Programme

April 22

Day 1 : DLI TRAINING

Session 1.0
8:30 - 8:50

Welcome

Acadia president, Ray Ivany welcomes us to DLI Atlantic 2010

Ray Ivany

Session 1.1
8:50 - 9:50

DLI Atlantic Report

How was your data year? What is your favourite new discovery this year? Have you noticed any new trends this year, which affect how you do your job?

• Update

ALL

Session 1.2
9:50 - 10:30

DLI Central

What’s new and exciting at DLI Central?

Michel Séguin

Marie-Claire Lauzon

10:30 - 10:45

BIOBREAK

Session 1.3
10:45 - 12:00

SDA

We all know and love CANSIM through E-STAT and CHASS, but did you know your subscription also gives you access to the Census pumfs, from 1971 – 2006 through SDA? This hands-on session will cover techniques on using SDA to answer quick needs for statistics and to generate data for further analysis.

• SDA powerpoint slides
• SDA exercises

Laine Ruus

12:00-1:15

LUNCH

Session 1.4
1:15 - 2:15

Accessing Atlantic Provincial/City GIS Resources

• Atlantic GIS Short (.pdf)
• Public and Educational Online Agreements (.docx)
• NS Educational Data Agreement (.pdf)

Peter Webster

Session 1.5
2:15 - 3:15

PCCF

The user has a set of respondents and their postal codes, and wants to add census aggregate statistics as contextual variables. This is what you do....or guide your user to do.

• Merging census aggregate statistics with postal code-based microdata (.pptx)
• Kulkarni Post Code query (.xlsx)

Laine Ruus

3:15-3:30

BIOBREAK

Session 1.6
3:30 - 4:30

Product Reviews

This year we look at the Family File in the GSS series as well as an update on justice files.

• What's the Scoop on Justice (.ppt)

Carolyn DeLorey

Siobhan Hanratty

Dinner at the Blomidon!

All who can!

April 23

Day 2 : DLI TRAINING

Session 2.11
9:00 - 10:30

Health Measures Survey – Pt. 1

Renée Langlois

10:30 - 10:45

Biobreak

Session 2.12
10:45 - 11:45

Health Measures Survey – Pt. 2

Renée Langlois

Session 2.2
11:45 - 12:30

Equinox

How to be a happy data backup: Find what you need, impress your patrons and keep learning. This hands-on session will demonstrate how Equinox delivers data to the rookie and advanced user.

• Worksheet (.docx)
• How to be a happy data back up... (.pptx)

Erin Alcock

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

Session 2.3
1:30 - 2:30

Data Stewardship in the Canadian Landscape

This session will provide a brief overview of digital stewardship efforts in Canada to date. It will also discuss some of the key opportunities the data stewardship landscape presents to libraries and what we need to do to ensure a role in this critical requirement. It will draw on examples from the efforts at UPEI in particular.

Mark Leggott

Session 2.4
2:30 - 3:00

Wrap-up

Pictures, Evaluations, and Good-byes. Planning for next year!

ALL

Time to Hit the Road!