Census 2000
Free E-Mail Tutorial
The Alaska Library Association is offering a free e-mail tutorial on the 2000 Census.
From a recent e-mail posting, "Modeled after ALA's successful e-mail tutorial on copyright, this nine week, once-a-week tutorial will unravel many of the mysteries of Census 2000." The e-mail also highlights tutorial topics:
*Learn all about the new 63 racial categories and how they might cause confusion at the reference desk! *Learn what questions/topics can be answered using Census data.
*Navigate through the wide world of census Geography. *Discover when all of this great data is coming out -- some of our favorite reports won't be out till 2003!
*See where and how to get Census information. It will be available on and offline, and from the State as well as Washington, DC. *Find where to get help when we've exhausted our own resources!
This tutorial will be presented by Daniel Cornwall, Government Publications Librarian at the Alaska State Library, which is a coordinating agency of the Alaska Census & Geographic Information Network. Registration Information: There is NO COST to receive this information. If you would like to join the Documents Roundtable for this once-a-week Census tutorial, please send an e-mail to dan_cornwall@eed.state.ak.us before Monday, May 21st. The tutorial will start Tuesday, May 22nd.
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