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IASSIST 2002 Conference

• Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:53:00 -0400
• To:   sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Cheryl StadelBevans <cheryl.stadel@nara.gov>
• Subject:   IASSIST 2002 Conference
• Message-ID:   scceafd2.032@smtp.nara.gov

Forwarded at the request of Ilona Einowski [ilona@ucdata.berkeley.edu]. 
Please excuse cross-postings.

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IASSIST 2002

The International Association for Social Science Information Service 
and Technology (IASSIST) invites you to attend its 28th annual 
conference hosted by the Roper Center, the Thomas J. Dodd Center, and 
the Homer Babbidge Library at the University of Connecticut.  IASSIST 
conferences bring together data professionals, data producers and data 
analysts from around the world who are engaged in the creation, 
acquisition, processing, maintenance, distribution, preservation, and 
use of numeric social science data for research and instruction.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 9th, 2002.
Registration can be done online or via e-mail, phone, and standard mail 
delivery.  See:  http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/iassist2002

Conference Theme
"Accelerating Access" is a theme that characterizes the ever-increasing 
demand for quantitative and qualitative data through the Internet. Our 
key goal as data providers is to ensure user communities can gain 
access to and effectively use quantitative and qualitative resources.  
The conference this year will focus on the capabilities both of 
Internet technology and of the wider data community in providing 
support to and partnering with the research and education 
infrastructure. The influence of evolving web environments for data 
producers, data archives, data libraries, and end-users will be a key 
area of exploration.  The conference will include papers on 
collaboration between data professionals and researchers in metadata 
dissemination and in integration projects, particularly those that have 
evolved from emerging standards for describing data and documentation.  
We will also examine the legal and political barriers to web-based data 
access, and the role of virtual data access in new and emerging 
economies.

Workshops
A full day of workshops will precede the conference.  Workshops fill up 
quickly, so early registration is advised.  Workshops cover:  
Developing a GIS Data Services Program; An Introduction to Arcview; 
Finding, Evaluating and Using Numeric Data; and DDI in Action: the 
Innovative Data Library using Nesstar Knowledge Products.

Additional Information
For the most current information, check the IASSIST 2002 conference web 
site at: http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/iassist2002 
or contact the Program Committee at: iassist@ropercenter.uconn.edu

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