Statistics User Forum Meeting: Improving Access to Government Datasets

Thursday 18 January 2007, 10.00 - 16.00

Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Chair: Jil Matheson, Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Introduction: Keith Dugmore (Statistics User Forum)
Chair: Jil Matheson (ONS)

Users' experiences

• Librarians' perspective. Alastair Allan (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
• A view from health and social care. Yong Lee (Kent County Council)
• Using government datasets in teaching: constraints and opportunities. Mark Brown (University of Manchester)
• Commercial users' views. Professor Martin Callingham (Birkbeck College)
• Experiences of a value added reseller. John Rae (CACI)
• The use made of official statistics. Rosalyn Harper (Statistics Commission)

Suppliers' views

• Access to data via ESDS. Karen Dennison and Anthony Rafferty
• Improving access to Health and Social Care Information. Dr. Pam Westley
• Improving access to ONS data. Richard Laux and Sarah Simonon

Discussion: options and priorities for improving access lead by a member of the Statistics User Forum.

Bookings

If you would like to attend this meeting, which is free of charge, it is essential to register before 11 January: please email Royal Statistical Society or telephone: 020 7638 8998.

Further information:

For more information about the programme please contact Karen Dennison:
Email: Karen Dennison
Tel: 01206 873574