IASSIST Conference (fwd)
SusanTolbert
c677309 at showme.missouri.edu
Thu Mar 7 17:37:37 EST 1996
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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:38:17 -0500 (EST)
From: spepper at pop.upenn.edu
To: sg93ezwc at dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu
Subject: IASSIST Conference (fwd)
Susan,
I think this is a conference that you had previously told me about. I
recently got the schedule of events in case they are of interest to
you....
Sarah
PSC News
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> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 16:04:12 -0600 (CST)
> From: Wendy Treadwell <W-TREA at vm1.spcs.umn.edu>
> Subject: IASSIST CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Treadwell <wendy at mrdc.lib.umn.edu>
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> PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
> IASSIST`96
> 22nd Annual Conference of the International Association for
> Social Science Information Service and Technology
> Minneapolis, Minnesota
> Radisson Hotel Metrodome
> May 15-18, 1996
>
> Note: There are three parts to this document: (1) Conference
> description and preliminary program, (2) Workshop
> descriptions, and (3) Hotel, travel, and pre-registration
> information. The first day of our conference is a joint
> program of CSS'96 and IASSIST`96. CSS'96 begins Sunday, May 12.
> CSS'96 (Computing for the Social Sciences) is the annual
> conference of the Social Sciences Computing Association.
> Additional details on both conference will be available on
> their respective homepages by March 1. This document may be
> copied or forwarded as needed.
>
> HOMEPAGES:
> CSS'96: http://ag.arizona.edu/ssca/96anmeet.html
> IASSIST: http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/iassist96/
>
> ================================================================
> CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
> ================================================================
> WEAVING THE WEB OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, DATA AND SUPPORT
> IASSIST'96 brings together researchers, data producers, data
> archivists, data librarians and support staff to explore the
> changing roles and relationship among those who work with
> social science data. 'Weaving the Web' entails shaping the
> new technologies for the creation, storage, access, and
> analysis of social data. In this context, IASSIST'96 is an
> opportunity for the leaders in data provision and data support
> to discuss new opportunities, new solutions, and new problems
> in working with data. IASSIST'96 will examine the impact of
> changes in the economic and political climate around the world
> have had on the overall fabric of social science research, data
> and support. and the application of the new "data fabric" in
> the instructional setting. There will be three days of panels,
> paper sessions, and a demonstration session followed by a day
> of workshops.
>
> PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
> WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 **Joint Sessions with CSS'96**
> 8:45 - 10:00 PLENARY PANEL:
> SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF
> THE MILLENNIUM
> Chair/Discussant: Judith Rowe, Princeton University
> Panel:
> Adam Lubanski, ESRC Centre for Economic Performance
> Ronald E. Anderson, University of Minnesota
>
> 10:30 - 12:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
> A) USING THE INTERNET FOR INSTRUCTION
> Chair/Discussant: Richard Skaggs, University of Minnesota
> "Classrooms and Cyberspace:CyberEd or CyberWaste?", David
> Garson, North Carolina State University
>
> "Utilizing the Internet in Interactive Distance Learning
> and Research for the Social Sciences", Dean Savage, Jesse
> Reichler and Max Kilger, Queens College
>
> "Using the Internet in the American Politics Classroom:
> A Report from the Field", Steven M. Schneider, State
> University of New York Institute of Technology at
> Utica/Rome
>
> "Effective Data Sharing and Information Exchange Systems
> and Their Impact on Teaching and Learning in the Social
> Sciences", Deming Wang, UW-Eau Claire
>
>
> B) PANEL: METADATA STANDARDS
> Chair/Discussant: Karsten Boye Rasmussen, Danish Data
> Archives
> Panel:
> Ann Gerken Green, Yale University
> John Brandt, University of Michigan
> Grant Blank, University of Chicago
> Cheryl Burley, CIESIN
>
> C) PANEL: THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS DATA ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION
> SYSTEM (DADS): MANAGING DATA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
> Chair/Discussant: Albert F. Anderson, Population Studies
> Center, University of Michigan
> Panel:
> Michael Fortier, Data Access and Dissemination System
> Project, Bureau of the Census
> Chinya V. Ravishankar, College of Engineering,
> University of Michigan
> Lisa J. Neidert, Data Archive, Population Studies Center,
> University of Michigan
>
> 12:00 - 1:30 LUNCHEON: SPECIAL SPEAKER
> "Teaching and Research in the Year 2000", Steven Smith,
> Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
>
> 1:30 - 3:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
> A) TEACHING AND DATA USE
> Chair/Discussant: Karl Krohn, University of Minnesota
>
> "Making census data available to college undergraduates by
> creating a network of teachers", William H. Frey, University
> of Michigan
>
> "Disseminating BBS Qualities for Reinforcing Instructor-Student
> Knowledge Construction", Guillermo Asper & Julia Ferro Bucher,
> University of Brasilia
>
> "Using Computers to Present Sociological Principles", William
> Feigelman and Thomas Taylor, Nassau Community College
>
>
> B) PANEL: SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA AND COMPUTING SERVICES: ARE THEY
> NEEDED
> AND HOW SHOULD THEY BE ORGANIZED
> Chair/Discussant: Charles Humphrey, University of Alberta
> Panel:
> Merrill Shanks, UC Berkeley
> Tom Phelan, UCLA
> Laine G.M. Ruus, University of Toronto
>
> C) SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR DATA ACCESS
> Chair/Discussant: Phil Voxland, University of Minnesota
>
> "Using WWW to develop a knowledge based interface to large
> and complex spatial datasets", Keith Cole, University of
> Manchester
>
> "Search and retrieval of meta data on CD-ROM and at Internet
> Sites", James L. Peterson, Sociometrics Corp.
>
> "Beyond mountains of data: Social science suppport for data
> archive users", Eric Lang, Sociometrics Corp.
>
> 3:30 - 5:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
> A) CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS
>
> "Browsing, Bookishness and Brainstorms", Clifford Dillhunt,
> University of Wisconsin
>
> "Data and Social Science Rhetoric: Policy and Instruction",
> Kenneth P. Jameson, University of Utah
>
> "Social Science and Commputer Technology Assessment: Some
> Organizing Principles and Indicators" Louis R. Gaydosh,
> William Paterson College
>
> B) PANEL: PRODUCING DATA FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
> Chair/Discussants: Laura Guy, Univeristy of Wisconsin- Madison
> Gregory Haley, Columbia University
> Panel:
> Ekkehard Mochmann, Zentral Archive
> Elizabeth Crayford, World Bank
> Eric Lang, Sociometrics Corp.
>
> C) USING THE INTERNET FOR DATA DISTRIBUTION
> Chair/Discussant: Roberta Miller, CIESIN
>
> "The CAIN Project: Using the Internet to Provide Information
> about the Northern Ireland Conflict", Martin Melaugh,
> University of Ulster
>
> "Disseminating Historical Census Data on the World Wide Web",
> Steven Ruggles, Matthew Sobek, Todd Gardner, Univ. of Minnesota
>
> "Internet, Archival Holdings, and the Compulsory School System
> in Sweden", Lennart Brantgarde, Swedish Social Science Data
> Service
>
> "A Case Study in Virtual Organization: CIESIN's Information
> Cooperative", Christopher Davis, CIESIN and Univ. of Michigan
>
> THURSDAY MAY 16
> 8:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
> 9:00 - 10:00 PLENARY PANEL:
> THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE: PROBLEMS OF OBTINING STATISTICS
> Panel:
> Derek Bond, University of Ulster
> Ekhart Elsner, Technical University of Berlin
> Gillian Robinson, University of Ulster
>
> 10:30 - 12:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
> A) PANEL: THE EUROPEAN SINGLE MARKET FOR DATA
> Panel:
> Karsten Boye Rasmussen, Danish Data Archives
> Steve Hassan, University of Essex
> Simon Musgrave, University of Essex
>
>
> B) HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ELECTRONIC RECORDS
> Chair/Discussant: Carolyn Geda
> "What Happened to Punchcard Records in the U.S. Federal
> Government?", Margaret O. Adams, Center for Electronic
> Records, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
>
> "Historical Perspectives on Preserving Electronic Records
> at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.",
> Fynnette L. Eaton, Center for Electronic Records, U.S.
> National Archives and Records Administration
>
> 12:00 - 1:30 LUNCHEON: PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED
>
> 1:30 - 3:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
> A) PANEL: DATA LIBERATION -- GETTING YOUR WISH
> Chair/Discussant: Wendy Watkins, Carleton University
>
> B) PANEL: DOWNLOADING DATA FROM THE INTERNET: ARCHIVAL,
> INTELLECTUAL
> AND TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
> Chair/Discussant: Elizabeth Stephenson, UCLA
> Panel:
> Thomas E. Brown, Center for Electronic Records, U.S.
> National Archives and Records Administration
> Patricia Vanderberg, UC Berkley
> Jon Stiles, UC Berkeley
>
> 3:30 - 5:00 PRESENTATION / DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS
>
> 5:30 - 9:30 EVENING EXCURSION: Jonathan Paddleford Boat
> Trip with Dinner and Entertainment
> (included in conference fee)
>
> FRIDAY, MAY 17
> 8:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
> 9:00 - 10:00 PLENARY PANEL:
> PRIVACY VERSUS PUBLIC ACCESS
> "Privacy versus Public Access in Data Collection and
> Dissemination", Daniel C. Tsang, UC Irvine
> "Confidentiality and Future Access to Government Statistics
> Managing Data Access Functions and Confidentiality -
> 'The Norwegian Model'", Vigdis Kvalheim, Norwegian Social
> Science Data
>
> 10:30 - 12:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
> A) PREPARING DATA FOR DIRECT INTERNET ACCESS
> "The Development of A Longitudinal Database on U.S. Imports",
> Jean Stratford, UC Davis
> "GEOBASE: A Case of Building a Statistical Information System",
> Michal Peleg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "How to Make Osiris More Interoperable for Data Exchange
> While Waiting for the Ideal System", Lennart Brantgarde,
> Swedish Social Science Data Service
>
> B) DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS FOR BROAD DATA SUPPORT SERVICES
> "Creating Partnerships toImprove Access to Data", Christine
> Avery and Debora Cheney, Pennsylvania State University
> "Community and Collaboration", Mary Claire Halvorson,
> Goldsmiths University of London
> "Data Infrastructure in a Professional Environment", Ineke A.L.
> Stoop, Netherlands' Social and Cultural Planning Office
>
> 12:00 - 1:30 LUNCHEON: BUSINESS MEETING
> 1:30 - 3:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
> A) IMPROVING ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT DATA
> "Government Publishing on the World Wide WEB in the UK
> (past, present and future)", Simon Brackenbury, Uiniversity
> of Southampton
> "Government Publishing on the WEB: Impact on the US Government
> Depository Program and Local Access", Julia Wallace, University
> of Minnesota
> "Developing a User Interface: Creating Displays and Extraction
> Tools for Raw Data Sets", Juri Stratford, UC Davis
>
> B) TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE DATA ACCESS AND SERVICE
> Chair/Discussant: Julie A. Fore, Indiana University
> "The Role of Training in Building a Distributed Archive",
> Christopher Davis, CIESIN
> "Training in the Age of Digital Abundance", Nicky Ferguson,
> SOSIG
> "The Need to Train Librarians on Understanding Data Related
> Issues"
> Julia Paris, University of the Western Cape
>
> 3:30 - 5:00 GENERAL SESSION: CONFERENCE WRAP UP
> ======================================
> NOTE: The IASSIST Administrative Committee will hold
> meetings on Tuesday, May 14, 5:00 - 7:00 pm and Wednesday,
> May 15, 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Turkey Action Committee meets
> Thursday night after the Evening Excursion.
> ======================================
> SATURDAY, MAY 18 IASSIST Workshops
> (pre-registration required, not included in conference fee)
> 9:00-12:00 noon
> A) 'Introduction to GIS'
> Brent Allison, University of Minnesota
> Provides an introduction to GIS tools, applications and
> issues.
> Covers many of the basic questions regarding the geographic
> display of social science data. Workshop will provide time for
> hands on use of a variety of GIS tools.
>
> B) 'Data Archiving in the 21st Century'
> Ilona Einowski, UC Berkeley
> Elizabeth Stephenson, UCLA
> Jean Stratford, UC Davis
> This workshop will explore the impact of new technologies on
> the way data archives and data libraries do business.
> Administrative, technical, and public service aspects will
> be covered.
>
> C) 'Advanced Use of WWW as a Means of Delivering Data'
> Jim Jacobs, University of California, San Diego
> Petra Kuester, Yale University
> Ann Gerken Green, Yale University
> Users with a background and experience in using the WWW will
> be introduced to concepts, issues, procedures, and tools for
> making data available to their users through the WWW. Topics
> included: security, basics of cgi-bin scripts, using
> traditional tools such as SAS in a WWW environment, design
> issues, functional differences between WWW clients.
>
> 1:30-4:30 pm
> A) 'Advanced GIS Techniques'
> Robert McMaster, University of Minnesota
> This workshop provides more in-depth information for the
> person already familier with basic GIS applications.
> Participants will receive hands-on practice with GIS tools
> and gain insight on appropriate applications for the use of
> GIS in social science research.
>
> B) 'Preservation of Magnetic Media'
> Gene Hickok, National Media Laboratory
> This workshop will focus on the best ways for ensuring the
> long term preservation of magnetic media. The qualities of
> various media will be discussed as well as techniques for
> ensuring the full life of the media and preservation of the
> information it contains.
>
> C) 'International Data Resources'
> Laura Guy, University of Wisconsin - Madison
> Gregory Haley, Columbia University
> We offer a half-day workshop on international data sources.
> The workshop will have two parts: the first part will treat
> locating and using published data resources; the second part
> will review strategies for locating and accessing data
> resources from a variety of sources including internet and
> web servers and data archives. Each session will consist of
> presentation and demonstration of the material followed by
> hands-on practice with the material presented.
>
>
> ================================================================
> HOTEL, TRAVEL, INFORMATION & PRE-REGISTRATION
> =================================================================HOTEL
> The Radisson Hotel Metrodome
> 615 Washington Avenue SE
> Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
> Hotel: (612)379-8888
> Fax: (612)379-8682
> Reservations: (800)822-6757
> Worldwide Reservations: (800)333-3333
>
> When making reservations request the CSS'96 convention rate
> (single occupancy $88.00; double occupancy $98.00). A block of
> rooms are being held at this rate through April 21. You are
> urged to make your hotel reservations early!
>
> TRAVEL
> The Twin Cities is served by the Minneapolis-St. Paul
> International airport (MSP). This airport is the home of
> Northwest Airlines and thus can be reached directly from most
> cities that Northwest serves in the US and Canada. Non-stop
> flights to the Twin Cities via Northwest or KLM are available
> from Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt. Most major domestic
> airlines also serve the Twin Cities.
>
> The best and most economical way to get from the
> Minneapolis/St. Paul airport to the Radisson Hotel is by
> Airport Express Shuttle ($10.00 one way, $15.00 round-trip,
> 612-726-6400). Vans leave every 15-20 minutes. Check in at
> the Airport Express desk on the baggage claim (lower) level
> near carousel 8. Taxi fare is about $20-$25 and takes about 20
> minutes.
>
> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
>
> IASSIST'96 Conference Co-chair, Wendy Treadwell, Machine
> Readable Data Center, 2 Wilson Library, Univ. of Minnesota,
> Minneapolis, MN, USA 55455 (612-624-9554)
> <wendy at mrdc.lib.umn.edu>
>
> Conference Coordinator, Mary Drew, 909 Social Sciences, Univ.
> of Minn., Minneapolis, MN, USA 55455 (612-624-3824)
> <drew at atlas.socsci.umn.edu>
>
> HOMEPAGES:
> CSS'96: http://ag.arizona.edu/ssca/96anmeet.html
> IASSIST: http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/iassist96/
>
> ====================================================
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> CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
> (also available on the web sites)
> Print your name and affiliation as you want them to appear
> on the convention badge.
>
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> CIRCLE AMOUNTS:
> CSS'96 Conference Fee (May 13-15) $175.00
> CSS'96 Student Rate (no meals) $ 50.00
> IASSIST 1996 Member Fee (May 15-17) $175.00
> IASSIST 1996 Non-Member Fee
> (includes 1 year membership) $225.00
> IASSIST 1996 Student Rate (no meals) $ 50.00
> Single Day Registration (circle day)
> M T W TH F @ $75.00 _______
> CSS'96 TUTORIALS:
> Sunday, May 12 - 1:00-3:00 (check one) $ 25.00
> ___A. Putting College Classes On-Line
> ___B. Seeing Is Believing: The Art and Science
> of Digital Image Processing
> Sunday, May 12 - 3:30-5:30 (check one) $ 25.00
> ___A. How to Train Faculty in Multimedia
> Classroom Methods
> ___B. Strategies for Funding Computing in the
> Social Sciences
> Monday, May 13 - 8:00-10:00 $ 25.00
> ___ Research Methods for Studying
> Interactivity on the Web
> Monday, May 13 - 10:30-12:30 $ 25.00
> ___ Studying Subcultures for Internet Files:
> The Case of the Hacker Community
> Monday, May 13 - 8:00-12:00 $ 50.00
> ___ Designing Productive and Interactive
> Sites for the Web
> IASSIST WORKSHOPS
> Saturday, May 18 - 9:00-12:00 (check one) $ 50.00
> ___A. Introduction to GIS
> ___B. Data Archiving in the 21st Century
> ___C. Advanced Use of WWW as a Means of
> Delivering Data
> Saturday, May 18 - 1:30-4:30 (check one) $ 50.00
> ___A. Advanced GIS Techniques
> ___B. Preservation of Magnetic Media
> ___C. International Data Resources
>
> $50.00 credit if paying FULL NON-STUDENT rate
> for BOTH conferences <$ 50.00>
> $50.00 late fee for registration
> received AFTER APRIL 12, 1996 $ 50.00
>
> TOTAL FEES (payable in US dollars) __________
>
> _____check if you require vegetarian meals.
>
> Pre-Payment is required by either check, bank draft in US
> dollars or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or Discover).
> Checks should be made payable to CSS/IASSIST Conference.
>
> Yes, please charge my VISA/MasterCard/Discover (cirle one)
> credit card number; __________________________________
> expiration date: _____________________________________
>
> Mail to:
> Mary Drew, Conference Coordinator
> Department of Sociology,
> 909 Social Science Building
> University of Minnesota,
> 267 19th Avenue South
> Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 55455
>
> Office: (612)624-3824 Fax: (612)624-4586 e-mail:
> drew at atlas.socsci.umn.edu
>
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