Pres for Univ Libraries on IASSIST conferences

1. The Value of Travel: IASSIST Version
Lynda M. Kellam
December 3, 2014

2. IASSIST strives to:
● Foster and promote a network of
excellence for data service
delivery
● Advance infrastructure in the
social sciences
● Provide opportunities for collegial
exchange of sound professional
practices

3. IASSIST’s 35th
Annual Conference
(2009)
Host: Finnish Social
Science Data Archive
Theme: Mobile Data &
the Life Cycle
Location: Tampere,
Finland

5. Outside at 9:00 pm

6. Outside at 11:00 pm

7. IASSIST’s 37th Annual
Conference (2011)
Host: Simon Fraser
University & University of
British Columbia
Theme: Data Science
Professionals: A Global
Community of Sharing
Location: Vancouver,
Canada

9. IASSIST’s 39th Annual Conference
(2013)
Host: GESIS - Leibniz Institute for
the Social Sciences
Theme: Data Innovation: Increasing
Accessibility, Visibility and
Sustainability
Location: Cologne, Germany

12. IASSIST’s 40th Annual
Conference (2014)
Host: Ryerson Univ.,
Univ. of Toronto, York
Univ.
Theme: Aligning Data
and Research
Infrastructure
Location: Toronto,
Canada

15. Funding:
● University Libraries (primarily
registration)
● International Travel Fund from
International Program Office
(for Tampere and Cologne)
● Personal funds

16. Where to next?
IASSIST’s 41st Annual Conference (2015)
Host: Minnesota Population Center at the
Univ. of Minnesota
Theme: Bridging the Data Divide
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota