DLI Consultation Report. Visit https://dataone.org/datasets/sha256%3A7d48f05e09ba535d54ad5fa6c93e80c59fb234615049755bb0e7a0d70a6cc2e7 for complete metadata about this dataset.

A look at why T-Space was necessary and why it was chosen for the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Training Repository.

Jane Fry and Sage Cram have been working on a database of training materials -- Monia will give us an update on what it contains and how to access it.

Chantal and David talk about the changes of the Data Liberation Initiative, the key activities and priorities.

Updates on the DLI program from Statistics Canada.

A decade ago, Canadian universities and Statistics Canada embarked on a joint adventure called the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI). While this initiative greatly increased the availability of data for academic research and instruction, it also created new challenges for the librarians and information professionals who were confronted with the task of organizing and supporting access to these resources. This paper will examine the challenges involved in the introduction of data into the traditional academic library. The experience of Canada’s DLI will be used to illustrate the types of issues involved and the approaches used in the Canadian context to address them. The paper will conclude by identifying the best practices that have emerged after a decade of experience in developing, refining and promoting the use of data as a means of strengthening the underpinnings for teaching and research.

Changes in staff - Changes in DLI community and committees - Current Projects and Activities - Priorities

This presentation demonstrates some of the Data Liberation Initiative's (DLI) communication tools, such as the DLI listserv and the Data Interest Group for Reference Services (DIGRS).

In this presentation, Michel Séguin provides an overview of DLI activities in 2008-2009, as well as projects and priorities for 2009-2010.

At the outset of the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), there were only 9 Data Centres in Canada with experienced staff. A Training Module was developed in 1997 but it is now outdated. Today, there are over 70 Data Centres in Canada. The staff who manage them have varying job descriptions but the new generation, as well as those who have been there longer, need to be able to find information about DLI quickly for their clients, as well as for themselves. The DLI wants to inform its communities of the content of their holdings and then help them to access the data. And thus, the Compleat DLI Survival Kit was born. This presentation will give the background of the Compleat DLI Survival Kit and look at each of the chapters in some detail. And we will show how this tool will prove beneficial to all Canadian Data Centres and to other users of Statistics Canada data.

This presentation reviews scenarios and determines acceptable use under the licence. Also, it discusses the decision-making processes and attempt to clarify tricky situations.

This presentation discusses the creation and use of public use microdata files (PUMF), as well as, upcoming PUMF releases.

This is a graphical representation of the typical Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) learning curve.

This presentation discusses who the education committee is and what they do. As well as, an outline of the training principles and priorities for phase II of DLI training.

This presentation shows you what SPSS syntax files are. It also takes you through finding the files on the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) FTP site and putting them to use. (Note: Data associated with this presentation is available on the DLI FTP site under folder 1873-298.)

Professor Emerita Dianne Looker will touch on her experience using data from the Research Data Centre (RDC), CANSIM, and DLI for her research.

Leadership has been very important at the local level in addition to the national, regional, and provincial levels. In many ways, growth in the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) has been the result of developing local communities. This work has been very dependent on local leadership, which has relied on the instruction of library managers, computing colleagues, and librarians as well as patrons of data services. This session will explore the importance of leadership in the data services community to ensure that the issues around the preservation and access to data are championed. The future of DLI will depend upon dedicated leadership from within the community at the local, regional, and national levels.

The DLI Survival Guide was updated in 2021. This is the original version produced in 2007. This version is for archival purposes.

This presentation describes which files and surveys the DLI team are producing in DDI format and how the NESSTAR publisher fits into the project. This is followed by a discussion of when the DDI files and the NESSTAR server will be available to all the DLI community.

This panel will discuss providing access and facilitating access to Statistics Canada data along the continuum of data access. The panel will have representatives from the DLI Community, ODESI, researchers, Real Time Remote Access system (RTRA), Virtual Data Lab (vDL), and the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN).