Program (Preliminary)

Monday, May 14 - Workshops

9:00	Registration - Location: Computer Centre

9:15	Integrating NESSTAR with your Webpage (Computer lab 015) Jostein Ryssevik & Bjarne Øymyr - Norwegian Social Science Data Services & Lene Wul - Danish Data Archives & Emiel Kaper - Statistics Netherlands & Simon Musgrave - UK Data Archive
12:15	End of Workshop

Tuesday, May 15 - Workshops

9:00	Registration - Location: Computer Centre

9:15	Creating DDI compliant codebooks (Computer lab 004) Wendy (Treadwell) Thomas & Bill Block & Robert Wozniak & Josh Buysee University of Minnesota
9:15	Archiving, Cataloging, and Distributing Data with the Virtual Data Center (Computer lab 013 ) Micah Altman - Harvard University
12:15	End of Morning Workshops

13:30	XML (Computer lab 004) Patrick Yott - University of Virginia
13:30	Conceptually Searching: It's a Limber Workshop (Computer lab 013) Ken Miller & Lorna Balkan & Alex Skinner - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
16:30	End of Afternoon Workshops

19.30	Reception at the 'Boekmanzaal' in the City Hall of Amsterdam
20:30	End of Reception

Wednesday, May 16 - Conference

8:30	Registration and Coffee - Location: Aula

9:00	Opening - Location Aula: Paul Schnabel, Director General of the Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands.
9:20	Welcome - Location Aula: Peter Burnhill IASSIST President, Ekkehard Mochmann IFDO President.

9:30	Plenary A0
A0	Inter- and Intra- National Archives in the New Millenium: Issues, Strategies and Models - Location: Aula
	Chair: Elizabeth Stephenson - UCLA, Social Science Data Archive
	Speakers: Yvette Hackett - National Archives of Canada A National Data Archive for Canada? Europe/IFDO - Ekkehard Mochmann - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, University of Cologne Inter- and Intra- National Archives in the New Millenium. U.K. - Kevin Schurer - University of Essex, UK Data Archive Data Disclosure. Discussants: Margaret Adams - U.S. National Archive perspective Sami Borg - Finland European perspective Heston Phillips - South African perspective

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00	Concurrent Sessions B1, B2, B3
B1	Thematic Archives - Location: Singelkerk
	Chair: Marilyn Andrews - University of Regina
	Social knowledge on-line: creating a virtual library on sociology. Inna Kouper - Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology
	Social science information service in Poland. An attempt to present the state of art. Teresa Wildhardt - Cracow Pedagogical University Main Library & Anna Sokolowska-Gogut - Cracow University of Economics, Main Library
	University Information System RUSSIA: Thematic Resource. Research-Assisting Services. Consorted Efforts. Tatyana Yudina - Moscow State University Research Computer
B2	Implementing the DDI 1 - Location: Aula
	Chair: Lene Wul - Danish Data Archive
	Learning NESSTAR. Mari Kleemola - University Tampere, Finnish Social Science Data Archive
	NESSTAR – the data archive perspective. Margaret Ward - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	Leveraging Gains in Metadata-based Knowledge Management and Data Access Systems: The DAIS NESSTAR Project. Bill Bradley - Health Canada & Simon Musgrave - University of Essex, UK Data Archive & Jostein Ryssevik - Norwegian Social Science Data Services
B3	Historical Census Data - Location: Doelen
	Chair: Heiko Tjalsma - NIWI, Netherlands Historical Data Archive
	Counting Heads: Enhancing the Historical Censuses Collection for Learning and Teaching. Cressida Chappell & Hamish James & Gustavo de Souza University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN). Kees Mandemakers - International Institute for Social History
	Digitizing the Dutch population censuses 1795-1971. Peter Doorn - NIWI, Netherlands Historical Data Archive

12:15

Lunch - Location: Atrium

13:30	Concurrent Sessions C1, C2, C3
C1	Archive Acquistion and Distribution Activities: Non-national Models and Strategies - Location: Singelkerk
	Chair: Elisabeth Stephenson - UCLA, Social Science Data Archive
	The World Bank Africa Household Survey Databank:experiences in data collection, archiving and dissemination in sub-Saharan Africa. Antoine Simonpietri & Pascal Heus - World Bank
	The International Stratification and Mobility File [ISMF]. Harry B.G. Ganzeboom - Utrecht University
	A Data Stream Runs Through It: Acquisition and Distribution Strategies at ICPSR. Mary Vardigan - ICPSR
C2	Implementing the DDI 2 - Location: Aula
	Chair: Michal Peleg - Israel Social Science Data Center
	Making the IPUMS DDI Compliant. William C. Block & Wendy L. (Treadwell) Thomas & Robert P. Wozniak & Joshua J. Buysse Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
	Applications in the Real World - the Counting California experience with the DDI. Juri Stratford - UC Davis & Ilona Einowski - University of California, Berkeley
	Behind the curtains of DDI, why not a relational metadatabase? Reto Hadorn - SIDOS
	DDI as a communication protocol. Cavan Capps - U.S. Census Bureau
C3	Digital Archiving - Location: Doelen
	Chair: Kevin Schurer - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	Archiving Digital Academic heritage (ADA). Heiko Tjalsma - NIWI, Netherlands Historical Data Archive
	Understanding Authenticity Requirements in Preserving Digital Data and Records: Interim Report of the InterPARES project. Eun Park - UCLA, Information Studies
	EU initiatives in the digital document management and archiving area. Concha Fernandez de la Puente - European Commission, DG Information Society, Cultural Heritage Applications

14:45

Coffee Break

15:15	Concurrent Sessions D1, D2, D3
D1	Networking and Infrastructure - Location: Aula
	Chair: Harry Ganzeboom - Utrecht University
	Networking social science research infrastructures in Europe. Marcia Taylor - University of Essex, ECASS
	From data graveyeards to knowledge greenhouses. Jostein Ryssevik - Norwegian Social Science Data Services & Simon Musgrave - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
D2	Metadata Systems - Location: Doelen
	Chair: Ineke Stoop - Dutch Social and Cultural Planning Office
	The Meta Information System of the Social and Cultural Planning Office (MISS). Patty Adelaar - Dutch Social and Cultural Planning Office
	What Good is a Metadata System Without Documentation? Pat Doyle - U.S. Census Bureau
	ISSP DataWizard – Computer Assisted Merging and Archiving of Distributed International Comparative Data. Robert Strötgen - Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften & Rolf Uher - Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung
	E-documentation for paneldata: the production of the OSA-labour supply metadata-documentation. Rob Grim - OSA Institute for Labour studies
D3	Tools for Data Services - Location: Singelkerk
	Chair: Ann Janda - Northwestern University Library, Social Science Data Services
	Se busca: the perfect language. Limber as a 'metaboundary' tool. Myriam Garcia Bernabe - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	MISSION (Multi-Agent Integration of Shared Statistical Information Over the [inter]Net). Joanne Lamb - University of Edinburgh, CES
	Open Source Technology for Data Services. Paul H. Bern - Princeton University

16:30

End of Conference Day

Thursday, May 17 - Conference

8:30	Registration and Coffee - Location: Aula

9:00	Plenary E0
E0	Data Disclosure - Location: Aula
	Chair: Chuck Humphrey - University of Alberta
	Joris Nobel - Statistics Netherlands
	Franz Kraus - Mannheim University
	Martin Boddy - University of Bristol

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45	Concurrent Sessions F1, F2, F3
F1	DDI-needs - Location: Singelkerk
	Chair: Wendy L. (Treadwell) Thomas - Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
	The DDI: Striking a balance to meet the needs of the data community. Wendy L. (Treadwell) Thomas - Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
	Forum Members: Emiel Kaper - Statistics Netherlands Humphrey Southall - University of Portsmouth Marcus Schommler - Social Sciences Information Center - Bonn Peter Joftis - University of Michigan
F2	Data Disclosure - Location: Aula
	Chair: Ernie Boyko - CCS, Carleton University
	Statistical Disclosure Control of Microdata at Statistics Netherlands. Ardo van den Hout - Statistics Netherlands
	Implementation of the European Union Directive on Data Protection in Relation to Research – The Norwegian Model. Vigdis Kvalheim - Norwegian Social Science Data Services
	LISSY remote access to income data. Marc Cigrang - HAL Sarl
F3	Qualitative Data - Location: Doelen
	Chair: Louise Corti - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	A Discussion of Validity in Qualitative Research. Anne Sofie Fink - Danish Data Archive
	From the Field to the Net: Cataloguing and Digitising Cultural Research Material. Tiina Mahlamäki - University of Turku
	The DDI and qualitative data. Arja Kuula - University Tampere, Finnish Social Science Data Archive

12:15

Lunch and IASSIST Meeting - Location: Atrium

13:30	Plenary G1
G1	New Archives (Forum) - Location: Singelkerk
	Chair: Paul de Guchteneire - UNESCO & Brigitte Hausstein - Archiv für Empirische Sozialforschung
	2 Case studies:
	Providing services and support for diverse data users in South Africa. Heston Phillips & Patience Tshose - South African Data Archive
	How to take advantage of existing information about studies when populating a new data archive: the ADP’s experience. Janez Štebe & Irena Vipavc - University of Ljubljana, ADP Social Science data Archive
	Forum Members (preliminary):
	Germany: Brigitte Hausstein - Gesis Berlin Czech Republic: Jindra Kreijci - The Czech Sociological Data Archive Hungary: Ildiko Nagy - Tarki Budapest: The TARKI Databank Russia: Nina Rostegaeva - Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences Russia: Larissa Kossova - Russian Centre for Public Opinion and Market Research Estonia: Rein Murakas Latvia: Avair Taburns Germany: Rolf Uher - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, University of Cologne Germany: Ekkehard Mochmann - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, University of Cologne

15:00

Coffee Break

15:00	Poster Sessions H0
	Location: Aula
	Chair: Wendy Watkins - Data Center Carleton University
	LISSY remote access to income data. Marc Cigrang - HAL Sarl
	New developments at the EDINA UK datacentre. Barbara Morris - University of Edinburgh, Data Library
	The Africa Household Survey Databank: experiences in data collection, archiving and dissemination in developing countries. Antoine Simonpietri & Pascal Heus - World Bank
	New services and products at the UK Data Archive. Louise Corti - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	IPUMS-International. William C. Block - Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
	An Update on the Minnesota Authoring-tool for Data Documentation Initiative Encoding (MADDIE). William C. Block, Robert P. Wozniak, Wendy L. (Treadwell) Thomas Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
	The Development of a Generalized Resource Extraction Tool for Aggregate Data (GRETA) at the University of Minnesota. Robert P. Wozniak, William C. Block, Wendy L. (Treadwell) Thomas Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
	Center for Research of Economic Micro-data (CEREM). Bert M. Balk - Statistics Netherlands
	The Social Research Methodology (SRM)-Documentation Centre. Lisette Bros, Toos Reenders, Roselle Servage NIWI, Social Research Methodology-Documentation Centre
	ILSES - Web-based Integrated Library and Survey-data Extraction Service. Peter Boer - ProGAMMA

16:30

End of Conference Day

	Dinner event
19:00	Departure by boat to the dinner location.
20:00	Dinner at Miranda Paviljoen Restaurant.
22:30	Departure by bus to the Hotels.
	Hotel to be announced
23:00	Turkey Action Group.

Friday, May 18 - Conference

8:30	Registration and Coffee - Location: Aula

9:00	Plenary I0
I0	GIS Data - Location: Aula
	Chair: Peter Burnhill - University of Edinburgh
	Patrick McGlamery - University of Connecticut
	Jan Smits - Royal Library Netherlands

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45	Concurrent Sessions J1, J2, J3
J1	Learning &: Teaching - Location: Aula
	Chair: Melanie Wright - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	"Data Support for Learning and Teaching: the Final Frontier?" Robin Rice - Edinburgh University, Data Library
	Collaborative working in UK learning and teaching/development projects. Moira Massey & David Medyckyj-Scott - University of Edinburgh, Data Library
	The Virtual Training Suite: Internet Skills for Learning and Teaching. Heather Dawson - BLPES/SOSIG
	Promoting effective learning through a data partnership. Andrew J. Beharrell & Andrew Hargrave University of Bristol, Institute for Learning and Research Technology
J2	Geo-Data - Location: Singelkerk
	Chair: Cressida Chappell - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
	Collaborative Working between Cities in Europe: A supplier-user view of the 'Urban Audit'. Derek Bond & Moira Cullen - University of Ulster Eckart Elsner - City of Berlin Statistics Office Asta Manninen - City of Helsinki Information Office
	Dealing with Macrodata – The Case of Regional Statistics. Michal Peleg - Israel Social Science Data Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
	Geo-Crosswalk - A feasibility Study into the Provision of a British and Irish Gazetteer Service. David Medyckyj-Scott & Andy Corbett & Tom Waugh - University of Edinburgh, Data Library Cressida Chappel - University of Essex, UK Data Archive
J3	Aggregate Data & Internet (Data) - Location: Doelen
	Chair: William C. Block - Minnesota Population Centre, University of Minnesota
	Accessing OECD publications has never been easier. James Kitchen - Marketing Consultant OECD
	Online access to the Statistical Accounts of Scotland: a collaborative project to provide new data for the academic and public sectors. Barbara Morris - University of Edinburgh, Data Library
	Delivering Unique Numeric Data on the Web: Projects, Platforms and Preservation. Ronald C. Jantz - Rutgers University
	Globalization of information highways and the need for new forms of webdata and metadata. Dusan Soltes - Comenius University, Faculty of Management

12:15

Lunch - Location: Atrium

13:30	Concurrent Sessions K2, K3
K2	IASSIST - Location: Aula
	Chair: Ann Green - Yale University
	IASSIST COLLABORATION EFFORTS IN AFRICA: Finding solutions to the challenges of international collaborative initiatives in the African Region. Julia Paris - Technikon Witwatersrand
	Professional associations in transition to virutal communties for collaboration: the case of IASSIST. Repke de Vries - NIWI & Karsten Boye Rasmussen - University of Southern Denmark
	Mainstreaming data archiving in research. Chuck Humphrey - Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Alberta
K3	DDI-Tables - Location: Doelen
	Chair: Jean-Pierre Kent - Statistics Netherlands
	CRISTAL Data Objects. An Object Model For Cubic, Raw, or Intermediate STatisticAL data. Emiel Kaper - Statistics Netherlands
	Using DDI Extensions as Intermediary for Data Storage and Data Display. Patricia Cruse & Marsha Fanshier & Fredric Gey & Margaret Low California Digital Library, University of California
	Describing Aggregate Data: The Enigma Variations. Wendy L. (Treadwell) Thomas - Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota

15:00

Coffee Break

15:30	Conference Wrap up - Location: Aula
	Chair: Chuck Humphrey - Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Alberta

16:30

End of Conference

Saturday, May 19 - Post Conference Tour

	Post Conference Tour
9:00	Departure for Historical Holland tour.
18:30	Arrival back in Amsterdam.

Last Updated: May 14, 2001