IASSIST

International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology

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Abbreviation IASSIST
Formation 1974 (1974)
Type Non-profit
Purpose "IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences."[1]
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
~450[2]
Tuomas J. Alaterä
Volunteers
21 (voting members)
Website IASSIST

The International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (or IASSIST) is an international organisation that provides professional development, communication and conferences for data librarians, archivists, and social science aligned information specialists. [2] Each year the IASSIST Fellow program sponsors members from developing nations to attend events and professional development to further the advancement of information management. [3]

Conferences

List of IASSIST conferences[4]
Year Host city Host organisation
2016 Bergen, Norway Norwegian Centre for Research Data
2015 Minneapolis, USA Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
2014 Toronto, Canada University of Toronto, Ryerson University, and York University
2013 Cologne, Germany GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
2012 Washington, USA National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
2011 Vancouver, Canada Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia
2010 Ithaca, USA Cornell University

History

The first IASSIST conference was held in 1977 in Cocoa Beach, Florida [5] with 29 representatives from Canada and the United States.

References

  1. ↑ "IASSIST home page". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. 1 2 "About IASSIST". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. ↑ "IASSIST Fellowship Blog". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  4. ↑ "IASSIST Conference Archive". IASSIST. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  5. ↑ "IASSIST 1977 Conference Archive". IASSIST. Archived from the original on May 17, 2006. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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