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CISER Presentations and Papers
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This is a collection of Papers and Presentations from the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER).
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Preparing a Data Archive or Repository for Changing Research Data and Materials Retention Policies
(OSF, 2021-03-10)Journal and university based research data policies are increasingly requiring researchers to make available their code and other reproduction materials. Many data archives and repositories were designed only with the data ... -
Metadata-Driven Gamification: Exploring a New System for Crowdsourcing Antebellum History
(2017-04-07)The North American Slave Trade is in full swing. Technological advancements have made newspapers common throughout the Antebellum South. These newspapers feature runaway ads” where enslavers provide a detailed description ... -
Commercial search engine developers and universities: a critical time for collaboration in the coming age of publicly accessible research data
(2011-11-17)Driven by new data sharing requirements from funding agencies, most recently and notably the National Science Foundation, academic researchers are on the verge of making rapidly increasing amounts and varieties of research ... -
The new & improved DDI Tools Catalog - for users and developers of tools supporting the Data Documentation Initiative metadata specification
(2011-06-12)Illustration of the future interface of the DDI Tools Catalog (http://www.ddialliance.org/resources/tools). Poster to accompany live demonstration on Internet-connected personal computer. -
The Lifecycle of Social Science Research Data: Improved Discovery through better Metadata and Search Tools
(2011-03-28)Research Data in the social sciences develops along an often predictable lifecycle, from conceptualization through collection to discovery. Researchers also seek social science data in ways different from text and other ... -
Report on Dagstuhl Workshop on Managing Metadata for Longitudinal Data - Best Practices
(2011-03-11)Summary of the activities and outcomes of the workshop "The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Standard: Managing Metadata for Longitudinal Data — Best Practices" held Oct. 17-22, 2010, in Wadern, Germany (http://www.da ... -
Development of the next DDI Tools Catalog
(2010-12-09)Description of the current state of development of the next DDI Tools Catalog by the DDI Alliance's Tools Catalog Working Group. -
Data Librarianship: Past, Present, Future, Challenges, Opportunities
(2010-12-07)Overview of the landscape of "data librarianship" in the social sciences: commonalities and differences compared to other areas of librarianship; how and why it came about as a special niche of academic library activity ... -
Challenges and Opportunities in Social Science Research Data Management
(2010-09-23)With the necessity for developing better methods for the discovery and access of available research data, mounting pressure from funding agencies to make and keep research data accessible for the long term, and the complexity ...
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