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This paper presents the results of a year-long study of users of CLIB91, a census data package, in an academic library. The results of this study are used to critically evaluate CLIB91 and both strengths and weaknesses with the package are highlighted. The paper goes on to recommend the use of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Internet site as complementary source of census data for academic users., Providing census and other statistical data in an academic library can be accomplished in various ways. A census data package, CLIB91, has been studied over a one-year period in an academic library, that at the University of Wollongong (UOW). The study found strengths and weaknesses. Using the Australian Bureau of Statistics Internet site as a complementary source of census data is recommeded for academic users., This paper presents part of an ongoing study into the ways in which census and other statistical data from external sources can be presented more effectively to infrequent or novice [...]