Download Service: New and Updated
Data + Documentation prepared for dissemination
Month
New
Updated
Aug
10
56
Sep
0
12
Oct
10
12
Download Service: New and Updated
Data + Documentation prepared for Nesstar
Month
New
Updated
Aug
0
4
Sep
0
9
Oct
1
5
Dataset Supply requests by delivery method
Month
Number of requests
Guest FTP
CD-ROM/DVD
Other access
Legacy prepared
for download
Web
Nesstar
J2.2 Government Data
Aug
856
52
19
2
568
4
Sep
523
10
0
32
584
3
Oct
1,517
6
2
7
807
1
J2.3.2 International Micro Data
Aug
51
10
0
5
65
1
Sep
18
5
0
6
13
1
Oct
30
8
0
11
100
0
J2.4 Longitudinal Data
Aug
226
9
0
5
30
1
Sep
217
4
0
3
18
1
Oct
383
4
0
1
57
0
J2.5 Qualitative Data
Aug
N/A
8
0
Sep
15
1
Oct
24
1
Total requests
Month
Web
Nesstar
Guest FTP
CD-ROM/DVD
Other access
Legacy prepared for download
Aug
1,430
88
40
13
745
54
Sep
1,248
23
22
44
708
56
Oct
2,368
19
64
22
1,189
25
Total
5,046
130
126
79
2,642
135
Occasions when data updates not made available
within 30 working days
None
Occasions when non-networked data was not
disseminated within 15 working days
None
Occasions when data not made available on
Nesstar within 35 working days of release
None
Occasions when updates to download service
not made available within 30 working days of receipt of full &
complete data & documentation
None
Usage of Nesstar service
Month
Number of analyses
Aug
17
Sep
90
Oct
46
ESDS Government (J2.2)
Enhancements to Datasets (CCSR)
None reported
Large-scale Government prepared for dissemination
New and updated Data + Data Documentation
Month
New
Updated
Aug
4
56
Sep
0
12
Oct
8
3
Large-scale Government prepared for Nesstar Service
New and updated Data + Data Documentation
Month
New
Updated
Aug
0
4
Sep
0
9
Oct
1
3
Dataset Supply requests by delivery method
Month
Number of requests
Guest FTP
CD-ROM/DVD
Other access
Legacy prepared
for download
Web
Nesstar
Aug
856
52
19
2
568
4
Sep
523
10
0
32
584
3
Oct
1,517
6
2
7
807
1
Usage of Nesstar service
Month
Number of analyses
Aug
554
Sep
412
Oct
303
Exception reports
Occasions when updates download service not available within
30 working days
None
Occasions when non-networked data was not
disseminated within 15 working days
None
Occasions when data not made available on
Nesstar within 35 working days
None
Enhancement to Datasets (UKDA) Six monthly reporting – not reported this quarter.
Enhancements to documentation (UKDA)
Six monthly reporting – not reported this quarter.
Documentation and support materials
Six monthly reporting – not reported this quarter.
Teaching datasets produced
Six monthly reporting – not reported this quarter.
J2 Data Services
J2.3.1 International macro data
Online Service
New and updated Data + Documentation
Month
New
Updated
Aug
1
6
Sep
8
9
Oct
3
7
Dataset receipt and processing to
be made available to users
Month
Number of datasets
Not made available within
PI
Aug
5
0
Sep
9
2
Oct
6
1
Occasions when macro data not made availabe within 20 working
days
3 datasets
World Bank WDI and GDF 2004 data had errors (which we informed WB
about) and also it was in a different format than the 2003 version
so new data processing programs had to be written.
OECD International development statistics - resource issue. Other
demands on the ESDS International team members - e.g. releasing new
data and BY2020 upgrade have led to the OECD data updates slipping).
ESDS International Usage Back Data
Month
No. of unique users per month
No. of unique institutions per month .
No. of active sessions (inc. visits by same user) per
month
Aug-03
80
40
240
Sep-03
39
30
138
Oct-03
94
45
232
Nov-03
122
57
308
Dec-03
95
50
335
Jan-04
166
57
650
Feb-04
326
73
1,544
Mar-04
409
72
2,752
Apr-04
349
65
2,149
May-04
286
72
1,528
Jun-04
309
75
1,890
Jul-04
338
68
3,316
Aug-04
326
54
3,130
Sep-04
258
61
2,125
Oct-04
472
71
2,133
J2.3.2 International Micro Data
International Micro datasets prepared for dissemination
New and updated Data + Documentation
New
Updated
None
International micro datasets acquired from
sister archive on behalf of users
Aug
67
Sep
35
Oct
66
Datasets supply by delivery method
Month
Guest FTP
CD-ROM/DVD
Other access
Web
Nesstar
Legacy prepared for download
Aug
51
5
65
10
0
1
Sep
18
6
13
6
0
1
Oct
30
11
100
8
0
0
Exception reports
Occasions when updates to download service not made available
within 30 working days None
Occasions when Micro data acquired on behalf of sister archives
not made available within 15 working days of receipt of full and complete
data and documentation from the sister archive None
CD-ROM/DVD/Guest FTP delivery of data not made within 15 working
days of request None
Longitudinal (J2.4)
Longitudinal data documentation available for dissemination
New and updated Data + Documentation
Month
New
Updated
Aug
2
0
Sep
0
0
Oct
0
1
Longitudinal data and data documentation available via Nesstar
service
None
Usage of Nesstar service
Month
Number of analyses
Aug
9
Sep
18
Oct
56
Usage of Nesstar service on hold until new Nesstar server tools implemented
Dataset supply requests by delivery method
Month
Number of requests
Guest FTP
CD ROM/DVD
Other access
Legacy prepared
for download
Web
Nesstar
Aug
226
9
0
5
30
1
Sep
217
4
0
3
18
1
Oct
383
4
0
1
57
0
Six monthly reporting for the following:
Enhancements to datasets
Six monthly reporting – not reported this quarter.
Enhancements to documentation
Six monthly reporting – not reported this quarter.
Teaching/sampler datasets produced
Six monthly reporting – not reported this quarter.
Exception reports
Occasions when updates to download service not made available
within 30 working days of receipt of full & complete data &documentation
None
Occasions when updates to Nesstar service not made availablewithin
35 working days of dataset publication
None
CD-ROM/DVD/Guest FTP delivery of data not made within 15 working
days of request
None
Qualitative Data (J2.5)
Qualitative data documentation prepared for dissemination
New and updated Data + Documentation
Month
New
Updated
Aug
14
0
Sep
14
1
Oct
4
0
These figures include a project to create virtual catalogue records for
datasets deposited elsewhere by Qualidata. Therefore these figures are
not typical.
Exception reports
Occasions when data on the download service was not made available
within 35 working days of receipt of full & complete data & documentation
None
Occasions when CD-ROM/DVD/Guest FTP delivery not made within
15 working days of a full and complete request
None
User Support (J3.1)
Helpdesk (J3.1.1)
Datasets
No. queries received directly
No. queries received by referral
No. unresolved after 5 days
Service
Aug
Sep
Oct
Aug
Sep
Oct
Aug
Sep
Oct
Central
106
142
188
0
0
0
2
5
8
Government
15
25
26
3
4
4
0
0
0
International
19
10
16
0
1
1
0
0
0
Longitudinal
11
7
5
0
0
0
0
4
0
Qualidata
7
14
12
0
0
0
0
4
0
Total
158
198
247
3
5
5
2
9
8
No. unresolved after 5 days
No unresolved after 20 days
Service
Aug
Sep
Oct
Aug
Sep
Oct
Central
2
3
6
1
0
0
Government
0
2
2
0
0
0
International
0
1
0
0
0
0
Longitudinal
3
0
0
0
1
1
Qualidata
0
4
0
0
0
0
Total
5
10
8
1
1
2
User Registration (J3.1.2)
Individual user registrations
Aug
Sep
Oct
New users
704
712
2312
Total users registered
13,526
14,238
16,550
Exception Reporting
Number of registrations not completed within 2 working days of receipt
of completed registration materials:
None
Documentation, Information and Training (J3.2)
Documentation and Support Materials (J3.2.1)
Annual reporting
List of available service documentation
Date released or updated
Number
Service
Print or electronic
New or Updated
Aug
2
All
print and electronic
New
2
Access and Preservation
print and electronic
New
2
Government
print and electronic
New
1
International
print and electronic
New
1
Longitudinal
print and electronic
New
2
Qualidata
print and electronic
New
2
Government
electronic
Updated
Sep
1
Government
electronic
New
1
Government
electronic
Updated
Oct
1
Government
electronic
Updated
3
Government
electronic
New
Type
Number of attendees
Service
User perception
Usefulness value
Content value
Workshop
10
International
4.25
4.44
Workshop
6
International
4.5
4.5
Workshop
25
Government
4
4
Workshop
25
Qualidata
4.3
4.2
Workshop
12
International
4.42
4.33
Workshop
32
All
3.63
3.63
Workshop
14
Longitudinal
Awaiting return of evaluation forms
Promotion Marketing and User Relationships (J3.3)
Annual reporting
Publicity Material
Date of publication via ESDS web site
Title
Sep-04
UK Databytes
Mailing Lists maintained by ESDS via the ESDS
web site
Month
ESDS-news
ESDS-Govsurveys
ESDS-International
ESDS-Longitudinal
ESDS-Qualidata
SSDR-reps
Other
Aug
3
1
3
1
0
1
4
Sep
4
7
6
1
1
4
9
Oct
10
8
2
7
3
0
11
User and representative meetings
Date
Service
Numbers attended
29/10/2004
Government
62
Conferences/professional meetings with nature
of ESDS participation
Date of meeting
Number
Type of participation
Aug
1
Stakeholder meeting
3
presentation
1
Sessions chair and paper, leaflets
Sep
1
Stakeholder meeting
2
Paper
5
Stakeholder meeting
1
Poster
2
Attended
1
presentation, poster, leaflets
Oct
1
presentation
1
presentation/papers
1
Organised
1
work exchange
1
participated
Newsletters/promotional articles
Aug
1
Sep
6
Oct
5
Technical and Operational Support (J3.4)
System Support and Machine Operation (J3.4.1)
Number of breaks in service per month and minutes the services' computers
were unavailable.
