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The North American Jewish Databank (NAJDB): A Rare Population Archive

The North American Jewish Databank (NAJDB): A Rare Population Archive. Cindy Teixeira The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research University of Connecticut IASSIST Conference 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland. Overview. What is the NAJDB? Challenges Extend of the Collection Accomplishments

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The North American Jewish Databank (NAJDB): A Rare Population Archive

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  1. The North American Jewish Databank (NAJDB): A Rare Population Archive Cindy Teixeira The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research University of Connecticut IASSIST Conference 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  2. Overview • What is the NAJDB? • Challenges • Extend of the Collection • Accomplishments • Future Plans • Website Demonstration www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  3. Summer of 2004, NAJDB moved to the University of Connecticut (UCONN) United Jewish Communities (UJC) Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at UCONN Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (UCONN) UCONN and the NAJDB www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  4. What is the NAJDB? • Central Repository for data about the North American Jewry • Established in 1986 • Council of Jewish Federations (CJF) • United Jewish Communities (UJC) • Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) • Website was established in the 1990’s • 2003 the NAJDB moved to Brandeis University www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  5. Goals • Upgrade NAJDB datasets to today’s standards • Increase the archival holdings • Stimulate and facilitate research and teaching www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  6. Challenges • Amount of materials • Time constraints • Website & downloading of datasets • Type of usage • Processing datasets www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  7. Extend of the Collection • US National studies (5) • NJPS 1971, 1990, 2000-01 • NSRE 2000 • NSRI 1990 • US Communities studies (97) www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  8. Short-Term Accomplishments • While time was ticking away… • Website • Developing pages • Implementation and development of dataset downloading • Registration and user agreements • Processing and Archiving • Addition of DDI elements to the Catalog • Confidentiality and data checks • Documentation and reports www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  9. Accomplishments • Website and website usage • Processing of Datasets and Reports • Newsletter • Increase knowledge of the NAJDB • Conferences • ASA August, 2005 • AJS December, 2005 • Faculty teaching • Bulletins www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

  10. Future Plans • Determining users needs • Searchable catalog • Electronic reading room • Regional, topical, and community size based reports • Acquisitions • Over 100 documents being prepared for archiving • 38 Canadian reports www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

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  19. Contact Information • NAJDB website • www.jewishdatabank.org • Roper Center website • www.ropercenter.uconn.edu • Contact Info • cindy@ropercenter.uconn.edu www.jewishdatabank.org www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu

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