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IASSIST 2003! 

This notice will also be posted to our website http://iassist2003.ssc.uwo.ca/ 

                        STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

The International Association for Social Science Information Service
and Technology (IASSIST) invites you to its 29th annual conference to
be held at the University of Ottawa (www.uottawa.ca) in the heart of
Canada's national capital.  Plan to join us on May 27-30, 2003.

SOCIAL EVENTS

Participants are invited to a welcome reception Tuesday evening at
the new site of the National Archives.

The annual banquet will be an evening of dinner and dancing aboard
one of Ottawa's famous river boats along the Ottawa River with
spectacular views of both sides of the Ottawa river including
the Parliament buildings and Museum of Civilization.  This event
will be held on Thursday May 29th.  Accompanying family and friends
are also welcome.  Tickets must be bought in advance.

TRANSPORTATION

The University of Ottawa and the Novotel Hotel are both located
in downtown Ottawa.  There are several shuttle services available
from the airport to the hotel.  Taxi fare from the airport to
downtown is approximately $25 (CAD).

ACCOMMODATIONS

Rooms have been reserved at the Novotel Hotel for the conference
at the special rate of $139 (CAD$) per room.  Reservations must
be made by April 9, 2003 to ensure this rate.  Please contact the
hotel directly at (613) 230-3033.  Be sure to identify yourself
as an IASSIST conference attendee to receive this rate.  Please
note; room cancellations may be made up to 6pm on the day reserved.

Alternate accommodations are available at the university's new
residence for a special rate of $84.95 (CAD$) for a two bedroom
suite.  IASSIST conference rate applies until April 9, 2003.
Please register by printing the form available on the website
and faxing it to (613) 564-6530.

http://iassist2003.ssc.uwo.ca/UniversityHousingForm.pdf 

REGISTRATION FEES

Early registration rates apply until April 9, 2003.
http://iassist2003.ssc.uwo.ca/fees.html 

To register please complete and print the registration form which
will be available by the end of February, 2003 on the web and fax
to (613) 562-5196

MEMBER RATES

  Member, Per Workshop, Early Registration, $75 (CAD$)
  Member, Per Workshop, After April 9, $100 (CAD$)
  Member, Conference, Early Registration, $300 (CAD$)
  Member, Conference, After April 9, $350 (CAD$)
  Member, One Day Conference, Early Registration, $150 (CAD$)
  Member, One Day Conference, After April 9, $175 (CAD$)

NON-MEMBER RATES

  Non-Member, Per Workshop, Early Registration, N/A
  Non-Member, Per Workshop, After April 9, $100 (CAD$)
  Non-Member, Conference, Early Registration, $380 (CAD$)
  Non-Member, Conference, After April 9, $430 (CAD$)
  Non-Member, One Day Conference, Early Registration, $200 (CAD$)
  Non-Member, One Day Conference, After April 9, $225 (CAD$)

STUDENT RATES

  Student, Per Workshop, Early Registration, N/A
  Student, Per Workshop, After April 9, $50 (CAD$)
  Student, Conference, Early Registration, $150 (CAD$)
  Student, Conference, After April 9, $180 (CAD$)
  Student, One Day Conference, Early Registration, $60 (CAD$)
  Student, One Day Conference, After April 9, $75 (CAD$)

Please consult currency rates at: http://www.xe.com/ucc/ 

For registration questions please contact:
Marie Cousineau, marie@uottawa.ca, (613) 562-5800 x3609

IASSIST 2003 CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS
Preliminary Program

For the complete schedule please consult our website at
http://iassist2003.ssc.uwo.ca/ 

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Tuesday May 27, 2003

Morning Workshops:

  Implementing DDI: it ain't rocket science...
    Wendy L Thomas and William C Block,
    Minnesota Population Centre

  Making Your Website Usable
    Marianne Zawitz, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
    and Colleen Blessing, U.S. Department of Energy

  Everything you ever wanted to know about preparing
  qualitative data...but were afraid to ask
    Louise Corti and John Southall
    UK Data Archive, University of Essex

Afternoon Workshops:

  Data Publishing
    Jostein Ryssevik, NSD (Norway)

  Conducting a GIS Reference Interview
    Steve Morris, North Carolina State University

  Using DataFerrett for descriptive analysis and
  publishing data to TheDataWeb
    Cavan Cappes, US Bureau of Census

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
PLENARY SESSIONS

  "Something Old, Something New -  New Historical Census Data "
    Chad Gaffield, University of Ottawa
    International Census Enterprise

  "Literacy and Numeracy, How does it add up?"
    Scott Murray, Statistics Canada
    OECD literacy project

  "New Frontiers - GIS, Life, the Universe and Everything"
    Fraser Taylor, Carleton University
    International Cybercartography Initiative

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  Historical Census Data
    The Roots of Historical Censuses: the archivist's perspective
    Historical Censuses: numbers from the past
    Historical Spatial Data: enriching GIS

  Data Archives and Data Archiving
    A Leadership Role of Data Archives in the Social Sciences
    Data Archive Models and Infrastructure: international comparisons
    Transforming Social Science Data Archives
    Changes in the Way Data Archives Process Data

  Data Services
    International Statistics: strength through collaboration
    New Topical Data Archives
    The Impact of the Internet on Provding Data Services

  Metadata
    Empowered by Metadata: building systems of access
    Metadata Conversions: DDI migration experiences
    Metadata Power Tools: persistent identifiers, intelligent
      agents, and metadata modeling

  Confidentiality
    Balancing the Strength of Numbers with Confidentiality
    Constraints to Data Access: licenses and confidentiality

  Literacy Issues in Research, Statistics, and Data
    Understanding the Strength of Numbers: statistical literacy
    Advancing Research and Data Literacy: empowering users

  Data Issues
    Spatial Data Access Issues: enabling GIS
    Strengthening Numbers: measurement, aggregation and
    Data, Digitization, Electronic Archives and the Web: at
      a crossroads
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