ArcGIS 10 Transforms the Way People Use GIS

News Release from ERSI

New Release Simplifies Your Work, Provides New Ways to Share Information, Supplies GIS in the Cloud, and Much More

Redlands, California— June 29, 2010— ArcGIS 10, which is now available from Esri, is transforming the way people use geographic information system (GIS) technology. With this release, users will be more productive with their work and will be able to take advantage of GIS everywhere: via individual local desktops, across desktops and browsers leveraging central servers, and in the cloud.

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Recent ICPSR Study Additions

Boston College students and faculty can chose from over 6000 datasets in the ICPSR data archive. Here are some recent additions:

27001 Child Care and Children with Special Needs: Challenges for Low Income Families, 2002-2005

2896 Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States,
1790-2002


4690 Americans' Changing Lives: Waves I, II, III, and IV, 1986, 1989, 1994, and 2002


20862 Latino National Survey (LNS), 2006

Questions about data or how to download data? Email: Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Librarian

Summer GIS Workshop June 15, 2010 from 10:00 - 11:30 O'Neill 245

Summer is a great time for faculty and students to learn about Geographic Information Systems as a research tool during a hands on workshop.
The workshop includes:

* ArcGIS software, data and technical support at Boston College
*License options
*Main ArcGIS features and capabilities (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcTool, ArcGlobe)
*Demos using Census and Environmental data.

Co-taught by Constantin Andronache, ITS Research Services, and Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Librarian.
Further details at: Introduction to ArcGIS

Registration
To sign up for a tutorial, please send email to researchservices@bc.edu with the name of this tutorial.

Roper Center Data use in New Pew Research Report

A new Pew Research Center report called "Distrust, Discontent, Anger and Partisan Rancor; The People and Their Government" cites data from the Roper Center Research.

Boston College Libraries provide access to the full Roper Center Opinion Archvies
for the Boston College community.

Current Hot Topics from the site include:

Afghanistan, the Economy, Global Warming, Immigration, the Supreme Court and Terrorism.

Questions? Contact Barbara Mento

OECD Health Data 2009

The latest OECD Health Data 2009 has a new look and interface which includes mapping and chart creation features. This resources is a comprehensive database including more than 1200 indicators on the health care systems of the OECD member countries. The interface includes easy download to spreadsheet formats.


OECD Health Data 2009

ICPSR Summer Program 2010

Learn more about the ICPSR Summer Program for quantitative researchers.


Courses range from beginning to advanced levels in statistics, data analysis, methodology and research design primarily held at the U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Workshops are 3 days to 8 weeks in length and include some specialized sessions on quantitative research on Race and Ethnicity, Crime, Health Care and Game Theory.

For details and pricing go to: ICPSR Summer Program
Questions, including stipend information contact: Barbara Mento, barbara.mento@bc.edu

ICPSR Webinar: Broadening the Scope and Range of Minority Data: Making data on underrepresented populations accessible

Description: This webinar outlines ICPSR's continuing efforts to provide and make available more data about underrepresented populations for researchers to explore important questions and relationships . In late 2009, ICPSR redesigned and renamed the Minority Data Resource Center (MDRC) to the Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD). The focus will be on the website’s new layout and resources, the revised structure of the RCMD, and the current goals and programs for this archive’s future.

Title: Broadening the Scope and Range of Minority Data: Making data on underrepresented populations accessible
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Register

Questions? Contact ICPSR representative Barbara Mento : barbara.mento@bc.edu