Welcome to the 2006 IASSIST Conference in Ann Arbor! For those who can’t join in the fun, we (the Pubs committee and the Admin Committee) have decided it’s a good idea for us to blog the conference! (See San’s fine example below.) Use this post to comment with your thoughts on a session that really got you thinking. And, (IASSIST members only): become an editor if you would like to post more frequently - contact San.
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
NSF’S CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE VISION FOR 21ST CENTURY DISCOVERY See: http://www.nsf.gov/od/oci/ci_v5.pdf Some sections of interest: p. 8: Support the development of the computing professionals, interdisciplinary teams and new organizational structures, such as virtual communities, needed to achieve the scientific breakthroughs made possible by advanced CI, paying particular attention to the opportunities to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups. NSF will continue to invest in understanding how participants in its research and education communities, as well as the scientific workforce, can use CI.
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.
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.
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