1) Regular column in DDI newsletter about metadata
Knut will write a regular column (small review) in the DDI newsletter about DDI and metadata in general. One of the goals will be to promote to the DDI community that they can write scientific publications about their work.
2) Publications - reference catalog (e.g., Bibsonomy) for DDI publications and presentations
Decided to use Bibsonomy to index the following content: Working Paper Series, Formal Papers & Articles, Conference Presentations, and Archive.
To do:
Kelly will check with Michael at ICPSR about using the Bibsonomy API to display DDI content on the DDI Alliance web site.
We need a volunteer to transfer the publication/presentation metadata to Bibsonomy (Some are already available in a preliminary name space: http://www.bibsonomy.org/user/knutwenzig/DDIbibliography)
3) Publications - archiving content
Decided to use existing repositories, including the University of Michigan’s institutional repository, DeepBlue, to archive DDI publications/presentations. This means content will be archived in a long-lived repository with a persistent citation.
To do:
Kelly will check on establishing a DDI collection within DeepBlue.
We need a volunteer to ensure all existing content gets archived in a repository.
We need a volunteer (same person?) to coordinate future publications/presentations are archived -- e.g., EDDI, IASSIST, and NADDI presentations. (Knut will archive the presentations from EDDI15 and add their metadata to bibsonomy.org.)
4) Working Paper Series - consistent template for working papers
Decided to recommend consistent standards for working papers, including: title page (with branding), serial number (ISSN 2153-8247), and number of the paper.
To do:
Achim will generate the recommended template.
Achim will retrofit the existing working papers, including numbering chronologically.
Future items:
5) Working Paper Series - increasing visibility of the series on the web site and in publication indices.
6) How can it be better supported that people publish on DDI topics? What could be the benefits for authors? It is important that work is not only presented on conferences or discussed in workshops but it should be published as well. Here is a list of publication possibilities with increasing challenges but also increasing credits: 1. DDI Alliance Working Paper Series, 2. EDDI Full Papers, 3. IASSIST Quarterly (especially the special issues on DDI topics), 4. Social Science Computer Review (some important older papers on DDI are published there), various Data Science journals.