Eighth Annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping Contest at Boston College, Winners Announcement

It is with great pleasure that the Boston College Libraries announce the winners of the Eighth Annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping Contest at Boston College:

The first place award of a $100 Amazon Gift Card went to:
Samantha Dow, Geology/MCAS, graduate prize: “Mapping channel changes in glacial and legacy sediment reaches of the South River”.
Mary Stack, Geology/MCAS, undergraduate prize: “Farmer's Markets in Massachusetts”.

The second place award of a $50 Amazon Gift Card, went to:
Shan Shan, Sociology/MCAS, graduate prize: “Inquiring and Visualizing Large-Scale Space: Placing China’s Changing Urban Hierarchy from 1985 to 2010 Into Spatial System”.
Theresa L Rager, Biology/MCAS, undergraduate prize:”Failing Provisions and Failing Hearts: The association between grocery store access and cardiovascular disease”.

The third place award of a $25 Amazon Gift Card went to:
Rachel Piccolino, Psychology/MCAS, co-winner undergraduate prize: “Impact of Sexual Education on HPV Vaccination Rates”.
Lesley Lopez, Sociology/MCAS, co-winner undergraduate prize: “Smoking and Stroke Prevalence across the United States”.

Endangered Data at Boston College April 19, 3–5 pm.

Endangered Data at Boston College
April 19, 3–5 pm.

O’Neill Library, Digital Studio, Room 205

Are you worried about the availability and preservation of publicly accessible data? Boston College's Digital Scholarship Group and Scholarly Communications will be hosting events for Endangered Data Week. On April 19, our Data Refuge event will focus on pulling data.gov data & metadata for grants from the NEH, IMLS, and other federal agencies. We'll be doing short presentations on eScholarship, Dataverse, and other data rescue efforts across the country. You'll also have a chance to get your hands dirty and deposit data and metadata into a repository for safekeeping!

This event is free and open to the public, but we kindly request that you register.

New ICPSR Studies April, 2017

New Additions

• 33462 The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice System, 2004-2008 [United States]
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33462.v1
• 33742 Coroner Investigations of Suspicious Elder Deaths; 2008-2011 [California]
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33742.v1
• 34939 How Justice Systems Realign in California: The Policies and Systemic Effects of Prison Downsizing, 1978-2013
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34939.v1
• 35205 Forensic Evidence and Criminal Justice Outcomes in Sexual Assault Cases in Massachusetts, 2008-2012
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35205.v1
• 35217 Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Accountability and Legal Socialization in Everyday Policing of Young Adults in New York City, 2011-2013
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35217.v1
• 35487 Ethnic Albanian Organized Crime in New York City, 1975-2014
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35487.v1
• 36675 Afrobarometer Round 6: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Cameroon, 2014-2015
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36675.v1
• 36697 Law Enforcement Agency Roster (LEAR), 2016
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36697.v1
• 36745 Flint Community Schools GIS Data, 2016 [Flint, Michigan]
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36745.v1
• 36769 Substance Use Among Violently Injured Youth in an Urban Emergency Department: Services and Outcomes in Flint, Michigan, 2009-2013 (Public-Use)
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36769.v1

Updates

• 7959 Euro-barometer 15: Membership in the European Community, April 1981
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07959.v3
• 8121 Dutch Parliamentary Election Study, 1982
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08121.v2
• 8411 Euro-barometer 23: The European Currency Unit and Working Conditions, April 1985
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08411.v2
• 8499 Sweden Now, 1973
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08499.v2
• 8500 Sweden Now, 1974
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08500.v2
• 8501 Sweden Now, 1975
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08501.v2
• 8502 Sweden Now, 1976
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08502.v2
• 8503 Sweden Now, 1977
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08503.v2
• 8504 Sweden Now, 1978
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08504.v2
• 8690 New York Times Survey, December 1985
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08690.v3
• 9022 Euro-Barometer 16: Noise and Other Social Problems, October 1981
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09022.v2
• 9057 Euro-barometer 18: Ecological Issues, October 1982
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09057.v2
• 9083 Euro-barometer 29: Environmental Problems and Cancer, March-April 1988
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09083.v2
• 9321 Euro-Barometer 30: Immigrants and Out-Groups in Western Europe, October-November 1988
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09321.v3
• 9322 Euro-Barometer 31: European Elections, 1989: Pre-Election Survey, March-April 1989
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09322.v3
• 32282 Research on Pathways to Desistance [Maricopa County, AZ and Philadelphia County, PA]: Calendar Data, 2000-2010 [Restricted]
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR32282.v3
• 33581 Addiction Health Evaluation and Disease (AHEAD) Management Study in Boston, Massachusetts, 2006-2010
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33581.v2