What's new with IASSIST 2009 (website)? News of site updates or conference proceedings available as RSS 2.0 feed. updates.html en-us Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:00:00 +0300 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:19:00 +0300 design_images/iassist09_banner_45pros.jpg updates.html tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) A week has passed since IASSIST 2009. I hope most of you have made it safely back home by now - and are ready to refresh the memories by watching the conference webcasts and viewing presentations. Webcasts of all three plenaries and Thursday and Friday's concurrent sessions in the Small Auditorium are now available. We didn't have cameras available during the Wednesday sessions, so no videos of these presentations, sorry! But most of the presentations are already online - a few are still missing either because we didn't have them or we are waiting for an updated version. Please send in any missing presentations or email me if there are mistakes that should be corrected! program.html Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:19:00 +0300 toistettu37 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Just a reminder to all workshop participants: conference registration is open tomorrow on Tuesday at Tampere Hall from 8am to 2pm. There is no registration at Linna Building (or actually there is but it is for another conference...) workshops.html Mon, 25 May 2009 20:01:00 +0300 toistettu36 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Thursday's sessions E3 and E4 have switched lecture rooms so that E3 will be at Sonaatti 1 and E4 at Small Auditorium! program.html Mon, 25 May 2009 16:28:00 +0300 toistettu35 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) We have received some last minute changes: a withdrawal from session A3 (Wathan) and speaking order change in A2. These are documented on a separate sheet that you should receive with the printed programme or at the registration. For ultimate truth, or at least for most recent info - check the programme on the web! program.html Sun, 24 May 2009 19:33:00 +0300 toistettu34 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Seasoned veterans or new attendees, you are welcome to attend IASSIST/IFDO 2009! For late arrivals; on-line registration is still open for a while. On-site registration opens on Wednesday. See you soon! index.html Fri, 22 May 2009 17:39:00 +0300 toistettu33 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) It's early summer in Finland and the one official sign of summer is that roadworks and other related construction works begin. Diggers and other machines dig huge holes into the ground and roads and fill them up only when the autumn arrives... In between people and cars try to manage they way around them. :) There is some heavy digging going on in Pinninkatu during the day-time. If you intend to arrive by car and park in one of the close by parking halls or hotel's garages, be prepared to spend some extra time behind the wheel. Pedestrians too are advised to be cautious when passing these construction sites. See more on parking in FAQ. faq.html#parking Wed, 20 May 2009 10:02:00 +0300 toistettu32 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Seems that our conference is more popular than I assumed - I have reallocated the DDI meeting into a bigger meeting room and consequently, Admin committee meeting too was moved in order to keep things easily manageable. New room for DDI: LS K109 and for AC: RH K106. program.html Tue, 19 May 2009 17:34:00 +0300 toistettu31 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) IASSIST/IFDO 2009 has been generously supported by a number of "data driven" organisations. Please take some time and visit their web sites to learn more about their services and products! sponsors.html Mon, 18 May 2009 17:43:00 +0300 toistettu30 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) We now have rooms allocated to all presentations in concurrent sessions and also for the workshops. Workshops are held in University of Tampere, Linna Building. Rest of the conference takes place in Tampere Hall, in Small Auditorium and meeting rooms Sonaatti 1, Opus 4 and Aaria. See our Google Map for locations! On the Maps and Guides page there is also a link to a map of Tampere Hall meeting rooms. program.html Fri, 15 May 2009 15:33:00 +0300 toistettu29 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Please do not register for this workshop, all seats are already taken! workshops.html Wed, 13 May 2009 11:59:00 +0300 toistettu28 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Registration is still open... but you should really register by May 14 to make sure that there is space for you at the reception and banquet! Online registration does stay open almost until the weekend before the conference, so in any case it is encouraged that attendees use that instead of onsite registration, which includes an additional handling fee. registration.html Thu, 07 May 2009 15:19:00 +0300 toistettu27 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) From posters to paper (B3) we have Sarah Higgins on 'Applying the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model'. In addition further edits to abstracts and affiliations are updated to the programme. program.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:49:00 +0300 toistettu26 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) From posters to paper (B3) we have Sarah Higgins on 'Applying the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model'. In addition further edits to abstracts and affiliations are updated to the programme. program.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:49:00 +0300 toistettu25 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Based on feedback collected by session chairs I have updated the website with a number of new or revised abstracts. There has also been some changes to presentation order in some sessions and unfortunately even one withdrawal from session B3. program.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:16:00 +0300 toistettu24 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) We have all the three plenary speakers and their abstracts now online. Opening speaker is Adam Farquhar from the British Library (title: Digital Challenges), then is Deborah Mitchell from Australian Social Science Data Archive (Data Archives in the 21st Century) and finally closing on Friday afternoon is Michael Batty from University College London (Spatial Data). program.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:32:00 +0300 toistettu23 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) In case you haven't already noticed there have been for a while now a FAQ available on the web site. I recommend that you take a little time and scroll through the questions as there are at least some fairly useful pieces of information on IASSIST 2009, Tampere and Finland! Feel free to suggest new questions on the list too. faq.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:02:00 +0300 faq.html tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Okay, it was not a bug, it was a little typo (by me) but in the crucial place, of course. It prevented the feed being published. Should be fine now. updates.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:56:00 +0300 toistettu22 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) All concurrent session chairs have been assigned. Chairs will shortly contact their speakers to discuss the session arrangements. program.html Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:54:00 +0300 toistettu21 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Unfortunately session E2 has been cancelled, but the paper on Sources of Historical International U.S. Data which was to be part of E2, has been rescheduled successfully and it is now part of the session A4. program.html Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:34:00 +0200 toistettu20 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) A number of session chairs have been assigned and updated on the website. The remaining chairs are assumed to be assigned shortly. program.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:16:00 +0200 toistettu19 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Also Hotel Victoria is now full and they are not taking any more reservations. But there are still rooms left in other conference hotels, and there is still time to register at early bird rate too! Last chance today! accommodations.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:24:00 +0200 toistettu18 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Just to remind you... Take advantage of the early bird rate and register before March 24, 2009. After that date, full registration fee for members will be 350 Euros and for non-members 400 Euros. See the other fees on the registration page. Note: Workshop registration fees stay the same. registration.html Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:16:00 +0200 toistettu17 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Hotel Kauppi is now full and they are not taking any more reservations. Also Omena Hotel has been withdrawn from the registration form. They no longer have a room block reserved for IASSIST but you may try to book rooms directly at Omena Hotel using their online service after they have released the room block for sale to the general public. accommodations.html Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:15:00 +0200 toistettu16 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Due to schedule conflicts the programme committee has made a decision to move session C4 from Wednesday to concurrent session E on Thursday and respectively session E3 from Thursday to concurrent C on Wednesday. program.html Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:40:00 +0200 toistettu15 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced yesterday that starting April 1, it will cancel its daily flights from Copenhagen to Tampere until further notice. Cancellation is said to be due to weakening demand on that route because of macroeconomic situation. If anyone has booked flights to IASSIST 2009 via Copenhagen or is planning to do so, please check if this cancellation will affect your travel plans. arrival.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:13:00 +0200 arrival.html tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Posters on Nesstar and Exanda have been added to the programme, and unfortunately there have been a couple of withdrawals too. In addition to these changes the abstract on RELU has been revised along a few other smaller updates. See the current poster lineup on the website. posters.html Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:53:00 +0200 toistettu14 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) I've added a little service (<a href="http://www.addtoany.com/">Add to Any</a>) on the conference web site that allows users to save, share or bookmark the pages simply by clicking the desired bookmarking service on the list. Look for the little blue plus sign on the left and try it! index.html Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:45:00 +0200 toistettu13 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Plenary speakers for Thursday and Friday have been announced. First Professor Deborah Mitchell on "Data Archives in the 21st Century: evolving, adapting or endangered?" and then Dr. Michael Batty on "Collecting, Visualizing, Communicating, and Modeling Spatial Data in the Social Sciences". program.html Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:48:00 +0200 toistettu12 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) I'm pleased to announce that the CESSDA PPP session has resurfaced and is now part of our conference programme as concurrent session E4. Presenters in this session will be Uwe Jensen and Brigitte Hausstein from GESIS, and Ken Miller from UKDA. program.html Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:43:00 +0200 toistettu11 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) I have added some new links on information on accommodation in Tampere. Especially certain self-service hotels or apartment hotels may be of interest to those looking for more affordable accommodation. There are no room blocks for conference attendees in these hotels and reservations and payments are handled directly with the hotels. accommodations.html Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:34:00 +0200 toistettu10 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) On the conference website show all abstracts link on program, workshops and posters page has been activated, so you now have an option to see all abstracts at once, instead of clicking them open on by one. program.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:39:00 +0200 toistettu9 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) IASSIST 2009 has a Twitter feed for conference info, updates and impressions. Follow us on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/IASSIST2009">@IASSIST2009</a> or subscribe to conference RSS feed on site updates. Conference RSS is pushed straight to Twitter as well. Links to both Twitter and RSS feed are on the website. updates.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:48:00 +0200 toistettu8 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Abstracts for workshops 5) Moving to DDI 3.0 - translating current collections of structured metadata (Thomas) and 6) Data Requirements and Digital Repositories (Green et al.) have been updated. workshops.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:00 +0200 toistettu7 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Last minute crises have hopefully been avoided and everything goes smoothly. Welcome to Tampere! Registration for the conference is now open and there is more information available on the registration page. Do note that online registration process takes you off the conference website. The early bird rate is valid until March 24, 2009. Please note that a deposit of one night for accommodation should be paid together with the registration fees. More information on <a href="accommodations.html">Accommodations</a> page on the conference website. See conference programme and programmes for posters and workshops for relevant additional information. registration.html Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:30:00 +0200 toistettu6 LAC We are pleased to announce that the conference programme and programmes for poster session and workshops are now online. Changes due to light rescheduling or withdrawals are always possible but the structure of the programme is set. Should you find any errors, please contact me (Tuomas J. Alater�) or an appropriate member of the Program Committee. program.html Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:41:00 +0200 program.html tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) The IASSIST Outreach Committee is no longer accepting new applications for outreach funding for 2009. Please consider applying for funding for IASSIST 2010 (location to be announced...) outreach.html Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:04:00 +0200 toistettu5 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Conference registration should be open next week. Just a reminder, conference hotel bookings are completed with the registration. See more details on accommodations page. registration.html Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:21:00 +0200 toistettu4 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) There's not that much to browse on the website but the search seems to be working now too, so feel free to use it! Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:34:00 +0200 toistettu3 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Registration will open in early 2009. The expected fees for members are: € 270 until March 24, 2009 and € 350 after March 24, 2009. If cancellation is received by April 24th 2009, the fee minus administrative expenses will be refunded. Please note that a deposit of one night for accommodation should be paid together with the registration fees. More information on <a href="accommodations.html">Accommodations</a> page on the conference website. registration.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:41:00 +0200 registration.html LAC Deadline for proposal submission has been extended to November 26th, 2009. index.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:00 +0200 toistettu2 tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Sponsorship flyer, information on sponsorship packages and sponsorship reservation form are now all online. sponsors.html Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:15:00 +0300 sponsors.html tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Call for Workshops is now added to the conference web site. Proposals should be submitted by November 21, 2008 directly to Michelle Edwards, edwardsm@uoguelph.ca workshops.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:42:00 +0300 workshops.html LAC A webform for submission of proposals is now open. Use the form to submit proposals for individual papers, sessions or posters. A separate call for workshops is forthcoming. The form is hosted on Miami University Libraries server, so the <a href="http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/~sekyerk/iassist/">direct link</a> takes you off the conference website. After submitting you are transferred back. The deadline for abstract submission is November 21, 2008. call.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:12:00 +0300 toistettu tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Call for Papers is now posted to the conference web site. Please note the deadline for abstract submission: November 21, 2008. A webform for submission of proposals is forthcoming in mid-October. call.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:12:00 +0300 call.html LAC Theme for the 2009 conferece will be Mobile Data and the Life Cycle. Stay tuned for further information... :) index.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:13:00 +0300 index.html LAC Relevant locations for the IASSIST 2009 conference are now available on Google Maps. Each map item also contains some further information or links. On the Maps and Guides page there is also a link to the aerial map of Tampere, unfortunetely only in Finnish. At the moment there are no high resolution satellite pictures of Tampere region in Google Maps, so you just may want to give this other service a go. maps.html Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:41:00 +0300 maps.html tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�) Program committee for the IASSIST conference in Tampere has been set up and they are ready to work for the best IASSIST ever. To find out just who they are, visit the website! committees.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:00 +0300 committees.html LAC Information for international delegates considering applying for IASSIST Outreach Committee's financial assistance. outreach.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0300 outreach.html LAC Still in experimental state but there is now RSS 2.0 feed available at IASSIST 2009 website. The purpose of this feed is to provide information for future conference attendees on site updates. Only fairly important conference news or major changes with the website make it to the channel. updates.html Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:00:00 +0300 updates.html tuomas.alatera@NOSPAM.uta.fi (Tuomas J. Alater�)