Hello all, Correction to previous email- if you are interested in participating in the workshop via options 1-4 below, please send your information to Maria Souden at [log in to unmask] Thanks and hope to hear from you! Maria --- Maria Souden, MSI, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow School of Information and Library Studies University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland +353.1.716.7660 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Agosto,Denise <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > WHERE YOUR WORLD MEETS MINE: INFORMATION USE ACROSS DOMAINS > > Date: October 12, 2011 > Location: ASIS&T Annual Meeting at the New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, > LA, USA > Conference website: http://asis.org/asist2011/am11cfp.html > > The 11th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium at the 2011 Annual Meeting of > the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) will > explore the intersections of information seeking and use with domains > outside of information science. In the last decade, information science’s > attention to cross-disciplinary questions has remained a central focus of > the field. To some degree, working in information science inherently means > working across boundaries. As information behavior researchers and > practitioners, we must not only be immersed in information science practices > and perspectives, but able to entertain, incorporate, and challenge the > perspectives of the various other domains in which we work. > > This Symposium invites researchers, graduate students, and practitioners > to reflect on and discuss experiences in their own work of boundary > crossing, boundary living, and boundary pushing. A series of keynote > dialogues will pair information behavior researchers with practitioners from > related domains of study, with the goal of stimulating lively and focused > discussion sessions among participants. Participants will emerge with new > understandings of and reflections on how working across a wide range of > disciplines and domains enables synergies between our world and the worlds > of our collaborators. > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > An advance written submission is encouraged, but not required. Advance > written information will enable workshop organizers to create working groups > based on participants’ shared interests. Workshop attendees may choose any > of the following options for participating: > > 1. REGISTRATION PLUS POSITION PAPER. Those interested in writing brief > papers are invited to submit one-page position papers explaining how your > work involves other domains outside of information science, including > research, practice, service, collaboration, and teaching. Position papers > will be posted on the SIG USE website prior to the workshop (with authors’ > permission). > > 2. REGISTRATION PLUS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS/PROBLEM IDENTIFICATIONS. In lieu > of writing a position paper, registrants may submit two or three discussion > questions or problems related to the idea of information seeking and use > across domains. These may be general questions and problems, or questions > and problems closely related to your own work (e.g., “How are changing > information practices affecting the field of digital humanities?” or > “information privacy issues in organizational contexts”). The organizing > committee is particularly interested in questions or problems that would be > useful for guiding small group discussions at the workshop. > > 3. REGISTRATION PLUS IDENTIFICATION OF DOMAIN(S) OF INTEREST. Those with > interests in specific domains can choose to list up to three domains of > interest for the organizing committee to consider as topic areas for small > group discussion. > > 4. REGISTRATION PLUS ANY COMBINATION OF OPTIONS 1 – 3, ABOVE. You may > choose to submit any two or all three of the above items (position paper, > discussion questions/problem identifications, and domains of interest). > > 5. REGISTRATION ONLY. Those interested in attending the workshop without > submitting written materials may register at any time prior to the beginning > of the workshop, provided that workshop spaces remain. > > For advance submissions, please use the following submission guidelines: > * Submit all files as pdf documents. > * Put your name, title, and institutional affiliation in the upper > left-hand corner of the first page. > * Put page numbers in the upper right hand corner of all pages. > * Name your file as follows: > 2011_SIGUSEworkshop_yourlastname.pdf > > N.B.: Indicate in your email message whether or not you would like your > submission to be posted publically on the SIG USE website as a part of the > pre- and post-workshop materials. Submissions are due by midnight local > time on SEPTEMBER 9, 2011. > > Email submissions to: > Maria Souden ([log in to unmask]). > > REGISTRATION FEES > * $105 for SIG USE members. > * $110 for nonmembers. > The registration fee will cover workshop costs, a light breakfast, coffee > breaks, and lunch. > > STUDENT BLOGGERS > SIG USE will pay the registration fees for two graduate students to attend > the workshop and provide live blogging during the event. If you are > interested in serving as a student blogger, indicate your interest via email > to Maria Souden at [log in to unmask] Student bloggers will be accepted > on a first-come, first-serve basis. > > WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS: > * Denise Agosto, Drexel University (chair) ([log in to unmask]) > * Maria Souden, University College Dublin ([log in to unmask]) > * Barbara Wildemuth, University of North Carolina ([log in to unmask]) > * Xiaojun Yuan, University at Albany, State University of New York ( > [log in to unmask]) > > --------------------------- > Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > 2011 ALISE Award for Teaching Excellence in the Field of Library & > Information Science Education > College of Information Science & Technology > Drexel University > 3141 Chestnut St. > Philadelphia, PA 19104 > >