Data Archivists: The Intermediaries the Census Bureau Forgot. A Review Essay of "The Role of Intermediaries in the Interpretation and Dissemination of Census Data Now and in the Future.".

Stephenson, Elizabeth

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Publication Date: 1990

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Data Archivists: The Intermediaries the Census Bureau Forgot. A Review Essay of "The Role of Intermediaries in the Interpretation and Dissemination of Census Data Now and in the Future."

Stephenson, Elizabeth

Government Publications Review, v17 n5 p441-47 Sep-Oct 1990

Reviews a Census Bureau report by Sandra Rowland that was written to describe the importance of intermediaries in providing census data to the general public and to specialized researchers. Intermediaries described include the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), federal depository libraries, state data centers, and private vendors, as well as data archives. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Census Figures, Depository Libraries, Federal Government, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination, State Agencies, User Needs (Information)

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