[ICPSR] ICPSR DataBytes -- Winter 2016

[Linda Detterman]

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*In This Issue*

   - ICPSR's Winter Byte <#84188724_a01>
   - The 2016 Summer Program is Heating Up! <#84188724_a02>
   - Looking Back at a Year of Collaboration <#84188724_a03>
   - PATH Study Now Available via ICPSR's National Addiction & HIV Data
   Archive Program (NAHDAP) <#84188724_a04>
   - Heat up Your Winter Syllabus: Throw in some Data in the Classroom!
   <#84188724_a05>
   - An Updated Collection Development Policy for ICPSR <#84188724_a06>
   - New ICPSR Council Members Arrive in March <#84188724_a07>
   - The ICPSR Bulletin – A Blizzard of Information <#84188724_a08>
   - China Data Center Seeks Fans & Followers <#84188724_a09>
   - Is your Institution's OR/DR Information Current? <#84188724_a10>
   - A Fond Farewell to Mary Vardigan <#84188724_a11>

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ICPSR's Winter Byte

While the mild temperatures here in Ann Arbor have confused our seasonal
signs, the calendar confirms it is time for ICPSR's winter edition of
DataBytes!

The 2016 Summer Program is Heating Up!

Registration for the 2016 Summer Program
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/> will open at noon EST on February 8.
The four-week courses run June 20-July 15 and July 18-August 12. And,
numerous three- to five-day workshops beginning in May are also in the mix!
Looking Back at a Year of Collaboration

ICPSR's 2014-2015 annual report
<http://issuu.com/icpsr/docs/annual-report-finalsinglepages/1> is now
available. The report documents a year in which ICPSR added new archives,
saw membership continue to grow, and collaborated globally and across
academic disciplines to support curation and preservation of scientific
data.

PATH Study Now Available via ICPSR's National Addiction & HIV Data Archive
Program (NAHDAP)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) announce the availability of questionnaire data from
the first wave of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH)
Study. Hosted by NAHDAP <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NAHDAP/>, the PATH Study
<http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36231.v2> is a household-based, nationally
representative, longitudinal cohort study of 45,971 youth (12-17 years) and
adults in the United States.
Heat up Your Winter Syllabus: Throw in some Data in the Classroom!

ICPSR's Teaching & Learning resources
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/instructors/> are full of standardized
exercises to introduce data analysis within your substantive introductory
courses, whether you want to change things up for a day or a week. Check
out our Data-Driven Learning Guides
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/instructors/biblio/resources> where
analyses are preset so students (and faculty!) can focus on content rather
than mechanics of data analysis.

An Updated Collection Development Policy for ICPSR

ICPSR recently published a new policy outlining the characteristics of data
that ICPSR has interest in adding to its expansive collection of data in
the social and behavioral sciences. See our seven High-Priory Data areas
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/announcements/2015/09/icpsr-updates-collection-development>
and read the full policy
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/policies/colldev.html>
.

New ICPSR Council Members Arrive in March

ICPSR will welcome the ICPSR Council
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/governance/council.html>
to its next meeting, March 3-4, with six new colleagues. After a robust
nomination period, the membership approved the new Council members this
past December. Arriving with thick binders in hand will be new members:
Christine Borgman, Information Studies, UCLA; Jeremy Freese, Sociology,
Northwestern University; Jane Fry, Data Centre, MacOdrum Library, Carleton
University, Ottawa, ON; Michael Jones-Correa, Political Science, Cornell;
Verna Keith, Race & Ethnics Studies Institute, Texas A&M; Robert Stine,
Statistics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Welcome to ICPSR
Council!
The ICPSR Bulletin - A Blizzard of Information

The most recent ICPSR Bulletin
<http://issuu.com/icpsr/docs/2015-final1_issuu/1> provides a flurry of news
on the 2015 Biennial ICPSR Meeting
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/ormeet/workshops.html>,
the Army STARRS <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/35197>
study of mental health risk and resilience, the origins of the Data
Documentation Initiative <http://www.ddialliance.org/> (DDI), and more.

China Data Center Seeks Fans & Followers

The China Data Center <http://chinadatacenter.org/> (CDC) of the University
of Michigan provides a rich array of information on China and offer
comprehensive statistics, Census data, and spatial data of China. Receive
the latest news and insights by following the CDC on Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/spatialdatacenter/> and on Twitter
<https://twitter.com/chinadatacenter>!
Is your Institution's OR/DR Information Current?

The new calendar year often brings announcements of retirements and staff
changes. While we have received notifications of several changes to our
official and designated representatives, we are certain that still more are
out there! Please take a moment to review the OR/DR listed for your
organization
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/administration/institutions>.
Need an update? Email us at help at icpsr.umich.edu Please be sure to send the
updated name, email address, and full contact information, and we'll do the
rest!
A Fond Farewell to Mary Vardigan

It is with heartfelt congratulations that ICPSR announces that Mary
Vardigan, Assistant Director of ICPSR, retired this past December. Mary has
had a significant hand in shaping the organization for 30 years. In
addition to serving as ICPSR editor and directing ICPSR's Collection
Delivery Unit, Mary also has served as Director of the Data Documentation
Initiative (DDI), and is involved in other international projects related
to data stewardship, including the Data Seal of Approval, the Research Data
Alliance, and various efforts to promote data citation. Missing Mary
already? Visit ICPSR's YouTube channel
<https://www.youtube.com/user/ICPSRWeb> where Mary talks about the evolution
of the delivery of research data
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8OtTufRKE&feature=youtu.be> to the web
environment.
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