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Beyond the Numbers – November 7-9, 2018

Call for presentations deadline extended to May 18th!

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is hosting its third free conference on economic information: "Beyond the Numbers.”

This conference will bring together librarians, information professionals, data researchers, and data managers to improve understanding of economic resources and how to find, use, and share them.

Our aim is to provide librarians and other information professionals with the knowledge, competence, and enthusiasm to disseminate economic information expertise to their respective audiences. We are seeking proposals for conference presentations. For more details, or to submit a proposal, visit http://research.stlouisfed.org/conferences/beyond-the-numbers/ 

Possible topics include:

• Best practices and common missteps in using economic data
• New, misunderstood, or underused economic information tools and sources
• Deep dives into the construction of economic and financial data
• Curating data for access, preservation, sharing, and re-use
• Data description, citation, and findability
• Research data management for economics and related disciplines

 

Proposal types include:

• Sessions: 45-minute full sessions or 20-minute short sessions
• Panels and roundtable discussions: 45-60 minutes
• Tutorials and hands-on workshops: 90 minutes