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Data Liberation Initiative Update

Data Liberation Initiative Update. DLI ONTARIO TRAINING April 2009. Michel B. Séguin, Jennifer Pagnotta. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009. Organizational Updates Changes in the DLI Community Changes in the EAC and Education Committees Present Projects – priorities Browse the Collection.

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Data Liberation Initiative Update

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  1. Data Liberation Initiative Update DLI ONTARIO TRAINING April 2009 Michel B. Séguin, Jennifer Pagnotta

  2. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Organizational Updates • Changes in the DLI Community • Changes in the EAC and Education Committees • Present Projects – priorities • Browse the Collection Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  3. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Remains our Chief Statistician ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Dr. Munir Sheikh Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  4. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Major number of changes to the organization have been announced last week • For example: • Communications and Library Services Division are now part of Corporate Services • Research Data Centres are now Microdata Access Division • Heather Dryburgh is appointed Manager of the Microdata Access Division as October 1st 2009 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  5. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Wayne Smith was our Assistant Chief Statistician until last Friday, April 3rd, 2009 • Janice Vezina is now our Assistant Chief Statistician • We now report to the Corporate Services Sector ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  6. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Jonathan Massey-Smith – Director General Remains our Director General Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  7. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Remains Director of Communications and Library Services Division ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Eric St. John Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  8. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Assistant-Director of Communications and Library Services Division • Martine Grenier has returned to Census Operations Division • Gabrielle Beaudoin is now assistant-director in CLSD ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Bernie Gloyn Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  9. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Will leave at end of July • Thank you Jennifer for all your efforts and work to make this a success ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Jennifer Pagnotta Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  10. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Will be back in August ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Marie-Claire Lauzon Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  11. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Looks after all the travel forms, mail outs and other administrative tasks • Keeps me straight ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Renée Rocan Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  12. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Takes care of : • the FTP site • the Web site • the search tool • registration on listserv • passwords • all of us • Worries about the conversion to CLF 2.0 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Jackie Godfrey Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  13. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Works on DDI • Keeps reloading the files because of changes done by Eve… ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Linda Harding-DeVries Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  14. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Works on DDI • Tags files in DDI compliant format • Loads files on NESSTAR • Will be ending in May 2009 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Eve Boyle Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  15. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Works on completing SPSS code • Ads missing values to SPSS codes • Will be with us until May or June 2009 ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Maxine Giroux Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  16. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Survey of DLI contacts and designates • Did presentations to various regional training • Will work on a Report for use in QPR at StatCan ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Gaëtan Drolet Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  17. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • EAC minutes • Long term planning document • Training DLI staff • Did a follow-survey to postsecondary institutions ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES Mike Sivyer Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  18. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • No new institutions joined the DLI since the last update • Still have 74 members • Visits to new members have been done except for Humber College who will be visited in May 2009 DLI MEMBERSHIP Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  19. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Visited in February 2009 • Turnout was fabulous • 1st day 25 library staff • 2nd day 30 faculty staff University of Fraser Valley Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  20. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Visited in March 2009 • Turnout was also fabulous • 2 days with librarians from almost every campuses • Another session planned for Fall 2009 with GIS campus Nova Scotia Community College Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  21. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Several other colleges have contacted the DLI Section for information • Mike Sivyer did a follow-up to find out why they haven’t joined • Turns out they only need one set of data • Some don’t have the resources to assign to this task DLI MEMBERSHIP Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  22. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Mark Leggott, Director, PEI University, has resigned from the EAC as of Fall 2008 • Margaret Haines, Director, Carleton University Library has joined EAC as Spring 2009 • Elizabeth Hamilton will be attending her last EAC meeting in Spring 2008 • Suzanne Drapeau, Nova Scotia Community College will replace Elizabeth at the EAC EAC MEMBERSHIP Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  23. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • 2 positions of senior advisors have been formalized (one for Ernie who is already retired and one for Wendy who will retire in 2011) • This is in recognition of the work they have done as DLI parents EAC MEMBERSHIP Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  24. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • EAC will also look at changes to membership over time since there will be quite a few changes in the next five years. • Minutes from the EAC committee • As members are moving, EAC is trying to have different persons as members of the EAC members of the DLI Education Committee EAC MEMBERSHIP Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  25. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Elizabeth Hamilton has resigned (almost) as Training Coordinator for the Atlantic Region but until someone volunteers to take over, she has continued participating to the organization of the regional training • Maryna Beaulieu and Richard Boily from Quebec Region are looking for new people to take over as training coordinators • Thank you, Laine Ruus for the work you have done and continue doing for the DLI Community Education Committee Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  26. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Thank you, Nicole Doyle, for having offered to take over the responsibilities as training coordinator • Thank you, Wendy Watkins, for your work on many fronts but also for your participation as training coordinator for Ontario • Welcome and thank you, Sandra Keys, for accepting to take over these responsibilities as training coordinator for Ontario Education Committee Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  27. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • There was a DLI bootcamp in Montreal last May • Very successful turnout • All DLI member institutions in Quebec were represented • Many institutions in Montreal had two – three representatives • Other representatives from Ottawa University and from Moncton University Education Committee Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  28. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Will be meeting on June 15 and 16 in Ottawa to organize a Train the trainers session • That session will held in Montreal in November 2009 – to be confirmed • Minutes from the Education Committee Education Committee Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  29. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 DLI Award Census Operations Division 2006 Special Surveys Divison 2008 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  30. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Another DLI award will be presented next week at the EAC meeting • Presented to Health Statistics Division for the: • Quality of their products and documentation • Support and training they have provided to the DLI • Thanks to the Award Committee for the selection and wording • Mary Luebbe, Jeff Moon, Phyllis Ross, Gaston Quirion DLI Award Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  31. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Listserv • Remains our first priority • Even with the transition, I think that the service standards were maintained • Thanks to Marie-Claire and Jennifer Pagnotta for setting these standards and maintaining them even through transitions PRESENT PRIORITIES Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  32. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Annual Report 07/08 • Will be prepared for end of August 2009 • Data Documentation Initiative • We are still tagging files • Try to coordinate efforts with other partners • Many interactions with Federal Departments • Beware for renewal of NESSTAR PRESENT PRIORITIES Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  33. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • FTP access structure for Census and Geography • Part of the mandate from the Education Committee and EAC to the DLI Section: • Improve the FTP access structure for census and geography • Receive from you comments and suggestions • Gather comments at training sessions or after and prepare a proposal for the Fall of 2009 PRESENT PRIORITIES Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  34. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Investigate the e-conferencing / e-presence • In order to have continuous information on products • More contacts between Subject-matter specialists and DLI contacts • Take advantage of new technology that brings more current information • Now investigating with Royal College in Calgary who has offered to see if they could be the host PRESENT PRIORITIES Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  35. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Integrated Metadata Base (IMDB) • All documentation from DLI collection has been transferred to the IMDB • Links the information on the survey to the documentation and vice versa • Makes our new interface work better • Standard Division is bridging IMDB and DDI PRESENT PRIORITIES Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

  36. DLI UPDATE – Ontario 2009 • Browse the Collection Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

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