Another special interest is how changes in technology and an expanding clientele using data have an impact on our profession. Papers about the future role and function of data librarians and data archivists are being sought.
Other papers of special interest would include those focusing on data sources and research issues in global change, AIDS, poverty, or other comparable social research themes.
Technical topics could include the uses of the Internet, UNIX applications in archives, migration from centralized computing to a distributed computing environment, or mass data storage issues.
Library issues may cover bibliographic access tools, indexing standards or user services. Also of special interest are discussions addressing standards for data documentation and metadata. Papers addressing major barriers to access, such as national information policies as they relate to data, intellectual property rights (copyright), and confidentiality restrictions, are particularly welcome.
