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DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO. DLI UPDATE 2008-2009 Michel Séguin Statistics Canada March 02, 2008. DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO. Organizational changes Changes in the DLI Community Changes in the EAC and Education Committees Changes in the DLI Collection Present Projects – priorities
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DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI UPDATE 2008-2009 Michel Séguin Statistics Canada March 02, 2008
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO • Organizational changes • Changes in the DLI Community • Changes in the EAC and Education Committees • Changes in the DLI Collection • Present Projects – priorities • Annual report 2006/2007 • Compleat Survival Kit • DLI Interface and IMDB • DDI • DLI contacts and designates survey
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Ivan Fellegi, currently Chief Statistician • Chief Statistician Emeritus following his retirement, effective June 16, 2008. Dr. Ivan Fellegi
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Currently Chief Statistician Designate, effective March 3, 2008 • Chief Statistician, effective June 16, 2008. Dr. Munir Sheikh
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES Vicki Crompton – Director General Will retire in June 2008
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Director of Communications and Library Services Division Eric St. John
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Assistant-Director of Communications and Library Services Division Bernie Gloyn
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Assistant-Director of Communications and Library Services Division Bernie Gloyn
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Will be going on leave as of August 2008 Marie-Claire Lauzon
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Renée occupies the administrative officer position as acting since May 2008 • We are completing a competition and hoping that she will qualify Renée Rocan
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Contract for Gaëtan Drolet has been renewed for this fiscal year Gaëtan Drôlet
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Bookmarked through the Alumni Program at STC • Works only a few hours a week for DLI • Prepare the minutes from the EAC meeting • Other work such as the Strategy Document • Remains well connected to the DLI Mike Sivyer
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Since we bookmarked Mike – He went through quite a lot of changes Mike Sivyer
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES • Other staffing plans for the beginning of FY 08/09 • Another Marie-Claire • Another André
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI MEMBERSHIP • Visited: • Niagara College • Durham College • Nova Scotia College will be visited in Fall 2008 • New colleges that have joined the DLI • Humber College • University of the Fraser Valley • This brings the membership to 74
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI MEMBERSHIP • Other institutions have made inquiries about joining DLI • BCIT • Olds College - December 2007 • Justice Institute of BC - December 2007 • Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology – December 2007 • Lakeland College - February 2008 • Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Libraries - February 2008 • Sheridan College - February 2008 • Fleming College - February 2008
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI MEMBERSHIP Visit to new members: Niagara College
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI MEMBERSHIP Visit to new members: Durham College
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO EAC MEMBERSHIP • Nancy Darcovich from Health Statistics Division has join the EAC • The executive will also look for another STC representative to replace Jeffrey Smith • Nicole Doyle has been invited to the next EAC as a guest • EAC will also look at changes to membership over time • Minutes from the EAC committee
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO Education Committee • Jennifer Adam has replaced Mary McLeod on the Education Committee • Sharon Neary has resigned from the Education Committee and is replaced by Jean Blackburn • The committee met in September 2007 • Minutes from the Education Committee • I will propose at the next EAC that we have another meeting in the Fall of 2008 to look at needs for services and support to Colleges
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI COLLECTION • The regular updates to the collection for 2006 census Geography and 2006 Census, Postal codes files, CCHS files, etc… • 1986 and 1981 census basic summary tables (BSTs) – 1971 and 1976 will be coming later. • Presently working with International Trade Division to identify what could be made available (presentation on this tomorrow)
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI COLLECTION See additions and changes to the FTP collection • Mirror site at the University of Alberta • Plus other surveys not from Statistics Canada • DFO – Catch and Effort Data (Fisheries and Oceans) • Youth Smoking 2004 • Canadian Addiction Survey
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO DLI COLLECTION • Other initiative: • Landings Data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada • Working group in Statistics Canada is exploring access of PUMF from longitudinal files • Input – Output tables
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO PRESENT PRIORITIES • Annual Report 06/07 • Has been sent to all Library Directors and to DLI contacts • Also distributed to all STC Directors • DLI Update • Has been translated • Should be released this month or latest in May • Looking for articles for the next one
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO PRESENT PRIORITIES • DDI – Data Documentation Initiative • Nesstar and the best practice document on Web • CTUMS from 2001 - 2007 are now available • Coming soon: • Youth Smoking Survey – 2002 • Public Service Employee Opinion Survey • 2002 and 2005 • Residential Telephone Service Survey • 2004 (May and December) • 2005 and 2006 • Statistics Canada best practices document relating to tagging files based on DDI version 1-3
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO PRESENT PRIORITIES • DLI Contacts and Designates Survey • Thanks to everyone that participated • Gaëtan will be doing the analysis • Results will be shared with everyone • Repsonse rates: • English Contacts 52 • French Contacts 14 • Total 66 • English Designates 24 • French Designates 07 • Total 31 • Overall Response Rate: 82 % • Contacts: 92% • Designates: 67%
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO PRESENT PRIORITIES • Compleat Survival Kit • DLI Site Interface plus all documentation in background on IMDB
DLI UPDATE - ONTARIO Great Announcement • COPUL is pleased to announced that two Outstanding Contribution Awards for 2008: • Chuck Humphrey, University of Alberta • Many contributions through ACCOLEDS • Gwen Bird, Simon Fraser University • For her services as the COPPUL representative on the CRKN Negotiations Resource Team