DLI TOOLKIT: Update

Presented at ACCOLEDS 2008 Mount Royal CollegeCalgary, Alberta

Jennifer Pagnotta, Reference Services CoordinatorData Liberation Initiative, Statistics Canada

December 2, 2008

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DLI Tools• Survival Guide• Collection Interface Prototype• Listserv (dlilist) Search Tools• DLI Update Newsletter

Beyond the DLI• Statistics Canada Website Search Tool• Common Look and Feel 2.0 and the DLI

Overview

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Based on Brian McNally First Aid CD-ROM developed at UNB (1997)

Updated and expanded into an online reference manual, the DLI Survival Kit, for DLI contacts in 2007

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/guide-trousse/guide-trousse/toc-tdm/3000279-eng.htm

DLI Survival Guide: Overview

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Plan is to move the Survival Guide onto a wiki:

User-driven

Easy for the community to expand and update

Statistics Canada cannot host a wiki - need an institution to volunteer to host it

DLI Survival Guide: Future Directions

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Latest version of prototype integrates comments received to date

Prototype is now available on the web:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli/dli

DLI Collection Interface

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Prototype was well received at the EAC

Usability testing complete – waiting for report

Feedback and suggestions for terminology welcomed

Next step: add link to related CANSIM tables

DLI Collection Interface

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Three ways to find archived list messages:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/mhonarc/dli-ild-msg/maillist.html

1. Primary Search • slower, with pre-set search options

2. Alternate Search• faster, uses Boolean and operators

3. Thread Index• for browsing

DLI Listserv (dlilist): Search Tools

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Fall 2008 issue now available

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/update-bulletin-eng.htm

• Two DLI trainings in two weeks… (J. Bouchard)• Use of Census PUMFs in Quebec Universities (G. Drolet)• Margaret Haines’ speech at Ontario DLI training• Annual Report 2007/2008 (M. Séguin)• Jackie’s Tips: spacetornado Renamer (J. Godfrey)• Call for Papers: DLI Research Paper Series• Committee Changes, New Contacts, Calendar of Events

Contributors/ideas for next issue?

DLI Update Newsletter

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Beyond DLI: Statistics Canada Site Search

For now, DLI does not have its own site search feature

SO…use Statistics Canada’s Site Searchhttp://www.statcan.gc.ca/search-recherche/index-eng.htm

BUT…choose “more results” to view results from DLI section of the site

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Email addresses changed in August 2008:

(i.e. dlilist@statcan.gc.ca )

Phased-in conversion of the Statistics Canada website to CLF 2.0:

“We're improving our Website.In the months to come, sections will gradually be modified to implement the Government of Canada Common Look and Feel Standards for the Internet. This will provide you with easier navigation and the same reliable content.”

Beyond DLI: Common Look & Feel (CLF) 2.0

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DLI web pages converted to CLF 2.0 on November 24

Standardised appearance

Content remains the same

URLs changed – and they will change again…

Redirects in place for at least 2 years…

Beyond DLI: Common Look & Feel (CLF) 2.0

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Move the Survival Guide to a wiki

Complete work on the Collection Interface Prototype

Bring back the DLI-specific search feature

Correct any remaining CLF 2.0 conversion issues

Next Steps

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Thank you

Thank you! Any questions?

Jennifer PagnottaReference Services Coordinator

Data Liberation Initiativejennifer.pagnotta@statcan.gc.ca

613-951-5904