{"id":467,"date":"2015-03-10T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T19:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/?p=467"},"modified":"2015-11-03T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:58:09","slug":"census-data-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/2015\/03\/10\/census-data-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Census Data Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I drove to work the other day, I was one of about 10,000 people in Anchorage who left for work between 8:30-8:59 AM. I chose not to leave home between 7:00-8:29 AM, when around 60,000 people in Anchorage travel to\u00a0work, most of them in a vehicle that they drive alone. Good data can inform everything from your daily commute to salary negotiations for your first job after graduation. Tables B08301 and B08302 of the Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey, for example, provide information about work commutes for the geographic location of your choice. \u00a0You can search for this information through <a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/faces\/nav\/jsf\/pages\/index.xhtml\">American FactFinder<\/a> (AFF), one of the main tools for finding data from the US Census Bureau. AFF allows you to search for information about communities, housing, the economy, population, and much, much more.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about Census Bureau data and the tools used to access it, reserve a seat for the Consortium Library\u2019s census data workshop on Friday, April 24, 2015. A<span>\u00a0data dissemination specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau will lead the workshop in room 309 of the Consortium Library<\/span>. There will be two sessions: Demographic and Household Data from 8:30 AM \u2013 12 PM, and Economic and Business Data from 1:30 PM \u2013 5 PM. You can attend one or both sessions in person or online through Blackboard Collaborate. Reserve your spot by April 22 using this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/hsBvyq7xrd\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/hsBvyq7xrd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session #1: Demographic and Household Data (8:30 a.m.\u2013noon AKDT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session will highlight data from the main demographic programs of the Census Bureau, the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey. Topics include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 How to start a data search<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Census Bureau demographic programs<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Census concepts<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Accessing the data<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tips for grant writers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Presenting the data<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sources and resources<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 DIY exercises (facilitated)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session #2: Economic and Business Data (1:30\u20135 p.m. AKDT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session will cover the rich sources of economic and business data from the Census Bureau and will demonstrate how to combine economic and demographic data. Topics include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Economic concepts and terminology<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 How economic data are organized<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Economic programs from the Census Bureau<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 How data are used<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Data for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and researchers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Resources<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 DIY exercises (hands-on)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I drove to work the other day, I was one of about 10,000 people in Anchorage who left for work between 8:30-8:59 AM. I chose not to leave home between 7:00-8:29 AM, when around 60,000 people in Anchorage travel to\u00a0work, most of them in a vehicle that they drive alone. Good data can inform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}