Please join us in Montreal, Canada for the ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium! To register, please visit http://www.asist.org/asist2013/register.html.

Date: November 2, 2013 (Saturday)

Time: 1:30 to 6:30 PM

Symposium Co-Chairs: Mega Subramaniam & Beth St. Jean, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Theme: Information Behavior on the Move: Information Needs, Seeking, and Use in the Era of Mobile Technologies.

Schedule:

1:30-1:45: Welcome and introduction by Denise Agosto (Drexel University), Beth St. Jean (University of Maryland) and Mega Subramaniam (University of Maryland)

1:45-2:30: “Expertise on the Move”: Keynote presentation by Dr. Caroline Haythornthwaite, Director and Professor of the School of Library, Archival & Information Studies, University of British Columbia (Dr. Haythornthwaite’s bio and an abstract of her presentation is available at: http://www.asis.org/asist2013/seminars_workshops_SIG_USE.html)

2:30-2:45: Break

2:45-3:20: Small group discussions

3:20-4:10: First round of Ignite talks

Information Behavior as Shared Experience in Mobile Interactions

Rafa Absar, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Heather O'Brien, Assistant Professor

iSchool, University of British Columbia

Digital Inclusion Survey

Renee Bennett-Kapusniak, PhD student

Hye Jung Han, PhD student

Dr. Wooseob Jeong, Interim Dean-Associate Professor

School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

“The file is dead!”: How Mobile Devices and Cloud Computing are Changing PIM

Robert Capra, Assistant Professor

School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Credibility Assessment of Online Resources and Perceived Quality of Mobile Applications

Wonchan Choi, PhD Student

College of Communication and Information, Florida State University

Libraries on the Move: the Public Library in Social Space

Lorri Mon, Associate Professor

College of Communication & Information, Florida State University

A Boundary-Centric Approach to Studying Mobile Information Sharing

Adam Worrall, Doctoral Candidate

College of Communication and Information, Florida State University

4:10-4:20: Break

4:20-5:10: Second round of Ignite talks

Playing the Neighborhood: Learning, Game Design and Mediated Storytelling While on the Move

Ingrid Erickson, Assistant Professor

Department of Library and Information Science, Rutgers University

Mapping Multidimensional Literacies in Informal Learning Environments

Katie DeVries Hassman, PhD Student

Syracuse University School of Information Studies

Information Behaviour Captured by Study Participants’ Mobile Phones

Safirotu Khoir, PhD Candidate

Jia Tina Du, Lecturer

Andy Koronios, Head of School

School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia

Methods for Movement: Capturing Compelling Mobile Data with Voicemail Diaries

Rachel M. Magee, Doctoral Candidate

College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University

HackHealth: Engaging Youth in Health-Related Information Seeking, Sharing, and Use

Beth St. Jean, Assistant Professor

Mega Subramaniam, Assistant Professor

Rebecca Follman, Doctoral Student

Natalie Greene Taylor, Doctoral Student

Gary Goldberg, Master’s Student

College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Dana Casciotti, Program Analyst, Office of Health Information Programs Development,

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Information Behavior Beyond the Office Doorway and Back

Leslie Thomson, PhD Student

School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

5:10-5:45: Small group discussion 

5:45-6:15: Presentations and awards

·      Presentation of the 2013 Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award

·      Research presentation by the 2012 winners of the Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award: Joung Hwa “Joy” Koo, Yong Wan Cho, & Melissa Gross, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University - Is Ignorance Really Bliss?: Understanding the Role of Information-Seeking in Coping with Severe Traumatic Stress among Refugees

·      Presentation of 2013 SIG-USE awards

6:15-6:30: Wrap-up: Large group discussion and evaluations of the Symposium – Rong Tang (Simmons College)

Fees: SIG-USE Members $125; ASIS&T Members $135; Non-members $150. To register for the Symposium, please visit http://www.asist.org/asist2013/register.html

We hope to see you there!

Best wishes,

Mega Subramaniam & Beth St. Jean

2013 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Co-Chairs