[Asis-l] NORASIST Annual Meeting, Usability Program and Demo of New Lab at Kent SLIS

[Penny OConnor]

NORASIST, the Northern Ohio Chapter,
American Society for Information Science and Technology

program and annual meeting:
USABILITY TESTING FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
with Usability Lab Tour and Chapter Annual Meeting
Speakers: Dr. David Robins and Dr. Jason Holmes

Thursday, September 29, 2005
at Kent State University
6:00-6:45 p.m. Soup and Sandwich buffet at Kent Student Center Room 310
	members $17/ students, retired, unemployed $15 / nonmembers $20
7:00-7:30 p.m. NORASIST annual business meeting in KSU Library Room 222
7:30-8:30 p.m. Program: Usability Testing for the Information Professional
	meeting/program only is free to members, students, retired, unemployed; for others $10
8:30-9:00 p.m. Demonstration of Usability Lab at the School of Library and Information
Science, Kent State University 

Directions and registration form are below

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Come to this program to see how usability testing can help you, the information 
professional. Be one of the first to visit the recently-opened Usability Lab at 
the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science. Dr. Robins 
and Dr. Holmes are two of the key people in developing this new facility.

Dr. David Robins holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of North
Texas. His research foci are information architecture, visual explanations of complex
constructs, and user interaction with information systems. Much of his published
work concerns users' interaction with information seeking structures. He has developed
courses in information technologies, information architecture and knowledge management
which integrate theory with real world application. Dr. Robins has given presentations
in the U.S., Mexico and Denmark.

Dr. Jason Holmes is Chair Elect of NORASIST. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Science
from the University of North Texas. He is Assistant Professor in the School of Library
and Information Science, Kent State University. His specialties are information 
retrieval, data representation and sonification.

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Map and directions are at 
http://imagine.kent.edu/directions/kent/south.asp
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>From the North:
I-71 or I-77 or I-271 to I-480 east 

I-480 becomes St. Rt. 14. 
Stay on St. Rt. 14 into Streetsboro (Interstate map). 
Take St. Rt. 43 south from Streetsboro to Kent (5 miles). 
Stay on Rt. 43 to St. Rt. 59 (Haymaker Parkway). 
Turn left onto St. Rt. 59. 
At next traffic light, turn right onto South Water Street (still St. Rt. 43). 
Turn left at first traffic light onto Summit Street. 
Stay on Summit Street. 
At 5th traffic light turn left onto Risman Drive. 
 

>From the South:
I-71 /I-77 to I-76 east (Interstate map) to St. Rt. 43 north, (exit 33) 

Stay on St. Rt. 43 to St. Rt. 261 (less than 2 miles). 
Turn right onto St. Rt. 261. 
Turn left onto Campus Center Drive. 
At stop sign, turn left onto Campus Center Drive West. 
Proceed to next traffic light. 
Go straight onto Risman Drive. 
 

>From the East: 
Ohio Turnpike to exit 187 

Take St. Rt. 14 to Streetsboro (Interstate map). 
Take St. Rt. 43 south to Kent (5 miles). 
Stay on Rt. 43 to St. Rt. 59 (Haymaker Parkway). 
Turn left onto St. Rt. 59. 
At next traffic light, turn right onto South Water Street (still St. Rt. 43). 
Turn left at first traffic light onto Summit Street. 
Stay on Summit Street. 
At 5th traffic light turn left onto Risman Drive. 
St. Rt. 59 to St. Rt. 261

Turn left on to St. Rt. 261 
Go about 1 mile to traffic light at Summit Street. 
Turn right onto Summit Street. 
At 3rd traffic light turn right onto Risman Drive. 
I-76 to St. Rt. 43 north (exit 33) 

Stay on St. Rt. 43 to St. Rt. 261 (less than 2 miles). 
Turn right onto St. Rt. 261. 
Turn left onto Campus Center Drive. 
At first stop sign, turn left onto Campus Center Drive West. 
Proceed to next traffic light. 
Go straight onto Risman Drive. 
 

>From the West: 
I-76 to St. Rt. 43 north (exit 33) 

Stay on St. Rt. 43 to St. Rt. 261 (less than 2 miles). 
Turn right onto St. Rt. 261. 
Turn left onto Campus Center Drive. 
At first stop sign, turn left onto Campus Center Drive West. 
Proceed to next traffic light. 
Go straight onto Risman Drive. 
Ohio Turnpike to exit 187 

Take St. Rt. 14 to Streetsboro (Interstate map). 
Take St. Rt. 43 south to Kent (5 miles). 
Stay on St. Rt. 43 to St Rt. 59 (Haymaker Parkway). 
Turn left onto St. Rt. 59. 
At next traffic light, turn right onto South Water Street (still St. Rt. 43). 
Turn left at first traffic light onto Summit Street. 
Stay on Summit Street. 
At 5th traffic light turn left onto Risman Drive. 
St. Rt. 59 to St. Rt. 43 south 

Turn right onto St. Rt. 43. 
Turn left at first traffic light onto Summit Street. 
Stay on Summit Street. 
At 5th traffic light turn left onto Risman Drive. St. Rt. 261 to Campus Center Drive
(1/4 mile past St. Rt. 43) 
Turn left onto Campus Center Drive. 
At stop sign, turn left onto Campus Center Drive West. 
At traffic light, go straight onto Risman Drive. 


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registration form
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USABILITY TESTING FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL 
and NORASIST annual meeting
Thursday, September 29, 2005/ 6 p.m. Buffet and Networking / 7 p.m. Meeting and 
program

Make Check Payable to NORASIST
_______Buffet and Program 
	( ) Students, Retirees, Unemployed $15
	( ) Members $17
	( ) Nonmembers $20
_______Meeting and Program only 
	( ) Members, Students, Retirees, Unemployed - free
	( ) Nonmenbers $10
Registration Deadline is 1 p.m. Monday, September 26, 2005
Make Check Payable to NORASIST. Send to NORASIST c/o Penny O'Connor 
4534 Grayton Road, Cleveland OH 44135-2324, or e-mail pjo at earthlink.net or phone
(216)623-2932 at work (216)676-4859 at home (note: if calling on 9/26 use the home
number)