[ICPSR] 41st IASSIST Conference - Call for Papers

[Linda Detterman]

*CALL FOR PAPERS*
41st IASSIST Annual Conference
2 – 5 June 2015, Minneapolis, MN

*Bridging the Data Divide: Data in the International Context*


The theme of our 2015 conference is *Bridging the Data Divide: Data in the
International Context*. Going hand in hand with the well-known digital
divide is a growing inequity in access to data. Increasing budget concerns
have placed strains on governments, universities, and other institutions in
the provision of data services. From the cancellation of the Statistical
Abstracts of the United States, to the controversy over the Canadian Census
long form, to political barriers in the data collection process in some
countries, access to data and the data divide presents organizational,
economic and educational challenges to the data professional’s community
worldwide.


As data professionals it is our role to demonstrate how access to data
improves organizational standing and relevance, how shared infrastructure
reduces the costs for agencies to setup data sharing platforms and how
developing data literacy programs fits with the mission of our
universities. This year, the international focus of IASSIST shines on how
we can improve access to data for people across the globe.


We welcome submissions on the theme outlined above and encourage conference
participants to propose papers and sessions that will be of interest to a
diverse audience. To facilitate the organization and scheduling of
sessions, three distinct tracks have been established. If you are unsure
which track your submission belongs or you feel that it applies to more
than one track, submit your proposal and if accepted, the Program Committee
will find an appropriate fit.


*Deadline for submission: 21 November 2014*

*Notification of acceptance: 16 January 2015*



The full call for proposals is at
http://iassistdata.org/conferences/iassist-2015-call-papers.  Please use
this *online submission form*
<http://iassistdata.org/conferences/iassist-2015-call-papers> to submit
your proposal.

   - Questions about sessions/paper submissions may be sent to the Program
   Chairs (iassist15 at gmail.com)
   - Questions about workshop submissions may be sent to the Workshop
   Co-Coordinators Samantha Guss (samantha.guss at nyu.edu) or Katharin Peter (
   kpeter at usc.edu).
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