Elizabeth Hamilton (University of New Brunswick)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The DLI/IDD 1997 Workshop and its accompanying manual are the result of a community effort of practitioners in data services across Canada. Those specifically contributing to this workbook are:

Gaetan Drolet (Université Laval)

Elizabeth Hamilton (University of New Brunswick)

Chuck Humphrey (University of Alberta)

Kati Mowat (CarletonUniversity)

Sharon Neary (University of Calgary)

Laine Ruus (University of Toronto)

Alberta Wood (MemorialUniversity)

Thanks goes to those serving as instructors at the four regional workshops.

Halifax Workshop Instructors:

Elizabeth Hamilton (University of New Brunswick)

Alberta Wood (MemorialUniversity)

Montreal Workshop Instructors:

Jerry Bull (Université de Montréal)

Gaetan Drolet (Université Laval)

Ottawa Workshop Instructors:

Laine Ruus (University of Toronto)

Wendy Watkins (CarletonUniversity)

Saskatoon Workshop Instructors:

Sharon Neary (University of Calgary)

Chuck Humphrey (University of Alberta)

Also, a special thanks goes to the local arrangements coordinators at the four workshop sites:

Halifax Workshop: Phyllis Ross (DalhousieUniversity)

Montreal Workshop:Jerry Bull (Université de Montréal)

Ottawa Workshop:Wendy Watkins (CarletonUniversity)

Saskatoon Workshop:Darlene Fichter (University of Saskatchewan)

We are grateful to Wendy Watkins, CarletonUniversity, and Statistics Canada for hosting the Trainers’ Workshop in April, 1997. This event was important in building some momentum leading into the workshops. A final word of thanks goes to Lynda Richardson for coordinating Workshop events with DLI and for assisting with the publication of the Workshop manual.

Table of Contents

Module 1

PowerPoint Presentation, part 1

PowerPoint Presentation, part 2

DLI Reference Shelf

Bibliographic Citations For Data Files

Statistics Canada On-line Reference Tools

Data Resources on the Web

Module 2

DLI On-line Reference Tools Lab Worksheet

Small Area Business and Labour CD-ROMLab Worksheet

National Population Health Survey (NPHS) Lab Worksheet

Module 3

PowerPoint Presentation

DLI Ordering and Processing

Procedure for Printing Machine-readable Codebooks

Data Order Verification

Module 4

FTP Session Profile

Order Verification Lab Instruction Sheet

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

File Identification Instruction Sheet

Worksheet

Maxline (program, security catalogue and description)

The Files (exhibit.a, exhibit.b and exhibit.c)

Module 5

Administering the DLI License

PowerPoint Presentation, part 1

PowerPoint Presentation, part 2

Conducting a Client Survey: Starting a Data Library Service...... Computing Strategies for Beginning a Data Service

Statistics Canada CD-ROM Tip-sheet

Staff Development Training Options

List of Selected Associations for Data Professionals

Planning Exercise: Implementing 1996 Census Data Products in Your Institution

Homework

Interpreting the Layout of the 1995 General Social Survey (GSS) Union File

Front End Text for Data Documentation

Main Questionnaire

User Codebook

Record Layout

Index of Variables

Interpreting Data Documentation: an example using the National Population

Health Survey (NPHS), 1994

NPHS User Guide

NPHS Supplements User Guide