[Asis-l] IASSIST 2015 Annual Conference Call for Proposals

[Minglu Wang]

CALL FOR PAPERS 
41 st 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 



See the full Call for Proposals at http://iassistdata.org/ conferences/iassist-2015-call- papers for more information. Please use this online submission form 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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Minglu Wang 
Data Services Librarian 
John Cotton Dana Library 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
185 University Avenue 
Newark, New Jersey 07102-1814 

Telephone: (973)353-3810 
Email: minglu at rutgers.edu 
https://impactstory.org/MingluWang 


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