Getting the Data Out There to Users SDC Conference December 2-3, 2009

Data.gov

Data.gov Data.gov. Data.gov has a catalog of “raw” data available from agencies under the U.S. Federal Executive Branch. “The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.”Data.gov

Data.gov The IMLS datasets include PLS FY1992-FY2007 and StLA Survey FY2006-FY2007. The datasets will be updated annually upon availability. FY1994- FY2005 StLA datasets will be added in the near future. Data.gov offers data in three ways: through the "raw" data catalog, using tools and through the geodata catalog. The IMLS datasets are listed under the “Social Insurance and Human Services” single/multiple category.

POI GPS Devices The PLS FY2007 data file as been uploaded to the POI-Factory (Points of Interest) for download to GPS devices. You must have a login/password account in order to download this file. The file format is in.csv. You can open the file in Excel and extract just your state or however many libraries you want and save as another.csv file. POI-Factory

POI Point of Interest (POI) for GPS Devices

POI In order to load the file onto a Garmin device you will need the POI loader ( software. The POI PLS file contains longitude/latitude, name of library, address, phone number, FSCS ID number. Other GPS devices might require a different type file other than.csv (Excel). POI loaderhttp://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/ POI Factory FY 2007 PLS file located at:

Data Ferrett

Data Ferrett “DataFerrett is a unique data mining and extraction tool. (Beta)DataFerrett allows you to select a databasket full of variables and then recode those variables as you need. You can then develop and customize tables. Selecting your results in your table you can create a chart or graph for a visual presentation into an html page. Save your data in the databasket and save your table for continued reuse.”

Data Ferrett IMLS is working with Census to include the PLS data in the Data Ferrett tool. The datasets will be updated as new data is released.