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Ron Renchler
Director, Library Communications
ronr@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Oregonians everywhere needing statistical data or related information about counties and communities in Oregon will be happy to learn about the launch of Data for Local Communities ( http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dlc/ ), a new online database developed and maintained at the University of Oregon Libraries.
Data for Local Communities gathers in one place a wide array of high-quality websites containing statistical, spatial, and descriptive information about cities, counties, and other civil, economic, and natural regions of Oregon.
The new resource is intended to support the work and interests of local governments, educators, students, business people, researchers, libraries, and citizens of Oregon. It was created as a project of the Orbis Cascade Alliance and received federal grant funding administered in Oregon by the Oregon State Library.
The Data for Local Communities website consists of a database containing more than 350 records for online statistical and descriptive resources, all searchable by keyword, title, author, or subject. The tool also allows users to search or browse by topic and geographic level and to search an online catalog for print publications on Oregon's cities and counties.
For more information on the resource, contact Tom Stave, Head of the Document Center of the UO Libraries, at 346-3060, tstave@uoregon.edu.