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

Join or manage your membership.

IASSIST Store

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From iBlog

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

Editors’ notes: Reflecting on past practice and research to innovate

By IQ Editor on March 29, 2025

Welcome to the first issue of IASSIST Quarterly for 2025, IQ vol. 49(1) 2025 . We are excited to welcome two new members to our Editorial Team, Mary Carter, the Finance and Operations Research Librarian at Princeton University, and Jessica (Jess) Hagman, the Social Sciences Research Librarian and an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Mary and Jess have graciously volunteered to serve as our new Managing Editors and will share the responsibility.

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From risk to rescue: Securing data for the future generations

By Bobray Bordelon on February 20, 2025

IASSIST members work to discover, curate, make available, and keep data available. At the beginning of February, IASSIST Secretary Lynda Kellam started an internal Google document for her university to keep track of USA federal data that was disappearing and data rescue efforts. While many were concerned and downloading data individually, efforts were often being duplicated while other data was disappearing and at risk of being lost. IASSIST members were inquiring as were members of sister organizations including RDAP and the Data Curation Network.

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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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