[ICPSR] ICPSR Director issues statement on continued support to data community amid global Coronavirus battle

[Linda Detterman]

Dear ICPSR Community,

ICPSR is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace for our
employees and helping our data community to do the same. As a digital
repository, our operations continue without interruption. We will continue
to accept data for deposit, to share data via our website and virtual data
enclave, and to support our data users at icpsr-help at umich.edu

We have advised ICPSR employees to work from home through the end of March,
in an effort to reduce the risk of exposure and spread of viruses within
our office and our surrounding communities. Due to the nature of our work,
we expect operations to run smoothly and productively. We ask for your
patience as we adapt to this new way of working with each other.

One change to our normal operations will be the temporary closure of
ICPSR’s physical enclave for restricted data. This is the enclave located
in our building. This closure affects approved restricted-use data users
with appointments only through the end of March. We have already contacted
impacted data users.

We are in the process of contingency planning for the 2020 ICPSR Summer
Program in Quantitative Research Methods. As this is an evolving situation,
frequent announcements will be communicated regarding the status of
workshops and courses. Please refer to the Summer Program website
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/&sa=D&ust=1584139992320000>
for
updates. Note that registration for the program continues to be open.

For those of you who are now teaching or studying online, we have provided
a single entry point
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/about/cms/2301&sa=D&ust=1584139992321000>for
ICPSR’s resources to help you continue in your important work.

We appreciate the trust that you place in ICPSR. We will continue to
closely monitor the situation and take actions necessary to help keep our
employees and our data community safe while providing the data services and
training you need to advance science.

Sincerely,

Maggie Levenstein

ICPSR Director
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