Data-related Advocacy

Update from COSSA: Changes to the Common Rule: The Implications for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

By e.stephenson

March 25, 2013

This is from the COSSA Newsletter ([Consortium of Social Science Associations).]{.st} March 25, 2013 Volume 32, Issue 6 Regarding a workshop on proposed changes to the Common Rule. Readers of these blog entries will recall that these proposed changes would require that data identitified in social science research would be required to meet HIPPA standards; potentially rendering many public datasets unuseful for research purposes. A link to the webcast is here: http://sites.

IASSIST 2013 Fellows update

By l.martinez-uribe

March 20, 2013

This year the IASSIST Fellows Committee received a grand total of 44 Fellows applications from a strong range of candidates from 28 countries around the globe: 18 Asia 13 Africa 7 Europe 3 North America 2 Latin America 1 Australia Applications have been evaluated by the IASSIST Fellows Committee and offers have been made to a number of prospective Fellows to attend the annual conference in Cologne, Germany. We shall announce the names of those who have accepted the Fellows awards shortly.

Knight Foundation Data Challenge (FYI)

By plackie@carleton.edu

July 11, 2012

The Knight Foundation announced a data-related grant opportunity in a kind of “tweet your grant proposal” format. The call has closed but over 800 of the applications are viewable through Tumblr. In a simple search of the applications with the words “data professionals” returned 148 results. Of these, some of the more related are: My submission: A passion for data, and the professionals who keep it alive{.gs-title} A proposal for a dating service for data professionals :} DATABLE | Data based dating{.

IASSIST Fellows application now closed

By l.martinez-uribe

March 3, 2012

The application for IASSIST Fellows is now closed. Over 40 applications from 23 different countries have been received with the following number of applications by region: 23 Latin America 12 Africa 6 Asia The Fellows Committee is now working to evaluate the applications and will make the decisions in the following weeks. Good luck to all participants.

IASSIST 2012 Fellows Program

By l.martinez-uribe

January 31, 2012

The IASSIST Fellows Program is now accepting applications for financial support to attend the IASSIST 2012 conference in Washington [http://www.iassist2012.org/], from data professionals from countries with emerging economies who are developing and managing data infrastructures at their home institutions. Please be aware that funding is not intended to cover the entire cost of attending the conference. The applicant’s home institution must provide some level of financial support to supplement the IASSIST Fellow award.

IASSIST Latin Engagement Action Group

By l.martinez-uribe

November 3, 2011

The Latin Engagement Action Group have come up with a number of outreach activities aimed at supporting data professionals from Spanish and Portuguese speaking educational institutions, namely: 1. Research Data Management Webinars (complete with IASSIST contribution) for Spanish/Portuguese data specialists (http://www.recolecta.net/buscador/webminars.jsp) Stuart Macdonald and Luis Martínez-Uribe in collaboration with Alicia López Medina (UNED, Spain), the Spanish Agency of Science and Technology (FECYT) and the network of Spanish repositories RECOLECTA have organised a programme of webinars in 3 strands starting in October to discuss RDM issues:

86 helpful tools for the data professional PLUS 45 bonus tools

By jkitlas

October 29, 2011

I have been working on this (mostly) annotated collection of tools and articles that I believe would be of help to both the data dabbler and professional. If you are a data scientist, data analyst or data dummy, chances are there is something in here for you. I included a list of tools, such as programming languages and web-based utilities, [data mining]{.zem_slink} resources, some prominent organizations in the field, repositories where you can play with data, events you may want to attend and important articles you should take a look at.

Data can be cool

By bo@uoguelph.ca

October 6, 2011

As I prepare to leave Guelph there are lots of things I will miss - but what I will maybe miss most is the Data Resource Centre and the creative people who work there. If you link to the picasa album below you will see some awesome posters they have made to showcase services and bring people into the world of Data and GIS. The images on some of the posters are really powerful….

US Budget Cuts Threaten Statistical Abstract

By h.mooney

April 8, 2011

When the big news broke last month that the US Census Bureau is proposing budget cuts that would lead to the demise of the Statistical Compendia Branch, including the beloved Statistical Abstract, the library listservs lit up with concern. It’s not too late to take action if you haven’t already notified your representatives about this issue. There are now several venues where you can add your voice: Sign the Change.org petition Contact your representatives via theALA Legislative Action Alert or the FreeGovInfo letter Join the Facebook Group You can read more about the issue in Information Today and Library Journal.

Science Special: Dealing with Data

By robin

February 17, 2011

In the 11 February 2011 issue, Science joins with colleagues from Science Signaling, Science Translational Medicine, and Science Careers to provide a broad look at the issues surrounding the increasingly huge influx of research data. This collection of articles highlights both the challenges posed by the data deluge and the opportunities that can be realized if we can better organize and access the data. Science is making access to this entire collection FREE (simple registration is required for non-subscribers).

Update from COSSA: Changes to the Common Rule: The Implications for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

IASSIST 2013 Fellows update

Knight Foundation Data Challenge (FYI)

IASSIST Fellows application now closed

IASSIST 2012 Fellows Program

IASSIST Latin Engagement Action Group

86 helpful tools for the data professional PLUS 45 bonus tools

Data can be cool

US Budget Cuts Threaten Statistical Abstract

Science Special: Dealing with Data

Search

Tags