Conference 2003 Presentations

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 (PDF)
• 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 (PDF)
• 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)

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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  Marleen Becht (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research)
• Clearninghouse for Transport Data and Transport Models - Concepts and Implementations [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  Fred Gey (UC, Berkeley)
• Providing Access to the Dutch Population Census of 1971 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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) [PDF]
  Joel Herndon and Naomi Nelson (Emory University)

Poster Sessions

Plenary Session

• Literacy and Numeracy: How Does it Add Up? [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  Marc Maynard (University of Connecticut)
• From Metatdata Converstion to MetaDater Management [PDF]
  Meinhard Moschner and Oliver Watteler (Central Archive for Empirical Social Research)
• 1-2-3, Than's How Elementary It's Gotta Be - Managing DDI [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  Julie Linden (Yale University)
• Privacy and Confidentiality Issues with Spatial Data [PDF]
  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)

Plenary Session

• New Frontiers: GIS, Life, the Universe and Everything [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  Lisa Neidert (University of Michigan) and Janet Eisenhauer (University of Wisconsin)
  Links to Neidert text and images [PDF]

Session F2:Transforming Social Science Data Archives
Chair: Suzette Giles, Ryerson University

• New Directions fo the UK Qualitative Data Service - 2003 and Beyond [PDF]
  Louise Corti (UKDA, Essex)
• "To be or not to be." That Shouldn't be the Question! [PDF]
  Ron Dekker (NWO - NL Research Council)
• Advances in Data Preservation: The Roper Center Archive Approach [PDF]
  Cindy Teixeira (University of Connecticut)
• From Manuscripts to Metadata: Collaborating Working in the Archives Hub [PDF]
  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) [PDF]
  Margaret Adams (National Archives and Records Administration)
• Backstage at ICPSR: Supporing Users of ICPSR On-line Services [PDF]
  Janet Vavra, (ICPSR, University of Michigan)
• The Case of the UK Data Archive [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  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 [PDF]
  Diane Stukel (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
• Serving up Statistics to an International Community [PDF]
  Brian Buffett (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)