*** Conference announcement ***

The International Association for Social Science Information Service
and Technology (IASSIST) invites your participation in its 32nd annual
conference to be held May 23-26, 2006, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The
conference will be preceded by workshops and followed by optional
weekend activities in the Ann Arbor area.
Please register for the conference in advance (early registration
closes April 21).  Online registration is available:  
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/iassist/registration.html 
The 2006 conference theme, Data in a World of Networked Knowledge,
highlights the role of empirical data in a society that wishes not
only to know itself, but also to build an enduring, interconnected
storehouse of knowledge for learning and research. IASSIST offers a
time and place to explore, enlighten, and energize the participation
of data professionals in the networked information world. Topics will
address the full range of digital data life cycle issues, including
those that focus on access, documentation, dissemination,
preservation, data use and current empirical research activity.

IASSIST's annual conferences, which also take place in Europe and
Canada, are relevant to data managers, creators, and users, as well as
librarians, archivists, and other information professionals who have
responsibility for providing support for the curation and use of
research data, especially in the Social Sciences and other
observational disciplines.
Plenary addresses (one each morning) will be made by Daniel Atkins,
Julia Lane, and Robin Dale (with discussants Bjorn Henrichsen, Robert
Groves, Cynthia Cook, and David McMillen), followed by concurrent
sessions, an electronic poster session Thursday afternoon, and a
Friday lunch presentation by John P. Wilkin. See
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/iassist for the full program and social
events. Details about the association may be found on the IASSIST Web
site: www.iassistdata.org 

We look forward to seeing you in Ann Arbor this May.

For the Program Committee,  Peggy Adams (Margaret O. Adams)


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