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IASSIST Quarterly Volume 42:3 now available!

By mhayslett

December 13, 2018

Editor’s notes: *Digital curation after digital extraction for data sharing* Welcome to the third issue of volume 42 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 42:3, 2018). The IASSIST Quarterly presents in this issue three papers from geographically widespread countries. We call IASSIST ‘International’, so I am happy to present papers from three continents in this issue with papers from Zimbabwe, Italy and Canada. The paper ‘The State of Preparedness for Digital Curation and Preservation: A Case Study of a Developing Country Academic Library’ is by Phillip Ndhlovu, who works as the institutional repository librarian and liaison librarian, and Thomas Matingwina, who is a lecturer at the Department of Library and Information Service at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 42:2 now available!

By mhayslett

July 19, 2018

Editor’s notes: Metadata is key - the most important data after data Welcome to the second issue of volume 42 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 42:2, 2018). The IASSIST Quarterly has had several papers on many different aspects of the Data Documentation Initiative - for a long time better known by its acronym DDI, without any further explanation. DDI is a brand. The IASSIST Quarterly has also included special issues of collections of papers concerning DDI.

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 42:1 available

By mhayslett

May 24, 2018

Editor’s notes: Rebuilding, Preserving and Reproducing Welcome to the first issue of Volume 42 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 42:1, 2018). The IASSIST Quarterly has a focus on curation, preservation and reproduction of research, and all three bases are covered in this issue. The reproduction of earlier results from archived data is a validation of the data and also of the earlier research. The mimicking reuse of data for reproduction of the original results is the normal first step before use of the data for new purposes.

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 41 available--on a new web site!

By mhayslett

May 2, 2018

Welcome to the first issue of Volume 41 of the IASSIST Quarterly. It has taken extra time for this issue to appear. The cause of this is not that we have been extra lazy. The paradoxical cause is that a great many people have been extra busy. Thanks to the team of people in the editorial group of the IASSIST Quarterly and - not least - the great help from Sonya Betz working as Digital Initiatives Projects Librarian at the University of Alberta Libraries in Canada, the IASSIST Quarterly has now moved to the Open Journal System (OJS) at the University of Alberta.

Winter 2016 IASSIST Quarterly Posted

By mhayslett

October 4, 2017

Editor’s Notes When things get digital and huge. Doing the things right and doing the right things. Welcome to the fourth issue of Volume 40 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 40:4, 2016). There is a lot of management involved in the data management carried out at data archives and with data collections. The phrase ‘Doing the things right and doing the right things’ belongs to fathers of modern management and is used to distinguish management vs.

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.

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.

IQ 40:1 Now Available!

By mhayslett

September 20, 2016

Our World and all the Local Worlds Welcome to the first issue of Volume 40 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 40:1, 2016). We present four papers in this issue. The first paper presents data from our very own world, extracted from papers published in the IQ through four decades. What is published in the IQ is often limited in geographical scope and in this issue the other three papers present investigations and project research carried out at New York University, Purdue University, and the Federal Reserve System.

Latest Issue of IQ Available! Data Documentation Initiative - Results, Tools, and Further Initiatives

By mhayslett

March 24, 2016

Welcome to thethird issue of Volume 39 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 39:3, 2015). This special issue is guest edited by Joachim Wackerow of GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Germany and Mary Vardigan of ICPSR at the University of Michigan, USA. That sentence is a direct plagiarism from the editor’s notes of the recent double issue (IQ 38:4 & 39:1). We are very grateful for all the work Mary and Achim have carried out and are developing further in the continuing story of the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI), and for their efforts in presenting the work here in the ASSIST Quarterly.

IASSIST Quarterly back issues all online

By mhayslett

January 28, 2016

Dear Friends, The IASSIST Communications Committee is very happy to announce that the back issues of IQ – ALL of the back issues, back to 1976 – are now available on the IASSIST web site. In the left sidebar where you are able to select from a few back issues, you may recall there is a link at the bottom to More issues. That link can now transport you back to the early days of the association.

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 42:3 now available!

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 42:2 now available!

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 42:1 available

IASSIST Quarterly Volume 41 available--on a new web site!

Winter 2016 IASSIST Quarterly Posted

IQ Volume 40 Issue 3 now available

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

IQ 40:1 Now Available!

Latest Issue of IQ Available! Data Documentation Initiative - Results, Tools, and Further Initiatives

IASSIST Quarterly back issues all online

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