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-----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: 12 July 2012 15:46 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: China Data Center and ICPSR announce partnership -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: [OR-Announce] [ICPSR] China Data Center and ICPSR announce partnership Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:01:33 -0400 From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> I received this from a colleague, just a few minutes ago. This is interesting news, and a potentially useful set of resources. Ken Grabach Maps Librarian Miami University Libraries Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA *From:*[log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Jen-Chien Yu *Sent:* Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:55 AM *To:* [log in to unmask] *Subject:* Fwd: [OR-Announce] [ICPSR] China Data Center and ICPSR announce partnership FYI - China Data Center (CDC) is a good place for census-type data and GIS data from China. There some free data and shape files on CDC website for non-members: http://chinadatacenter.org/Data/FreeDataDownload.aspx jen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Dan Meisler* <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM Subject: [OR-Announce] [ICPSR] China Data Center and ICPSR announce partnership To: "[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> ICPSR is pleased to announce a partnership with the University of Michigan China Data Center (CDC) effective July 1, 2012. CDC integrates historical, social, and natural science data on China and offers an online geographic analysis system. The center provides a rich array of information on China and offers comprehensive statistics, census data, and spatial data of China online and on CD. CDC will be housed at ICPSR headquarters in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan and operated as an independent data service. "We are extremely excited to welcome the China Data Center and its Director, Shuming Bao," said ICPSR Director George Alter. "The CDC brings important new dimensions to ICPSR, both in its extensive collection of data about China and in Dr. Bao's expertise in geographic information systems and spatial analysis. We expect both ICPSR and CDC to benefit from this new collaboration." Membership in CDC and ICPSR remain separate, but Alter expects synergies between the two organizations to result in added value for both. For example, technology behind the CDC's online China Geo-Explorer may be applied to ICPSR data. CDC, which was established in the University of Michigan's International Institute in 1997, will report to an executive committee appointed by the University of Michigan's Vice President for Research. Under a new agreement, ICPSR provides staff and administrative support for CDC. CDC's Web site is chinadatacenter.org <http://chinadatacenter.org>. _____________ Dan Meisler, editor Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research University of Michigan 734-615-7904; tel:734-615-7904 http://www.icpsr.umich.edu