University of Waterloo
                     Electronic Data Service Task Group
                   Minutes for Meeting of January 25, 1995

Present:  Albert Kemp (Secretary)	Absent:  Shabiran Rahman
	  Doug Morton (Chair)                    Debbie Tytko
	  Sue Moskal                             
          Bill Oldfield
	  Carol Vogt

CC:       Bruce MacNeil
          Mike Ridley
          Boris Bruder
          Charles Woods
	  Betty Graf

1.  Minutes of Previous Meeting - 
    Approved.

2.  Business Arising - 
    None.

3.  Additional Agenda - 
    6. Cataloguing
    7. ICPSR

4.  CANSIM/EPAS - 
    B. Oldfield reports that our 1st update to the CANSIM database was 
    partially successful.  The /tmp area overflowed, but this problem was 
    quickly resolved and the update continued to completion.  The database
    now contains over 581,000 time series.

    Andrea Chappell (DCS) will be working on secure telnet access to CANSIM.

5.  Census, GSS & VAW - 
    C. Vogt reports that the VAW data is accessible, using the SAS/SPSS
    programs which came with the data.  However, there are significant 
    problems with the SAS/SPSS programs for GSS.  The only acception 
    to this is the most recent cycle, GSS8.  Carol proposed creating our 
    own basic SAS/SPSS control files for cycles 1 thru 7.  It was suggessted 
    that Erin Harvey, of Statistical Consulting Services, attend a future 
    meeting to advise us further on this matter.

    B. Oldfield proposed the formation of a subgroup, to implement a Web
    to SAS system here at UW.  This matter will be discussed further when
    Erin Harvey visits.

6.  Cataloguing - 
    S. Moskal reports that Betty Graf (Cataloguing Dept.) asked her about 
    the desired location code form spine labels.  To be decided.

7.  ICPSR - 
    A. Kemp submitted a bulletin from ICPSR to S. Moskal for review.


Next Meeting: Feb. 1, 1995, 1:30 pm, LIB 428.