[open-science] open-science Digest, Vol 24, Issue 5

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Hi Jonathan, 

Re: Anyone going to OAOD2010 in Cologne this December?

Yes I am going!

Best regards,

Iain

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   1. Fwd: [SPARC-OpenData] Call for Workshops - IASSIST	2011
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      (Jonathan Gray)

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Subject: [open-science] Fwd: [SPARC-OpenData] Call for Workshops -
	IASSIST	2011
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This might be of interest!

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From: Robert R. Downs <rdowns at ciesin.columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:23 PM
Subject: [SPARC-OpenData] Call for Workshops - IASSIST 2011
To: SPARC-OpenData <SPARC-OpenData at arl.org>

Please find the Call for Workshops, below, for IASSIST 2011 and excuse
any duplication of this message.

Thanks,

Bob Downs

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 longer than 200
words to edwardsm at uoguelph.ca
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
edwardsm at uoguelph.ca

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

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:05:03 +0100
From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
Subject: Re: [open-science] Anyone going to OAOD2010 in Cologne this
	December?
To: Adrian Pohl <pohl at hbz-nrw.de>
Cc: friedrich at pudo.org, open-science at lists.okfn.org,
	daniel.dietrich at okfn.org
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Brilliant. It looks like Daniel, Friedrich, and Adrian will all be
there!

Look forward to hearing all about it! ;-)

All the best,

Jonathan

>>>> Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> 18.10.10 0.38 Uhr >>>
> Looks interesting!
>
> http://www.oaod2010.de/index.php?id=35
>
> Would very much like to hear from anyone who is going!
>
> Adrian: are you going? Do you know the organisers?
>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://blog.okfn.org
>
> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> http://identi.ca/jwyg
>

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
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http://twitter.com/jwyg
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