Josh Kitlas' Blog
February 1, 2011
Instead of redundancy, I’ll direct you to my blog. I keep it here: http://kitlas.com
Communicate with IASSIST colleagues via interest groups
January 3, 2011
After our annual conferences, members often want to continue conversations with IASSIST colleagues on topics of professional interest. Your Administrative Committee has responded by creating the Interest Group Development Action Group. Its charge is to identify and help form interest groups so members can continue those conversations. An interest group is a great way to share information on a topic of mutual interest, learn more about it, and share that knowledge with the larger IASSIST membership.
Special Double Issue of IQ on Data Documentation Initiative
November 28, 2010
Guest Editors Notes - Mary Vardigan and Joachim Wackerow Welcome to a special double issue of the IASSIST Quarterly featuring articles focused on the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI), a metadata standard for the social sciences. We are proud to present these six articles, which explore various projects related to DDI 3 and its enhanced features. The articles draw on previous presentations and papers created in connection with the 2009 “Expert Workshop on Implementation of DDI3 – Advanced Topics” held in Wadern, Germany; the 2009 European DDI Users Group (EDDI) meeting held in Bonn, Germany; and the IASSIST conferences held in Tampere, Finland (2009) and Ithaca, New York, USA (2010).
Special Interest Group on Data Citation (SIGDC) Formed
November 22, 2010
We are pleased to announce the creation of a new Special Interest Group on Data Citation (SIGDC) to promote awareness of data-related research and scholarship through data citation. The group is co-chaired by Mary Vardigan and Michael Witt. Citing data supports the discovery and reuse of data, leading to better science through the validation of results. It also recognizes data as an essential part of the scientific record. SIGDC will share information about its work through the IASSIST list, the IQ, the IASSIST blog, and sessions at the IASSIST conference as well as other venues and meetings.
SPARC Digital Repositories meeting includes session on open data
November 10, 2010
Kathleen Shearer of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries organized and chaired a panel on Open Data was held at the SPARC Digital Repositories meeting on November 8, 2010. IASSIST members Gail Steinhart and Chuck Humphrey were two of the three members on this panel. Kevin Ashley, Director of the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), was the third. It has been two years since this group last met and the attendance was said to have doubled between meetings (looked like there were around 150 people present.
ICPSR Offers Guidance on Data Management Plans
November 3, 2010
In response to NSF’s new requirement for data management plans in grant applications, ICPSR recently rolled out new Web pages providing guidance on how to create such plans effectively: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/dmp/. The guidelines provide a detailed list of the possible elements of a data management plan, developed through a scan of existing recommendations for such plans from around the world. The site provides some examples of data management plans as well as links to related resources.
data in the C&RL (news)
November 2, 2010
One of our own IASSISTers, Hailey Mooney, has an article on data services in this month’s College & Research Libraries News (http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/9/480.full) Woohoo!! Congrats Hailey. Big ups to data!!
More on the Canadian Long Form Census
October 6, 2010
This is a truly fascinating set of events unfurling in Canada. I thought I would add a bit (in too many words) for those of you who don’t have the pleasure of Canadian media outlets. J Parliament recently resumed and there have been a number of significant issues, like abolishing the LONG Gun Registry, G8/G20 spending and a new Governor General who happens to be a former University President. Still, the LONG form census continues to make headlines – do you notice a theme around abolishing programs with the word LONG in them?
IASSIST letter to Canadian Government on loss of 2011 Census long form
October 5, 2010
Industry Canada Office of the Honourable Tony Clement Minister of Industry C.D. Howe Building 235 Queen Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H5 25 July 2010 Dear Minister Clement We write on behalf of the International Association of Social Science Information Services and Technology. 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. Its 300 members are from a variety of workplaces, including data archives, statistical agencies, research centers, libraries, academic departments, government departments, and non-profit organizations.
IASSIST Twitter Account!
September 23, 2010
Your friendly web editors have some news about the IASSIST web presence! We’re happy to report that we now have an official organizational Twitter account: [https://twitter.com/iassistdata. We hope to use this account to facilitate additional communication among IASSIST members. Ways to view this Twitter account: https://www.iassistdata.org/ - Does not require Twitter account follow https://twitter.com/iassistdata (and we’ll follow you in return) subscribe to the RSS feed of https://twitter.com/iassistdata at https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/156331061.rss - Does not require Twitter account Each of these views will include posts by https://twitter.