ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES NEWSLETTER OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM VOL. 19, NO. 08 GP 3.16/3-2:19/08 JUNE 15, 1998 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 1996 CD-ROM READY IN SUMMER 1998 [Based on a notice issued by the Census Bureau.] The first CD-ROM providing American Community Survey data will be available this summer. This innovative product from the Census Bureau will help you learn more about what the American Community Survey offers--an economic, demographic, and housing database that is timely and comparable across geographic areas and for population groups. This CD will be distributed to depository libraries selecting item 0154-B-14, under SuDocs class C 3.297:. This first CD-ROM contains the data for the first four sites surveyed in 1996: Rockland County, NY; Fulton County, PA; Brevard County, FL; and Portland/Multnomah County, OR. The data are available in three formats on the CD-ROM: easy-to-read profiles of communities and population groups, Summary Tables similar to the decennial census Summary Tape Files, and Public Use Microdata for researchers to create their own custom tables. Data users will find this CD-ROM a valuable one stop product for information about the American Community Survey because it includes information about why the Census Bureau is developing the survey; a copy of the 1996 questionnaire; information about the methods, concepts, and definitions the survey uses; technical documentation related to the data, and tutorial movies showing how to use the data browser and how to create charts and maps to display the data. Since the American Community Survey will provide data every year, the Census Bureau has built continuous improvement into the program. If you have ideas for improvements to the CD-ROM, which could benefit your work, the Census Bureau would like to hear from you. Please send your comments and questions to .