APDU Data Update

APDU Data Update

2011 Annual Conference

Public Data on a Budget:  
Making Critical Policy Decisions in the Current Fiscal Climate

September 21-22, 2011

George Washington University, The Cloyd Heck Marvin Center
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

Updated Agenda

Registration Form

News Items

NCES Updates Compare Academic Libraries Web Tool with 2010 Data

The National Center for Education Statistics’ Library Statistics Program recently updated their Compare Academic Libraries tool.  The tool allows users to view and download the historical data of a library of interest as far back as 2000 and to compare one library with similar libraries.
 

Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program Releases New Metro Minority Map Report

The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program recently released the report The New Metro Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks from Census 2010.  The maps show the growth of Hispanic and Asian groups and the shifts in African American populations that are transforming the racial and ethnic demographic profiles of America’s largest metropolitan areas.
 

Notable Data Publications

Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – 2009 Emergency Room Visits (Preliminary)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – 2009 Home Health Visits (Preliminary)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – 2009 Hospital Inpatient Stays (Preliminary)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – 2009 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits (Preliminary)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – 2009 Outpatient Department Visits (Preliminary)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – The Uninsured in America, 1996-2010: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Productivity and Costs by Industry: Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and Food Services and Drinking Places Industries, 2010
• Census Bureau – Characteristics of New Housing
• Census Bureau – Nature Versus Nurture in the Origins of Highly Productive Businesses: An Exploratory Analysis of U.S. Manufacturing Establishments
• Department of Homeland Security – Office of Immigration Statistics – 2010 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
• National Center for Educational Statistics – Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009: U.S. Public-Use Data Files and Electronic Codebook
• National Center for Health Statistics – Blood Pressure Measurements at Emergency Department Visits by Adults: United States, 2007–2008
• National Center for Health Statistics – Deaths: Leading Causes for 2007
• National Center for Health Statistics – Health of Adults in Los Angeles County: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004
• National Center for Health Statistics – Prevalence of Complex Activity Limitations Among Racial/Ethnic Groups and Hispanic Subgroups of Adults: United States, 2003–2009
• National Center for Health Statistics – Summary Health Statistics for the U. S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010
• National Science Foundation – U.S. Exports of Advanced Technology Products Declined Less Than Other U.S. Exports in 2009

Calls for Comment

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections (http://www.apdu.org/advocacy.asp).  We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment.  Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Census Bureau

• Annual Survey of Manufactures (October 7, 2011)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) (November 7, 2011)

Energy Information Administration

• Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package (October 6, 2011)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Livestock Slaughter (October 7, 2011)

National Endowment for the Arts

• Annual Arts Benchmarking Survey (October 3, 2011)

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September 8, 2011

Call for Papers:
Using American Housing Survey (AHS) Data

2nd Annual American Housing Survey User Conference

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Deadline for submission: September 16, 2011

More Information

Indiana State Library Webinar:
Navigating the New American FactFinder

September 27, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Register

Learn to access data using the new version of the Census Bureau’s American FactFinder.  We will focus on the basic steps used to access 2010 Census population data using the new interface.  If you’re familiar with Census data but don’t know where to get your 2010 numbers, this is the workshop for you.  Special attention will be paid to the data needs of government agencies, libraries, and non-profit organizations.
 

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