A new working group, DDI Workflows for Dataverse, has been created to develop use cases for improved support of DDI in the Dataverse repository platform, and to coordinate development projects that utilize DDI generated by or with Dataverse in support of research data across the lifecycle. The chairs of the working group are Amber Leahey (Scholars Portal) and Danny Brooke (IQSS, Harvard University).
The latest edition of DDI Directions, the quarterly DDI Alliance newsletter, has been published. In this issue:
The 5th Annual North American DDI (NADDI) Conference will be held April 6-7 in Ithaca, NY on the beautiful campus of Cornell University! NADDI workshops will be held on 5 April. The theme for this year’s conference, “Metadata Across the Research Data Lifecycle," emphasizes the benefits of metadata creation early in the research data lifecycle, as well as its subsequent re-use throughout.
Aimed at individuals working in and around data and metadata, NADDI 2017 seeks submissions of presentations and posters that highlight the use of DDI and other metadata standards within research projects, survey operations, academic libraries, and data archives. We also invite proposals that address the increasing need for interoperability of standards in research data management and the leveraging of DDI to facilitate data discovery and data integration. Presentations of an applied nature are encouraged—how are you working with DDI and metadata generally within the larger framework of research data management and the research data lifecycle? Submissions of a more technical nature are also encouraged, as well as presentations on the DDI standard itself and its continued development. Please contact NADDI2017@gmail.com with ideas for workshops.
For further details about the conference, please visit http://naddiconf.org. The deadline for submissions is January 31.
EDDI16, the 8th Annual European DDI User Conference, took place December 6-7, 2016, in Cologne, Germany. The conference was hosted by GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, and organized jointly by GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and IDSC of IZA - International Data Service Center of the Institute for the Study of Labor.
There were 91 participants from 50 organizations in 17 countries in attendance. The conference program included 37 presentations and 6 posters, 3 tutorials, and 7 side meetings. Keynote addresses were given by Keith Jeffery ("Metadata: Foundation, Philosopher’s and Rosetta Stones"), and Stefan Winkler-Nees ("Funding, Policies, Community Building - Data Sharing from a Funders Perspective").
Save the date for the next EDDI!
EDDI2017 will be hosted by FORS - Swiss Center of Expertise in the Social Sciences in Lausanne, Switzerland on December 5-6, 2017.
Joachim Wackerow, Chair of the DDI Scientific Board, presented at the Sixth Session of the Statistical Commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-StatCom), which was held 5-6 November 2016 in Konya, Turkey. Wackerow's presentation was titled "DDI and Its Role on Modernizing Official Statistics."
The DDI Alliance welcomes Blaise - Statistics Netherlands as a Full Member! Harry J.A. Wijnhoven, Deputy CIO of Statistics Netherlands/CBS and CEO Blaise, is the Member Representative and Lon Hofman is the Scientific Representative.
For all DDI Alliance member representatives:
We have an opening on the Executive Board and are looking for nominations for candidates to fill this elected position through June 2017, when a new round of elections for four-year terms will take place.
This is a good opportunity for members who are interested in participating on the Executive Board, but without the long-term commitment. We are especially looking for representatives from Europe to fill this opening.
If you would like to nominate yourself or a colleague to this position, please contact Jared Lyle, DDI Alliance Director, by October 7th. Email or phone: lyle@umich.edu or (734) 763-6075.