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RUSA/CODES Reference Publishing Discussion Forum: Life after the Statistical Abstract.

What will the proposed demise of the Statistical Abstract mean for reference librarians and library users?  Now in its 130th annual edition, Statistical Abstract has played a central role in guiding users to statistics since before we were born.   Since finding statistics can be challenging under the best of circumstances, what are our strategies for dealing with this loss? Are there new services and products we would like to see from commercial publishers?

Join us for a discussion of these issues on Saturday, January 21, at 10:30 AM, in the Dallas Convention Center D167.

Alesia McManus, owner of the “Save the US Statistical Abstract” Facebook page, will be there as well as other librarians, publishers, and vendors.

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