strategy
Developing networked documentation services in social sciences
Synonyms:
Supporting social science information centresPromoting centralized collation of human resource data
Overseeing documentary services for the human sciences
Reviewing humanities infrastructures
Networking social science centres
Implementation:
The International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation collects, keeps up-to-date and disseminates information on documentation services in the social sciences, including the compilation of current bibliographies and directories. It studies appropriate steps for ensuring the systematic development of such documentary instruments, advises social science bodies on questions relating to bibliography and documentation and draws up technical rules likely to improve the management of social science information, documents and databases.
The committee Social Sciences Information and Documentation FID/EI) of the International Federation for Information and Documentation is concerned with the advancement and promotion of all information and documentation services in the social sciences.
Broader:
Providing research servicesDeveloping information networkConveying sociological sciencesServing as information clearinghouseExpanding scientific information networksUsing information technology in humanitiesStrengthening cooperation in the social sciences Narrower:
Mapping social dataUndertaking social surveysListing important town dataDocumenting population trendsEstablishing human resource banksCompiling socio-economic statisticsCoordinating standardization of social dataSystematizing occupational data coordinationStrengthening research cooperation and exchange of information on demographic changeStrengthening research cooperation and exchange of information on demographic change Facilitates:
Regulating resources useManaging human resourcesExchanging scientific knowledgeTeaching social methodologiesExpanding community data networkIssuing social science informationCentralizing neighbourhood data flowScreening third world documentary filmsForming world-wide social change coalitionsImproving data and information to combat povertyDocumenting human development Facilitated by:
Collecting statisticsGathering resource dataPreserving documentary heritageStrengthening institutional development of the social and human sciences Organizations:
International Federation for Information and Documentation United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology European Society for Rural Sociology Council of European Social Science Data Archives Latin American Rural Sociological Association International Federation of Data Organizations for the Social Sciences International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation International Institute for Social Sciences, Malta United Nations Development Programme Centre for the Coordination of Research and Documentation in Social Science for Sub-Saharan Africa United Nations Office at Vienna European Commission Host Organisation Centre for Social Science Research and Documentation for the Arab Region, Cairo European Cooperation in Social Science Information and Documentation Asia-Pacific Information Network in Social Sciences Nordic Publishing Board in Social Sciences Asian Fisheries Social Science Research Network European and Mediterranean Network for the Social Sciences Research Libraries Group European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation European Social Science Java Network International Public Foundation United Nations Population Fund UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Documentation Centre Middle East Network Information Center, Austin TX Russian and East European Network Information Center Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Asian Studies Network Information Center International Academy at Santa Barbara References:
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: Establishing a Social Development Management Information System: Issues and perspectivesRyssevik, Jostein and Musgrave, Simon: The Social Science Dream Machine: Resource discovery, analysis and delivery on the WebUN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: Social Development Information Exchange through the Internet Subjects:
Social Activity → Human resources→ Networks
Social Activity → Services
Information → Documentation
Information → Information
Information → Data, codes
Information → Reference
Communication → Promotion
Communication → Documentary
Industry → Utilities
Research, Standards → Research
Sociology → Sociology
Economics → Resource utilization
Culture → Literature
Development → Development
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
