The Call for Papers for IASSIST 2012 is closed, but proposals
for Workshops are now being accepted.
The Call for Workshops is listed below:
Call for Workshops
Data Science
for a Connected World:
Unlocking and Harnessing the Power
of Information
The 38th International Association for Social Science Information Services
and Technology (IASSIST) annual conference will be hosted by NORC at the
University of Chicago and will be held at the George Washington University in
Washington DC, June 4 - 8, 2012.
The theme of this year's conferences is Data Science for a Connected
World: Unlocking and Harnessing the Power of Information. This theme
reflects the growing desire of research communities, government agencies and
other organizations to build connections and benefit from the better use of
data through practicing good management, dissemination and preservation
techniques. Submissions are encouraged that offer improvements for creating,
documenting, submitting, describing, disseminating, and preserving
scientific research data.
Workshops details:
The conference committee seeks workshops that highlight this year’s theme Data
Science for a Connected World: Unlocking and Harnessing the Power of
Information. Below is a sample of possible workshop topics that may
be considered:
- Innovative/disruptive
technologies for data management and preservation
- Infrastructures, tools and
resources for data production and research
- Linked data: opportunities
and challenges
- Metadata standards enhancing
the utility of data
- Challenges and concerns with
inter-agency / intra-governmental data sharing
- Privacy, confidentiality and
regulation issues around sensitive data
- Roles, responsibilities, and
relationships in supporting data
- Facilitating data exchange
and sharing across boundaries
- Data and statistical literacy
- Data management plans and
funding agency requirements
- Norms and cultures of data in
the sciences, social sciences and the humanities
- Collaboration on research
data infrastructure across domains and communities
- Addressing the digital/statistical
divide and the need for trans-national outreach
- Citation of research data and
persistent identifiers
- The evolving data librarian
profession
Successful workshop proposals will blend lecture and active learning
techniques. The conference planning committee will provide the necessary
classroom space and computing supplies for all workshops. For previous
examples of IASSIST workshops, please see our 2010 workshops and
our 2011
workshops. Workshops can be a half-day or full-day in length.
Procedure: Please submit the proposed title and an abstract of no longer
than 200 words to Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu).
With your submission please include a preliminary list of requirements
including:
- computer Lab OR classroom
- software and hardware
requirements
- any additional expected
requirements
Deadline for submission: January 16, 2012
Notification of acceptance: March 2, 2012
Please contact Lynda Kellam, IASSIST workshop Coordinator, if you have any
questions regarding workshop submissions at lmkellam@uncg.edu
IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and with
information technology and data services to support research and teaching in
the social sciences. Typical workplaces include data archives/libraries,
statistical agencies, research centers, libraries, academic
departments, government departments, and non‐profit
organizations. Visit iassistdata.org for further information.
IASSIST 2012
June 4 - 8, 2012
Washington DC, USA
-IASSIST 2012 Program Chairs: Jake Carlson, Pascal Heus
and Oliver Watteler