From Many, One: The Archival Infrastructure for U.S. Social Science Data
Research

As data professionals consider the role of data in the emerging
infrastructure of "digital libraries," it may be useful to examine the
archival institutions in the U.S. that collectively already form the
organizational infrastructure for social science data research. This
examination provides an opportunity to investigate the unique missions of
each of the archival institutions represented, and to consider them as
complements to each other. Who is responsible for what?  Who serves which
researchers? What kinds of social science data does each preserve? What is
the relationship between these institutions and the emerging virtual
digital libraries? 

Participants are Janet Vavra, Inter-university Consortium for Political
and Social Research; Ilona Einowski, UC Data Archive, focusing on the
archiving of state administrative welfare data; Cindy Severt, University
of Wisconsin's Data Program Library Service, focusing on the kinds of
uniquely-held archival collections at some of the academic data
libraries/archives); and Margaret O. Adams, Reference Services
Program Manager, Center for Electronic Records.