The 34th International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) annual conference will be held at the Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, May 27-30, 2008. This year's conference, Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation, examines the role of technology and tools in various aspects of the data life cycle.
The theme of this conference addresses how technology can affect aspects of data stewardship throughout the data lifecycle. The methods and media by which data are collected, shared, analyzed and saved are ever-changing, from punch cards and legal pads to online-surveys and tag clouds. There has been an explosion of data sources and topics; vast changes in compilation and dissemination methods; increasing awareness about access and associated licensing and privacy issues; and growing concern about the safeguarding and protection of valuable data resources for future use. The 2008 conference is an opportunity to discuss the role of technology – past, present, and future – in all of these arenas. We seek submissions of papers, poster/demonstration sessions, and panel sessions on the following topics:
* Issues and techniques for preserving "old" data as well as
information "born digital"
* Methods, technology and questions surrounding data dissemination,
including best practices and innovations
* Archival and preservation challenges presented by new processes
* Metadata
* Innovation in the use of data for teaching and research
* The legal issues surrounding new technologies
* Changes in resource discovery methods
* Data services in virtual spaces
* Providing services to users with different degrees of technical
"savvy"
* Tools and spaces for research collaboration
Proposals can be submitted via email to: iassist08@gmail.com
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