Digital Life Cycle Research & Consulting

Ann Green is an independent research consultant focusing upon the digital life cycle of scholarly resources,
including their creation, delivery, management, long-term stewardship, and preservation. She has an extensive
background in digital archiving and user-driven support services in the social sciences. Ann has participated in
the development and promotion of standards for social science statistical metadata and digital preservation.
Current projects include program evaluation of digital archives and related services, as well as 'cradle to
archive' planning for digital collections.
Ann is the former director of the Social Science Research Services & Statistical Laboratory (Statlab) at Yale
University where she coordinated social science research and instructional technologies, facilities, and services
for over 15 years. She participated in campus wide information technology planning as well as initiatives in
digital library infrastructure and services at Yale. She is past President of IASSIST and former Chair of the
Executive Council of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Current activities:

collaborating on research and writing projects about the intersections of the research life cycle and the
data life cycle,
planning and developing data management plans and long term stewardship responsibilities for digital
outputs,
developing models of partnerships among institution-based digital repositories and domain specific digital
archives,
program development, advising, and evaluation of digital archives and services,
digital archive production support.

Partners and Clients: IASSIST, Cornell University, University of Edinburgh, London School of Economics,
Southampton University, Oxford University, Data Documentation Initiative, ICPSR, Yale University Library, New
York University, Yale University Law School,The Roper Center for Public Opinion, and The Diaper Bank.

Current
Projects