Editors’ notes: Aligning qualitative data services with open science and access IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences and beyond.

It is our great pleasure to present the first issue of the 50th volume of IQ. We are delighted to open the volume with a special double issue, dedicated to unique challenges of data sharing in the context of qualitative research.
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From SSHA2023 to SSHJ2026! doi.org/10.1017/ssh.... ‘I don’t trust you’: American Response to US Census Bureau Privacy and Disclosure Control, 1960–1970
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The Data Infrastructure Network will mark its fifth year at the Social Science History Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta! We want to highlight your work, ideas, and discoveries! The deadline to submit your abstract is March 15, 2026. Details are here: ssha2026.ssha.org

The 50th SSHA annual meeting in Chicago was a success! From start to finish Data Infrastructure Network sessions were packed! So much fun to engage with presenters and attendees. Thank you to all who make the Data Infrastructure Network the best of social science history! @socscihistory.bsky.social

One week until the start of the Social Science History Association annual meeting in Chicago, 20-23 November. The Data Infrastructure Network can't wait to see you! @socscihistory.bsky.social ssha2025.ssha.org

Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data Collection. Volume 58, Issue 4 of Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History

Pleased to be part of the history making "IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data" special issue in Historical Methods 58(4). @ipums.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @mattanelson.bsky.social @juliariveradrew.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/vhim20/5...

Building as we climb! The Data Infrastructure Network is looking forward to seeing you at the 2025 Social Science History Association (SSHA) Annual Conference in Chicago | 20-23 Nov 2025! lnkd.in/gQeWpZgb @socscihistory.bsky.social

Throwback Thursday | When IPUMS mugs were green. @ipums.bsky.social

New data sources for research on the nineteenth-century United States: IPUMS full count datasets of the censuses of population 1850–1880 IPUMS has finalized databases for each of the United States population censuses from 1850 to 1880. These data are the result of collaborations between FamilySearch and Ancestry.com, which provided ...

The historical U.S. census just does not get old. What a treat to work with these census and IPUMS data enthusiasts. @mattanelson.bsky.social, @j-david-hacker.bsky.social, Matthew Sobek, Lap Huynh, @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social, @stevenruggles.bsky.social, @ipums.bsky.social

Today is going to be an IPUMStastic day 💙 @ipums.bsky.social @umnlifecourse.bsky.social

IPUMS invests in the past for the future. @ipums.bsky.social blog.popdata.org/ipums-archiv...

Conference | Social Sciences History Association The conference involves over a thousand scholars from around the world, although graduate students and faculty from the leading American universities predominate.

The 2025 SSHA Conference now has its first preliminary program available. Find it and more information on the conference here: ssha.org/conference/

Stewarding our physical resources for global impact! @ipums.bsky.social @minnpop.bsky.social