Thursday, September 9, 2010

Economic Census Data Conference

The Census Bureau is conducting conferences and hands-on workshops for data users on the 2007 Economic Census during 2010.
  • New users learn about the range of data about businesses available from the Census Bureau, including both the Economic Census and more frequent data sets.
  • Experienced users learn about new features of the data, comparability issues, and qualifications of the data.
  • Attendees gain skills in accessing Economic Census data in American FactFinder.
  • Attendees have the opportunity to tell others about their own practical applications of the data and learn what others are doing. 
The Arkansas State Library will be hosting 2 of these conferences on September20th, from 8:30 AM to Noon, and from 1 PM to 4:30 PM.  For more information about the conference or to register for a session, visit the Census Bureau  Economic Census Conference web site or send a reference request to Ask a Librarian.