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But How Do I Do Qualitative Research? Bridging the Gap between Qualitative Researchers and Methods Resources--PART 1

By MSwygart-Hobaugh

July 17, 2017

The IASSIST Qualitative Social Science & Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG) was created in October 2016, its central purpose: to foster conversations regarding the needs of researchers who generate qualitative data, and what types of services librarians and other information professionals can develop to support these researchers in managing their data/source materials throughout the research lifecycle. This four-post blog series engages in one particular conversation: challenges researchers face in terms of a lack of qualitative methods training, and strategies for how data-support professionals can address these challenges.

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IQ Volume 40 Issue 3 now available

By mhayslett

July 1, 2017

Issue 40(3) is now online at https://iassistquarterly.com/index.php/iassist/issue/view/29. Editor’s Notes Being international - and proud of it! IASSIST is proud of being international. These days some us of find it important to emphasize how international collaboration has improved and made our lives more efficient. In the small but around-the-globe-reaching world of IASSIST, many national data archives have come into existence as well as continuing their development, through friendly international support and spreading of knowledge and good practices among IASSISTers.

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IASSIST Call for Event Sponsorship Proposals 2017 Round 2: 'Mini Grants'

By LHorton 2

June 9, 2017

The IASSIST Liaison and Organizational Sponsorship Task Force is seeking proposals for sponsorships of regional or local events during calendar year 2017. In this second round of sponsorships we will be awarding up to four grants of $500 USD each, but requests for any amount up to $500 USD will be considered. The goal of these sponsorships is to support local networks of data professionals and data-related activities across the globe in order to help support IASSISTers activities throughout the year and increase awareness of the value of IASSIST membership.

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2016-2017 report for the Qualitative Social Science and Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG)

By lyndamk

May 22, 2017

The Qualitative Social Science and Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG) was formed in fall 2016. We decided to focus our efforts on the conference this year. We have some continuing projects planned for next year. **We are meeting at the conference on Tuesday, May 22 at 4pm in the Oread Lobby. ** IASSIST 2017 Conference activities: Two workshops: (1) Dueling CAQDAS – Using Atlas.ti and NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis, and (2) Preparing qualitative data for sharing and re-use Two presentation sessions: (1) A1: Data Support for All (Panel) Maximizing on The IASSIST Way: Data Support for All (without burning out), and (2) F2: Building Bridges for Qualitative Social Science and Humanities Researchers (Panel)Stuck In the Middle with You: Building Bridges for Qualitative Social Science and Humanities Researchers Continuing Projects:

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IASSIST Geospatial Interest Group 2017 Report

By informjennifer

May 16, 2017

2016-2017 Report on the IASSIST Geospatial Interest Group The group was founded in the Spring/Summer of 2016 and met at the 2016 Bergen conference. The central purpose of the IASSIST Geospatial Interest Group is to create a network for members focused on issues of geospatial data as related to the social sciences. The current chair is Jennifer Moore (Washington University in St. Louis) At the meeting in Bergen (review notes) we discussed the merits of an IASSIST geospatial interest group in relation to existing groups (e.

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The Challenge of Rescuing Data: Lessons and Thoughts

By ABattista

May 15, 2017

A version of this post originally appeared on the NYU Data Dispatch blog. Data rescue efforts began in January 2017, and over the past few months many institutions hosted hack-a-thon style events to scrape data and develop strategies for preservation. The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) developed a data rescue toolkit, which apportioned the challenge of saving data by distinct federal agency. We’ve had a number of conversations at NYU and with other members of the library community about the implications of preserving federal data and providing access to it.

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New to IASSIST or Willing to Mentor Someone New? (IASSIST 2017 Conference)

By bordelon

May 8, 2017

New to IASSIST or Willing to Mentor Someone New? We are excited to have new members in IASSIST. IASSIST is a home for data services professionals across many disciplines: librarians, data archivists, open data proponents, data support staff, etc. For some, it is an organization where you don’t have to explain what you do because our members already understand. We get metadata, data support, data access issues, database challenges, the challenge of replication and so much more!

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#IDCC17: Notes from the International Digital Curation Conference 2017

By LHorton 2

April 3, 2017

For the third time IASSIST sponsored the International Digital Curation Conference. This time allowing three students, one each from Switzerland, Korea, and Canada to attend the conference, which titled itself “Upstream, Downstream: embedding digital curation workflows for data science, scholarship and society”. Data science was a strong theme of the three keynote presentations, in particular how curation and data management are an active, integrated, ongoing parts of analysis rather than a passive epilogue in research.

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IASSIST Quarterly (IQ) volume 40-2 is now on the website: Revolution in the air

By mhayslett

February 27, 2017

Welcome to the second issue of Volume 40 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 40:2, 2016). We present three papers in this issue. https://iassistquarterly.com/index.php/iassist/issue/view/105 First, there are two papers on the Data Documentation Initiative that have their own special introduction. I want to express my respect and gratitude to Joachim Wackerow (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). Joachim (Achim) and Mary Vardigan (University of Michigan) have several times and for many years communicated to and advised the readers of the IASSIST Quarterly on the continuing development of the DDI.

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IASSIST's Statement in Response to President’s Executive Order on Visas and Immigration

By t.alatera

February 13, 2017

February 13, 2017 Statement of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST at http://iassistdata.org) in response to President Trump’s January 27 Executive Order on Visas and Immigration, titled “PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES”. The recent executive order on visas and immigration issued on January 27th by US President Trump is of grave concern to IASSIST as an organization. IASSIST, the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology, is an international organization of professionals working in and with information technology, libraries, data services and research & higher education to support open science, advocate for responsible data management and use, build a broader community surrounding research data, and encourage the development of data professionals.

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But How Do I Do Qualitative Research? Bridging the Gap between Qualitative Researchers and Methods Resources--PART 1

IQ Volume 40 Issue 3 now available

IASSIST Call for Event Sponsorship Proposals 2017 Round 2: 'Mini Grants'

2016-2017 report for the Qualitative Social Science and Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG)

IASSIST Geospatial Interest Group 2017 Report

The Challenge of Rescuing Data: Lessons and Thoughts

New to IASSIST or Willing to Mentor Someone New? (IASSIST 2017 Conference)

#IDCC17: Notes from the International Digital Curation Conference 2017

IASSIST Quarterly (IQ) volume 40-2 is now on the website: Revolution in the air

IASSIST's Statement in Response to President’s Executive Order on Visas and Immigration

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