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Good morning:

 

This month's continuing education email is brought to you by Martin Chandler who, as a Data Services Librarian, has given something of a data/GIS leaning for librarians in all contexts.

 

 

A recent release from LAC

The We Are Here: Sharing Stories Digitization Initiative team has developed a new (to LAC) feature to display a list of collections digitized by the project using Google Maps. This feature aids in visualizing the geographic locations of the communities depicted in the collection. If you have a moment, please take a look and enjoy a virtual tour across Canada.

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/initiatives/Pages/stories.aspx

 

 

A webinar on 10 years of Dataverse in Quebec

Dataverse au Québec, deux ans plus tard - Retour d'expérience de bibliothécaires

Date : Mercredi 14 avril, 14h à 15h.

Inscription : https://uqtr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeqsrz4oHNNMfrK2a59KaUrv45Kx0AJ7

Date limite d’inscription : Vendredi 9 avril, 17h00.

 

 

A primer on curating Twitter data

From the Data Curation Network: https://github.com/DataCurationNetwork/data-primers/blob/master/Twitter%20Data%20Curation%20Primer/twitter-data-curation-primer.md

 

 

Data is Plural

A weekly newsletter offering data info (mostly US): https://tinyletter.com/data-is-plural

 

 

The Role of Libraries in Geography and GIS Education Conversations

A number of resources, as well as a monthly conversation series. You can find out more at https://groups.io/g/geolibraries

 

 

Finally, a series of webinars on Statistics Canada's Health data

Webinar: A Brief Overview of Statistics Canada’s Health Data

 

Description:

This webinar will provide you with an overview of Statistics Canada's main health surveys and briefly demonstrate how to access health data on the Statistics Canada website. The webinar will focus on: The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS); the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), Vital Statistics, and the Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD). It will discuss each survey's methodology and will also highlight data products from each of these three popular surveys.

 

Intended Target Audience:

This is an introductory webinar; it may be too basic for advanced data users.

 

Language, Dates, Times, and Registration Links

•            English: March 3, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9jU5minTS-eYcfO_IWc-0Q

 

•            French: March 4, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JTB7y2jPSx2ut6w_O6zRJA

 

Webinar: Demonstration of the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub

 

Description:

The Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub focuses on disaggregated data by gender and other identities to support evidence-based policy development and decision making. The hub is a centralized platform that enables users to easily access and analyze a wealth of statistical information, relevant to the evaluation of programs, policies and initiatives from a gender, diversity and inclusion perspective.

 

The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate how to access the hub and to provide a description of the hub’s functionalities. This presentation will also touch on the history of the hub, future development plans for the hub, and other Statistics Canada’s hubs on diverse populations.

 

Intended Target Audience:

This is an introductory webinar; it may be too basic for advanced data users.

 

Language, Dates, Times, and Registration Links

•            English: March 24, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vCtn_Y-YRVSsbZ0tA09rYA

 

•            French: March 25, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cwjNyrp0RnWVT6LLoQusoQ

 

Webinar: Retail E-commerce: The COVID-19 Experience

 

Description:

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the Canadian retail sector. Consumers and retailers have come to rely on retail e-commerce due to temporary store closures, social distancing requirements and stay at home orders, in place throughout much of 2020.  This presentation explores the effects of COVID-19 on online retail sales from the perspectives of a consumer, a Canadian retailer and a foreign based retailer.

 

Intended Target Audience:

This is an introductory webinar; it may be too basic for advanced data users.

 

Language, Dates, Times, and Registration Links

•            English: March 30, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ikqoq0xbQnqrOKUTUOWEDA

 

•            French: March 30, 2021, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_14tvngjqTluwORoacT-iIg

 

 

 

Martin Chandler

Data Services Librarian

McGill University Library
3459 rue McTavish | Montreal, Quebec  H3A 0C9

T 514-398-2599

 

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