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<p style="padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;"> <br /><strong>In This Issue</strong></p>
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<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a01">Spring into ICPSR for a Bit! </a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a02">Think Spring – Plan for Fall: The 2014 ICPSR Data Fair!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a03">The Spring Edition of the ICPSR Bulletin has Bloomed!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a04">Restricted and Open!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a05">OR Toolbox – Discipline-Specific Promotions</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a06">Help Wanted – Spring Clean your ICPSR Membership!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a07">Considering a Spring or Summer Workshop on Your Campus? Materials Provided!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a08">openICPSR – In Beta and Ready for (Free) Deposit!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a09">Spring Webinar Series: Understanding the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database (MET LDB)</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px;"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;" href="#a10">Springing into Summer with Eight Interns!</a></li>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a01" name="a01"></a>Spring into ICPSR for a Bit!</h2>
<p>Ann Arbor has successfully emerged from a long, record-breaking winter and is enjoying the blossoms of spring! Likewise, ICPSR is blossoming with many bits and bytes to share!</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a02" name="a02"></a>Think Spring – Plan for Fall: The 2014 ICPSR Data Fair!</h2>
<p><em><b>Save the Date – October 7-9, 2014.</b></em> This year's Data Fair will highlight public data sharing efforts. The theme, “ICPSR – powering sustainable data access,” will feature <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/partners/archives.html">ICPSR's public-access archives</a> including <a href="http://openicpsr.org">openICPSR</a>, sharing restricted-use data with the public, <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/ICPSR/from-data-sharing-to-data-stewardship">the state of federal requirements for public data sharing</a>, and the benefits of continued membership in ICPSR in the midst of the public-access environment. More announcements on the Data Fair will come this summer.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a03" name="a03"></a>The Spring Edition of the ICPSR Bulletin has Bloomed!</h2>
<p>The latest edition of the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/files/membership/publications/bulletin/2014-Q1.pdf">ICPSR Bulletin</a> newsletter is now available, featuring an article on ICPSR's new public-access research data sharing service, openICPSR, as well as a plethora of news and notes from ICPSR members and partners.</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a04" name="a04"></a>Restricted and Open!</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/access/restricted/enclave.html">Virtual Data Enclave (VDE)</a> at ICPSR is now available to accept a variety of restricted-use data from depositors. The VDE provides researchers access to quantitative and qualitative restricted-use data in a secure environment. It is a virtual machine launched from the researcher's desktop but operating on a remote server at ICPSR, similar to remotely logging into another physical computer. Questions on depositing restricted-use data? See our latest <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/announcements/2014/05/icpsrs-virtual-data-enclave-prepared-to">VDE announcement</a> or contact our <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/deposit/contact.jsp">Acquisitions team</a>.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a05" name="a05"></a>OR Toolbox – <em>Discipline-Specific Promotions</em></h2>
<p>By special request from our OR/DR community, you asked for discipline- and project-specific promotional materials, and they have sprung! Visit <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/publications/index.html">Promoting ICPSR</a> for downloadable PDF copies of these seven bookmarks or <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/promo/order-promo.html">request promotional materials</a> be mailed directly.</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a06" name="a06"></a>Help Wanted – Spring Clean your ICPSR Membership!</h2>
<p>Seasons pass. Time moves on. And your membership account gets outdated. We encourage all ORs and DRs to take a quick look at the state of your account. Have you <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/OR/viewidaddrs">updated your IP range</a>? Your <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/administration/institutions">OR/DR contact information</a>? Reviewed your <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/bob/utilization">utilization reports</a>? All these cleaning tools can be found by visiting <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/index.html">ICPSR's Membership site</a> (left pane) and using your OR/DR credentials to log in.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a07" name="a07"></a>Considering a Spring or Summer Workshop on Your Campus? Materials Provided!</h2>
<p>Planning a workshop about ICPSR's resources and services on your campus but not sure where to start? ICPSR has updated its <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/publications/index.html">workshop presentation</a> and other promotional materials, all available on demand. Customizable promotional posters and email/newsletter content are also ready for download, and you can <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/promo/order-promo.html">request printed materials</a> be mailed direct to your institution. In addition, you can find our presentations for download on <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=icpsr">SlideShare</a> – search for “ICPSR”. </p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a08" name="a08"></a>openICPSR – In Beta and Ready for (Free) Deposit!</h2>
<p>Launched in February, <a href="http://openicpsr.org">openICPSR</a> is a research data sharing service for the social and behavioral sciences. Developed to meet evolving federal data sharing requirements, it allows the public to access research data at no charge. It is funded solely by deposit fees that have been written into the grant proposal. The no-fee-deposit beta period runs through June 30, 2014.</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a09" name="a09"></a>Spring Webinar Series: Understanding the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database (MET LDB)</h2>
<p>ICPSR is excited to announce a four-part series dedicated to <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/METLDB/">Understanding the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database (MET LDB)</a>! Broadcasts begin May 22 and run through through June 4. Dates, registration links, and learning objectives for each webinar are on the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/announcements/2014/05/webinar-series-announced-understanding">ICPSR announcements page</a>. These webinars are free and open to the public.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;"><a id="a10" name="a10"></a>Springing into Summer with Eight Interns!</h2>
<p>The ICPSR Intern Class of 2014 has just been announced! The eight students joining ICPSR for 10 weeks this summer are La'Shante Grigsby, Clark Atlanta University; Mark Harris, Grambling State University; Shannon Heitkamp, University of St. Thomas (MN); NaShawn Johnson, Columbia University; Adelin Levin, Grand Valley State University; Allison Megale, Drew University; Bianca Monzon, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Breanne Peterson, University of Iowa. See more on the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/internship/index.html">ICPSR Internship Program</a>.</p>
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