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United States Secretariat Report

Judith Rowe
Computing Center

I, Princeton University

The United States Secretariat has received positive letters of intent from 170

people, more than half of whom are already involved in Action Group activity. By

popular demand, we are organizing a North American working conference in Florida
this February. The accomodations will be pleasant and inexpensive and the meeting
will provide an opportunity for the AG's to work intensively on their projects. Full

details will be sent out shortly. I would like to take this opportunity to thank
each of our AG coordinators for the enthusiastic efforts they have already expended
and to encourage all of you not only to join lASSIST, but to participate in its

activitites.

ACTION GROUP REPORTS

DATA ARCHIVE REGISTRY

Canada- Lisa Lasko, Canadian (.onsortium for Social Research, Institute for
Behavioral Research, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview,
Ontario M3J 1P3

Europe- Joseph Bonmariage, Belgian Archives for the Social Sciences, University of
Louvain, SH-2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

United States- David Nasatir, Behavioral Sciences Graduate Program, California
State College, Domingus Hills, California 90747

Mandate

A directory containing names, addresses, types of holdings, and dissemination
policies of existing data archives and libraries throughout the world will be com-
piled. A supplementary directory listing archival personnel and other individuals
with relevant expertise would be developed. In addition, a central location would
be designated to maintain all published lists of archival holdings and study des-
criptions. These documents would be produced as reference documents for users of
archives or Institutions Interested in consulting with Individuals In the field of
archiving.

Activities and Plans

With respect to the first part of the mandate, the Action Group will focus
Initially on developing the directory of data archives and data libraries.