IFDO - International Federation of Data Organizations for the Social Sciences

The International Federation for Data Organizations (IFDO) was established in response to research needs of the international social science community.

Data organizations can be seen as an outgrowth of developments in the social sciences having as their primary goal the collecting, storing, and distribution of numeric data for use in secondary analysis. They offer laboratory resources for social research in much the same way that traditional laboratories offer services to physical science. With rapid development in computer technology and growing expertise in analytical methods among social scientists, the founders of IFDO felt it would be advantageous to co-ordinate these efforts and thus enhance social science research.

Nowadays, the IFDO archives form a network that enables the exchange of datafiles and information on a mondial scale. Several prior attempts have been made to organize scholars and organizations active in social science data archiving and distribution. Regional organizations were established for this purpose, such as CESSDA in Europe and CANDOC in Canada. Structured information of the WWW infrastructure of IFDO and CESSDA member archives are provided at the IFDOnet.

Through the foresight and planning of the late Stein Rokkan, IFDO became a reality, and since November 1977, IFDO maintains associate memberships in the International Social Science Council of UNESCO.

IFDO-Members

Australia	SSDA-ANU	Social Science Data Archive	Australian National University, Canberra
Austria	WISDOM	Wiener Institut für sozialwissenschaftliche Dokumentation und Methodik	Wien
Belgium	BASS	Belgian Archives for the Social Sciences	Louvain-la-Neuve
Canada	DL-UBC	Data Library	University of British Columbia, Vancouver
	LSDB	Leisure Studies Data Bank	University of Waterloo, Waterloo
	NAC	The National Archives of Canada	Ottawa, Ontario
	CUDC	Carleton University Data Centre	part of 'Maps, Data and Government Information Centre' Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Denmark	DDA	Danish Data Archives	University of Odense
Estonia	ESSDA	Estonian Social Science Data Archives	Tartu
Finland	FSD	Finnish Social Science Data Archive	University of Tampere
France	BDSP	Banque de Donnees Socio-Politiques	Institut D'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble Saint Martin D'Heres
Germany	GESIS	German Social Science Infrastructure Services	Cologne
Great Britain	ESRC	Economic and Social Research Council	The Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester
Greece	GSDB	Greek Social Data Bank	National Center for Social Research, Athens
Hungary	TARKI	Social Research Informatics Society	Budapest
India	ISSRC	Indian Social Science Research Council	New Delhi (available Information at SSD)
Israel	IL-SSDA	Israel Social Sciences Data Archive	Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Italy	ADPSS	Archivio Dati e Programmi per le Scienze Sociali	Milano
Japan	SSJDA	Center for Social Science Research on Japan, Data Archive	Tokyo
Netherlands	DANS	Data Archiving and Networked Services	Den Haag
New Zealand	NZSRDA	New Zealand Social Research Data Archive	Faculty of Social Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North
Norway	NSD	Norwegian Social Science Data Services	Bergen
Slovenia	ADP	Arhiv Druzboslovnih Podatkov ADP Social Science Data Archive	Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
South Africa	SADA	South African Data Archive	Human Science Research Council, Pretoria
Spain	CIS	Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas	Madrid
Sweden	SSD	Swedish Social Science Data Service	University of Gothenburg
Switzerland	SIDOS	Swiss Information and Data Archive Service for the Social Sciences	Neuchâtel
USA	DPLS	Data and Program Library Services	University of Wisconsin, Madison
	MRC	Murray Research Center	Harvard University, Cambridge
	ICPSR	Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research	The University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor
	IRSS	Institute for Research in Social Science	UNC University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
	ISSR-UCLA	Institute for Social Science Research	University of California, Los Angeles
	NORC	National Opinion Research Center	University of Chicago, Chicago
	ROPER	The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research	Storrs, Connecticut