Archiving, Preservation, Curation

European Data Portal (CESSDA)

By robin

March 22, 2007

The Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) redesigned web site is now online at [http://]{.166431011-20032007}www.cessda.org. In addition to the new layout, the site has several new features including the CESSDA Data Portal which allows easy access to the catalogues of member organisations. Other pages provide a central news forum about CESSDA activities, links to official documents, contact details and other relevant information. The site’s content will continue to be developed and will include a members’ section.

Myron Gutmann discusses Data-PASS at Library of Congress

By jajacobs

February 20, 2007

Preserving At-Risk Digital Social Science Data: The Data-PASS Project This is a webcast of a presentation given on January 26, 2007 by Myron Gutmann at the Library of Congress on the Data-PASS (Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences) project . (Running Time: 60 minutes) Myron P. Gutmann, professor of history and director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan and the principal investigator of the Data-PASS partnership with the Library’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (www.

Academic libraries and data

By robin

October 13, 2006

Shawn Nicholson pointed out on the IASSIST list: “As a follow on to the talk we heard in Ann Arbor, this set of PowerPoint presentations might be of interest: http://www.arl.org/info/events/ncr” NSF Workshop on New Collaborative Relationships: The Role of Academic Libraries in the Digital Data Universe

What to do about data in old formats?

By jajacobs

June 19, 2006

Recently I posted a message to the IASSIST mailing list about a study in in the ICPSR Publication Related Archive that had a data file in an old (SST) statistical software format. I had no tools to convert or even read that file and was looking for a solution to get the data. I solved that problem through the kindness of the software producer who converted the file for me.

Open Data Surfaces at the ALA Annual Meeting

By Chuck

May 16, 2006

On May 11, 2006, the following announcement was made about an upcoming forum at the American Library Association annual meeting that will address issues related to Open Data. During the past several years, Open Data has become a field of urgent interest to researchers, scholars, and librarians. With the amount of scientific data doubling every year, issues surrounding the access, use, and curation of data sets are increasing in importance. The data-rich, researcher-driven environment that is evolving poses new challenges and provides new opportunities in the sharing, review, and publication of research results.

New report on Eurostat and statistical integration

By robin

February 15, 2006

Title: Administering information: Eurostat and statistical integration The chapter examines developments and changes in the organization of numerical information in the EU, in particular the role of Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Commission. How and to what extent can we observe the emergence of a pan-European informational system? Full Text (PDF, 31 pages, 157.2 KB) http://www.arena.uio.no/publications/working-papers2005/papers/wp05_27.pdfTitle: Administering information: Eurostat and statistical integration Author: Ulf Sverdrup October 2005 European Research Papers Archive

Assessment of UKDA and The National Archive (UK) Compliance with OAIS and METS Standards

By Ann

September 28, 2005

Interesting report applying the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model and the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) to the UK Data Archive; a very useful convergence of preservation strategies and articulation of what the model means for data and disciplinary focused digital repositories/archives.Email from the Digital Preservation Department at the UK National Archives: In conjunction with the UK Data Archive, The National Archives have released a report comparing their preservation practices to the leading internationally recognised standard for digital archives.

ICPSR to Participate in Project to Certify Digital Archives

By Ann

September 15, 2005

ICPSR will be taking part in the RLG-NARA Digital Repository Certification project to identify the criteria repositories must meet for reliably storing, migrating, and providing access to digital collections.ICPSR has been selected to serve as a “test subject” in the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) project to develop an audit checklist for certification of trusted digital repositories. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, this project builds on the work of a Task Force consisting of members from the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and the U.

Report on Access to Scientific Research Data

By Chuck

June 21, 2005

The final report of the Canadian National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data has just been released containing eighteen recommendations to improve open access to research data in Canada. While some of these recommendations are unique to the Canadian context, others share a close relationship with the recommendations of the International Council for Science report, Scientific Data and Information. Supported by the National Research Council of Canada, a task force was established in June 2004 to provide advice about improving access to scientific research data.

Postmodern Values that Threaten National Data Archives

By Chuck

June 15, 2005

Two sessions at the Edinburgh conference helped formulate in my mind some concerns that I have about the future of data archives. Together, the plenary session in which John Curtice described his research about postmodern values and Session G3 on Transforming Data Archives unified for me (i) ideas about anti-institutional values expressed in postmodernism and (ii) current organizational threats to data archives. I have been troubled by the struggles we have confronted in Canada to establish a national institution to preserve data.

European Data Portal (CESSDA)

Myron Gutmann discusses Data-PASS at Library of Congress

Academic libraries and data

What to do about data in old formats?

Open Data Surfaces at the ALA Annual Meeting

New report on Eurostat and statistical integration

Assessment of UKDA and The National Archive (UK) Compliance with OAIS and METS Standards

ICPSR to Participate in Project to Certify Digital Archives

Report on Access to Scientific Research Data

Postmodern Values that Threaten National Data Archives

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