Apologies for cross-posting:

This is short notice, early deadline this year of 21 November.

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CALL FOR PAPERS
IASSIST/IFDO 2009: Mobile Data and the Life Cycle
26-29 May, 2009
Tampere, Finland

The 35th Annual International Association for Social Science Information
Service and Technology (IASSIST) conference will be held in
collaboration with the International Federation of Data Organizations
for the Social Science (IFDO). Hosted by the Finnish Social Science Data
Archive and the University of Tampere, IASSIST/IFDO 2009 will take place
in Tampere, Finland, 26-29 May, 2009.

The theme of this year’s conference, Mobile Data and the Life Cycle is
intended to stimulate discussion around creation, collection, sharing,
storage, preservation, dissemination, confidentiality, licensing and
access to data in a world that is becoming increasingly mobile. In
addition, research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and global
in nature. Key to success in this new order is establishing standards
and best practices at all stages of the life cycle in order to
facilitate the free and easy movement of information between hardware
devices, software platforms, individuals, governments, or organizations.

We seek submissions of papers, panel sessions, and poster/demonstrations
that fit into the above theme. Below is a sampling of possible topics
that may be considered:

• Life cycle models for managing data
• Infrastructure for data collection, access and preservation
• Applying metadata standards for data
• Integrating data services into the social science research process
• International comparative data for topics such as health, crime,
energy, environment, international development, etc.
• Sharing data across applications
• Integrating the mobile community
• Social networking and data
• Barriers to data sharing and strengthening the reception for data
sharing
• Reaching new populations through data services
• Data services in virtual spaces
• E-science, cyber infrastructure and open data
• New data partnerships in knowledge communities



Papers on other topics related to the conference theme will also be
considered. We strongly encourage papers in different areas to ensure a
broad balance of topics are covered that will attract the greatest
breadth of participants, and we encourage conference participants to
propose papers and sessions that would be of interest to themselves and
other attendees.

The Program Committee welcomes proposals for:
• Individual presentations (typically 15-20 minutes)
• Sessions, which could take a variety of formats (e.g. a set of
three to four presentations, a discussion panel, a discussion with the
audience, etc.)
• Posters/demonstrations for the poster session
• [Note: A separate call for workshops is forthcoming.]

Session organizers are welcome to experiment with different formats for
their session (not limited to the ideas listed above). Proposals for
complete sessions should list the organizer or moderator and possible
participants; the session organizer will be responsible for securing
both session participants and a moderator.

Proposals for presentations, sessions, and poster/demonstrations should
include the proposed title and an abstract no longer than 200 words
(note: longer abstracts will be returned to be shortened before being
considered). Please note that all presenters are required to register
and pay the registration fee for the conference; registration for
individual days will be available. And please note that Conference
Program Committee may not be able to accept all proposals.

A webform for submission of proposals will be available on the
conference web site: http://www.fsd.uta.fi/iassist2009/ , by Oct. 17th
2008.
Deadline for submission: November 21, 2008. The Program Committee will
send notification of the acceptance by: January 16, 2009.

For more information about the conference, including travel and
accommodations, see the conference web site at:
http://www.fsd.uta.fi/iassist2009/.

IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and
with information technology and data services to support research and
teaching in the social sciences. Typical workplaces include data
archives/libraries, statistical agencies, research centers, libraries,
academic departments, government departments, and non-profit
organizations, see http://www.iassistdata.org for further information.

IFDO was established in 1977 in response to advanced research needs of
the international social science community. The purpose of IFDO is to
stimulate and co-ordinate worldwide data services and thus enhance
social science research; see http://www.ifdo.org/ for further information.
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IASSIST/IFDO 2009
26-29 May, 2009
Tampere, Finland
http://www.fsd.uta.fi/iassist2009/


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