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Subject: IASST-L The IASSIST 2014 Conference Call for Proposals, Toronto
CANADA, June 3-6, 2014
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:28:06 -0400
From: Lynda Kellam <[log in to unmask]>
Hi,
Sorry for any duplication. Please forward to anyone interested.
Best,
Lynda Kellam
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From: Chuck Humphrey <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:37 PM
Subject: IASST-L The IASSIST 2014 Conference Call for Proposals, Toronto
CANADA, June 3-6, 2014
To: [log in to unmask]
We are delighted to announce the call for paper and session proposals for
the IASSIST 2014 Annual Conference.
ALIGNING DATA AND RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
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IASSIST 2014 Annual Conference Call for Paper and Session Proposals
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Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the International Association for Social
Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) is issuing a call for
paper and session proposals for its annual conference, which will be held
in Toronto, Canada on June 3-6, 2014.
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This year’s conference theme touches upon the international and
interdisciplinary requirements of aligning data and research
infrastructure. The 2013 OECD Global Science Forum report on *New Data for
Understanding the Human Condition* identifies key challenges for
international data collaboration that beg for new solutions. Among these
challenges is the mounting pressure for new forms of social science data.
In today’s abundance of personal data, new methods are being sought to
combine traditional social science data (administrative, survey, and census
data) with new forms of personal data (social networking, biomarkers or
transaction data) or with data from other domains. Similarly, the need for
open data, archiving, and long-term curation infrastructures has been
identified for research data in the natural, physical, and life sciences.
Funders in all areas are pushing to enable the replication and/or reuse of
research data. *What alignments are needed between data and research
infrastructure to enable these possibilities?*
The international research community is in the midst of building a global
data ecosystem that consists of a mixture of domain data repositories, data
archives, data libraries, and data services and that seeks ways to
facilitate data discovery, integration, access, and preservation. Evidence
of this transformation is found in the recently established ICSU World Data
System and in the Research Data Alliance. Like IASSIST, these
organizations are contributing to the development of a global data
ecosystem. Alignment or unification of strategies must take place at many
levels to achieve this. How do we proceed? What advancements are needed
in research data management, research infrastructure, and the development
of new expertise?
We welcome submissions on the topics described above and encourage
conference participants to propose papers and sessions that will be an
interest to a diverse audience. To facilitate the formation and scheduling
of sessions, three tracks are being offered: (a) Managing research data,
(b) Providing data services, and (c) Developing data infrastructure
tools. If
you are unsure which track your submission fits or if you feel it belongs
in more than one track, the Program Committee will find an appropriate
place.
An online submission form along with a further explanation of the tracks
and guidelines for conference and workshop content *will soon be
available*at
http://www.library.yorku.ca/cms/iassist/.
We also welcome workshop proposals around the same themes. Successful
proposals must blend lecture and active learning techniques. The
conference planning committee will provide the necessary classroom space
and computing supplies for workshops. For examples of previous IASSIST
workshops, please see the descriptions of 2011 workshops (
http://www.rdl.sfu.ca/IASSIST/index.php/Program/category/tuesday_workshops/)
and 2013 workshops (http://www.iassist2013.org/program/workshops/).
Typically workshops are half-day with 2-hour and 3-hour options.
**
Deadline for submission: December 9, 2013
Notification of acceptance: February 7, 2014.
Questions about sessions/paper submissions may be sent to the Programme
Chairs at [log in to unmask]
Questions about workshop submission may be sent to the Workshop
Coordinator, Lynda Kellam at [log in to unmask], and there will be a
separate call for workshops shortly.
2014 Program Chairs:
Johan Fihn
Jen Green
Chuck Humphrey
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Lynda M. Kellam
Data Services & Government Information Librarian
Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science
University of NC at Greensboro
Jackson Library
Greensboro, NC 27402
336-334-5251
http://uncg.libguides.com/profile/lyndamk
http://uncgdataland.blogspot.com/
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Lynda M. Kellam
Data Services & Government Information Librarian
University of NC at Greensboro
Jackson Library
Greensboro, NC 27402
336-334-5251
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