[Libs-Or] Free 2007 Economic Census training sessions

[Claudia Weston]

The Portland State University Population Center is hosting two informational
sessions led by Census Bureau instructors on the newly released 2007
Economic Census data for Oregon and its communities, as well as other
sources of business and economic data. These conferences will be held on the
Portland State University campus on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 and are FREE,
but seating is limited. Please reserve your space by contacting the PSU
Population Research Center at askprc at pdx.edu or 503-725-3922.  Provide your
name, email address, affiliation, and whether you want to attend the morning
or afternoon session.

.	Morning, 9:00-Noon (registration at 8:30), Cramer Hall Room 1
.	Afternoon, 1:30-4:30 (registration at 1:00), Urban Center Room 304

The morning session will be hands-on, with desktop computers provided and
laptops welcome (there are more seats than computers). 
 
Conference program:
.	Background on the Economic Census: basic concepts and uses of the
data
.	North American Industry Classification System and Census Geography
.	2007 Economic Census products
.	Working with Economic Census data in American FactFinder
.	More frequent business data from the Census Bureau

For more information, visit
http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/www/conferences/ or contact Charles
Rynerson at the Population Research Center, 503-725-3922.

Claudia V. Weston
Portland State University Library
503-725-4542