FSD Bulletin (Tietoarkisto-lehti)

FSD Bulletin

The Bulletin provides information and news from various areas of research and data archiving.

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URN:ISSN 1795-5262

Archive

Latest issue

• Issue 48 (1/2018) (Tietoarkisto 2018)

Previous Issues

• Issue 47 (1/2017)
• Issue 46 (3/2016)
• Issue 45 (2/2016)
• Issue 44 (1/2016)
• Issue 43 (3/2015)
• Issue 42 (2/2015)
• Issue 41 (1/2015)
• Issue 40 (2/2014)
• Issue 39 (1/2014)
• Issue 38 (2/2013)
• Issue 37 (1/2013)
• Issue 36 (3/2012)
• Issue 35 (2/2012)
• Issue 34 (1/2012)
• Issue 33 (2/2011)
• Issue 32 (1/2011)
• Issue 31 (3/2010)
• Issue 30 (2/2010)
• Issue 29 (1/2010)
• Issue 28 (3/2009)
• Issue 27 (2/2009)
• Issue 26 (1/2009)
• Issue 25 (3/2008)
• Issue 24 (2/2008)
• Issue 23 (1/2008)
• Issue 22 (2/2007)
• Issue 21 (1/2007)
• Issue 20 (2/2006)
• Issue 19 (1/2006)
• Issue 18 (3/2005)
• Issue 17 (2/2005)
• Issue 16 (1/2005)
• Issue 15 (3/2004)
• Issue 14 (2/2004)
• Issue 13 (1/2004)
• Issue 12 (3/2003)
• Issue 11 (2/2003)
• Issue 10 (1/2003)
• Issue 9 (3/2002)
• Issue 8 (2/2002)
• Issue 7 (1/2002)
• Issue 6 (3/2001)
• Issue 5 (2/2001)
• Issue 4 (1/2001)
• Issue 3 (3/2000)
• Issue 2 (2/2000)
• Issue 1 (1/2000)

FSD Bulletin articles in chronological order

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Issue 48 (1/2018)

Editorial: CESSDA Is an ERIC At Last and FSD Continues as Service Provider

Articles:

• Researchers Will Soon Have Access to Thousands of European Datasets through CESSDA Catalogue
• CESSDA Catalogue Will Boost the Visibility of FSD's Data in Europe
• European Services for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities

Issue 47 (1/2017)

Editorial: FSD Strengthens its Technical and Information Services

Articles:

• Tool Developed by Students Facilitates Collecting Textual Data
• New Aila Search to be Launched in Spring
• Director Laaksonen Not Interested in Power, but Enthusiastic about Data Archive Work
• Chatroom Data Opens up a Window to Adolescent Problems and Interactions with Chat Counsellors
• Ten Pointers for Good Data Management
• Finnish Social Science Data Archive is FAIR
• In Brief

Issue 46 (3/2016)

Editorial: Open Science for the Benefit of Research and Participants

Articles:

• Well-curated Data Provides Benefits for Data Creators and Others
• Survey Dataset Worthy of Honorary Mention Created as By-product of Thesis
• THL's Hypa Data Reveal How Finland Has Fared in the 2000s
• Open Access to Research Soon Self-evident
• THL Wants to Allow Efficient Use of its Data
• Health Science Data Often Suited to be Archived at FSD
• Groundbreaking Maternity Cohort Soon to be Openly Accessible in Aila
• Study from Tampere Sheds Light on the Lives and Well-being of People Aged over 90
• EU's Data Protection Regulation Ended Up Fairly Research-friendly
• Nordic Data Archives Created a Data Portal for Health Data
• Health and Social Service Data Available from One Source in a Few Years' Time
• National Catalogue Helps Researchers Discover Valuable Data
• Ten Facts about Finnish Biobanks
• Co-operation in Order to Create New Innovations!

Issue 45 (2/2016)

Editorial: Data Archive Offers Support for Research

Articles:

• Relevant Data from Aila for Many Fields of Study at TAMK
• TAMK Student Finds Aila Data Helpful for Course Work and Own Research
• Archiving and Reuse of Social Media Data Often Flounders at Terms of Service
• IASSIST: Plenty of Activity Behind the Scenes
• In Brief

Issue 44 (1/2016)

Editorial: New Steps towards Open Access

Articles:

• A Hundred Hours in a Corner Table Changed Views on Partying
• European Social Survey: Finnish Data Now Openly Available for All Users
• FSD Provides Online Access to Writing Competition Data Collected by Finnish Literature Society
• Cultural Studies Research Produces Data Suitable to Be Archived at FSD
• In Brief

Issue 43 (3/2015)

Editorial: Open Up Your Data, Humanist!

Articles:

• Aila Seminar: Use of Existing Data Benefits Everyone
• Finnish Juvenile Delinquency Surveys Unveil Hidden Crime
• FSD Probes Researcher Attitudes towards Open Access to Data
• What Kind of Services FSD Provides for Humanists?
• Humanists Worry over Archiving Ethics, Data Ownership and Practical Issues
• "The Data Just Fell into My Lap"
• Anonymisation: Nullification of Data or Prerequisite for Archiving?
• Vast Archaeological Data Collection Multiplies Humanities Data Numbers in Sweden
• FSD Archives First Newspaper Articles Used as Data Sources
• The Importance of Data Infrastructures for the Humanities
• In Brief

Issue 42 (2/2015)

Editorial: Teaching of Research Methods Benefits from National Services

Articles:

• Thesis on Functionality of Search Queries in Aila
• Children Manage Better Online than Parents Think
• Alaterä to Chair International Data Organisation
• Data Management, Food Banks and a Biography of a Chair
• In Brief

Issue 41 (1/2015)

Editorial: CESSDA Engaged in Building Services

Articles:

• Education and Clear Rules Needed for Opening Data
• Young Person Most Likely to Be Hit by Brother
• Two Research Specialists Hired by the FSD
• In Brief

Issue 40 (2/2014)

Editorial: Open Access to Research Data

Articles:

• International Survey on Data Sharing Policies
• Scientific Journals as Supporters of Open Access to Data
• Openly Available Research Data Promotes Data Use and Improves Transparency
• Comprehensive Longitudinal Survey Data on Finnish Well-Being and Welfare Services
• Amendment to the Statistics Act Enables Scientific Reuse of Welfare Data
• Introduction to Aila Data Service
• Aila User Experiences: Downloading Data from Aila Is Quick and Easy
• Informing Research Participants - new guidelines published
• Data Management Award to Researcher of Multiculturalism in Public Space
• In Brief

Issue 39 (1/2014)

Editorial: Celebrating 15 Years of FSD

Articles:

• Find Data on Data Service Portal Aila
• Objective: Fast delivery of Data and Satisfied Customers
• Producing Aila Interface in English
• Exemplary Data Management - First FSD Data Management Award to Dr Michail Galanakis
• OAI-PMH Server Kuha Displays FSD Study Descriptions in Finna
• In Brief

Issue 38 (2/2013)

Editorial: The New CESSDA Infrastructure is Launched

Articles:

• European Research Infrastructures and Infrastructure Projects
• European Social Survey Data Being Put to Good Use
• Market Square Gatherings under Observation
• Young People - Sedentary or Physically Active?

Issue 37 (1/2013)

Editorial: Open Access to Scientific Information

Articles:

• Finnish Opinions on Security Policy - 50 Years of Trend Data
• Data Archiving Promoter 2012 Pentti Kiljunen
• In Brief

Issue 36 (3/2012)

Editorial: Providing Service to Health Sciences

Articles:

• Biobanks Contain Valuable Data for Medical Research
• CESSDA Expert Seminar in Tampere
• European Commission Recommends Disseminating Research Data
• Comparative Data on Adolescent Substance Use in Europe
• Data for Health Research from FSD
• Ten-year Cohort Study on the Well-being of the Elderly
• Column: Finland and SHARE
• Archiving Sensitive Data on Mental Health Rehabilitation
• Wide-ranging Information on Gender Equality
• Research Funders Important in Promoting Open Access
• Data Covering 20 Years of Finnish Substance Abuse Treatment
• In Brief

Issue 35 (2/2012)

Editorial: When the Laptop Packs Up

Articles:

• Mobile Phone Data Portray Life at the Turn of the Century
• Software to Facilitate Textual Data Management
• 15 Years of Development Cooperation Surveys
• Londitudinal Data on Working Conditions
• In Brief

Issue 34 (1/2012)

Editorial: New Website Launched

Articles:

• CLARIN becomes an ERIC
• In Brief

Issue 33 (2/2011)

Editorial: FSD Upgrade 2015

Articles:

• Autobiographical Narratives on Poverty Experiences
• Enchancing Response Rates
• Finnish National Election Study 2011
• Oral History of Veteran MPs
• Ten Years Later: Activists Re-interviewed
• Finnish Religious Attitudes in International Comparison

Issue 32 (1/2011)

Editorial: Research Method Festival at Tampere

Articles:

• ISSP 2010 in Finland: Online Questionnaires Proved Popular
• Archiving Rock Carvings Data in Sweden
• Professor Michael Marsh at the Data Archive
• "Promoter of Data Archiving" Award to Elina Haavio-Mannila
• Data Extract: Did you vote for a candidate of the same gender as you?

Issue 31 (3/2010)

Editorial: Facilitating Access to Statistical Microdata

Articles:

• Cross-national Research on Education
• Analysing National Phenomena from a Cross-National Perspective
• Democracy Research at Åbo Akademi University
• Comparative Research with LIS Data
• Translation Strategies and Equivalence in Multilingual Thesauri
• Team-based Approach Best for Questionnaire Translations
• Column: Sir Francis Galton's Problem

Issue 30 (2/2010)

Editorial: Central Research Funders Support Open Access to Research Data

Articles:

• FSD Operates According to OAIS Reference Model
• Ethical Review in Social Sciences and Humanities Starts
• Comparative Data on Child Victims in 1988 and 2008
• Non-military Service in the Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Issue 29 (1/2010)

Editorial: Services for Internet People

Articles:

• FIN-CLARIN and FSD to Co-operate
  
• Past and Present Meet: Parish Registers of Ceded Karelia as Digital Research Sources
• First Promoter of Data Archiving Award to Leif Nordberg
• National Digital Library Planning Common Digital Repository
• Jane Gray of IQDA Visited FSD

Issue 28 (3/2009)

Editorial: CESSDA ERIC Launched in 2010

Articles:

• Attitudes towards Immigrants in Europe
  
• Census Data for Research and Studies: Individual-Level Information on Millions of People
• Centre for Gender Equality Information Minna to Be Launched
• Political Party Manifestos in Research and Teaching
• FinELib as Provider of Electronic Data
• Statistics Finland Developing Remote Access System for Statistical Data
• Seminars on Research Data Management and Poverty Research
• History of Finnish Economy and Labour Movement Online
• Making Data Repositories Visible

Issue 27 (2/2009)

Editorial: Main Message of Unchecked E-mail

Articles:

• Destiny of Data in Hands of Researchers in Finland and Sweden - Guidance and Separate Allocations Would Secure Re-use
• Ethics Review Process Done the American Way
• Data Archiving and Re-use Experts Gathered in Tampere
• First-timer Experiences of IASSIST Conference
• Smallness Is Relative - Experiences of Conference Assistant

Issue 26 (1/2009)

Editorial: Science from Eye to Eye

Articles:

• Data on Consumer Behaviour Used in Teaching
• From Statistics to Research Data: Electoral Alliances 1945-2007
• Workshop of Eurostat and CESSDA PPP Sought Ways to Improve Availability of Microdata Collected for Statistical Purposes
• Child and Youth Research as Theme in Seminar Organised by FSD and Finnish Information Centre for Register Research (ReTki)

Issue 25 (3/2008)

Editorial: Ten Years of Fundamental Questions

Articles:

• Crime Data Available at FSD
• First Blog Data Archived at FSD
• Corpus Offers Data on Language Skills
• School Well-being Profile: Comparative Study for Investigating Change
• Economist Searches for New Data Regularly
• Researchers Fear in Vain: Archiving Data Does Not Betray Research Participants' Trust
• Quantitative Thesis on Immigration Policy

Issue 24 (2/2008)

Editorial: Changes in Science and University

Articles:

• Ethics Review on Its Way to Humanities
• FSD User Survey 2008: Ordering Data Is Easy

Issue 23 (1/2008)

Editorial: More Opportunities to Perform Cross-Country Comparisons

Articles:

• Data Archive Improved Its Information Services and Visibility
• Finnish Youth Surveys Offer Recent Data on Attitudes of Young People

Issue 22 (2/2007)

Editorial: Recover Qualitative Research Material

Articles:

• Archiving Ethnographic Research
• Targeting the Media Usage of the Elderly
• New Approaches to Data on Food Choices
• Three Potential Destinies of Qualitative Datasets
• Processing Qualitative Data for Archiving

Issue 21 (1/2007)

Editorial: Preservation of Electronic Data Requires National Guidelines and Best Practices

Articles:

• European Data Protection Practices under Spotlight
• IASSIST 2006 Promoted Data Archiving and Statistical Literacy
• ICPSR Summer Course Provided New Ideas for FSD's Information Services

Issue 20 (2/2006)

Editorial: Publish or Perish

Articles:

• Insights into Differences in Behavioural Strategies
• Modern Statistical Software Provides New Possibilities for Longitudinal Research
• Pros and Cons of Register Research in Finland
• WVS, Economists and Happiness
• ISSP 2008 Survey - A Cross-Cultural Challenge for Researchers
• Eurobarometers under Review
• Data on Household Budgets and Consumption Expenditure
• Change in Finnish Attitudes Towards Immigrants
• Finnish Life Courses 1971 - 2002

Issue 19 (1/2006)

Editorial: Finnish Data Forum on Its Way

Articles:

• ELSST - Meeting the Challenge of a Multilingual Thesaurus
• Book on Research Ethics
• Book on Finnish Democracy Indicators
• Grenoble Symposium: Secondary Use of Qualitative Data Interests the French Research Community
• FSD User Statistics
• Visitor at FSD: Paula Lackie Teaches How Much is Many
• User Statistics of European Social Survey: Finns Use the ESS Frequently

Issue 18 (3/2005)

Editorial: ESS EduNet

Articles:

• FSD's Publication Series Initiated with a Report on ISSP Results: Lucky to be a Finn?
• European Social Survey: Rich Source of Information
• Political Party Manifestos Archived: A Web Database of Finnish Political Party Manifestos and Other Party Publications

Issue 17 (2/2005)

Editorial: "What Is This Archive All About?" and Other Challenges for Information Services

Articles:

• Year 2004 at FSD: Busy, Established and Visionary Five-Year-Old
• IASSIST in the Land of Kilts: Enlightenment and Arguments for Data Sharing
• DDI Version 3.0 Published Next Year: Data Description Format Expands

Issue 16 (1/2005)

Editorial: Defining Indicators of Democratic Development

Articles:

• New Interpretations of Existing Data: Interview with Juha Kääriäinen
• Access to Data from Inter-governmental Organisations? Preliminary Inquiry into Data Service Needs in Finland
• Developing European Research Infrastructures

Issue 15 (3/2004)

Editorial: OECD and Open Access to Public Data

Articles:

• Enhancing the Quality of Comparative Research by International Co-operation
• Markus Jäntti Appointed as Research Director of LIS
• European Social Survey Wins High Praise Among Researchers: Over 100 registered ESS users in Finland
• European Social Survey in the Research of Social Capital
• Good Practice for European Comparative Research
• How to Collect Data on the Web: Internet surveys require know-how
• Access to International Datasets for UK Academic Community: ESDS International portfolio has 3500 users
• Attending ICPSR Summer Training Program in Ann Arbour, Michigan, US
• CESSDA Expert Seminar and Alpine Flowers: Data archive representatives plan guidebook on data processing

Issue 14 (2/2004)

Editorial: New Design for FSD Web Site and Online Bulletin

Articles:

• Public Safety in the Light of City Service Surveys: Using archived data for master's thesis
• Researcher's Views on City Service Surveys
• IASSISTers in America

Issue 13 (1/2004)

Editorial: New Data for Research on Citizen Participation

Articles:

• Learning Materials to Support Research and Teaching
• Information Centre for Register Research

Issue 12 (3/2003)

Editorial: Data collection - a crucial stage of research

Articles:

• National Attitude Surveys on Low Profile
• Long-established Research on Finns
• Statistics as the Nation's Memory
• Visibility through Political Opinion Polls
• Adequate Information to Research Participants Guarantees Re-use
• Sexual Behaviour and Attitudes in Finland, Estonia and Russia
• Undressing the Dolls: Interview with Elina Haavio-Mannila
• Perceptions of family, children and household work strategies
• NYT Internet Surveys Archived at FSD
• European Social Survey Data Freely Downloadable
• Finnish Version of the Multilingual Thesaurus ELSST
• Madiera - a Web Portal for Social Scientists
• MOTV Facilitates the Entry into Quantitative Research

Issue 11 (2/2003)

Editorial: Guides and Handbooks for Secondary Research

Articles:

• Marja Järvelä: FSD holdings - a quick way to interpretation
• Finnish Society as Portrayed in Surveys

Issue 10 1/2003

Editorial: Party Manifesto Database

Articles:

• Data Archive as a Resource for Psychological Research
• Use of FSD services on the increase
• FSD User Survey 2002

Issue 9 (3/2002)

Editorial: Ease of access

Articles:

• New perspectives on existing data
• ISSP 2001 and 2002: Friendship, Kinship, Family and Gender Roles
• Eurobarometers enable research on current issues: Differences in Internet Use in Western Europe
• From Hasset to Madiera: FSD develops multilingual content description
• Research Methods Web Resource presented in the USA
• Publications based on data archived at the FSD

Issue 8 (2/2002)

Editorial: Old habits are hard to change

Articles:

• Dr. Kimmo Grönlund: FSD offers means for comparative research
• Fresh insights into social networks
• People on War unfolds first-hand experiences
• Backups and migration ensure data usability

Issue 7 (1/2002)

Editorial: Datasets for various uses

Articles:

• National "utilisation networks" found support in the seminar on comparative research
• Finnish Local Government Barometers archived at FSD
• Handling of quantitative data
• Seminar on Eastern European social science data archives and archiving activities held in Berlin

Issue 6 (3/2001)

Editorial: Research ethics is a practical matter

Articles:

• Scientific Research Subject to Legislation
• Research Methods Web Resource in Testing
• FSD Promoted in Finnish University Libraries
• How and Where to Find Information on Datasets Archived at FSD?
• New Material Series to FSD Database

Issue 5 (2/2001)

Editorial: Initiative to fund international comparative research

Articles:

• Professor Harri Melin: ISSP is a remarkable resource for comparative social research
• Personal Data Act and research materials in Finland
• Publishing the FSD data catalogue in the WWW
• Web resources for social research method teachers
• IASSIST Conference: International co-operation in data archiving

Issue 4 (1/2001)

Editorial: Electronic treasure troves - lost for good?

Articles:

• Nation-wide Portal for Sociologists
• ISSP 2000: The First Finnish ISSP Dataset

Issue 3 (3/2000)

Editorial: Accessibility to research materials is a key issue

Articles:

• In pursuit of qualitative data
• CES2000 - Data archive experts' meeting in Tampere
• Over 20 years of archival insight
• Depositing datasets? Not at all complicated!
• User praises services of the archive

Issue 2 (2/2000)

Editorial: Nation-wide Internet web resource for social science research method courses

Articles:

• Co-operation with research libraries
• LIMBER: breaking the language barriers

Issue 1 1/2000

Editorial: Acquisition of Data and New Projects

Articles:

• A Peek into the World of Action Research
• Activating Finnish Researchers to Participate in International Social Surveys (ISSP, ESS)
• Developing Topical Web Resources for Social Scientists

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