Conference 2002 presentation files
Workshops
- Developing a GIS Data Services Program
Steve Morris (North Carolina State University) - Finding, Evaluating and Using Numeric Data
Julie Linden (Yale University) - An Introduction to Arcview
Steven Citron-Pousty (Yale University) - DDI in Action: the Innovative Data Library using Nesstar Knowledge Products
Simon Musgrave (UKDA) and Jostein Ryssevik (NSD), Nesstar Ltd.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
Plenary Session
- The Data Archive in the Twenty-First Century - The View from ICPSR
Myron Gutmann, Executive Director, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Session A: eXtreme Intelligence: Pushing Expert Systems to Their Limits
Chair: Jostein Ryssevik, Norwegian Social Science Data Services
- The Prospects for "Intelligent Research"
Ken Reed (Deakin University), Steven McEachern (University Of Ballarat)
- Emerging from the Quagmire: Building Expert
Systems Technologies for the Social Sciences
Robert P. Wozniak (Minnesota Population Center) - Clearing the Metadata Hurdle for Inexperienced
Users: A Case-Based Reasoning Approach
Edward Brent (Idea Works, Inc.), Albert F. Anderson (Public Data Queries, Inc.), Lisa Neidert (University of Michigan), Pawel Slusarz (Idea Works)
Session B: The New Frontier for Archives
Chair: JoAnn Dionne, University of Michigan
- Public Opinion Data in the National Archives of
the United States
Thomas E. Brown (NARA) - Enhancing Access to Qualitative Data Resources:
Edwardians Online Project
Louise Corti's paper (UK Data Archive) presented by Kevin Schürer - In Praise of Data Archives: Finding and recovering the 1963 Kennedy Assassination Study
Tom W. Smith (NORC)
Session C: Research Portals, or the Truth is Out There
Chair: Fay Booker, University of Chicago
- An Internet Portal for Danish Research
Anne Sophie Fink (Danish Data Archives) - Scientific Information Infrastructure for Social Research in Russia
Tatyana Yudina (Moscow State University) - Reaching Your End-user with MIMAS
Jessica Eustace (University of Manchester)
Poster Session
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
Plenary Session
An International Perspective on Confidentiality and Access to Governmentally Produced Social Science Data
Moderator: Margaret Adams, NARA
Participants:
- Pat Doyle, US Bureau of the Census
- Doug Norris, Director General of the Census and Demographic Statistics Branch at Statistics Canada
- Professor John M. Abowd, Director, Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research and Distinguished Research Fellow, U.S. Census Bureau
Session D: Working Together to Accelerate Access:Data on the Fast Track
Chair: Robin Rice, Edinburgh University
- Building Collaborative Data Services Upon Dispersed Resources: A Collaboration Model for Accelerating Data Access at Indiana University
Jason (Xiao) Yu (Indiana University) - Entering a New Era -- The European Research
Area
Ken Miller (UK Data Archive) - StatCat: Building a Statistical Data Finder
Julie Linden (Yale University), Steven Citron-Pousty, Ann Green
Session E: GIS Mobilized: One if by Land; Two if by Sea; Three if by Fiber Optics
Chair: Patrick McGlamery, University of Connecticut
- Geographic Information Retrieval: Searching Text
and Data via Common Geography
Fredric Gey (UC Berkeley), Michael Buckland, Aitao Chen, Ray Larson - The USGS National Map: Delaware Framework DataMIL Pilot Project
Richard Sacher (University of Delaware) - Integrating Data Resources with the Library Catalog
Steven Morris (North Carolina State University)
Session F: Poll Data: Enabling Greater Access and Re-use
Chair: Richard Rockwell, The Roper Center
- Enhancing Access: Roper Center Efforts Towards Data Integration
Marc Maynard (Roper Center) - Encouraging Secondary Analysis of Public Opinion Poll Data
Shawn Marie Pelak (ICPSR) - Enriching Access to Opinion Poll Data: The Experience
of the UK Data Archive
Kevin Schürer (UK Data Archive)
Session G: Tuning Up Your Web Site: Increasing Its Usability
Chair: Ron Nakao, Stanford University
- Electronic Collaboration with Distant Partners:
The (Success) Story of the IASSIST Web Action Group
Robin Rice (Edinburgh University) - Creating Accessible Style and Content for MIMAS Social Sciences Web
Pages
Stuart Smith (University of Manchester) - Web Usability: The Key to Success
on the Web
Colleen Blessing (US Dept of Energy), Marianne Zawitz (US Dept of Justice) - For additional resource on Web Usability, see: blessingzawitz.pdf
Session H: M-Squared: Metadata Matters
Chair: Ann Green, Yale University
- MetaNet: Standardising Statistical Metadata Methodology
Karen Brannen (University of Edinburgh) - Harmonization and Integration of Metadata: An
Urgent Task for the Future Efficient Use of the Web
Dusan Soltes (Comenius University) - XML: Schemas, Names and Confusion
Daniel Gillman (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Session I: Make It Faster, Make It Bigger: Developments in Data Delivery Systems
Chair: Bo Wandschneider, University of Guelph
- New Developments in Open Source Digital Library
Tools
Micah Altman (Harvard University) - The Internet Data Library System, Version 2: A Canadian Data Delivery Experience
Vince Gray (University of Western Ontario) - Web-based Access to Complex UK
Census Data-Sets
O.W. Duke-Williams (University of Leeds), J.C.H. Stillwell
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
Plenary Session
Recent Developments in Data Access and Implications for DataArchives
Moderator: Karsten Boye Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark
Participants:
- Jen Darragh, Pennsylvania State University
- Lisa Neidert, University of Michigan
- Mary Vardigan, ICPSR
- Kevin Schürer, UK Data Archive
Session J: A New Topical Data Archive: Building a Research Infrastructure for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies in the U.S.
Chair: Ann Gray, Princeton University
- Academics, Journalists, Policy Makers and Artists: Mapping One Road for All
Elizabeth Bennett (Princeton University) - Cultural Policy and the Arts: Overview of the Field
Ann Gray (Princeton University) - Developing a new Data Archive in a Time of Developing Standards
Vernon Leighton (Princeton University)
Session K: Putting DDI on the Road: What's in the Metadata Toolbox?
Chair: Bill Block, University of Minnesota
- DDI Tools: The MN perspective
Mike Haarman (University of Minnesota) - DDI Files from
New Data Collections
Tom Piazza (UC Berkeley) - The Metadata Toolbox: A User's Perspective
on DDI
Janet Eisenhauer Smith (University of Wisconsin) - ICPSR's Use of DDI
Mary Vardigan (ICPSR) - DDI-Publishing Made Easy-the Nesstar Way
Jostein Ryssevik (NSD), Nesstar Ltd.
Session L: Accelerated Learning Environments: A Discussion
on Collaboration & Dissemination of Teaching Materials
Chair: Paula Lackie, Carleton College
- Preparing a New Generation of Researchers: Introductory Sociology & Research Methods
Grant Blank (American University) - Sharing Instructional Materials Through the Web
John Korey (California State Polytechnic University) - MOTV: Research Methods and Data
Resources for Social
Sciences? A Case of Finland
Tuomas J. Alaterä (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), Sami Borg
Session M: Delivering the U.K. Census: Web-Based Access
Chair: Melanie Wright, UK Data Archive
- Let us Bring You to Your Census: Recent Developments
in UK Census Data Provision
Lucy Bell (UK Data Archive) - Learning and teaching with the UK Census
Jackie Carter (University of Manchester), Cressida Chappell (UK Data Archive) - Web-based Access to the 2001 Sample of Anonymised Records (SAR's)
from the UK Census: Opportunities for Learning and Teaching
Mark Brown (University of Manchester) - Stuck on the Census: UK Historical Censuses Online
Hamish James (UK Data Archive), Cressida Chappell, Mark Merry, Gustavo de Souza
Session N: Watching DDI In Action: Implementation of a Standard
Chair: Fred Gey, UCDATA and UC Berkeley
- Developing a DDI
Back-Office
Ron Dekker (NWO) - Trials and Tribulations of Developing DDI-Compliant
Codebooks at the University of Guelph
Michelle Edwards - Presenter (University of Guelph), Carol Perry - WebDAIS/DDMS - A new version of NESSTAR
Bill Bradley (Health Canada), Jostein Ryssevik, Simon Musgrave, Prem Khosla
Session O: The Faster it Moves, The Harder it is to Preserve
Chair: Diane Geraci, UK Data Archive
- NARA's High Capacity Magnetic Media Study
Michael Carlson (NARA) - Digital Preservation: Maintaining History's Rear-View
Mirror
Janet Vavra (ICPSR) - Designing an e-journal archive: report of a planning project at Harvard University
Diane Garner (Harvard College Library)