Transcript What is the Future of Statistical Compendia in the 21 st Century?

What is the Future of
Statistical Compendia
in the 21st Century?
Marianne W. Zawitz
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Study of BJS Sourcebook of
Criminal Justice Statistics
 Determine current knowledge about users
 Document
analysis, site visits, focus groups
 Delphi study

To find consensus on the future and on
requirements for achieving that mission
 Usability studies
 To
look at a compendium in the information space
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Overall Study Findings
 Still a recognized need for the functions of a
statistical compendium
 Usage online impacted by general usability
issues, behavior of users of the web, and lag of
data from original source
 Information media have different “affordances”
and may not be transferable
 Desire for new features that use current
technologies
Bureau of Justice Statistics
BJS decisions about the future
of Sourcebook
 Next edition will be last printed edition and no
more CD-ROM’s
 Website will be improved based on usability
 BJS data will not be repurposed. May use web
services so latest data will be available.
 Metadata standard will be developed by BJS
Bureau of Justice Statistics