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ALA Session: Counting on Trust, Trusting the Count: Census 2020

  • 1.  ALA Session: Counting on Trust, Trusting the Count: Census 2020

    Posted Jun 11, 2019 01:14 PM
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    Please join us on Sunday June 23rd from 10:30 -11:30 am for a panel discussion on critical issues for the 2020 census at ALA2019.

     Counting on Trust, Trusting the Census: Census 2020

     Abstract: One of the major challenges facing the 2020 census is mistrust about how the collected information could be used by the government. Federal law restricts the Census Bureau from releasing information identifying individuals, but there is growing concern within some communities about a census process that has become politicized and divisive over a controversial citizenship question. By convening a panel of experts in census data and the social context for the census, we hope to learn how census information has been protected and potential risks to that confidentiality

    When: Sunday June 23rd; 10:30-11:30 am

    Where: Washington Convention Center, Room 146B

     Speakers include:

    •  Hansi Lo Wang, NPR national correspondent
    • Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF
    • Robert Groves, Executive Vice President and Provost at Georgetown University

     The session link is: https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=496235.

     We look forward to seeing you in Washington at ALA2019!



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    Susan Paterson
    Government Information Librarian
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
    CANADA
    Ph: 604-827-5832
    e: susan.paterson@ubc.ca
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