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IASSIST/CSS Conference 1998 Registration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ann Green)
Tue Apr 7 20:28:05 1998
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 14:03:48 -0500
From: Ann Green <statann@pantheon.yale.edu>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Ann Green <statann@pantheon.yale.edu>
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IASSIST/CSS 1998 JOINT CONFERENCE
Global Access, Local Support:
Social Science Computing in the Age of the World Wide Web
May 19 through May 22, 1998 YALE UNIVERSITY NEW HAVEN, CT
The International Association for Social Science Information Service and
Technology (IASSIST) and the Social Science Computing Association (SSCA)
invite you to register for their joint 1998 Conference.
Registration Deadline is April 27th, 1998.
AUDIENCE: IASSIST conferences bring together professionals who are
engaged in the creation, acquisition, processing, documentation,
maintenance, distribution, preservation and use of computerized social
science data. The Social Science Computing Association brings together
users and designers of computer-based systems for social science research,
including educators and students interested in the links between the
social sciences and technology. The complementary and overlapping
interests of these professional organizations provide a rich spectrum of
expertise in which to explore new ideas and solutions.
CONFERENCE DETAILS: The conference will open with workshops on Tuesday,
May 19th, followed by 3 days of plenaries, sessions, panels, speakers, and
social events. The Conference sessions will be held in William Harkness
Hall on the campus of Yale University.
For complete information and registration forms, go to the conference website:
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/iasscss
WORKSHOPS:
Tuesday, May 19th
Workshop A: Design Considerations for Data Distribution Sites.
Patrick Yott, University of Virginia.
Workshop B: The Data Documentation Initiative: The Full Monty.
Karsten Rasmussen (Danish National Archives), Bridget Winstanley, Sheila
Anderson, Oscar Struive (University of Essex) and ICPSR Representatives.
Workshop C: Programming for Data Distribution Sites.
Patrick Yott. University of Virginia
Workshop D: Interacting with Large Data Sets.
Al Anderson, Public Data Queries, and John Blodgett, University of
Missouri St Louis.
CONFERENCE SUMMARY:
Wednesday, May 20th
9:00-10:15 Plenary: Towards Multiple-Media Survey and Census Data
Stephen E. Fienberg. Maurice Falk University Professor of
Statistics and Social Science, Carnegie Mellon University
10:30-12:00 Confidentiality, Security, and Access to Data
Issues and Problems Confronting Decentralized
University Computing Units and Their Relationship with
Central Computing Organizations
Social Science Software and Services: Research
and Development Issues for the Entrepreneur
1:30-3:00 Designing User Interfaces for Data Services
Impact of Technology on Privacy and Community
Establishing and Managing Data Resource Centers
3:30-5:00 Data Access Systems and Metadata Structures
Technology in the Classroom
Digital Libraries and User Support
5:30-7:30 Reception at the Beinicke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Thursday, May 21st
9:00-10:15 Locating and Linking Diverse Information Resources
Impact of Technology on Libraries
Searching the Web: General Strategies and Special Topics
10:30-12:00 Applying Metadata Standards
Designing and Delivering Data on the Web (Part One)
Getting Quality in Qualitative Data Analysis
12:00 Lunch Speaker: Stacy Horn.
People are People -- Even Online where no one can see them
Founder of ECHO, the virtual salon of New York City,
Author of 'Cyberville'
1:30-3:15 Poster Sessions and Demonstrations
4:30 Buses leave for Liberty Belle Cruise and dinner
Friday, May 22
9:00-10:15 Plenary Panel: Archiving Data from Government-Supported
Research: Policies, Practices, Possibilities.
Jordan Leiter, National Institute of Justice;
William Bainbridge, National Science Foundation;
Carl Schmitt, National Center for Education Statistics.
Discussant: Bridget Winstanley, ESRC Data Archive,
University of Essex.
Chair: Joel Garner, Joint Centers for Justice Studies, Inc
10:30-12:00 Designing and Delivering Data on the Web (Part Two)
Building and Preserving the Digital Archive
Analysis of Large Data Sets
12:00-1:00 Working Lunch
1:00-2:00 IASSIST General Assembly
SSCA Business Meeting
2:00-3:00 Global Access, Local Support. Conference Wrap Up.
Discussants from IASSIST and SSCA.
