<br />
<br />
The consultation will run until the 24th September 2013.
You can find out more information and download the consultation documentation
from <a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=6OwEIsWvZEawyVj5O-ZKhdEEF8-0XNAItknMacKCBnIFmpwkuniXjg8Lk3npQPzn44zaKrtBvS0.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fconsultations%2fsharing-and-publishing-data-for-public-benefit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/sharing-and-publishing-data-for-public-benefit</a>.Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-47557089889250055632013-07-25T11:46:00.000+01:002013-07-25T11:46:23.535+01:00I'M BACKApologies for my absence over the last few months, I have been changing jobs. I am now back and will hopefully be able to find time to blog issues of interest to data users and providers of data infrastructure on a regular basis again.<br />
<br />
best<br />
TanviTanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-57287255299390032662013-07-25T11:44:00.000+01:002013-07-25T11:44:42.105+01:00CODATA Data-at-Risk Inventory<div class="MsoNormal">
Are you interested in saving scientific data? <br /><br />CODATA is inviting contributions to to an inventory of descriptions of (1) scientific data at-risk of
permanent loss, and (2) descriptions of data rescue projects. <br /><br /><b>What is
the Data-at-Risk Inventory?</b><br /><br />The Data-at-Risk Inventory (DARI) is an
ongoing project of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
Data at Risk Task Group (DARTG) to create a catalog of scientific data that
are at risk of being lost. DARI is a descriptive inventory of endangered data
that are held by others, and an inventory of data rescue projects; it is not a
repository for data. DARI is an implementation of DARTG’s recognition that
long-term observational scientific research depends on historical
records.<br /><br />What you can do to help:<br /><br />DARI is looking for librarians,
archivists, information custodians, data managers, scientists, researchers, and
others who know of scientific data that could be at-risk, and are willing to
contribute a description of that data to the inventory. We have also begun to
document data rescue projects, and we are seeking descriptions of any known
effort to preserve or rescue at-risk data. <br /><br />How to contribute to the
inventory: </div>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Click on this link: <a href="https://excas.lse.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=6OwEIsWvZEawyVj5O-ZKhdEEF8-0XNAItknMacKCBnIFmpwkuniXjg8Lk3npQPzn44zaKrtBvS0.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ibiblio.org%2fdata-at-risk%2fcontribution" target="_blank">http://www.ibiblio.org/data-at-risk/contribution</a>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">From the drop-down menu, select either "Data at Risk
Inventory" or "Data Rescue Projects"
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">A form will appear into which you may enter information
about at-risk data or about a rescue effort
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Click on “Submit”</li>
</ol>
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After the form is submitted, the DARI team will review it
before it is made available to the web. </div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-84203908139352512152013-02-16T16:55:00.001+00:002013-02-16T16:55:09.138+00:00ONS Workshop: International Migration and the 2011 Census<span style="font-size: x-small;">A workshop hosted by the Migration
Observatory at the University of Oxford.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Date: Monday 25 February 2013<br />Time: 13:45-14.45</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Place: Dahrendorf Seminar Room, St. Antony’s College Oxford<br /><br />Speakers:<br />Emma Wright<br />Head
of Population Analysis, UK Office for National Statistics<br /><br />Peter
Stokes<br />Census Statistical Design Manager, UK Office for National
Statistics<br /><br />For more information about the workshop
please contact carlos.vargas-silva@compas.ox.ac.uk, 01865 284975.<br /><br />All are
welcome to attend but spaces are limited, so please RSVP to
lindsey.robinson@compas.ox.ac.uk.</span>Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-13961949768835914782013-02-12T13:54:00.000+00:002013-02-12T13:54:49.849+00:00<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dear colleagues<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">[on behalf of Dave Martin and Paul <span style="font-size: x-small;">Norman]</span></span></span><br /><br />Understandably, only a few of us can
invest much time in following the plans for future censuses and you may
therefore be unaware of recent developments. If you are a user of small area
census data, please read on and act if you can - there is a real risk of losing
the small area census data that you currently take for granted.<br /><br />ONS are
currently undertaking research on potential replacements for the conventional
census in 2021. Although that seems a very long way off, recommendations need to
go before parliament next year and the preparatory work is already well
advanced. Based on the series of roadshows run by ONS last autumn, they have not
received convincing high-value use cases for small area population attributes.
Arguments such as "they are used to target local services" are not sufficiently
robust to stand up to the inevitable financial scrutiny. A leading option is to
derive basic age/sex data from linked administrative records and to use social
survey data to obtain the types of population attributes that would previously
have been obtained from the census - (ethnicity, LLTI, tenure, car ownership,
employment, etc.) This would clearly not deliver small area data of the current
quality, if at all.<br /><br />We are urgently appealing to the research community
to have your say: if no case is made, it seems entirely likely that ONS will not
be able to include generation of costly small area data as part of the
recommended option. If you can demonstrate high-value research (and ideally
high-valued impacts!) based on small area 2001 census data, please mail <span style="font-size: x-small;">David Martin and Paul Norman (d.j.martin@soton.ac.uk, p.d.norman@leeds.ac.uk) </span> - we
need to marshall further evidence by the end of February.<br /><br />Ideally, we are
seeking identifiable research with an estimate of value and impact and/or an
indication of why it could not be done without high quality small area data. If
you can supply a paper or URL where further details could be pursued, better
still. NB This is about England and Wales, although Scotland and Northern
Ireland will be reviewing the same issues in due course.<br /><br />If you want to
find out more about Beyond 2011, see <a href="http://www.blogger.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/what-we-do/programmes---projects/beyond-2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/what-we-do/programmes---projects/beyond-2011/index.html</a>
Although there is not a formal consultation currently open, you can also mail
them at beyond2011@ons.gsi.gov.uk<br /><br />With many thanks,<br />David Martin,
University of Southampton Email: D.J.Martin@soton.ac.uk<br />Paul Norman,
University of Leeds Email: P.D.Norman@leeds.ac.uk</span>Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-83417605745929622162013-02-12T13:21:00.001+00:002013-02-12T13:21:19.064+00:00Training resources: Sharing, Preservation and Licensing of Data<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Research Data MANTRA
project has announced publication of their final learning unit - Sharing,
Preservation and Licensing: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/preservation.html" target="_blank">http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/preservation.html</a><br />
(It may be necessary for you to refresh your browser to view it.)<br />
<br />
Topics covered, through the usual combination of text, illustrations, videos
and quizzes include:<br />
<br />
About the unit<br />
Story of a thwarted data user (case study from Clinical Psychology)<br />
Why share data?<br />
Sharing your research data<br />
Data sharing: Benefits<br />
Data sharing: Barriers<br />
Data fabrication and fraudulent practices<br />
Long-term data preservation: the risk of loss<br />
Preservation and trusted repositories<br />
Open data licensing<br />
Open Data Commons<br />
ODC Guide<br />
Summary</span><br />
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<![endif]-->Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-13596336452830004432013-02-12T13:14:00.000+00:002013-02-12T13:14:10.494+00:00Feedback on 2011 Census dataThis is your opportunity to feed back your views on the 2011 Census
data<br /><br />The ONS has developed a user satisfaction survey
about the 2011 Census data that will take around 15 minutes to
complete.<br /><br />Your views on the presentation and associated commentary,
datasets and supporting information will provide valuable feed back for future
planning.<br />
<br />
<br />The survey will remain open until Friday 8th March. This should enable you to
view/use the data before responding.<br /><br />If you have any further comments on
this survey which fall outside of the questions, please email
benefits.realisation@ons.gov.uk <br /><br />click here to enter 2011 Census user satisfaction survey: -> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DJSB97K" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DJSB97K</a><br /><br />USEFUL CENSUS CONTACTS<br /><br />Queries
relating to tables or the census in general should be addressed
to: census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk<br />
<br />
Queries relating to
boundaries/geography should be addressed
to: ons.geography@ons.gov.uk <br /><br />2011 Census homepage :<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/index.html</a>Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-76265542265941982422013-01-17T16:11:00.000+00:002013-01-17T16:11:51.417+00:00Beyond 2011 programme - National Records of Scotland public engagement events
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Beyond 2011 programme was initiated by the National
Records of Scotland (NRS) to propose viable alternative options to the
traditional census in Scotland. The census has long been the benchmark for
capturing a comprehensive, consolidated and accurate snapshot of the
population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, various sources
indicate that the current system of providing population and key
socio-demographic statistics is no longer meeting all user needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Beyond 2011 programme will produce an options paper
for Scottish Government ministers, describing the work that has been completed
in the research phase and detailing the options for the next phases. </span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As part of this research phase, NRS need to determine
what the user requirements are for producing small area population and
socio-demographic statistics and would like to invite your views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A series of public engagement events in the
morning and afternoon (times to be confirmed) of the 19th and 21st February
2013 will be held at the Dome, New Register House, Edinburgh (</span><a href="http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/contacts/opentime/colormap.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/contacts/opentime/colormap.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you would like to attend or for more information
please contact </span><a href="mailto:beyond2011@gro-scotland.gsi.gov.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">beyond2011@gro-scotland.gsi.gov.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
by the 21st January 2013 and state your preferred date and session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Beyond 2011 programme also has a group on the
Knowledge Hub which can be accessed from </span><a href="https://knowledgehub.local.gov.uk/group/scottishbeyond2011programmebeyond2011scotland"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://knowledgehub.local.gov.uk/group/scottishbeyond2011programmebeyond2011scotland</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Registration is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-90792489588958684192013-01-17T11:10:00.001+00:002013-01-17T11:10:17.619+00:00North American Data Documentation Initiative Conference 2013
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The call for papers for the North American Data
Documentation Initiative 2013 Conference has been extended through January 31. </span><a href="http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/papers.shtml"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/papers.shtml</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Conference registration is also now open </span><a href="http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/registration.shtml"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/registration.shtml</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The North American Data Documentation Initiative
Conference (NADDI) is an opportunity for those using DDI and those interested
in learning more about it to come together and learn from each other. Patterned
after the successful European DDI conference (EDDI), NADDI 2013 will be a two
day conference with invited and contributed presentations. This conference
should be of interest to both researchers and data professionals in the social
sciences and other disciplines. Training sessions will follow the conference. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more information about DDI see </span><a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ddialliance.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
Tanvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950981972474173858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665786786300901983.post-18189772644800724382013-01-17T11:09:00.000+00:002013-01-17T11:09:01.060+00:002011 Census User Guide and Key Statistics interface
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 2011 Census User Guide brings together the
information you need in order to understand and use statistics from the 2011
Census in England and Wales -<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-user-guide/index.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-user-guide/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Newly available: information about variables and
classifications, a comprehensive glossary, and a report about comparability
over time. The guide also contains information about quality assurance, quality
measures, comparability with other data sources, statistical disclosure control
methods, coverage assessment and adjustment methods, and frequently asked
questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The guide will expand over time as the releases become
more detailed. In the meantime, let ONS know what you think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Key Statistics interface has now been updated (v2.5)
and is available at the following link: </span><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/index.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This tool enables comparisons between 2001 and 2011
Census population estimates of selected tables and is available in both Office
2003 and 2007 versions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">ONS recommends that you replace any earlier versions you
may have received or downloaded and now use this updated version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">CONTACTS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Queries relating to tables or the census in general
should be addressed to:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<a href="mailto:census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Queries relating to boundaries/geography should be
addressed to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="mailto:ons.geography@ons.gov.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">ons.geography@ons.gov.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2011 Census homepage :</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/index.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2011 Census News and Events:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/the-2011-census/news-and-events/index.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/the-2011-census/news-and-events/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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