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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="#84188724_a01">ICPSR's Winter Byte</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a02">The 2016 Summer Program is Heating Up!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a03">Looking Back at a Year of Collaboration</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a04">PATH Study Now Available via ICPSR's National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP)</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a05">Heat up Your Winter Syllabus: Throw in some Data in the Classroom!</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a06">An Updated Collection Development Policy for ICPSR</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a07">New ICPSR Council Members Arrive in March</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a08">The ICPSR Bulletin – A Blizzard of Information</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a09">China Data Center Seeks Fans & Followers</a></li>
<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a10">Is your Institution's OR/DR Information Current?
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<li style="padding-bottom:4px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff" href="#84188724_a11">A Fond Farewell to Mary Vardigan</a></li>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a01"></a>ICPSR's Winter Byte</h2>
<p>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 <cite>DataBytes</cite>!</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a02"></a>The 2016 Summer Program is Heating Up!</h2>
<p>Registration for the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/" target="_blank">2016 Summer Program</a> 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!</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a03"></a>Looking Back at a Year of Collaboration</h2>
<p>ICPSR's <a href="http://issuu.com/icpsr/docs/annual-report-finalsinglepages/1" target="_blank">2014-2015 annual report</a> 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. </p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a04"></a>PATH Study Now Available via ICPSR's National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP)</h2>
<p>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 <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NAHDAP/" target="_blank">NAHDAP</a>, the <a href="http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36231.v2" target="_blank">PATH Study</a> is a household-based, nationally representative, longitudinal cohort study of 45,971 youth (12-17 years) and adults in the United States.</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a05"></a>Heat up Your Winter Syllabus: Throw in some Data in the Classroom!</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/instructors/" target="_blank">ICPSR's Teaching & Learning resources</a> 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 <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/instructors/biblio/resources" target="_blank">Data-Driven Learning Guides</a> where analyses are preset so students (and faculty!) can focus on content rather than mechanics of data analysis.</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a06"></a>An Updated Collection Development Policy for ICPSR</h2>
<p>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 <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/announcements/2015/09/icpsr-updates-collection-development" target="_blank">seven High-Priory Data areas</a> and read the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/policies/colldev.html" target="_blank">full policy</a>.</p>
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a07"></a>New ICPSR Council Members Arrive in March</h2>
<p>ICPSR will welcome the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/governance/council.html" target="_blank">ICPSR Council</a> 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!
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a08"></a>The ICPSR Bulletin - A Blizzard of Information</h2>
<p>The most recent <a href="http://issuu.com/icpsr/docs/2015-final1_issuu/1" target="_blank">ICPSR Bulletin</a> provides a flurry of news on the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/or/ormeet/workshops.html" target="_blank">2015 Biennial ICPSR Meeting</a>, the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/35197" target="_blank">Army STARRS</a> study of mental health risk and resilience, the origins of the <a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/" target="_blank">Data Documentation Initiative</a> (DDI), and more.
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<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a09"></a>China Data Center Seeks Fans & Followers</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://chinadatacenter.org/" target="_blank">China Data Center</a> (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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/spatialdatacenter/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/chinadatacenter" target="_blank">Twitter</a>!</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a10"></a>Is your Institution's OR/DR Information Current?</h2>
<p>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 <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/administration/institutions" target="_blank">review the OR/DR listed for your organization</a>. Need an update? Email us at <a href="mailto:help@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">help@icpsr.umich.edu</a> Please be sure to send the updated name, email address, and full contact information, and we'll do the rest!</p>
<h2 style="background-color:#d8e0ed;font-size:12pt;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><a name="84188724_a12"></a>A Fond Farewell to Mary Vardigan</h2>
<p>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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ICPSRWeb" target="_blank">ICPSR's YouTube channel</a> where Mary talks about the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8OtTufRKE&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">evolution of the delivery of research data</a> to the web environment.</p>
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