CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

IASSIST 2011: Data Science Professionals: a Global Community of Sharing

The 37th  International  Association  for  Social  Science  Information

Services and Technology (IASSIST) annual conference will be  hosted  by

Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia and will  be

held in Vancouver, Canada, May 31 - June 3, 2011.

The theme of this year's conference is Data  Science  Professionals:  a

Global Community of Sharing. Social science benefits from  professional

practices that enable sharing of data, information, and knowledge  with

a global community. This theme is  intended  to  stimulate  discussions

about ways in  which  sharing  data,  information,  and  knowledge  can

contribute to  research  and  to  professional  practices  that  enable

scientific progress. Submissions are encouraged that offer improvements

for creating, documenting, submitting, describing,  disseminating,  and

preserving scientific research data.

Workshops details:

The conference committee seeks workshops  that  highlight  this  year's

theme "Data Science Professionals:  a  Global  Community  of  Sharing".

Below is a sample of possible workshop topics that may be considered:

- Statistical Literacy

- GIS

- Statistical software and analysis

- Data sharing, access and management in the future

- Identifying and reducing barriers to data sharing

- Issues  of  confidentiality  in  sharing 

- Sharing professional data science skills, knowledge, and techniques

  within and across disciplines

- Citation  of  research  data  and persistent identifiers

- Metadata facilitating data sharing

- Emerging research infrastructures and data sharing

- New  data  partnerships  in knowledge communities

- Sharing  resources  and  data  through  social networks

- Identifying user needs and customizing data services to

  meet the needs

- The evolving  data  librarian  profession

- Data science practices that support global use and understanding

  of research data

- Open (linked) data and digital repositories

- Preservation for sharing, recovering data for contemporary use

Successful  workshop  proposals  will  blend   lecture   and   hands-on

instruction.  The  conference  planning  committee  will  provide   the

necessary classroom space and computing supplies for all workshops. For

previous examples of IASSIST workshops, please see:

http://ciser.cornell.edu/IASSIST/workshops.shtm

Workshops can be a half-day or full-day in length.

Procedure: Please submit the proposed  title  and  an  abstract  of  no

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With your submission please include a preliminary list of requirements,

Computer Lab OR classroom, software and hardware requirements.

Deadline for submission: November 29, 2010

Notification of  acceptance: February 3, 2011

Please contact Michelle Edwards, IASSIST workshop  Coordinator  if  you

have any questions regarding workshop submissions at

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For  more  information  about  the  conference,  including  travel  and

accommodation, see the conference web site at:

http://www.rdl.sfu.ca/IASSIST/

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.

IASSIST 2011 31 May - 3 June 2011 Vancouver, Canada