IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology) is an international organization of professionals working with information technology and data services to support research and teaching. IASSIST was founded in 1974. We want to leverage our unique expertise in the social sciences to help benefit all data professionals and support open science.
Our members work in information technology, libraries, data services, research & higher education, government, non-profit and private research sector to discover data, curate it, make it available, and keep it available. We work together to advocate for responsible data management and use, to build a broader community surrounding research data, and encourage the development of data professionals.
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International Membership
~400 Members from a variety of settings
Our members represent a variety of organizational sectors across the globe; the majority are within acedemia, working in data services, libraries, archives or research positions.
Image 1. IASSIST members by region: More than 70% are in the US, 15% in Europe and 15% in Canada and the rest in Africa or areas without an active region.