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North American DDI conference Call for Proposals now open!

Submitted by lyle on Sun, 2017-10-22 18:29

We are happy to announce the Call for Proposals for the 6th Annual North American Data Documentation Initiative Conference (NADDI). The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an international standard for describing the data produced by surveys and other observational methods in the social, behavioral, economic, and health sciences.

NADDI 2018 Theme

The conference theme is "Benefits of Describing National Statistics with Common Standards," which emphasizes the benefits of using metadata to drive efficiencies in a research data lifecycle, as well as promotes subsequent re-use of end data products, especially those generated by federal and national statistical agencies.

Aimed at individuals working in and around data and metadata, NADDI 2018 seeks submissions of presentations and posters that highlight the use of DDI and other metadata standards within research projects, official statistics, survey operations, academic libraries, and data archives.

Proposals can include:

Presentations
Panels
Posters
Workshops or Tutorials

Important Information

December 1: Deadline for conference proposals
January 5: Notification of acceptance
February 14: Early-bird registration deadline
Conference Dates: April 4-6, 2018
Conference Location: Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.

How to Submit

Submissions may be made through the conference web site. The proposal deadline is December 1, 2017.

Sent on behalf of the NADDI 2018 Organizing Committee

Welcome New Member: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Submitted by lyle on Wed, 2017-09-27 17:19

The DDI Alliance welcomes the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (Kathleen Weldon. representative) as a Full Member!

DDI Alliance Executive Board election results

Submitted by lyle on Wed, 2017-08-09 00:41

The DDI Alliance recently held elections to fill four seats on the Executive Board, which is responsible for managing the operations of the Alliance, including setting the overall policy and budget, and providing strategic guidance and review of the Alliance’s activities. Elected members of the Executive Board serve for a term of four years, with terms starting on July 1st.

The member representatives unanimously elected include:

Dr. Catherine Fitch is Associate Director of the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and founding Co-Director of the Minnesota Research Data Center (MnRDC), a United States Census Bureau Research Data Center (RDC). Throughout her career, she has been closely involved in the creation of several MPC databases, including IPUMS (USA and International) and Terra Populus.
Dr. Steven McEachern is Director of the Australian Data Archive. He has high-level expertise in survey methodology and data archiving, and has been actively involved in development and application of survey research methodology and technologies over fifteen years in the Australian university sector. Steve currently serves as Chair of the DDI Executive Board and was first elected to the Board in 2013.
Dana Müller is Head of the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research. Dana worked as a researcher at the Technical University in Chemnitz before joining the staff of the Data Research Centre of the Federal Employment Agency at IAB. Dana was first elected to the DDI Executive Board in January 2017.
Dr. Barry Radler is a Distinguished Researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute on Aging and a researcher on the Midlife in the United State (MIDUS) study. With 20 years of experience in the behavioral sciences, he has worked with universities, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. Barry is Chair of the DDI Marketing and Partnerships Group.

Additionally, a special thank you goes to outgoing Board members, Leanne Trimble (University of Toronto) and Louise Corti (UK Data Archive).

Save the Date - North American DDI Conference: April 5-6, 2018

Submitted by lyle on Thu, 2017-08-03 02:36

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 North American Data Documentation Initiative Conference (NADDI) will be held at the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. on April 5-6, 2018.

The Call for Papers will be published shortly and further details will be added to the Conference web site over the coming months.

http://naddiconf.org/2018/

The theme for NADDI 2018, ‘Benefits of Describing National Statistics with Common Standards’, emphasizes the benefits of using metadata to drive efficiencies in a research data lifecycle, as well as promotes subsequent re-use of end data products, especially those generated by federal and national statistical agencies.

Welcome New Member: University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur

Submitted by lyle on Sat, 2017-07-01 12:58

The DDI Alliance welcomes the University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur (Ingo Barkow, representative) as a Full Member!

Welcome New Member: TBA21 Group

Submitted by lyle on Wed, 2017-05-24 15:03

The DDI Alliance welcomes the TBA21 Group (represented by TBA21 Germany) an Associate Member of the Alliance. David Schiller is the respresentative.

DDI Alliance to Meet in Lawrence, Kansas on 22 May

Submitted by lyle on Wed, 2017-05-17 01:00

The DDI Alliance will hold its annual meeting on Monday, May 22, 2017, in the Big 12 Room of the University of Kansas Memorial Union in Lawrence, Kansas (the day before the start of the IASSIST conference). The morning will be devoted to the Meeting of Members and the afternoon to the meeting of the Scientific Board with lunch provided in between. As in previous years, in most cases it will be the same person attending both meetings, but do feel free to send different people.

The agenda for the meeting is available at:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JBGgZG309kRD3zlxg5vvCtn_WcZkmQLw9apfy0iL4r0/edit#heading=h.dbe82sdcd9p5

NADDI2017, the 5th Annual North American DDI User Conference, took place December 5-7, 2016, in Ithaca, New York. The conference was hosted by the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) and The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

The conference program included 15 presentations, 7 posters, and 2 workshops. The keynote address was given by Dr. Peter Enns ("Why We Need Survey Data and Data Archives to Understand Mass Incarceration").