From laviolette_alice at oslmac.osl.state.or.us Thu Sep 17 15:29:21 2009 From: laviolette_alice at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (Alice Laviolette) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:29:21 -0700 Subject: [Capital_Librarians] OSl sponsors Census Program Message-ID: <53D1D888-27B2-41B2-BDB6-18C141C0DF2F@oslmac.osl.state.or.us> The State Library will be hosting two US Census workshops on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Employment Auditorium. We invite you to attend and to share this information with others in your agency. Workshop: U.S. Census Update In preparation for the 2010 U.S. Census, Linda Clark, Information Specialist, Seattle Regional Census Center will present a web-based update on U.S. Census key programs as well as provide information on specific issues surrounding data collection and sampling methodologies, release dates, and reliability estimates. Program Highlights Decennial Census - What can you expect in the 2010 Census: generally & highlights, including comparisons between data collected and tabulated for the 1990, 2000, and 2010 census. American Community Survey - A look at survey questions, data release schedule, sample size, and reliability estimates. Population Estimates: U.S. Census estimates overview and a comparison with the Oregon Data Center methodologies. Date/Time: Thursday, October 1, Morning session: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Afternoon session: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Location: Employment Auditorium, 875 Union St., Salem To register for one of these sessions, click here: http://library.state.or.us/services/training/hands-on/Census.php For more information please contact Kate McGann, 503-378-5010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: