[DDI-users] DDI Training at Cornell University

[Mary Vardigan]

Dear Colleagues,

 

As part of its 2009 Summer Program, ICPSR is partnering with the Cornell
Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) and Mann Library to
offer a course on DDI at Cornell University in beautiful "Ithaca is
Gorges! <http://visitithaca.com> ", New York, this July.

 

The course is titled "Documenting Data Using DDI 3.0: Supporting
Research, Collection Management, and Access," and instructors are Wendy
Thomas (Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota) and Arofan
Gregory (Open Data Foundation).

 

The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an international XML standard
for metadata describing social science research data. The DDI 3.0
metadata structure is capturing the attention of major archives, data
producers, and funding agencies as a standard that will aid in the
collection, preservation, and dissemination of social science data
throughout its life cycle. This course will show you how DDI can be used
to support the research process, making the data you collect easier to
manage, share, and analyze.

 

This special off-site course will take advantage of Ithaca's unique
location in the heart of the Finger Lakes region
<http://www.visitfingerlakes.com/>  of New York State.  Activities will
include visits to the internationally-renowned Moosewood Restaurant
<http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/> , hiking opportunities to see some
of the best gorges and waterfalls in the area, and a day-long
post-conference visit to the Finger Lakes Wine Festival
<http://www.flwinefest.com/> ! 

 

Who should attend: Anyone managing numeric social science data
collections or a social science research project involving the
collection of numeric data

 

Location: Ithaca, NY

 

Dates:  July 13-16, 2009 

 

Co-sponsors: Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research; Mann
Library

 

For more on the course, see:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/sumprog/course/0109.xml

 

Mary Vardigan

Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR)

Phone: 734-615-7908

Fax: 734-647-8200

 

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