1. Presentation prepared for the RCMAR Annual Investigators Meeting, Thursday, May 8 th, 2008 Opportunities in Aging and Minority Health Research: ICPSR Resources

2. ICPSR’s origins Established in 1962 Partnership among 21 universities Data distributed on punched cards & then tape Originally called ICPR

3. We need organizations like ICPSR to make sense of the world of social science data.

4. Fast forward to 2008 ICPSR now has over 640 diverse members around the world Its archive holds data that span the social and behavioral sciences Data available instantaneously

5. Access to ICPSR Resources: Students and faculty at member schools have free, unlimited access to ICPSR's vast data archive.

6. Graduate Students Users of ICPSR Data User AffiliationsSpring 20052005 %sSpring 20072007 %s Undergraduate Student653525.8%2779129.1% Graduate Student1017540.1%3402335.6% University/College Faculty411116.2%1560216.3% University/College Staff Member11134.4%40454.2% Research Organization8403.3%33363.5% Federal Government3411.3%11671.2% Local Government2951.2%10031.0% State Government2451.0%9661.0% News Organization1000.4%4080.4% Treatment Service Provider1180.5%3540.4% Other14925.9%68767.2% TOTALS2536595571

7. Some ICPSR studies: National Survey of Black Americans MIDUS National Health Interview Surveys Americans Changing Lives Chinese Healthy Longevity Study And thousands more…

8. Downloading Data Immediate downloads to the user’s desktop Supporting documentation and setups for statistical packages supplied (SAS, SPSS, Stata) Technical support provided

9. Structure of the ICPSR Data Collection General Archive Receives General-Purpose Submissions and Distributes them to Members Special Collections Emerge out of need for Timely Data (Census 2000, Election…) Topical Archives are Externally Funded and Provide Special Purpose Data to All Users

11. ICPSR Summer Course

15. Also at MDRC Undergraduate Research Paper Competition  Deadline for submission of paper/package (May 31, 2009)  Notification of finalists (July 2009)  Publication of papers on ICPSR Web site (August 2009)  Prizes awarded date (September 15, 2009 - or first business day after)  Publication of first place paper in Spring ICPSR Bulletin (Spring 2010) Summer internships at ICPSR

17. Other Topical Archives National Archive on Criminal Justice Data Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive International Archive of Education Data Child Care & Early Education Data Sharing for Demographic Research Terrorism and Emergency Preparedness - NEW PK-3 Data Resource - NEW

18. ICPSR Summer Program

19. ICPSR Summer Course

20. Online Learning Center at ICPSR

21. Thank you… www.icpsr.umich.edu Amy Pienta apienta@umich.edu