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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>The IASSIST 2013 Conference Program Committee and Workshop Coordinator are now ready to begin accepting proposals!</span></b><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IASSIST 2013 will be hosted by GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences at
<a href="http://www.maternushaus.de/" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">
Maternushaus</a> in Cologne, Germany from May 28-31.</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Conference Website can be accessed here (additional content will be added as more information becomes available), and will soon be linked from the main IASSIST Website:
<a href="http://www.iassist2013.org/iassist-2013-home/" target="_blank">http://www.iassist2013.org/iassist-2013-home/</a></span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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As announced previously, the theme of this year’s conference is <b>Data Innovation: Increasing Accessibility, Visibility and Sustainability</b></span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This theme reflects recent efforts across the globe by the largest government agencies down to the smaller independent research units to make data (be it survey, administrative,
geospatial, or scientific) more open, accessible and understandable for all. </span>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">With an ever-increasing availability of new technologies offering unparalleled opportunities to sustainably deliver, share, model and visualize data, we anticipate that there is
much to share with and much to learn from one another. Interdisciplinarity is a large part of where innovation comes from, and we hope to receive submissions from those in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, and computer science fields.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We welcome submissions on the theme outlined above, and encourage conference participants to propose papers and sessions that would be of interest to a diverse audience. In order
to make session formation and scheduling more streamlined, we have created three distinct tracks. If you are not sure where your submission fits, or feel that it fits into more than one track, that’s perfectly fine. Please do still make your submission, and
if accepted, we will find an appropriate fit.</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Online submission forms and guidelines for BOTH conference content and workshops can be found here:
<a href="http://www.iassist2013.org/conference/calls/" target="_blank">http://www.iassist2013.org/conference/calls/</a><br>
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NOTE: The <b>top</b> of the page is for sessions/papers/posters/round tables/pecha kuchas the
<b>bottom</b> is for workshops – please note that the submission forms are <u>completely separate.</u><br>
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All submissions are <b>due</b> by December 5, 2012. Notification of <b>acceptance</b> will be made by February 5, 2012</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Questions about session/paper submissions may be sent to
<a href="mailto:iassisttwentythirteen@gmail.com" target="_blank">iassisttwentythirteen@gmail.com</a><br>
Questions about workshop submission may be sent to the Workshop Coordinator, Lynda Kellam at
<a href="mailto:lmkellam@uncg.edu" target="_blank">lmkellam@uncg.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>See you in Cologne!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Data Services and Sociology Librarian<br>
Johns Hopkins University<u></u><u></u></p>
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