The iSchool at Drexel attends the iConference 2012 - Feb. 7-10 in Toronto

iConference 2012
Culture • Design • Society
Feb. 7-10, 2012
Toronto, Canada

The iConference is an annual gathering of a broad spectrum of scholars and researchers from around the world who share a common concern about critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference pushes the boundaries of information studies, explores core concepts and ideas, and creates new technological and conceptual configurations—all situated in interdisciplinary discourses.

The program for iConference 2012 is available online at:
http://www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index/

This year’s program includes accepted papers, posters and workshops from several members of The iSchool at Drexel community.

Papers Accepted:

• Social Interactions on the Web: A Study of Cooperative Research on Ancestry.com

Authors: Heather Willever-Farr (Drexel University), Lisl Zach (Drexel University), Andrea Forte (Drexel University)

• Not Just a Wink and Smile: An Analysis of User-Defined Success in Online Dating

Authors: Christopher M. Mascaro (Drexel University), Rachel Magee (Drexel University), Sean Goggins (Drexel University)

Posters Accepted:

• # 461 | Designing Digital Library Evaluation Instruments: Conceptualizing a Participatory Methodology

Presenters: Diana S. Kusunoki (Drexel University), Michael J. Khoo (Drexel University)

• # 378 | Virtual Play and Communities: The Evolution of Group Roles in Electronic Trace Data

Presenters: Alison Novak (Drexel University), Christopher M. Mascaro (Drexel University), Sean Goggins (Drexel University)

• # 394 | A Content and Social Network Approach of Bibliometrics Analysis across Domains

Presenters: Christopher Yang (Drexel University), Xuning Tang (Drexel University)

Workshops Accepted:

• Workshop #5: “It’s Okay to Look”: The Interdisciplinary Agenda of Online Dating Research (half-day, morning)

Time: 9:00 am-12:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Christopher M. Mascaro, Drexel University;
Rachel Magee, Drexel University;
Elizabeth Thiry, Pennsylvania State University;
Sean Goggins, Drexel University

• Workshop #2: Championing the Impact of Sociotechnical Research (full-day)

Time: 9:00 am-5:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Helena M. Mentis, Microsoft Research Cambridge;
Rebecca Reynolds, Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information;
Karen Levy, Princeton University Department of Sociology;
Joshua Introne, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence;
Charles Steinfeld, Michigan State University;
Andrea Forte, Drexel University