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Publications

Publications

  • McAllister, S., Lesage, F., and Carpendale, S. 2026. Data Crankies: Exploring Moving Panoramic Theatre as a Data Visualization Medium. Workshop paper for Craft-Based Data Physicalization: Opportunities and Challenges at CHI ’26, Barcelona, Spain. https://osf.io/mhxqd/files/m5hpb
  • Manley, W., Bradley, A., Shapiro, H., Larsen, J. R., McAllister, S., & Allen, D. 2026, February 27. Building and Sharing Inventories of Observational Capacities for Discovery and Integration across a Spectrum of Arctic Observing Systems. Arctic Observing Summit (2026), Aarhus, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18806845
  • Bricher, P., Verhey, C., Duerr, R., Ingram, R., Pulsifer, P., Collins, J., Jones, M., de Bruin, T., Manley, W., Christoffersen, S., Budden, A., Van de Putte, A., Gaylord, A., Tacoma, M., Fremand, A., Aulicino, G., Gao, A., Minch, M., Tronstad, S., … Schneider, O. 2023. POLDER best practice guide to implementing schema.org for data discovery (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7787161
  • Christoffersen, S.; Murray, M.; et al. 2019. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An Emerging Polar Information Network. In: Proceedings of the Polar Libraries Colloquy 2018: Developing Polar Networks: Ideas and Possibilities for the Future.  Liisa Hallakainin and Susanna Parikka, eds. Rovaniemi, Finland. https://lauda.ulapland.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/63977/PLC2018_Proceedings.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  • CCADI/CCIN/PDC. 2018. Report of the 2nd Canadian Polar Data Workshop: A Roadmap to the Future of Polar Data Management in Canada. AINA Occasional Report 1. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Calgary. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/CCADI/AINA-OR-01.pdf.
  • Vossepoel, S. 2014. From Data to Publications: The Polar Information Spectrum. Data Science Journal, v.13, 2014. P. PDA32-PDA36. https://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.IFPDA-06  

Oral Presentations

  • McAllister, S., and Carpendale, S. Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, and Science Communication: Exploring Opportunities for Data Repositories. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Calgary, Canada, December 2025.
  • McAllister, S., Verhey, C., and Barrette, J. Polar Data Management: A Rough Guide for Researchers (Early Career Researcher Workshop). ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Calgary, Canada, December 2025.
  • McAllister, S. Polar Science Communication: Challenges and Best Practices Workshop. Polar Data Forum VI, Hobart, Australia, October 2025.
  • McAllister, S. Making the Most of your Data: Visualizing the Future of Researcher-Repository Collaborations. Polar Data Forum VI, Hobart, Australia, October 2025.
  • McAllister, S., Manley, W., Jóhannsson, H., Singh, A., Joo, A., Larsen, J. R., and Members of the Polar Observing Assets Working Group. Enabling Discovery: A New Registry of Polar Observing Networks (RoPON). Polar Data Forum VI, Hobart, Australia, October 2025.
  • McAllister, S. Polar Data Management: A Rough Guide for Researchers – Collaboration and Outreach in the CPDC. Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV) Summit, Arctic Science Summit Week, Boulder, Colorado, March 2025.
  • McAllister, S., and Verhey, C. Polar Data Management: A Rough Guide for Researchers (Early Career Researcher Workshop), Arctic Change, Ottawa, Canada, December 2024.
  • Christoffersen, S., Manley, W., Jóhannsson, H., Larsen, J.R., and the Polar Observing Assets working group. Logistical Resource and Information Management Sessions Facilitating Information Exchange through a New Registry of Polar Observing Networks (RoPON), Canadian Polar Data Workshop V, Halifax, Canada, May 2024.
  • Verhey, C.  and Christoffersen, S. International Activities: Results from the Polar Data Forum V and AOS 2024, Canadian Polar Data Workshop V, Halifax, Canada, May 2024.
  • Christoffersen, S. Welcome to ADA. Telus Spark, Calgary, Alberta, February 2024.
  • Christoffersen, S. From ASTIS to ADA: Transforming a 1970s Bibliographic Database into a Modern Data System, An Example from CCADI, Polar Data Forum V, Cambridge, UK, November 2024.
  • Manley, W., Christoffersen, S., Jóhannsson, H., Larsen, J.R., and the Polar Observing Assets working group.  Developing a Registry of Polar Observing Networks: A Project of SAON’s Polar Observing Assets Working Group, Polar Data Forum V, Cambridge, UK, November 2024.
  • Pulsifer, P., Murray, M., and Christoffersen, S. Standards and Protocols within the Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. International Day of Permafrost 2023 hosted by NSERC PermafrostNet, Online, March 2023.
  • Christoffersen, S., Pulsifer, P., Murray, M., et al. Standards and Protocols within the Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Arctic Science Summit Week 2023, Vienna, Austria, February 2023.
  • Christoffersen, S. Partner Services. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting: CCADI Launch, Toronto, Canada, December 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S. and Madan, M. CCADI User-Interface. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting: CCADI Launch, Toronto, Canada, December 2022.
  • Pulsifer, P.L. and Christoffersen, S. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Invited keynote talk to the Research Data Alliance: Global Open Research Commons (GORC) International Model Working Group (Virtual), Ottawa, Canada, August 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S. Research Data Management: An Introduction for Polar Librarians, 28th Polar Libraries Colloquy, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S., Gagnon, M., Godin, E., and Zavala-Mora, D. Research Data in Polar Studies: Challenges and Opportunities (invited speaker, panel session), 28th Polar Libraries Colloquy, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An Overview. Canadian Polar Data Workshop IV, Victoria, Canada, May 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S. Open Data, Ethics, and Arctic Research, 2022 Arctic Observing Summit, Tromsø, Norway, March 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Arctic Observing Summit 2022 WG3 Data Sharing Session, Tromsø, Norway, March 2022.
  • Soper’s World: Communicating Arctic Science through Art, 2021 ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, virtual conference, December 2021.
  • Ingram, R., Stone, A., and Christoffersen, S. Linking Attributes, Linking Systems: Advancing Knowledge Translation in the Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Polar Data Forum IV, The Hague, Netherlands, September 2021.
  • Pulsifer, P., Hayes, A., Alix, G., Anker, H., Arthurs, D., Brown, N., Christoffersen, S., Chu, B., Godin, E., Herbert, C., Igbeinkutu, E., Ingram, R., Kreps, P., Ratsimbazafy, T., Sankar, R.D., Sellars, S., Vey, G., and Wilkes, G. Building Globally Interoperable Data Infrastructure: contributions from the Arctic Data community. Arctic Science Summit Week 2021, Online, March 2021.
  • Ingram, R., Pulsifer, P., and Christoffersen, S. (2020). Terminology and Semantics to Enable Interoperability and Co-Production of Knowledge within the Canadian Arctic Community: An Example from CCADI. Arctic Change, Online, December 2020.
  • Pulsifer, P., Hayes, A., Arthurs, D., Godin, E., Herbert, C., Christoffersen, S., Ingram, R., Sellars, S., Sankar, R.D., and Murray. M. (2020). An Emerging Arctic Research Data Infrastructure: socio-technical systems development through the Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Arctic Change, Online, December 2020.
  • Christoffersen, S., and the Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability Team. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An Introduction. Canadian Polar Data Workshop III, Banff, Canada, February 2020.
  • Sankar, R.D., Murray, M.S., Pulsifer, P, Christoffersen, S., et al. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: Developing an Integrated Canadian Arctic Data Management System. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 2019.
  • Murray, M., Christoffersen, S., Pulsifer, P. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Polar Data Forum III, Helsinki, Finland, November 2019.
  • Pulsifer, P., Murray, M., Christoffersen, S., Taylor, F., et al. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: advancing local to global connectivity through cross-cultural collaboration and distributed architecture. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, December 2018.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An Emerging Polar Information Network, Polar Data Architecture Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, November 2018.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An Emerging Polar Information Network, Polar Libraries Colloquy, Rovaniemi, Finland, June 2018.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S., et al. The CCADI Initiative: Advancing Arctic Research with Connected Data. POLAR 2018, Davos, Switzerland, June 2018.
  • Murray, M., Christoffersen Vossepoel, S., et al. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An initiative for facilitating Canadian Arctic data sharing and analysis. Arctic Change, Quebec City, Canada, December 2017.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S., et al. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An Emerging Initiative for Sharing Data Across Disciplines. Keynote Presentation. International Workshop on Sharing, Citation and Publication of Scientific Data across Disciplines, National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan, December 2017.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S., et al. The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability: An Emerging Initiative for Canadian Arctic Data Sharing and Analysis. Second Canadian Polar Data Workshop, Ottawa, Canada, May 2017.
  • Murray, M., Christoffersen Vossepoel, S., et al. CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2017.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S., et al. Information Without Borders: The Challenge of Connecting Disparate Data and Information Resources. Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference, Seattle, USA, January 2017.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S. and Lund. P. A Roadmap to Polar Libraries, Databases, and Archives Online. Polar Libraries Colloquy, Fairbanks, USA, July 2016.
  • Murray, M., Christoffersen Vossepoel, S., et al. CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Polar Libraries Colloquy. Fairbanks, USA, July 2016.
  • Murray, M., Vossepoel, S., et al. (2016). CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Arctic Observing Summit. Fairbanks, USA, March 2016.
  • Vossepoel, S. Polar Data Management: A Rough Guide for Researchers, Arctic Science Summit Week, Fairbanks, United States, March 2016.
  • Vossepoel, S., et al. Advancing Knowledge for a Changing North: Open, Interoperable, and Collaborative Pan-Arctic Data and Information Management at the Arctic Institute of North America. SciDataCon, Denver, USA, September 2016.
  • Vossepoel, S. The Rough Guide to Polar Data Stewardship in Canada. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, December 2015.
  • Vossepoel, S. Open, Interoperable, Collaborative: Pan-Arctic Data and Information Management at the Arctic Institute of North America. Cyber Summit, Banff, Canada, September 2015.
  • Vossepoel, S. The Arctic Institute of North America: Advancing Knowledge for a Changing North. International Seminar on Arctic Information and Knowledge (ISAIK), Busan, Korea, July 2015.
  • Vossepoel, S. ArcticConnect: Connect the North. Arctic Science Summit Week, Toyama, Japan, April 2015.
  • Vossepoel. S. The Arctic Science and Technology Information System: Beaufort Sea Information. Inuvialuit Environmental Impact Review Board Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, December 2014.
  • Vossepoel, S. ArcticConnect: Connect the North. Arctic Change conference, Ottawa, Canada, December 2014.
  • Vossepoel, S. Connecting, Collaborating, and Embracing Change: The Future of the Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS), 2014 Polar Libraries Colloquy, Cambridge, England, June 2014.
  • Vossepoel, S. Promoting Sustainable Knowledge Through Collaboration: A Proposal for Information Sharing, ICASS (International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences) VIII, Prince George, Canada, May 2014.
  • Vossepoel, S. Beyond Data: Polar Information Management in Context, ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Halifax, Canada, December 2013.
  • Vossepoel, S. From Data to Publications: The Polar Information Spectrum. Polar Data Forum, Tokyo, Japan, September 2013.
  • Vossepoel S. The Arctic Science and Technology Information System: Arctic Information at Your Fingertips. Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Luncheon, Calgary, Canada, January 2013.
  • Vossepoel, S. and Dunbar, J. QR Tags: The Smart Phone Library Connection. Alberta Library Conference, Jasper, Canada, April 2012.
  • Vossepoel, S. and Van Horne, T. Connecting with New Canadians. Alberta Library Conference, Jasper, Canada, April 2009.
  • Pattison, J. and Vossepoel, S. Videoconference Adventures: RISE Phase II. Netspeed, Edmonton, Canada, October 2009.
  • Vossepoel, S. Alternative Reading Formats: Taking Literacy Beyond the Standard Book. Central School Professional Development Day, February 2009.
  • Vossepoel, S. New Canadians in the Library: Expanding Services and Planning Programs for Culturally Diverse Populations. Education Institute webinar, online, September 2008.

Poster Presentations

  • McAllister, S., Huffman, J., and Matthews, K. ADA: Arctic Discovery & Access. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Calgary, Canada, December 2025.
  • McAllister, S. ADA: Arctic Discovery & Access. Arctic Change, Ottawa, Canada, December 2024.
  • Parikka, S., Christoffersen, S., Farnel, S., Campbell, S., and members of the DALAM Network. DALAM: A University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata. Arctic Observing Summit, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, March 2024.
  • Christoffersen, S. Arctic Discovery & Access: The NCP Portal. Northern Contaminants Program Results Workshop, Ottawa, Canada, February 2024.
  • Christoffersen, S. The NCP Publications Database. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada, December 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S. AIDA: Arctic Information Discovery & Access. Polar Libraries Colloquy, Quebec, Canada, June 2022.
  • Christoffersen, S. The NCP Publications Database. Northern Contaminants Program Results Workshop, online, October 2021.
  • Christoffersen, S. The NCP Publications Database. Northern Contaminants Program Results Workshop, Whitehorse, Yukon, October 2019.
  • Murray, M., Vossepoel, S., et al. CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, December 2018.
  • Murray, M., Vossepoel, S., et al. CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. POLAR 2018, Davos, Switzerland, July 2018.
  • Christoffersen Vossepoel, S. CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Polar Libraries Colloquy, Rovaniemi , Finland, June 2018.
  • Murray, M., Vossepoel, S., et al. CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Quebec, Canada, December 2017.
  • Murray, M., Vossepoel, S., et al. CCADI: The Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. Arctic Observing Summit, Fairbanks, United States, March 2016.
  • Vossepoel, S. The Arctic Institute of North America: Arctic Data and Information at Your Fingertips. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, December 2015.
  • Vossepoel, S. Connect the North: Open, Interoperable, and Collaborative Data Management at the Arctic Institute of North America. Polar Data Forum II, Waterloo, Canada, October 2015.
  • Vossepoel, S. ASTIS: The Arctic Science and Technology Information System. Arctic Change, Ottawa, Canada, December 2014.
  • Vossepoel, S. Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing in the North: The ASTIS and ArcticConnect Platforms. Northern Oil and Gas Research Forum, Yellowknife, Canada, November 2014.
  • Vossepoel, S. Beyond Data: Polar Information Management in Context. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Halifax, Canada, December 2013.
  • Vossepoel, S. The ArcticNet Publications Database: Making ArcticNet Publications Searchable and Accessible. ArcticNet Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, December 2012.