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Discover the diverse data communities at local, regional, national, and international levels. Join a network of colleagues focused on your success through training, sharing, and collaboration.
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The DLI Community Where in the world are data professionals? DLI Orientation Workshop Queen’s University, Kingston April 5, 2004
The Academic Community • Data professionals are an important part of the academic community • That encompasses our own institutions, those of our region, the nation and the international academic community
The Local Community • A data service includes: • A reference service • A research resource • A consultative function • An educational asset
The Local Community • A data service may be: • A stand-alone service • Part of general reference • Part of a specialized service (eg. MADGIC – maps, data and documents) • Part of the computing services • An adjunct of a research operation
Local Community • Models may be: • One person with multiple responsibilities • A one-person data shop • A multi-person operation within a single department • An interdepartmental resource • Levels of service will depend on the model • Whatever the model, data professionals often feel isolated
Regional Community • All regions (except Ontario) have a regional data group • West – ACCOLEDS • Quebec – CREPUQ • Atlantic Canada – part of APLA • Ontario – may be coming soon • DINO
National Community • Data Liberation • Community through training • Community through dlilist • Community through cooperative projects
National Community • CAPDU • A group representing data professionals, data producers, data providers and data users • Founded by data professionals in response to access problems • Is responsible for many of the gains made in data availability
International Community:IASSIST “An international organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences.” • Membership is largely European and North American, with some representation from Australia, Africa and Asia
International Community:IASSIST • Annual conference is the most important international meeting of data professionals • On the cutting edge of new developments in data access • Based on model of co-operation and sharing of ideas and expertise • A family affair
International Community:ICPSR • World’s largest data co-operative • 500+ universities world-wide • 29 in Canada in 2 Federations • World-renown summer programme in quantitative analyses • One-week summer programme for data specialists
The Data Community • Local, regional, national and international communities provide a network of colleagues whose goal is to see you succeed • Don’t be afraid to use their expertise