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IASSIST 2008 - Call for Papers!

By robin

October 29, 2007

Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation The 34th International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) annual conference will be held at the Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, May 27-30, 2008. This year’s conference, Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation, examines the role of technology and tools in various aspects of the data life cycle. The theme of this conference addresses how technology can affect aspects of data stewardship throughout the data lifecycle.

Data analysis as performance art

By jajacobs

September 4, 2007

Data analysis as performance art is the title of a posting on Jon Udell’s blog where he introduces a really nicely done screencast comparing local and national crime data using ManyEyes, the online visualization software hosted by IBM. I found the screencast, Crime in New Hampshire: Exploring the data, interesting for several reasons: It is a good example of data availability (“I’ve been thinking about this because I’ve been trying to investigate a perceived crime wave in my home town.

Bad Data Examples Appeal

By San

June 19, 2007

Back in early April, I canvassed the IASSIST list for examples of articles, studies, or any publication that misuses data. My original message: “Do you keep news stories that mis-state, misinterpret or otherwise misuse numeric data? I have a faculty member who would like to use such examples to demonstrate to her students the importance of numeracy in real life. I have a few examples but suspect others of you may stash this kind of thing in a “Can you believe this?

RIN Consultation paper on stewardship of research data

By robin

May 2, 2007

The RIN (Research Information Network) has recently published a draft consultation paper - Stewardship of digital research data: a framework of principles and guidelines (April 2007) and are seeking feedback from practitioners. The draft discusses the shared framework of principles and guidelines required for key stakeholders (researchers, research institutions, funding bodies, libraries, data managers, learned societies and publishers) in order to maximise the potential benefits of digital research data and to help ensure that ‘ideas and knowledge derived from publicly-funded research should be made available and accessible for public use, interrogation, and scrutiny, as widely, rapidly and effectively as practicable.

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

Q and A on data-librarianship

By jajacobs

June 22, 2006

During the colloquy hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education today, there were a number of questions about the role of libraries and librarians in preservation of and access to data. Although the focus was on e-science more than social science, the questions and answers might be of interest. All the questions and answers are available here. D. Scott Brandt, associate dean of libraries at Purdue University, is helping to build a repository of scientific data.

Cataloging query: how does cataloging data differ from traditional library material?

By San

June 19, 2006

In their never ending quest for information, Jen, Tiffani and Paula would like to know about people’s experiences cataloging data. Do you use MARC format? Have you tried using DDI? At what level do you tend to catalog collections? How does it depart from cataloging traditional library matter? Enquiring minds want to know. Contributed by Jen Darragh

Defining Data Librarian - call for comments

By San

June 12, 2006

Tiffani Conner, Paula Lackie and Jen Darragh are working on the handouts for an ALA poster session and have found that defining “data” and “data librarian” clearly, in a concise manner, for a non-data audience is really hard. In addition, some of the sources they consulted (the Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science - ODLIS , Oxford English Dictionary ) were not adequate (ODLIS has data, data set, social science data set but the definitions are not that great).

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

Data Literacy in the Spotlight

By San

November 4, 2005

I am very pleased to announce that the special double issue of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ issues Vol. 28-2 and 28-3 on “data literacy” is now available on the web. Thanks to the special guest editors and the authors there are contributions in the form of eight articles on the subject of “data literacy”. This is a subject that has the focus of many IASSIST efforts among them themes and sessions at conferences.

IASSIST 2008 - Call for Papers!

Data analysis as performance art

Bad Data Examples Appeal

RIN Consultation paper on stewardship of research data

Academic libraries and data

Q and A on data-librarianship

Cataloging query: how does cataloging data differ from traditional library material?

Defining Data Librarian - call for comments

New report on Eurostat and statistical integration

Data Literacy in the Spotlight

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