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The mission of the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) is to (1) To provide a forum for discussion of problems, concerns, and for exchange of ideas by librarians working with government documents; (2) to provide a force for initiating and supporting programs to increase availability, use, and bibliographic control of documents; (3) to increase communication between documents librarians and other librarians; (4) to contribute to the extension and improvement of education and training of documents librarians.

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[IMLS Webinar #4] Commercial Data Quality Issues on April 27, 2023 featuring Todd Hines, Grace Liu, Patrick McLaughlin, and Stephanie Tulley

  • 1.  [IMLS Webinar #4] Commercial Data Quality Issues on April 27, 2023 featuring Todd Hines, Grace Liu, Patrick McLaughlin, and Stephanie Tulley

    Posted Apr 17, 2023 11:23 AM

    There is still time to register.  Hear from experts in academia (Todd Hines, Grace Liu) and government (Stephanie Tulley, Patrick McLaughlin) use and evaluate the quality of commercial data in their respective sectors.  

    Commercial Data Quality Issues

    Thursday April 27, 2023

    2:00-3:30 PM EDT; 1:00-2:30 PM CDT; 12:00-1:30 PM MDT; 11:00 AM-12:30 PM PDT

     

    How do we decide which commercial sources to acquire? How can we inform our researchers of challenges with the data?  Todd Hines (Stanford University) and Grace Liu (West Chester University) will share their expert findings on the world of expensive business & financial data. Patrick McLaughlin will discuss how the USDA uses commercial data to help inform government decisions. Stephanie Tulley will explain how she helps her researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland who play a key role in monetary policy and help monitor regional economic conditions.

     

    Register Here!

     

    This is the fourth webinar of the 7 National Forum Series in Building Capacity of Academic Librarians in Evaluating Data Quality. This project is organized by West Chester University, Stanford University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (RE-252357-OLS-22). Find future webinars and project details at https://sites.google.com/view/imls2022-data-quality/ 

    The past sessions have been recorded and are available on the project website.



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    Bobray Bordelon
    Econ, Fin. & Data Services Librarian
    Princeton University
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