For those of you who are not experts in data dissemination but want a crash course, start with tomorrow's event in Washington, DC.  "Responsible Data Sharing in the 21st Century" will be hosted by University of Chicago NORC and the National Institute for Standards and Technology.  Sadly, I can't attend in person, but am happy to report my colleague Alicia Robb will be presenting.  She'll be discussing our private sector experience in disseminating the Kauffman Firm Survey but most of the speakers are from government and will be discussing their various experiences.  

I really hope people are coming to learn because the truth is that as a community of data stewards we are still making many more failures in disseminating our data than successes. Here I don't mean failure in the sense of a data breach but rather the science behind what scholars and communities need in addition to data access is still in its infancy.  With the Kauffman Firm Survey we've tried to be a real-time laboratory on these activities, testing new modes of dissemination, programs to support outreach, as well as coaching and training.  So we sincerely hope others can learn from our successes and failures in data dissemination and we look forward to hearing about similar experiences.