1. How to Cite Statistics Canada Products Gaëtan Drolet Data Liberation Initiative Communications and Library Services Division DLI Ontario/CAPDU 2005 April 14, 2005

2. Contents u My STC background u Context u STC citation practices u Others citation practices u Proposal presented u The tool: a demo u Benefits for users u Benefits for STC u Next steps

3. My STC background u Part-time employee of DLI unit/STC u Retired data librarian and DLI contact u STC librarian for 23 years in U Laval u Former member of DLI EAC u Experience with different categories of users of STC products u Experience with STC collection

4. Context u STC long standing efforts u STC Quality Guidelines for data u No official guidelines for bibliographic citation u The largest publisher in the country u Development of a common citation tool became a necessity

5. STC citation practices u Requirement for the Pricing and Licensing Section/Marketing Division u Branding – not citation u Copyright/permission to reproduce u Learning resources/May I copy this? u License agreement for Internet products (DSP and DLI programs) u Divisions practices: no corporate rules, no guidelines

6. Others’ citation practices u DLI community: « How to cite computer files » (Ruus and Bombak,1994) u Questions/debate on the DLIlist u US Census u ICPSR u National and international statistical agencies u No international standards to cite statistics and data

7. Proposal u Proposal presented and accepted at the DLI EAC Meeting, May 5-7, 2004 u To develop a Citation Guide to Statistics Canada products u To facilitate the development of proper bibliographic references/citations by end- users u A tool has been developed

8. Benefits for users u This guide answers an expressed need u A common denominator for users and DLI-DSP community u A tool to train statistics and data users u The guide can support bibliographies compiled from STC data uses u Inclusion in the DDI-Nesstar tools used by the DLI community

9. Benefits for STC u A way to consolidate metadata. u Complete citation as component of the licensing process u Development of a recommended citation for new products u Important role of the Daily u Value added information to products and IMDB u Increases STC visibility

10. Benefits for STC (next) u To promote effective use of STC products and STC recognition in research results u Common tool for users, STC divisions and personnel u Inclusion in the Online Catalogue, in Census website, in E-Stat, etc…

11. Next steps u Finish the editing u French translation and french examples u Announcement /Presentations to users u Carleton/DLI Ontario/CAPDU 2005/CARTO 2005 u IASSIST 2005 Conference u From DLI website link to a Statistics Canada publication u Incorporation in the publication production process at STC u http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/gaetan/citation style.htm http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/gaetan/citation style.htm Password: xxxx Username: xxxx u Your comments: gaetan.drolet@arul.ulaval.cagaetan.drolet@arul.ulaval.ca