Conference 2002 Presentations

• Developing a GIS Data Services Program [PDF]
  Steve Morris (North Carolina State University)
• Finding, Evaluating and Using Numeric Data
  Julie Linden (Yale University)
• An Introduction to Arcview
  Steven Citron-Pousty (Yale University)
• DDI in Action: the Innovative Data Library using Nesstar Knowledge Products
  Simon Musgrave (UKDA) and Jostein Ryssevik (NSD), Nesstar Ltd.

Plenary Session

• The Data Archive in the Twenty-First Century - The View from ICPSR
  Myron Gutmann, Executive Director, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

Session A: eXtreme Intelligence: Pushing Expert Systems to Their Limits
Chair: Jostein Ryssevik, Norwegian Social Science Data Services

• The Prospects for "Intelligent Research"
  Ken Reed (Deakin University), Steven McEachern (University Of Ballarat)<
• Emerging from the Quagmire: Building Expert Systems Technologies for the Social Sciences [PDF]
  Robert P. Wozniak (Minnesota Population Center)
• Clearing the Metadata Hurdle for Inexperienced Users: A Case-Based Reasoning Approach [PDF]
  Edward Brent (Idea Works, Inc.), Albert F. Anderson (Public Data Queries, Inc.), Lisa Neidert (University of Michigan), Pawel Slusarz (Idea Works)

Session B: The New Frontier for Archives
Chair: JoAnn Dionne, University of Michigan

• Public Opinion Data in the National Archives of the United States [PDF]
  Thomas E. Brown (NARA)
• Enhancing Access to Qualitative Data Resources: Edwardians Online Project [PDF]
  Louise Corti's paper (UK Data Archive) presented by Kevin Schürer
• In Praise of Data Archives: Finding and recovering the 1963 Kennedy Assassination Study
  Tom W. Smith (NORC)

Session C: Research Portals, or the Truth is Out There
Chair: Fay Booker, University of Chicago

• An Internet Portal for Danish Research [PDF]
  Anne Sophie Fink (Danish Data Archives)
• Scientific Information Infrastructure for Social Research in Russia
  Tatyana Yudina (Moscow State University)
• Reaching Your End-user with MIMAS [PDF]
  Jessica Eustace (University of Manchester)

Plenary Session
An International Perspective on Confidentiality and Access to Governmentally Produced Social Science Data
Moderator: Margaret Adams, NARA

Participants:

• Pat Doyle, US Bureau of the Census [PDF]
• Doug Norris, Director General of the Census and Demographic Statistics Branch at Statistics Canada
• Professor John M. Abowd, Director, Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research and Distinguished Research Fellow, U.S. Census Bureau [PDF]

Session D: Working Together to Accelerate Access:Data on the Fast Track
Chair: Robin Rice, Edinburgh University

• Building Collaborative Data Services Upon Dispersed Resources: A Collaboration Model for Accelerating Data Access at Indiana University
  Jason (Xiao) Yu (Indiana University)
• Entering a New Era -- The European Research Area [PDF]
  Ken Miller (UK Data Archive)
• StatCat: Building a Statistical Data Finder [PDF]
  Julie Linden (Yale University), Steven Citron-Pousty, Ann Green

Session E: GIS Mobilized: One if by Land; Two if by Sea; Three if by Fiber Optics
Chair: Patrick McGlamery, University of Connecticut

• Geographic Information Retrieval: Searching Text and Data via Common Geography [PDF]
  Fredric Gey (UC Berkeley), Michael Buckland, Aitao Chen, Ray Larson
• The USGS National Map: Delaware Framework DataMIL Pilot Project
  Richard Sacher (University of Delaware)
• Integrating Data Resources with the Library Catalog
  Steven Morris (North Carolina State University)

Session F: Poll Data: Enabling Greater Access and Re-use
Chair: Richard Rockwell, The Roper Center

• Enhancing Access: Roper Center Efforts Towards Data Integration
  Marc Maynard (Roper Center)
• Encouraging Secondary Analysis of Public Opinion Poll Data
  Shawn Marie Pelak (ICPSR)
• Enriching Access to Opinion Poll Data: The Experience of the UK Data Archive [PDF]
  Kevin Schürer (UK Data Archive)

Session G: Tuning Up Your Web Site: Increasing Its Usability
Chair: Ron Nakao, Stanford University

• Electronic Collaboration with Distant Partners: The (Success) Story of the IASSIST Web Action Group [PDF]
  Robin Rice (Edinburgh University)
• Creating Accessible Style and Content for MIMAS Social Sciences Web Pages
  Stuart Smith (University of Manchester)
• Web Usability: The Key to Success on the Web [PDF]
  Colleen Blessing (US Dept of Energy), Marianne Zawitz (US Dept of Justice)
• For additional resource on Web Usability, see: blessingzawitz-extra.pdf

Session H: M-Squared: Metadata Matters
Chair: Ann Green, Yale University

• MetaNet: Standardising Statistical Metadata Methodology [PDF]
  Karen Brannen (University of Edinburgh)
• Harmonization and Integration of Metadata: An Urgent Task for the Future Efficient Use of the Web [PDF]
  Dusan Soltes (Comenius University)
• XML: Schemas, Names and Confusion [PDF]
  Daniel Gillman (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Session I: Make It Faster, Make It Bigger: Developments in Data Delivery Systems
Chair: Bo Wandschneider, University of Guelph

• New Developments in Open Source Digital Library Tools [PDF]
  Micah Altman (Harvard University)
• The Internet Data Library System, Version 2: A Canadian Data Delivery Experience
  Vince Gray (University of Western Ontario)
• Web-based Access to Complex UK Census Data-Sets [PDF]
  O.W. Duke-Williams (University of Leeds), J.C.H. Stillwell

Plenary Session

Recent Developments in Data Access and Implications for DataArchives
Moderator: Karsten Boye Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark

Participants:

• Jen Darragh, Pennsylvania State University [PDF]
• Lisa Neidert, University of Michigan [PDF]
• Mary Vardigan, ICPSR
• Kevin Schürer, UK Data Archive

Session J: A New Topical Data Archive: Building a Research Infrastructure for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies in the U.S.
Chair: Ann Gray, Princeton University

• Academics, Journalists, Policy Makers and Artists: Mapping One Road for All
  Elizabeth Bennett (Princeton University)
• Cultural Policy and the Arts: Overview of the Field
  Ann Gray (Princeton University)
• Developing a new Data Archive in a Time of Developing Standards
  Vernon Leighton (Princeton University)

Session K: Putting DDI on the Road: What's in the Metadata Toolbox?
Chair: Bill Block, University of Minnesota

• DDI Tools: The MN perspective
  Mike Haarman (University of Minnesota)
• DDI Files from New Data Collections
  Tom Piazza (UC Berkeley)
• The Metadata Toolbox: A User's Perspective on DDI [PDF]
  Janet Eisenhauer Smith (University of Wisconsin)
• ICPSR's Use of DDI [PDF]
  Mary Vardigan (ICPSR)
• DDI-Publishing Made Easy-the Nesstar Way
  Jostein Ryssevik (NSD), Nesstar Ltd. [PDF]

Session L: Accelerated Learning Environments: A Discussion on Collaboration & Dissemination of Teaching Materials
Chair: Paula Lackie, Carleton College

• Preparing a New Generation of Researchers: Introductory Sociology & Research Methods
  Grant Blank (American University)
• Sharing Instructional Materials Through the Web
  John Korey (California State Polytechnic University)
• MOTV: Research Methods and Data Resources for Social Sciences? A Case of Finland [PDF]
  Tuomas J. Alaterä (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), Sami Borg

Session M: Delivering the U.K. Census: Web-Based Access
Chair: Melanie Wright, UK Data Archive

• Let us Bring You to Your Census: Recent Developments in UK Census Data Provision [PDF]
  Lucy Bell (UK Data Archive)
• Learning and teaching with the UK Census [PDF]
  Jackie Carter (University of Manchester), Cressida Chappell (UK Data Archive)
• Web-based Access to the 2001 Sample of Anonymised Records (SAR's) from the UK Census: Opportunities for Learning and Teaching
  Mark Brown (University of Manchester)
• Stuck on the Census: UK Historical Censuses Online
  Hamish James (UK Data Archive), Cressida Chappell, Mark Merry, Gustavo de Souza

Session N: Watching DDI In Action: Implementation of a Standard
Chair: Fred Gey, UCDATA and UC Berkeley

• Developing a DDI Back-Office [PDF]
  Ron Dekker (NWO)
• Trials and Tribulations of Developing DDI-Compliant Codebooks at the University of Guelph [PDF]
  Michelle Edwards - Presenter (University of Guelph), Carol Perry
• WebDAIS/DDMS - A new version of NESSTAR
  Bill Bradley (Health Canada), Jostein Ryssevik, Simon Musgrave, Prem Khosla

Session O: The Faster it Moves, The Harder it is to Preserve
Chair: Diane Geraci, UK Data Archive

• NARA's High Capacity Magnetic Media Study [PDF]
  Michael Carlson (NARA)
• Digital Preservation: Maintaining History's Rear-View Mirror [PDF]
  Janet Vavra (ICPSR)
• Designing an e-journal archive: report of a planning project at Harvard University
  Diane Garner (Harvard College Library)