Committees and Groups
Committees
- Administrative Committee
- The Administrative Committee is the executive body of IASSIST. It implements policies, develops future directions, and coordinates activities for the organization.
2011-2012 Chair: Bill Block, block@cornell.edu
- Constitutional Review Committee
- Responsible for receiving proposals for the enacting, amending, and repealing of the by-laws of IASSIST and for preparing revised articles and by-laws for members' approval, as well as for undertaking an annual review of the constitution and by-laws and proposing amendments as it deems appropriate.
2011-2012 Chair: Ann Green, dlifecycle@gmail.com
- Professional Development Committee (to replace Education Committee following Constitutional amendments)
- Responsible for the development and advancement of professional programs in education and training of IASSIST members while promoting data and statistical literacy within and outside the organization. [To be revised.]
2011-2012 Co-Chairs: Paula Lackie, plackie@carleton.edu and Lynda Kellam, lmkellam@uncg.edu
- IASSIST Fellows (to replace International Outreach following Constitutional amendments)
- Provides support for data professionals from emerging economies who are in the position of developing information infrastructures to address emerging technologies and information policy decisions at their home institutions regarding the use and preservation of public and private data.
2011-2012 Chair: Luis Martínez-Uribe, lmartinez@march.es
- Membership Committee
- Responsible for recruiting membership in IASSIST and for recommending alterations in the classes of membership and dues. Also undertake representation and liaison activities; connect with sister organizations that have similar goals; and increase the visibility of IASSIST. This Committee's membership shall include the Regional Secretaries and the Vice President. [To be revised.]
2011-2012 Chair: Tom Lindsay, lindsayt@umn.edu
- Elections Committee (to replace Nominations and Elections Committee following Constitutional amendments)
- Responsible for receiving nominations for the election of the Administrative Committee, the Regional Secretaries, and the officers of IASSIST, distributing ballots and electoral information according to regulation, tallying the ballots, reporting on the results of the tally, and for recommending alterations in procedures.
2011-2012 Chair: Melanie Wright, melanie@essex.ac.uk
- Communications Committee (to replace Publications Committee following Constitutional amendments)
- Responsible for enabling productive and transparent communication among members and between the organisation and the broader community. Scope includes delivering publications such as the IASSIST Quarterly, developing and maintaining the organisation’s public and private communications mechanisms; oversight of the membership discussion list; and moderating social networking spaces which use the IASSIST brand name. The Committee shall advise other committees and groups on the use of appropriate communication tools for online collaboration and solicit content from them for public channels. This Committee's membership shall include the IQ Editor and the Web Editor as well as reviewers and web section editors.
2011-2012 Chair: Robin Rice, R.Rice@ed.ac.uk
IQ Editor: Karsten Boye Rasmussen, kbr@sam.sdu.dk
Web Editor: Robin Rice, R.Rice@ed.ac.uk
and the IASSIST Web Team
- Program Committee
- Responsible for deciding on an annual conference title as well as general thematic structure. The Program Chairs are responsible for the intellectual content of the conference, and choosing members of the multi-national Program Committee, deciding how it will function, and assigning responsibilities to its members. The Committee works along with the Local Arrangements Committee to set an agenda for putting together sessions, plenaries, workshops, and social events.
2012 Conference Co-Chairs: Jake Carlson, Pascal Heus, Oliver Watteler
Action Groups
- Membership Survey Action Group
- Organizes and conducts a survey of members in order to inform a number of IASSIST Strategic Initiatives. This Action Group will report back to the Administrative Committee, the Education Committee and to the other Action Groups requiring this information.
- Shepherds: Ellie Read
- 2011-2012 Chair: Susan Mowers, smowers@uottawa.ca
- Organizational Linkages Action Group
- Takes the information from the User Survey about membership in allied professional organizations and will solicit a list of Linkage volunteers for each relevant organization. The group will develop a formal charge for these Linkage volunteers reflecting the goal of communicating to other organizations what IASSIST is doing, and communicating to IASSIST what these other organizations are doing, in areas of mutual interest.
- Shepherd: San Cannon
- 2011-2012 Chair: Lynda Kellam, lmkellam@uncg.edu
- Engaging Spanish Speakers Action Group
- Proposes a set of concrete activities that IASSIST and its members could undertake to further the organization's engagement with data professional from Spanish (and Portuguese) speaking institutions from Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
» Action group wiki. - Shepherd: Melanie Wright
- 2011-2012 Chairs: Luis Martínez-Uribe, lmartinez@march.es and Stuart Macdonald, stuart.macdonald@ed.ac.uk
Interest Groups
- Interest Group on Human Subjects Review Committees and Privacy and Confidentiality in Research
- This group will focus on issues related to conducting research using human subjects in the social sciences. Particular areas of focus and discussion will include, but are not limited to the following:
- · The role and function of the human subjects review board as social science research enters the digital age.
· The human subject review influences and effects on data management, dissemination, curation and preservation practices.
· Issues related to protection of human subjects laws and policies established in IASSIST member countries.
· Issues related to privacy and confidentiality of human subjects in research. - We will seek out and take advantage of opportunities for education, outreach and advocacy on subjects related to human subjects review committees, including proposing sessions with rele vant presentations at IASSIST conferences and creating web based resources and tools for members.
- 2011-2012 Chair: Libbie Stephenson, libbie@ucla.edu
- Data Citation Interest Group
- This interest group seeks to promote awareness of data-related research and scholarship through data citation. Citing data supports the discovery and reuse of data, leading to better science through the validation of results. It also recognizes data as an essential part of the scientific record.
- 2011-2012 Chairs: Mary Vardigan, vardigan@umich.edu and Michael Witt, mwitt@purdue.edu
- Data Management & Curation Interest Group
- This interest group will focus on issues related to research data management and curation, in order to support members’ work in this field. Sound data management and curation strategies ensure that research data will be available for sharing, dissemination and reuse over time. These strategies are not only important for data preservation, but, in a growing number of countries, a necessity for research groups in order to receive funding.
The role and function of the data management and curation interest group may include but not be limited to the following: - · Maintain an inventory of materials, resources, and policies related to sound data management and curation internationally
· Enable opportunities for IASSIST members to learn and enhance their skills in this field
· Foster information-sharing among IASSIST members of their work in this area at their institutions
· Maintain awareness of data management and curation issues internationally across
disciplines, including beyond the social sciences
· Seek opportunities for outreach and advocacy on issues related to data management,
including to organizations with similar missions
· Examine issues related to collaborative ventures with research groups
· Provide input and feedback on data curation tools - 2011-2012 Inaugural Co-Chairs: Katherine McNeill, mcneillh@mit.edu and Carol Perry, carolp@uoguelph.ca
