[Asis-l] Call for Papers: JASIST Special Issue - Information Seeking

[Richard Hill]

Call for Papers

Special Topic Issue of JASIST

Research on Information Seeking

    A Special Topics Issue of the Journal of the American Society for 
Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is scheduled to come out in 
2004 on the topic of Research on Information Seeking. The guest editors for 
this special issue will be Amanda Spink of The Pennsylvania State 
University and Charles Cole of McGill University.

      This issue of JASIST seeks papers addressing significant research 
questions related to the broad research areas of information seeking 
behavior. Information-seeking is a complex information and communication 
activity requiring access to diverse sources of information to deal with 
personal, social, or work-related problems. The proliferation of personal 
computers, the growth of the Internet, and the accompanying development of 
information and communication services, provides people with access to many 
new services and potential new channels of information access. Information 
seeking studies are a growing body of research that firmly declares the 
importance of information for everyone in the information age.

     Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the 
following:

    Information seeking theories

    Information seeking models

    Everyday life information seeking

    Information seeking in specific environment, e.g., medical, 
educational, business

    Empirical studies

       IR/Web systems supporting information seeking, including evaluation

    Other information seeking related topics

      Inquiries about the special issue and manuscript submissions (four 
copies of full articles) should be directed to:


Dr. Amanda Spink
School of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University
004C Thomas Building, University Park, PA 16801
(814) 865-4454 Voice (814) 865-5604 Fax
Email: spink at ist.psu.edu

Dr. Charles Cole
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
McGill University
3459 McTavish Street
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1Y1
Voice: (514) 398-4204 Fax: (514) 398-7193
Email: ccole2 at po-box.mcgill.ca

      The deadline for accepting manuscripts for consideration for 
publication in this special issue is March 30, 2003. A select panel of 
referees will review all manuscripts, and those accepted will be published 
in a special issue of JASIST. Original artwork and a signed copy of the 
copyright release form will be required for all accepted papers. A copy of 
the call for papers will be available on the World Wide Web as is further 
information about JASIST, at http://www.asis.org/.

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