On April 17, 2006 Penn State’s Office for Research Protections decommissioned the Application for Use of Secondary data.

Instructions on how to fill out the new applications will be made available on the PRI Data Archive Web site. An announcement will be made when these instructions become available.

If you are currently in the process of putting together an application for use of secondary data in research (not yet submitted to ORP), it is suggested that you wait until after Monday, April 24th - Jen Darragh and Sherry Yocum are meeting with ORP personnel to go over the new forms. After that date, you may consult with either Jen or Sherry for help in filling out the appropriate application forms.

The Data Archive Bulletin Board (across from 706 and next to 707 Oswald Tower) has a new “Spotlight” theme for the month of November - Migration. The resources highlighted include migration data sources on PopNet UNIX, in SodaPop, in the PRI Library / Data Archive Catalog, and on the World Wide Web. Migration is a hot topic in Demography right now - stop by and take a look!

You can now create an SPSS dataset extraction from all SodaPop datasets! At present, your full set of formatting options includes SAS, Stata, SPSS, comma- or tab delimited.

The bulletin boards outside of the Data Archive Office (706 Oswald) have been updated with new information. The bulletin board next to the PRI Library (707 Oswald) includes introductory information about the PRI Data Archive and an invite to our introductory seminar. We highly recommend this session for new demography students.

The bulletin board in between 705 and 706 has information about the Penn State Office for Research Protections (ORP) and IRB review at Penn State. Including an FAQ!

Jen will be attending a GIS workshop in Harrisburg on July 21, 2005. This is an all-day workshop, therefore Jen will not be in the office.