IASSIST

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Conferences

The annual conference provides data professionals a variety of opportunities to participate in discussions about research data and data support activities. In addition there are regional IASSIST workshops or IASSIST sponsored events.

IASSIST Quarterly

The IQ represents an international cooperative effort on the part of individuals managing, operating, or using machine-readable data archives, data libraries, and data services.

Jobs Repository

The IASSIST Jobs Repository is a record of job descriptions posted to the members’ email list from 2005 to the present, providing a communal resource for employers and job-hunters.

Webinars

Community webinars organized by the IASSIST Professional Development Committee.

Discussion list

Our professional communication and news channel. An important source of support for members to query other data professionals.

Membership

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From iBlog

iBlog is IASSIST’s own blog. Entries on various topics are written by our members.

Announcing the 2025 IASSIST Workshop Series: Tools for Qualitative Research

By IASSIST Professional Development Committee on February 2, 2025

Join us in 2025 for a series of online workshops showcasing tools and strategies for qualitative data analysis (QDA). Hosted by the IASSIST Professional Development Committee and the Qualitative Social Science & Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG), these monthly webinars will explore a range of technologies designed to support qualitative research – starting this March! Why Attend? With so many tools available for analyzing qualitative data, these workshops will offer practical insights by addressing key comparative questions about each tool or strategy.

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Time to Finally Leave X Behind

By Tuomas J. Alaterä on January 24, 2025

IASSIST adopted Twitter at quite an early stage, already in 2010. For many years, Twitter was a key online communication tool during annual conferences. For several years, the closing session of the conference even highlighted the top ten or so tweets. In addition to funny updates, Twitter served as an information channel and, during the sessions, as a venue to share key observations. The participants summarised key contents, shared insightful observations in 140 characters and photos.

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Editors' notes: Evaluating new technologies and organizational structures

By IQ Editor on December 27, 2024

Welcome to the last issue of IASSIST Quarterly for 2024, IQ vol. 48(4) 2024 . We are excited to share news of several developments that we have been working on over the last few months: The IASSIST Qualitative Social Science and Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG) is planning an IASSIST Quarterly special issue dedicated to the complexities of sharing qualitative data. For this special issue, we invite submissions of abstract proposals focused on the ethical challenges, methodological concerns, and labor involved in making qualitative data and research materials publicly available.

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Call for Papers: Special Issue of IASSIST Quarterly

By QSSHDIG Leadership Team on November 24, 2024

Guest editors from the QSSHDIG Leadership Team invite proposals for a special issue of IASSIST Quarterly on Aligning Qualitative Data Services with Open Science and Access. In 2019, members of the IASSIST Qualitative Social Science & Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG) edited an IASSIST Quarterly special issue (Vol. 43, No 2 ) focused on extending data services to qualitative research by exploring training, service visibility, transparency, and reuse practices. A second special issue of IASSIST Quarterly is warranted to explore qualitative data through the lens of FAIR, CARE, open science, and access.

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