[ICPSR] ICPSR DataByes - Autumn 2010

[Matthew Richardson]

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In This Issue

ICPSR's 2010 Autumn Byte
Reflecting on the Fall Social Science Data Fair
Guiding Effective Data Management Plans
Harvesting the Rewards of Work Well Done!
Planning for the 2011 ICPSR Internship Program
Celebrating a Bounty of Preservation Pioneers
Connecting the Community
Focusing on SDA - The Fall ICPSR Bulletin
Where Will You Be Next October?
Preparing to Give Thanks for 50 Years!
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Council meetings

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ICPSR's 2010 Autumn Byte

Fall is wrapping up here in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but before you head  
into winter hibernation, grab another glass of apple cider and take a  
moment to enjoy ICPSR's fall edition of DataBytes!



Reflecting on the Fall Social Science Data Fair

Over 280 attendees from 136 institutions experienced ICPSR's first  
virtual Social Sciences Data Fair. Of the 14 sessions, the webinar on  
Data Management Plans was the most highly attended with 134 present.  
Slides and recordings have all been posted on the ICPSR Data Fair Web  
site.

Guiding Effective Data Management Plans

As more funding agencies, including NIH and most recently NSF, require  
that grant applications contain data management plans for projects  
involving data collection, ICPSR is pleased to offer guidelines on its  
Web site for preparing data management plans.

Harvesting the Rewards of Work Well Done!

Congratulations to our ICPSR Undergraduate Research Paper Competition  
winners (in order of placement): Evangeleen Pattison, The City College  
of New York, "The Expansion of American Higher Education: Access and  
Opportunity or Exclusion and Stratification?"; Matthew S. Michaels,  
University of Florida, "Americans' Ever-Changing Attitudes toward  
Homosexuality"; Evelyn Williams, Kent State University, "Satisfaction  
of Needs and Well-Being: An Application of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs  
to the Population of Kenya." The 2011 ICPSR Research Paper deadline is  
January 31, 2011. Please encourage students to submit their papers now!

Planning for the 2011 ICPSR Internship Program

ICPSR is actively planning for another year of undergraduate interns.  
Interns spend ten weeks from mid-June through mid-August at ICPSR  
working with faculty mentors, completing research projects, attending  
courses in the ICPSR Summer Program, creating conference-ready  
posters, and more. Applications are due in February 2011. Check the  
ICPSR Careers Web site frequently as more information becomes available.

Celebrating a Bounty of Preservation Pioneers

ICPSR's Preservation Officer, Nancy McGovern, former ICPSR director  
Myron Gutmann, ICPSR Council member Fran Berman, and ICPSR faculty  
associate Margaret Hedstrom have been named "Digital Preservation  
Pioneers" by the Library of Congress. The Library is profiling  
individuals and organizations for exemplary work in collecting and  
preserving the nation's digital heritage.

Connecting the Community

ICPSR is pleased to announce the release of its 2009-2010 Annual  
Report. This fully electronic report describes our continuing efforts  
to connect the community, from meetings and educational workshops that  
bring researchers from around the country to our Ann Arbor  
headquarters, to new collections that widen the scope of data  
available from ICPSR, to our renowned Summer Program in Quantitative  
Methods.



Focusing on SDA - The Fall ICPSR Bulletin

In the Fall 2010 ICPSR Bulletin, ICPSR highlights the release of  
version 3.5 of the Survey Documentation and Analysis software. SDA 3.5  
provides online data analysis of datasets with complex sample designs  
with the same level of statistical rigor as Stata, SAS, and SUDAAN.

Where Will You Be Next October?

Save the Date! ICPSR is pleased to announce that the Biennial Meeting  
of Official Representatives will be held onsite in Ann Arbor, October  
5-7, 2011. Have program content ideas? Contact Linda Detterman now as  
program planning is under way!

Preparing to Give Thanks for 50 Years!

ICPSR will begin to take on a golden hue as it plans to celebrate its  
50th Anniversary. The celebration will launch formally at the 2011 OR  
Meeting scheduled for October 5-7, 2011. Fifty more reasons to save  
the date!


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