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Title: Advances in Data Preservation: The Roper Center Archive Approach


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Advances in Data Preservation The Roper Center
Archive Approach
  • Cynthia Teixeira
  • The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
  • University of Connecticut
  • IASSIST Conference 2003, Ottawa, Canada

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Overview
  • Introduction to Center
  • Challenges to the Archive
  • Pilot Project
  • Multi-Track Approach
  • Current Status of the Archive
  • Future

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The Roper Center
  • Introduction to the Roper Center
  • Founded just after World War II
  • Largest archives of public opinion data
  • 8000 US studies
  • 7000 Foreign studies
  • Purpose
  • To acquire and preserve public opinion data and
    relevant documentation
  • To make available the data for secondary analysis
  • To provide support in the use of these data

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Archive Challenges
  • Mainframe computing
  • Quality of documentation and the variety of
    formats (Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, ASCII
    text, OSIRIS codebooks, paper)
  • Various data formats (Column binary, flat ASCII,
    SPSS)
  • Identity items included in the data files
  • Incomplete catalog records

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Pilot Project
  • Fortune Magazine Collection
  • Begin in Spring 2000
  • 75 studies from 1938-1949
  • Reasons for choosing the collection
  • Column binary data
  • Condition of the documentation
  • Number of studies

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Multi-Track Approach
  • Conversion of all documentation to electronic
    files
  • Addressing concerns about data confidentiality
    and responsible use
  • Converting older data format files to more
    standard formats
  • Improving catalog records for each study

www.RoperCenter.uconn.edu
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Completed Data Collections
  • ABC/Washington Post
  • American Soldier Surveys
  • Associated Press
  • CBS News/New York Times
  • Gallup/Cable News Network/USA Today
  • Gallup News Service
  • NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  • Princeton Survey Research Associates (PSRA)
  • Fortune Magazine
  • Roper Reports
  • Yankelovich Partners

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Status of the US Archives,January 2003
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Future Archival Developments
  • Standardization of all studies within the Archive
  • IP authentication
  • DDI implementation
  • Implementation of Express data set download
  • Acquisitions

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