[MNASIS-L] Workshop on the American Community Survey, March 14

[Janet Arth]

American Community Survey Workshop -- A training opportunity for librarians

Wednesday, March 14th, 9 a.m. - 12 noon

Magrath Library, Rm 81
St. Paul Campus
1984 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55108

To register, contact Marlys McGuire m-mcgu at umn.edu  612-624-3659

Map:  http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/MagrathLib/index.html

Barbara Ronningen from the Minnesota State Demographer's Office will cover 
the use and assessment of the historic new tool, American Community Survey. 
Data from the ACS will give communities the information they need to track 
annually how they are changing on a range of social, economic, housing and 
demographic issues. It will replace the long form in future censuses and is 
a critical element in the Census Bureau's re-engineered 2010 census.  The 
Workshop will cover: American FactFinder, ACS data profiles, multi-year 
profiles, selected population profiles, ranking tables, etc. (It's helpful 
if attendees have some familiarity with Census data, American FactFinder 
and basic statistics).

For general information about the American Community Survey: 
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/