From rhill at asis.org Mon Dec 2 10:17:58 2013 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:17:58 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: [Pasig-announce] December 12 PASIG Webinar: Digital Forensics andBitCurator Message-ID: ASIS members attend at no cost. __________ Richard Hill ASIS&T Executive Director 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 Voice: (301) 495-0900 rhill at asis.org _____ From: Pasig-announce [mailto:pasig-announce-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Pasquinelli Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 5:17 PM To: pasig-announce at mail.asis.org Subject: [Pasig-announce] December 12 PASIG Webinar: Digital Forensics andBitCurator The next PASIG webinar will be given by Cal Lee, a regular PASIG and IS&T Archiving speaker and leader in the area of Digital Forensics. PASIG Webinar: Digital Forensics and BitCurator Webinar Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2013, 11:30am-12:30pm (EST) To register go to: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-PASIG-12-12-2013-register.h tml Abstract: The BitCurator Project, a collaborative effort led by the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland, builds on previous work by addressing two fundamental needs and opportunities for collecting institutions: (1) integrating digital forensics tools and methods into the workflows and collection management environments of libraries, archives and museums and (2) supporting properly mediated public access to forensically acquired data. The project is developing and disseminating a suite of open source tools. These tools are currently being developed and tested in a Linux environment; the software on which they depend can readily be compiled for Windows environments (and in most cases are currently distributed as both source code and Windows binaries). We intend the majority of the development for BitCurator to support cross-platform use of the software. We are freely disseminating the software under an open source (GPL, Version 3) license. BitCurator provides users with two primary paths to integrate digital forensics tools and techniques into archival and library workflows. This webinar will introduce the BitCurator environment and briefly highlight support for mounting media as read-only, creating disk images, using Nautilus scripts to perform batch activities, generation of Digital Forensics XML (DFXML), generation of customized reports, and identification of sensitive data within data. Participants who are interested in trying out the software in advance can download and install the BitCurator environment by following the instructions at: http://wiki.bitcurator.net Bio: Christopher (Cal) Lee is Associate Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He teaches courses on archival administration; records management; digital curation; understanding information technology for managing digital collections; and acquiring information from digital storage media. He is a lead organizer and instructor for the DigCCurr Professional Institute, and he teaches professional workshops on the application of digital forensics methods and principles to digital acquisitions. Cal's primary area of research is the curation of digital collections. He is particularly interested in the professionalization of this work and the diffusion of existing tools and methods into professional practice. Cal developed "A Framework for Contextual Information in Digital Collections," and edited and provided several chapters to I, Digital: Personal Collections in the Digital Era published by the Society of American Archivists. Cal is Principal Investigator of BitCurator, which is developing and disseminating open-source digital forensics tools for use by archivists and librarians. He was also Principal Investigator of the Digital Acquisition Learning Laboratory (DALL) project, which incorporated digital forensics tools and methods into digital curation education. Cal has served as Co-PI on several projects focused on preparing professionals for digital curation: Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building an International Digital Curation Curriculum (DigCCurr), DigCCurr II: Extending an International Digital Curation Curriculum to Doctoral Students and Practitioners; Educating Stewards of Public Information for the 21st Century (ESOPI-21), Educating Stewards of the Public Information Infrastructure (ESOPI2), and Closing the Digital Curation Gap (CDCG). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00162.txt URL: From skroe at ilstu.edu Mon Dec 2 09:03:15 2013 From: skroe at ilstu.edu (Roe, Sandy) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:03:15 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Position announcement: Dean of Milner Library, Illinois State University Message-ID: [With apologies for cross posting] Illinois State University invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Milner Library available to start July 1, 2014. The job description can be seen at http://www.jobs.ilstu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=64664 Applicants should submit a letter of application, r?sum?, and the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of at least five references. For best consideration, application materials must be received prior to December 31, 2013. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until an appointment is made. Inquiries may be sent to Ren?e M. Tobin, 309.438.8169; rmtobin at IllinoisState.edu. Applications and nominations may be directed to http://www.illinoisstate.edu/Jobs. Sandy Roe Editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services Unit Milner Library | Illinois State University | Normal, IL 61790-8900 phone: 309-438-5039 || fax: 309-438-5132 || email: skroe at ilstu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From did2005 at med.cornell.edu Mon Dec 2 10:41:35 2013 From: did2005 at med.cornell.edu (Diana Delgado) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 15:41:35 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting Instructional Design Librarian Weill Cornell Medical College, NY NY Message-ID: Please excuse any cross-posting. Colleagues, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in NY, NY is seeking applicants for the position: Instructional Design Librarian. See the below description and a link to the official posting. Please share broadly with those who might be interested. Thank you Job description is available http://library.weill.cornell.edu/About/career.html. Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in NY, NY is seeking to fill this Academic position. Position Title: Instructional Design Librarian Department: The Samuel J. Wood Library and The C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center Status: Full Time, Academic/Faculty - Non Professorial Track Salary: Starting salary negotiable: minimum $63,000 Location: Upper East Side - Manhattan location Position Summary: The Instructional Design Librarian is responsible for designing, developing and delivering instructional programming in a variety of formats for the Weill Cornell Medical Library New York and the Distributed e-Library, Weill Cornell-Qatar. Additionally, the Instructional Design Librarian is the expert on copyright and fair usage for the Colleges. This position reports to the Associate Director for User Support, Research, and Education. The position is based in New York City, but will require travel to Doha, Qatar. Responsibilities: * In conjunction with library staff create innovative and effective learning materials utilizing a variety of delivery methods, including digital learning objects and web-based instruction modules. * Provide staff development for the use of educational technology and education concepts. * Provide expertise on copyright and fair usage to faculty, students and staff. * Maintain learning environments and tools. * Develop assessment plans for the library's instruction program to assess student learning and the impact of information literacy instruction. * Liaise with the Educational Web Services Group and Informational Technologies and Services regarding educational technology. * Pursue an active and ongoing plan for professional development, research, publishing and service. Qualifications/Experience: * Advanced degree or certification in educational technologies or instructional design. * Graduate degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited institution preferred. * Demonstrated ability to apply an established instructional design process. * Excellent technical, written and verbal communication skills and teaching/presentation skills. * Experience with Canvas and WebEx preferred. * Able to work collaboratively in a team environment. * Demonstrated initiative, the ability to manage multiple projects and a commitment to professional development. Please email cover letter and curriculum vitae to librecruiting at med.cornell.edu Founded in 1898, and affiliated with what is now New York-Presbyterian Hospital since 1927, Weill Cornell Medical College is among the top-ranked clinical and medical research centers in the country. In addition to offering degrees in medicine, Cornell also has Ph.D. programs in biomedical research and education at the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and with neighboring Rockefeller University and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, has established a joint MD-PhD. program for students to intensify their pursuit of Cornell's triple mission of education, research, and patient care. Weill Cornell Medical College's educational mission emphasizes the importance of combining a strong foundation in the medical sciences with extensive clinical training in patient care. By promoting a true social commitment, stimulating creativity, and fostering independent thought and study, Weill Cornell Medical College continues to cultivate the best of tomorrow's leaders in the field of medicine. Weill Cornell Medical College is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer. We look forward to hearing from you. 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The workshop aims to: * Broaden the conversation across an international community * Further the research and development agenda for digital aggregations * Relate conceptual advances to implementation goals * Identify realistic approaches for collection representation, contextualization, and interoperability at scale Sessions will be led by European and North American experts from iSchools and projects developing large-scale digital cultural heritage collections. * Morning session: Conceptual Foundations of Digital Collections * Carole L. Palmer and Karen Wickett (CIRSS, University of Illinois) * Hur-li Lee (School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) * Martin Doerr (Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology ? Hellas) * Carlo Meghini (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell?Informazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). * Afternoon session: Practical Implications for Digital Collections * Antoine Isaac (Europeana Foundation) * Emily Gore and Amy Rudersdorf (Digital Public Library of America) * Sheila Anderson (Centre for e-Research, King?s College London) * Shenghui Wang (OCLC Research) * Mark Stevenson and Paul Clough (Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield) For a complete program and additional information about the workshop, please visit http://bit.ly/collectionsworkshop2014. Early bird registration deadline is Sunday, December 15, 2013. Workshops are included in the cost of conference registration. 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URL: From dpotnis at utk.edu Tue Dec 3 14:17:23 2013 From: dpotnis at utk.edu (Potnis, Devendra Dilip) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:17:23 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CfP for AMCIS 2014 Minitrack titled "ICTs for Financial Inclusion of the Unbanked Poor in Developing Economies" Message-ID: ***Apologies for Cross-posting*** Track: ICTs for Global Development Minitrack: ICTs for Financial Inclusion of the Unbanked Poor in Developing Economies We invite articles to be submitted to this mini-track at the 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2014) to be held on August 7-10, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia. AMCIS 2014 brings together academics and industry professionals around the world to exchange knowledge related to the AMCIS 2014 theme, Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems Opportunity. For more information visit: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org Minitrack Description Financial inclusion is critical for global development since it provides financial services at an affordable cost to the poor, who are left out of the formal financial sector. A 2009 study by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), a donor consortium affiliated to the World Bank, found that the number of branches per 100,000 adults was only eight in developing countries compared to 24 in developed countries (CGAP, 2009). The CGAP study also established a relationship between lack of access to basic financial services and low incomes. Of the 2.9 billion "unbanked" adults, 2.7 billion were concentrated in developing economies. Traditional financial institutions do not serve the poor, especially in remote locations in rural areas, because it is risky and expensive. The poor are often illiterate and find it difficult to complete the paperwork required for financial services. They cannot also furnish collateral for any loans. Neither do they have any credit histories. The tiny profits from a small loan, or a savings account with a small balance, make it unprofitable for banks to serve the poor (Khavul, 2010). A more pertinent question is whether financial inclusion helps in lifting the poor out of poverty. An empirical study based on data from 160 countries found that access to finance had a positive impact on economic development (Honohan, 2006). The stark impact of financial exclusion can be seen in one statistic: 42% of India's population, or 490 million people, live under the poverty benchmark of USD1.25 per day at purchasing power parity according to a study published by the United Nations Development Program in 2009. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are creating new channels to reach the poor through branchless banking. Last-mile technologies such as ATMs (Prodem in Bolivia), mobile phones (Safaricom's M-Pesa in Kenya, GCash and Smart Money in Philippines), RFID, smart cards (Wizzit in South Africa), biometric identification (FINO in India) and Near Field Communication technologies (ALW's "bank in a box" in India) are used by microfinance institutions (MFIs), banks, and mobile network operators (Mas, 2009). Information systems also play a role in expanding the number of customers reached. SKS Microfinance and Equitas, two MFIs in India, implemented innovative systems to manage portfolio risk and monitor the performance of field agents, who contact borrowers (Mohan et al., In Press). ICTs have also played a transformational role in creating a new business model to serve the unbanked poor - online microlending. In this model, individual donors give loans to the poor for establishing or expanding their businesses rather than giving charitable handouts to them. Kiva.org was the first to launch a person-to-person website in 2005. As of October 2013, Kiva had reached over 1.5 million borrowers in over 73 countries, disbursing more than USD480 million from over 1 million lenders. Several implementation challenges hinder the objective of using ICTs for promoting financial inclusion in developing economies. An important issue is the use of ICT solutions applied to a poor business process. It is imperative that the business process for effecting financial transactions is streamlined before applying technology solutions. For instance, SKS Microfinance recognized the importance of reengineering the business process first (Mohan and Potnis, 2010). The financial illiteracy of the customer, lack of basic infrastructure in developing economies, and government policies are other barriers to be overcome. Untapped business opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid offer an exciting and lucrative proposition for IT professionals and businesses to develop innovative customer-centric technical solutions, financial products and services to serve the unbanked poor. Such innovations can be instrumental for global development by putting "the tools for a digital economy into the hands of the world's poor" (Heeks, 2009). Suggested Topics We invite papers from the following areas, although contributions are not limited to the topics listed below. 1. Frameworks for financial inclusion in developing economies 2. Adoption and continued usage of last-mile technologies for mobile banking 3. Case examples of applications of new technologies and information systems to serve the unbanked poor 4. Case examples of failed initiatives for financial inclusion in developing economies 5. Potential of value-added financial services (e.g., mobile applications) for the bottom of the pyramid 6. Innovative delivery models for financial services and products in the digital economy 7. Business process management issues for serving the unbanked poor 8. Government policies regulating the interplay between actors such as banks, mobile network operators, microfinance institutions, and the poor customers 9. Training for financial literacy of the poor in developing economies 10. Challenges, opportunities, and barriers to the adoption of ICTs by the poor 11. Human-computer interaction issues related to ICTs used for financial inclusion Minitrack Chairs Lakshmi Mohan School of Business, University at Albany, State University of New York l.mohan at albany.edu Devendra Potnis School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee at Knoxville dpotnis at utk.edu Instructions for Authors and Submission Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2014 will open in early January 2014. Exact dates and instructions to authors to follow as soon as these are made available. References Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. (2009). Financial Access 2009: Measuring Access to Financial Inclusion Around the World. Retrieved from http://www.cgap.org/gm/document-1.9.38735/FA2009.pdf Heeks, R. (2009). Emerging Markets: IT and the World's Bottom Billion. Communications of the ACM, April 22-24. Honohan, P. (2006). Household Financial Assets in the Process of Development (Vol. Policy Research Working Paper 3965). Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Khavul, S. (2010). Microfinance: Creating Opportunities for the Poor? Academy of Management Perspectives, 24(3), 57-71. Mas, I. (2009). The Economics of Branchless Banking. Innovations, 4(2), 57-75. Mohan, L., & Potnis, D. (2010). Catalytic Innovation in Microfinance for Inclusive Growth: Insights from SKS Microfinance. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, 11(Special Issue on Value Creation, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Global Economies), 218-239. Mohan, L., Potnis, D., & Alter, S. (In Press). Using Information Systems to Support "Door-step Banking": Enabling Scalability of Microfinance to Serve More of the Poor at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Communications of the AIS, 32(Special Issue on Information Systems in Emerging Economies). Mohan, L., Potnis, D., & Mattoo, N. (2013). A Pan-India Footprint of Microfinance Borrowers from an Exploratory Survey: Impact of Over-Indebtedness on Financial Inclusion of the Poor. Enterprise Development and Microfinance, 24(1), 55-71. Morawczynski, O., & Pickens, M. (2009). Poor People Using Mobile Financial Services: Observations on Customer Usage and Impact from M-PESA. World Bank. Washington, D.C. _____________________________________ Devendra Potnis, PhD Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee 1345 Circle Park Dr., Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996 +1-865-974-2148; Twitter: DPotnis https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwolfram at uwm.edu Mon Dec 2 20:55:23 2013 From: dwolfram at uwm.edu (Dietmar Wolfram) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 19:55:23 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Asis-l] Dean Opening - School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee In-Reply-To: <729050002.3017889.1386035243488.JavaMail.root@uwm.edu> Message-ID: <879363757.3019188.1386035723101.JavaMail.root@uwm.edu> [Apologies for any duplicate postings] ? University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dean of the School of Information Studies ? The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the School of Information Studies (SOIS). ? UWM is one of two doctoral-granting institutions in the University of Wisconsin System and offers 188 degree programs including 94 undergraduate degrees, 59 master?s degrees, 1 specialist program and 34 doctoral programs, through 14 schools and colleges. The 93-acre main campus, just blocks from Lake Michigan, is located in a residential neighborhood on Milwaukee?s east side, offering faculty, staff, and students a wide range of cultural, athletic, and entertainment opportunities. ? The nationally ranked School of Information Studies offers a Bachelor Degree program in Information Science & Technology, programs leading to a Master Degree in Library and Information Science, a Doctorate in Information Studies, and two certificates?of advanced study. The School has a strong research faculty, approximately 950 students, and state-of-the-art informational technology laboratories. SOIS is also a member of the iSchools group. ? The successful candidate must have an earned doctorate in library and information science or a related discipline, demonstrated leadership and proven administrative experience, and an academic record appropriate for appointment as a Full Professor with tenure in the School. Preference will be given to candidates who also possess experience in managing and developing traditional and emerging education programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and a history of success in budget and personnel management within an educational institution. For the full position profile and desired qualifications, please visit: http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/news_events/sois-dean/sois-dean-search.cfm . ? The Committee will accept applications and nominations until the position is filled. Initial screening of applications will begin February 1, 2014 and continue until an appointment is made. Applications received after January 31, 2014 may not receive consideration. Nominations should include nominee?s name, position, and telephone number. Application materials should include a cover letter, a complete resume, and contact information for at least five references. Correspondents are advised to submit materials by e-mail utilizing attachments. ? Chuck Bunting and Lesley Boyd, with Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, are providing support for this search. Please send all inquiries, nominations and applications to: uwmsois at storbeckpimentel.com . In accordance with Wisconsin?s Open Records Law, requests for confidentiality by nominees and applicants will be honored, if so requested, except that names and titles of the finalists must be disclosed. ? The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer For more information about the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, please visit the web site at: http://www4.uwm.edu . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rossjd at syr.edu Mon Dec 2 17:30:22 2013 From: rossjd at syr.edu (John David Ross) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 22:30:22 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Research News from the iSchool at Syracuse University Message-ID: <1C6CD7F7-1BD7-4776-AD45-F0B4AFFCC954@syr.edu> Research News from the iSchool at Syracuse University iSchool Faculty Part of Project to Improve Web and Cloud Computing Accessibility The Disability Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) on Inclusive Cloud and Web Computing includes researchers at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Read more... Leadership and Culture Course, Book In Classroom Field-Testing Professor Martha Garcia-Murillo took the lessons she and others were teaching face-to-face in a leadership seminar at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and turned them into an easily-digestible book, ?Leadership and Culture.? Read more... ?sterlund Named Associate Editor For ISR Journal Associate Professor Carsten ?sterlund has been selected to serve in the position of associate editor at Information Systems Research (ISR) Journal. Read more... Associate Professor Joon S. Park Has Patent Registered Registered as patent US 8,387,115, entitled, ?Active Access Control System and Method,? the patent relates to a method that dynamically provides the fine-grained access control mechanisms, considering the user?s current contexts and computing environments. Read more... iSchool Doctoral Graduate, Professor Receive ASIS&T ?Best Paper? Award A paper lead-authored by doctoral degree recipient Youngseek Kim (?13) and co-authored by Jeffrey Stanton, professor and senior associate dean at the School of Information Studies, was selected as the winner of this year's ?best paper? award for SIG-USE at the Association for Information Science and Technology organization?s annual conference. Read more... Faculty Members Author Chapters on Curiosity, Motivation in Learning Faculty members Marilyn Arnone, Ruth Small, and Derek Cogburn have authored chapters in two just-published books pertaining to curiosity and motivation and how those elements of personality can impact the learning process. Read more... Research Professor Awarded $100,000 NAFKI Grant Research Assistant Professor Jun Wang is continuing his work on how drawing scientific concepts can help promote learning for students in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) studies with a distinguished grant from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives (NAFKI). Read more... Ping Zhang Accepts Role of Field Historian for AIS Named as the first AIS Historian earlier this year, Dr. Zhang spent much of her time?coinciding with her sabbatical leave--exploring the various aspects of the field?s history. Read more... 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Sanfilippo Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington Paperback: 9781608457748 / $35.00 / ?22.50 eBook ISBN: 9781608457755 November 2013, 101 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00543ED1V01Y201310ICR030 Research on multiculturalism and information and communication technology (ICT) has been important to understanding recent history, planning for future large-scale initiatives, and understanding unrealized expectations for social and technological change. This interdisciplinary area of research has examined interactions between ICT and culture at the group and society levels. However, there is debate within the literature as to the nature of the relationship between culture and technology. In this synthesis, we suggest that the tensions result from the competing ideologies that drive researchers, allowing us to conceptualize the relationship between culture and ICT under three primary models, each with its own assumptions: 1) Social informatics, 2) Social determinism, and 3) Technological determinism. Social informatics views the relationship to be one of sociotechnical interaction, in which culture and ICTs affect each other mutually and iteratively, rather than linearly; the vast majority of the literature approach the relationships between ICT and culture under the assumptions of social informatics. From a socially deterministic perspective, ICTs are viewed as the dependent variable in the equation, whereas, from a technologically deterministic perspective, ICTs are an independent variable. The issues of multiculturalism and ICTs attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under a myriad of contexts, with substantial literature on global development, social and political issues, business and public administration as well as education and scholarly collaboration. We synthesize here research in the areas of global development, social and political issues, and business collaboration. Finally we conclude by proposing under-explored areas for future research directions. Read More Series: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series Editor: Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.morganclaypool.com/toc/icr/1/1 Use of this book as a course text is encouraged, and the text may be downloaded without restriction by members of institutions that have licensed accessed to the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science or after a one-time fee of $20.00 by members of non-licensed schools. To find out whether your institution is licensed, visit or follow the links above and attempt to download the PDF. Additional information about Synthesis can be found through the following links or by contacting me directly. You can purchase an individual subscription to Synthesis for just $99.00 per year. This subscription will provide you with unrestricted access to all Synthesis titles: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/subscribe Available titles and subject areas: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/browseLbS.jsp Information for librarians, including pricing and license: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/librarian_info This book can also be purchased in print from Amazon and other booksellers worldwide. Amazon URL: http://amzn.to/19dHxSM Please contact info at morganclaypool.com to request your desk copy -- David Schlangen Morgan & Claypool Publishers E-mail: schlangen at morganclaypool.com Fax: 206.323.6501 Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BOBWILL at mailbox.sc.edu Wed Dec 4 10:57:15 2013 From: BOBWILL at mailbox.sc.edu (WILLIAMS, ROBERT) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:57:15 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] ASIST History Fund appeal Message-ID: <017E1E8EE0E8524888DC1DEAABCBACC51B533FCB@CAE145EMBP04.ds.sc.edu> Dear Friends of ASIST: Please consider donating to the ASIST History Fund this year. We need your support for some significant projects related to preserving and researching the history of our field. ASIST is a 501-c3 organization and this means that your contributions are tax deductible. Read on for more information about the fund and how you can contribute. The ASIST board established the History Fund in 2000 for the purpose of encouraging research in the history of information science and technology. Each year the fund is used in support of various historical projects and research work. This year the fund was used to support a variety of efforts including: the annual History Fund research grant for $1,000; the History Fund best paper award; students attending the 75th anniversary history conference; and the ASIST oral history project. While the History Fund is in the black, with about an $18,000 balance, it is simply insufficient to support the kinds of historical research projects that are truly needed, such as the ongoing ASIST oral history project or preservation and access to ASIST historical resources. Your donation will help us to begin to sponsor these and other large projects. How can you help? You can donate in a variety of ways including dedicating book royalties, committing to challenges, providing matching funds, and through individual contributions. Donate today by sending your contribution to the fund: ASIST History Fund Attention: Richard Hill 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Please indicate in your correspondence that the donation is intended for the ASIST History Fund. Dick will send you an acknowledgement for your tax records. If you have questions about the History Fund please send a note to me at the address below. Oversight of the History Fund is the function of the History Fund Board of Advisors. Currently these are: Michael Buckland, Samantha Hastings, Trudi Bellardo Hahn, Kathryn La Barre, Lai Ma, and Sarah Buchanan, Chair. Robert V. Williams, Distinguished Prof., Emeritus School of Library and Information Science University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Ph: 803-777-2324 E-mail: bobwill at sc.edu Home Web page: http://faculty.libsci.sc.edu/bob/frontpg.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Wed Dec 4 15:52:10 2013 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 20:52:10 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Register Today for "CurateGear 2014: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections" Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A6451637F35B40@ITS-MSXMBS2F.ad.unc.edu> Registration Now Open for "CurateGear 2014: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections" Following the success of CurateGear 2012 and 2013, please join us for CurateGear 2014, a day-long event focused on digital curation tools and methods. See demonstrations, hear about the latest developments, and discuss applications in professional contexts. CurateGear will be an interactive event focused on digital curation tools and methods. The symposium will take place on January 8, 2014 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Homepage: CurateGear 2014 - http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/curategear2014.html Registration: http://tinyurl.com/o8u6let Speakers will include: * Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute * Lori Donovan, Internet Archive * Kelly Eubank, State Archives of North Carolina * Dan Gillean, Artefactual Systems * Andrea Goethals, Harvard Library * Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee * Greg Jansen, UNC Libraries * Leslie Johnston, Library of Congress * Howard Lander, Renaissance Computing Institute * Cal Lee, University of North Carolina * Nancy McGovern, MIT Libraries * Don Mennerich, New York Public Library * Reagan Moore, University of North Carolina * Daniel Pitti, University of Virginia * Ryan Scherle, Duke University * Katherine Skinner, Educopia Institute * Carissa Smith, DuraSpace * Mike Thuman, Tessella * Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina * Dirk von Suchodoletz, University of Freiburg * Michelle Underhill, State Library of North Carolina * Brad Westbrook, ArchivesSpace * Doug White, National Institute for Standards and Technology * Kam Woods, University of North Carolina See you in January! Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Wed Dec 4 13:40:14 2013 From: rhill at asis.org (Dick Hill) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:40:14 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Faculty Position - UC Berkeley School of Information Message-ID: <7AF73B76F235407DB2DF48EC1F335555@asist.local> [Posted on behalf of Ray R. Larson] Information Organization - Associate or Full Professor Job #JPF00257 * School of Information - School of Information Recruitment Period Open Nov 25, 2013 through Jan 24, 2014 Description The School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the Full or Associate Professor level, with an expected start date of July 2014, in the field of Information Organization. Candidates for this position should have a demonstrated record of research in information organization and retrieval. This could include a focus on one or more of the following areas: conceptual modeling of information systems; computational approaches to cognition; semantic representation; vocabulary and metadata design; classification and standardization; category learning at scale; and practical computational processes for analyzing information in both textual and non-textual formats. A successful candidate will possess appropriate technical expertise and research excellence, and be committed to working on issues related to information and/or information system design and development in a multidisciplinary setting. Relevant professional or industry experience, including hands-on experience with large-scale collections, is also desirable. Qualifications include a doctoral degree or equivalent in a related discipline (such as cognitive science, computer science, linguistics, psychology) or professional field (information science, digital humanities). The successful applicant will be expected to establish a high quality research program and to teach both graduate courses in his/her area of specialty as well as to provide service to the School and University. The School of Information is the most recently formed school on the Berkeley campus. We are a multidisciplinary professional school. Our faculty members come from diverse fields, including political science, sociology, economics, law, engineering, computer science, media arts and design, and information science. We share a commitment to building a new field of scholarship and practice that addresses the design of new genres of information, information systems, and media, information policy and ethics, and the relationships among information/ information systems and individuals, organizations, and society. Our master's graduates are employed in corporations and start-ups as well as government and non-profit organizations. Their jobs typically involve information design and architecture, user-centered design, document engineering, project management, consulting, web-based information services, and information policy and science. Graduates of our Ph.D. program have taken positions in places such as the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon, the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, and Microsoft Research. We also offer undergraduate courses in fields such as search engines, new media, and the history of information. Letters of recommendation will be solicited from the references of the finalists. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please arrange for letters of recommendation to be uploaded directly by recommenders. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html. Questions may be sent to dean at ischool.berkeley.edu. The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. We are interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research, and service. UC Berkeley is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual-career couples and single parents. For more information see http://calcierge.berkeley.edu/. -- ============================================================================ = Ray R. Larson Professor School of Information University of California, Berkeley 102 South Hall #4600 Berkeley, California 94720-4600 Email: ray at ischool.berkeley.edu Phone: (510)642-6046 Fax: (510)642-5814 ============================================================================ = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Responsibilities: * Responsible for providing the more difficult technical, professional, and management services, and may assist with the responsibility for supervising, coordinating and participating in management of a branch or library division; * Performs and provides information and direction on the use of library resources; * Performs basic tasks and duties of a professional nature and scope that requires knowledge of library science and services (reference sources and methods; cataloging and classification systems; collection evaluation and materials selection; library automation systems; professional ethics and obligations); * Coordinates work of library technicians and library assistant activities supporting the document delivery service; Monitors timelines and meets reporting requirements. Qualifications: * An ALA accredited Master's Degree in Library Science; * Past experience with Science Clips mandatory; * 2 or more years of experience working as a professional Librarian; * Possesses skill set at full journey Librarian level and first-line supervisory Librarian level; * Under general supervision, performs full range of professional level library service duties. For immediate consideration, apply at: http://goo.gl/IBn9oz LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. LAC Group is a premier provider of recruiting and consultancy services for information professionals at U.S. and global organizations including Fortune 100 companies, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, large academic institutions and prominent government agencies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu Fri Dec 6 10:10:32 2013 From: bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu (Beata Panagopoulos) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 15:10:32 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] NEASIST Invitation: Big Data & You Message-ID: The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2014 Winter Event: BIG DATA & YOU: PREPARING CURRENT & FUTURE INFORMATION SPECIALISTS WHEN: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 from 8:15am to 12:30pm WHERE: MIT Pappalardo Room (Bldg 4-349) Cambridge, MA RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-data-you-preparing-current-future-information-specialists-tickets-9600478289 More Information: http://NEASIST.org DESCRIPTION Big Data is rapidly changing the way researchers, scientists and businesses learn, compete and adapt in digital data-driven environments. The conversation is not just about what data to store, but also how to extract meaningful intelligence from all data, and this is just the beginning. We now ask what librarians, data scientists and researchers need to know in order to prepare for the challenges of Big Data over the next 10 years. Our panelists are leading practitioners and experts in information and computer science. They will discuss their experiences with Big Data and share their insights into leading a successful career in the always-changing information field. PROGRAM 8:15-9:00am Registration & Breakfast 9:00-9:15am Welcome & Introduction 9:15-10:00am Sands Fish, Senior Software Engineer--MIT Libraries: "Knowing in the Age of Networked Knowledge" 10:00-10:45am Bradley Strauss, Senior Data Engineer--Chitika: "Is Big Data Bigger than a Bread Box?" 10:45-11:00am Break 11:00-11:45am Christopher Erdmann, Head Librarian--Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:"New Approaches to Library Data Services from an Astrophysics Perspective" 11:45am-12:30pm Panel Discussion with Michael Leach, Head of Collection Development--Harvard University Cabot Science Library From jlorince at indiana.edu Thu Dec 5 07:46:28 2013 From: jlorince at indiana.edu (Jared Lorince) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 07:46:28 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] WebSci'14 Call for data visualization challenge Message-ID: We are delighted to announce the Web Science 2014 Visualization Challenge! The web has generated huge amounts of data at massive scale, but making sense of these datasets and representing them in a compact and easily-interpretable way remains very difficult. The goal of this challenge is to encourage innovative visualizations of web data. We particularly encourage entries that reflect the interdisciplinary spirit of the Web Science conference. To enable this visualization, we have prepared several large-scale, easy-to-use, publicly-available datasets: 1. Web traffic data, including more than 200 million HTTP requests from browsers to servers; 2. Twitter data, including a sample of more than 22 million tweets; 3. Social bookmarking data, consisting of about 430,000 bookmarked pages; 4. Co-authorship of academic papers, consisting of about 21.5 million papers and 10.8 million authors Complete details on these datasets are available here: http://cnets.indiana.edu/groups/nan/webtraffic/websci14-data. All of the datasets are stored in simple file formats, so that they can be easily used without much technical expertise. We are pleased to offer a cash prize of at least $1000 to be split among the winning entries. Winners will be announced and displayed at the WebScience conference in June 2014, presented on the WebScience website, and the winners will be encouraged to present a poster at the conference describing their work. The entries will be judged based on four criteria: (1) innovative use of data, (2) clarity of visualization, (3) quality of design, and (4) potential impact. Rules: 1. For fairness, the visualization must be primarily based on the data that we provide. Other datasets may be used to augment ours, but these datasets must be publicly-available and described in detail in the documentation (see #4 below). 2. The visualization must be a static image, and must be submitted as a PDF. In addition to the main PDF, please submit a PNG version at a resolution of about 640x480, for display on web pages, social media sites, mobile devices, etc. This PNG version need not contain the full visualization, but should be an appropriate representation (e.g. a subset of the full PDF). 3. Please include a separate PDF file containing a description of the visualization, including: (1) name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information of the creator(s), (2) the purpose of the visualization, (3) which dataset(s) were used, (4) a brief description of how the visualizations was created, and (5) any other information you would like to share with the judges. 4. By submitting your visualization, you agree to allow us to display your visualization at the conference and on the Web Science website and social media channels. (We will give proper attribution, of course.) You also certify that you are the copyright holder of the visualization and are authorized to give us this permission. 5. Entries are due by 11:59PM Hawaii time on April 15, 2014. Please e-mail your entry to David Crandall. (If you do not receive a confirmation email within 24 hours, your entry has not been received and should be re-sent.) Panel of judges: Yong-Yeol Ahn, Indiana University Katy Borner, Indiana University Mark Meiss, Google Dimitar Nikolov, Indiana University Maximilian Schich, University of Texas For questions, please contact David Crandall . -- Jared Lorince PhD student, ABC West Lab Cognitive Science // Psychological & Brain Sciences Indiana University, Bloomington https://mypage.iu.edu/~jlorince Co-Founder, motivateplay.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichards at lac-group.com Thu Dec 5 13:35:01 2013 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 18:35:01 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Teen Services/Reference Librarian / El Monte, CA Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . . . LAC Group is seeking a temporary, full-time, Teen Services/Reference Librarian at the El Monte Library for Los Angeles Public Library. This position is available for an immediate start date. Qualifications: * MLS from an ALA accredited University; * Previous experience working with teens or as a reference librarian is required; * Previous experience working in a public library environment a plus; * Previous reference experience in a customer service environment is a plus; * Excellent customer service skills and the ability to work with varied public. For immediate consideration, apply at: http://goo.gl/Q7RIiO Note: Employee must pass a fingerprint background clearance prior to beginning employment with library department. LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer who values diversity in the workplace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Thu Dec 5 09:20:36 2013 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:20:36 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CurateGear Registration Fees - $125 regular/$50 students Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A6451637F368A6@ITS-MSXMBS2F.ad.unc.edu> Please excuse multiple postings: Registration Now Open for "CurateGear 2014: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections" Registration: http://tinyurl.com/o8u6let The registration fee for CurateGear is $125 ($50 for students). This includes ongoing breaks and lunch. Following the success of CurateGear 2012 and 2013, please join us for CurateGear 2014, a day-long event focused on digital curation tools and methods. See demonstrations, hear about the latest developments, and discuss applications in professional contexts. CurateGear will be an interactive event focused on digital curation tools and methods. The symposium will take place on January 8, 2014 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Homepage: CurateGear 2014 - http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/curategear2014.html Speakers will include: * Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute * Lori Donovan, Internet Archive * Kelly Eubank, State Archives of North Carolina * Dan Gillean, Artefactual Systems * Andrea Goethals, Harvard Library * Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee * Greg Jansen, UNC Libraries * Leslie Johnston, Library of Congress * Howard Lander, Renaissance Computing Institute * Cal Lee, University of North Carolina * Nancy McGovern, MIT Libraries * Don Mennerich, New York Public Library * Reagan Moore, University of North Carolina * Daniel Pitti, University of Virginia * Ryan Scherle, Duke University * Katherine Skinner, Educopia Institute * Carissa Smith, DuraSpace * Mike Thuman, Tessella * Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina * Dirk von Suchodoletz, University of Freiburg * Michelle Underhill, State Library of North Carolina * Brad Westbrook, ArchivesSpace * Doug White, National Institute for Standards and Technology * Kam Woods, University of North Carolina See you in January! Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Thu Dec 5 14:57:48 2013 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 19:57:48 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Jennie Rose Halperin, SILS Graduate Student, Receives Internship Message-ID: Jennie Rose Halperin, Master's student at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received one of 31 internships offered by the Outreach Program for Women (OPW). The OPW focuses on free and open source software (FOSS). Its Outreach Program for Women internships have been "inspired in many ways by Google Summer of Code and by how few women applied for it in the past." According to the Web site, "Free and Open Source Software is software that gives the user the freedom to use, copy, study, change and improve it. FOSS contributors believe that this is the best way to develop software because it benefits society, creates a fun collaborative community around a project, and allows anyone to make innovative changes that reach many people." Halperin's internship includes working for three months for Mozilla Firefox in the Community Development Department. She will be working to involve librarians as part of the Mozilla community. "I'm thrilled for Jennie Rose," said Dr. Jane Greenberg, professor and director of the Metadata Research Center at SILS. "She has developed an excellent skillset and brings a fantastic inquisitive nature to her work. I'm confident that her fellowship will be a win/win for both her and Mozilla Firefox." The OPW is organized by the GNOME Foundation with special support from Red Hat. The internships for this round of awardees were sponsored by: * Equalizer: Wikimedia Foundation * Promoters: Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Mozilla, Open Source Robotics Foundation * Includers: Cloudera, Codethink, Debian, GNOME Foundation, Linaro, OpenStack Foundation, Rackspace, Red Hat During her time at Mozilla, Halperin will be assigned a mentor and will collaborate with members of her project team while working remotely from her home. Her project will include community work with Mozilla and metadata development and outreach. She will receive a stipend of $5,000. Women who have not previously participated in the program for OPW or the Google Summer of Code may apply to participate. For more information, visit: http://gnome.org/opw ******************************* Wanda Monroe Director of Communications School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 04 Manning Hall, CB#3360 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 919.843.8337 sils.unc.edu Follow us on Twitter at UNCSILS Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/uncsils -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dirk.lewandowski at haw-hamburg.de Fri Dec 6 11:41:43 2013 From: dirk.lewandowski at haw-hamburg.de (Dirk Lewandowski) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 17:41:43 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Papers: Aslib Proceedings Special Issue on Semantic Search Message-ID: <851BA09E-481A-4F3D-80DC-64777D9720CF@haw-hamburg.de> Call for Papers on Semantic Search in ASLIB Proceedings Journal call for papers from Aslib Proceedings Semantic Search and Linked Open Data Special Issue This special issue aims to explore the possibilities and limitations of Semantic Search. This issue will be jointly guest edited by Professor Dr. Ulrike Spree, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Fran Alexander, BCA Research, Inc, Montreal, Canada. We are looking for articles on: The opportunities and challenges of Semantic Search from theoretical and practical, conceptual and empirical perspectives. We are particularly interested in papers that place carefully conducted studies into the wider framework of current Semantic Search research in the broader context of Linked Open Data. Topics of interest include but are not restricted to: ? The history of semantic search - the latest techniques and technology developments in the last 1000 years ? Technical approaches to semantic search : linguistic/NLP, probabilistic, artificial intelligence, conceptual/ontological ? Current trends in Semantic Search, including best practice, early adopters, and cultural heritage ? Usability and user experience; Visualisation; and techniques and technologies in the practice for Semantic Search ? Quality criteria and Impact of norms and standardisation similar to ISO 25964 ?Thesauri for information retrieval? ? Cross-industry collaboration and standardisation ? Practical problems in brokering consensus and agreement - defining concepts, terms and classes, etc ? Curation and management of ontologies ? Differences between web-scale, enterprise scale, and collection-specific scale techniques ? Evaluation of Semantic Search solutions, including comparison of data collection approaches ? User behaviour including evolution of norms and conventions; Information behaviour; and Information literacy ? User surveys; usage scenarios and case studies Papers should clearly connect their studies to the wider body of Semantic Search scholarship, and spell out the implications of their findings for future research. In general, only research-based submissions including case studies and best practice will be considered. Viewpoints, literature reviews or general reviews are generally not acceptable. Schedule and submissions Paper submission: 15 December 2013 Notice of review results: 15 February 2014 Revisions due: 31 March 2014 Publication: Aslib Proceedings, issue 5, 2014. ? Please contact the guest editors Dr. Ulrike Spree or Fran Alexander if you need more guidance before submitting your paper ? All papers should follow the publisher's style and format , go here for information on using Scholar One to submit your paper When submitting please ensure to complete the box "How did you hear about this journal?" and quote reference: APJCALL10 About the journal: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ap More about the special issue topic Research into Semantic Search and its applications has gained momentum over the last few years, with an increasing number of studies on general principles, proof of concept and prototypical applications. The market for Semantic Search applications and its role within the general development of (internet) technologies and its impact on different areas of private and public life have attracted attention. Simultaneously, many publicly funded projects in the field of cultural heritage were initialised. Researchers in many disciplines have been making progress in the establishment of both theories and methods for Semantic Search. However, there still is a lack of comparison across individual studies as well as a need for standardisation regarding the dissociation of Semantic Search of other search solutions, agreed upon definitions as well as technologies and interfaces. Semantic Search research is often based on large and rich data sets and a combination of techniques ranging from statistical bag of words approaches and natural-language-processing enriched via a subtle utilisation of metadata over classificatory approaches right up to ontological reasoning. Over the last 10 years a lot of initial technical and conceptual obstacles in the field of Semantic Search have been overcome. After the initial euphoria for Semantic Search that resulted in a technically driven supply of search solutions, appraisal of successful and less successful approaches is needed. Amongst other things the limitations of working with open world solutions on ? only apparently comprehensive ? linked open data sets compared to small domain specific solutions need to be determined. One ongoing challenge for semantic search solutions is their usability and user acceptance, as only highly usable walk-up-and-use-approaches stand a chance in the field of general search. -- Prof. Dr. Dirk Lewandowski Hochschule f?r Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) Fakult?t Design Medien Information Department Information Finkenau 35 D - 22081 Hamburg Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 40-42875 3621 Fax: + 49 (0) 3222-1445 301 Skype: dirk.lewandowski Twitter: @Dirk_Lew http://www.bui.haw-hamburg.de/lewandowski.html ********* Editor, ASLIB Proceedings http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0001-253X ********* Recent book: Web Search Engine Research http://www.amazon.com/Search-Research-Library-Information-Science/dp/1780526369 From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Fri Dec 6 18:07:07 2013 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 23:07:07 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] =?windows-1252?q?UNC_at_Chapel_Hill=27s_Dean_Gary_Marchi?= =?windows-1252?q?onini_Named_Digital_Preservation_Pioneer_by_Library_of_C?= =?windows-1252?q?ongress_=93The_Signal=94?= Message-ID: The Dean of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named Digital Preservation Pioneer in an article published in the Library of Congress publication, ?The Signal.? Dr. Gary Marchionini, dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor, was featured in the news article that described his educational tract that began in 1971 as a teacher of junior high school students in Detroit, MI. The article discusses Marchionini?s experiences with teletype machines that were networked to a computer that offered early electronic drills and practices. His young students were attracted by the machinery, which he says took them away from his math class. ?Eventually I realized that there were two things going on," said Marchionini. "One was personalization; each kid was getting his own special attention. The other thing was interactivity; it was back and forth, back and forth with the kids. It was engaging. ?That?s what sparked my interest in computer interaction as a line of research.? That experience has led to a lifelong mission for Marchionini to research areas of information retrieval, human/computer interaction, information architecture and how images can help to conceptualize and visualize information especially in regard to computers. His story, which began in the classroom and has brought him to his current position of the dean of one of the top ranked schools in the nation, number one when it comes to digital librarianship and archives and preservation according the U.S. News & World Report. For the entire story, visit the Library of Congress Web site for The Signal at: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/12/digital-preservation-pioneer-gary-marchionini/ ******************************* Wanda Monroe Director of Communications School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 04 Manning Hall, CB#3360 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 919.843.8337 sils.unc.edu Follow us on Twitter at UNCSILS Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/uncsils -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From agreenwood at utpress.utoronto.ca Mon Dec 9 10:00:46 2013 From: agreenwood at utpress.utoronto.ca (Greenwood, Audrey) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:00:46 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science Message-ID: Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science Title: Data, Records, and Archives in the Cloud Aims and Scope The cloud - on-demand access to a network of a shared pool of configurable computing resources - heralds unprecedented challenges for archivists as well as records and information managers. Data, records and archives are increasingly entrusted to Internet Providers who offer a large amount of on-demand online storage at a low cost, protected by a level of security that no single organization can afford, and in formats compatible with any user's system. However, the cloud environment is neither transparent nor regulated. Those who manage, appraise, control and preserve the material it stores, encounter problems related to ownership, provenance, and jurisdiction, among others, as they remain responsible without control, and accountable without knowledge. The aim of this proposed Special Issue is to explore the challenges presented by keeping data, records and archives in the cloud, report on research into possible solutions, examine existing and proposed policies, procedures, regulations and legislation, and describe cases of adoption of cloud models, case law, contractual agreements, and technological infrastructure. The goal would be to publish 8 to 10 articles which would constitute a double issue of CJILS. Possible topics focusing on issues presented by the cloud include but are not limited to: ? Location independence, server sharing, and jurisdiction ? Metadata control and ownership ? Big data, open data, and open access ? Encryption, security and transparency ? Confidentiality and privacy policies ? Retention and disposition ? Storage costs ? Chain of custody and chain of evidence ? Audit, traceability and admissibility ? Terms of service and contractual agreements ? Records portability, continuity and sustainability ? Data and records reliability, accuracy and authenticity ? Authentication and certification ? Data, records and archives integrity ? Data, records and archives long term preservation ? Technology and mechanisms ? Reliability of infrastructure (e.g. obsolescence) ? Data provenance issues when dealing with mobile sensors ? Breaches, cybercrime, and information assurance ? Information governance ? Standards of trust ? Users control ? Accessibility, searchability, and usability ? Intellectual rights ? Use and misuse of social media ? Data leaks ? Individual behaviour in an Internet environment Managing the Special Issue: Lead Guest Editor: Dr. Luciana Duranti, University of British Columbia Editorial Board: Dr. Fiorella Foscarini, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Dr. Ken Thibodeau, US National Institute for Standards and Technology Dr. Karen Anderson, Department of Archives and Computer Science, Mid-Sweden University Dr. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, Information School, University of Washington Dr. Yale Li, Cloud Security Alliance, Seattle Chapter Timeline and schedule: Deadline for submission of proposals: March 31st 2014, with a decision by May 1st 2014 Deadline for submission of complete articles: September 30th 2014 Deadline for external reviewers for submission of their reviews: December 31st 2014 Deadline for submission of the revisions to accepted articles: March 31st 2015 ? Publication date: June 2015 ? Authors are invited to visit the journal's website for presentation guidelines and send their submissions in electronic format - an e-mail attachment in Word is preferred -to the following address: luciana.duranti at ubc.ca Dr. Luciana Duranti Num?ro sp?cial de la Revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de biblioth?conomie Titre propos? : Donn?es, documents et archives dans le nuage informatique Objectifs et cadre de recherche propos?s L'informatique en nuage ou infonuagique - un acc?s sur demande par r?seau partag? ? un fonds commun de ressources informatiques configurables - pr?sente des d?fis sans pr?c?dent pour les archivistes ainsi que les gestionnaires de dossiers et d'information. Les donn?es, les documents et les archives sont confi?s de plus en plus ? des fournisseurs d'acc?s ? Internet, qui offrent de grandes capacit?s de stockage en ligne, accessibles ? la demande ? un faible co?t, prot?g?es par un niveau de s?curit? qu'aucune organisation ne peut se permettre ? elle seule, et dans des formats compatibles avec tous les syst?mes des utilisateurs. Cependant, l'environnement de l'informatique en nuage n'est ni transparent ni r?glement?. Ceux qui g?rent, ?valuent, contr?lent et pr?servent les mat?riaux qui leur sont confi?s, rencontrent des probl?mes li?s ? la propri?t?, la provenance et la comp?tence juridique, entre autres, en raison du fait qu'ils sont responsables alors qu'ils ne sont soumis ? aucun contr?le et qu'ils n'ont pas les connaissances appropri?es. L'objectif de ce projet de num?ro sp?cial est d'explorer les d?fis pos?s par la conservation de donn?es, de dossiers et d'archives dans un nuage informatique, de faire le point sur la recherche de solutions possibles, d'examiner les politiques existantes et celles qui sont propos?es, les proc?dures, les r?glements et la l?gislation, et de d?crire des cas d'adoption de mod?les d'infonuagique, de jurisprudence, d'accords contractuels, ainsi que les infrastructures technologiques qui les sous-tendent. L'objectif serait de publier de 8 ? 10 articles constituant un num?ro double de la RCSIB. Dans la mesure o? ils portent sur les questions soulev?es par l'infonuagique, les sujets possibles pourraient, sans s'y limiter, ?tre les suivants : ? L'ind?pendance des lieux d'h?bergement, le partage de serveurs et les comp?tences respectives ? Le contr?le des m?tadonn?es et les questions de propri?t? ? Les m?gadonn?es (big data), les donn?es ouvertes et l'acc?s ouvert ? Le chiffrement, la s?curit? et la transparence ? Les politiques de confidentialit? et de vie priv?e ? La conservation et la mise ? disposition ? Les co?ts de stockage ? La cha?ne de possession et la cha?ne de preuves ? L'audit, la tra?abilit? et la recevabilit? ? Les conditions d'utilisation et les accords contractuels ? La portabilit?, la continuit? et la durabilit? des dossiers ? La fiabilit?, l'exactitude et l'authenticit? des donn?es et des dossiers ? L'authentification et la certification ? L'int?grit? des donn?es, des documents et des archives ? La pr?servation ? long terme des donn?es, des documents et des archives ? La technologie et les m?canismes ? La fiabilit? des infrastructures (par exemple leur obsolescence) ? Les questions de provenance des donn?es lors de l'utilisation de capteurs mobiles ? Les infractions, la cybercriminalit? et l'assurance de l'information ? La gouvernance de l'information ? Les normes de confiance ? Le contr?le des utilisateurs ? L'accessibilit?, la facilit? de recherche et la facilit? d'utilisation ? La propri?t? intellectuelle ? L'usage et le m?susage des m?dias sociaux ? Les fuites de donn?es ? Le comportement individuel dans l'environnement Internet Direction scientifique : Directrice scientifique invit?e : Dr. Luciana Duranti, Universit? de la Colombie -Britannique Comit? ?ditorial : Dr. Fiorella Foscarini, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Dr. Ken Thibodeau, US National Institute for Standards and Technology Dr. Karen Anderson, Department of Archives and Computer Science, Mid-Sweden University Dr. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, Information School, University of Washington Dr. Yale Li, Cloud Security Alliance, Seattle Chapter Calendrier propos? : Date limite de soumission des propositions d'articles : 31 mars 2014, suivie d'une d?cision des examinateurs avant le 1er mai 2014 Date limite de soumission des articles en version int?grale : 30 septembre 2014 Date limite pour les commentaires des examinateurs externes : 31 d?cembre 2014 Date limite de soumission des r?visions apport?es aux articles accept?s : 31 mars 2015 Date de publication pr?vue : Juin 2015 Les auteurs sont invit?s ? consulter le site web de la revue afin de prendre connaissance du protocole de r?daction. Les propositions doivent ?tre envoy?es par voie ?lectronique (id?alement un fichier Word en pi?ce jointe ? un courriel) ? l'adresse suivantes : luciana.duranti at ubc.ca Dr. Luciana Duranti -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emeyers at mail.ubc.ca Mon Dec 9 13:25:04 2013 From: emeyers at mail.ubc.ca (Eric Meyers) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:25:04 -0800 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: DIS 2014 Workshop Organizers Message-ID: <46866872-81DB-4ED4-A150-28DB614A51FE@mail.ubc.ca> Apologies for cross posting. ======================================== ACM DIS 2014 Call for Participation: Designing Interactive Systems Workshop Organizers ======================================== Deadlines and Important Dates for Workshop Organizers ? January 12, 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline ? Feb 2, 2014: Workshop Proposer Notification ? Feb. 7, 2014: Revised 150 word workshop abstract for website ? March 2, 2014: Workshop Participant Submission Deadline ? March 31st, 2014: Workshop Participant Author Notification ? April 20, 2014: Camera Ready Deadline ? June 21/22, 2014: One and two-day workshops at DIS 2014 Workshop proposal submission Workshops at DIS provide space to engage and interrogate areas of research and practice with design-oriented, interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners. Workshops may focus on any aspect of the design of interactive systems?whether theory or practice, established concerns or novel approaches, the construction or deconstruction of meaning, form and material?that is likely to attract a cohort of interested participants. The goal of a workshop is to share interests, foster collaborations and develop ideas. Workshops should be designed to encourage participants to engage with each other, provide constructive feedback and envision possibilities within the area of interest. In addition to traditional workshops, we strongly encourage those that enact novel methodologies, incorporate and interrogate both makers and hackers and that push the boundaries of interaction design and theorizing. DIS Workshops are held at the start of the conference (June 21st and 22nd) and can be one or two days in length. Workshops should attract between 10-25 participants. Please plan for 6-hour working days with morning, lunch and afternoon breaks for relaxed socializing. First time proposers may find it helpful to look at workshop abstracts from the last DIS conference:http://www.dis2012.org/workshops.php. ============================================= Preparing and Submitting a Workshop Proposal (Overview) ============================================= Workshop proposals should be formatted using the CHI extended abstracts template (seehttp://chi2013.acm.org/authors/format/fordownloads in different formats) and should contain: ? Abstract describing the aims and objectives of the workshop (maximum of 300 words) ? Description of the workshop that includes (maximum 4 pages in extended abstract format) ? Description of workshop theme ? Overview of the workshop (planned activities and duration) ? Benefits and significance of running a workshop on the proposed theme ? Short biographies of the workshop organizers ? Draft call-for-participation (including information about how participants should submit applications to you. Precision Conference is not available for this purpose.) ? Recruitment strategy and selection process Workshop proposals should be submitted to Precision Conference (http://precisionconference.com/~sigchi). Please note organizers should plan to bring their own equipment (e.g., laptops, connectors, art/craft supplies). We encourage workshop organizers to create web-based resources for their workshops so that advertising, submission and organization can be handled online. Questions concerning workshop proposals should be directed to the DIS 2014 Workshop Co-Chairs via email:workshops at dis2014.org ============ Details by Date ============ January 12, 2014: Workshop proposals should be submitted to Precision Conference (http://precisionconference.com/~sigchi) in CHI Extended Abstract format (seehttp://chi2013.acm.org/authors/format/ for downloads in different formats). Submissions will be acknowledged via email. February 2, 2014: You will be notified by email if your workshop has been accepted. Start advertising it to potential participants! February 7, 2014: Accepted workshops will need to provide an abstract of the workshop for publication on the conference web site. Abstracts should contain the workshop title, names and affiliations of organizers, 150-word abstract, workshop web site, and position paper submission details and any additional participation requirements. March 2, 2014: You should have all the applications for workshop participation in hand. March 31, 2014: You should let applicants know whether they are accepted or not. April 20, 2014: The final workshop description to be published in the ACM Digital Library must be submitted, formatted in the CHI Extended Abstract Format (seehttp://chi2013.acm.org/authors/format/ for downloads in different formats). Workshops Co-Chairs, Contact: workshops at dis2014.org Deborah Tatar, Virginia Tech Lisa P. Nathan, University of British Columbia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heidijul at buffalo.edu Mon Dec 9 07:54:26 2013 From: heidijul at buffalo.edu (Julien, Heidi) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:54:26 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Canadian Association for Information Science - Call for Papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 42nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Information Science & Inaugural Librarians' Research Institute Symposium Connecting Across Borders: Globalization and Information Science Research Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario May 28- 30th 2014 The conference theme Connecting Across Borders: Globalization and Information Science Research reflects both the international make-up of our conference program committee (chaired by three Canadian ex-pats) and the global reach of information science as a discipline. New technologies, an increasing focus on international and interdisciplinary research collaborations, and a complex, internationalized policy and practice landscape affect the research questions we ask and the research activities we pursue. As researchers, we place our work within a framework of international scholarship and scholarly communication; as practitioners, we explore the nature of services, programs, and organizational vision within contexts of increasing complexity across disciplines and cultural spaces. The research landscape in information science explores a diverse range of populations, settings and contexts; we are a global discipline, connected by shared interests and concerns, and drawn together by the latest technologies. The conference theme points to the increasing need to recognize, explore, and question the social and cultural assumptions of information science as a discipline, and of our chosen research problems and methodologies, in this global context. We seek papers and presentations that address this broad theme, but may also explore strategies for: * Conducting information science research with global partners and collaborators; * Setting research priorities in a global, knowledge-based society; * Building a global evidence base to guide information science practice; * Addressing the challenges of digital and virtual research and practice environments; * Exploring diversity, marginalization and information inequality across borders. We welcome studies that explore any of these issues, or analyses that more broadly address the theme of connecting across borders in information science research. In 2014 CAIS is partnering with the CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries) Librarians' Research Institute (LRI) to present the Inaugural Librarians' Research Institute Symposium alongside the CAIS conference. We are pleased to be hosting these events together at Congress for the first time. Call for proposals. Proposals may be submitted in English or French. The conference committee strongly encourages submissions from professional and academic researchers. Types of submissions include: CAIS Papers: 20-minute oral presentations of completed or well-developed projects on topics suitable for publication in scholarly journals. Proposals that report on completed or ongoing research will be given preference. Diverse perspectives (theoretical and applied) and methodologies are welcomed. Proposals should be in the form of an extended abstract (approximately 1000-1500 words excluding references), reporting on research projects, theoretical developments or innovative practical applications. CARL LRI Papers: Participants of the Librarians' Research Institute are invited to identify their LRI affiliation when submitting papers, to be considered for two dedicated program sessions highlighting LRI research projects. These papers will be reviewed by members of the LRI conference panel. CAIS Posters: Visual presentations of completed or well-developed projects on topics suitable for publication in scholarly journals. Proposals that report on completed or ongoing research will be given preference. Diverse perspectives (theoretical and applied) and methodologies are welcomed. Proposals should be in the form of a short abstract (with a limit of 750 words excluding references), reporting on research projects, theoretical developments or innovative practical applications. CARL LRI Posters: Participants of the Librarians' Research Institute are invited to identify their LRI affiliation when submitting posters, to be considered for a dedicated poster session highlighting the work of LRI researchers. These posters will be reviewed by members of the LRI conference panel. Student- and Practitioner-to-CAIS/ACSI Awards Submissions by graduate students and by practitioners for CAIS Papers (only) will be considered for these awards. The awards include a monetary prize as well as publication of the full manuscript in the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science / La Revue Canadienne des Sciences de L'information et de Biblioth?conomie. Students and practitioners should submit full papers by April 14th to be considered for this award. Details of the award, including previous winners, can be found at the CAIS/ACSI website at www.cais-acsi.ca. Submission Deadline for all proposals is January 13, 2014. CAIS and LRI submissions will be reviewed using the online EasyChair system. Further instructions and guidelines will be available on the conference website at www.cais-acsi.ca and on the CARL website at http://www.carl-abrc.ca/en/research-libraries/librarians-research-institute.html. Conference proposals will be refereed by the CAIS or LRI Program Committees. Authors will be notified of the decision no later than February 24th, 2014. All presenters must register for the conference. Abstracts will be published on the CAIS/ACSI Website once registration has taken place. Final versions must be submitted no later than April 24th, 2014. Participants are also encouraged to submit full papers to the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science / La revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de biblioth?conomie. Registration The conference will take place as part of the 2014 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Registration will be available online through the Congress website (http://congress2014.ca/register). For further information, please contact the CAIS/ACSI & LRI 2014 Conference Co-chairs. Matthew Griffis Conference Co-Chair Assistant Professor SLIS, U of Southern Mississippi USA E: matthew.griffis at usm.edu Heidi Julien Conference Co-Chair Chair, Department of LIS, Graduate School of Ed, University at Buffalo, USA E: heidijul at buffalo.edu Lisa Given Conference Co-Chair Professor, School of Information Studies Charles Sturt University Australia E: lgiven at csu.edu.au Heidi Jacobs Librarians' Research Institute Information Literacy Librarian University of Windsor, Canada E: hjacobs at uwindsor.ca Selinda Berg Librarians' Research Institute Librarian University of Windsor, Canada E: sberg at uwindsor.ca Karen Bordonaro Local Arrangements Chair Liaison Librarian/Teaching and Learning Librarian Brock University, Canada E: kbordonaro at brocku.ca 42e congr?s annuel de l'Association canadienne des sciences de l'information et premier symposium annuel de l'Institut de recherche des biblioth?caires Dialogues sans fronti?res : La mondialisation et la recherche en sciences de l'information Brock University St. Catharines (Ontario) 28 au 30 mai 2014 Le th?me de notre congr?s, Dialogues sans fronti?res : La mondialisation et la recherche en sciences de l'information, est ? l'image de son comit? organisateur (form? de trois Canadiens en exil!) et de la port?e mondiale de la discipline des sciences de l'information. Les nouvelles technologies, l'importance grandissante des collaborations interdisciplinaires et internationales ainsi qu'un contexte mondial de plus en plus complexe en mati?re de politiques et de pratiques influencent autant nos questions de recherche que nos activit?s. En tant que chercheurs, nous situons nos publications et nos communications scientifiques dans un cadre mondial; en tant que professionnels, nous explorons ou proposons des services, des programmes et des visions institutionnelles ancr?s dans des contextes de plus en plus complexes, toutes disciplines et tous espaces culturels confondus. Les recherches en sciences de l'information portent sur une vari?t? de communaut?s, de milieux et de contextes. Notre discipline nourrit des dialogues portant sur de nombreux champs d'int?r?t, ainsi que sur les questions que ces derniers suscitent et les nouvelles technologies qui en sous-tendent les diff?rentes dynamiques. Le th?me du congr?s souligne le besoin grandissant de reconna?tre, d'explorer et de remettre en question, dans ce contexte mondial, les perceptions sociales et culturelles portant sur les sciences de l'information en tant que discipline ainsi que sur nos sujets de recherche et sur nos m?thodologies. Nous invitons la communaut? des sciences de l'information ? soumettre des propositions de communications portant sur ce th?me ou sur : * la recherche en sciences de l'information en collaboration avec des partenaires internationaux; * les domaines prioritaires en mati?re de recherche dans une soci?t? mondiale et ax?e sur la connaissance; * le partage de donn?es empiriques pouvant guider les pratiques en sciences de l'information; * les d?fis de la recherche et de la pratique dans des environnements num?riques et virtuels; * la diversit?, la marginalisation et l'absence d'?quit? en mati?re d'information ? l'?chelle internationale. Tous les chercheurs dont les projets de recherche explorent ces th?mes ou portent, plus largement, sur la notion de dialogues et de partenariats internationaux en sciences de l'information sont invit?s ? soumettre une proposition. L'ACSI est heureuse de s'associer ? l'Institut de recherche des biblioth?caires (IRB) de l'Association des biblioth?ques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) pour pr?senter, dans le cadre du Congr?s 2014 des sciences humaines, le premier symposium annuel de l'Institut de recherche des biblioth?caires, en parall?le du congr?s de l'ACSI. Appel de propositions Les propositions peuvent ?tre soumises en fran?ais ou en anglais. Le comit? organisateur encourage ? la fois les professionnels et les chercheurs ? soumettre des propositions. Nous acceptons les types de propositions suivants : Communications (ACSI) : Des communications de 20 minutes pr?sentant des travaux de recherche pouvant ?tre publi?s dans des revues savantes. Les propositions portant sur des projets termin?s ou en cours de r?alisation recevront une attention particuli?re. Nous acceptons les propositions pr?sentant divers points de vue (th?oriques et appliqu?s) et diverses approches m?thodologiques. Les propositions de communications doivent ?tre pr?sent?es sous forme d'un r?sum? long (entre 1000 et 1500 mots, excluant les r?f?rences) d?crivant un projet de recherche, des d?veloppements th?oriques ou des pratiques novatrices. Communications (ABRC) : Nous invitons les participants de l'Institut de recherche des biblioth?caires ? signaler leur affiliation ? l'IRB au moment de soumettre leur proposition, car leurs propositions seront ?valu?es par des pairs membres de l'IRB. Les communications s?lectionn?es seront pr?sent?es dans le cadre de deux s?ances d?di?es aux projets des chercheurs de l'IRB. Affiches (ACSI) : Des pr?sentations visuelles portant sur des travaux de recherche pouvant ?tre publi?s dans des revues savantes. Les propositions portant sur des projets termin?s ou en cours de r?alisation recevront une attention particuli?re. Nous acceptons les propositions pr?sentant divers points de vue (th?oriques et appliqu?s) et diverses approches m?thodologiques. Les propositions doivent ?tre pr?sent?es sous forme d'un r?sum? (maximum de 750 mots, excluant les r?f?rences) d?crivant un projet de recherche, des d?veloppements th?oriques ou des pratiques novatrices. Affiches (ABRC) : Nous invitons les participants de l'Institut de recherche des biblioth?caires ? signaler leur affiliation ? l'IRB au moment de soumettre leur proposition, car leurs propositions seront ?valu?es par des pairs membres de l'IRB. Les affiches s?lectionn?es seront pr?sent?es lors d'une s?ance d?di?e aux projets des chercheurs de l'IRB. Prix ?tudiant ? l'ACSI/CAIS et Professionnel ? l'ACSI/CAIS Les propositions de communication des ?tudiants aux cycles sup?rieurs et des professionnels seront ?valu?es en vue de la remise des prix ?tudiant ? l'ACSI/CAIS et Professionnel ? l'ACSI/CAIS. Ces prix comportent une somme en argent ainsi que la publication du texte int?gral de la communication dans la Revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de biblioth?conomie / Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. Les versions d?finitives des articles devront ?tre soumises au plus tard le 14 avril 2014. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur les prix et consulter la liste des laur?ats, visitez le site Web de l'ACSI/CAIS. Date limite pour la soumission des propositions : le 13 janvier 2014 Les soumissions pour l'ACSI et l'IRB seront ?valu?es au moyen de la plateforme EasyChair. Les modalit?s de soumission seront publi?es sur les sites Web de la conf?rence, au http://www.cais-acsi.ca/index_fr.htm, et du symposium, au http://www.carl-abrc.ca/fr/bibliotheques-de-recherche/institut-de-recherche-des-bibliothecaires.html. Les propositions seront ?valu?es par les comit?s scientifiques de l'ACSI et de l'IRB, respectivement. Les auteurs seront avis?s de la d?cision du comit? au plus tard le 24 f?vrier 2014. Tous les participants doivent s'inscrire au Congr?s des sciences humaines. Les r?sum?s des communications seront publi?s sur le site Web de l'ACSI/CAIS apr?s la p?riode d'inscription. La version d?finitive des r?sum?s doit ?tre soumise au plus tard le 24 avril 2014. Nous encourageons les participants ? soumettre le texte complet de leur communication ? la Revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de biblioth?conomie / Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. Inscription Le congr?s annuel de l'ACSI/CAIS s'inscrit dans le Congr?s 2014 des sciences humaines qui aura lieu ? St. Catharines (Ontario). Pour vous inscrire, nous vous invitons ? visiter le site Web du congr?s (http://congres2014.ca/inscriptions). Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec le comit? organisateur du congr?s de l'ACSI 2014 et du symposium de l'IRB. Matthew Griffis Copr?sident Professeur adjoint SLIS University of Southern Mississippi (?tats-Unis) matthew.griffis at usm.edu Heidi Julien Copr?sidente Directrice Department of LIS Graduate School of Education University at Buffalo (?tats-Unis) heidijul at buffalo.edu Lisa Given Copr?sidente Professeure School of Information Studies Charles Sturt University (Australie) lgiven at csu.edu.au Heidi Jacobs Institut de recherche des biblioth?caires Biblioth?caire Universit? de Windsor (Canada) hjacobs at uwindsor.ca Selinda Berg Institut de recherche des biblioth?caires Biblioth?caire Universit? de Windsor (Canada) sberg at uwindsor.ca Karen Bordonaro Coordonnatrice Biblioth?caire, sciences humaines, et coordonnatrice des services en comp?tences informationnelles Brock University (Canada) kbordonaro at brocku.ca ****************************************************** Heidi Julien, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Department of Library and Information Studies Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo 534 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-1020 USA Ph: 716.645.2412 Email: heidijul at buffalo.edu ****************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Call for Papers and Posters: Fourth Annual International Conference on Information & Religion "Information Management in Religious Organizations" June 5 & 6, 2014, at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Deadline to submit proposals extended to Jan. 15, 2014 Featuring a keynote address by Kenneth Inskeep, Ph.D., Director, Research and Evaluation, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and co-author of Chasing Down a Rumor: The Death of Mainline Denominations The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Fourth Annual International Conference on Information and Religion in spring/summer of 2014. This call for papers and posters seeks original contributions in a variety of areas in which scholars are exploring the intersections of religion and information. Topics related to information management in religious organizations might include (but are not limited to) research in the following areas: * The use of information for strategic planning, policy development, congregational support, to add value to membership, etc., in religious organizations; * The application of information science/management principles for efficient, timely, and accurate research; * Uses of information technology for management of information in religious organizations and/or within the religious service; * Information management, database management and/or content management in church libraries; * The use of social media in youth ministry; * Privacy and security issues in information management for religious organizations; * Uses of information by congregation members; * Dissemination of information by religious organizations; * Defining and interpreting data and information in communicating about the organization; * Autoethnography as a research method in religious organizations; * The use of investigative or observational research and its impact on the religious service; Prospective participants are encouraged to submit abstracts that report on recent research and scholarship. Contributions to this call for papers should not have been previously published. Poster presentations are also welcome. There are no restrictions on research methodology. Abstracts will be considered for acceptance only when they are submitted on the PROPOSAL FORM before the deadline. Forms should be completed per instructions and emailed to csir at kent.edu. * Nov. 30, 2013: Deadline to submit proposals * Jan. 15, 2014: Notification of acceptance * May 1, 2014: Deadline to submit final, completed papers in order for them to be considered for publication in ASIR: Advances in the Study of Information and Religion. Papers must be in proper APA style. Additional details regarding submission of full papers will be sent to those whose abstracts are accepted for conference presentation. Once selected, presenters are responsible for their own expenses related to the conference, including but not limited to registration fees, lodging, transportation and meals. 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Fleischmann, University of Texas at Austin Paperback ISBN: 9781627052450, $35.00 November 2013, 99 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00545ED1V01Y201310ICR031 Abstract: This book seeks to advance our understanding of the relationship between information and human values by synthesizing the complementary but typically disconnected threads in the literature, reflecting on my 15 years of research on the relationship between information and human values, advancing our intellectual understanding of the key facets of this topic, and encouraging further research to continue exploring this important and timely research topic. The book begins with an explanation of what human values are and why they are important. Next, three distinct literatures on values, information, and technology are analyzed and synthesized, including the social psychology literature on human values, the information studies literature on the core values of librarianship, and the human-computer interaction literature on value-sensitive design. After that, three detailed case studies are presented based on reflections on a wide range of research studies. The first case study focuses on the role of human values in the design and use of educational simulations. The second case study focuses on the role of human values in the design and use of computational models. The final case study explores human values in communication via, about, or using information technology. The book concludes by laying out a values and design cycle for studying values in information and presenting an agenda for further research. 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URL: From judy.spak at yale.edu Tue Dec 10 16:01:43 2013 From: judy.spak at yale.edu (Spak, Judy) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:01:43 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting: Biomedical Sciences Research Support Librarian, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University Message-ID: <9C3B0253-980F-4E36-A306-761B3FE188F9@yale.edu> Please share widely and excuse cross-postings. Many thanks. Biomedical Sciences Research Support Librarian Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Yale University New Haven, CT Rank: Librarian [Librarian 1-3] Requisition: 23718BR www.yale.edu/jobs The Yale University Cushing/Whitney Medical Library invites applications for the position of Biomedical Sciences Research Support Librarian. This position serves as the primary liaison between the Library and research departments, laboratories, and individual scientists within the Medical Center, and is pivotal to defining and expanding the Library?s role in supporting e-Science and biomedical research data management. With a demonstrated understanding of the work of laboratory scientists, of the scientific processes they apply, and of the impact and potential of e-Science methodologies upon their research, the librarian provides individualized, point-of-need professional librarian services and information and data support. The librarian develops and provides training in the use of biomedical knowledge management, information and data resources, tools, and strategies. The librarian assists researchers manage their data, navigate Yale University?s available data management, curation and preservation landscape, and adhere to federal or other grant funding agencies? data management and public access policies and requirements. Required Education, Skills and Experience: ? Minimum of a Master?s degree from an ALA-accredited library school or a post-graduate degree in a related discipline. ? Demonstrated understanding of the work of laboratory scientists, of the scientific processes they apply, and of the impact and potential of e-Science methodologies upon their research. ? Demonstrated skill using a wide range of bibliographic databases in the health and life sciences, including the full suite of NCBI databases and resources as well as other core bioinformatics tools. ? Demonstrated creativity and flexibility, with the ability to conceptualize and conceive new solutions to researchers? information and data problems; demonstrated ability to develop and grow a customer base through the creation, enhancement and provision of user-centered services. Preferred: PhD in biomedical sciences. Experience searching for grant and other funding opportunities. Salary: Yale University assigns ranks to librarian positions based on a combination of professional experience and accomplishments (see range assigned to this description as noted in the posting position title). Librarian ranking information: Click here for more information. For full position information and to apply online, please go to www.yale.edu/jobs. The STARS requisition ID is 23718BR. Review of applications will begin immediately. When applying, please submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information of three professional references. Yale University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Yale values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and strongly encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups. Judy Spak judy.spak at yale.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Andrew.M.Johnson at colorado.edu Mon Dec 9 08:11:48 2013 From: Andrew.M.Johnson at colorado.edu (Andrew Johnson) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 06:11:48 -0700 Subject: [Asis-l] Reminder: Submit your RDAP14 proposals by December 16th! Message-ID: <52753C28B6A57A4A8E08C9FFEC98A016538980ED6C@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> The deadline for poster and lightning talk proposals for the 2014 Research Data Access and Preservation Summit (RDAP14) is December 16, 2013: http://www.asis.org/rdap/call-for-proposals/ RDAP14 (http://www.asis.org/rdap/) invites proposals for posters and lightning talks at the upcoming summit March 26-28 in San Diego, CA. RDAP brings together people from a variety of disciplines and fields to share success stories, innovative research, and resources and tools developed by and for the research data community. Posters and lightning talks offer an excellent opportunity to share work with the community, hear about a variety of new projects and initiatives, and network with others interested in research data access, preservation, and innovation. We are soliciting posters and lightning talks on any of the following themes: * Institutional policies for research data * Building/expanding research data services * Collaboration or tension between units involved with research data * Institutional responses to government policies/guidelines concerning research data * Systems/strategies for full-lifecycle research data curation * Tools developed and/or used for data curation/management * Digital preservation * Data citation and reuse * Data repositories (institutional/disciplinary/other) * Education and training for research data management/curation Submit your 300 word max summary/abstract, along with any supplementary documentation for posters and (seven-minute) lightning talks here: http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit Thank you for spreading the word and contributing to the conversation about RDAP14! Please email rdapinfo at asis.org with any questions. Visit our website for more information and links to our social media channels: http://www.asis.org/rdap/ Andrew Johnson RDAP14 Program Chair -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Thu Dec 12 06:13:08 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 06:13:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Asis-l] Early Bird Discounts for NFAIS 2014 Annual Conference Message-ID: <1386846788.52223932@webmail.nfais.org> ?EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE 2014 NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE The 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference, Giving Voice to Content: Re-envisioning the Business of Information, will take place February 23 - 25, 2014 at the historic Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia, PA. Early bird registrations are available until January 10, 2014. Until then savings of up to $200 off the full registration fee are available and NFAIS members registering three or more staff at the same time receive even greater savings (for details, see http://nfais.org/event?eventID=530). Continuing this year: ? 50% discounts for staff of member organizations that are in the early stages of their career (5 years or less). Call for details. ? 38% discount on daily rates for all government employees ? 20% discount on full/daily rates for first time non-member attendees ? Use of audience-response devices throughout the conference to capture audience opinions ? all registrants will have access to the results This three-day meeting will take a look a new information mindset that is emerging. The ability to unearth or create new layers of knowledge using big data techniques such as data mining, linking, analytics, and metrics is challenging content providers and librarians to look at their information from a new perspective, considering its value in terms of all the possible ways it can be deployed in the future, not merely how it is used in the present. This new mindset provides an opportunity to ensure their relevance in a highly-competitive digital information world by re-envisioning their content and developing the policies, practices, and business models that will facilitate - not inhibit ? its use. Highlights Include: (program details can be accessed at: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=537) ? A thought-provoking keynote by Hilary Mason, Data Scientist in Residence at Accel and Scientist Emeritus at bitly, on the application of big data techniques to extract new insights or create new forms of value that can potentially change information markets and the organizations that serve them. ? A look at ?datafication,? the generation of data and visualization from social and environmental processes, data that can then be quantified and measured to create new understanding or the world around us. ? John Blossom?s view of the Signal Economy, a global shift in how value is created in all markets across manufacturing, media, marketing and services. ? A look at how innovative publishers such as The New York Times, OCLC, and Elsevier are applying data mining, linking, analytics, and metrics to create smart content. ? New technologies for collecting, enhancing, and managing information, including crowd-sourcing and the use of mobile devices for data collection. ? A discussion of the issues that content providers and librarians must address as the new information mindset takes hold, issues such as the re-use and sharing of content, privacy, content ownership, attribution, and others which if they are to be resolved require moving beyond the comfort zone of current practices, policies, biases, and business mindsets. ? A closing keynote by Kerrie Holley, IBM Fellow and Chief Technology Officer, IBM SOA Center of Excellence, on the impact of ?SMAC? - social, mobile, analytics, and cloud - that will combine with cognitive systems to have a major impact on 21st-century business, government, and society in general. To register or obtain more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning (jilloneill at nfais.org or 215-893-1561) or visit the NFAIS Web site at: http://nfais.org/. National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community ? From bean.lists at gmail.com Wed Dec 11 13:50:54 2013 From: bean.lists at gmail.com (Carol Bean) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:50:54 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Proposals: Code4Lib Journal Message-ID: Call for Proposals (and apologies for cross-posting): The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future. We are now accepting proposals for publication in our 24th issue. Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be included in the 24th issue, which is scheduled for publication in mid April 2014, please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals at http://journal.code4lib.org/submit-proposal or to journal at code4lib.org by Friday, January 10, 2014. When submitting, please include the title or subject of the proposal in the subject line of the email message. C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of the journal. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Practical applications of library technology (both actual and hypothetical) * Technology projects (failed, successful, or proposed), including how they were done and challenges faced * Case studies * Best practices * Reviews * Comparisons of third party software or libraries * Analyses of library metadata for use with technology * Project management and communication within the library environment * Assessment and user studies C4LJ strives to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers to publication. While articles should be of a high quality, they need not follow any formal structure. Writers should aim for the middle ground between blog posts and articles in traditional refereed journals. Where appropriate, we encourage authors to submit code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code. For more information, visit C4LJ's Article Guidelines or browse articles from the first 23 issues published on our website: http://journal.code4lib.org. Remember, for consideration for the 24th issue, please send proposals, abstracts, or draft articles to journal at code4lib.org no later than Friday, January 10, 2014. Send in a submission. Your peers would like to hear what you are doing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Aguillo Reply-To: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics To: Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html CALL FOR PAPERS VII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ?Prof. GILBERTO SOTOLONGO AGUILAR? 16-17 April, 2014 Havana, Cuba This is the seventh edition of the international seminar held under the auspices of the biennial INFO congress. The first seminar took place on April 25, 2002 and has been held every two years since then to provide a forum for the identification of institutions and research interests in the field as well as a space for discussion between the different researchers and actors that participate in this important area of work. Additional information on the seminar and the papers presented in previous editions can be found at http://www.dynamics.unam.edu/alci/ Due to the success achieved by the seminar and as petitioned by the participants the organizing committee of INFO considers the seminar as a permanent part of their congress. The seventh seminar will take place on the 16th and 17th of April within INFO 2014 International Congress of Information, at the Palacio de las Convenciones, Havana, Cuba, from April 14th-18th. The scientific committee invites interested researchers and colleagues to send research studies, review papers and case studies completed or in progress, related to the quantitative and/or qualitative studies of science and technology. Bibliometric, Scientometric, Informetric, Patentometric, and Webometric studies are of particular relevance, without discounting the importance of qualitative analytical methods and approaches. Relevant topics for the VII seminar are: ? Scientific communication models (systems approaches, mathematical models, etc.) ? Patterns of communication, collaboration, information flows in S & T, migration (citation analysis, journal impact factors, national and international flows, etc.) ? Scientific production (disciplines, gender studies, research departments, institutes, countries, etc.) ? Literature dynamics (history, growth, obsolescence, scattering, S & T relations, etc.) ? Indicators to support decision making in science policy (economics, organization and management, information and communication technologies, resource management, foresight, impact, evaluation) ? Visualization and organization of information for bibliometrics, scientometrics and webmetrics/cybermetrics. ? Theoretical aspects of the qualitative and quantitative study of science and technology. ? Analysis, design and application of software. ? Data and text mining techniques in indicator construction. Colleagues interested in presenting their work at the Seminar should send their contributions clearly indicating the names of the authors, their institutional adscriptions and including: (1) abstract (2) background (3) objectives (4) methodology/focus (5) main results (final or expected) and conclusions (6) references. Although Spanish is the official language of the seminar papers in other languages (Portuguese or English) will be accepted at the discretion of the Organizing Committee. Important dates: Submission of full papers: by January 15th, 2014 Notification of acceptance: by February 15th, 2014 Contributions should be sent electronically to seminario at finlay.edu.cu. For more information on formatting requirements for the full papers (length, font, structure, summary, keywords, etc.) as well as general information on the INFO Congress (registration, hotel reservations, etc.) please visit the official congress website: www.congreso-info.cu Organizing Committee: Dra. Jane M. Russell Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecol?gicas y de la Informaci?n, UNAM, Torre II de Humanidades, Piso 11 04510, M?xico, D. F. Tel. (52)-55-5623-0363 Fax.(52)-55-55550-7461 jrussell at unam.mx Dra. Maria V. Guzm?n Instituto Finlay Ave. 27 #19805, Lisa P.O. Box 16017, Cod. 11600 La Habana, Cuba Tel. 53 7 2717452 Fax. 53 7 2720809 mvguzman at finlay.edu.cu MID. Isidro Aguillo Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient?ficas C/Albasanz, 26-28. Madrid 28037. (Espa?a). TEL: 34 91 602 23 00 FAX: 34 91 602 29 71 isidro.aguillo at csic.es Dr. Francisco Collazo Cinvestav, Departamento de F?sica. Av IPN 2508 Col. San Pedro Zacatenco M?xico, D.F. CP 07360 Tel: (55) 5747-3800 Fax: (55) 5747-3838 fcollazo at fis.cinvestav.mx Dr. Rog?rio Mugnaini Universidade de S?o Paulo Escola de Artes, Ciencias e Humanidades. Avenida Arlindo Bettio, 03828-000 - Sao Paulo, Brasil Tel: (11) 30911015 mugnaini at usp.br -- ****************************** Isidro F. 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URL: From gerrymck at iastate.edu Wed Dec 11 20:27:16 2013 From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:27:16 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] =?windows-1252?q?Visuwords=99_Online_Graphical_Dictionar?= =?windows-1252?q?y?= In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6A5430@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> References: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6A5404@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu>, <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6A541F@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu>, <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6A5430@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6A5444@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Try It; You'll Like It ! /Gerry Visuwords? online graphical dictionary ? Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate. Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections. It's a dictionary! It's a thesaurus! Great for writers, journalists, students, teachers, and artists. The online dictionary is available wherever there?s an internet connection. No membership required. Visuwords? uses Princeton University?s WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. Combined with a visualization tool and user interface built from a combination of modern web technologies, Visuwords? is available as a free resource to all patrons of the web. The Visuwords? Interface To use the applet you only need to type a word into the search query at the top of the page and press 'Enter'. A network of nodes or 'synsets' will spring out from the word that you entered. A synset is essentially a single concept that is represented by a number of terms or synonyms. Synonyms are words with different spellings that convey the same idea. For example when you lookup "seem", you see that the word is connected to four synsets each represented by a green circle. Green denotes verbs so all of these synsets represent verbs. Two of these synsets have the lone word "seem"; one has two terms: "appear" and "seem"; and the third has three terms: "look", "appear" and "seem". Each of the four synsets has its own definition. Hovering over a node with the mouse will reveal all of the synonyms for a given synset as well as its definition. Some synsets will also show a few examples of usage. These synsets link to each other and to other synsets according to entries in the WordNet database. You can zoom the model in and out by rolling the wheel on your mouse. You can click the gray background within the applet and drag the mouse in order to shift the whole model around so you can explore. You can grab any node and pull it away from the others to clarify connections. Source and Link Available Via: [ http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/12/visuwords-online-graphical-dictionary.html ] BTW: Watching Now ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOX7SN8SLY Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ferro at dei.unipd.it Fri Dec 13 06:06:33 2013 From: ferro at dei.unipd.it (Nicola Ferro) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:06:33 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Bids to Host CLEF 2016 - The Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum - September 2016 Message-ID: INTRODUCTION The CLEF Initiative (Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum, formerly known as Cross-Language Evaluation Forum) is a self-organized body whose main mission is to promote research, innovation, and development of information access systems with an emphasis on multilingual and multimodal information with various levels of structure. The CLEF Initiative is structured in two main parts: - a series of Evaluation Labs, i.e. laboratories to conduct evaluation of information access systems and workshops to discuss and pilot innovative evaluation activities; - a peer-reviewed Conference on a broad range of issues, including - investigation continuing the activities of the Evaluation Labs; - experiments using multilingual and multimodal data; in particular, but not only, data resulting from CLEF activities; - research in evaluation methodologies and challenges. Since 2000 CLEF has played a leading role in stimulating investigation and research in a wide range of key areas in the information retrieval domain. It has promoted the study and implementation of appropriate evaluation methodologies for diverse types of tasks and media. Over the years, a wide, strong, and multidisciplinary research community has been built, which covers and spans the different areas of expertise needed to deal with the breadth of CLEF activities. CALL FOR BIDS The CLEF Steering Committee solicits proposals from groups interested in organizing the CLEF conference and labs in September 2016. Guidelines on submitting a bid can be found in the Template for Bids available at: http://www.clef-initiative.eu/documents/71612/87713/CLEF-Initiative-Template_for_bids.docx Bids must be submitted by *Friday, April 11th 2014* by email to the Steering Commitee Chair Nicola Ferro (chair at clef-initiative.eu ). The Steering Committee will review and select the proposals. The Steering Committee can ask for modifications and changes to the proposals, if deemed necessary. Interested parties can contact the Steering Committee Chair Nicola Ferro (chair at clef-initiative.eu ) to receive further details. IMPORTANT DATES - Bid submission deadline: April 11th, 2014 - Feedback to bidders and discussion: April - May 2014 - Bid selection: June 2014 STEERING COMMITTEE - Martin Braschler, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland - Khalid Choukri, Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA), France - Paul Clough, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom - Nicola Ferro, University of Padua, Italy - Julio Gonzalo, National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain - Donna Harman, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), USA - Djoerd Hiemstra, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Jaana Kek?l?inen, University of Tampere, Finland - Henning M?ller, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland - Carol Peters, ISTI, National Council of Research (CNR), Italy - Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paolo Rosso, Universitat Polit?cnica de Val?ncia, Spain - Giuseppe Santucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University, Ireland - Christa Womser-Hacker, University of Hildesheim, Germany From gerrymck at iastate.edu Mon Dec 9 19:44:07 2013 From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:44:07 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Customization of Library Homepages for Mobile Devices ? Message-ID: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C695690@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am interested in any / all current / planned nitiatives / projects relating to the development and implementations relating to customization of library homepages for access by any / all mobile devices. Please post to the list(s) ... Thanks ! BTW: Listening Now ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqMG3VR5PP4 Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coleman at gseis.ucla.edu Wed Dec 11 13:31:32 2013 From: coleman at gseis.ucla.edu (Suellen Coleman) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:31:32 -0800 Subject: [Asis-l] UCLA Assistant Professor of Children's and Young Adult Information Studies Message-ID: University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Department of Information Studies Assistant Professor of Children?s and Young Adult Information Studies The Department of Information Studies of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS) at UCLA invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in children?s and young adult information studies. Located in the culturally diverse city of Los Angeles, and in a highly inter-disciplinary school encompassing both Information Studies and Education, the successful candidate will have research and teaching interests that relate to any aspect of information studies--broadly conceived as encompassing library, archival and educational approaches--hat addresses children and young adults. These interests might include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ? research on information and library services to children and young adults with particular interest in literacy and materials in print and digital formats; ? the design and evaluation of programming for children and young adults in libraries, archives, museums and other institutional contexts, and engagement with them; ? the provision of information and library services in culturally diverse communities; ? the study of reading and media use in social contexts; ? intellectual freedom and the rights of children to access information, and the effects of censorship; ? policy development and analysis in the provision of information and library services to children; ? information literacy instruction and college preparedness. Strong knowledge of current practices and trends and experience in children's or young adult information and library services are highly desirable. The Graduate School of Education and Information Studies is one of the top-ranked schools in the U.S., and supports internationally recognized research centers. Within the school, the Department of Information Studies has emerged as an innovative, interdisciplinary site for theory and research in information studies, including archival and museum informatics, data curatorship, information policy, new media, preservation, and textual and visual studies. The Department?s faculty has been recognized as among the most productive and highly-cited in the field. Faculty members have close ties across UCLA. The Department offers an M.A. program in Moving Image Archive Studies (MIAS), an M.L.I.S. (Master of Library and Information Science) degree with specializations in archival studies, library studies, informatics, and rare books and print and visual culture, and a Ph.D. program in Information Studies, as well as concentrations in digital humanities and gender studies and a joint Master?s degree with Latin American Studies. All faculty in the Department teach at both master?s and doctoral levels; thus, candidates should be able to demonstrate how their research and teaching interests and experience will help foster the growth of the M.A., M.L.I.S., and Ph.D. programs. This position entails: teaching four fourunit courses per year, or their equivalent, in accordance with the Department?s workload policy; advising and mentoring graduate students; actively engaging in research; and actively participating in administrative responsibilities for the Department, the School, and the University. The School and the Department have strong commitments to the rich and varied multicultural communities of the Southern California region, and a reputation for merging research and practice in statewide, national, and international outreach and service. We seek a scholar who will make the most of Los Angeles? unique advantages as a setting for research that links children and young adult services to public engagement, and for creating international connections, especially with the Pacific Rim and Latin America. We particularly encourage applications from those whose research and teaching address the practices, perspectives, and needs of diverse populations. Rank: Assistant Professor. Starting date: July 1, 2014. (Teaching duties begin late September 2014.) This position is contingent upon final budgetary approval. Qualifications: A Ph.D. or other terminal degree; a research agenda; a publication record (or demonstrable potential for such); established teaching competence; ability to secure grant funding. Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. UCLA also has an attractive benefits package. To apply: On-line applications only. Please apply on-line at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF00106 with the following items: a letter of application, outlining scholarly background as well as current and future research plans; a curriculum vitae; samples of publications; and (optionally) a statement addressing your contributions to diversity through research, teaching, and/or service. Please also have at least three confidential letters of recommendation. For informal inquiries, please contact Gregory Leazer, chair of the Department, at leazer at gseis.ucla.edu or Anne Gilliland, chair of the search committee, at gilliland at gseis.ucla.edu. Application deadline: the application date has been extended to January 6, 2014 but will continue until filled. To ensure full consideration, applications should be complete and letters of recommendation received by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not later than June 30, 2014. The University of California, Los Angeles is an Affirmative Action / Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, committed to excellence through diversity. We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslisce2 at simmons.edu Fri Dec 13 11:42:29 2013 From: gslisce2 at simmons.edu (GSLIS Cont Ed) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:42:29 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Register Now for January 2014 Workshops Message-ID: (please excuse cross-postings) **Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education ? Exceptional CE Since 1975** *January 2014 Online (asynchronous ) Workshops* *-- Applying Learning Theories to Information Literacy Instruction * $250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200) January 3 - February 3, 2014 - PDPs: 15 *-- Apps4Librarians: Become an Expert in Mobile Apps for iPhones, iPads, and Other iOS Devices * $275 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $220) January 3 - February 13, 2014 - PDPs: 25 Please note: This is a six-week workshop. *-- Getting Started with Webinars * $250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $250) January 3 - February 3, 2014 - PDPs: 15 *-- Please Take This Survey! An Introduction to Survey Design * $250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200) January 3 - February 3, 2014 - PDPs: 15 **************************************** Please check our full schedule for additional Winter workshops! For additional information on workshops or to register see h ttp://gslis.simmons.edu/ce or contact gslisce at simmons.edu. 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URL: From mfsense2 at illinois.edu Fri Dec 13 14:27:10 2013 From: mfsense2 at illinois.edu (Senseney, Megan Finn) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:27:10 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Reminder: Letters of Intent due 12/16 for Prototyping Projects for the HathiTrust Research Center Message-ID: ***Reminder: The deadline for letters of intent is this Monday, 16 December!*** The HathiTrust Research Center is seeking proposals for prototyping projects to define and implement a tool or service that will help scholars better identify and select relevant resources at scale from the HathiTrust corpus and/or facilitate the construction of large-scale worksets useful for scholarly analyses. Grants of $40,000 will be offered to each of four successful respondents to be conducted over a nine-month period beginning April 2014. Workset Creation for Scholarly Analysis: Prototyping Project (WCSA) is generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A complete copy of the RFP is attached to this email and available online at: http://worksets.htrc.illinois.edu/worksets/?page_id=20. RFP Schedule: RFP Available: 22 November 2013 Letters of Intent Due (preferred): 16 December 2013 Final Proposals Due: 13 January 2014 Shortlist Meeting Invitations Issued: 20 January 2014 Shortlist Meeting: 20 February 2014 Award Notification: No later than 15 March 2014 Program Description (see the full RFP for more detail): The HathiTrust (HT) is a large digitized-text corpus (> 10 million volumes) of keen interest to researchers working in a wide range of scholarly disciplines. To tap the analytic potential of this large and diverse corpus, to tame it and make it useful to them, many researchers need the wherewithal to gather together, into a kind of personal digital carrel, cohesive and coherent subsets of HT texts (potentially tens or hundreds of thousands of volumes or parts of volumes) amenable to the in depth forms of analysis they want to do. The attributes on which they seek to collocate digitized texts are not always recorded in standard bibliographic descriptions. The HTRC will collaborate with four independent sub-awardees in conducting individual prototyping projects to develop and validate the potential of specific algorithms, services and/or tools that can enable the creation of large and small scale worksets of digitized texts and parts of digitized texts for scholarly analysis in ways not currently feasible. We are seeking proposals from engaged teams of digital humanists, librarians and computer scientists. We anticipate that the proposals received will approach the problem in a variety of different and complementary ways. Proposed prototype experiments must respond to real scholar needs and requirements. Respondents are urged to contact htrc.wcsa at gmail.com, in advance of proposal submission to discuss eligibility, project details, prerequisites, and HTRC support with a member of the project team. Prime award project PIs are: J. Stephen Downie, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois Tim Cole, University Library, University of Illinois Beth Plale, Data to Insight Center, Indiana University -- Megan Finn Senseney Project Coordinator, Research Services Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 Phone: (217) 244-5574 Email: mfsense2 at illinois.edu http://www.lis.illinois.edu/research/services/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marialemos72 at gmail.com Fri Dec 13 20:10:54 2013 From: marialemos72 at gmail.com (WorldCIST) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:10:54 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Last Call - 2sd World Conference on IST; Submission: December 29 Message-ID: <201312140111.rBE1B7Sl012748@mail.asis.org> ============================================================================ 2sd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies - WorldCIST'14 April 15-18, 2014, Madeira Island, Portugal http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist14/ ================================ Submission deadline: December 29 * Proceedings published by Springer. ** Papers submitted for indexation by ISI, SCOPUS, DBLP, etc. *** Extended versions of best papers published in ISI/SCI/SSCI/JCR journals. Regards, Maria Lemos WorldCIST'14 http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist14/ From junus at mail.lib.msu.edu Sat Dec 14 13:34:44 2013 From: junus at mail.lib.msu.edu (Junus, Ranti) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:34:44 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: Interdisciplinary Research Technologist sought for new Art-Science Lab at Univ of North Texas In-Reply-To: <6DCD5B33EE58644D9F6F5CB373228C572477C27E@GABMBx03.ad.unt.edu> References: <6DCD5B33EE58644D9F6F5CB373228C572477C27E@GABMBx03.ad.unt.edu> Message-ID: <13CEDD3CC20A8D40BC18DD7A7C9135EF739DF2D6@mailbox1.lib.msu.edu> [forwarded by request --ranti] Please forward to interested candidates? Call for Applications: Research Technical Lead/Software Developer The xREZ ArtScience lab is accepting applications for a research software developer and technologist to join the art-science lab team working on data visualization, sonification, and human computer interaction. This position centers on supporting interdisciplinary research projects through collaboratively specifying, building, and deploying applications with faculty and students across the arts, sciences, engineering, and humanities. The applications are highly heterogeneous, spanning desktop, mobile, web, cloud, and data centers and site-specific (google glass, tiled displays, computer vision, machine learning, etc). Technical direction, system specification / recommendation, documentation, and software development all are skills used daily. The lab is on the University of North Texas campus. UNT is a comprehensive public research university with 36,000 students in the city of Denton, located about half an hour drive north west of Dallas. To Apply: jobs.unt.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59131 Questions: Contact Prof. Ruth West ruth.west at unt.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruth West Associate Professor Director, xREZ Lab College of Information / Department of Library and Information Sciences College of Visual Art and Design / Department of New Media College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Biological Sciences College of Engineering / Department of Computer Science iARTA Research Cluster ruth.west at unt.edu http://viewingspace.com http://xrezlab.com 310.386.2902 mobile From srichards at lac-group.com Fri Dec 13 15:37:37 2013 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:37:37 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Technical Services Librarian / Atlanta, GA Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . . . . LAC Group is seeking a professional Technical Services Librarian, with experience in cataloging, for a full-time (40 hour per week), temporary/short-term (3 months), government contract position working with a prestigious federal agency located in Atlanta, GA. We seek an experienced librarian to perform a full range of professional library services duties and are looking for someone to start immediately. Responsibilities: * Responsible for providing the more difficult technical, professional, and management services, and may assist with the responsibility for supervising, coordinating and participating in management of a branch or library division; * Performs different technical services library duties including cataloging, collection maintenance/management, and records management; * Performs and provides information and direction on the use of library resources; * Performs basic tasks and duties of a professional nature and scope that requires knowledge of library science and services (reference sources and methods; cataloging and classification systems; collection evaluation and materials selection; library automation systems; professional ethics and obligations); * Coordinates work of library technicians and library assistant activities supporting the document delivery service; Monitors timelines and meets reporting requirements. Qualifications: * An ALA accredited Master's Degree in Library Science; * Previous experience using cataloging and ILS systems such as Voyager and Innovative Interfaces (III); * Previous experience working in cataloging, collection management and records management; * Past experience working with Science Clips is preferred; * 2 or more years of experience working as a professional Librarian; * Possesses skill set at full journey Librarian level and first-line supervisory Librarian level; * Under general supervision, performs full range of professional level library service duties. To apply, please visit: http://goo.gl/uI43EN LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. LAC Group is a premier provider of recruiting and consultancy services for information professionals at U.S. and global organizations including Fortune 100 companies, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, large academic institutions and prominent government agencies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fcunning at kent.edu Mon Dec 16 08:39:19 2013 From: fcunning at kent.edu (Cunningham, Flo) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:39:19 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Free UX Webinar Today In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <686d044cba3d4692a758207e0dd603d2@BLUPR08MB391.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Please excuse duplicate postings. Kent State University's UXD program and the Information Architecture Institute present another installment of the UXconnect speaker series. Here are the details: The Design of the Kent State UX Program by David Robins, Ph.D. December 16, 2013 at noon EDT When Karl Fast and I decided to redesign the Kent State User Experience Design: Program, we thought, "We really need to do this right!" And what could be more right than using REAL design principles and processes to work our way through the process? I'll show you how we approached the design process, the current state of the online program and future plans. My hope is to generate student interest (even more than already exists!) and to recruit instructors. For information on how to attend: http://uxconnect.wordpress.com/instructions-to-join-the-live-talk/ Hope to see you there! ________________________________ David B. Robins, Ph.D. Associate Professor Kent State University Information Architecture & Knowledge Management P.O. Box 5190 310T Library Kent, OH 44242-0001 Phone: 330.672.5852 Fax: 330.672.2118 drobins at kent.edu http://davidrobins.slis.kent.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fcunning at kent.edu Tue Dec 17 09:38:30 2013 From: fcunning at kent.edu (Cunningham, Flo) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:38:30 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] DOCAM'14 is in Kent, Ohio! (Call for Proposals) In-Reply-To: <0351837951681223.WA.jkearns3kent.edu@listserv.kent.edu> References: <0351837951681223.WA.jkearns3kent.edu@listserv.kent.edu> Message-ID: Please excuse multiple postings. The Document Academy Invites Proposals for the 11th Annual Meeting of the Document Academy, DOCAM?14 Kent State University Kent, Ohio August (6)7-9, 2014 Theme: ?Documents Without Borders? The theme of this year's meeting embodies the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary natures of document studies. In this light, the program committee encourages proposals promoting document discourse that is open to all formats, contents, and disciplines. Background: DOCAM?14 is the eleventh annual meeting of the Document Academy, an international network of scholars, artists, and professionals in various fields, who are interested in the exploration of the concept of the document as a resource for scholarly, artistic, and professional work. The Document Academy fosters a multidisciplinary space for experimental and critical research on the document in the widest sense, drawing on scholarship, traditions, and experiences from the arts, humanities, social sciences, education, and natural science, and from diverse fields, such as information, media, museum, archives, culture, and science studies. The Document Academy originated as a co-sponsored effort by the Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway, and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. The 2014 conference is hosted by the School of Library and Information Science, College of Communication and Information at Kent State University from 7-9 August 2014, with an optional preconference gathering on the evening of 6 August 2014. The conference language is English. Presentation Formats: The DOCAM?14 Program Committee especially encourages presentations, research, and visualizations in the following formats: 1. 20-minute presentations followed by 10 minutes of discussion 2. Burst sessions of 7 minutes followed by 5 minutes of discussion 3. Poster sessions to be on display for the duration of the conference [20-minute presentations are useful for research, performance, demonstrations, and innovations; burst sessions are useful for unfinished research and unpolished ideas; poster sessions are especially useful for students to showcase research; not limited to students, professionals and scholars may use posters to show off collections and for visual representations of models and data] DOCAM?14 Instantiation: *NEW This Year!* This year, the DOCAM?14 Committee will be designing and arranging a three-dimensional space to showcase documents representing all accepted proposals (20 min and Burst) for the annual conference. Representative documents will be sent in by authors and can be of any possible form, assuming it can be exhibited within given parameters. Instructions for participation will be included with proposal acceptance letters. The MuseLab, where the Instantiation will be held, is a creative and collaborative space for thinking, doing, and learning about museal things. It is located in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University, the conference venue. For more on the MuseLab visit http://www.kent.edu/slis/about/locations/muselab.cfm Proposal Submissions: For your proposal, include all of the following. Please use standard formats (such as .doc, .pdf, .jpg, .mpg for your submission components). 1. A brief description of up to 500 words (or equivalent) for your proposed presentation 2. Title and up to 5 keywords 3. Names and contact information of all contributors 4. What type of presentation you are proposing 5. Special equipment requirements 6. MuseLab exhibit document: All presentations will be represented as part of the DOCAM?14 MuseLab Instantiation. Describe the document you will be submitting for exhibit including material, dimensions, title, 20-25word description (this will be the label for the exhibit), and a short explanation about how it relates to your presentation (not for exhibit). A photograph of the document would be tremendously useful.* *Once your proposal has been accepted, you will be asked to send (preference) or bring the document, or copy of the document to the DOCAM ?14 MuseLab Committee. Proposal submissions should be sent to Jodi Kearns (jkearns at uakron.edu) no later than 15 March 2014. Decisions will be announced by 15 April 2014. Proceedings: *NEW This Year!* This year, we will compile conference proceedings. If you wish your work to be part of the DOCAM?14 conference proceedings, you will need to submit your work as a paper of between 2000-4000 words to Jodi Kearns (jkearns at uakron.edu) by August 31, 2014. DOCAM?14 Website: http://www.kent.edu/docam14 DOCAM?14 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/docam2014 From bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu Thu Dec 19 11:08:13 2013 From: bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu (Beata Panagopoulos) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:08:13 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Reminder - Register Now for NEASIST Program: Big Data & You Message-ID: Register Now! The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2014 Winter Event: BIG DATA & YOU: PREPARING CURRENT & FUTURE INFORMATION SPECIALISTS WHEN: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 from 8:15am to 12:30pm WHERE: MIT Pappalardo Room (Bldg 4-349) Cambridge, MA RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-data-you-preparing-current-future-information-specialists-tickets-9600478289 More Information: http://NEASIST.org DESCRIPTION Big Data is rapidly changing the way researchers, scientists and businesses learn, compete and adapt in digital data-driven environments. The conversation is not just about what data to store, but also how to extract meaningful intelligence from all data, and this is just the beginning. We now ask what librarians, data scientists and researchers need to know in order to prepare for the challenges of Big Data over the next 10 years. Our panelists are leading practitioners and experts in information and computer science. They will discuss their experiences with Big Data and share their insights into leading a successful career in the always-changing information field. PROGRAM 8:15-9:00am Registration & Breakfast 9:00-9:15am Welcome & Introduction 9:15-10:00am Sands Fish, Senior Software Engineer--MIT Libraries: "Knowing in the Age of Networked Knowledge" 10:00-10:45am Bradley Strauss, Senior Data Engineer--Chitika: "Is Big Data Bigger than a Bread Box?" 10:45-11:00am Break 11:00-11:45am Christopher Erdmann, Head Librarian--Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:"New Approaches to Library Data Services from an Astrophysics Perspective" 11:45am-12:30pm Panel Discussion with Michael Leach, Head of Collection Development--Harvard University Cabot Science Library From dpotnis at utk.edu Tue Dec 17 20:49:53 2013 From: dpotnis at utk.edu (Potnis, Devendra Dilip) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 01:49:53 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Seeking Nominations for ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Membership Award (Deadline: Feb. 16, 2014) Message-ID: *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2014 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive). We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award. The award will be given to students (master and/or PhD) and professionals. Please include a one-page curriculum vitae and a one-page description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers. All curricula vitae will be kept private, accessible only to SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T Nominators can mentor the award recipients for the above activities. We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership. Women, minority, and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Please feel free to circulate the Call in your professional networks (e.g., your alma mater listservs, professional contacts at IFLA, OCLC, international organizations, practitioner groups, academic institutions, etc.). Please send your nominations of deserving candidates to Devendra Potnis (dpotnis at utk.edu) or Selenay Aytac (selenay.aytac at liu.edu). The deadline for submitting nominations is February 16, 2014. Thank you! Devendra Potnis Selenay Aytac InfoShare Program, SIG-III, ASIS&T (Visit us at: https://www.asis.org/SIG/iii.html) Devendra Potnis, PhD School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee at Knoxville Email: dpotnis at utk.edu Phone: 865-974-2148 Follow me on Twitter @ DPotnis https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please see mandatory qualifications below and apply if interested: * A Master's degree in Library and information Science from an institution accredited by the ALA; * At least two years of recent employment (within the last five years in a special library in a government, corporate, or non-profit setting in which the primary duties were cataloging (including original cataloging) and processing a variety of materials in hard copy and electronic formats; * Knowledge and experience with current cataloging practices using OCLC cataloging service. Experience with Connexion Client is required; * Proficiency and practical experience in library automation, library systems operations, and the use of an integrated library automation system for cataloging. Experience with the Innovative Interfaces Inc. Sierra system is desired; * Experience with the application of the most current update of the Cataloging Rules for descriptive cataloging, and with the Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings; * Experience in cataloging public health literature, congressional reports, and legislative histories is highly desirable; * Capability of using MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) or current versions of similar products; * Attention to detail and accurate data entry. For immediate consideration, apply at: http://goo.gl/brr51U LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Mon Dec 23 09:05:34 2013 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:05:34 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP ASIS&T 2014 Message-ID: <385-220131212314534699@LEN-dick-2011> Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIST Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIST AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society. ASIST AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and conceptual frameworks and has historically presented research and development from a broad spectrum of domains, as encapsulated in ASIST?s many special interest groups: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Important Dates Papers, Panels, and Workshops: Submissions: April 30th Notifications: June 11th Final copies: July 15th Posters: Submissions: July 1th Notifications: July 30th Final copies: August 20th (All deadlines: midnight, Hawaii Standard Time) . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From kamps at uva.nl Wed Dec 18 07:56:48 2013 From: kamps at uva.nl (Jaap Kamps) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:56:48 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] PhD position on Search and Recommendation of Rich Data Message-ID: <52B19B90.9030206@uva.nl> The University of Amsterdam is looking for a versatile, highly motivated PhD candidate on searching and recommending information in the heritage domain. The positions are part of the EU-FP7 funded project on "Material EncounterS with Cultural Heritage" (meSch) as part of an international consortium. * Position: Search and Recommendation of Museum Data Vacancy number: 13-402 The candidate will contribute to the technical infrastructure of meSch, and work on search and recommendation on rich museum data; enriching and linking data to external (re)sources; customization and personalization; and transaction log analysis. * Requirements - A research oriented master's degree (MSc or MA); - a strong background in: i) information retrieval, especially search and recommendation, ii) semi-structured data, semantic annotation, and linked data, iii) interactive information access; - solid programming skills are a must; and - research experience or demonstrable interest in cultural and scientific heritage is a definite advantage. * Job Description The candidate is expected to: - complete and defend a PhD thesis within the official appointment duration; - regularly present intermediate research results at international workshops and conferences, and publish them in proceedings and journals; - collaborate with the other researchers in the meSch project and in the university; - participate in the organization of research activities and events at the Allard Pierson Museum such as exhibitions, conferences, workshops and joint publications; - assist in teaching activities. * Application The position is fully funded (full time, three years). Applications should include a letter of motivation, a detailed curriculum vitae, a publication list, and two letters of reference. Please submit your application before 12 January 2014 to . From c.haythorn at ubc.ca Fri Dec 20 17:44:32 2013 From: c.haythorn at ubc.ca (Caroline Haythornthwaite) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:44:32 -0800 Subject: [Asis-l] Faculty Search: Assistant Professor, iSchool at The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <90E93EB8-7F05-4F25-98D1-812C7A45659A@ubc.ca> Deadline for applications is January 10, 2014. Notice of the position is also available at: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/news/current-news.htm#tenure /Caroline Haythornthwaite Caroline Haythornthwaite Director and Professor SLAIS, The iSchool at UBC ------------------------------------------------------ THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Faculty position (tenure-stream) Library and Information Studies The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS), the iSchool at The University of British Columbia invites applications for a full-time position to begin July 1, 2014, subject to final budgetary approval. The position is expected to be filled at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates should demonstrate achievement of, or potential for, excellence in teaching, research, and service in an interdisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will be expected to teach and conduct research in the area of library and information studies, broadly interpreted. Applications are encouraged from candidates with research and teaching interests relating to digital collections, including specialization in areas such as: digital libraries; data and information management; data/text mining and analytics; information retrieval; systems design, programming, evaluation and implementation; health informatics; digital humanities; digital media, social media; or semantic web technologies. We are seeking applicants who complement the strengths of the faculty at the School, demonstrate a strong research record appropriate to their experience, and have the ability to forge interdisciplinary research and/or teaching relationships within the School and beyond. As the School builds and strengthens its identity as an iSchool, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a dynamic community of scholars shaping the future of the School and to work with outstanding Masters and doctoral students. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (or solid indication of imminent completion) in a field related to the teaching and research areas of the position. Applicants must demonstrate excellence in research and scholarly activity; have a publication record commensurate with their experience; and provide evidence of teaching effectiveness. The University of British Columbia holds an international reputation for excellence in advanced research and learning. It is located in Vancouver, Canada, one of the world?s most beautiful and culturally diverse cities. The iSchool offers an ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS), a Master of Archival Studies (MAS) (both with an optional First Nations Concentration), a Dual MAS/MLIS, a multidisciplinary Master of Arts in Children?s Literature (MACL), and a doctorate in library, archival and information studies leading to the awarding of a Ph.D. Further information about the School can be found at www.slais.ubc.ca. The deadline date for receipt of applications is January 10, 2014. Application materials should include: a cover letter stating the candidate?s qualifications for the position, projected research agenda, and teaching philosophy; current curriculum vitae; the names and contact information of a minimum of three referees; and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Applications should be addressed to Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite, Chair, Faculty Search Committee and documents should be sent as separate files (in .pdf of Word format) via email to: slais.recruit at ubc.ca. Enquiries may be addressed to: Caroline Haythornthwaite, Director and Professor Chair, Faculty Search Committee School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) The iSchool at The University of British Columbia The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Suite 470, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1 CANADA Email: c.haythorn at ubc.ca The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity and diversity within its community. We especially welcome applications from members of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will, however, be given priority. From gerrymck at iastate.edu Fri Dec 20 12:44:57 2013 From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:44:57 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] A/V Now Available > FREE Webinar > Measuring Impact: Redefining Scholarly Value Through New Data > December 18 2013 > 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6B28F9@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> References: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6B28C5@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu>, <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6B28E4@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu>, <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6B28F9@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6B3458@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ A/V Now Available > IMHO: Most Outstanding !!! /Gerry LJ Data Driven Webcasts 2013 > Measuring Impact: Redefining Scholarly Value Through New Data (DDAL Pt. 3) Measuring Impact: Redefining Scholarly Value Through New Data Wednesday, December 18, 2013 3:00-4:00 PM ET / 12:00-1:00 PM PT SPONSORED BY: ProQuest, Library Journal and ER&L Scholars are looking beyond traditional metrics to show the impact their work can have in the online world, while publishers are looking to show more value for their content. This has led to looking at other sources of data to determine other ways to consider value. This webcast will highlight the work scholars and organizations are doing around alternative metrics and article-level use to expand the definition of the impact of scholarly exchange. Speakers Gregg Gordon - President and CEO, Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Jason Priem - Co-founder, ImpactStory Jennifer Lin - Senior Product Manager, Public Library of Science Moderator Bonnie Tijerina - Head of E-Resources and Serials, Harvard Library Source and A/V Now Available Via: [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2013/12/free-webinar-measuring-impact.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Among other topics, the course covers: * Data analysis algorithms that enable extraction of patterns and trends in data * Major temporal, geospatial, topical, and network visualization techniques * Discussions of systems that drive research and development Everyone who registers gains free access to the Scholarly Database (26 million paper, patent, and grant records) and the Sci2 Tool (100+ algorithms and tools). Schedule The 2014 course will begin on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. We will announce the precise schedule in the coming weeks. Students will again have the opportunity to collaborate with their peers to complete data visualization assignments from real-world clients. 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URL: From fichman at indiana.edu Mon Dec 23 09:19:57 2013 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:19:57 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP>Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14) AMCIS 2014 Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-posting] Call For Papers: AMCIS Mini-track: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14) 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS): Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems opportunity, Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014 Conference Website: http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ DESCRIPTION: This Mini Track solicits papers that make use of social theory in information systems research drawing upon such approaches as sociotechnical theory, critical theory, social informatics, organizational theory, cultural anthropology, sociology and others. We are interested in understanding and supporting the evolution of social theory, socio-technical theory, and social informatics in information systems research. We want to highlight research that uses these approaches to critically examine the constitution of information and communications technologies, and their roles in organizations and society; these are among the most important questions about IS, organizations, and society. We particularly invite IS research that applies, builds on, compares, or critiques these social theories. We are interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and theorize about application domains including large-scale social and organizational phenomena. We seek to attract research papers and research-in-progress papers from all IS researchers who are using the work of social theorists, organizational theorists, sociotechnical theorists, and cultural anthropologists, symbolic interactionists, and many others. We are particularly interested in research that makes use of social theory 1) to address issues of designing a smart and sustainable digital future, 2) to answer questions about how we are interacting with ICTs in our work and social lives in ways that help and hinder the move towards sustainability, and 3) to critically examine the constitution of ICTs, and their roles in the design, maintenance and dissolution of sustainable organizations and social groups. This will be the 14th consecutive year for the Mini Track at AMCIS, and we hope to continue a tradition of high quality paper submissions, thought-provoking presentations and lively discussion for all IS researchers using, or considering the use of, social theory in their work. SUGGESTED TOPICS In addition to research aligned with the conference theme we are also interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and understand: * The implications of social networks for organizations and social groups * Conceptual and empirical work focusing on the ways ICT can promote or hinder social inclusion * The significance of cyberinfrastructure for commerce, governing and research and development * The relationships between ICTs and people as they participate in online communities and virtual teams * Online communities of practice, their processes and outcomes * The dynamics of crowdsourcing online * Hacktivism and the use of technology to mobilize resources and advance ideology * Unintended consequences of technology implementation and use in organizations and in social life * Scientific collaboration and scholarly communication as enabled and constrained by ICTs * The impacts of social computing on our social and work lives Minitrack chairs: Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba at indiana.edu Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman at indiana.edu Submission Process: Instructions for authors and more information is available at: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system. Papers can be submitted beginning on January 5, 2014. The link will be available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2014_papers/ Submissions will close on March 1, 2014. ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Global and International Studies 901 East 10th Street, Informatics West #301 Indiana University, Bloomington, 47408 Phone (812) 856-1587 E-Mail fichman at indiana.edu Web http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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An emerging grand challenge involves gathering, organizing, curating, managing, analyzing, visualizing and disseminating these heterogeneous data over the lifecycle of the data for such purposes such as scientific discovery, medical advances, entrepreneurial activity and public policy formulation. People in the public and private sectors are taking note of this development as are academics, who are exploring ways of dealing with big data, defined by the National Science Foundation (2012) as: ?large, diverse, complex, longitudinal, and/or distributed data sets generated from instruments, sensors, Internet transactions, email, video, click streams, and/or all other digital sources available today and in the future. This minitrack solicits high quality conceptual and empirical work that focuses on the global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations. Big data datasets and the technologies for analyzing them are developing faster than our understanding of the ways in which this phenomenon is impacting and will impact the ways work is done in a wide range of settings. As scholars and researchers begin to investigate the impacts of Big Data, this minitrack provides a venue for them to share their work. Appropriate topics for this minitrack include (but are not limited to) the following: ? Big data use in organizational, national and international settings ? How the introduction of big data affects organizational and group work flow ? Ways that big data is affecting organizational and group decision making ? Security and privacy impacts of big data use ? The intended and unintended consequences of big data ? The dark side of big data: surveillance, illicit activities, discriminatory analytics, and the end of privacy ? Big data as a social, political, economic, and/or cultural phenomenon Minitrack chairs: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman at indiana.edu Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba at indiana.edu SUBMISSION PROCESS: Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system no later than March 1, 2014. Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions on January 5, 2014 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014 Additional instructions for authors: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers Important Dates: March 1, 2014: (11:59 PM EST): Deadline for paper submissions April 4 2014: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 18, 2014: Authors revisions due April 25, 2014: (11:59 PM EST): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due From gerrymck at iastate.edu Mon Dec 30 17:30:25 2013 From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:30:25 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] IT&L > That Was Then, This Is Now: Replacing the Mobile-Optimized Site with Responsive Design Message-ID: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6B8485@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Postings *** Colleagues/ As mobile technologies continue to evolve, libraries seek sustainable ways to keep up with these changes and to best serve our users. Previous library mobile usability research has examined tasks users predict they might be likely to perform, but little is known about what users actually do on a mobile-optimized library site. This research used a combination of survey method and web analytics to examine what tasks users actually carry out on a library mobile site. The results indicate that users perform an array of passive and active tasks and do not want content choices to be limited on mobile devices. Responsive design is described as a long-term solution for addressing both designers? and users? needs. http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/4636 Happy New Year ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chodgson at niso.org Mon Dec 30 20:12:01 2013 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:12:01 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] NISO January 8 Webinar: From Device to Device: Adaptive Interfaces for Content Message-ID: <008601cf05c5$5084a440$f18decc0$@org> Webinar: From Device to Device: Adaptive Interfaces for Content Date: January 8, 2014 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/device/ ===================================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR Content providers and libraries are struggling with the bests way to make their e-content adapt to the wide diversity of devices-including desktops, laptops, tablets, e-readers, and smartphones. For decades, the PDF document format has been the fallback for digital content display, despite its shortcomings. But new developments and standards from file formats to improved cascading style sheets, adaptive layouts, graphics scaling, and device recognition are encouraging the move away from PDF, but many challenges remain. When is reflowable text or fixed layout the best approach? Can a user have a common experience regardless of device being used or should the goal be to provide the best experience for the particular device? How can authors and publishers ensure that specialized content such as graphics and tables are not lost or garbled when presented to a smaller screen? Is there an efficient way to produce and distribute content without re-creating it for every different potential device and format? Is it possible to create device-agnostic content? Understanding these issues is critical both for publishers who need to efficiently distribute content and for libraries who will be purchasing this content and ensuring their patrons, with their variety of devices, can access the electronic content they need. NISO's January 8 webinar will describe some advances in adaptive publication design and provide a basis for what you can expect for making content device agnostic. SPEAKERS Jean Kaplansky - Digital Content Solutions Architect, Aptara, which provides digital publishing solutions to content providers for capitalizing on new digital and mobile mediums Toby Plewak - Product Strategist for Publishing Technology's pub2web platform, a custom hosting solution that supports and delivers published information REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on January 8, 2014 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance ). All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/device/ Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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When is reflowable text or fixed layout the best approach? Can a user have a common experience regardless of device being used or should the goal be to provide the best experience for the particular device? How can authors and publishers ensure that specialized content such as graphics and tables are not lost or garbled when presented to a smaller screen? Is there an efficient way to produce and distribute content without re-creating it for every different potential device and format? Is it possible to create device-agnostic content? Understanding these issues is critical both for publishers who need to efficiently distribute content and for libraries who will be purchasing this content and ensuring their patrons, with their variety of devices, can access the electronic content they need. This webinar will describe some advances in adaptive publication design and provide a basis for what you can expect for making content device agnostic. Agenda Introduction Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO Jean Kaplansky - Digital Content Solutions Architect, Aptara Jean Kaplansky is a Digital Content Solutions Architect at Aptara, which provides digital publishing solutions to content providers for capitalizing on new digital and mobile mediums. Jean is an avid reader and early adopter of eBooks and eBook-related technology, going back to 1996. Her publishing production past includes work as an XML Architect for Cengage Learning, a Systems Analyst for Pfizer Global Research and Development, and an XML Consultant at Arbortext. Jean is an Invited Expert to the W3C's Digital Publishing Interest Group and currently sits on the IDPF Indexing, Open Annotation, and EDUPUB working groups in addition to the BISG Content Structure Committee. Follow her occasional tweets at @JeanKaplansky. Toby Plewak - Product Strategist, Publishing Technology Toby Plewak is Product Strategist for Publishing Technology?s pub2web platform. Registration Costs * NISO Member $95.00 (US and Canada) $109.00 (International) * NASIG Member $95.00 * Non-Member $125.00 (US and Canada) $149.00 (International) * Student $49.00 Registration closes on January 8, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. (ET) Source and Registration Link Available Via: http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/12/niso-webinar-from-device-to-device.html /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jlorince at indiana.edu Tue Dec 31 22:02:29 2013 From: jlorince at indiana.edu (Jared Lorince) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 22:02:29 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 Message-ID: *** Apologies for multiple postings *** CALL FOR PAPERS & CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 Bloomington, Indiana, USA websci14.org / @WebSciConf / #WebSci14 Deadline for papers: Feb. 23rd 2014 Deadline for workshop & tutorial proposals: Jan. 17th 2014 Web Science is the emergent science of the people, organizations, applications, and of policies that shape and are shaped by the Web, the largest informational artifact constructed by humans in history. Web Science embraces the study of the Web as a vast universal information network of people and communities. As such, Web Science includes the study of social networks whose work, expression, and play take place on the Web. The social sciences and computational sciences meet in Web Science and complement one another: Studying human behavior and social interaction contributes to our understanding of the Web, while Web data is transforming how social science is conducted. The Web presents us with a great opportunity as well as an obligation: If we are to ensure the Web benefits humanity we must do our best to understand it. Call for Papers The Web Science conference is inherently interdisciplinary, as it attempts to integrate computer and information sciences, communication, linguistics, sociology, psychology, economics, law, political science, philosophy, digital humanities, and other disciplines in pursuit of an understanding of the Web. This conference is unique in the manner in which it brings these disciplines together in creative and critical dialogue, and we invite papers from all the above disciplines, and in particular those that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Following the success of WebSci'09 in Athens, WebSci'10 in Raleigh, WebSci'11 in Koblenz, WebSci '12 in Evanston, and WebSci'13 in Paris, for the 2014 conference we are seeking papers and posters that describe original research, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science, as well as work that discusses novel and thought-provoking ideas and works-in-progress. Possible topics for submissions include, but are not limited to, the following: * Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities * Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based * large-scale social interaction * Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web * Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions * on the Web * Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing * Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web * Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web * The architecture and philosophy of the Web * The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web * Economics and social innovation on the Web * Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons * Personal data, trust, and privacy * Web and social media research ethics * Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems * Big data and the study of the Web * Web access, literacy, and development * Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web * People-driven Web technologies, including crowd-sourcing, open data, and new interfaces * Digital humanities * Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources * Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives * New research questions and thought-provoking ideas A separate Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals is on the conference website at: http://www.websci14.org/#call-for-workshop-and-tutorial-proposals Submission Web Science is necessarily a very selective single track conference with a rigorous review process. To accommodate the distinct traditions of its many disciplines, we provide three different submission formats: full papers, short papers, and posters. For all types of submissions, inclusion in the ACM DL proceedings will be by default, but not mandatory (opt-out via EasyChair). All accepted research papers (full and short papers) will be presented during the single-track conference. All accepted posters will be given a spot in the single-track lightning talk session, and room to present their papers during a dedicated poster session. Full research papers (5 to 10 pages, ACM double column, 20 mins presentation including Q&A) Full research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers should present substantial theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice. Short research papers (up to 5 pages, ACM double column, 15 mins presentation including Q&A) Short research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers can present preliminary theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice. Posters (up to 2 pages, ACM double column, lightning talk + poster presentation) Extended abstracts for posters, which should be in English, can be up to 2 pages. Submission instructions Full and short paper and poster submissions should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG proceedings template (WebSci archive format at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). Please submit papers using EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci2014. Other creative submission formats (flexible formats) Other types of creative submissions are also encouraged, and the exact format and style of presentation are open. Examples might include artistic performances or installations, interactive exhibits, demonstrations, or other creative formats. For these submissions, the proposers should make clear both what they propose to do, and any special requirements they would need to successfully do it (in terms of space, time, technology, etc.) Review The Web Science program committee consists of a program committee that covers all relevant areas of Web Science. Each submission will be refereed by three PC members and one short meta review written by a Co-PC chair, to cover both the research background of each submission as well as the necessary interdisciplinary aspects. (Optional) Archival Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library All accepted papers and posters will by default appear in the Web Science 2014 Conference Proceedings and can also be made available through the ACM Digital Library, in the same length and format of the submission unless indicated otherwise (those wishing not to be indexed and archived can "opt out" of the proceedings). Call for Workshops and Tutorial Proposals The Web Science conference will start with tutorials and workshops that will promote in-depth training and discussions with the goal of understanding how people, organizations, applications, and policies shape and are shaped by the Web. In agreement with the spirit of the conference, the tutorials and workshops are intended to create opportunities for interdisciplinary discussion around themes and methods that are central to the study of the Web. The list of themes includes, but is not restricted to, 1. Methods for data mining and network research; 2. The study of social dynamics (i.e. political campaigns, censorship) using Web data; 3. The relationship between technical design and individual behaviour (i.e. the impact of by-default design on privacy); 4. The future of the Web in an era of increasing mobile applications; 5. The incentives and limits of regulation; 6. Participatory systems and crowdsourcing; 7. The dynamics of information creation (supply) and consumption (demand) and its relation to real world events. We will give priority to proposals that approach their topic from the perspective of various disciplines, spanning the divide between the social and computer sciences. Tutorials and workshops can be designed as half or full day events. Workshops can have a mixture of panel presentations and invited speakers, but presentations should reflect the diversity of approaches that characterize the multidisciplinary nature of Web Science. For more information about chairs, submission, review, deadlines, etc, please see the full call at http://websci14.org/#call-for-workshop-and-tutorial-proposals or contact websci2014ws at easychair.org. Deadlines Full & Short Papers: * 23 February 2014: Submissions of full and short papers * 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for papers * 11 May 2014: Camera-ready version of papers and posters due Late Breaking Posters: * 23 March 2014: Submissions of posters * 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for posters * 11 May 2014: Camera-ready version of posters due Workshops and tutorial proposals: * January 17th 2014: Proposal Submissions Authors take note: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (If proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date is the first day of the conference.) Conference calendar and rough program * 23 June 2014: workshops, opening reception and keynote * 24 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, poster reception * 25 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, social event * 26 June 2014: keynote, technical program, closing General chairs * Fil Menczer, Indiana University * Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute * Bill Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Program chairs * Markus Strohmaier, University of Koblenz and GESIS (Computing) * Ciro Cattuto, ISI Foundation (Physics) * Eric T. Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (Social Sciences) Program Commiteee * Yong-Yeol Ahn, Indiana University * Luca Maria Aiello, Yahoo! Research * William Allen, University of Oxford * Sitaram Asur, HP Labs * Alain Barrat, CNRS * Fabricio Benevenuto, Federal University of Minas Gerais * Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc * Paolo Boldi, Universita degli Studi di Milano * Niels Brugger, Aarhus Universitet * Licia Capra, University College London * Carlos Castillo, Qatar Computing Research Institute * Lu Chen, Wright State University * Cristobal Cobo, Oxford Internet Institute * David Crandall, Indiana University * Pasquale De Meo, VU University, Amsterdam * David De Roure, Oxford e-Research Centre * Pnina Fichman, Indiana University * Alessandro Flammini, Indiana University * Matteo Gagliolo, Universite libre de Bruxelles * Laetitia Gauvin, ISI Foundation, Turin * Daniel Gayo Avello, University of Oviedo * Scott Golder, Cornell University * Bruno Goncalves, Aix-Marseille Universite * Andrew Gordon, University of Southern California * Scott Hale, Oxford Internet Institute * Noriko Hara, Indiana University * Bernhard Haslhofer, University of Vienna * Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg * Geert-Jan Houben, TU Delft * Jeremy Hunsinger, Wilfrid Laurier University * Ajita John, Avaya Labs * Robert Jaschke, L3S Research Center * Haewoon Kwak, Telefonica Research * Renaud Lambiotte, University of Namur * Matthieu Latapy, CNRS * Silvio Lattanzi, Google * Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute * Sune Lehmann, Technical University of Denmark * Kristina Lerman, University of Southern California * David Liben-Nowell, Carleton College * Yu-Ru Lin, University of Pittsburgh * Huan Liu, Arizona State University * Jared Lorince, Indiana University * Mathias Lux, Klagenfurt University * Massimo Marchiori, University of Padova and UTILABS * Yutaka Matsuo, University of Tokyo * Jaimie Murdock, Indiana University * Mirco Musolesi, University of Birmingham * Eni Mustafaraj, Wellesley College * Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S and University of Hannover * Andre Panisson, ISI Foundation, Turin * Hanwoo Park, Yeungnam University * Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano * Leto Peel, University of Colorado, Boulder * Orion Penner, IMT Lucca * Nicola Perra, Northeastern University * Rob Procter, University of Warwick * Cornelius Puschmann, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society * Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Labs * Carlos P. 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