Conference Programme

P1: Data Futures: Perspectives from Statistical Agencies

P2: Global Directions of Large National and International Survey Research Projects

P3: The Impact of the Net on Data and Information Professionals

A:1 Models of Disseminating Data by Statistical Agencies
A:2 GIS and Social Science Data Access over the Net
A:3 Data in the Classroom: Instructional Uses of Data

D:1 Reflections on Thirty Years of Canadian National Election Surveys
D:2 The Changing Nature of Metadata: Exploring Approaches
D:3 Thematic Data Archives

E:1 Data and the Digital Library: Where do we go from here?
E:2 Data Futures from the Perspective of the Researcher and Instructor
E:3 Future Directions of Financial & Economic Databases

Lunch & Annual General Meeting
(12:30-14:30)
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Travel to U of Toronto
(14:30-15:00)
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POSTER &
DEMONSTRATION
SESSIONS
(15:00-17:30)
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IASSIST 25th Anniversary Banquet
(19:00 - ?)
"The Decades of My Life"
Judith Rowe
Data and Statistical Services,
Princeton University

(If you want to know
what to wear to the banquet ...)

B:0 IASSIST at 25: Bridging the Past with the Future

F:1 The Role of Data Librarians and Data Archivists: Is There a Future?
F:2 Managing Access through Web Tools
F:3 Emerging National Social Science Data Services

C:1 Qualitative Data Archives: Enriching Research Possibilities
C:2 Collaborative Access to Data: New Approaches to Sharing Resources
C:3 Preserving Electronic Resources: Issues and User Patterns Shaping the Future

Conference Wrap-up
(16:00 - 16:30)

Reception at the CN Tower
(18:30 - 20:00)