[Air-L] do we need an aoir data archive

[Peter Timusk]

Statistics Canada's data is protected by law to conserve the survey
subject's privacy. It is *all* about confidentiality. University researchers
and high school students can access some data via the Data Liberation
initiative. 

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/dli-idd-eng.htm

Researchers can also buy limited access.

Peter Timusk
at571 at ncf.ca
ptimusk at sympatico.ca
web: www.crystalcomputing.net
blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org

-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Shulman
Sent: May-06-11 4:10 PM
To: Michael Zimmer
Cc: aoir list
Subject: Re: [Air-L] do we need an aoir data archive

JITP (www.jitp.net) has its own Dataverse and we like it a lot:

http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/jitp

I only wish more authors would put their data up! Harvard has been excellent
supporting this service. It was easy to set up and customize.

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Michael Zimmer <zimmerm at uwm.edu> wrote:

> You mean like Dataverse?
> http://thedata.org/home
>
>
> On May 6, 2011, at 10:50 AM, jeremy hunsinger wrote:
>
> > I brought this up on twitter yesterday.   Perhaps it is time for AoIR to
> start an archive of data for current and future use.  My thought is 
> that right now many researchers have access and rights to share 
> significant bits of data, and many do not have access.  As I've said 
> elsewhere, i don't actually think you can do peer reviewable research 
> without providing access to the data that generated that research, and 
> given that I have reviewed several papers based on proprietary 
> information they could not release..., I'm thinking that we need to find
ways of getting our data out there in the
> spirit of community and to promote scholarly quality.     I also think
> having a neutral nonprofit holding the information would make it far 
> easier for people to get information shared from corporations.
> >
> > However, that i see the need and others have agreed here and there, 
> > I
> think it is time to have a discussion.  Personally, I know that I could
set
> the infrastructure up without issue.   The website in theory has close to
> unlimited storage space, though downloads would need to be limited as we
> have limited processor speed.   There are also legal issues, copyright
> issues, and codebook issues that would need to be sorted out.
> >
> > so do we need something like this?  and if so or if not, why or why not?
> >
> >
> > Jeremy Hunsinger
> > Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech
> >
> >
> > Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a
> thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
> --Byron
> >
> >
> >
> >
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