From dpotnis at utk.edu Mon Feb 3 12:24:11 2014 From: dpotnis at utk.edu (Potnis, Devendra Dilip) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 17:24:11 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] "ICTs for Financial Inclusion of the Unbanked Poor in Developing Economies" Minitrack - AMCIS 2014 Message-ID: [cid:image003.jpg at 01CF1D24.4487C390] Track: ICTs for Global Development Minitrack: ICTs for Financial Inclusion of the Unbanked Poor in Developing Economies 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 We are excited to invite articles for 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., 2013a). 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 Instructions for Authors and Submission Submission Deadline: March 1, 2014 Author Notification Date: April 4, 2014 Authors Revisions Due Date: April 18, 2014 Authors Final, Camera-Ready Date: April 25, 2014 For more information visit: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers 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. (2013a). 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, 33(Special Issue on Information Systems in Emerging Economies), 423-442. Mohan, L., Potnis, D., & Mattoo, N. (2013b). 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 43027 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From gslisce2 at simmons.edu Mon Feb 3 15:12:56 2014 From: gslisce2 at simmons.edu (GSLIS Cont Ed) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:12:56 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Webinar: Ebooks in Corporate/Special Libraries -- Matarazzo/Pearlstein Message-ID: Ebooks in Corporate/Special Libraries: A Review -- Taught by James M. Matarazzo & Toby PearlsteinDate: February 27, 2014 Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Cost: $25 Register information is here: http://alanis.simmons.edu/ceweb/registerinfo.php Articles, conference presentations, and announcements on ebook usage in school, public, and academic libraries have become regular features in the literature. And this is by no means a U.S.-based phenomenon. In fact, in 2011, the global strategic management consulting firm Bain & Co. issued a report covering six countries (U.S., Japan, Germany, France, U.K., and South Korea) across three continents. This study focuses primarily on mass market publishing but provides some useful insight for corporate library purposes as well. Readers "tend to read more when equipped with digital readers" and in encouraging news for publishers, "the vast majority of those readers will pay for e-books." Despite the broadened base of ebook delivery channels and the growth in consumption of content via multiple devices, the impact does not seem to have greatly affected corporate libraries yet. The authors decided to look into this matter to answer the question of whether we have reached the point at which ebooks represent a necessary component of the corporate content portfolio. Do information services departments need ebooks to continue to contribute to their organizations' success? Or, put another way, can corporate librarians afford to ignore the value of ebooks as a component of the services they provide their customers? In this webinar the presenters will cover the following topics: - Ebook Adoption in Special Library Settings - Survey Results - More Barriers (Customer Appetite [End User or Researcher]; Cost/Acquisition Models/Deployment) - Incentives (Mobility; Cutting Edge; Cost Savings and Usage Measures) - Putting It All in Perspective - Mini Case Studies (The Insurance Company wants to give Ebooks a go; Fidelity Center for Advanced -Technology; The Vendor Perspective) - Appendix (Survey Instrument) - Recommended readings James M. Matarazzo is a fellow of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). He received SLA's Professional Award in 1983 and again in 1991 when he also received SLA's President's Award. Matarazzo was president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (2000-2001) and is the vice president of the H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc. 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URL: From youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr Tue Feb 4 05:25:35 2014 From: youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr (Youakim Badr) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 11:25:35 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: The 6th International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (ACM MEDES 2014) Message-ID: <70D42A08-F275-4797-92C8-DA88334718E6@insa-lyon.fr> * Please distribute widely and accept our apologies for cross-posting * *************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************** The 6th International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES 2014) In-Cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGAPP and IFIP WG 2.6 http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/14/ September 15-17, 2014 Buraidah-Al Qassim, Saudi Arabi Description and Objectives --------------------------- In the world of the Internet, the rapid growth and exponential use of digital medias leads to the emergence of virtual environments namely digital ecosystems composed of multiple and independent entities such as individuals, organizations, services, software and applications sharing one or several missions and focusing on the interactions and inter-relationships among them. The digital ecosystem exhibits self-organizing environments, thanks to the re-combination and evolution of its "digital components", in which resources provided by each entity are properly conserved, managed and used. The underlying resources mainly comprehend data management, innovative services, computational intelligence and self-organizing platforms. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of digital ecosystems and their characteristics, they are highly complex to study and design. This also leads to a poor understanding as to how managing resources will empower digital ecosystems to be innovative and value-creating. The application of Information Technologies has the potential to enable the understanding of how entities request resources and ultimately interact to create benefits and added-values, impacting business practices and knowledge. These technologies can be improved through novel techniques, models and methodologies for fields such as data management, web technologies, networking, security, human-computer interactions, artificial intelligence, e-services and self-organizing systems to support the establishment of digital ecosystems and manage their resources. The International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) aims to develop and bring together a diverse community from academia, research laboratories and industry interested in exploring the manifold challenges and issues related to resource management of Digital Ecosystems and how current approaches and technologies can be evolved and adapted to this end. The conference seeks related original research papers, industrial papers and proposals for demonstrations. Topics ------- MEDES 2014 seeks contributions in the following 10 areas: 1. Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure 2. Cloud computing 3. Emergent Intelligence 4. Service systems and Engineering 5. Trust, Security & Privacy 6. Data & Knowledge Management 7. Intelligent Web 8. Human-Computer Interaction 9. Networks and Protocols 10. Open Source Paper Submission ---------------- Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. The submitted paper should be at most 8 ACM single-space printed pages. Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be rejected. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 peer reviewers. After the preliminary notification date, authors rebut by evidence and arguments all reviewer inquiries and their comments. Based on the rebuttal feedback, reviewers notify authors with the final decision. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics related to Digital Ecosystems. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. The conference Proceedings will be published by ACM and indexed by the ACM Digital Library and DBLP. Important Dates ---------------- Submission Deadline: 12 May 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 13 July 2014 Camera Ready: 07 August 2014 Conference Dates: 15-17 September 2014 Special Tracks: ---------------- Big Data Processing and Management Computational Intelligence Special issues and Journal Publication --------------------------------------- Extended versions of selected papers will be published in several peer reviewed journals. The list of journals will be announced later. General Chair -------------- Obaid Al Motairy, Qassim University, KSA Richard Chbeir, UPPA University, France Mohammed Alodib, Qassim University, KSA Lamri Laouamer, Qassim University, KSA Program Chair -------------- Morad Benyoucef, University of Ottawa, Canada Saad Harous, United Arab Emirates University, UAE International Advisory Board Members ------------------------------------ Asanee Kawtrakul, NECTEC, Thailand Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Philippe De Wilde, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland Yasuo Matsuyama, Waseda University, Japan Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Steering Committee Members -------------------------- Youakim Badr, INSA de Lyon, France Fernando Ferri, IRPPS-CNR, Italy Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Richard Chbeir, University of Bourgogne, France Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan Asanee Kawtrakul, NECTEC, Thailand Dominique Laurent, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France Epaminondas Kapetanios, University of Westminster, UK Keynote Speakers ---------------- Fabien Gandon, INRIA, France Ton Kalker, DTS Incorporation, USA Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA Azer Bestavros, Boston University, USA Roger Lee, Central Michigan University, USA International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From vawill02 at syr.edu Mon Feb 3 17:39:56 2014 From: vawill02 at syr.edu (Victoria A Williams) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 22:39:56 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] 25% Tuition Award for Library Employees - Syracuse iSchool Message-ID: The School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse University is pleased to announce our newest graduate scholarship award, the 25% Tuition Award for Library Employees. This award was created to assist those with experience working in library settings as they move toward the professional ALA-accredited degree and advanced skillsets needed to pursue their passion in librarianship. To be eligible for this award, individuals must be admitted to the iSchool's MS in Library & Information Science (LIS), MS in Library & Information Science - School Media (LISSM), or graduate Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Data Science program and have worked for one or more years in a library or library setting. Students enrolled in the iSchool's MSLIS, MSLISSM and CAS in Data Science programs and receiving this award can earn their degree online, on campus (or a blend of both), full- or part-time. The Syracuse iSchool is pleased to be celebrating 20 Years in Online and Distance Education and to have maintained our #1 ranking in Information Systems for Library and Information Studies (US News and World Report). The Syracuse iSchool is proud to support librarianship and the development and continued education of our highly valued, professional library staff throughout the community. For more information about our graduate programs and to learn more about the 25% Tuition Award for Library Employees visit: http://conta.cc/1gyotHF Regards, Vicky Williams | Director of Online Education School of Information Studies | Syracuse University t 315.443.6226 f 315.443.5806 e vawill02 at syr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichards at lac-group.com Mon Feb 3 19:13:42 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 00:13:42 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Hebrew/Yiddish Cataloger (Virtual) Message-ID: Apologies for the cross posting . . . . . LAC Group seeks a Hebrew/Yiddish Cataloger (Virtual) for ongoing cataloging work, for a prestigious Museum located in Washington, DC. This cataloging work can be accomplished remotely from any location and pays on a per-piece rate. Applicants must be fluent in Hebrew/Yiddish and English and have previous experience cataloging foreign language materials. All applicants must be able to successfully pass a cataloging skills test. Responsibilities: * Search, retrieve and/or update bibliographic records in ILS; * Perform cataloging of print monographs, serials, and foreign language materials; * Create and update holdings records; * Ensure work conforms to client standards, and collaborate in a team environment; * Assist with processing and cataloging. 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Conf. on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies | CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <201402051206.s15C6BCc021551@mail.asis.org> ---------- HCIST 2014 International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Troia, Portugal, October 15-17, 2014 http://hcist.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 10, 2014 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 19, 2014 Final Submission due date: June 10, 2014 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://hcist.scika.org) until April 10, 2014. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between seven and ten pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the conference webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Technology series and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Like in previous editions, accepted full and short papers will be submitted for indexation in major indexes such as Thomson ISI and SCOPUS. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://hcist.scika.org ---------- ---------- Committees and Keynote speaker General conference chairs: - Ricardo Martinho, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal - Rui Rijo, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Program Chair: - Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA Keynote speaker: - Petra Schubert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Organization Chair: - Ricardo Correia, University of Porto, Portugal ---------- We look forward to welcome you in our beautiful Troia, Portugal, next October. From mcunha at ipca.pt Wed Feb 5 07:06:55 2014 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 12:06:55 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CENTERIS 2014 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems | CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <201402051207.s15C6uXK021586@mail.asis.org> ---------- CENTERIS 2014 Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Troia, Portugal, October 15-17, 2014 http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 10, 2014 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 19, 2014 Final Submission due date: June 10, 2014 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://centeris.scika.org) until April 10, 2014. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between seven and ten pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the conference webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Technology series and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Like in previous editions, accepted full and short papers will be submitted for indexation in major indexes such as Thomson ISI and SCOPUS. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ---------- Committees and Keynote speaker General conference chairs: - Jo?o Eduardo Quintela Varaj?o, University of Minho, Portugal - Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal Program Chair: - Niels Bj?rn-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Danmark Keynote speaker: - Petra Schubert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Organization Chair: - Emanuel Peres, University of Tr?s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal ---------- We look forward to welcome you in our beautiful Troia, Portugal, next October. From Joy.Davidson at glasgow.ac.uk Wed Feb 5 07:07:28 2014 From: Joy.Davidson at glasgow.ac.uk (Joy Davidson) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 12:07:28 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] DCC curation webinar: Customising DMPonline In-Reply-To: <0515B6DC47214248AF63862E2FB1CCB3B7012D6635@CMS01.campus.gla.ac.uk> References: <0515B6DC47214248AF63862E2FB1CCB3B7012D6633@CMS01.campus.gla.ac.uk> <44DE6A6AD286FF4792BC7CD2B6EF4D1F9746724E6F@CMS01.campus.gla.ac.uk> <0515B6DC47214248AF63862E2FB1CCB3B7012D6635@CMS01.campus.gla.ac.uk> Message-ID: <0515B6DC47214248AF63862E2FB1CCB3B7012D6637@CMS01.campus.gla.ac.uk> DCC digital curation webinar series The DCC are pleased to announce that we will shortly be launching a new series of free online training sessions which will take place throughout the spring and summer. These brief sessions will last for one hour and will provide participants with an introduction to some of the current issues, some examples of emerging good practice, and an overview of tools and approaches. The first webinar will focus on how to customise DMPonline - the DCC's web-based tool to help researchers write data management plans - and will take place on Thursday 13th March. We've recently released a new version of the DMPonline tool which offers a lot of flexibility in terms of how institutions can customise it. You can create your own template to provide questions and guidance that researchers should respond to, add tailored guidance to help researchers answer funders questions, and provide examples and suggested answers. This webinar will demo the new version of DMPonline and profile the options available for customising the tool by showing examples from a number of early adopters. For further details and to register please go to http://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/webinars. All the best, Joy Joy Davidson Associate Director Digital Curation Centre (DCC) HATII, University of Glasgow 11 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QJ Tel: 0141 330 8592 Email: joy.davidson at glasgow.ac.uk http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.gla.ac.uk/hatii From mcunha at ipca.pt Wed Feb 5 07:07:44 2014 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 12:07:44 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] ProjMAN 2014 - International Conference on Project MANagement | CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <201402051208.s15C7kSu021667@mail.asis.org> ---------- ProjMAN 2014 International Conference on Project MANagement an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Troia, Portugal, October 15-17, 2014 http://projman.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 10, 2014 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 19, 2014 Final Submission due date: June 10, 2014 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://projman.scika.org) until April 10, 2014. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between seven and ten pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the conference webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Technology series and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Like in previous editions, accepted full and short papers will be submitted for indexation in major indexes such as Thomson ISI and SCOPUS. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://projman.scika.org ---------- We look forward to welcome you in our beautiful Troia, Portugal, next October. From asalaba at kent.edu Tue Feb 4 22:59:07 2014 From: asalaba at kent.edu (SALABA, ATHENA) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 03:59:07 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] KSU SLIS seeks nominations and applications for Director position Message-ID: <9b52b579309c43c8a8c807f6517f4da8@BY2PR08MB224.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Kent State University invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of the School of Library and Information Science. The successful candidate will be a dynamic leader and a creative, entrepreneurial visionary who can realize the School's current initiatives and foster an innovative and productive school of library and information science that educates professionals, leaders, scholars and active participants for the knowledge economy. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Anticipated start date is Aug. 1, 2014. Additional information about this opportunity is available below and at http://www.kent.edu/slis/people/directorsearch.cfm. Director, School of Library & Information Science [Job #998241] Kent Campus - Kent, OH Opportunity: To provide academic and administrative leadership for the School of Library and Information Science within the College of Communication & Information. Provide leadership and direction; analyze situations and develop effective solutions. Qualifications: Earned doctorate in Library and Information Science, or related field; a research and teaching record appropriate at the rank of professor; demonstrated leadership skills related to management of academic and/or related programs, including an understanding of business models, financial management, and distance learning through a variety of formats and platforms; a collaborative management style, with effectiveness in change management; creative, entrepreneurial, and inclusive leadership abilities; a commitment to academic excellence and student success; an ability to recruit, sustain, and retain faculty and staff; an ability to effectively represent the school within the college and university, to prospective and current students, to alumni, and to external organizations, agencies and other stakeholders; a demonstrated commitment to diversity. For all official job descriptions and to apply, visit jobs.kent.edu. Kent State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University has the only American Library Association-accredited Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) degree program in Ohio, offering courses in Kent, Columbus (State Library of Ohio) and through a fully online option. SLIS also offers a Master of Science in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management and participates in an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the College of Communication and Information. The school is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's top 20 LIS graduate programs, with a youth librarianship program that is ranked 10th. It is one of the largest programs in the country, with more than 600 students enrolled. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/slis. 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The HC3 is developing a Focus Package on ICT in Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) to be posted on the HC3 Health COMpass (http://www.thehealthcompass.org/). A Focus Package is a set of selected resources and tools that has been assembled on a specific topic of interest. The Health COMpass team undertakes an intensive search to identify and make available these high quality materials to our users each month. Users are also encouraged to participate in the process by contributing materials and ideas for future packages. This specific Focus Package will provide an overview of ICT including relevant and helpful tools to learn about ICT and ICT implementation within a SBCC framework, as well as providing some relevant examples of ICT SBCC public health interventions. We are looking to collect relevant resources in the following three categories: -Tools: these are resources that provide guidance on ICT implementation, the process, and understanding the theoretical approach -Content Resources: these are resources libraries to provide content for ICT initiatives including message content, image content, and video content -Project Registries: these are relevant registries of ICT examples that have been compiled. To contribute resources please visit: http://www.thehealthcompass.org/contribute-your-resources or send your resources to David Kulick at dkulick at jhuccp.org. ------ David A. 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Date: February 19, 2014 Time: 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/semantic/ ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE The Semantic Web, the phrase coined by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, envisioned the Internet as a common framework of data that can be shared across numerous platforms. Libraries and publishers are among those leading the charge with projects and initiatives aimed at making information and resources more widely available in the greater web of data. This virtual conference will look at the challenges and opportunities available through the Semantic Web, highlighting applications, projects, and initiatives that are changing the way libraries and publishers structure their metadata and improve the accessibility of their content. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS . Keynote Address - Ramanathan V. Guha, Google Fellow; Founder of Schema.org . The W3C Semantic Web Initiative - Ralph Swick, Domain Lead of the Information and Knowledge Domain at W3C . Engaging with Open Data: The Open Data Institute . The Social Data Graph: The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) Project - Henry Story, Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder at Stample . Sharing Information on the Semantic Web: The Need for a Global License Repository - Pierre-Paul Lemyre, Director of Business Development, Lexum . Semantic Web Applications in Publishing - Heather Ruland Staines, Vice President Publisher Development, SIPX . Semantic Web Applications in Libraries - Kevin Ford, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress . Conference Roundtable: Services that Build on Others Semantic Web Data REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 4:00 pm Eastern on February 18, 2014 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts are available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. Can't make it on the day of the virtual conference? All registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. Take advantage of the Virtual Conference subscription package for all six of the 2014 Virtual Conferences and save 33%. (NISO members can save 50%.) Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/semantic/ Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmartin at nedcc.org Thu Feb 6 14:25:03 2014 From: jmartin at nedcc.org (Julie Martin) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:25:03 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Digital Directions, July 21-23, Portland, OR - Registration Now Open! Message-ID: <0FDFE2805DFBE2488C179AF8947DCEF95D6F9772@NEDCC-Ex2010.NEDCC.local> REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Join Us in Portland! DIGITAL DIRECTIONS Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections JULY 21-23, 2014 Portland, Oregon Presented by NEDCC Co-Sponsored by the Portland Art Museum Guided by a faculty of national experts and experienced digital collection curators, join colleagues from institutions large and small for 2 ? days of instruction on basics and best practices for creating good digital objects, collections, and initiatives. Network with colleagues who have similar challenges, interact with faculty one-on-one, and visit one of America's greatest cities. CONFERENCE DETAILS: http://bit.ly/DigDir14 ************************************** NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER (NEDCC) Andover, MA www.nedcc.org Preserving Cultural Heritage Collections Since 1973 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From junus at mail.lib.msu.edu Thu Feb 6 18:06:01 2014 From: junus at mail.lib.msu.edu (Junus, Ranti) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 23:06:01 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: Paid summer internship at US National Laboratory In-Reply-To: <6AA551285CE5924C90687285842C5FEA0CD584@EX10MBOX03.pnnl.gov> References: <6AA551285CE5924C90687285842C5FEA0CD584@EX10MBOX03.pnnl.gov> Message-ID: <13CEDD3CC20A8D40BC18DD7A7C9135EF73B13139@mailbox1.lib.msu.edu> From: Asis-l [mailto:mailman-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Noonan, Christine F Greetings, The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is recruiting summer students with mobile app development, public health, or social media analytics experience to join us for an exciting opportunity in the 2nd PNNL app development competition. About You... * You are an undergraduate or Master's degree student. * You have at least a 3.0 GPA. * You have experience in mobile app development, public health or social media analytics. * You have one or more of the following skills: data fusion, natural language processing, HCI and UX, graphic design, infectious disease epidemiology, biostatistics, methods for knowledge discovery, scripting, cloud computing or algorithm development. * You must be available for 10 weeks starting June 9, 2014. Applications ONLY accepted through March 7 and only online. This is a PAID internship. Several positions available. Graduate students http://pnnl.jobs/richland-wa/masters-intern-mobile-app-competition/43392791/job/ Undergraduate students http://pnnl.jobs/richland-wa/tech-student-mobile-app-competition/43392795/job/ For more information contact Dr. Court Corley, court at pnnl.gov Internship location is Richland, Washington. If selected, you are responsible for transportation to/from internship location as well as housing once you arrive. About PNNL Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. PNNL employs 4,500 staff, has an annual budget of nearly $1 billion, and has been managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by Ohio-based Battelle since the laboratory's inception in 1965. For more information, visit the PNNL News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. __________________________________________________ Chrissie Noonan Computational & Statistical Analytics Division National Security Directorate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 902 Battelle Boulevard P.O. Box 999, MSIN K7-36 Richland, WA 99352 USA Tel: 509-372-6768 Fax: 509-375-3641 Primary: Christine.Noonan at pnnl.gov christine.noonan at doe.ic.gov christine,noonan at pnnl.doe.sgov.gov christine.f.noonan.ctr at us.army.mil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Fri Feb 7 07:49:48 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 07:49:48 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Position Posting-Online Instructional Design and Education Librarian, California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Message-ID: rom: Afifi, Marianne H Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:09 PM To: asis-l at asis.org Subject: Position Posting-Online Instructional Design and Education Librarian, California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Online Instructional Design and Education Librarian, California State University, Northridge (CSUN): 12-month tenure-track position. Minimum salary of $57,084 for Senior Assistant or $65,628 for Associate Librarian with an excellent benefits package. Salary and rank are dependent on qualifications and experience. CSUN is one of the largest of the 23 campuses in the CSU system, serving a diverse population. The Oviatt Library seeks an energetic, creative, and service orientated librarian to plan and create technology enhanced instructional materials to increase embedded librarianship efforts. Advanced degree in Instructional Technology or Education, digital learning object creation, and 2-3 years professional reference and instruction experience in an academic setting are preferred. See the complete faculty position description here: http://www.csun.edu/facultyaffairs/openings/position/1433.pdf Applicants should submit a letter of application, vitae and three current references to the address shown in the position description. Position is open until filled, but priority consideration will be given to applications received by February 25, 2014. __________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.r.buchanan at gmail.com Fri Feb 7 06:42:22 2014 From: g.r.buchanan at gmail.com (George Buchanan) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 11:42:22 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: JCDL/TPDL - Joint Conference on Digital Libraries and International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries Message-ID: In 2014 the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) and the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) will be held together as the International Digital Libraries Conference (DL2014) in London, UK. http://dl2014.org/ The combined DL conference will be the major international scientific forum on digital libraries for 2014, bringing together researchers and developers as well as content providers and users. The focus of the joint conference is on on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, organizational, and social issues. Important dates Full and short papers due: March 16, 2014, 11.59pm HAST Posters, Panels, and Demonstrations due: March 23, 2014, 11.59pm HAST Notification of acceptance: May 25, 2014 Camera ready version due: June 8, 2014 Workshop, Tutorial, and Panel submissions due: March 2, 2014, 11.59pm HAST Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2014 Conference Scope The themes of the 2014 TPDL/JCDL combined conference will follow the theme of 'preserving the past - finding the future'. Digital collections face two major challenges: organising and conserving material across time, and enabling users to discover the material they need in increasingly large collections. In terms of 'preserving the past', example issues include the demands of digitisation of physical materials, the digital preservation of material so it remains accessible, and the systematic classification and indexation of large collections across social and technological change. In contrast, when 'finding the future', sophisticated discovery tools, effective library policies, support for linked data, and supporting the user's interpretation and analysis of content are examples of the key challenges that face the communities of DL practitioners and researchers. The conference welcomes internationally leading insights into both research problems and practical complexities. Contributions from digital humanities, digital preservation, hypertext and information retrieval researchers are as much a vital part of the digital library community's interests as core DL research, and submissions on these and other related topics are strongly encouraged. Different tracks for research and practice papers are offered. For further information see the Call for Papers page at: http://dl2014.org/cfp.html We are looking forward to seeing you in London! From Ryen.White at microsoft.com Fri Feb 7 11:09:02 2014 From: Ryen.White at microsoft.com (Ryen White) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 16:09:02 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] ACM TOIS CFP : Special Issue on Contextual Search and Recommendation Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. Call for Papers ACM Transactions on Information Systems Special Issue on Contextual Search and Recommendation Submission Deadline: March 24, 2014 Motivation -------------- Information systems that leverage contextual knowledge about users and their search situations-such as their histories, demographics, surroundings, constraints or devices-can provide tailored search experiences and higher-quality task outcomes. Within information retrieval, there is a growing focus on how knowledge of a user's interests, intentions, and context can improve aspects of search and recommendation such as ranking and query suggestion; especially for exploratory and/or complex tasks that can span multiple queries or search sessions. The interactions that occur during these complex tasks provide context that can be leveraged by search systems to support users' broader information-seeking activities. Next-generation recommender systems face analogous challenges, including integrating signals from user exploration to update recommendations in real time. The purpose of this special issue is to describe the state-of-the-art in contextual search and recommendation, and provide an outlet for the presentation of significant advances in these two important related areas. Scope & Topics of Interest -------------------------------- While all high-quality manuscripts focused on contextual search and recommendation will be considered, we are particularly interested in those approaches targeted at exploratory and/or complex tasks (referred to simply as "tasks" below for brevity). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Task-oriented information search; * Contextual retrieval for complex and exploratory tasks, including tasks that persist over time; * Proactive search and recommendation of task-relevant content; * Contextual recommendation systems for exploratory tasks, especially real-time updates and human-in-the-loop systems; * Machine learning and data mining for task-oriented information search; * Evaluating task-oriented information search; * Task-awareness in mobile and situated devices, including personalization across devices and domains; * User studies of task-oriented information search (in the lab and in the wild); * Scalability issues in profile building and user privacy for task-oriented information search; * Personalized task-oriented retrieval, including short- and long-term modeling. All accepted manuscripts are expected to make a significant scientific contribution and present a rigorous evaluation of the methods they present (e.g., a comprehensive user study should accompany any new interface proposal). Submission -------------- For submission instructions, please refer to http://tois.acm.org/authors.html and add a comment in the email to the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief that the submission is intended for the special issue on Contextual Search and Recommendation. All papers will be reviewed by three external reviewers plus at least one guest editor. Submission Deadline ------------------------- All submissions are due by March 24, 2014 Guest Editors ----------------- Paul N. Bennett, Microsoft Research (Primary Contact: paul.n.bennett at microsoft.com) Kevyn Collins-Thompson, University of Michigan Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ryen W. White, Microsoft Research Yi Zhang, University of California Santa Cruz From jlorince at indiana.edu Fri Feb 7 15:04:18 2014 From: jlorince at indiana.edu (Jared Lorince) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 15:04:18 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 Message-ID: *** Apologies for multiple postings *** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS & ACCEPTED SATELLITE EVENTS ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 Bloomington, Indiana, USA websci14.org / @WebSciConf / #WebSci14 Deadline for papers: Feb. 23rd 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 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 (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). Please make use of the ACM 1998 classification scheme (http://www.acm.org/about/class/1998/), and 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). Satellite Events The following is the list of accepted satellite events. All workshops will be held on June 23. Full day events Altmetrics14 - Expanding Impacts and Metrics http://altmetrics.org/altmetrics14 Judit Bar-Ilan, Rodrigo Costas, Paul Groth, Stefanie Haustein, Vincent Lariviere, Isabella Peters and Mike Taylor Massive Data Flow: Understanding the Complex Dynamics of the Web Seth Bullock, Takashi Ikegami and Mizuki Oka Computational Approaches to Social Modeling (ChASM) http://www.chasm.ws Andrea Baronchelli, Bruno Goncalves, Nicola Perra, Claudia Wagner, Markus Strohmaier, Noshir Contractor, and Emilio Ferrara The web of scientific knowledge: current trends and future perspectives in the big data era Filippo Radicchi, Stasa Milosevic, Ying Ding, Cassidy Sugimoto, Vincent Leriviere, and Min Song Yonsei Doctoral Consortium Howard Rosenbaum, Pnina Fichman, Lora Aroyo Half-day events Interdisciplinary Coups to Calamities http://www.icc.ecs.soton.ac.uk Clare J. Hooper, David Millard and Norhidayah Azman Web Science Education: Sharing experiences and developing community http://webscience-education-workshop.net Stephane B. Bazan, Su White, Steffen Staab, Michalis Vafopoulos, Susan Halford, Clare Hooper, Hans Akkermans and Mark Weal Research Methodologies for analyzing Cybercrime and Cyberwar http://webscience-cybercrime-workshop.net Dominic Hobson, Neil Macewan, Lisa Sugiura, Stephane B. Bazan and Craig Webber 2nd International Workshop on Building Web Observatories (B-WOW2014) https://sites.google.com/site/bwow2014 Ramine Tinati, Thanassis Tiropanis, Ian Brown and Wendy Hall 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 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! 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The ability to express semantically typed relations among resources, relying on ontologies and specific vocabularies, not only enables users to express unambiguous and precise semantics, but also, more interestingly, fosters the reuse of such collaboratively created knowledge within other web applications. For example: provide a powerful semantic search, build innovative ad-hoc data visualizations or ultimately improve the way users explore the web. This picture might give a better idea of what we mean by semantically structured annotations: the ability for users to create knowledge graphs where web content fragments, concepts and entities are meaningfully connected. Technically, such a knowledge graph is represented using the Resource Description Framework (RDF), the main building block of the so called Semantic Web. [snip] Pundit enables users to create semantically structured data annotating the web. Annotations are organised in notebooks which can be shared with others to create collaborative structured knowledge. They can be simple comments, semantic links to the Web of Data or fine granular cross-references and citations done between entire pages, paragraphs or any other user-defined granularity, including custom drawn shapes over images. The created data can be exploited to build custom rich visualizations, by querying the server's open API. > Quick Start Guide To Pundit [snip] > Introductory Videos Pundit in a Nutshell [Video] [snip] Pundit Screencast [snip] Source and Links to Demos Available Via: [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2014/02/pundit-semantically-structured.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jina.huh at gmail.com Fri Feb 7 20:00:46 2014 From: jina.huh at gmail.com (Jina Huh) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 20:00:46 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Tenure-track faculty position in health communication technology at MSU Message-ID: <4AE2CDEC-F803-4586-8F58-DDC8046BE943@gmail.com> ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR POSITION IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY The Department of Communication and the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media (TISM) at Michigan State University are seeking an individual for an assistant- or associate-professor tenure-track position in Health Communication Technology beginning Fall 2014. Candidates who pursue funded scholarly research opportunities in areas that focus on the improvement of health through information and communication systems are especially encouraged to apply. Examples of topical areas of interest include but are not limited to online health information and services, electronic support for provider-patient interaction, information systems in clinical encounters, e-health, m-health, electronic medical records and the organization of health care, and innovations in patient-centered communication and care. Qualified applicants will conduct social scientific, theoretically-based research, possess expertise in quantitative research methods, and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in health communication technology. The successful candidate will contribute to new and existing curricula in computer-mediated communication, communication technology, health communication, research methods, organizational communication, serious games, and/or human-computer interaction. A PhD in Communication, Information Studies, Sociology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Health Informatics, or a related discipline is required. The successful candidate will mentor PhD students and participate in or lead a college-wide MA program in health communication. Major responsibilities will include publication of innovative research, teaching two courses per semester, and pursuit of a funded research program through active grant writing. To Apply To apply, please refer to Posting # 8449 and complete an electronic submission at the Michigan State University Employment Opportunities website, https://jobs.msu.edu. Candidates should submit a statement highlighting their experience and qualifications, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references. Please direct inquiries to Professor Joseph B. Walther, Search Committee Chair, at jwalther at msu.edu Application reviews begin October 1, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. The successful candidate is expected to be appointed in both departments, with a primary tenure home to be determined based on needs and interests in consultation with the candidate. MSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities. The MSU Communication department is a pioneer in the social scientific study of communication, and is the current home to numerous distinguished and influential faculty in the discipline. Its faculty is internationally recognized for their leadership and theoretical innovations. Its historically strong PhD program garners the highest rankings in evaluations of communication graduate programs, and it recently ranked in the top tier of communication doctoral programs by the National Research Council. The TISM department is a member of the iSchools consortium. Its interdisciplinary faculty is renowned for its cutting-edge research on the uses and implications of ICTs. The doctoral program in Media and Information Studies also was ranked in the top 3 among Media Ph.D. programs by the National Research Council. Its research foci include social media, human computer interaction, digital games and meaningful play, ICT for development, health and technology, and communication economics and policy. === Jina Huh Assistant Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Nursing Michigan State University 404 Wilson Road, Rm 409 (office: 418) East Lansing, MI 48824 Office: 517-432-3378 Fax: 517-355-1292 email: jinahuh at msu.edu website: http://www.msu.edu/~jinahuh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Andrew.M.Johnson at colorado.edu Mon Feb 10 08:25:54 2014 From: Andrew.M.Johnson at colorado.edu (Andrew Johnson) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:25:54 -0700 Subject: [Asis-l] RDAP14 panel on public access to research data announced (and Early Bird registration ending 2/14)! Message-ID: <52753C28B6A57A4A8E08C9FFEC98A016538B4EF4BA@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014 (RDAP14) March 26-28, Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, CA http://www.asis.org/rdap/ The RDAP14 Program Committee is excited to announce the details of a new panel on U.S. funding agency responses to recent policies regarding public access to research data! At this year's RDAP, representatives from several major funding agencies will share their plans for addressing this timely and important issue. The panel will be moderated by Wendy Kozlowski of Cornell University and will feature the following panelists: * Dr. Jeff de La Beaujardiere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), NOAA Data Management Architect * Dr. Amy Friedlander, National Science Foundation (NSF), Staff Associate in the Office of the Assistant Director, NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences * Dr. Neal Kaske, NOAA, Director, NOAA Central & Regional Libraries * Dr. Neil M. Thakur, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Special Assistant to the Deputy Director for Extramural Research The full RDAP14 program is available here: http://www.asis.org/rdap/program/ REMINDER: In addition to regular programming, we are offering two hands-on workshops at RDAP14 that will allow attendees to develop skills necessary for building and growing crucial components of institutional efforts to support research data. Workshop descriptions and registration information are available here: http://www.asis.org/rdap/workshops/ Early Bird registration for RDAP14 is offered until February 14th: https://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP14/rdap14regform.php Links to hotel information, social media channels, and more are available on the RDAP14 website: http://www.asis.org/rdap/ Additional program details will be announced soon. We hope that you will join us in San Diego for RDAP14! Andrew Johnson RDAP14 Program Chair http://www.asis.org/rdap/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hrosenba at indiana.edu Mon Feb 10 09:07:29 2014 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Howard Rosenbaum) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:07:29 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] AMCIS 2014> CFP: Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data Minitrack Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-posting] CALL FOR PAPERS: AMCIS Minitrack - Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data 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 Manyika et al. (2011; 4) note ?big data has now reached every sector of the global economy. Like other essential factors of production ? much of modern economic activity simply couldn?t take place without it.? 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 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From hrosenba at indiana.edu Mon Feb 10 09:07:36 2014 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Howard Rosenbaum) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:07:36 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] AMCIS 2014 > CFP: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14) Message-ID: <05AE37AA-0F15-4C4D-9764-99B168055613@indiana.edu> [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/ From D.Allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk Mon Feb 10 10:30:51 2014 From: D.Allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk (David Allen) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:30:51 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Third Call for Papers ISIC: the Information Behaviour Conference Message-ID: <1D089CBA0793A545B7FF1CEC90ECB74B0372B1F1EDAB@HERMES8.ds.leeds.ac.uk> Third Call for Papers ISIC: the Information Behaviour Conference. 2-5 September, 2014: Short Papers and Panels ISIC is now accepting calls for panel proposals. These are expected to address new, exciting, and controversial issues. They should be provocative, informative, and entertaining. Panel proposals should include: * Summary of the topics to be covered. * Name, affiliation and contact information for the panel chair. * Names and affiliations of up to four panellists (in addition to the panel chair) who have made a commitment to participate. * Short summary of their position statements. * Brief biography of each participant. For the first time ISIC will also provide a dedicated track for short papers for work in progress. The purpose of this track is to present late-breaking results, work in progress, and follow-up extensions or evaluations of existing methods. Short papers will be peer-reviewed in a one-stage process by the program committee. Submissions for the short paper track should be 3 pages (at most), excluding references, and 4 pages (at most), in total. They will be orally presented at the conference with each presenter being allocated 15 minutes, 10 - 12 minutes to present their paper and a couple of minutes to answer any questions. Important Dates The deadline for submission is March 17, 2014 Author Guidelines and Submission Submit your paper through the ISIC2014 paper submission site http://isic2014.com/ Conference Location ISIC is a biennial conference. The last ISIC conference was held in 2012 in Keio University, Tokyo, Japan and the earlier conference in 2010 in the Universidad de Murcia, Spain. We are delighted that in 2014 it will be hosted by Leeds University Business School. The Business School is internationally renowned for the quality of its teaching, its research and its facilities. The City of Leeds is a modern vibrant city which has excellent transportation links but is also provides access to the beautiful countryside and heritage of Yorkshire. 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Meyer, PhD Senior Research Fellow & DPhil Programme Director Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Email: eric.meyer at oii.ox.ac.uk Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/meyer/ SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=912385 Twitter: @etmeyer Dear friends, The deadline for applications to this year's Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme is the 24th February, so I would be really grateful if you could pass this reminder on to any students who might be eligible to apply. The Programme will be held in Oxford from 7th-18th July 2014, and is suitable for PhD students at the dissertation stage of their degree. The programme offers two weeks of intensive teaching from senior faculty at the OII, as well as some guest speakers, who will offer insights into their research processes and tuition on methods as well as presenting substantive papers. Students will also be asked to present on their own research.. We also fit in some punting, a ghost tour and some fancy dinners... 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URL: From otmorey at buffalo.edu Mon Feb 10 16:24:27 2014 From: otmorey at buffalo.edu (Morey, Ophelia) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:24:27 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: Twitter to grant data access to researchers In-Reply-To: <6103626664859B45BA005C368658F7861A3658AE@MLBXv02.nih.gov> References: <6103626664859B45BA005C368658F7861A3658AE@MLBXv02.nih.gov> Message-ID: <1F49F7B25BACEC42854269EB9AC245270AA224@mb-ls1.itorg.ad.buffalo.edu> FYI From: Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 2:26 PM To: Subject: Twitter to grant data access to researchers Twitter to grant data access to researchers By Mohana Ravindranath, Monday, February 10, 11:08 AM E-mail the writer http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-it/twitter-to-grant-data-access-to-researchers/2014/02/10/d69d417e-9047-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html?algtrack=mixedrec-2&tid=btm_rex_2 Twitter is piloting a data grant program that would let researchers access the company's historical database of public tweets. The site's more than 200 million users produce more than 500 million tweets a day. In the past, a handful of researchers have been granted access to tweets to predict flu outbreaks and assess the geographic spread of trends. Interested researchers can request a grant through Twitter's Web site (see below). A small group of proposals will be selected while the company decides how to scale the program. "To date, it has been challenging for researchers outside the company who are tackling big questions to collaborate with us to access our public, historical data. Our Data Grants program aims to change that by connecting research institutions and academics with the data they need," the site says. Twitter held its first earnings disclosure earlier this week after going public in November, reporting revenue of about $242.7 million and earnings per share of $0.02, but is struggling to combat slow user growth. https://engineering.twitter.com/research/data-grants Data Grants Welcome to the pilot of the Twitter Data Grants program With more than 500 million Tweets a day, Twitter has an expansive set of data from which we can glean insights and learn about a variety of topics, from health-related information such as when and where the flu may hit to global events like ringing in the new year. To date, it has been challenging for researchers outside the company who are tackling big questions to collaborate with us to access our public, historical data. Our Data Grants program aims to change that by connecting research institutions and academics with the data they need. As a pilot program, a small number of proposals will be initially selected as we work to scale the program in the future. If you run into any issues, email data-grants at twitter.com with questions. Please apply below (you must be logged in to complete this form). Top of Form Data Grant Submission Agreement v1.0 THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT ("Agreement") BETWEEN YOU (EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ENTITY, REFERRED TO HEREIN AS "You") AND TWITTER, INC., ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS WORLDWIDE SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, "Twitter"), WHICH GOVERNS YOUR SUBMISSION OF CONTENT ("Content") TO TWITTER AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO THE TWITTER DATA GRANTS PROGRAM (the "Program"). BY CHECKING "I accept the terms above" AND PRESSING THE CONTINUE BUTTON, APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM, OR OTHERWISE SUBMITTING CONTENT, YOU ARE AGREEING THAT YOU HAVE READ, AND THAT YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH AND TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN THEIR ENTIRETY WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT CONTINUE AND DO NOT SUBMIT CONTENT. IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTING AN ENTITY, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH ENTITY. 1. ELIGIBILITY Application to the Program is open to single individuals or teams of any size (each, an "Entrant"), provided that the individual Entrant or at least the member of the Entrant's team submitting the Content is a member of the academic research community and is at least 18 years old. If you are accepted into the Program, you will be required to execute Twitter's Data Grant Agreement before you are allowed to participate into the Program. 2. NON-CONFIDENTIALITY Do not submit confidential information. Twitter will not keep your Content confidential, as your Content will be copied and distributed to many people at Twitter for evaluation. If you would like to keep your Content confidential, do NOT send it to Twitter. Please note that if you have preliminary discussions with Twitter employees or Twitter's authorized resellers/partners, they are not authorized to accept information on a confidential or restricted basis. You are free to submit your idea to others without informing us, however, we request that you do not disclose that Twitter is considering your idea. 3. TWITTER'S OBLIGATIONS Twitter will review your Content when properly submitted via the Program portal, according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and other information on the Program portal. 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VIGNESWARA ILAVARASAN ) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:11:47 +0530 Subject: [Asis-l] AISWorld Digest, Vol 642, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: I am teaching two courses (Management Information Systems and Electronic Governance) which are in need of some entertainment component in the class. I am looking for short videos, full movies, documentaries or news videos that can be shown in the class. The video content shall be in English. Some examples are appended below. Shall be grateful to your help. You can either send in email, just post it in egroup or add it up in this public doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jh5ulxGccWWEyKKZXs0hUAxGHIebISEoSx0Z0KeAb7k/edit?usp=sharing Thanks a million! Regards, Vignesh. http://web.iitd.ac.in/~vignes/ 1. Terms and Conditions May Apply 2. Out of Print 3. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/ From NOsorio at niu.edu Wed Feb 12 11:55:53 2014 From: NOsorio at niu.edu (Nestor Osorio) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:55:53 -0600 Subject: [Asis-l] Information Literacy, Social Sciences/Humanities Library position at NIU Message-ID: <52FB5339020000D900026D4D@smtp2.gw.niu.edu> Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply to this position, Nestor Osorio, NIU Libraries, Head of Reference & Research Dept. NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Anticipated position of: Information Literacy, Social Sciences/Humanities Librarian (Position #29237) Available: May 1, 2014 Position Type: Faculty or Supportive Professional Staff (temporary) Term and Rank of Appointment: Twelve-month, full-time, tenure-track, ranked faculty position, Assistant Professor (regular); OR Supportive Professional Staff (temporary), based on experience and qualifications Reports to: Head of Reference and Research Department Position Description: See http://www.ulib.niu.edu/aboutus/employment.cfm Summary of Job Responsibilities: Northern Illinois University Libraries seeks a committed, enthusiastic, versatile, and collaborative professional to contribute to the development of our Information Literacy programs and to serve as Social Sciences & Humanities Librarian. Professionals with a strong commitment to information literacy are encouraged to apply. Works with the Coordinator of Library Instruction. Provides research assistance and reference service to library users. Participates in the libraries' program of library instruction. Contributes to the development and implementation of library policies and procedures. Fulfills requirements of faculty status in areas of contributions to librarianship, scholarly activities, and service. Qualifications?Required: An earned master?s degree from an ALA-accredited program or equivalent for temporary supportive professional staff appointment. [Additional master?s degree, or equivalent, required within four years for eligibility for tenure-track appointment.] Excellent verbal and written communication skills and teaching/presentation skills. Able to work collaboratively and lead in a team environment. Demonstrated experience or knowledge of Information Literacy and Library Instruction roles in academic libraries. Experience or knowledge of collection development, online resources, and services for the social sciences or humanities. Demonstrated initiative, and the ability to manage multiple projects. Demonstrated ability to market a program of information literacy to the academic units. An academic background in the social sciences or the humanities. Qualifications?Preferred: Experience or knowledge in educational technologies or instructional design. Teaching experience at the college level. A second master?s degree in order to qualify as an assistant professor and for tenure-track appointment. Commitment to professional development, scholarly activities, and service to the profession. Salary and Benefits: Competitive. Appointment rank and salary will be based on relevant experience and educational background. The University offers a comprehensive benefits package. Application: To be considered for an interview, send a letter of interest, resume, and the name, address, phone number, and email address of three professional references. Electronic submission preferred. 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The location is http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/89/36/22 What: Prof Diane Nahl (Adra Letov in SL) of the University of Hawaii will give a presentation 'Developing Professional Collaboration Skills in an Information Literacy Pedagogy Course' All are welcome! This is a Sheffield iSchool Centre for Information Literacy Research event Abstract "Since collaboration and projects are integral to the profession, our graduate courses include teamwork to model and develop professional practice. Over the past several years I have attempted to improve teamwork in an information literacy pedagogy course (LIS 665 Teaching Information Literacy). Graduate LIS students work in teams learning to teach information literacy by designing standards-based instructional sessions, teaching a class of 4th year psychology major students, and assessing student success. Throughout the two-month design process I observed students struggling to get along during decision-making. Disagreements and misunderstandings are revealed in shared Google planning documents and during classroom design sessions. In final LIS 665 course papers students describe their team process, including difficulties with cooperation, communication, meeting deadlines, gender bias, and division of labor. To help students become aware of and track their collaboration style over 10 weeks as they design and implement their instruction session, I decided to develop a self-report form based on my observations and on comments describing the team process in previous course papers. I will present results of students using the collaboration style form during the design and teaching processes." -------------- Sheila Webber, Senior Lecturer & Director of the Centre for Information Literacy Research, Information School, The University of Sheffield, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP. UK s.webber at sheffield.ac.uk Phone: +44 114 222 2641 Second Life & Twitter: Sheila Yoshikawa The Information Literacy Weblog http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecorrado at ecorrado.us Wed Feb 12 16:32:34 2014 From: ecorrado at ecorrado.us (Edward M. Corrado) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:32:34 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Presentation Proposals: 2014 Library Research Round Table Forums at ALA Annual Conference Message-ID: *Call for Presentation Proposals* *2014 Library Research Round Table Forums at * *ALA Annual Conference, * *Las Vegas, NV* The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two Research Forums at the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV (June 26-July 1, 2014). The LRRT Forums are a set of programs at the ALA Annual Conference featuring presentations of LIS research, in progress or completed, followed by discussion. One of the forums is broad in scope and one is on a more specific topic. The forums are: *Research: Data-Driven Decision-Making * Libraries collect data on usage of collections, services, and physical space. However, much of these data are not utilized to capacity. This session will feature three research papers that demonstrate how to leverage user-centered data to develop services. Audience members will learn about methods and techniques that they can use locally to answer questions in their own organizations. Attendees will be able to take away results that could be applied directly in local settings and make connections with presenters and one another to explore creative ways to respond to challenges. *Research: Creativity & Innovation* Novelty and innovation are needed to respond to many of today's challenges. Libraries and librarians require new and creative approaches to defining questions and finding answers. Three papers that demonstrate innovative inquiry will be selected by a committee for inclusion in this Forum. Attendees will discover methods and techniques that they previously were not familiar with, but can be employed in their libraries. Audience members will become cognizant of new questions or emerging ways to state and think about problems. The results presented will offer directly applicable solutions that can be adapted by attendees in their organizations. This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project conducted in the broad area of library and information science or in a more specialized area of the field. LRRT welcomes papers emphasizing the problems, theories, methodologies, or significance of research findings for LIS. Topics can include, but are not limited to, user studies and user behavior, assessment, evaluation of library and information services, organizational structure and personnel, cooperative collection management, collection assessment, digital libraries, archiving, preservation, and data curation. Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. LRRT Members and nonmembers of LRRT are invited and welcomed to submit proposals. The Committee will use a blind review process to select a maximum of six projects, three for each of the two forums. The selected researchers will be required to present their papers in person at the forums and to register for the conference. All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the researchers/presenters. Criteria for selection are: 1. Significance of the study to library and information science research; 2. Quality and creativity of the methodology; 3. Potential to fill a research gap or to build on previous LIS studies; 4. Adherence to submission requirements (see below). Please submit a two-page proposal by *Monday, February 17, 2014*. Late submissions will not be considered, and submissions must be limited to two pages in length. On the first page, please list your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information (telephone number, mailing address, and email address). The second page should *NOT* show your name or any other identifying information. Instead, it must include: 1) The title of your project, and 2) A 500-word or less abstract. The abstract must include a problem statement, problem significance, project objectives, methodology, and conclusions (or tentative conclusions for work in progress), and an indication of whether the research is in-progress or completed. Previously published research or research accepted for publication by February 17, 2014, will not be considered. Notification of acceptance will be made by Friday, March 28, 2014. Please email submissions *(with an indication of which of the two forums for which the abstract should be considered)* to: JoAnn Jacoby University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Email: jacoby at illinois.edu This announcement is also available at: http://www.ala.org/lrrt/call-presentation-proposals-ala-annual-conference -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Upon completion of this four week course, you will better understand the best (and cheapest) ways to bring your library services to mobile devices, from smartphones to eReaders and tablets. We will also discuss the best ways to make sure your library?s homepage fits onto phones of any size, and look into practical solutions for creating both web apps and native iPhone / Android apps. Course Objectives ?Understand the difference between mobile apps and native apps and the importance they play in libraries ?Recognize the best mobile services for your library and budget ?Develop a plan of action for training staff and patrons to use new services ?Hear from other librarians about what they have already implemented into their library with regard to mobile services ?Discuss current trends in technology and how they might change what libraries offer in the future Scott La Counte is the head librarian for the Southern California Institute of Technology. Scott holds a BA in Comparative Religion and English Literature from Cal State Fullerton, and an MLIS from San Jose State University. He has given presentations on mobile application development at several different conferences, and is the author of Going Mobile: Developing Apps for Your Library Using Basic HTML Programming (ALA Editions Special Reports, 2011), Build Your Own App for Fun and Profit (Huron Street Press, 2012), and Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian (Da Capo Press, 2008). Course Structure This is an online class that is taught asynchronously, meaning that participants do the work on their own time as their schedules allow. The class does not meet together at any particular times, although the instructor may set up optional sychronous chat sessions. Instruction includes readings and assignments in one-week segments. Class participation is in an online forum environment. Source and Registration Link Available Via: [ http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2014/02/bringing-library-services-to-mobile.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Thu Feb 13 14:14:34 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:14:34 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] [Pasig-announce] February 25 PASIG Webinar: Three Critical Elements of Long-Term Storage in the Cloud Message-ID: <94B98EB7DD1344609E7A2A52C4F7751D@asist.local> PASIG Webinar: Three Critical Elements of Long-Term Storage in the Cloud ASIS&T members can attend at no cost! Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 11:30am-12:30pm (EST) To register, go to; https://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-PASIG-2-25-2014-register.h tml If your organization faces skyrocketing digital content growth, you know that managing and preserving digital assets for years, or even decades, have become major challenges. Storage expert Amar Kapadia looks at critical elements of successful long-term storage in the cloud in this webinar. 1. Key Considerations Preservation-Safeguard data integrity, assured audits, metadata capabilities etc. over time Service Level Agreements (SLAs)-Key SLAs required to protect you over the long-term Total cost of ownership (TCO)-Eliminate upfront CAPEX, capacity planning, and understanding your data usage Access-Speed of data access, bulk transfers, and migration 2. Implementation-Private, public, hybrid, or community 3. Use-cases-Key long-term storage use-cases Biography: Amar Kapadia is the Senior Director of Strategy responsible for product management and marketing for EVault's Long-Term Storage Service, a subsidiary group of Seagate. He has over 20 years of experience in storage, server, and I/O technologies through marketing and engineering leadership positions at Emulex, Philips, and HP. Amar holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00607.txt URL: From chodgson at niso.org Thu Feb 13 11:32:05 2014 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:32:05 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Participation: NISO U.S. Profile Standard of ISO 3166 Country Codes Message-ID: <003701cf28d9$22ea2be0$68be83a0$@org> NISO Voting Members have approved a new work item to develop a U.S. profile of ISO 3166, Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions and a working group is being formed for the project. This proposed standard will transition the Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) Standard, developed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2012, from a government standard to a U.S. National Standard. The GENC standard replaced FIPS Publication 10-4, Standard for Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, which was withdrawn by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2008. "The current GENC standard is itself a "profile" of the ISO 3166-1 standard," explains Trent Palmer, Geographer with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency who submitted the proposal to NISO. "It incorporates some needs specific to the United States, such as national sovereignty recognition policy restrictions; the requirement to use names of geopolitical entities that have been approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (U.S. Public Law 80-242), but which may not be recognized by the body that manages ISO 3166; and the need to identify and recognize geopolitical entities not identified in ISO 3166." "Because the GENC is a government standard, its current consensus body does not include any non-governmental voting members," states Nettie Lagace, NISO's Associate Director for Programs. "By moving this standard to NISO and making it an American National Standard, its approval consensus body and ongoing development and maintenance can include a wider base of stakeholders-industry, libraries beyond the Library of Congress, academia, and system vendors-many of whom are impacted by the standard. Adoption of such a profile will ease technical communications between industry, the federal government, and the international community in the transmission of country-related data." More background on the GENC standard and the need to differentiate some codes from ISO 3166 can be found in the new work item proposal on the NISO website at: tinyurl.com/pcq4o89. Anyone interested in participating on the working group to develop the U.S. profile of the ISO 3166 standard, should contact NISO at nisohq at niso.org. 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Event: The Semantic Web Coming of Age: Technologies and Implementations Date: February 19, 2014 Time: 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/semantic/ ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE The Semantic Web, the phrase coined by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, envisioned the Internet as a common framework of data that can be shared across numerous platforms. Libraries and publishers are among those leading the charge with projects and initiatives aimed at making information and resources more widely available in the greater web of data. This virtual conference will look at the challenges and opportunities available through the Semantic Web, highlighting applications, projects, and initiatives that are changing the way libraries and publishers structure their metadata and improve the accessibility of their content. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS . Keynote Address - Ramanathan V. Guha, Google Fellow; Founder of Schema.org . The W3C Semantic Web Initiative - Ralph Swick, Domain Lead of the Information and Knowledge Domain at W3C . Semantic Web Applications in Libraries: The Road to BIBFRAME - Kevin Ford, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress . The Social Data Graph: The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) Project - Henry Story, Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder at Stample . Sharing Information on the Semantic Web: The Need for a Global License Repository - Pierre-Paul Lemyre, Director of Business Development, Lexum . Semantic Web Applications in Publishing - Bob Du Charme, Director of Digital Media Solutions, TopQuadrant . Conference Roundtable: Services that Build on Others Semantic Web Data REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 4:00 pm Eastern on February 18, 2014 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts are available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. Can't make it on the day of the virtual conference? All registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. Take advantage of the Virtual Conference subscription package for all six of the 2014 Virtual Conferences and save 33%. (NISO members can save 50%.) Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/semantic/ Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu Fri Feb 14 15:23:38 2014 From: bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu (Beata Panagopoulos) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:23:38 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] NEASIST Meetup: March 5, 5:30-7 p.m. on Libraries and Privacy in the Digital Age Message-ID: Mark Your Calendars! NEASIST Spring Meetup BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: LIBRARIES AND PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Join us for an informal and lively discussion on the issue of privacy in the digital age. Historically, libraries have been staunch defenders of patron privacy. But in an era when citizens routinely share their information, particularly in the digital realm, in order to receive tailored book and movie recommendations and targeted services, are libraries standing in the way of their own progress? Could libraries track patron information for good, rather than evil? Food for thought: * ALA Code of Ethics * Balancing Privacy and Innovation: Reinventing Libraries, a Library Journal article by Joseph Janes * As Libraries Go Digital, a Chronicle article by Marc Perry * Digital Rights and Wrongs, video by MIT Professor Alex Pentland When: Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 5:30pm to 7pm Where: Watering Hole (TBD), Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA For more information, contact neasist at gmail.com http://www.neasist.org From fcunning at kent.edu Mon Feb 17 10:07:42 2014 From: fcunning at kent.edu (Cunningham, Flo) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:07:42 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: DOCAM'14 (Kent, OH Aug7-9) Message-ID: <938b67ef45494cf98be52f55c7e4942a@BLUPR08MB391.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Please excuse duplicate postings. Just one month left to submit your proposal! 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. 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Conf. on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies | CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <201402172156.s1HLu269024869@mail.asis.org> ---------- HCIST 2014 International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Troia, Portugal, October 15-17, 2014 http://hcist.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 10, 2014 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 19, 2014 Final Submission due date: June 10, 2014 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://hcist.scika.org) until April 10, 2014. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage. All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Technology series and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Like in previous editions, accepted full and short papers will be submitted for indexation in major indexes such as Thomson ISI and SCOPUS. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://hcist.scika.org ---------- ---------- Committees and Keynote speaker General conference chairs: - Ricardo Martinho, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal - Rui Rijo, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Program Chair: - Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA Keynote speaker: - Petra Schubert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Organization Chair: - Ricardo Correia, University of Porto, Portugal ---------- We look forward to welcome you in our beautiful Troia, Portugal, next October. From mcunha at ipca.pt Mon Feb 17 16:58:23 2014 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:58:23 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] ProjMAN 2014 - International Conference on Project MANagement | CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <201402172158.s1HLwPdf024958@mail.asis.org> ---------- ProjMAN 2014 International Conference on Project MANagement an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Troia, Portugal, October 15-17, 2014 http://projman.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 10, 2014 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 19, 2014 Final Submission due date: June 10, 2014 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://projman.scika.org) until April 10, 2014. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage. All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Technology series and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Like in previous editions, accepted full and short papers will be submitted for indexation in major indexes such as Thomson ISI and SCOPUS. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://projman.scika.org ---------- We look forward to welcome you in our beautiful Troia, Portugal, next October. The conference chairs, Jo?o Eduardo Quintela Varaj?o, University of Minho, Portugal Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal From mcunha at ipca.pt Mon Feb 17 16:59:46 2014 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:59:46 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CENTERIS 2014 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems | CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <201402172159.s1HLxlvv025055@mail.asis.org> ---------- CENTERIS 2014 Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Troia, Portugal, October 15-17, 2014 http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 10, 2014 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 19, 2014 Final Submission due date: June 10, 2014 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://centeris.scika.org) until April 10, 2014. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage. All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Technology series and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Like in previous editions, accepted full and short papers will be submitted for indexation in major indexes such as Thomson ISI and SCOPUS. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ---------- Committees and Keynote speaker General conference chairs: - Jo?o Eduardo Quintela Varaj?o, University of Minho, Portugal - Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal Program Chair: - Niels Bj?rn-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Danmark Keynote speaker: - Petra Schubert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Organization Chair: - Emanuel Peres, University of Tr?s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal ---------- We look forward to welcome you in our beautiful Troia, Portugal, next October. From skroe at ilstu.edu Tue Feb 18 11:03:38 2014 From: skroe at ilstu.edu (Roe, Sandy) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:03:38 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Position announcement: Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, Illinois State University Message-ID: With apologies for cross-posting. Illinois State University is seeking a knowledgeable, energetic, and innovative person to be a Cataloging and Metadata Librarian for collections acquired for its Teaching Materials Center and two University laboratory school libraries, Thomas Metcalf School (PreK-8) and University High School. Reporting to the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services, the Cataloging and Metadata Librarian performs original and complex copy cataloging for books, textbooks, and materials such as graphic novels, educational models, puppets, kits, posters, and games, according to national standards and utilizing OCLC Connexion and the Voyager ILS. The incumbent develops comprehensive bibliographic descriptions, assigns subject headings according to Library of Congress practice (LCSH and CSH), and call numbers using the Dewey Decimal Classification. This position serves as a resource for librarians at the laboratory school libraries and the Teaching Materials Center on matters related to cataloging and classification, and provides oversight for bibliographic records received through WorldCat Cataloging Partners. This is a full time, twelve month non-tenure track faculty position. The complete position description and requirements can be found here: https://lilt.ilstu.edu/facultyjobs/ViewPosting.aspx?PostingID=227 Initial review of applications will begin Mar. 14, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Thanks! 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... 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Scientist from various disciplines, such as social sciences, humanities, life sciences, media science and communication science, will meet in Hamburg with practitioners from academic libraries to explore the following issues: How does the internet change the everyday working practices of researchers? What are the consequences of changing research and publishing habits for scientific infrastructures? The Welcoming Speech will be given by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission. These internationally renowned experts have agreed to give talks on Science 2.0: * Carl-Christian Buhr, European Commission, Cabinet of Vice-President Neelie Kroes * Professor Michael Granitzer, Media Computer Science (MiCS), University of Passau, Germany * Professor Denis Helic, Institute for Knowledge Management (KMI), Graz University of Technology, Austria * Professor Isa Jahnke, Interactive Media and Learning, Ume? University, Sweden * Ren? K?nig, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany * Professor David Nicholas, CIBER Research Ltd., UK * Celina Ramjou?, Head of Sector ?Open Access to Scientific Publications and Data?, European Commission * Dr Marco Pistore, Foundation Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy * Professor Ursula Schulz, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany * Dr Urs Schoepflin, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany * Professor Ralph Schr?der, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK * Professor Pawel Szczesny, Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Beside the talks, members of the Leibniz Library Network Goportis and the Leibniz Research Alliance Science 2.0 will present and discuss their research findings in interactive sessions. About the conference: Date: 26 ? 27 March 2014 in Hamburg / Empire Riverside Hotel URL: www.science20-conference.de Conference Spot: http://youtu.be/E1k1mx5szp0 Organizer: Leibniz-Research Alliance Science 2.0 and Leibniz-Library Network - Goportis Register now for the conference and take advantage of the early bird rate (until 25th February): http://www.science20-conference.de/registration/ We are looking forward to welcoming you at the first International Science 2.0 Conference! Cheers, Isabella ......................................................................................................................................... PROF. DR. ISABELLA PETERS Professor for Web Science, CAU Kiel ZBW ? German National Library of Economics Leibniz Information Centre for Economics D?sternbrooker Weg 120 24105 Kiel Germany T: +49?431?8814?623 M: +49?172?6747771 F: +49?431?8814?520 E: i.peters at zbw.eu www.zbw.eu ......................................................................................................................................... Ask EconDesk, the information service of the ZBW: www.econdesk.de ......................................................................................................................................... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fcunning at kent.edu Tue Feb 18 13:40:26 2014 From: fcunning at kent.edu (Cunningham, Flo) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:40:26 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] KM@KSU Webinar - Open Invitation - February 20, 2014 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please excuse duplicate postings. Good afternoon, everyone, On Thursday, February 20, at 12 noon EST Kent State University will resume its KM at KSU Webinar Series with a presentation by Brian Moon. Brian will talk about Knowledge Elicitation: Advantages and Challenges. This is a critical topic for those organizations who are faced with waves of retirements, with high staff mobility and with general loss of expert knowledge. Abstract: Knowledge elicitation (KE) is a skill-based process for helping experts articulate what they know. Applications of KE include knowledge preservation, front-end system design, and the development of instructional content and assessment criteria. The benefits of KE have been realized for decades, across hundreds of domains. This webinar will discuss the advantages and challenges of employing KE in KM settings. For those of you who do not yet know Brian, he is the co-founder of Perigean Technologies. Brian helps organizations improve through smarter use of their own knowledge, and improve the way knowledge moves through organizations. He uses Applied Concept Mapping and methods of naturalistic inquiry across a spectrum of knowledge management problems, from the elicitation, assessment and representation of knowledge, to the development of models, content, software and innovative training that enable its transfer. Brian has conducted R&D activities in the fields of naturalistic decision making and macrocognition, knowledge modeling, visualization techniques, technology evaluations, workplace design, and expert performance. Professor Moon has also designed interactive visualization frameworks, workplace configuration for analytic fusion centers, developed metrics to evaluate cognitive impact of information technologies on intelligence analysis, qualitative methodologies, and the design and facilitation of electronic decision games. He has been an active leader in promoting human-centric computing in the intelligence community, co-chairing the Friends of the Intelligence Community (IC) - a community of practice for cognitive systems engineers supporting the IC. In addition to his ground-breaking work at Perigean Technologies, Professor Moon is also a part-time faculty member in the Information Architecture and Knowledge Management program at Kent State University. At Kent, he teaches two courses - Knowledge Elicitation and Expertise Management, and Business Narrative and Storytelling. Join us Thursday at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time. Please find connection information below. If you cannot join us on Thursday, you can always play back the presentation at a later time - http://kmatksu.iwiki.kent.edu/Presentations+Archive . Meeting information ------------------------------------------------------- Topic: KM at KSU Webinar - Moon Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) Meeting Number: 807 791 699 Meeting Password: IAKM ------------------------------------------------------- To start or join the online meeting ------------------------------------------------------- Go to https://kentedu.webex.com/kentedu/j.php?MTID=m5b6c4bf3b4aee570fc8afd12f70d67df ------------------------------------------------------- Audio conference information ------------------------------------------------------- To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the meeting, or call the number below and enter the access code. Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-479-3208 Access code:807 791 699 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://kentedu.webex.com/kentedu/mc 2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support". To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: https://kentedu.webex.com/kentedu/j.php?MTID=ma3572897d3747bfe49e768c793b0c57e To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files, go to https://kentedu.webex.com/kentedu/systemdiagnosis.php. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichards at lac-group.com Tue Feb 18 15:10:29 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:10:29 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Cataloger/ Milwaukee, WI Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . . LAC Group seeks a Cataloger for a temporary project at our client, a national law firm's Milwaukee, WI office. The selected candidate will work to assist the law library and on-site cataloger focusing on updating the library's catalog to ensure all resources are recorded and easily found. Candidates must have prior experience working in cataloging, preferably in a law firm or corporate library setting. In addition, previous experience working with the Liberty ILS is highly desired. This is a temporary position until the firm's cataloging is complete and updated, but has the potential to turn into a long-term position. Responsibilities: ? Merge and update current bibliographic records into a single bibliographic record per title, with all firm offices attached to each record; ? Perform cataloging of all firm materials using AACR2, MARC21, RDA, LCSH, LCC, using the Liberty Integrated Library System; ? Perform Authority control for all records; ? Troubleshoot cataloging problems and database maintenance; ? Create reports and statistical and narrative reporting as necessary; ? Create electronic resource records for all electronic resources in the Liberty (ILS) module; ? Additional cataloging and database maintenance tasks as assigned; Qualifications: ? MLS/MLIS Degree and/or a minimum of 2 years of experience in the areas cataloging (technical services); ? Previous experience working with the Liberty integrated library system is highly preferred; ? Familiar with using OCLC, MARC records, AACR2, RDA, LOC Subject Headings and other cataloging methodologies; ? Must be detailed oriented; ? Must be able to multi-task. For immediate consideration, please apply at: http://goo.gl/JKZkLO For all open positions, don't forget to follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LAC_Jobs 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, National Libraries and prominent government agencies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Tue Feb 18 15:07:48 2014 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:07:48 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell co-authors report - receives prestigious award for paper Message-ID: Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell, professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the recipient of the 2014 Virginia Hamilton Essay Honor Award for her paper, "Multicultural Young Adult Literature as a Form of Counter-Storytelling." The Virginia Hamilton Essay Award recognizes a published journal article that "makes a significant contribution to professional literature concerning multicultural literacy experiences for youth." "Counter-storytelling is defined by critical race theory scholars as a method of telling the stories of those people whose experiences are not often told, including people of color, the poor, and members of the LGBTQ community. This article discusses multicultural young adult literature as a form of counter-storytelling, with an emphasis on how counter-stories challenge the stereotypes often held by the dominant culture, give voice to marginalized youth, and present the complexity of racial and ethnic identify formation," according to the essay abstract. Hughes-Hassell's article was published in "The Library Quarterly" in July 2013. As recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Essay Award, she will be recognized at the Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature held at Kent State University in April 2014. The conference, now in its 30th year, is the longest running conference dedicated to multicultural literacy for youth in the world. In addition to having this article published in "The Library Quarterly," Hughes-Hassell recently co-authored a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) publication titled "The Future of Library Services for and with Teens: A Call to Action." This publication highlights some of the demographics, habits and knowledge of today's teens. It also describes steps necessary for libraries to fully accommodate teens' needs. This report was published following the "Future of Teens and Libraries Summit." According to the report, the summit, hosted by YALSA, "examined the current state of library services for and with young adults and explored how library services need to evolve to meet the needs of 21st- century adolescents." To view the full report, visit http://www.ala.org/yaforum/sites/ala.org.yaforum/files/content/YALSA_nationalforum_final.pdf To view Sandra Hughes-Hassel's essay, "Multicultural Young Adult Literature as a Form of Counter-Storytelling," visit http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/670696 ******************************* 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 wmonroe at email.unc.edu Wed Feb 19 12:07:11 2014 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:07:11 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Deadline Extended to Exciting London and Prague Summer Seminars - Register Today! References: <4FD2904B1A747F4B95D9C111766E20578CDA53FF@ITS-MSXMBS4M.ad.unc.edu> Message-ID: The deadline to register has been extended to April 1, 2014 for the popular and exciting summer seminars to Prague, Czech Republic and London, England offered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS). These seminars present a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit some of the most remarkable libraries and museums in the world. Set for May 18 to May 31, 2014, the two week seminars offer an opportunity to gain an in-depth view of libraries and librarianship in the world's most historic places. Registration is open to everyone, but they're especially designed for information professionals and students. Students enrolled in a library science program can receive three (3) hours of graduate credit for the seminar. THE PRAGUE SUMMER SEMINAR Prague, the magical city of cathedrals, gold-tipped towers, and church domes, is one of the most popular destinations in East Central Europe. This summer seminar allows library professionals to explore the past, present and future of libraries and librarianship in the heart of one of the world's most remarkable, yet largely undiscovered, countries. During this two-week, residential summer program participants will enjoy lectures and tours related to librarianship in this culturally and academically rich country. In addition to visiting libraries and museums in Prague, the group will also make trips to visit two UNESCO World Heritage sites, Krom???? (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/860) and ?esk? Krumlov (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/617) with their historic libraries, castles and gardens. Accommodation in the center of Prague allows participants to explore this historic and absorbing capital city during the week, and the surrounding countryside during their free time on the weekends. More information about Prague can be found in the Lonely Planet Guide at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/617. This seminar has been offered each summer by UNC and Charles University in Prague since 2002. The Prague Summer Seminar will be led by SILS clinical professor Paul Jones. Paul has been the lead faculty from UNC on our London program (2012) and has traveled in the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and Italy. With the support of SILS and the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, he has directed ibiblio.org since its beginning in 1992 as sunsite.unc.edu. Having earned his MFA (in Writing) from Warren Wilson College, Jones is particularly looking forward to visiting the city of V?clav Havel, Milan Kundera and Franz Kafka. While Jones is very involved in digital preservation and digital distribution, his experiences in Europe and Asia inform his passion for libraries and museums as both a local and global practice. "The seminar in Prague was a spectacular addition to my graduate studies. With the group I was able to see libraries and books unavailable to any tourist, or through any other program. The guides were attentive and put together creative and interesting programs and tours for us. We were treated like visiting scholars and colleagues. The Czech Republic itself is a quintessentially beautiful European country and we got to see quite a lot of it. I recommend this program to anyone!" ~ Prague summer seminar participant To register, or to learn more about the summer seminar in Prague, visit: http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/prague THE LONDON SUMMER SEMINAR The London Summer Seminar is offered May 18 to May 31, 2014 by SILS and the Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL). The seminar will be held in London, one of the most historic and dynamic cities in the world, and will feature lectures and presentations at UCL as well as tours of libraries and cultural heritage institutions in England. Although most of the program will take place in London, there will be day trips to visit the university libraries at both Oxford and Cambridge. In London, participants will tour behind the scenes at the British Library, the National Archives, the Imperial War Museum (including its library) and the Wellcome Library (including the History of Medicine Collection). Visits will be made to other types of libraries and there will be presentations from experts in the field of librarianship in Great Britain. There will also be guided tours of UCL and the Bloomsbury area of London. Some free time will be built into the program so that participants can explore London and visit other libraries and cultural institutions of their choice. SILS Professor, Dr. Barbara Wildemuth, will lead the seminar to London. She regularly teaches courses in human information interaction, information ethics and research methods at SILS. She has traveled abroad through a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant (2007, to Prague) and to present her work at international conferences in Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, England, Finland and Italy. In the past, she has led five of SILS' international seminars. "The London Summer Seminar was one of the best experiences of my life; integrating all the top aspects of many types of librarianship, and the joys of being with other enthusiastic librarians in one of the best cities in the world. Not only do you get to visit the birthplace of libraries, but you are immersed into another way of life... British-style. You will not want to leave the city or the friends you make here!" For more details or to register, please visit: http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/london If you have any questions about the seminar, please contact us via e-mail at: silsabroad at unc.edu These popular seminars are open on a first come, first served basis. Register today! ******************************* 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 cassidysugimoto at gmail.com Wed Feb 19 23:22:55 2014 From: cassidysugimoto at gmail.com (Cassidy Sugimoto) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:22:55 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] call for items to be reviewed in JASIST Message-ID: As Associate Editor for Book Reviews for JASIST, I would like to invite you to submit items to be reviewed. While we have historically reviewed monographs (and the occasional software or CD-ROM), JASIST recognizes the proliferation of new forms of scholarly communication and would like to encourage you to submit these materials to be reviewed. We strongly encourage those with novel digital humanities projects, scholarly exhibits and films, games, tools, curated datasets, or scholarly blogs to consider submitting these items for review. If you know of projects that are thematically relevant and at a scale and significance to merit review in JASIST and, please email me with the recommendation (sugimoto at indiana.edu). We will also continue to review monographs and encourage recommendations for items to be reviewed. We are particularly interested in soliciting reviews of sets of related monographs. If you are interested in contributing such a review, please contact me (sugimoto at indiana.edu). Finally, we have a number of single monographs for which we are currently seeking a reviewer. If you are interested in reviewing any of these, please let me know (sugimoto at indiana.edu). "The Intelligent Web: Search, smart algorithms, and big data" by Gautam Shroff (Oxford University Press) "Representation in scientific practice revisited" edited by Catelijne Coopmans, Janet Vertesi, Michael Lynch, and Steve Woolgar (MIT Press) "A normative theory of the information society" by Alistair S. Duff (Routledge) "Digital methods" by Richard Rogers (MIT Press) "Off the network: Disrupting the digital world" by Ulises Ali Mejias (University of Minnesota Press) "The information society: a study of continuity and change" by John P. Feather (6th edition) (Facet) Best, Dr. Cassidy R. Sugimoto Associate Editor, Book Reviews, JASIST -- Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD Assistant Professor School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University Bloomington http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chodgson at niso.org Thu Feb 20 16:31:15 2014 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:31:15 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] NISO Two-Part March Webinar: The Infrastructure of Open Access Message-ID: <015e01cf2e83$1c09ee00$541dca00$@org> NISO Two-Part March Webinar: The Infrastructure of Open Access Part 1: Knowing What is Open Date: March 5, 2014 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/what_is_open/ Part 2: Toward a Functioning Business Ecosystem Date: March 12, 2014 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/ecosystem/ =============================================================== NISO will be holding a two-part webinar on March 5 and 12 to discuss The Infrastructure of Open Access. Open Access (OA) has become a widely accepted and rapidly growing method of publishing scholarly content. As OA distribution gains traction, a high priority for the community is establishing and building the infrastructure needed to efficiently manage this content. This infrastructure includes such elements as OA publication charge management by third parties, fee structures and payments, visual and machine-readable identification of OA availability and reuse rights, and discovery layer functions. Part 1 will discuss Knowing What is Open. In Part 2, speakers will explore how we can move Toward a Functioning Business Ecosystem. You can register for either or both parts. There is a 25% discount to registrants of both parts. ABOUT PART 1: KNOWING WHAT IS OPEN When content is published by a strictly Open Access publisher or in a completely open access online journal, knowing what is freely available to read by the user can be fairly obvious. This is less clear for hybrid titles, where open access is set at an article-by-article level. Even when a journal is fully open access, mechanisms are necessary for conveying the OA status of articles and their reuse rights to other systems, such as discovery platforms. This webinar, Knowing What is Open, will discuss just what it means to say content is "open access," what the various flavors of OA are, and how people and other systems can determine how open something is and both discover and access such content. Issues around license rights, the scale of openness, and the application of this data in discovery contexts will also be covered. Topics and speakers are: * Setting the Stage: How Open is Open Access? - Darlene Yaplee, Chief Marketing Officer, PLOS * Untangling Open Access Issues in Scholarly Communication - Greg Tananbaum, Consultant; NISO Open Access Metadata and Indicators Working Group Co-Chair * The Lifecycle of Open Access Content - Susan Dunavan, Senior Product Manager, SIPX, and Franny Lee, Co-Founder & VP Business Development, SIPX ABOUT PART 2: TOWARD A FUNCTIONING BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM As Open Access is rapidly growing, the need to improve the business models and relationships to create a functional ecosystem becomes more critical. The past economic models and workflows were established based on a subscription model. OA revenue models are typically based on author publication charges, creating a more complicated workflow, and it is questionable whether the new OA business practices can sustain themselves at the scale of expected article output. Invariably, third-party processers will need to help manage the institutional relationships, the billing and payment processing necessary, and likely other elements of the required business ecosystem for Open Access. The second part of NISO's two-part series on the Infrastructure of Open Access will discuss how to create a Functioning Business Ecosystem. Speakers will explore the infrastructure elements that some community members are putting into place, discuss what is working and what isn't, and identify problems that remain to be solved. Topics and speakers are: * Copyright Clearance Center: Open Access & APC Management - Roy S. Kaufman, Managing Director of New Ventures, Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) * The Sustainability of Open Access - Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director at the Public Library of Science (PLOS) * Open Access Business Models for Publicly-Funded Research - Frederick Friend, Honorary Director Scholarly Communication, University College London REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on March 5 for Part 1 and March 12 for Part 2 (the days of the webinars). 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: www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance . If you would like to become an LSA member and receive the entire year's webinars as part of membership, information on joining is listed here: www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/. All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. You can register for either or both parts. There is a 25% discount if registering for both. Visit the event webpages to register and for more information: Part 1 webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/what_is_open/ Part 2 webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/ecosystem/ Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ierick at gmail.com Mon Feb 24 11:26:04 2014 From: ierick at gmail.com (Ingrid Erickson) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:26:04 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute Message-ID: <530B729C.8070207@gmail.com> **Apologies for Duplication** Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 -- July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri -- Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy -- these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri -- Columbia on July 8 -- 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers -- Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers -- Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams -- Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams -- Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). 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URL: From marialemos72 at gmail.com Sun Feb 23 10:46:23 2014 From: marialemos72 at gmail.com (ML) Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:46:23 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] [CISTI'2014]: Iberian Conference on IST; Barcelona; Deadline: February 28 Message-ID: <201402231546.s1NFkTua023169@mail.asis.org> * Submission deadline: February 28 ============================ CISTI'2014 ================================ 9th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies 18 to 21 June, 2014, Barcelona, Spain http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2014/index.php/en ======================================================================== We are pleased to invite the academic and business community to submit their papers to CISTI'2014 (9th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies), to be held in Barcelona, Spain, between the 18th and 21st of June 2014. Authors are encouraged to submit original scientific contributions such as state-of-art reviews and new research perspectives, groundbreaking ideas and/or architectures, solutions and/or applications for real problems, empirical and/or evaluation works, case studies, etc., in conformity with the themes of this Conference. Four types of papers can be submitted: Full paper: Finished or consolidated R&D works, to be included in one of the Conference themes. These papers are assigned a 6-page limit. Short paper: Ongoing works with relevant preliminary results, opened to discussion. These papers are assigned a 4-page limit. Poster paper: Initial work with relevant ideas, opened to discussion. These papers are assigned a 2-page limit. Company paper: Companies' papers that show practical experience, R & D, tools, etc., focused in some topics of the conference. These articles are abstracts with a maximum of 2 pages. Papers submitted for the Scientific Committee?s evaluation must not include any information leading to the authors? identification. Therefore, the authors? names, affiliations and bibliographic references should not be included in the early version. This information should only be included in the final version. Submitted papers must not have been published and must not be under review for any other conference and national or international publication. Papers must comply with the format standard (DOT, PDF) and be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English. All papers will be subjected to a ?blind review? by at least two members of the Scientific Committee. Full papers can be accepted as short papers or poster papers only. Similarly, short papers can be accepted as poster papers only. In these two cases, the authors will be allowed to maintain the original number of pages in the proceedings publication. The authors of accepted poster papers must also build and print a poster to be exhibited during the Conference. This poster must follow an A1 or A2 vertical format. The Conference includes Work Sessions where these posters are presented and orally discussed, with a 5-minute limit per poster. The authors of accepted full papers will dispose of a 15-minute presentation in the Conference Work Session, and approximately 5 minutes of discussion will follow each presentation. The authors of accepted short papers and company papers will dispose of an 11-minute presentation in the Conference Work Session, and approximately 4 minutes of discussion will follow each presentation. THEMES Submitted papers must follow the main themes proposed for the Conference (the topics proposed in each theme constitute a mere framework reference; they are not intended as restrictive): A) OMIS - Organizational Models and Information Systems B) KMDSS - Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems C) SSAAT - Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools D) CNMPS - Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems E) HCC - Human Centered Computing F) HIS - Health Informatics G) ITE - Information Technologies in Education H) AEC ? Architecture Engineering Construction PUBLICATION AND INDEXING To ensure that the contribution (full paper, short paper, poster paper or company paper) is published in the Proceedings, at least one of the authors must be fully registered by the 12th of April, and the paper must comply with the suggested layout and page-limit. Additionally, all recommended modifications must be addressed by the authors before they submit the final version. No more than one paper per registration will be published in the Conference Proceedings. An extra fee must be paid for publication of additional papers, with a maximum of one additional paper per registration. Full papers will be published in both book and CD formats, with an ISBN. Short papers, poster papers and company papers will be published in CD only, with an ISBN. Published full papers will be sent to EBSCO, EI, IEEE XPlore, INSPEC, ISI and SCOPUS. Published short papers will be sent to EBSCO, EI, IEEE XPlore, INSPEC e SCOPUS. Poster papers and company papers will be sent to EBSCO and EI-Compendex. The authors of the best selected papers will be invited to extend them for publication in Cluster Computing, Computer Support Cooperative Work, Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Educational Computing Research, International Journal of Health Informations Systems & Informatics, International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Information Technology for Development, Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, Online Information Review, Revista de la Construcci?n, ACE ? Arquitectura, Ciudad y Entorno, RISTI (Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies), IEEE?s book TICAI (ICTs Applied to Engineering Learning) and other interested publications. INPORTANT DATES Paper submission: February 28, 2014 Notification of acceptance: March 29, 2014 Submission of accepted papers: April 12, 2014 Payment of registration, to ensure the inclusion of an accepted paper in the conference proceedings: April 12, 2014 We are counting on you. Submit your contribution. CISTI'2014 Team http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2014/index.php/en From jhuns at vt.edu Thu Feb 20 13:18:22 2014 From: jhuns at vt.edu (jeremy hunsinger) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:18:22 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Abstracts for Chapters Volume 2 of the International Handbook of Internet Research Message-ID: <275E5272-DD2D-456D-9E55-59965E3411AF@vt.edu> Apologies for crossposting, please distribute as appropriate: Call for Abstracts for Chapters Volume 2 of the International Handbook of Internet Research (editors Jeremy Hunsinger, Lisbeth Klastrup, and Matthew Allen) Abstracts due June 1 2014; full chapters due Sept. 1 2015 After the remarkable success of the first International Handbook of Internet Research (2010), Springer has contracted with its editors to produce a second volume. This new volume will be arranged in three sections, that address one of three different aspects of internet research: foundations, futures, and critiques. Each of these meta-themes will have its own section of the new handbook. Foundations will approach a method, a theory, a perspective, a topic or field that has been and is still a location of significant internet research. These chapters will engage with the current and historical scholarly literature through extended reviews and also as a way of developing insights into the internet and internet research. Futures will engage with the directions the field of internet research might take over the next five years. These chapters will engage current methods, topics, perspectives, or fields that will expand and re-invent the field of internet research, particularly in light of emerging social and technological trends. The material for these chapters will define the topic they describe within the framework of internet research so that it can be understand as a place of future inquiry. Critique chapters will define and develop critical positions in the field of internet research. They can engage a theoretical perspective, a methodological perspective, a historical trend or topic in internet research and provide a critical perspective. These chapters might also define one type of critical perspective, tradition, or field in the field of internet research. We value the way in which this call for papers will itself shape the contents, themes, and coverage of the Handbook. We encourage potential authors to present abstracts that will consolidate current internet research, critically analyse its directions past and future, and re-invent the field for the decade to come. Contributions about the internet and internet research are sought from scholars in any discipline, and from many points of view. We therefore invite internet researchers working within the fields of communication, culture, politics, sociology, law and privacy, aesthetics, games and play, surveillance and mobility, amongst others, to consider contributing to the volume. Initially, we ask scholars and researchers to submit an 500 word abstract detailing their own chapter for one of the three sections outlined above. The abstract must follow the format presented below. After the initial round of submissions, there may be a further call for papers and/or approaches to individuals to complete the volume. The final chapters will be chosen from the submitted abstracts by the editors or invited by the editors. The chapter writers will be notified of acceptance by January 1st, 2015. The chapters will be due September 2015, should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words (inclusive of references, biographical statement and all other text). Each abstract needs to be presented in the following form: ? Section (Either Foundations, Futures, or Critiques) ? Title of chapter ? Author name/s, institutional details ? Corresponding author?s email address ? Keywords (no more than 5) ? Abstract (no more than 500 words) ? References Please e-mail your abstract/s to: internet.research.handbook at gmail.com We look forward to your submissions and working with you to produce another definitive collection of thought-provoking internet research. Please feel free to distribute this CfP widely. Thank you Jeremy, Lisbeth, and Matt Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.tmttlt.com You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain From I.Peters at zbw.eu Wed Feb 19 18:07:57 2014 From: I.Peters at zbw.eu (Peters Isabella) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:07:57 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] altmetrics14: expanding impacts and metrics - ACM Web Science Conference 2014 Workshop, Bloomington, Indiana Message-ID: <047272D289C1D14C9D54551BFDF8DE385530A1@cirdan.zbw-nett.zbw-kiel.de> ******Apologies for multiple posting****** Dear colleagues, We invite you to submit your extended abstracts to the altmetrics14 workshop at the ACM Web Science Conference 2014 until April 20, 2014: www.altmetrics.org/altmetrics14/ Apologies for cross posting! altmetrics14: expanding impacts and metrics ACM Web Science Conference 2014 Workshop Bloomington, Indiana June 23, 2014: 10am-5:45pm About the Workshop Altmetrics intend to measure scholarly impact that is not necessarily captured by traditional, citation based metrics and have already started to become a part of today's scholarly communication and the measurement of its impact. However, the particular meaning, usefulness and validity of the different metrics is still not fully understood. Against this background, we invite contributors and workshop participants to discuss the validity and meaning of social media metrics in scholarly context. Following the successful altmetrics11 and altmetrics12 workshops, the goal of this year's workshop is to provide a platform to present scholarly research related to altmetrics. The main goal is to improve the understanding of altmetrics and their underlying social media platforms, technological challenges, various biases involved in data, as well as pitfalls and possibilities of these new metrics. The workshop will be held as a full event preceding the ACM Web Science Conference 2014 (http://www.websci14.org/#workshops) and will provide room for oral and poster presentations, discussions and the following keynotes: Jason Priem - co-founder ImpactStory.org Euan Adie - founder Altmetric.com Henk Moed - senior scientific advisor Elsevier, former Professor of Research Assessment Methodologies, Leiden University Submissions The workshop invites contributions on altmetrics research with particular focus on the following topics: * conceptualization and theoretical framework(s) for altmetrics; * critical reflection of altmetrics; * altmetrics data: sources, quality and problems; * techniques for collecting, monitoring, retrieving and visualizing altmetric data and measures; * relation between altmetrics and big data; * meaning, possibilities and limitations of altmetrics in research evaluation contexts; * relationship and complementarity of altmetrics with other measures of research impact (e.g. bibliometrics and peer review); and * disciplinary, temporal, institutional and individual case studies involving altmetric indicators. Prospective authors should submit 2-page extended, structured abstracts (max. 1000 words, not including references) presenting new results and original work that has not been previously published via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=altmetrics14 Peer Review The organizing committee will select the most relevant, original, and significant abstracts for presentation. Empirical results will be given preference, followed by technical reports on working altmetrics tools and position papers. All selected submissions will be published online for open peer review and discussion. Authors are encouraged to participate in the discussions of their work before the workshop. Based on the presentations and online discussion, selected authors may be asked to submit full papers for the PLoS ONE Altmetrics collection or peer-reviewed proceedings. Accepted submissions should be uploaded to figshare, to be linked to the workshop website. Important Dates * 2-page abstracts due: April 20, 2014 * Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2014 * Publication of abstracts: May 31, 2014 * Open pre-workshop discussion: June 1 - June 21, 2014 * Workshop at WebSci 2014: June 23, 2014 * Discussion closed: June 30, 2014 Organizing committee Judit Bar-Ilan, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Rodrigo Costas, Leiden University, Netherlands Paul Groth, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands Stefanie Haustein, Universit? de Montr?al, Canada Vincent Larivi?re, Universit? de Montr?al, Canada Isabella Peters, ZBW Leibniz Information Center for Economics and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany Mike Taylor, Elsevier Labs, United Kingdom Registration fees The workshop is free for registered participants of WebSci14: http://www.websci14.org/#registration ......................................................................................................................................... PROF. DR. 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URL: From fichman at indiana.edu Sat Feb 22 07:06:29 2014 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:06:29 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] AMCIS 2014 > Final CFP: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14) References: <60bd6c$3daao6@msgirpt-x4mgmt-private.uits.indiana.edu> Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-posting] Final 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/ _______________________________________________ From fichman at indiana.edu Sat Feb 22 07:04:06 2014 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:04:06 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] AMCIS 2014> Final CFP: Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data Message-ID: <491F489D-18B7-433C-A846-4BB8D1FF42C4@indiana.edu> [Apologies for cross-posting] Final CALL FOR PAPERS: AMCIS Minitrack - Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data 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 Manyika et al. (2011; 4) note ?big data has now reached every sector of the global economy. Like other essential factors of production ? much of modern economic activity simply couldn?t take place without it.? 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. 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They are hired into good paying and interesting positions. Applications for Carolina's BSIS program and the minor in Information Systems are now being accepted for the Fall 2014 semester. The application process is open until March 1, 2014. Information science (IS) combines working with people, with designing technology and developing information content. For example, as an IS major, a student might be involved in designing or developing the Web site that reports the scores of the Tar Heel teams. The student would be concerned with the people trying to view the site (True Blue Fans), the technology used to support the site (the Web and perhaps a database behind the site) and the game scores (along with relevant quotes from the players, news items, etc.). The BSIS program draws on our award-winning faculty's strengths such as usability, human-computer interaction, open source development, database design, information retrieval and human-information behavior and is designed to prepare graduates for a variety of careers in the information industry. Our graduates go into positions of: * Project Managers * Corporate Bloggers * Social Media Managers (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) * Web Masters * Knowledge Management Analysts * Information Technology Analysts * Software Quality Engineers * Risk Management: Vulnerability Analysis, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuation * Research Assistants * And many more! Visit the "Alumni Profiles" section of our Web site (http://sils.unc.edu/people/alumni-profiles) for examples. According to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 30 fastest-growing occupations from now until 2016 include a number of information science occupations. Network systems and data communications is listed as the number one fastest growing occupation in the nation. Computer software engineers, systems software developers and database administrators are included on the list that require a bachelor's degree. Some of the exciting, emerging and growing fields of information science that students may wish to explore include: * Social Networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) * Open Culture: Open Source Software, Open Access * Intelligence: market intelligence, business and competitive intelligence * Search Engine Marketing or Search Engine Optimization * Cyber and Internet Security * Data Forensics: e-discovery, data recovery * Scientific Informatics Undergraduate students may apply for admission to either the major or minor program. Two scholarships for $1,000 each will be awarded to newly admitted students into the BSIS major who meet the criteria of high scholastic achievement and a stellar essay. Be part of one of the fastest growing fields in the nation by applying to the BSIS program today! NEW! A dual BSIS/MSIS degree program is now available for those interested in an accelerated program on the path to a Master's degree. For more about this opportunity, please visit: http://sils.unc.edu/programs/bs-ms For more information about our programs, contact us by calling 919-962-8366 or sending e-mail to: sils-ug at ils.unc.edu or by visiting the Web at: sils.unc.edu/programs/undergraduate ******************************* 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... 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A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material. An opening reception dinner on Sunday, Continental breakfast, break time snacks and coffee, and a dinner on Tuesday will also be included. This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and community-building among professionals responsible for the curation of digital materials. Registration: * Regular registration : $1,150 * Late registration (after April 1, 2014): $1,300 If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute. Institute Instructors Include: * From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Dr. Cal Lee, Dr. Helen Tibbo, and Dr. Kam Woods. * Dr. Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Dr. Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. * Dr. Lorraine Richards, Drexel University. May 2014 Institute Components include (order and session titles may vary somewhat from those listed): *Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main functions *Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape *Digital curation program development *Digital curation stakeholders and digital curation landscape *Case Study on developing a digital repository *Procedural accountability - policies, submission agreements, rules *LAB -Transforming policy statements into rules *Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities *Roles and responsibilities for curation *LAB - Matching skills and roles *Characterization of digital objects *Overview and Characterization of Existing Tools: Placing the Tools in a Larger Industry Context *File formats *LAB - File format robustness *Managing in response to technological change *Digital forensics *Ethical issues *LAB - Media and content *Workflows, humans, and tools *Lab - Workflows *Evaluating curation programs requirements and assessment *LAB - Evaluating curation programs: TRAC/ISO 16363 Review * Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information environment *Economics of digital curation - costs and resource commitments *LAB - Economics of digital curation *Cloud computing *Web archiving * Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each individual, with instructors available to provide guidance * Summary of action plans * Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months January 5-6, 2015 Participants in the May event will return to Chapel Hill in Jan. 2015 to discuss their experiences in implementing what they have learned in their own work environments. Participants will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for continuing progress. Accommodations for January will be the responsibility of the attendee. For more information, contact Dr. Helen Tibbo (tibbo at email.unc.edu) for Institute questions or Tiffany Harris (tjharris at email.unc.edu) for payment or registration questions. The Digital Professional Institute was initiated as part of the DigCCurr II project, supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08) and is partially supported by the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LODGING: Participants are responsible for their own lodging. A DigCCurr 2014-15 room block has been reserved at the Hampton Inn and Suites for $129/night. Please indicate "DigCCurr" and group code "CUR" when making reservations. Reservations must be received by 04/01/2014. After this date reservations will be accepted on a space a rate available basis only. You may reserve your hotel room by calling the hotel at 919-969-6989 or by clicking on this link: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/R/RDUCOHX-DGG-20140511/index.jhtml We look forward to seeing you there! -Helen 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 SHASTING at mailbox.sc.edu Tue Feb 25 10:18:01 2014 From: SHASTING at mailbox.sc.edu (HASTINGS, SAM) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:18:01 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] ARCHI CFP Extended Message-ID: Don't be left out! There is room for a couple more papers. Please send your letter of intent by March 10. Call for papers: Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics Be a part of history and the future at the same time! The second annual review looks at how we access, store and preserve our cultural heritage. The University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science and Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group/AltaMira Press with Charles Harmon, Executive Editor publishes an annual compilation of research, technologies, and a review of literature in the fields of Cultural Heritage, Imaging for Museums and Libraries, Digital Humanities, User Behavior and Best Practices in the field. International contributions are welcome. An editorial board formed from scholars in the field, researchers and museum professionals with previous work in the field of cultural heritage and informatics assists with reviewing and editing manuscripts. The publication of a second Annual Review in this nascent and growing field is an important contribution to our scholarly knowledge and we welcome you to continue to help us build for the future. The target audience for the Annual Review includes undergraduate or graduate students, scholars, and professionals. Please submit a Letter of Intent with a brief description of your work by March 10, 2014 to hastings at sc.edu. The editorial board will notify you with an invitation to submit by March 15. Manuscripts will be due May 15 for publication in the 2014 edition. Author guidelines will be sent after the letters of intent are received. I look forward to hearing from you. Sam Hastings Dr. S. K. Hastings Director and Professor School of Library and Information Science University of South Carolina Davis College 1501 Greene St. Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-3858 hastings at sc.edu http://www.libsci.sc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(2013) A Threshold Concepts Approach to the Standards Revision. *Communications in information literacy*. 7(2), 108-113. http://edin.ac/1hhaaVi The new draft ACRL standards have just been published, so it is timely to discuss this article which puts forward the rationale behind taking this approach in the new standards. *When*: 26 February 2014 12.00 noon SL time (which is 8.00pm UK time and the same as US pacific time: see http://tinyurl.com/pdz36gr for times elsewhere) *Where:* Infolit iSchool Journal Club room, in the virtual world Second Life, http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/106/209/31You need a SL avatar and the Second Life browser installed on your computer. Everyone is welcome to join the one-hour discussion. 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Paper notifications are scheduled for 13 April. We are, however, still accepting late-breaking extended abstract submissions (2 pages) for posters and "lightning talk" presentations, until 23 March. For details, see http://www.websci14.org/#call-for-papers-and-posters Also, the Data Visualization Challenge is accepting submissions through 15 April, and is offering $1000 in prizes! For details, see: http://websci14.org/#call-for-data-visualization-challenge. ACM Web Science 2014 will be held 23-26 June 2014 at Indiana University, Bloomington. Further information available at http://www.websci14.org/. For questions, contact webscience-14-organizers at googlegroups.com. -- 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 kamps at uva.nl Tue Feb 25 17:59:07 2014 From: kamps at uva.nl (Jaap Kamps) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:59:07 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] =?windows-1252?q?CFP_Seven_SIGIR=9214_Workshops_on_emerg?= =?windows-1252?q?ing_areas_in_IR?= Message-ID: <530D203B.80900@uva.nl> The workshop program of the SIGIR?14: 37th Annual ACM SIGIR Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 6-11 July, 2014 will host seven attractive workshops covering novel ideas and emerging areas in IR: * ERD?14: Entity Recognition and Disambiguation Challenge http://web-ngram.research.microsoft.com/ERD2014/ The Entity Recognition and Disambiguation Workshop will be organized as a challenge, where participants submit working systems that identify the entities mentioned in text. The challenge will have two tracks, focusing on long and short texts. All submissions will be evaluated on shared datasets; part of the data will be withheld, to be used for the final evaluation of all submitted systems to determine the winners. Each participating team will be offered a spot at the workshop to present their system. David Carmel, Yahoo! Research Ming-Wei Chang, Microsoft Research Evgeniy Gabrilovich, Google Bo-June (Paul) Hsu, Microsoft Research Kuansan Wang, Microsoft Research * GEAR?14: Gathering Efficient Assessments of Relevance Workshop https://sites.google.com/site/sigirgear/ Evaluation is a fundamental part of Information Retrieval, and in the conventional Cranfield evaluation paradigm, sets of relevance assessments are a fundamental part of test collections. In this workshop, we wish to revisit how relevance assessments can be efficiently created. Potential themes include methods for generating assessments, the process of assessment, effort involved in assessing different materials, exploration of the concept of relevance etc. A discussion and exploration of this issue will be facilitated through the presentation of results based papers and position papers on the topic, as well as a group design activity. Martin Halvey, Glasgow Caledonian University Robert Villa, University of Sheffield Paul Clough, University of Sheffield * MedIR?14: Medical Information Retrieval Workshop http://medir.dcu.ie/ Medical information is accessible from diverse sources including the general web, social media, journal articles, and hospital records; users include patients and their families, researchers, practitioners and clinicians. Challenges in medical information retrieval include: diversity of users and user ability; variations in the format, reliability, and quality of biomedical and medical information; the multimedia nature of data; and the need for accuracy and reliability. The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers interested in medical information search with the goal of identifying specific challenges that need to be addressed to advance the state-of-the-art. Eiji Aramaki, Kyoto University, Japan Lorraine Goeuriot, Dublin City University, Ireland Gareth JF Jones, Dublin City University, Ireland Liadh Kelly, Dublin City University, Ireland Henning M?ller, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Justin Zobel, University of Melbourne, Australia * PIR?14: Privacy-Preserving IR Workshop ? When Information Retrieval Meets Privacy and Security http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~huiyang/sigir2014-pir-workshop/ Information retrieval and information privacy/security are two fast-growing computer science disciplines. There are many synergies and connections between these two disciplines. However, there have been very limited efforts to connect the two. On the other hand, due to lack of mature techniques in privacy-preserving IR, concerns about privacy and security have become serious obstacles that prevent valuable user data to be used in IR research such as studies about query logs, social media, tweets, sessions, and medical record retrieval. This privacy-preserving IR workshop aims to spurring research brings together the research fields of IR and privacy/security, and mitigate privacy threats in information retrieval by exploring novel algorithms and tools. Luo Si (Purdue University, USA) Grace Hui Yang (Georgetown University, USA) * SMIR?14: Semantic Matching in Information Retrieval http://smir2014.noahlab.com.hk Recently, significant progress has been made in research on what we call semantic matching (SM), in Web search, question answering, online advertisement, cross language information retrieval, multimedia retrieval, and other tasks. Let us take Web search as example of the problem. When comparing the textual content of query and documents, the simple term-based approaches can fail when searcher and author use different terms. A more realistic approach beyond bag-of-words, referred to as semantic matching (SM), is to conduct deeper query and document analysis to encode text with richer representations and then perform query-document matching with such representations. The main purpose of the workshop is to bring together IR and NLP researchers working on or interested in semantic matching, to share latest research results, express opinions on the related issues, and discuss future directions. Julio Gonzalo, UNED, Spain Hang Li, Noah's Ark Lab, Huawei, Hong Kong Alessandro Moschitti, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar Jun Xu, Noah's Ark Lab, Huawei, Hong Kong * SoMeRA?14: Social Media Retrieval and Analysis Workshop http://www.cp.jku.at/conferences/SoMeRA2014/ The SoMeRA 2014 workshop will present and discuss cutting edge research on all topics of retrieval, recommendation, and browsing in social media, as well as on the analysis of user's multifaceted traces in social media. In particular, novel methods and ideas that address challenges such as large quantity and noisiness of user-generated multimedia data, user biases, cold-start problem, or integrating contextual aspects into retrieval and recommendation techniques are highly welcome. The workshop will further foster the exchange of ideas between different communities, in particular it aims at better connecting the multimedia and recommender systems communities with the information retrieval community. The workshop will feature both oral presentations (full papers) and poster/demo presentations (short papers). Markus Schedl, Johannes Kepler University, Austria Peter Knees, Johannes Kepler University, Austria Jialie Shen, Singapore Management University, Singapore * TAIA?14: Temporal, social and spatially Aware Information Access Workshop http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/milads/taia2014.aspx Users provide an unprecedented volume of detailed, and continuously updated information about where they are, what they are doing, who they are with, and what they are thinking and feeling about their activities. The provision of this stream creates an informal contract between the user and the information access application in which the user will provide the information, but the application must provide results that are contextually relevant. In this workshop we explore spatial and temporal context in dynamic geotagged collections, such as Wikipedia, and traditional news sources, as well as social media sites such as Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook and Flickr. To ground the workshop, and provide a locus for discussion of the two aspects of user context, we focus on event detection and recommendation. Events are a natural theme around which to center discussions of spatial and temporal context because events are defined by their time and place. Fernando Diaz, Microsoft Research Claudia Hauff, Delft University of Technology Vanessa Murdock, Microsoft Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam Milad Shokouhi, Microsoft Please look at the individual websites for the calls, and deadlines ? and participate in the discussion on the SIGIR?14 workshop day, on Friday 11 July 2014, in the beautiful scenery of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. From NOsorio at niu.edu Thu Feb 27 12:06:22 2014 From: NOsorio at niu.edu (Nestor Osorio) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:06:22 -0600 Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: cfp: IIiX 2014: Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: <530F1C2E020000D900027D39@smtp2.gw.niu.edu> On behalf of Ian Ruthven. >>> On 2/27/2014 at 3:57 AM, in message <530F1BDB.4113.00D9.0 at niu.edu>, Ian Ruthven wrote: Apologies for cross-posting IIiX 2014: 5th Information Interaction in Context conference http://iiix2014.ur.de/, Regensburg, Germany, August 26-29, 2014 Call for Proposals for Doctoral Consortium The Information Interaction in Context conference (IIiX) explores the relationships between and within the contexts that affect information retrieval and information seeking, how these contexts impact information behavior, and how knowledge of information contexts and behaviors improves the design of interactive information systems. The IIiX Doctoral Consortium, held in conjunction with the main conference, provides an opportunity for doctoral students to present and discuss their research with senior researchers and other doctoral students in a seminar format. The Doctoral Consortium focuses on 1) advising students regarding current critical issues in their research, and 2) making students aware of the strengths and weaknesses of their research as viewed from different perspectives. The Doctoral Consortium is aimed for students in the middle of their thesis projects; at minimum, students ought to have formulated their research problem, theoretical framework and suggested methods, and at maximum, students ought to have just initiated data analysis. The Doctoral Consortium will take place on 26th August 2014. Mentors Seniors members of the IIiX community have agreed to act as reviewers for the 2014 IIiX Doctoral Consortium. These include: * Leif Azzopardi, University of Glasgow * Pia Borlund, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Aalborg * Katriina Bystr?m, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences & Swedish School of Library and Information Science * Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia * Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina * Christina Lioma, University of Copenhagen * Jaap Kamps, University of Amsterdam * Nils Pharo, Oslo University College Fees Participation to the Doctoral Consortium is free of charge. Dates ? April 30, 2014: Deadline for research proposals ? June 9, 2014: Notification of acceptance Topics All topics within the main IIiX submission call are acceptable as topics for the Doctoral Consortium. Please see http://iiix2014.ur.de/submissions.html for the full list. Format Proposals must be written in English and formatted using the ACM Conference style (for LaTeX or Word). Submissions should be made in PDF. The final version of accepted proposals will be included in the IIiX proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. The proposal must be no longer than 2 pages and contain the following contents. ? Title of research proposal, Name of student, Stage of degree (e.g., 2nd year PhD), Affiliation, Name of supervisor(s) ? Abstract ? Motivation ? Research questions ? (Planned or ongoing) Methodology ? Progress made so far ? Future plan ? References Submission Please go to https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iiix2014 to submit your research proposal. Credit, certificate and grants It is recommended that students participating in the Doctoral Consortium will be awarded 2 credits, ECTS or equivalent, by their home department. Students will be presented with a certificate upon completed participation in the Doctoral Consortium. Contact If you have any enquiries regarding the Doctoral Consortium, please contact the chairs. David Losada (david.losada at usc.es) and Ian Ruthven (ir @ cis. strath. ac. uk) ------ Ian Ruthven Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XH Email: Ian.Ruthven at cis.strath.ac.uk Tel: +44 141 548 4527 Fax: +44 141 548 4523 http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/~ir The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263. ------ Ian Ruthven Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XH Email: Ian.Ruthven at cis.strath.ac.uk Tel: +44 141 548 4527 Fax: +44 141 548 4523 http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/~ir The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Food for thought: * ALA Code of Ethics http://www.ala.org/advocacy/proethics/codeofethics/codeethics * Balancing Privacy and Innovation: Reinventing Libraries, a Library Journal article by Joseph Janes http:\lj.libraryjournal.com\2013\08\future-of-libraries\balancing-privacy-innovation-reinventing-libraries\ * Digital Rights and Wrongs, video by MIT Professor Alex Pentland http:\forumblog.org\2013\12\ideas-davos-digital-rights-and-wrongs\ * As Libraries Go Digital, a Chronicle article by Marc Perry http://chronicle.com/article/As-Libraries-Go-Digital/135514/ WHEN: Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 5:30pm to 7pm WHERE: Champions Bar 50 Broadway Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02139 For more information, contact neasist at gmail.com http://www.neasist.org From KENDRAA at mailbox.sc.edu Fri Feb 28 04:13:02 2014 From: KENDRAA at mailbox.sc.edu (ALBRIGHT, KENDRA) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:13:02 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] LIBRI Student Paper Award 2014 Message-ID: <510A263725F71048BDEDF1E3655B566F2FC741CE@CAE145EMBP01.ds.sc.edu> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ De Gruyter Saur announces the 2014 annual award for best Libri Student Paper. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Since 1950, through 63 volumes, "Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services" has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals, Libri is issuing a call for "Best Student Paper of 2014." This competition supports Libri's goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of library and information science professionals. We are proud once again to recognize the very best article with this special award. Students at all levels* are invited to submit articles with clarity and authority. There is no stated theme. Research papers should address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure research papers are all welcome. Length: approx. 5000 words Language: English Deadline: June 30, 2014 The best paper will be selected by an independent panel consisting of selected members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and other international experts. Submissions will be judged on the basis of - originality of thought and observation - depth of research and scholarship - topicality of problems addressed - the international readership of the journal The article will be published in the 2014:4 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of EUR500 and with a complementary subscription to Libri for 2015. If the quality of competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to Libri for 2015. The normal provision to the author of e-prints applies to all winners. Manuscripts should be submitted to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/libri. When submitting a paper for the Best Student Paper Award, please choose "Library Student Award" at the drop down menu "Manuscript Type". Author instructions and further indications of the scope of papers suitable for publication in Libri are available at the Libri site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. All submissions should include a cover sheet confirming: . the name of the institution where the student is or was enrolled; . the dates when the student is or was enrolled; . the date when the paper was written and the course for which it was prepared if no longer a student. * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for additional degrees outside the field of library and information science are not eligible for this award. To read about previous winners and for further information see: http://www.librijournal.org/award.html Alice Keller ++++++++++++++++++++ Dr Alice Keller Senior Editorial Director Library and Information Science & Reference DE GRUYTER SAUR D-81671 M?nchen Phone +49(0)89-76902-0 Fax +49(0)89-76902-150 If you have questions, contact Email: libri at statsbiblioteket.dk ++++++++++++++++++++ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kimsch at illinois.edu Fri Feb 28 17:02:50 2014 From: kimsch at illinois.edu (Schmidt, Kimberly Rae) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:02:50 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] News from GSLIS at Illinois Message-ID: The GSLIS News Digest highlights recent news, events, and accomplishments of GSLIS faculty, staff, and students. For more news, visit the GSLIS home page and follow us on Facebook and Twitter! News from GSLIS at Illinois On a panel at the College Art Association in February, Professor Abdul Alkalimat provided personal history and political context in the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) and the 1967 Chicago Wall of Respect, the mural that kicked off a mural movement across the U.S. He also presented the 2013-14 annual Dr. Ronald Foreman lecture, ?The Evolution of African American Studies in America,? which commemorated the 45th anniversary of the African American Studies program at the University of Florida. Earlier this year, Alkalimat presented the annual Martin Luther King Lecture, ?Re-Thinking the Black Freedom Movement,? at Wabash College?s Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies in Indiana. Professor Alistair Black was selected as the recipient of the Library History Essay Award for 2013. The prize is awarded annually by the Library and Information History Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) to the best essay on library history relating to, or published in, the British Isles in the previous calendar year. Black?s essay was titled, ?Organizational Learning and Home-Grown Writing: The Library Staff Magazine in Britain in the First Half of the Twentieth Century,? and appeared in Information & Culture, 47(4). Senior Lecturer Maria Bonn gave a talk titled, ?Libraries and the Current State of Publishing,? at GSLIS in November. Her talk, sponsored by the GSLIS student chapters of the American Library Association and Association of College and Research Libraries, explored the expanding role of research libraries and librarians as publishers. GSLIS adjunct lecturer Bobby Bothmann presented a talk titled, ?An Adjunct Professor?s Perspectives on the Skills LIS Students Need, and How Practitioners and Educators Can Collaborate to Provide Them,? at the Biennial Educators Meeting at ALA Midwinter in January. Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke served on the ALA?s Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee in 2013. The committee selects recipients of the ALA?s Achievement in Library Diversity Research awards and Diversity Research Grant awards. Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke?s article titled, ?The Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Program: Enhancing the LIS Professoriate,? was published in InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 10(1), in early 2014. Cooke also presented her paper, ?Hip-Hop Smoothed Out on a Library Tip: Exploring Literacies Through a New Pedagogical Lens,? at the Hip Hop and Punk Feminisms Symposium, which was held in December at the University of Illinois. In November, Assistant Professor Jana Diesner gave a presentation on her work on Impact Assessment at the Media Impact Funders meeting. This event, titled ?Media Impact Focus: Assessing the Impact of Media,? was hosted by the Paley Center for Media in New York City. Assistant Professor Jana Diesner presented invited talks in December at the Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), both in Daejoen, South Korea. In January, she co-organized ?Social and Semantic Networks in Communication Research,? a peer-reviewed preconference at the Conference of International Communication Association (ICA) in Seattle, Washington, where she also will present the paper, ?ConText: Software for the Integrated Analysis of Text Data and Network Data.? Research Associate Professor David Dubin was an invited speaker and judge for the CUDO Plays Board Game Design Competition, which took place from October 9 through February 16. This series of 11 events was presented by the Champaign-Urbana Design Organization, whose mission is to ?cultivate a vibrant design culture that engages and enriches our local community.? Dubin presented a talk on the work of philosopher Bernard H. Suits (PhD, University of Illinois, 1958) at the Game Design Symposium on October 17. He was one of three judges who assessed the competing designs in seven categories. The Grand Exhibition and awards ceremony took place on February 16 at the Urbana Landmark Hotel.?? Associate Professor Christine Jenkins was cited in news coverage of a censorship controversy in Brazil in November. She was quoted in an Associated Press article regarding a law allowing individuals to block unauthorized biographical works about themselves. ?Supporting Intellectual Freedom: Symbolic Capital and Practical Philosophy in Librarianship,? by Assistant Professor Emily Knox, was published in The Library Quarterly, 48(1). In this paper, Knox uses Pierre Bourdieu?s concept of symbolic capital to discuss how three areas?codification, institutionalization, and investigation?form the foundation of a practical philosophy for the support of intellectual freedom in librarianship. An article by Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak and Julia Pollack (MS ?12) was recently published in the Fall 2013 issue of Art Documentation. The article, ?The Performance and Practice of Research in A Cabinet of Curiosity: The Library's Dead Time,? discusses their exhibition held at the Figure One Gallery in Champaign, Illinois, which investigated how the materiality of information shapes the making of meaning. By showcasing the physical bodies of the codex, PDF, online and card catalogs, and librarian, the exhibition fabricated an archive of the ?dead time? of research in the humanities, and made visible for analysis some of the oft-overlooked practices in the production and communication of knowledge. Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak is serving as the 2013-2014 guest editor of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) blog. Her posts throughout the year focus on a theme of publication, both in its traditional and innovative forms. In January, Mak shared her expertise on the history of the book and the cultural production of knowledge in her invited response to a panel on ?The Rhetoric of the Page in Medieval Latin Manuscripts? at the 145th annual meeting of the American Philological Association. Associate Professor Jerome McDonough, principal investigator of the Preserving Virtual Worlds II project, was featured in a Library Journal Academic Newswire article published in November. The article, ?Saving Games,? discussed the complex challenges of digital game preservation. Associate Professor Kate McDowell has been appointed GSLIS Interim Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, overseeing aspects of recruitment, admissions, student development, and transition to employment. She recently presented a talk titled, ?Young Adult Fantasy and Race: From Representation to Imagination,? at St. Louis University in January. Professor Carole Palmer, director of the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS), presented a webinar on ?Data Curation Basics? in January as part of a data literacy webinar series hosted by the National Institutes of Health Library. Palmer?s talk provided an overview of methodology and core principles related to curating research and scientific data, including data curation profiles from several research domains. Professor Carole Palmer gave a talk at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in February as part of the CyberGIS brown bag series. In the talk, ?Optimizing Data Resources for Reuse: Site-Based Data Curation,? Palmer discussed the Site-Based Data Curation project, a collaboration among information scientists, geobiologists, data archiving experts, and resource managers at Yellowstone National Park. Assistant Professor Carol Tilley traveled across the country during the past several months to discuss her research related to comic books. Most recently, she participated in a panel discussion titled, ?Comics and the History of the Book,? in January at the American Historical Association?s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Also in January, Tilley began work in her newly-elected role as director of external relations for the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). Sarah T. Roberts, doctoral candidate at GSLIS and assistant professor at Western University in Ontario, was interviewed by NPR's All Things Considered in November regarding new safeguards used by Internet search engines to eliminate images of child pornography online. Her work was also featured in an opinion column published by the London Free Press. Doctoral student Cheri? Weible participated in ?Reaching Reference Librarians Through Genealogical Webinars,? a panel discussion at the ALA Midwinter pre-conference institute in January. An article drawing on seven years of eChicago conferences chaired by Assistant Professor Kate Williams was recently published in the Journal of Urban Management 2(2). The article, coauthored by Williams, was titled ?Becoming uCity: The Case of Chicago.? Assistant Professor Kate Williams and Professor Abdul Alkalimat were recently awarded research support from the University of Illinois Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies to conduct a biographical study of Afro-Cuban librarian Marta Terry Gonz?lez. Martin Wolske, senior research scientist at the GSLIS Center for Digital Inclusion, was honored by Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House at the organization?s 104th Anniversary Dinner in November. He was recognized for his efforts to bridge the digital divide in East St. Louis that have spanned more than a decade. -- Kim Schmidt Director of Publications and Media Relations Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel Street Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 265-6391 www.lis.illinois.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lai.ma at ucd.ie Fri Feb 28 10:56:42 2014 From: lai.ma at ucd.ie (Lai Ma) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:56:42 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for submission: Stories of information science/information scientists Message-ID: Do you have a story of information science and/or information scientists to share with the ASIS&T community? If so, please consider submitting a short story (~300-800 words) to be included in the HFIS newsletter. A gift card of $30 will be awarded if your story is selected! What are we looking for? A tidbit of history of your SIG/Chapter/School/Department and/or a story of an information scientist and/or educator. Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you! --- Dr Lai Ma School of Information and Library Studies University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Web: http://www.ucd.ie/sils/staff/laima/ Email: lai.ma at ucd.ie Phone: +353 1 716 7592 From lee.komito at ucd.ie Fri Feb 28 11:44:40 2014 From: lee.komito at ucd.ie (Lee Komito) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:44:40 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Assistant Professor/College Lecturer Position: University College Dublin School of Information & Library Studies In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5310BCF8.8090303@ucd.ie> Open Position: Lecturer in Information Ref: 006474 Lecturer in Information (Above the Bar) University College Dublin - UCD School of Information and Library Studies The School of Information and Library Studies at University College Dublin invites applications for a five-year posts. The successful candidate will contribute significantly to the quality expansion of research in one or more of the following areas: digital curation, visualization / information design, informatisation of social/ organisational processes, information architecture, information systems design, related topics regarding the interplay of people, information, technology and social structures; and to participate effectively in the School's educational programmes. Applicants should have completed a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline. Candidates who do not yet have a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline but who expect to have completed this degree by the date of appointment may be considered. Closing date for applications is Monday, 31 March 2013 (GMT). It is envisaged an appointee will commence in post September 2014. Further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies. For more detail on the School of Information and Library Studies, and its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, see http://www.ucd.ie/sils. Informal inquiries to Dr. Lee Komito (lee.komito at ucd.ie), Head of School/Head of Subject. Representatives from the School will be available at upcoming iConference in Berlin for further discussion. ----- Lee Komito (e) lee.komito at ucd.ie School of Information & Library Studies (p) +353.1.7167594 University College Dublin (f) +353.1.7161161 Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (w) www.ucd.ie/lkomito From lkelly at computing.dcu.ie Fri Feb 28 10:33:02 2014 From: lkelly at computing.dcu.ie (Liadh Kelly) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:33:02 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CfP: SIGIR Medical Information Retrieval Workshop In-Reply-To: <5310A9E0.1000301@computing.dcu.ie> References: <5310A9E0.1000301@computing.dcu.ie> Message-ID: <5310AC2E.9030907@computing.dcu.ie> * Medical Information Retrieval (MedIR) Workshop http://medir.dcu.ie/ At SIGIR 2014, July 11 2014, Gold Coast, Australia Call for Papers (2 & 4 page) Submission deadline: April 28 Medical information search refers to methodologies and technologies that seek to improve access to medical information archives via a process of information retrieval (IR). Such information is now potentially accessible from many sources including the general web, social media, journal articles, and hospital records. Medical information is of interest to a wide variety of users, including patients and their families, researchers, general practitioners and clinicians, and practitioners with specific expertise such as radiologists. Despite the popularity of the medical domain for users of search engines, and current interest in this topic within the information retrieval research community, development of search and access technologies remains particularly challenging. One of the central issues in medical information search is diversity of the users of these services. In particular, they will have varying categories of information needs, varying levels of medical knowledge, and varying language skills. In addition, the format, reliability, and quality of biomedical and medical information varies greatly. A single health record can contain clinical notes, technical pathology data, images, and patient-contributed histories, and may be linked by a physician to research papers. The importance of health and medical topics and their impact on people's everyday lives makes the need for retrieval of accurate and reliable information especially important. Determining the likely reliability of available information is challenging. Finally, as with information retrieval in general, the evaluation of medical search tools is vital and challenging. For example, there are no established or standardized baselines or evaluation metrics, and limited availability of test collections. This workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in medical information search with the goal of identifying specific research challenges that need to be addressed to advance the state-of-the-art and to foster interdisciplinary collaborations towards the meeting of these challenges. To enable this, we encourage participation from researchers in all fields related to medical information search including mainstream information retrieval, but also natural language processing, multilingual text processing, and medical image analysis. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * - Users and information needs * - Semantics and NLP for medical IR * - Reliability and trust in medical IR * - Personalised search * - Evaluation of medical IR * - Multilingual issues in medical IR * - Multimedia technologies in medical IR * - The role of social media in medical IR Paper Submissions The workshop is now accepting paper submissions. Short papers (4 pages) and short position papers (2 pages) describing approaches or ideas / challenges on the topics of the workshop are invited. Submissions should be in ACM SIGS format. LaTeX and Word templates are available athttp://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates (for LaTeX, use the "Option 2" style). Papers should be anonymised for double blind review and submitted in pdf format through the EasyChair system https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=medir2014no later than midnight Pacific Daylight Time on April 28, 2014. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the workshop program committee. Accepted papers will be included in the SIGIR 2014 Medical Information Search Workshop proceedings. Important Dates April 28, 2014: Deadline for paper submission (midnight Pacific Daylight Time) May 10, 2014: Notification to authors May 17, 2014: Camera-ready papers due July 11, 2014: Workshop Further Information Further information is available on the workshop website at http://medir.dcu.ie/ or by emailing the workshop organisers. Workshop Organisers Lorraine Goeuriot, Dublin City University, Ireland Gareth J.F. 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Responsibilities: * Compare electronic copies of archive stories and picture captions to make sure they match those in the printed editions, using both the printed newspaper and PDF versions of the newspaper pages; * Add and check metadata of archive stories, including assigning keywords, add memo information and check edition names, column names and source information; * Copy and convert text from printed graphics into meaningful formats for the text archives; * Copy and reformat stories and captions from PDF pages into a format compatible with the text archives, when stories are not available on the archive system; * Follow-up on archive stories that need further attention; * Correct stories for which there are published and unpublished corrections; * Work with team to digitally archive deadline sensitive materials; * Monitor content feeds to vendors and compile/maintain documentation for archiving standards. Qualifications: * Minimum of two years print archives experience required; * Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities; * Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team; * Previous experience in the physical processing of print materials preferred; * Some knowledge in the use of Lexis-Nexis, Factiva, and ProQuest. For immediate consideration, please apply at: http://goo.gl/waEw0J To view all positions, follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/LAC_Jobs LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer who values diversity in the workplace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Andrew.M.Johnson at colorado.edu Wed Feb 26 09:43:06 2014 From: Andrew.M.Johnson at colorado.edu (Andrew Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:43:06 -0700 Subject: [Asis-l] RDAP14 NSF DataNet panel details announced! Message-ID: <52753C28B6A57A4A8E08C9FFEC98A016538BEF6A05@EXC3.ad.colorado.edu> Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014 (RDAP14) March 26-28, Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, CA http://www.asis.org/rdap/ The RDAP14 Program Committee is excited to announce the details of the final panel on the RDAP program! This panel will feature updates on the exciting work of several NSF DataNet projects provided by the following speakers: * Dharma Akmon, Education and Outreach Specialist, SEAD, University of Michigan (moderator) * Amber E. Budden, Director for Community Engagement and Outreach, DataONE, University of New Mexico * David Van Riper, Director of Spatial Data, TerraPop * Mary Whitton, Project Manager, DataNet Federation Consortium Special thanks to Robert McDonald of Indiana University for helping to put this panel together. The full RDAP14 program is available here: http://www.asis.org/rdap/program/ Register for RDAP14 here: https://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP14/rdap14regform.php Links to hotel information, social media channels, and more are available on the RDAP14 website: http://www.asis.org/rdap/ We hope that you will join us in San Diego for RDAP14! Andrew Johnson RDAP14 Program Chair http://www.asis.org/rdap/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: