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<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;color:white;"> <br /><strong>In This Issue</strong></p>
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<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a01">ICPSR's Autumn Byte</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a02">The 2012 Data Fair in Review!</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a03">Save the Date—2013 OR Meeting on the Calendar!</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a04">Save Another Date—the 2013 Summer Program</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a05">The Best News is Worth Repeating!</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a06">Calling All Students!</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a07">A Recap of our 50th Year—the ICPSR Annual Report</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a08">A Faster, Streamlined Data Deposit!</a></li>
<li><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a09">A Bounty of Communications Options!</a></li>
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<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;color:#ffffff;"><strong>ICPSR Events</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/org/publications/index.jsp" style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;">Upcoming conferences &<br />
Council meetings</a></p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a01" name="a01"></a>ICPSR's Autumn Byte</h2>
<p>With a crisp chill in the air of Ann Arbor and the brilliant colors of fall ablaze, it must be autumn at ICPSR and time for our fall edition of <em>DataBytes</em>!</p>
<img src="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/files/membership/publications/enewsletters/2012-10-autumn.png" border="0" alt="Perry Building" />
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a02" name="a02"></a>The 2012 Data Fair in Review!</h2>
<p>Over 160 attendees from 113 institutions joined us for 11 webcasts in early October to get familiar with ICPSR data and instructional resources and to investigate ICPSR's holdings pertaining to elections, polling, and politics. Did you miss it? Recordings and presentation slides can all be found on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/icpsrweb?feature=results_main">ICPSR's YouTube Channel</a>.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a03" name="a03"></a>Save the Date—2013 OR Meeting on the Calendar!</h2>
<p>The 2013OR/DR Meeting will take place <strong>October 9-11, 2013</strong>. There is much planning to be done so watch your email for the opportunity to help ICPSR craft the 2013 program. Details will begin to appear on <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/">ICPSR's Membership page</a> (left pane) soon.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a04" name="a04"></a>Save Another Date—the 2013 Summer Program</h2>
<p>The ICPSR Summer Program is excited to announce its four-week session dates with the first session beginning June 24, 2013. More information will become available soon—visit the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/">ICPSR Summer Program</a> Web site for the latest details!</p>
<img src="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/files/membership/publications/enewsletters/2012-10-sumprog.png" border="0" alt="summer program flyer" />
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a05" name="a05"></a>The Best News is Worth Repeating!</h2>
<p>Announced in our Summer DataBytes edition and demonstrated during the Data Fair, the Social Science Variables Database (SSVD) enables ICPSR users to examine and compare variables and questions across studies or series. The new and quickly popular "<a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/ssvd/">Compare Variables</a>" tool enables analysts to compare the response codes, frequencies, and question text (when available) for up to five variables at a time. Students can also visualize the evolution of variables, for example, by looking at the differences in response codes of a question on marital status asked in 2008 compared to one asked in 1974.</p>
<img src="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/files/membership/publications/enewsletters/2012-10-compvars.png" border="0" alt=" " />
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a06" name="a06"></a>Calling All Students!</h2>
<p>ICPSR invites submissions for our <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/prize/">ICPSR 2013 Research Paper Competition</a> from undergraduates and master's students at member institutions. We are holding three competitions—with three first place cash prizes of $1,000 each! And there is more: The <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/internship/">ICPSR summer internship program</a> provides undergraduate students with a unique and expansive research experience that introduces all aspects of social science research via a paid internship on the campus of The University of Michigan. See recent ICPSR interns exhibit their research on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ICPSRWeb/videos?sort=p&flow=grid&view=0&page=1">ICPSR's YouTube Channel</a>.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a07" name="a07"></a>A Recap of our 50th Year—the ICPSR Annual Report</h2>
<p>Relive ICPSR's 50th Anniversary year in 14 pages or less! The <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/support/announcements/2012/10/annual-report-available">2011-2012 ICPSR Annual Report</a> is ready for review. </p>
<img src="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/files/membership/publications/enewsletters/2012-10-anniversary.png" border="0" alt=" " />
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a08" name="a08"></a>A Faster, Streamlined Data Deposit!</h2>
<p>ICPSR's online <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/ddf2">data deposit form</a> has been streamlined to make it easier to use. The form has been shortened to two pages. The new form replaces the seven-part questionnaire that ICPSR had been using since 2007 to accept data online. While the information collected from depositors is essentially the same, the new form is much easier to use.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#b15b15;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;color:#ffffff;padding-left:5px;"><a id="a09" name="a09"></a>A Bounty of Communications Options!</h2>
<p>We give thanks for a variety of electronic options to keep the data community informed of developments at ICPSR! You will find presentations for download from the <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/ICPSR">ICPSR Slideshare</a> account and previous webinars and videos on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ICPSRWeb/videos">ICPSR YouTube Channel</a>. You can "like" us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ICPSR/43191688396">Facebook</a> and "follow us" on <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/follow?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icpsr.umich.edu%2Ficpsrweb%2Fcontent%2Fmembership%2Fpublications%2Findex.html&screen_name=ICPSR&source=followbutton&variant=2.0&xd_token=5f4eb50bcf60a8">Twitter</a> or join our circle on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117649429568467587642/posts">Google+</a>. And don't forget that old-fashioned technology—become an <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/membership/lists/icpsr-announce.jsp">ICPSR email</a> subscriber!</p>
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