DLI. 1: Employability of graduates from quality assured TVET programs increased Employment rate for TVET graduates increased to 52% May 2016
DLI. As he offers to top up your coffee, he mentions that it is remarkable that the technology allows you to include a CD-ROM with datasets used in the book, though having the data sets available on the publishers website is also sure to please students. Scenario #1
DLI. There is a separate STC license for use of Statcan data in textbooks – Contact your regional office Education Liaison officer A new Clause, and we ain’t talking Santa! DLI The moment that Xxxxx walked into the department, you broke into a wide smile—she is one of the brightest education students with whom you’ve worked and you attended her graduation only a few months ago. After catching up on her current job with the provincial teacher’s association, Xxxxx asks if you can help her download the most recent NGS file. She is on the program for a conference on education, sponsored by Statistics Canada, and wants to update one of the chapters in her thesis on urban-rural school leavers. Her PIN no longer works though, and if you could write the file to CD- ROM, that would be terrific—she’s always appreciated the help you’ve given her. Scenario #2 DLI • Student • University Researcher • Professor • University staff member Is the user authorized? In this scenario, identify whether the situation falls within the DLI license or not. What are the key issues and what do you use to guide your decision?
DLI. The technical wizard at the Research Data Centre which is supported in large part by the Xxxxxxxx Research Institute, an affiliate institute of the university, sends you an email asking for all of the census geography files at all levels of geography in both MapInfo and ArcInfo formats. He’d like them on CDROM--when can he pick them up? Scenario #3 DLI • Teaching • Research • Publishing • Planning of academic/educational services • No redistribution outside the DLI institution Is it for authorized use? • A graduate student is working with one of the researchers at the hospital and wants to know if she can use DLI data from CCHS to co-author a paper with Xx. Xxxxxxx. DLI Scenario #4 DLI • Contractual, or income-generating activity • Identification or disclosing information about any person, business or organization • redistribution outside the DLI institution Data use no-nos • Case Law – Decisions based on user contact – Queries on boundary issues DLI Coming up next… DLI • The nursing students are doing a report on the nature of the communities that would be affected by a disaster at a local nuclear plant. This is a partnership program where, rather than working on theoretical applications, the nurses work with a community organization on a particular health problem. Their report will go to NBPower. Can they use the Census data and corresponding geographical files at the DA level? Scenario #5 DLI • Get more information (clarify issues) – Review license with user • refer to web pages – Data Use and Limitations to come... • Ask on the list • Contact Xxxx and Xxxx When in doubt
DLI. It is a hot summer day when a group of excited high school students approaches the desk for assistance with a question on financial ratios for the wheelchair industry. You hesitate—you know that the Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Businesses can help but that is a DLI product. Can these students be helped? Scenario #6
DLI. In this scenario, identify whether the situation falls within the DLI license or not. What are the key issues and what do you use to guide your decision? You are relieved that one of your most demanding economics professors goes off on sabbatical and he will be teaching and researching at the University of Michigan during the next twelve months. At last— peace and quiet!-- and no more demands of overnight delivery of datafiles for the Survey of Consumer Finance or the Survey of Household Spending! Scenario #7
DLI. Your relief lasts two weeks. You walk in on Tuesday morning to find an email request for him asking for off-site download instructions for your web site and, by the way, he has decided to work with the Canadian Travel Survey now; can you load those up on the website now? Scenario #7
DLI. In this scenario, identify whether the situation falls within the DLI license or not. What are the key issues and what do you use to guide your decision? Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx is new to the campus and will be teaching a course for the Health Economics Research Institute, a newly created virtual tri-university teaching/research initiative between Xxxxx University, Xxxxxxx University and Xxxxxxxx University.. Scenario #8
DLI. He sends you an e-mail introducing himself and describes the course, and then asks if he can have the Health Promotion Survey to put on his WebCT site. Only students registered for the course will be able to have access to it. Scenario #8
DLI. What is the issue? – Multi-university use with web technology • Is the user authorized? – Are all the students (end users) authorized? • Is the use authorized? – Distribution with other institutions • Is there a ruling on this? – Ask Questions to ask yourself DLI • STC must be cited • there are other routes to get data • Appeals can be made to the EAC
