The International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (or IASSIST) is an international organisation that provides professional development, communication and conferences for data librarians, archivists, and social science aligned information specialists. [2] Each year the IASSIST Fellow program sponsors members from developing nations to attend events and professional development to further the advancement of information management. [3]

International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology
AbbreviationIASSIST
Formation1974; 50 years ago (1974)
TypNon-profit
Purpose"IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences."[1]
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
~450[2]
Sandra Cannon
Volunteers
21 (voting members)
WebsiteIASSIST

Conferences

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Year Land Host city Region Host organisation(s) Theme Start Date End Date
2023   Vereinigte Staaten Philadelphia Vereinigte Staaten IASSIST Diversity in Research: Social Justice from Data 2023-05-30 2023-06-02
2022   Schweden Gothenburg Europa Swedish National Data Service - SND Data by Design: Building a Sustainable Data Culture 2022-06-7 2022-06-10
2021 Online IASSIST IASSIST Global Virtual Conference 2021 2021-05-18 2021-5-22
2019   Australien Sydney Asia/Pacific Australian Data Archive, University of New South Wales, Aristotle Cloud Services Australia Data Down Under: Exploring “Data Firsts” 2019-05-27 2019-05-31
2018   Kanada Montréal Kanada McGill University, Concordia University, Université de Montréal Once upon a data point: sustaining our data storytellers 2018-05-29 2018-06-01
2017   Vereinigte Staaten Lawrence Vereinigte Staaten University of Kansas, Kansas University Libraries, Institute for Policy and Social Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Data in the middle: The common language of research 2017-05-23 2017-05-26
2016   Norwegen Bergen Europa NSD - Norwegian Centre for Research Data Embracing the 'Data Revolution': Opportunities and challenges for research 2016-05-31 2016-06-03
2015   Vereinigte Staaten Minneapolis Vereinigte Staaten University of Minnesota Bridging the data divide: Data in the international context 2015-06-02 2015-06-05
2014   Kanada Toronto Kanada University of Toronto, Ryerson University, York University Aligning data and research infrastructure 2014-06-03 2014-06-06
2013   Deutschland Cologne Europa GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Data innovation: Increasing accessibility, visibility, and sustainability 2013-05-28 2013-05-31
2012   Vereinigte Staaten Washington D.C. Vereinigte Staaten National Opinion Research Center (NORC) Data science for a connected world: Unlocking and harnessing the power of information 2012-06-04 2012-06-08
2011   Kanada Vancouver Kanada Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia Data science professionals: A global community of sharing 2011-05-31 2011-06-03
2010   Vereinigte Staaten Ithaca Vereinigte Staaten Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER), Cornell University Library Social data and social networking: Connecting social science communities across the globe 2010-06-01 2010-06-04
2009   Finnland Tampere Europa Finnish Social Science Data Archive (fi), University of Tampere Mobile data and the life cycle 2009-05-26 2009-05-29
2008   Vereinigte Staaten Palo Alto Vereinigte Staaten Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources Technology of data: Collection, communication, access and preservation 2008-05-27 2008-05-30
2007   Kanada Montréal Kanada McGill University Building global knowledge communities with open data 2007-05-16 2007-05-18
2006   Vereinigte Staaten Ann Arbour Vereinigte Staaten Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan School of Information Science, University of Michigan Library Data in a world of networked knowledge 2006-05-24 2006-05-26
2005   Vereinigtes Königreich Edinburgh Europa EDINA National Data Center, Edinburgh University Data Library Evidence and enlightenment 2005-05-24 2005-05-27
2004   Vereinigte Staaten Madison Vereinigte Staaten Data and Program Library Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison Data futures: Building on 30 years of advocacy 2004-05-24 2004-05-28
2003   Kanada Ottawa Kanada University of Ottawa Strength in numbers 2003-05-27 2003-05-30
2002   Vereinigte Staaten Storrs Vereinigte Staaten Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut Accelerating access, collaboration and dissemination 2002-06-10 2002-06-14
2001   Niederlande Amsterdam Europa University of Amsterdam A data odyssey: collaborative working in the social science cyber space 2001-05-15 2001-05-17
2000   Vereinigte Staaten Chicago Vereinigte Staaten Northwestern University Data in the digital library: charting the future for social, spatial and government data 2000-06-07 2000-06-10
1999   Kanada Toronto Kanada Ryerson Polytechnic University Library, University of Toronto Data Library Service Building bridges, breaking barriers: the future of data in the global network 1999-05-17 1999-05-21
1998   Vereinigte Staaten New Haven Vereinigte Staaten Yale University Global access, local support: social science computing in the age of the World Wide Web 1998-05-19 1998-05-22
1997   Dänemark Odense Europa Danish Data Archives Data frontiers in the infoscape 1997-05-06 1997-05-09
1996   Vereinigte Staaten Minneapolis Vereinigte Staaten University of Minnesota Electronic Research Center Weaving the web of social science research, data and support 1996-05-15 1996-05-17
1995   Kanada Québec City Kanada Université Laval Partners for access: working together in a changing data environment/L'access aux données dans un environnement en pleine mutation: un partenariat à developer 1995-05-09 1995-05-12
1994   Vereinigte Staaten San Francisco Vereinigte Staaten University of California Building bridges: resources, technology and global issues 1994-05-03 1994-05-06
1993   Vereinigtes Königreich Edinburgh Europa University of Edinburgh Data Library Openness, diversity and standards: sharing data resources 1993-05-00 1993-05-00
1992   Vereinigte Staaten Madison Vereinigte Staaten University of Wisconsin, Madison Data and Program Library Service Data, networks, and cooperation: linking resources in a distributed world 1992-05-26 1992-05-29
1991   Kanada Edmonton Kanada University of Alberta Data Library Data in the global village: stewardship of an expanding resource 1991-05-14 1991-05-17
1990   Vereinigte Staaten Poughkeepsie Vereinigte Staaten n/a Numbers, pictures, words and sounds: priorities for the 1990s 1990-05-30 1990-06-03
1989   Israel Jerusalem Europa Hebrew University Social Sciences Data Archive Value of research data for government and business 1989-05-15 1989-05-18
1988   Vereinigte Staaten Washington D.C. Vereinigte Staaten U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Public data: use it or lose it 1988-05-26 1988-05-29
1987   Kanada Vancouver Kanada Simon Fraser University Research Data Centre, University of British Columbia Data Library n/a 1987-05-19 1987-05-22
1986   Vereinigte Staaten Marina Del Rey Vereinigte Staaten n/a Amidst technological turmoil: innovation and progress 1986-05-22 1986-05-25
1985   Niederlande Amsterdam Europa Steinmetzarchief Public access to public data 1985-05-20 1985-05-24
1984   Kanada Ottawa Kanada Public Archives of Canada Coming of age in the brave new world 1984-05-14 1984-05-18
1983   Vereinigte Staaten Philadelphia Vereinigte Staaten n/a n/a 1983-05-19 1983-05-22
1982   Vereinigte Staaten San Diego Vereinigte Staaten n/a Impact for the 80's: the integration of data services, processing, and utilization 1982-05-27 1982-05-30
1981   Frankreich Grenoble Europa n/a The impact of computerisation on social science research: data services and technological developments 1981-09-14 1981-09-18
1980   Vereinigte Staaten Washington D.C. Vereinigte Staaten U.S. National Archives and Records Administration International perspectives on statistical data for the social sciences: policy, technology, and management 1980-05-02 1980-05-04
1979   Kanada Ottawa Kanada Public Archives of Canada Data archiving: models for international cooperation 1979-05-07 1979-05-10
1978   Schweden Uppsala Europa n/a n/a 1978-08-14 1978-08-20
1978   Vereinigte Staaten Itasca Vereinigte Staaten n/a State of the art: perspectives 1978-02-08 1978-02-11
1977   Dänemark Copenhagen Europa Danish Data Archives Western European Conference 1977-06-00 1977-06-00
1977   Kanada Toronto Kanada Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Canada conference 1977-05-00 1977-05-00
1977   Vereinigte Staaten Cocoa Beach Vereinigte Staaten n/a 1st Joint Canada/U.S. IASSIST conference 1977-02-16 1977-02-20

History

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The first IASSIST conference was held in 1977 in Cocoa Beach, Florida [4] with 29 representatives from Canada and the United States. [5][6]

IASSIST Quarterly (IQ)

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The IASSIST Quarterly (ISSN: 0739–1137) is a peer-reviewed, indexed, open access quarterly journal of articles dealing with social science information and data services. IQ represents an international cooperative effort on the part of individuals managing, operating, or using machine-readable data archives, data libraries, and data services.[7] The IQ is published by the IASSIST and hosted by the University of Alberta Libraries.

References

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  1. ^ "IASSIST home page". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. ^ a b "About IASSIST". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. ^ "IASSIST Fellowship Blog". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  4. ^ "IASSIST 1977 Conference Archive". IASSIST. Archived from the original on May 17, 2006. Retrieved 2016-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Robbin, Alice. (1977). "Report on the First IASSIST North American Conference, February 16-20, 1977." IASSIST Quarterly, 1(2), 6.
  6. ^ Heim, Kathleen M. "Social Scientific Information Needs for Numeric Data: The Evolution of the International Data Archive Infrastructure." Collection Management 9 (Spring 1987): 1-53.
  7. ^ "IASSIST Quarterly home page". IASSIST. Retrieved 2019-01-10.