Conference 2003 presentation files
TUESDAY, MAY 27
Workshops
- Implementing DDI: It ain't rocket science. . .
Wendy L. Thomas and William C. Block (Minnesota Population Center) - Making Your Website Usable
Marianne Zawitz (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics) and Colleen Blessing (U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information System)
Annotated link to Website Usability Workshop PowerPoint Presentations - Everything you ever wanted to know about preparing qualitative
data. . . but were afraid to ask
Louise Corti and John Southall (UK Data Archive, University of Essex)
Annotated link to Qualitative Workshop PowerPoint presentations - Data Publishing
Prem Khosla, Margaret Ward, Erin Sawatzky, Sigbjorn Revheim, Jostein Ryssevik and Bill Bradley - Conducting a GIS Reference Interview
Steve Morris (North Carolina State University) - Using DataFerrett for descriptive analysis and publishing data
to the DataWeb
Cavan Capps (U.S. Census Bureau)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
Plenary Session
- Something Old, Something New: Historical Census Data
Chad Gaffield, Professor of History, Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies, University of Ottawa
Session A1:The Roots of Historical Censuses: A National Archives Perspective
Chair: Ernie Boyko, Statistics Canada
- The U.S. Decennial Census of Population
and Housing from an Archival Perspective
Thomas Brown (National Archives and Records) - From Destruction to Digitisation: A Short Histroy of Census Records in Ireland
Catriona Crowe (National Archives of Ireland) - The Census of Canada from an Archival Perspective
Cara Downey (Library and Archives of Canada)
Session A2: Empowered by Metadata: Building Systems of
Access
Chair: Maxine Tedesco, University of Lethbridge
- Easy Access to Secondary Data for
Scientific Research
Marleen Becht (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) - Clearninghouse for Transport Data and
Transport Models - Concepts and Implementations
Angelika Schulz (German Aerospace Center) - MADIERA: A European Infrastructure for Web-Based Data
Dissemination
Bjarne Oymyr (Norwegian Social Science Data Services)
Session A3: Strengthening Numbers: Measurement, Aggregation
and Policy
Chair: Richard Boily, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski
- e-Europe and e-Europe+ Projects
Dusan Soltes (Comenius University) - Integrating Public Domain Data to Construct
Community Profiles
Betsy Blunsdon, Ken Reed, Steven McEarchern and Nicole McNeil (Deakin University)
Session B1: Historical Censuses: Numbers from the
Past
Chair: Wendy Watkins, Carleton University
- The Future of the Integrated Public Use Microdata
Series: IPUMS International and IPUMS Redesign
William Block (University of Minnesota) - Rescuing Historical Censuses at UC
Data
Fred Gey (UC, Berkeley) - Providing Access to the Dutch
Population Census of
1971
Luuk Schreven (Dutch Institute of Scientific Information Services)
Session B2: DDI, Nesstar and ISO: Pushing the
Boundaries
Chair: Fay Booker, University of Chicago
- DAIS|nesstar - An Update
Bill Bradley (Health Canada) - Is Your Data Facility ISO
Compliant? Progress Towards Harmonizing the DDI and ISO 11179
Daniel Gillman (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Session B3: Changes in the way Data Archives
Process Data
Chair: Katherine McNeill-Harman, MIT
- Data Processing in FSD: Challenges in a
New
Archive
Hannele Keckman-Koivuniemi and Mari Kleemola, (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) - Data Processing in Danish Data Archives
Anne Sofie FInk, Soren Priisholm, Birgitte Jensen, and Bernhard Hansen, (Danish Data Archives) - Data Processing in the UK Data Archive
Alasdair Crockett, (UKDA) - Data Processing at
ICPSR
Darrell Donakowski, (ICPSR)
Session C1: Historical Spatial Data: Enriching GIS
Chair: Walter Piovesan, Simon Fraser University
- Topic - Time - Geography: Navigating the Triangle of Social Science Data
Wendy Thomas (University of Minnesota) - The National Historical Geographic Information System: An Update
William Block (University of Minnesota) - Great Britain Historical GIS: A New Architecture for Web Dissemination
Humphrey Southall, (University of Portsmouth)
Session C2: Constraints on Data Access: Licenses and Confidentiality
Chair: Dan Tsang, University of California, Irvine
- Access to Microdata in the UK: The Case of the Samples of Anonymized Records from the 1991 Census
Angela Dale (University of Manchester) - Licensed to Bill: Single Fare vs Bus Pass
Cindy Severt (University of Wisconsin, Madison) - Meeting the Challenge: The National Population Health Survey and Data Access
Elizabeth Hamilton (University of New Brunswick)
Session C3: Data, Digitization, Electronic Archives and the Web:
At a Crossroads
Chair: Jeff Moon, Queen's University
- Digital Library Collections: Fostering Collaboration
Juri Stratford (University of California, Davis) - The Development of the Electronic Records Archives Program at the U.S.
National Archives
Fynette Eaton (National Archives) - The Emerging Data Web
Seth Grimes (Alta Plana Corporation) - Constituent Mail Analysis Project
(CMAP)
Joel Herndon and Naomi Nelson (Emory University)
Poster Sessions
THURSDAY, MAY 29
Plenary Session
- Literacy and Numeracy: How Does it Add
Up?
Scott Murray, Statistics Canada
Session D1:Understanding the Strength in Numbers: Statistical
Literacy
Chair: Sharon Neary, University of Notre Dame
- Data & Statistical Literacy for Librarians
Ann Gray (Princeton University) - Public Opinion Matters: A New Roper Center Program Designed to Promote
Classroom Use of Public Opinion Data
Lois Timms-Ferrara (Roper Center) - Statistical Literacy Survey: Reading Tables and Graphs
Milo Schield (Augsburg College)
Session D2: Metadata Conversions: Migration
Experiences
Chair: Joel
Herndon (Emory University)
- Implementation of the DDI at the Roper
Center
Marc Maynard (University of Connecticut) - From Metatdata Converstion to MetaDater
Management
Meinhard Moschner and Oliver Watteler (Central Archive for Empirical Social Research) - 1-2-3, Than's How Elementary It's Gotta Be -
Managing DDI
Ken Miller (UKDA, Essex)
Session D3:Spatial Data Access Issues: Enabling
GIS
Chair: Paula
Lackie, Carleton College
- FGDC, Meet the DDI: Adding Geospatial Metadata
to a Numeric Data
Catalog
Julie Linden (Yale University) - Privacy and Confidentiality Issues with
Spatial Data
Deborah Balk, Robert Downs, W. Christopher Lenhardt, and Francesca Pozzi (CIESIN - Columbia University) - Taking Down Barriers around GIS-data for Dutch Universities
David van der Steen (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research)
FRIDAY, MAY 30
Plenary Session
- New Frontiers: GIS, Life, the Universe
and Everything
Dr. Fraser Taylor, Carleton University
Session E1:Advancing Research and Data Literacy: Empowering
Users
Chair: Robin Rice, Edinburgh University
- Exploiting UK Survey Data Sources for Teaching
Political Science:
Experiences from the Classroom
Louis Corti (UKDA, Essex) - Focusing in on Student Learning Outcomes: How SDA Helped us Build a
Learning Community for Data Users
Aaron Shrimplin (Miami University, Ohio)
Session E2:Metadata Power Tools: Persistent Identifiers,
Intelligent Agents, and Metadata Modeling
Chair: Laine Ruus, University
of
Toronto
- Persistent Identifiers for Data
Micah Altman (Harvard University) - The Role of Metadata for Integrating Data and Documentation: The OSA
Labour Supply Panel - A Case Study
Rob Grim (Institute for Labour Studies) - From Question to Query: An Intelligent Strategy
for Making Complex
Data Accessible to Novice Users
Albert Anderson and Heather Branton (Public Data Queries, Inc.) and Ed Brent and Pawel Slusarz (Idea Works)
Session E3:A Leadership Role for Data Archives in the Social
Sciences
Chair: Jerry Bull, Universite de Montreal
- Relationships among Archives and the Social Science Research
Community - The Case of a Successful Relationship
Mojca Omerzu (Social Science Data Archives - ADP) - The Dutch Question Bank
Helga van Gelder (NIWI Steinmetz Archive)
Session F1:Balancing Strength of Numbers with
Confidentiality
Chair: Aspi Balsara, Memorial University of
Newfoundland
- Research Data and Issues of Confidentiality
Olusegun Moses Temilola (Nigeria) - Public Data and a Thriving Democracy:
Threats and
Opportunities
Lisa Neidert (University of Michigan) and Janet Eisenhauer (University of Wisconsin)
Links to Neidert text and images
Session F2:Transforming Social Science Data
Archives
Chair: Suzette
Giles, Ryerson University
- New Directions fo the UK Qualitative Data
Service - 2003 and
Beyond
Louise Corti (UKDA, Essex) - "To be or not to be." That Shouldn't be the
Question!
Ron Dekker (NWO - NL Research Council) - Advances in Data Preservation: The Roper
Center Archive Approach
Cindy Teixeira (University of Connecticut) - From Manuscripts to Metadata: Collaborating
Working in the Archives Hub
Amanda Hill (University of Manchester)
Session F3: The Invisible Force: Supporting Users of Online Services
Chair: Chuck Humprhey
- Online Services for Electronic Records: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Margaret Adams (National Archives and Records Administration) - Backstage at ICPSR: Supporing Users of ICPSR On-line Services
Janet Vavra, (ICPSR, University of Michigan) - The Case of the UK Data Archive
Melanie Wright, (UKDA, Essex)
Session G1:Data Archive Models and Infrastructure: International
Comparisons
Chair: Sue Bryant
- Data Services Models: The Results of an International Survey
Chuck Humphrey (University of Alberta) - Medical Research Data and Models for Sharing and Preserving Data: The
Case of the UK Medical Research Council
Melanie Wright (UKDA, Essex)
Session G2: Data Services: A Mix of the New and the
Old
Chair: Tess Trost, Texas Tech University
- Davidson Data Center and Network (DDCN) - Serving the Need for Data on
Transition and Emerging Market Economies
Cristina Negrut (University of Michigan) - Recovering and Preserving Data from a Large
Long-term Data Collection Project
Joseph Olson (Brigham Young University - Getting to Know the Score: Using the First 20
Years to Plan the Next
Peter Burnhill (University of Edinburgh) and Alison Bayley (University of Edinburgh)
Session G3:International Statistics: Strength Through
Collaboration
Chair: Elizabeth Hamilton, University of New
Brunswick
- Comparability of Cross-National Data: How does the UNESCO Institute
for Statistics approach the issue?
Yanhong Zhang (UNESCO Institute for Statistics) - The UNESCO Institute for Statistics: How we
decide what data to
collect
Diane Stukel (UNESCO Institute for Statistics) - Serving up Statistics to an International
Community
Brian Buffett (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)