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Editors' notes: Perspectives on data: Management, access, and education across institutions

By IQ Editors

December 19, 2025

Dear IASSISTers, Welcome to IASSIST Quarterly Vol. 49 No. 4 . IQ’s Editors and Editorial Board are continuously working on developingpolicies toprovide a clear, consistent, and equitable experience for authors, reviewers, and readers. Authors who are considering submitting a manuscript are encouraged to download and read over the author template if they haven’t published with us recently. One recent update is a request that as part of the review process, authors include a separate letter, apart from their manuscript, explaining how the reviewers’ commentswere addressed.

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Akwaaba to Data: My Memoir of the IASSIST Africa Conference in Ghana

By Azeez ADEOYE

November 28, 2025

The IASSIST Regional Conference held in Ghana from 22nd to 24th October 2025 was a journey I had long awaited, one that had been brewing in anticipation since May 2024, when my abstract was first approved. The months leading up to the conference were filled with preparation: research refinement, logistics planning, emotional readiness, and countless mental rehearsals. I had initially planned to travel by road, driven by my love for adventure and the idea of passing through three countries (Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana) before reaching my destination.

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CFP: Behind the Scenes of Qualitative Data Analysis

By QSSHDIG

November 21, 2025

One of the enduring challenges of qualitative research is translating research questions and data to specific steps for analysis. Few methods for qualitative research come with step-by-step instructions; researchers have to decide how to organize, structure, and interpret data in ways that allow them to answer their research questions and meet the expectations of their audiences, from dissertation advisors and instructors to peer reviewers. This challenge is exacerbated by the tendency of published reports of qualitative analysis to devote limited space to the process of analysis and interpretation.

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Editors' notes: From FAIR principles to data competencies: Evolving library support for data-driven scholarship

By IQ Editors

September 25, 2025

Dear IASSISTers, Welcome to IASSIST Quarterly Vol. 49 No. 3 . We trust that you had a pleasant and restorative summer, and that the academic year is off to a good start. We are grateful to the thoughtful reader or author who recently recommended IQ for inclusion in Scopus. We’ve received notice of this recommendation directly from Scopus. At this time, however, we have chosen to delay the review process. A successful application requires a comprehensive set of editorial and ethical policies, and we are still in the process of developing and strengthening these to meet Scopus’ standards.

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Editors' notes: Tides of transformation: Enhancing research through data and community

By IQ Editors

June 25, 2025

Dear IASSISTers, Welcome to IASSIST Quarterly Vol. 49 No. 2 . It was wonderful to meet so many colleagues and to make new connections at the Best IASSIST Ever! in Bristol, UK. It is always exciting to learn about the innovative work that is being done by members of this community. We would like to encourage those who presented at the conference to turn their conference presentation or poster into a paper and submit it to IQ .

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Opening remarks for the 50th anniversary IASSIST conference

By Robin Rice

June 14, 2025

It is an IASSIST tradition for the President to give opening remarks at the first plenary of the annual conference. Below are Robin Rice“s opening remarks on 4th June in Bristol, England, for the 50th anniversary IASSIST conference, as the outgoing President for 2025. Good morning and welcome to IASSIST 2025: Bridging oceans, harbouring data & anchoring the future. A great theme for our 50th anniversary conference, and more prophetic than I would have guessed when the Programme Committee came up with it back in the autumn of 2024, but that’s a thought for another time.

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IASSIST Celebrates 50 Years and 50 Conferences!

By Meryl Brodsky

June 2, 2025

At the IASSIST 2024 conference, the Organizational Archive Action Group was formed to commemorate IASSIST’s 50th anniversary conference: IASSIST 2025. Action Group members included: Margaret (Peggy) Adams, Meryl Brodsky, James Capobianco, Michele Hayslett, Thomas Lindsay, Christine Nieman Hislop (IASSIST Archivist & Action Group Coordinator), Zac Painter, Cindy Severt, and Wei Yin. Oral History Project The Action Group decided to take on two projects in preparation for the conference. One was to conduct oral history interviews with long-time IASSIST members.

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

By IQ Editor

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

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

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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Editors' notes: Perspectives on data: Management, access, and education across institutions

Akwaaba to Data: My Memoir of the IASSIST Africa Conference in Ghana

CFP: Behind the Scenes of Qualitative Data Analysis

Editors' notes: From FAIR principles to data competencies: Evolving library support for data-driven scholarship

Editors' notes: Tides of transformation: Enhancing research through data and community

Opening remarks for the 50th anniversary IASSIST conference

IASSIST Celebrates 50 Years and 50 Conferences!

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

From risk to rescue: Securing data for the future generations

Announcing the 2025 IASSIST Workshop Series: Tools for Qualitative Research

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