From jlorince at indiana.edu Thu May 1 00:14:21 2014 From: jlorince at indiana.edu (Jared Lorince) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 00:14:21 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?b?V2ViU2NpICcxNCDigIsgZGF0YSBjaGFsbGVuZ2XigIsg?= =?utf-8?q?deadline_extensions_+_accepted_papers/posters?= Message-ID: *** APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS, PLEASE DISSEMINATE WIDELY *** The WebSci Data Visualization Challenge deadline has been EXTENDED until ? May 12? . $1000 in prizes! For details, see: http://websci14.org/#call-for-data-visualization-challenge . The list of accepted papers and posters, and the full conference schedule are now online: http://websci14.org/#accepted-papers http://websci14.org/#accepted-posters http://websci14.org/#schedule ACM Web Science 2014 will be held 23-26 June 2014 at Indiana University, Bloomington. Further information available at http://www.websci14.org/. For any other questions, please contact webscience-14-organizers at googlegroups.com. ?For any further update, p lease follow us on Twitter (@WebSciConf) or like us on Facebook ?:? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Web-Science-Trust/169268288947 -- 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 girirs_75 at yahoo.co.in Thu May 1 04:35:47 2014 From: girirs_75 at yahoo.co.in (Rabishankar Giri) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 16:35:47 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [Asis-l] ALIS India 's oldest peer reviewed LIS research journal in Open domain Message-ID: <1398933347.22739.YahooMailNeo@web190003.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, Sorry for cross postings ? Annals of Library Information Studies, one of India 's oldest peer reviewed LIS research journal published by CSIR-NISCAIR has launched its open access archive (http://nopr.niscair.res.in/ handle/123456789/66?) since its inception (i.e, Vol.1 , No.-1, 1954). A number of articles contributed by Library Science stalwarts like Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, B. C. Vickery, D. J. Foskets will now be available to all . ? I feel that LIS fraternity around the globe will be immensely benefited by the efforts and urge other Indian LIS journals to make their contents available in the open access domain. ? Rabishankar Giri India -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Fri May 2 11:31:31 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 11:31:31 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Allen Kent, anohter long time IS&T leader passes away. Message-ID: <13D463CE880C42BCA1F39EF69A882590@asist.local> We received this morning that Dr. Allen Kent, Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, passed away at 92 years. Dick Hill Age 92, on Thursday, May 1, 2014, helped change the world through his pioneering work in computer technology. Born in Harlem, New York, in 1921, Kent was the son a a tailor. He attended City College of New York. Studying chemistry and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. Following the war, he became an editor of technical manuscripts, which led to a legendary career in information science. Enlisted to participate in a classified project at MIT, he helped develop a system for mechanically encoding key words to help find specific bits of information within large documents, the precursor of today's internet search engines. At Western Reserve University, he helped establish the first academic program in the field of mechanized information retrieval, first using cards, then utilizing new reel-to-reel tape technology. Kent's 1959 article for Harper's Magazine, "A Machine That Does Research," was among the first pieces in the national popular press explaining to Americans how their lives would soon be changed by electronic information technology. In 1963, he founded and became Director of the Knowledge Availability Systems Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He was also Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Department of Information Science and Head of Communications Programs. Early in his Pitt tenure, he served as an advisor to the Kennedy White House regarding the creation of a National Information Storage and Retrieval Network. A prolific writer and editor, Kent wrote the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, the Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, and the Encyclopedia of Microcomputers. __________ NEW ADDRESS AS OF Feb. 16, 2014 Richard Hill ASIS&T Executive Director 8555 16th Street, Suite 850 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3560 FAX: (301) 495-0810 Voice: (301) 495-0900 rhill at asis.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Thu May 1 14:58:43 2014 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 18:58:43 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] New This Fall! Master of Professional Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics - First Master of Professional Science at UNC at Chapel Hill Message-ID: CHAPEL HILL, NC - A new degree program that focuses on biomedical and health informatics at the master's level is now available through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Graduate School. The Master of Professional Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics is interdisciplinary, building on the combined strengths of several top-ranked professional schools on the UNC campus including the School of Information and Library Science (SILS). Several SILS faculty will be part of the program that includes the Gillings School of Global Public Health (GSGPH), School of Nursing (SON), School of Medicine (SOM), Eshelman School of Pharmacy (ESPh) and School of Dentistry (SOD). "The intellectual home of this highly interdisciplinary degree is the Carolina Health Informatics Program, which was launched about three years ago, with strong support from the faculty of the School of Information and Library Science and the health affairs partner schools," said Dr. Javed Mostafa, SILS professor and director of the Carolina Health Informatics Program. "Also, it could not have been possible to develop this degree without the backing from the Provost's office and the Graduate School." While the graduate program is intended to be completed in three semesters of full time study, it is also open to part time students. The program requires 35 credits to graduate and has two tracks: the Clinical Informatics track and the Public Health Informatics track. Students begin their study by completing core courses in "Informatics" and go on to enroll for "Professional Skills" courses. They then take "Biomedical and Health Informatics Foundation" courses and then move on to one track or the other. Finally, all students complete a practicum consisting of an internship in a health care, public health, health research or health IT organization that includes a project, which synthesizes knowledge gleaned from the entire program curriculum. The Master of Professional Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics is the first Professional Science Master's to be offered by UNC-Chapel Hill. The Graduate School will provide general administration of PSM programs, and the curriculum will be supported and managed by the partner schools. "The science industry understands the need for Master's programs that provide training in scientific knowledge and skills as well as business fundamentals," said Dr. Heidi Harkins, director of the Professional Science Master's Programs in The Graduate School. "We are pleased to respond to this need and offer these first two PSM programs at The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill." A second PSM program in Toxicology is now accepting students for Fall 2014. The PSM is distinct from other master's degrees. According to the Council of Graduate Schools, the PSM degree is: "a unique professional degree grounded in science and/or mathematics and designed to prepare students for a variety of career options in business, government, or non-profit organizations. The degree combines advanced coursework in science and/or math with an appropriate array of professional skill-development activities to produce graduates highly valued by employers and fully prepared to progress toward leadership roles." The deadline to apply for Fall 2014 admission is June 10th, 2014. For more information about the program, visit the Web site: http://chip.unc.edu/mps-bmhi/ To apply through UNC-CH's graduate application system, go to: http://gradschool.unc.edu/admissions/instructions.html ******************************* 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 srichards at lac-group.com Fri May 2 16:50:15 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 20:50:15 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Senior Library Technician / Washington, DC Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . LAC Group is seeking a Senior Library Technician for a long-term, 5-year, contract with a prestigious federal library, focused on education, located in Washington, DC. This is a full-time, benefited, position on a recently awarded contract to run the library and information services. The library serves the agency's department, public, education community and other government agencies. The Senior Library Technician conducts all aspects of interlibrary loan operations (ILL), staffs the circulation desk, searches online databases, and performs acquisitions of supplies and other materials. This position may be required to provide ready reference service and process incoming books, as needed. US Citizenship is required for this role. Responsibilities: * Manages ILL requests in OCLC WorldShare, including item verification, lending and borrowing, preparing and responding to request/loan forms, receiving and returning requested items, and communicating with requestors and lenders. Designs workflows to ensure requested materials are expeditiously obtained and delivered, and that materials required by other libraries are promptly supplied. * Assists patrons with questions concerning submission, verification, retrieval, and delivery of interlibrary loan requests and materials. Reminds patrons of overdue ILL materials; ensures that all materials are recovered. * Maintains monthly ILL borrowing and lending statistics and copyright compliance records. Produces a monthly report of monograph and journal titles borrowed by the Library. * Searches library databases for specific citations requested by patrons and delivers the results; orders items not owned by the library either via ILL or from document delivery services, when appropriate. * Staffs the circulation desk as requested; performs daily circulation functions; makes sure library equipment is working and reports issues; provides prompt and courteous customer service; may provide ready reference service; and refers research questions to reference librarians. * Performs product research, materials selection and systems research on library equipment. * Designs historical and topical displays of library materials. * Orders new books using the ILS acquisitions module; orders library supplies and other items as requested; tracks all purchases by the contract. Troubleshoots problems with orders. * Processes new books with security tape and property tags as needed. * Contributes to special projects as assigned. * Stays abreast of current trends in interlibrary loan and document delivery services. Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. * Minimum 3 years' experience in technical services, including provision of interlibrary loan using OCLC (including WorldShare) and circulation desk experience. * Minimum 1 year of experience with the circulation and acquisitions modules of integrated library systems. * Experience searching online databases such as EBSCO and ProQuest and in ordering from commercial document delivery services. * Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word and Excel. * Attention to detail; demonstrated organizational skills. * Familiarity with copyright law as it affects ILL services. * Experience working in a customer service capacity. * Excellent oral and written communication skills. * U.S. citizenship required. Apply at: http://goo.gl/aLFbvk LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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WHO: Hosted jointly by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the University Library, and the Library Research Roundtable of the American Library Association. WHY: 21st century librarianship has witnessed new forms of cooperation between librarians and the communities they serve. Academic libraries have adopted new roles that span the scholarly communication lifecycle and advance digital humanities, data stewardship, and eScience initiatives. Public libraries have become community focal points for programming that meets the learning needs of children and their families, encourages the creative use of new technologies, and reaches out to include new and diverse communities. Creative school librarians also work with others to examine issues related to the common core standards, the development of programs that promote and complement curricula, and the exploration of new learning and teaching models. WHAT: This conference will bring together academics and practitioners, including faculty and graduate students from library schools and iSchools, and academic, public and school librarians. The conference will focus on how collaboration and cross-disciplinary research can create new knowledge and chart a course for partnerships with deep and lasting impact. The LRS VI Program Planning Committee invites proposals for papers, panels, posters and workshops. We welcome creative contributions from individuals and groups in the following theme areas. HOW: A lively discussion of paper, panel, poster, and workshop presentations and activities. Example topics include, but are not limited to: *Cutting-edge research that crosses boundaries within and beyond the field of library and information science *The process and products of collaboration: lessons learned and best practices that establish librarians as full research, teaching, and learning partners in academic or community settings *Librarian-faculty partnerships, their impact on research, and the influence of their findings on the collaborative approach *Identification of knowledge gaps and research agendas *Intra-institutional, inter-institutional and trans-national collaborations *Community engagement and community informatics projects--stories of success and possible scenarios for the future *Examples of recruiting, training, and mentoring the next generation of librarians to be research, teaching, and learning partners in their campus and communities Proposal Submission Guidelines & Formats The deadline for submission of proposals is May 15, 2014. In addition to an abstract, each author or panelist must provide a separate biographical statement (maximum of 50 words). Papers *Paper proposals must include a title, author(s), format, and abstract (maximum of 500 words). *Paper proposals should be submitted individually, and they will be grouped with others on a common theme, typically for a 90-minute session comprised of three paper presentations. The abstract submitted should state the focus of the paper and the way(s) in which it contributes to the body of knowledge in the field. Presentation time for papers should be no more than 20 minutes. Posters *Poster proposals must include a title, author(s), format, and abstract (maximum of 500 words). *This formal graphic presentation of the topic, offers an excellent opportunity for reporting on evaluation results and gathering detailed feedback on one?s work. Posters should be no larger than 40" high and 44" wide. Graduate student submissions are encouraged. Panels *Panel proposals must include title, author(s), format, and abstract (maximum of 750 words). *The abstract should describe how three or more panelists will creatively present a cohesive theme and promote lively discussions between panelists and audience members. Proposals should provide a description of the issues to be discussed, and a list of panelists who have agreed to participate with their qualifications and contributions to the panel. Workshops *Workshop proposals must include title, author(s), format, and abstract (maximum of 750 words). *The abstract should outline how participants will engage an issue, learn a new skill, or develop an action plan or other activity where hands-on learning is integral. Submissions must include an example of an activity you plan to conduct. The learning experience should excite and encourage the participants to take risks, question assumptions, and fully engage in the learning process. Evaluation Procedures: The Conference Planning Committee will evaluate proposals based on: *Relevance to the theme *Significance of its contribution to LIS research or practice *Clarity of expression *Status of research: Are the results in hand? When appropriate, please include the timeline for completion of research. For more information on the Library Research Seminar VI Conference, please visit http://www.library.illinois.edu/lrs6/ or send your comments & questions to LRSVI at library.illinois.edu. From yr at uninova.pt Mon May 5 18:07:20 2014 From: yr at uninova.pt (Yves Rybarczyk) Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 23:07:20 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Reminder: CfP - Special issue on Multimodal Interfaces Message-ID: *EAI Transactions on Creative Technologies * *Special issue on Multimodal Interfaces **for** Natural Interactions * *Call* *for* *Papers* *Main submission deadline*: May 25th, 2014 *AIMS AND SCOPE * Creativity and user interfaces become an application field of cutting edge technologies like human behavior tracking and understanding, social signal processing, artificial intelligence systems or embodied agents. EAI Transactions on Creative Technologies aims in providing a forge between science, technology and human factors on one side, and creative industries on the other side naturally leading to the theme of this special issue: ?where technology gets closer to the human being?. This special issue aims to encourage and publish research about the challenges and new trends associated with applying multimodal interactions and natural user interfaces to education, entertainment and assistive technologies in a creative way or to foster human creativity. The publications can be either long or short papers ( http://eai.eu/transaction/creative-technologies) related to the three main applications domains listed below: *APPLICATION DOMAINS * *Human factor perspective * - Telepresence, immersion feeling and body ownership - Human-machine cooperation in teleoperation and telerobotics - Usability and ergonomic systems - User experience - Human performance in virtual and augmented reality - Intuitive interfaces and personalized systems in real and virtual environments - Involvement of original sensorial modalities in HCI (e.g. proprioception, touch, smell, ...) - Human behavior analysis for media personalization and motivation/emotions discovery (head/eye/face/body tracking) - Multimodality for biometric interfaces *Technologies **for** gaming and entertainment * - Creative interfaces for games and serious games - One or a set of robots interaction with human players - Augmented instruments and new digital instruments - Real-time audio/voice/singing/laughter synthesis - Real-time MoCap mapping and interpretation - Sensors for artistic performances - Live interaction with intelligent robots - Stylistic movement synthesis and human behavior mapping on virtual Characters - Real-time HQ data processing - Linked TV and web media - Mobile movement/localization and multimedia data visualization and browsing - Adaptive and intelligent projections on buildings or inside buildings (e.g., walls, objects, ...) *Assistive and educative technologies * - Augmentative and alternative communication - Ambient assisted living / domotics - Design for all - Interfaces for sensory impairments - Interfaces for motor impairments (e.g., eye-tracking, BCI, ...) - Gestures analysis and recognition for interactive setups - On the use of Natural User Interfaces in education - Multimodal interfaces for improving the learning process - Acquisition of new cognitive and motor skills through NUI - Tangible interfaces *IMPORTANT DATES * - By May 25th, 2014: Submission of manuscripts - By July 25th, 2014: Notification about decisions on initial submissions - By September 25th, 2014: Submission of revised manuscripts - By November 25th, 2014: Notification about decisions on revised manuscripts - By December 25th, 2014: Submission of manuscripts with final minor changes and electronic publication on the EAI Transactions website early 2015. *GUEST EDITORS * The invited editors of this special issue of the EAI Transactions on Creative Technologies on Multimodal Interfaces for Natural Interactions are: - Yves Rybarczyk - Tiago Cardoso - Jo?o Rosas from the New University of Lisbon (FCT/UNL), Portugal *HOW TO SUBMIT * Please see the instructions for authors on the EAI Transactions website (http://eai.eu/transaction/creative-technologies). ABOUT EAI Transactions on Creative Technologies The EAI Transactions on Creative Technologies provide fast review and online publication process. The papers are both freely visible by any person (open access) and free for the paper authors. -- Prof. Yves Rybarczyk Departamento de Engenharia Electrot?cnica Faculdade de Ci?ncias e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa Campus da Caparica 2829-516 Caparica PORTUGAL Tel: +351 917691175 Email: yr at uninova.pt Site: http://docentes.fct.unl.pt/y-rybarczyk/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichards at lac-group.com Mon May 5 16:43:38 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 20:43:38 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Knowledge Management (KM) Manager / Kansas City, Missouri Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . . . LAC Group seeks a Knowledge Management (KM) Manager to optimize and develop the Knowledge Management resources for our client, an international law firm with several offices nationwide. The firm is moving towards a more virtual platform and we seek a creative leader who is an excellent communicator and can bring to the firm innovative and effective best practices to the knowledge management function. We are looking for a dynamic individual with relevant experience who wants to help create something new and lead, rather than stepping into an existing operation. This candidate will work with Senior Management to provide services such as web portal management and liaise with other firm departments including IT and Marketing to develop attorney education and training in knowledge management services. The ideal candidate will work on-site in Kansas City, Missouri. Competitive compensation, relocation, and benefits package provided. Requirements: * Manage internal and external resources responsible for acquiring and disseminating electronic and print content to the Firm for legal and business research purposes; manage team performance and set goals; * Manage the service, contracts and relationships with the online research vendors, print content, print management, and library administration; * Optimize the budget, develop standards for collection development and cost recoveries, oversee the Firm's knowledge collection and acquisition policies; * Oversee enhancement of the Firm's use of web technologies to promote and disseminate information for legal and business research purposes; * Promote and provide KM resources to support legal and business research; * Handle additional related projects as necessary. Qualifications and Desired Experience: * Advanced degree (JD, MBA, MLIS) preferred; * At least five years of experience in a law or business library; * At least three years of supervisory experience, for multiple locations, whether of internal employees or external resources (preferred); * At least three years of experience in library contract and vendor management; * At least two years of experience in use of database and web technology; * Expert proficiency in integrated library management systems; * Advanced proficiency in online research and legal databases; * Proficiency in collaboration applications (SharePoint preferred); * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Suite; * Expert knowledge of law library management; * Advanced knowledge of vendor management, procurement and contract administration standards and practices; * Previous experience or educational background in Knowledge Management is highly preferred. For immediate consideration, please apply at: http://goo.gl/32LN7J LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichards at lac-group.com Tue May 6 14:43:28 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 18:43:28 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Library Systems Programmer / Los Angeles, CA Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . . LAC Group seeks a Library Systems Programmer to work with the integrated library system of a prestigious university in Los Angeles, CA on contract (approximately 6 months). The ideal candidate needs to be familiar with the SirsiDynix Symphony ILS system, particularly the Acquisition / Serials module, Sirsi API programming, MARC, and record loading to develop custom solutions for the ILS. Local applicants are preferred, but all applicants will still be considered, as most work can be performed remotely. Responsibilities of the Library Systems Programmer will include, but are not limited to: Responsibilities * Program and design integrated library systems to specific requirements; * Consult on current systems; * Format, manipulate, import, and export metadata; * Develop custom solutions. Qualifications * Conversant with UNIX operating systems and UNIX commands, editors, and shell scripting; * Experience in developing custom solutions using Sirsi API and Web service; * Familiar with MARC format; * In-depth working experience in formatting, manipulating, importing, and exporting MARC and other metadata records; * Hands-on experience with SirsiDynix Symphony ILS; * Knowledge of electronic resources and publishing; * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills; * Excellent oral and written communication skills; * Ability to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Apply at: http://goo.gl/9mZTDt LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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URL: From rhill at asis.org Tue May 6 14:07:54 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 14:07:54 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] PASIG Webinar, May 15: Archive and Preservation for Collections Leveraging Standards Based Technologies and the Cloud Message-ID: <8BB36E44E1BD41B0B9FC930EFF2AF56D@asist.local> ASIST Members attend at no cost. __________ NEW ADDRESS AS OF Feb. 16, 2014 Richard Hill ASIS&T Executive Director 8555 16th Street, Suite 850 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3560 FAX: (301) 495-0810 Voice: (301) 495-0900 rhill at asis.org From: Pasig-announce [mailto:pasig-announce-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Pasquinelli Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 1:20 PM To: pasig-announce at mail.asis.org Subject: [Pasig-announce] PASIG Webinar, May 15: Archive and Preservation for Collections Leveraging Standards Based Technologies and the Cloud PASIG Webinar: Archive and Preservation for Collections Leveraging Standards Based Technologies and the Cloud Webinar Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 11:30am-12:30pm (EDT) To register: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-PASIG-5-15-2014-register.ht ml Abstract: The demand for storage for both active archive and long-term preservation in large-scale data environments is growing exponentially and will continue in this fashion for many years to come according to Coughlin Group studies. As the industry continues to morph and evolve around us, meeting this demand is less about finding the right storage technology, operating system or topology but rather about the way the content is stored and managed as more than just "a bunch of files". Careful and pragmatic migration from various generations of storage technologies has been the norm for years while the IT/enterprise-centric space continues to grapple with the volumes of data and the demands of these environments motivated by the desire for low-cost, commodity technologies. This webinar will focus on standards-based middleware necessary to implement these advanced, scalable Object Stores acting as Storage Abstraction Layers over complex and evolving archive and preservation workflows, storage technologies, operating systems, file systems and more. Leveraging standards based approaches dealing with the unmatched demand seeded in the media and entertainment market, several providers, industry groups and end-users have developed best-practices in this important area, enabling content owners to remain agile and well-protected against this constant change. The presentation will highlight standards body activities, relevant on-premises and cloud-based technologies as well as successful case studies where these approaches are being leveraged for long-term asset protection and preservation today. Presenter: Brian Campanotti, P.Eng., Chief Technology Officer, Front Porch Digital Inc. Brian Campanotti is the Chief Technical Officer for Front Porch Digital, leading industry invention and advancement in cloud-based and on-premises global content storage management (CSM), media asset management (MAM) and content publishing, migration and preservation solutions. He is responsible for innovations in the area of cloud-based solutions for "big data" focused on media-centric content handling, delivery, storage and preservation. He was one of the primary inventors of the Archive eXchange Format (AXF) and has been active in standards body activities helping to promote innovation and openness in the industry for more than two decades. Mr. Campanotti and his team have won EmmyR Awards for their work in content collection preservation technologies and for innovation in serial digital video technology. Mr. Campanotti has founded several start-ups and began his career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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Candidates from areas related to children and adolescents in a digital society including reference sources are encouraged to apply. The following areas are of particular interest: ? Multicultural and global aspects of youth in a digital society. ? Social media, social computing, and converging technologies for reading, 21st Century literacy and problem solving. ? Digital storytelling and games for learning. ? Adolescent and children?s literature, sources and services in a digital environment. ? Reference sources and services in the digital environment. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES: ? Teaching 3 courses per semester, including core classes ? Implementing a research agenda ? Engaging in curriculum development ? Teaching face-to-face and on-line ? Being able to teach traditional and non-traditional age students ? Demonstrating the ability to use discipline-related instructional technology Qualifications: ? An earned doctorate in the library and Information Science or related discipline. ? Experience in the application of technology for course delivery. ? Demonstration excellence in teaching. ? Experience in course development. ? Experience in educational research for new courses. ? Strong research skills. ? Robust research agenda. ? Knowledge of librarianship, information science, information technology, differentiation of education delivery modalities and current teaching principles and practices. Special Information: The Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University, one of the nation?s largest independent universities, invites applications for a full-time tenure track faculty position. Palmer School offers classes at three locations: LIU Post in Brookville, Palmer Manhattan at NYU?s Bobst Library and LIU Brentwood in Suffolk County. FLSA STATUS: Exempt SALARY: Based on Collective Bargaining Agreement CLOSING DATE: Open until filled DATE TO BE FILLED: September, 2014 CONTACT: Please send cover letter, resume, three references with contact information to hr at liu.edu LIU is proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v. We are committed to seeking qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. We encourage applications from women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States. From Heting.Chu at liu.edu Mon May 5 22:52:11 2014 From: Heting.Chu at liu.edu (Heting Chu) Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 02:52:11 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] LIU Position Announcement - Data Mining and Curation Message-ID: Apologies for multiple postings. TITLE: Assistant Professor ? Data Mining and Data Curation CAMPUS: LIU Post DEPARTMENT: Palmer School of Library and Information Science JOB DUTIES: In collaboration with the Palmer School Faculty, candidates will develop and teach technology related courses appropriate for the MSLIS program. Teaching load will be 3 graduate courses per semester. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to contribute to the school?s mission to provide knowledge and skills to prepare students for a role as a 21st century information professional. Prospective candidates should have the skills needed to develop and prepare innovative courses for the master?s level program in Information Science, more specifically Information Analytics and Big Data and Information Architecture. The successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge in the content areas listed below, along with the ability to develop and teach in the online arena: ? Information Analytics and Big Data ? Information Architecture and Visualization ? Social and Collaborative Computing and Information Organizations ? Human Information Behavior ? Enterprise Security and Privacy PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES: ? Teaching 3 courses per semester, including core classes ? Implementing a research agenda ? Engaging in curriculum development ? Teaching face-to-face and on-line ? Being able to teach traditional and non-traditional age students ? Demonstrating the ability to use discipline-related instructional technology Qualifications: ? An earned doctorate in the library and Information Science or related discipline ? Experience in the application of technology for course delivery ? Demonstration excellence in teaching ? Experience in course development ? Experience in educational research for new courses ? Strong research skills ? Robust research agenda ? Knowledge of librarianship, information science, information technology, differentiation of education delivery modalities and current teaching principles and practices Special Information: The Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University, one of the nation?s largest independent universities, invites applications for a full-time tenure track faculty position. Palmer School offers classes at three locations: LIU Post in Brookville, Palmer Manhattan at NYU?s Bobst Library and LIU Brentwood in Suffolk County. FLSA STATUS: Exempt SALARY: Based on Collective Bargaining Agreement CLOSING DATE: Open until filled DATE TO BE FILLED: September, 2014 CONTACT: Please send cover letter, resume, three references with contact information to hr at liu.edu LIU is proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v. We are committed to seeking qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. We encourage applications from women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States. From bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu Tue May 6 18:05:13 2014 From: bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu (Beata Panagopoulos) Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 22:05:13 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Congratulations to Regina Pagani (Simmons College, GSLIS)--Winner of the 2014 NEASIST Student Travel Award! Message-ID: The NEASIS&T Student Travel Award jury is pleased to announce this year's winner! The 2014 NEASIS&T Student Travel Award goes to: Regina Pagani Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science for her essay addressing the questions: * Why she wishes to attend the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting * How she believes she will be able to use the conference experience to further her career * How might NEASIS&T or ASIS&T benefit if she receives the award Regina's essay was well-written and persuasive. She is an Archives Management student who learned how important the role that collaboration and technology plays in the dissemination and preservation of information while creating a finding aid for Habeas Corpus files from the Southern District of New York Circuit Court from 1828 to 1918. Her current project will take her to Cameroon, Africa as an archival consultant for the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project at the Bamum Palace. Therefore, she is particularly drawn to the theme of this year's ASIST Annual Meeting: " Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities." As she states, her " task involves developing ways to deliver the digitized material in a manner that unites these documents and people for the benefit of contemporary society with cultural, communicative, and international information concerns at the forefront. " Regina will receive up to $750 to help defray the costs of attendance at the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting which takes place October 31-November 4 in Seattle, Washington http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ Congratulations to Regina Pagani for her excellent essay! Finally, many thanks to the wise and diligent jury members: Olimpia Estela Caceres-Brown and Maric Kramer. Beata Panagopoulos NEASIST Student Travel Award Competition Jury Chair **************************** Beata Panagopoulos Assistant Director, Technical Services Sawyer Library Suffolk University 8 Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Tel. 617 573 8541 Fax 617-305-3289 Email: bpanagopoulos at suffolk.edu From chodgson at niso.org Thu May 8 15:47:42 2014 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 15:47:42 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] NISO and OAI Publish American National Standard on ResourceSync Framework Specification Message-ID: <009201cf6af6$61c08620$25419260$@org> The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) announce the publication of the ResourceSync Framework Specification (ANSI/NISO Z39.99-2014)-a new American National Standard for the web detailing various capabilities that a server can implement to allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with its evolving resources. The ResourceSync joint project, funded with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Jisc, was initiated to develop a new open standard on the real-time synchronization of web resources. "Increasingly, large-scale digital collections are available from multiple hosting locations, are cached at multiple servers, and leveraged by several services," explains Herbert Van de Sompel, Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, OAI Executive, and Co-chair of the ResourceSync Working Group. "Since Web resources are continually changing, this proliferation of content yields the challenging problem of keeping services that leverage a server's evolving content synchronized in a timely and accurate manner. Our two-year collaborative effort resulted in a specification that can be used to meet this challenge for a wide variety of use cases. This was possible by devising a modular specification and by grounding it in protocols that are already widely adopted." "The OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (PMH) 2.0 specification can be used to effectively synchronize the metadata about resources," states Simeon Warner, Director, IT Application Development, Cornell University, "but synchronizing the resources themselves was never specified. Although some resource synchronization methods exist, they are generally ad hoc, arranged by the individuals involved, and cannot be universally deployed. This new specification fills that void." "The ResourceSync specification introduces a range of easy to implement capabilities that a server may support to enable remote systems to remain more tightly in step with its evolving resources," explains Michael L. Nelson, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University Computer. "It also describes how a server can advertise the capabilities it supports. Remote systems can inspect this information to determine how best to remain aligned with the evolving data. All capabilities are implemented on the basis of the document formats introduced by the Sitemap protocol. Capabilities can be combined to achieve varying levels of functionality and hence meet different local or community requirements." "We expect this new standard will save a tremendous amount of time, effort, and resources by repository managers through the automation of the replication and updating process," states Todd Carpenter, NISO Executive Director. "The end result will be to increase the general availability of content in web repositories and alleviate the variety of problems created by out-dated, inaccurate, superseded content that exists on the Internet today." The ResourceSync specification and video tutorials on using the standard are available on the NISO website at www.niso.org/workrooms/resourcesync/. 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URL: From gerrymck at iastate.edu Tue May 6 16:43:41 2014 From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 20:43:41 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] =?windows-1252?q?x-index=3A_A_Fantastic_New_Indicator_fo?= =?windows-1252?q?r_Quantifying_a_Scientist=92s_Scientific_Impact?= In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A88BF98FCB@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> References: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A88BF98FA2@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu>, <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A88BF98FCB@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A88BF98FE1@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ FYI > x-index: A Fantastic New Indicator for Quantifying a Scientist?s Scientific Impact Xiaojun Wan / (Submitted on 4 May 2014) h-index has become the most popular indicator for quantifying a scientist's scientific impact in various scientific fields. h-index is defined as the largest number of papers with citation number larger than or equal to h and it treats each citation equally. However, different citations usually come from different papers with different influence and quality, and a citation from a highly influential paper is a greater recognition of the target paper than a citation from an ordinary paper. Based on this assumption, we proposed a new indicator named x-index to quantify a scientist's scientific impact by considering only the citations coming from influential papers. x-index is defined as the largest number of papers with influential citation number larger than or equal to x, where each influential citation comes from a paper for which the average ACNPP (Average Citation Number Per Paper) of its authors larger than or equal to x . Through analysis on the APS dataset, we find that the proposed x-index has much better ability to discriminate between Physics Prize Winners and ordinary physicists. Subjects: Digital Libraries (cs.DL); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) Cite as: arXiv:1405.0641 [cs.DL] (or arXiv:1405.0641v1 [cs.DL] for this version) Source and Full Text Links Available Via: http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2014/05/x-index-fantastic-new-indicator-for.html Thanks to my Facebook colleague, Xavier Ajengo, Director de Proyectos at Fundaci?n Ignacio Larramendi, Madrid, Spain /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 kamps at uva.nl Wed May 7 05:31:08 2014 From: kamps at uva.nl (Jaap Kamps) Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 11:31:08 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] TREC 2014 Contextual Suggestion Track: Call for participation Message-ID: <5369FD5C.3050409@uva.nl> Third Contextual Suggestion Track Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2014) November 18-21, Gaithersburg MD, USA Submissions Due: July 21, 2014 * Call for Participants The Contextual Suggestion track considers a complex information need, highly dependent on context, which nonetheless can be simply expressed. The track focuses on one situation: a user with a mobile device with limited interaction but some sort of user profile; who is in a strange town; and who is looking for something to do. There is no explicit query: the implicit query is ?here I am, what should I do??. Given a profile (likes and dislikes of attractions) and a context (new city) pair, participants should return a ranked list of up to 50 ranked suggestions. Each suggestion should be appropriate to the profile (based on the user?s preferences) and the context (according to the location). Profiles correspond to the stated preferences of real individuals, who will return to judge proposed suggestions. Participating groups will be given: - A set of profiles for each user (like and dislikes for 100 attractions in two cities). - A set of geographical contexts (50 randomly selected US cities) that the system should target. In order to find candidate suggestions, a system may use: - URLs from the open Web - ClueWeb12 - ClueWeb12 B13 (7% of all of ClueWeb12) Additionally, participants may use other available resources, such as Google Places, etc. Training data is available in the form of judged profile+context pairs from the TREC 2012 and 2013 version of this track. * We Need Your Help! Help us define the best methods of suggesting attractions: - Sign up now! - Start investigating the problem with the contexts (available already) and profiles (available on June 2). - Submit suggestions by July 21. - Participate in the track workshop in November. * Further details See the Contextual Suggestion Track guidelines at https://sites.google.com/site/treccontext/trec-2014/ Sign up for TREC'14 at http://trec.nist.gov/pubs/call2014.html Mailing list: Send a mail message to listproc (at) nist.gov such that the body consists of the line subscribe trec-context From klabarre at illinois.edu Thu May 8 07:40:51 2014 From: klabarre at illinois.edu (LaBarre, Kathryn Anne) Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 11:40:51 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] New Leader Award. Apply now. Deadline May 15th! Message-ID: <4B2D82C3EFE0FD45A7C3BEBD4ED993A76D9C110B@CHIMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> Greetings, Are you a current ASIST member in your first three years of membership? Please consider applying to be one of the New Leaders in the 2014 cohort. Eight awards are available for 2014. Awardees will be assigned a mentor, and will receive travel and conference fee support for the 2014 and 2015 annual meetings. How do I apply? Find out full details of this award and the application process here (and below): https://www.asis.org/awards/asistnewleadersaward.html If you have any questions please contact the Chair of the New Leader Committee, Kathryn La Barre klabarre at illinois.edu ASIS&T New Leaders Award Guidelines Objective To recruit, engage, and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association. Eligibility Only members in their first three years of membership are eligible to apply (student or regular). Deadline The application is due no later than May 15, 2014. Award amount If selected, you will receive: 1. Up to $1000 in travel expense reimbursement to defray the cost of attending the Annual Meetings. This must be split over two consecutive Annual Meetings, with the reimbursement cost of a single meeting not to exceed $700. 2. Free conference registration for these two years (excluding seminars, workshops and other special events, although these can be reimbursed from the travel expenses provided). Application ASIS&T New Leaders Award Application 1. Each applicant must submit a statement (no more than 500 words) detailing: a. Why you would like to attend the ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting b. What benefits you would derive c. Your previous involvement in ASIS&T (if any) d. Your plans for future involvement in ASIS&T 2. Along with your application, applicants must select the regional or student chapter to which they feel most connected (if applicable), a SIG (or multiple) and/or ASIS&T committee (such as Membership) in which they would like to be involved. Applicants are asked to select no more than 3 in each category (across chapters, SIGS, and committees) and to present these on their application in rank order. The rank order indicates the Chapter, SIG, or Committee in which the applicant would most like to become involved. If the applicant is already heavily involved in one of these units, it is suggested that they choose a new unit with which they have less familiarity. 3. The selection committee will check all potential awardees to ensure that the applicant is a current member of ASIS&T. 4. The application should be submitted online by May 15, 2014. A current CV/resume of the applicant should be uploaded with the application no later than May 15th, 2014. Selection 1. The applications will be reviewed by the selection committee, comprised of members from Chapter Assembly, SIG Cabinet and the ASIS&T Board. At least four members will comprise this committee. 2. The selection committee will make selections based on the potential of the applicant to contribute to the Society. In addition, an effort will be made to distribute applicants across multiple SIGs, Chapters, and Committees. 3. No more than 8 awards will be made for 2014. 4. Applicants will be notified by June 15, 2014. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lkelly at computing.dcu.ie Wed May 7 09:07:10 2014 From: lkelly at computing.dcu.ie (Liadh Kelly) Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 14:07:10 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] CfP: CIKM 2nd Living Labs for Information Retrieval Evaluation Workshop Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ?? The 2nd Living Labs for Information Retrieval Evaluation Workshop @ CIKM 2014 7 November, 2014, Shanghai, China http://living-labs.net/ll14/ Call for Papers & Demos - Submission deadline: July 30 Challenge Track - Submission deadline: August 20 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/living-labs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the past few years, a new evaluation methodology known as living labs has been proposed as a way for researchers to be able to perform in-situ evaluation which involve and integrate users within the research process. The basic idea of living labs for information retrieval (IR) is that rather than individual research groups independently developing experimental search infrastructures and gathering their own groups of test searchers for IR evaluations, a central and shared experimental environment is developed to facilitate the sharing of resources in a live setting (most important of all: users). Living labs would offer huge benefits to the community, such as: availability of, potentially larger, cohorts of real users and their behaviours, e.g. querying behaviours, for experiment purposes; cross-comparability across research centres; and greater knowledge transfer between industry and academia, when industry partners are involved. The need for this methodology is further amplified by the increased reliance of IR approaches on proprietary data; living labs are a way to bridge the data divide between academia and industry. Progress towards realising actual living labs has nevertheless been limited. There are many challenges to be overcome before the benefits associated with living labs for IR can be realised, including challenges associated with living labs architecture and design, hosting, maintenance, security, privacy, participant recruiting, and scenarios and tasks for use development. The 1st Living Labs for Information Retrieval Evaluation (LL?13) workshop at CIKM 2013 was a first attempt to bring people, both from academia and industry, together to discuss challenges and to formulate practical next steps. The workshop was successful in identifying and documenting possible further directions. The goal of the second edition of the workshop is to continue our community building efforts around living labs for IR and to pursue the directions set out at LL?13. As part of this, a challenge with shared tasks in the e-commerce space and local domain search is planned. Possible use cases in this space include, but are not limited to: -The e-commerce domain (i.e., product search and recommendation) -Local domain search (e.g., university search engines) -The personal search space (search of personal computer files, emails, web pages looked at, etc.) -Medical information retrieval (e.g., patients searching for medical information on the Internet) -Searching Wikipedia (an open-source collection with fewer privacy concerns than, say, personal search) Workshop topics include, but are not limited to: Privacy and security: -Hosting data on secure server -Gaining subjects trust -Coping with individuals need for privacy -Alternates when individuals will not share their data Legal and ethical issues: -User consent -Ethics approval -Legalities regarding release of data -Trust between parties -Copyright issues -Commercial sensitivity of interaction data Technical challenges: -Designing and implementing living labs architecture -Cost of implementation -Maintenance and adoption -Managing living labs infrastructure Practical challenges: -Forming living labs for IR partners within the research community -Obtaining commercial partners -Alternates when commercial partners cannot be obtained -Defining tasks and scenarios for evaluation purposes ----------------- Paper Submissions ----------------- The workshop is now accepting paper submissions. Short papers (4 pages), position papers (2 pages), and posters (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 at http://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=ll2014) no later than midnight Pacific Daylight Time on July 30, 2014. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the workshop program committee. Accepted papers will be included in the CIKM 2014 Living Labs for Information Retrieval Evaluation Workshop proceedings, which will be indexed in the ACM Digital Library. ---------------- Demo Submissions ---------------- We invite researchers and practitioners to present their innovative prototypes or practical developments in a dedicated demo track at the workshop. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented system that pursues one or more aspects relevant to the interest areas of the workshop. Authors are strongly encouraged to target scenarios that are rooted in real-world applications. One way to think about this is by considering the following: as a company operating a website/service/application, what methods could allow various academic groups to experiment with specific components of this website/service/application? In particular, we seek prototypes that define specific component(s) in the context of some website/service/application, and allow for the testing and evaluation of alternative methods for that component. One example is search within a specific vertical (such as product or travel search engine), but we encourage authors to think outside the (search) box. Demonstration papers (max. 4 pages) must be submitted electronically through the EasyChair system ( https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ll2014), in PDF format and formatted using the ACM SIGS format (LaTeX and Word templates are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates; for LaTeX, use the ?Option 2? style). Each submission should either include a URL for the web site of the system, or a URL of a shared code repository, or a URL to a 2-3 minute video demonstrating the system. The review process for demonstration submission is *not* double blind. Submissions should be made no later than midnight Pacific Daylight Time on July 30, 2014. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the workshop program committee. Accepted demo papers will be included in the CIKM 2014 Living Labs for Information Retrieval Evaluation Workshop proceedings, which will be indexed in the ACM Digital Library. --------------------------- Challenge Track Submissions --------------------------- The workshop also features a living labs challenge. The challenge focuses on two use-cases: product search (on an e-commerce site) and local domain search (on a university?s website). The challenge will run from June 15 ? August 15. During the first month of the challenge participants will have the opportunity to tune their system through the product and local domain search websites. The second month of the challenge will examine the performance of participants? systems on these search websites. Further details are available at: http://living-labs.net/challenge/. Challenge papers (max. 4 pages) should describe the participant?s system design approach and the results they obtained in the living labs challenge. Papers must be submitted electronically through the EasyChair system ( https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ll2014), in PDF format and formatted using the ACM SIGS format (LaTeX and Word templates are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates; for LaTeX, use the ?Option 2? style). The review process for challenge submissions is *not* double blind. Submissions should be made no later than midnight Pacific Daylight Time on August 20, 2014. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the workshop program committee. Accepted challenge papers will be included in the CIKM 2014 Living Labs for Information Retrieval Evaluation Workshop proceedings, which will be indexed in the ACM Digital Library. --------------- Important Dates --------------- July 30, 2014 - Paper & Demo Track submission deadline (midnight Pacific Daylight Time) August 20, 2014 ? Individual challenge papers due (midnight Pacific Daylight Time) [Challenge runs June 15 ? August 15] August 30, 2014 ? Notification to authors September 10, 2014 ? Camera-ready papers due November 7, 2014 - Workshop ------------------- Further Information ------------------- Further information is available on the workshop website ( http://living-labs.net/ll14/) or by emailing the workshop organisers. ------------------- Workshop Organisers ------------------- Krisztian Balog ? University of Stavanger, Norway (krisztian.balog (at) uis.no) Liadh Kelly ? Dublin City University, Ireland (liadh.kelly (at) computing.dcu.ie) Anne Schuth ? 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LAC Group is seeking, for immediate consideration, a Project Director, who will be responsible for supporting a contract to manage an Information Resource Center that provides vitally needed information, associated with Aging and Alzheimer's, which is disseminated to the members of the general public and to the health care professionals responsible for their care. The potential candidate must demonstrate the ability to manage an Information Resource Center and components associated with operating the center i.e., technical, logistical, and administrative services. The candidate will be responsible for management of technology and production staff which includes: Database Development and Information Management, Web Site Management and Maintenance; Information and Referral; Communications Research; Content and Product Development and Graphic Design Services; Outreach; Meeting and Conference Support; and Warehouse, Inventory, and Distribution. The candidate should have the ability to develop, and implement a planning process for clearinghouse operations, including methods to control costs incurred in the performance of the contractual requirements. This is a full-time, benefited position, on a long-term contract. We are currently bidding on this project and the position is contingent on award. This position will be located in Bethesda, Maryland. Qualifications: * Experience in a healthcare environment with emphasis on aging issues; * Experience in managing a large staff and overseeing an outreach facility; * Successful achievement of meeting customer's goals and expectations; * Proven track record of analysis and implementation skills; * Strong communication and customer interaction skills; * Minimum of fifteen years' experience in the healthcare or related industry; * Prior experience conducting industry research and analysis preferred; * Knowledge of current Alzheimer's and Aging issues is a plus; * Master's Degree in a related field or PhD preferred. Apply at: http://goo.gl/smbZKH LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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This is an excellent opportunity for a technical services professional to work directly for a top organization and with creative and innovated information professionals. Responsibilities: * Supervises the workflow, resources and priorities of Library Technicians; Supervises performance and sets goals, ensures continuous professional development; Performs quality assurance review of work product; * Liaises with vendors to ensure accurate completion of library maintenance tasks; * Oversees and develops standardized workflows within the Information Resource Management function and in collaboration with Finance to process invoices and cost recoveries and to generate audit reports; coordinates with vendors concerning account issues; * Oversees management of library print collections, including new acquisitions, renewals, and elimination of unused materials; collaborates with local staff in US offices on library relocations and print reduction initiatives; * Handle additional related projects as assigned. Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree; MLS degree preferred; * At least 4 years of experience in a professional services or law firm (preferred) library environment; * At least 4 years of Library-related technical services experience, including vendor relationships, accounts payable and cost recoveries; * At least 4 years of supervisory experience, with remote team supervision preferred; * Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite applications, specifically MS Excel and spreadsheet/database applications; * Advanced abilities in coordinating workflows across various offices with Library Technician staff, and planning and executing projects within time and budget constraints through to completion; * Advanced knowledge of accounts payable standards, cost recoveries and associated procedures; * Advanced knowledge of law firm library technical services functions, particularly management of print collections; * Strong business acumen- have budget/expense tracking experience; * Open minded- not set on any one idea, make recommendations to improve processes, etc.; * Comfortable communicating with all levels both in person and through email; * Team oriented, very organized and articulate. Apply at: http://goo.gl/4FgvNT 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 susheel_chhabra at hotmail.com Tue May 13 00:12:03 2014 From: susheel_chhabra at hotmail.com (Dr. Susheel Chhabra) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:42:03 +0530 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP-International Journal of Civic Enagagement and Social Change, IGI Global, USA In-Reply-To: References: <003301ceb303$8106bfa0$83143ee0$@lbsim.ac.in>, Message-ID: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association DOI: 10.4018/IJCESC, ISSN: 2328-5494, EISSN: 2328-5508 Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Susheel Chhabra Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) DESCRIPTION OF IJCESC: Governments, corporations, individuals, and civic society play essential roles for worldwide growth and development. Management of resources for socioeconomic development of society requires design, development, and implementation of value driven civic engagement processes, practices, and frameworks. These initiatives create an environment of public accountability to distribute benefits of development for the overall benefit of society. The International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) compiles theoretical and empirical works that significantly contribute to the unexplored field of how bringing social change through civic engagement can widened the ambience of public welfare activities. MISSION OF IJCESC: Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change. The primary objective of IJCESC is to suggest value driven civic engagement practices, processes and frameworks to bring social change for effectively managing socioeconomic resources for individuals and society. IJCESC seeks to achieve its mission through research, exemplary cases, smart processes and competencies, development of frameworks, collaborations, suggesting standards and benchmarks worldwide. RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: * Civic engagement and political reforms for development * Civic engagement for development and social change * Civic engagement for organization development * Civic engagement and urban development * Civic engagement reforms and capacity building * ICTs Engagement and Social Change * Leadership cases for civic engagement * Preservation of natural resources * Public policy and social change * Role of administrative competencies for civic engagement * Smart governance practices * Smart regulatory frameworks for civic engagement * Social accountability for individuals, government, and corporate sectors * Social networks and collaborations for bringing social change * Standards and benchmarks for civic engagement * Value-driven civic engagement * Women and child development * Civic Engagement and Rural Development SUBMITTING TO IJCESC: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL?S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All manuscript submissions to IJCESC should be sent through the online submission system:http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/titlesubmission/newproject.aspx PUBLISHER: The International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Changeis published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. 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About the Symposium: http://www.jiit.ac.in/lrcjiit/ettlis-2015-objectives Call For Papers: http://www.jiit.ac.in/lrcjiit/ettlis-2015-call-for-papers Important Dates: http://www.jiit.ac.in/lrcjiit/ettlis-2015-important-dates Paper Submission : http://www.jiit.ac.in/lrcjiit/ettlis-2015-paper-submission For More Information, Please visit: http://www.jiit.ac.in/lrcjiit/ettlis-2015-objectives Regards Shri Ram -- Shri Ram Department of Library and Information Science Osmania University, Hyderabad - 7 Ph: +91 98160 46419 & Dy Learning Resource Manager Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan (HP)- 173 215 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Email Template IEEE - ETTLIS 2015.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 142411 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Through DataONE, participants have designed, developed and deployed a robust cyberinfrastructure (CI) with innovative services, and directly engaged and educated a broad stakeholder community. Five years later we have reached the end of that award and are excited to communicate our achievements, technologies and plans for Phase II that will take us through to 2019. Join us in Frisco, CO July 6-7th to learn more about our planned activities, provide feedback on development and network with other DataONE Users. There will be a number of break-out sessions (including one focused on the DataONE Member Node network), community-led round table discussions and a poster reception for the community to highlight their projects of relevance to the DataONE community. On Monday July 7th we will also run a half day session on the DMPTool, version 2. The DataONE Users Group meeting is conveniently co-located with the Summer ESIP meeting so head out a few days early to enjoy Colorado and learn more about DataONE. Best regards, Robert J. Sandusky University Library University of Illinois at Chicago DataONE Users Group Steering Committee From rossjd at syr.edu Fri May 9 14:10:05 2014 From: rossjd at syr.edu (John David Ross) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 18:10:05 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Research News from the Syracuse iSchool Message-ID: <5B1521C6-8943-4A26-83B5-50E656FF8F7B@syr.edu> Research News from the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University Spring, 2014 iSchool Hosts Workshop for NSF-Funded Social Computing Researchers Faculty members recently hosted a one-day workshop for New York researchers doing National Science Foundation-funded work in the area of social-computational systems. Read more... Faculty, Students Using Big Data to Analyze Energy-Use Patterns An iSchool team of researchers is conducting analysis using big data sets from the Pecan Street Research Consortium, a global collaboration working on utility system operations, climate change, integration of distributed energy and storage, and customer needs and preferences. Read more... IMLS Grant Funding Program to Boost Library Workers? Online Teaching Skills The grant will enable development of a program to guide transfer of in-person teaching skills and pedagogy to the online environment, and help librarian-trainers evaluate and gain experience with various online delivery platforms. Read more... Yu Awarded IMLS Grant to Build Citation Opinion Analysis Tool A team at the iSchool will be able to start building a valuable new academic research citation tool with newly awarded grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read more... Stripling?s ALA Year Focuses on Library Declaration, Advocacy, Transformations Assistant Professor of Practice Barbara Stripling is also the 2013-2014 president of the American Library Association (ALA). She has spent much of the past nine months assuring that the conversations about libraries are focused on their high value and their positive, productive futures. Read more... Wind Power Can Be Cost-Comparable, New Analysis Reveals Analysis shows that wind energy comes within .35 cents per kWh when levelized over the 20-year life of a typical wind contract, compared on an equivalent basis to the full costs for natural gas-fired energy, according to Jason Dedrick, associate professor at the iSchool. Read more... Hurst-Wahl Garners WISE Accolades Associate professor of practice Jill Hurst-Wahl has been recognized by the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium for excellence in teaching. Read more... Faculty, Doctoral Students Present at iConference The gathering brings together researchers from more than 50 information and library science schools across the globe for a week of sharing and learning through paper sessions, poster presentations, talks, tours, and special events. Read more... Lankes Makes Book Available for Free Download R. David Lankes, Professor and Dean?s Scholar for the New Librarianship at the iSchool has released his book, Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries for Today?s Complex World for free on the online publishing platform Medium, as well as providing files available for downloading on his own blog. Read more... Faculty Book Examines Digital Communication Technologies in Presidential Campaigns Heavy use of the Internet and digital communications technologies in recent American presidential campaigns may make it seem that the Internet Age has had a democratizing effect on those efforts. Read more... Stanton Featured on WAMC's Academic Minute Professor and Senior Associate Dean Jeffrey Stanton was featured on Academic Minute - a daily radio program that airs on Northeast Public Radio - where he discussed the sonification of data. Read more... For more news about the iSchool at Syracuse University, visit our news site and blog, Information Space. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KENDRAA at mailbox.sc.edu Sun May 11 09:40:57 2014 From: KENDRAA at mailbox.sc.edu (ALBRIGHT, KENDRA) Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 13:40:57 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Annual Competition for the Best Libri Student Paper 2014 Message-ID: <510A263725F71048BDEDF1E3655B566F2FCA9809@CAE145EMBP01.ds.sc.edu> Annual Competition for the Best Libri Student Paper 2014 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 and to encourage new writers, 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 single authored 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 practice, and pure research papers are all welcome. * Length: approx. 5,000-7,000 words * Language: English * Deadline: June 30, 2014 * Papers should have been written not earlier than January 1, 2013. The article will be published in the 2014:4 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 EUR and with a complimentary 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 and one complete issue applies to all winners. The winning paper is usually made available on open access on the De Gruyter web site. 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 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 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. There will be time before publication to format winning entries into Libri format, but entrants are encouraged to review our Guidelines for authors before submission. * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for additional degrees outside the field of library and information science are not eligible for this award. Professor Ian Johnson, Joint Editor, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, Aberdeen, Great Britain Phone: +44 1224 740785 Mobile: +44 7719 859239 Skype: ian.m.johnson45 Libri: Read at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/libr Submit manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/libri -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are exciting guest speakers (Gregory Maguire, Lee Rainie, Barbara Stripling, Maureen Sullivan), a Thursday evening cruise along the scenic and historic Hudson River, Friday's Publishers Playhouse, and time to socialize and share ideas with your favorite colleagues (and new ones, too!). Register and additional information at http://empire2014.org Registration Deadline: May 24, 2014. Note: If you work in a library within New York State and are receiving this message, there is a 99% likelihood that you are a NY3Rs member (via your library or library system). Student rates are also available, making it a great opportunity for future librarians to network, too! Poster session opportunities are also available - share your ideas, research and/or experience. There are many registration options! --the Empire Collaborations Planning Team p.s. 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Attendees will be able to take away approaches and results that could be applied directly in local settings and engage in focused discussion with others interested in data-driven decision making in libraries. *Topics & Speakers*: *Putting Libraries on the Map: Market Area Data for Planning and Library Advocacy - *Christie Koontz, Dean K. Jue, Lorri Mon & Laura Spears *Library Fines: Barriers to Access*? - Shannon Crawford Barniskis *Collection Analysis for the Social Sciences * - Jim Church, Jennifer L. Dorner, Susan Edwards & Hilary Schiraldi *Creativity & Innovation: LRRT Research Forum* *When: Sunday, June 29, 2013 - 10:30am to 11:30amLocation: Las Vegas Convention Center -N263* Libraries and librarians require new and creative approaches to defining questions and finding answers. Three papers that demonstrate innovative inquiry will be presented. Audience members will discover new questions or novel approaches that can inspire creative ways of thinking about challenges and opportunities. *Topics & Speakers*: *Innovative Methods for Understanding User Behavior and Engaging Students*- Helen Georgas, Mariana Regalado, Maura A. Smale *Teens? Social Searching and Library Support: Examining Practices and Policies* ?Rachel M. Magee, Denise E. Agosto, Andrea Forte and Micheal Dickard *Occupational Vulnerability: A Study of Four Novice School Librarians* ? Julie Marie Frye -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gslisce2 at simmons.edu Tue May 13 16:17:48 2014 From: gslisce2 at simmons.edu (GSLIS Cont Ed) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 16:17:48 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Register Now for June 2014 Workshops Message-ID: (please excuse cross-postings) **Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education ? Exceptional CE Since 1975** *June 2014 Online* *(asynchronous ) Workshops * *June 1 - June 30, 2014* *$250 (GSLIS Alumni Price: $200)* *PDPs: 15* -- *Applying Learning Theories to Information Literacy Instruction * *-- **Author-Librarians: Using Your Work Experience to Inform Your Writing for Children & Young Adults * *-- **Collections Management with PastPerfect 5 * -- *Digital Media and Youth Services* -- *Enclosures for Preservation and Beyond * *-- **Maker Spaces and Creative Areas * -- *Navigating Consumer Health Information for Public Librarians * -- *Periodical/Database Indexing *(Online) $275 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $220) June 1 - July 12, 2014 - PDPs: 25 Please note: This is a six-week workshop. Registration is capped at 15 participants. -- *Teen Lit Boot Camp: Gender and Teen Lit* -- *Web Design Fundamentals* *June 2014 Onsite **Workshops * *-- **Bookbinding Basics I* (Boston) $220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $175) June 7, 2014, 9:00am - 5:00pm - PDPs: 7 -- *Collections Management with PastPerfect 5 * (Boston) $195 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $155) June 28, 2014, 9:00am - 3:00pm - PDPs: 5 -- *Enclosures for Preservation and Beyond* (Boston) $220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $175) June 28, 2014, 9:00am - 5:00am - PDPs: 7 Please note: This workshop requires tools and also has an additional materials fee. It is part of the Book Arts Workshop Series -- *Mother Goose on the Loose * (Boston) $195 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $155) June 7, 2014, 9:00am - 3:30pm - PDPs: 5 *************************************** Please check our full schedule for additional workshops! For additional information on workshops or to register see http://gslis.simmons.edu/ce or contact gslisce at simmons.ed *u* Linnea Johnson '04LS 2014 MBA Candidate Manager of Technology | Adjunct Faculty Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College | 300 The Fenway | Boston, MA 02115 office 617.521.2834 Continuing Education Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College | 300 The Fenway | Boston, MA 02115 office 617.521.2803 | fax 617.521.3192 email g slisce at simmons.edu Check out our most recent CE schedule ! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klabarre at illinois.edu Tue May 13 12:20:19 2014 From: klabarre at illinois.edu (LaBarre, Kathryn Anne) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 16:20:19 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Final reminder: New Leaders Award - deadline in two days! May 15th Message-ID: <4B2D82C3EFE0FD45A7C3BEBD4ED993A76D9C137B@CHIMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> Greetings, Are you a current ASIST member in your first three years of membership? Please consider applying to be one of the New Leaders in the 2014 cohort. Eight awards are available for 2014. Awardees will be assigned a mentor, and will receive travel and conference fee support for the 2014 and 2015 annual meetings. How do I apply? Find out full details of this award and the application process here (and below): https://www.asis.org/awards/asistnewleadersaward.html If you have any questions please contact the Chair of the New Leader Committee, Kathryn La Barre klabarre at illinois.edu ASIS&T New Leaders Award Guidelines Objective To recruit, engage, and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association. Eligibility Only members in their first three years of membership are eligible to apply (student or regular). Deadline The application is due no later than May 15, 2014. Award amount If selected, you will receive: 1. Up to $1000 in travel expense reimbursement to defray the cost of attending the Annual Meetings. This must be split over two consecutive Annual Meetings, with the reimbursement cost of a single meeting not to exceed $700. 2. Free conference registration for these two years (excluding seminars, workshops and other special events, although these can be reimbursed from the travel expenses provided). Application ASIS&T New Leaders Award Application 1. Each applicant must submit a statement (no more than 500 words) detailing: a. Why you would like to attend the ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting b. What benefits you would derive c. Your previous involvement in ASIS&T (if any) d. Your plans for future involvement in ASIS&T 2. Along with your application, applicants must select the regional or student chapter to which they feel most connected (if applicable), a SIG (or multiple) and/or ASIS&T committee (such as Membership) in which they would like to be involved. Applicants are asked to select no more than 3 in each category (across chapters, SIGS, and committees) and to present these on their application in rank order. The rank order indicates the Chapter, SIG, or Committee in which the applicant would most like to become involved. If the applicant is already heavily involved in one of these units, it is suggested that they choose a new unit with which they have less familiarity. 3. The selection committee will check all potential awardees to ensure that the applicant is a current member of ASIS&T. 4. The application should be submitted online by May 15, 2014. A current CV/resume of the applicant should be uploaded with the application no later than May 15th, 2014. Selection 1. The applications will be reviewed by the selection committee, comprised of members from Chapter Assembly, SIG Cabinet and the ASIS&T Board. At least four members will comprise this committee. 2. The selection committee will make selections based on the potential of the applicant to contribute to the Society. In addition, an effort will be made to distribute applicants across multiple SIGs, Chapters, and Committees. 3. No more than 8 awards will be made for 2014. 4. Applicants will be notified by June 15, 2014. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mcunha at ipca.pt Tue May 13 18:39:30 2014 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 23:39:30 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Chapter Proposals: Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine Message-ID: <201405132239.s4DMdYNc002936@mail.asis.org> - This mail is a HTML mail. Not all elements could be shown in plain text mode. - Call for Chapter Proposals: Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine http://bit.ly/1hMjfbr Editors Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha - Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal Isabel Miranda - Municipality of Guimar?es, Portugal Call for Chapters Proposals (abstract) Submission Deadline: May 18, 2014 Full Chapters Due: September 30, 2014 Use this link to Propose a chapter for this book http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/1355 Introduction Health and social care, e-Health, Telemedicine, are at the center of the research policies, on the research agenda of the world governments and are facing major developments. This publication intends to put together, in a comprehensive way, the problems of ageing, health, health care, social care, mobility, ageing well, quality of life of people with special needs, user needs analysis, and the recent approaches provided by ICT, such as e-Health and Telemedicine, new technologies, new applications, emerging trends, the ethical and legal implications (eg. clinical records) and case studies. It is an ambitious project of addressing the social, technological, organizational, ethical and legal aspects of the topic. Objective The mission of the Encyclopedia of e-Health and Telemedicine is to discuss the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to this new field of knowledge able to transform the way we live and deliver services, from the social, technological and organizational dimensions, in a very comprehensive way, and to disseminate current developments and practical solutions and applications. The overall objectives are: To discuss the importance of e-Health, Telemedicine, ICT-based healthcare and social care delivery, and the emerging technological developments and practical solutions. To introduce the state-of-the-art supporting technology. To introduce and discuss the challenges associated with e-Health developments, from the social, organizational and technological perspectives. To introduce recent technological developments and associated human, ethical and legal implications. Target Audience The encyclopedia intends to be a tool for researchers, academics, professionals of medicine, healthcare and social care, professionals of IT, providing some of the most advanced research, concepts, applications, developments, discussions and case studies on digital crime and digital threats from one side, and security, privacy, information assurance, law and regulation, and human aspects, on the other. Recommended Topics The Encyclopedia intends to collect the most recent contributions on the social and technological dimensions of the largely multidisciplinary field of e-Health and Telemedicine. It is intended to cover the following aspects: The technological dimension that enables and supports teleservices, telemedicine, teleoperation and telemonitoring. The technological dimension includes: Information systems and technologies Communication technologies Monitoring technologies Information and systems integration Electronic medical records Electronic devices The social and human dimensions, which explores motivations, benefits and emergent effects of e-Health project implementations, and which include, for example: Increased quality of life Increased life expectancy Trust and privacy issues Ethical aspects Legal aspects Training Organizational aspects and management of e-health services Business and entrepreneurial perspective focusing on the added value of specific applications Impact, implications and challenges (social and technological) of e-Health On individuals, families and communities On organizations and business On scientific knowledge and on research Ongoing developments, applications and case studies Emerging solutions Relevant R&D projects Integration between applications and solutions Current development trends Integration with other disciplines: Sociology Psychology Gerontology Distributed technologies and systems Knowledge management Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a chapter proposal (an extended abstract of around 300 to 500 words) clearly explaining the mission and concerns of a proposed chapter by May 18, 2014 .. Submissions should be made through the link at the bottom of this page. Please include all information about the author and co-authors, affiliations and email addresses when submitting your chapter proposals. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 25, 2014 about the status of their proposals. Full articles (at around 3,000 to 5,000 words) are expected to be submitted by September 30, 2014 .. All submitted articles will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com .. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2015. Important Dates Proposal Submission Deadline: May 18, 2014 Notification of Acceptance: May 25, 2014 Full chapter submission: September 30, 2014 Notification of acceptance: December 30, 2014 Revised version of accepted chapters: January 15, 2015 Submission of Final Chapters: February 15, 2015 Inquiries Isabel Maria Miranda, isabel.m.f.miranda at gmail.com Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, mcruzcunha at gmail.com Propose a chapter for this book http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/1355 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perkintj at miamioh.edu Tue May 13 19:07:33 2014 From: perkintj at miamioh.edu (Perkins, Jody) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 19:07:33 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: DH-CASE II: Collaborative Annotations in Shared Environments Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting ----- We invite submissions for DH-CASE II: Collaborative Annotations in Shared Environments: metadata, tools and techniques in the Digital Humanities, to be held in conjunction with the ACM Document Engineering 2014 conference. http://research-it.berkeley.edu/dhcase2014 Digital Humanities is rapidly becoming a central part of humanities research, drawing upon tools and approaches from Computer Science, Information Organization, and Document Engineering to address the challenges of analyzing and annotating the growing number and range of corpora that support humanist scholarship. == Focus of workshop >From cuneiform tablets, ancient scrolls, and papyri, to contemporary letters, books, and manuscripts, corpora of interest to humanities scholars span the world?s cultures and historic range. More and more documents are being transliterated, digitized, and made available for study with digital tools. Scholarship ranges from translation to interpretation, from syntactic analysis to multi-corpus synthesis of patterns and ideas. Underlying much of humanities scholarship is the activity of annotation. Annotation of the "aboutness" of documents and entities ranges from linguistic markup, to structural and semantic relations, to subjective commentary; annotation of "activity" around documents and entities includes scholarly workflows, analytic processes, and patterns of influence among a community of scholars. Sharable annotations and collaborative environments support scholarly discourse, facilitating traditional practices and enabling new ones. The focus of this workshop is on the tools and environments that support annotation, broadly defined, including modeling, authoring, analysis, publication and sharing. We will explore shared challenges and differing approaches, seeking to identify emerging best practices, as well as those approaches that may have potential for wider application or influence. == Call We invite contributions related to the intersection of theory, design, and implementation, emphasizing a "big-picture" view of architectural, modeling and integration approaches in digital humanities. Submissions are encouraged that discuss data and tool reuse, and that explore what the most successful levels are for reusing the products of a digital humanities project (complete systems? APIs? plugins/modules? data models?). Submissions discussing an individual project should focus on these larger questions, rather than primarily reporting on the project's activities. This workshop is a forum in which to consider the connections and influences between DH annotation tools and environments, and the tools and models used in other domains, that may provide new approaches to the challenges we face. It is also a locus for the discussion of emerging standards and practices such as OAC (Open Annotation Collaboration) and Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LODLAM). See also: http://research-it.berkeley.edu/dhcase2014/cfp == Submission procedures Papers should be submitted at www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dhcase2014 . An abstract of up to 400 words must be submitted by June 1st, and the deadline for full papers (6 to 8 pages) is June 8, 2014. Submissions will be reviewed by the program committee and selected external reviewers. Papers must follow the ACM SIG Proceedings format. Up to three papers of exceptional quality/impact will be invited to submit an extended abstract (2-4 pages) for inclusion in the DocEng 2014 conference proceedings. == Key dates: June 1 Abstracts due (400 words max) June 8 Full workshop papers due June 30 Notification of acceptance to workshop. Up to 3 papers may be invited to submit extended abstracts Sept. 16 Workshop We look forward to seeing you in Ft. Collins! Workshop Organizers: Patrick Schmitz, Laurie Pearce, Quinn Dombrowski ---- Jody Perkins Digital Scholarship Librarian / Metadata Specialist Center for Digital Scholarship Miami University Libraries perkintj at miamioh.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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With the help of the computational intelligence, these digital ecosystems can exhibit new self-* properties (such as self-management, self-healing and self-configuration) 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 web-based resources mainly comprehend big data management, innovative services, smart and self-* properties platforms. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of digital ecosystems, 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, intelligent 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 big 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 computational and collective IntElligence in 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. MEDES 2014 calls for full papers presenting interesting recent results or novel ideas in all areas of Emergent Digital EcoSystems. At the same time, the conference calls for short papers presenting interesting and exciting recent results or novel thought-provoking ideas that are not quite ready, and preferably include a system demonstration. Topics ------- MEDES 2014 seeks contributions in the following 10 areas: 1. Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure 2. Green computing 3. Computational and Collective Intelligence 4. Services 5. Trust, Security & Privacy 6. Data & Knowledge Management 7. Internet of Things and 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 ---------------- Extended Submission Deadline: 8 June 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 5 July 2014 Camera Ready: 20 July 2014 Conference Dates: 15-17 September 2014 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 Special Tracks: ---------------- Big Data Processing and Management Computational Intelligence Workshops ---------- - 2nd International Workshop on Security and Privacy Preserving in e-Societies (SECES) - Workshop on Advances in Intelligent Environmental Monitoring (AIEM) 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. Main Conference Program Chairs ???????----------------------- Morad Benyoucef, University of Ottawa, Canada Saad Harous, United Arab Emirates University, UAE International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From cattd614 at yahoo.com Thu May 15 09:02:38 2014 From: cattd614 at yahoo.com (Catherine Dumas) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 06:02:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Participation: Donate Items for the Silent Auction in Seattle, WA, 77th ASIS&T Annual Meeting 10/31 - 11/4 2014 Message-ID: <1400158958.95265.YahooMailNeo@web163006.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Call for Participation: Donate Items for the Silent Auction in Seattle, WA, 77th ASIS&T Annual Meeting 10/31 - 11/4 2014 It is not too early to start thinking about what you would like to donate to the silent auction held each year at SIG III?s International Reception. This event is always one of the highlights of the Annual Meetings. The money that is raised by this event is used to help fund SIG III?s InfoShare project which awards 1-year ASIST memberships to Information Professionals in developing countries for whom the cost of membership would be a financial burden. This year we are going to have a page on the SIG III website for you to showcase your items months in advance of the silent auction. The first step in the process is to go to this form http://goo.gl/vHFCgf?and provide a description ?and an image of the item(s) you wish to donate. We plan to post some of these items and their pictures on the SIG III website around the end of August. We are looking forward to all of your wonderful donations. For more information contact Catherine Dumas at asistsigiiiauction at gmail.com ? Catherine Dumas PhD Student - Informatics? College of Computing & Information University at Albany, State University of New York Co-Chair Advisory Board ASIS&T, UAlbany Student Chapter http://ualbanyasist.com/ http://www.facebook.com/groups/ualbanyasist/ Cell: 518-935-8064 CCI Women in Technology on FB:?http://www.facebook.com/groups/cciwit/ Cyber Behaviors in Information Seeking -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smolanovicha at missouri.edu Thu May 8 15:02:58 2014 From: smolanovicha at missouri.edu (Smolanovich, Andrea L.) Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 19:02:58 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] MU's Dr. Adkins and Dr. Moulaison, newly elected to the ALA Council Message-ID: The School of Information Science & Learning Technologies (Missouri?s iSchool) is extremely proud to announce the election of faculty members Denice Adkins and Heather Lea Moulaison as members-at-large to the American Library Association (ALA) Council. 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Application information can be found at http://ndsr.nycdigital.org/information-for-residents/ For more information about the program, please visit http://ndsr.nycdigital.org/ -- *Margo Padilla, Strategic Initiatives Specialist* Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO ) 212.228.2320 x 117 National Digital Stewardship Residency -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From agruzd at gmail.com Sun May 18 08:48:18 2014 From: agruzd at gmail.com (Anatoliy Gruzd) Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 08:48:18 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Conference venues for Social Media Researchers [Deadlines are fast approaching!] Reminder Message-ID: *Apologies for cross-posting* Calling all Social Media and Online Communities Researchers! Please consider submitting your research to the following conferences. Deadlines are fast approaching. (1) #SMSociety14: SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE Location: Toronto, ON, Canada When: September 27-28, 2014 Poster Abstracts Due: May 23, 2014 (!!! in 5 days !!!) More info: http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com/?page_id=549 Conference organizers: Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University Barry Wellman, University of Toronto Philip Mai, Dalhousie University Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto (2) Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) Minitrack: SOCIAL NETWORKING & COMMUNITIES Location: Kauai, Hawaii, USA When: January 5-8, 2015 Full Papers Due: June 15, 2014 More info: http://socialmedialab.ca/?page_id=9308 Minitrack co-chairs: Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia Karine Nahon, University of Washington Please contact Anatoliy Gruzd if you have any questions about these calls. From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Fri May 16 17:05:15 2014 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 21:05:15 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?q?Gene_R=2E_Springs=2C_Edits_e-Book_=E2=80=9CSuc?= =?utf-8?q?cession_Planning_and_Implementation_in_Libraries=3A_Practices_a?= =?utf-8?q?nd_Resources?= Message-ID: Gene R. Springs (MSLS ?06), an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has co-edited the book titled Succession Planning and Implementation in Libraries: Practices and Resources. According to the book?s description, ?As the baby boomer generation begins to retire, the focus shifts to the next generation of global leaders in diverse industries. Within the field of library science, succession planning has become a topic of interest to ensure the success of future libraries as the workforce shifts and enable up-and-coming leaders.? It goes on to state, ?Succession Planning and Implementation in Libraries: Practices and Resources provides valuable insight into the process of implementing succession planning in libraries. This book delves into the challenges and possibilities of a succession plan?s effect on the success of library organizations. Human resources officers, library administrators, academicians, and students will find this book beneficial to furthering their understanding of current practice in succession planning.? Springs, assistant professor and business librarian at the Ohio State University Libraries, co-edited the book with University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor and science librarian in the University Libraries, Kyomi D. Deards. The foreword, which asks the question, ?Is librarianship prepared for the future?? was written by another SILS alumnus, Megan Z. Perez (MSLS ?07), client services manager at Sharp Hue Web Design. The book is available through the publisher, IGI Global at: http://www.igi-global.com/book/succession-planning-implementation-libraries/94864 ******************************* 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 Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. ~Ellen Degeneres -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Fri May 16 17:05:27 2014 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 21:05:27 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Gerald Holmes, Receives Outstanding Service Award Message-ID: Gerald Holmes (MSLS '85), alumnus of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-chair of the SILS Alumni Inclusion and Diversity (SAID) Committee and reference librarian and Diversity coordinator at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG), has received the Outstanding Service Award by the African American Studies Program at UNCG. The award is a special honor that is not regularly presented. Tara Green, director of African American Studies at UNCG, noted that "in addition to his primary responsibilities as a reference librarian and library liaison, Gerald serves on a variety of committees and organizations including the UNCG Black Faculty and Staff Association, and Chancellor Brady?s Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion." She went on to say that Gerald served as part of the team to aid in the re-accreditation of the Department of Library and Information Studies by the American Library Association and has been cited by Dr. Perrin as a faculty member who has an ?above and beyond commitment? to Student Affairs. Gerald currently serves as the advisor to Mu Iota chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, and is also a life member of the Greensboro Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. He is a co-principal investigator of three Institute of Museum and Library Studies grants received for the Academic Cultural and Enrichment Scholars program at UNCG, which is a partnership with the School of Library and Information Studies and the University Libraries designed to increase minority representation with librarianship.? Within the profession of librarianship, Holmes is an active member of the American Library Association, the North Carolina Library Association, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the North Carolina Library Association?s Roundtable for Ethnic and Minority Concerns. Holmes has served for four years as an active member of the African American Studies Advisory Board and serves on the Whitty Ransome Scholarship Committee for the program. He received his Master of Science in Library Science from SILS and he has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from UNC Charlotte. ******************************* 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 Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. ~Ellen Degeneres -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Fri May 16 17:05:40 2014 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 21:05:40 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Dr. Alice S. Etim, Receives the Willie Burke Master Teacher Award Message-ID: Dr. Alice S. Etim (Ph.D. ?10), alumna of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and assistant professor of Management Information Systems in the Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems in the School of Business and Economics at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), is the recipient of the WSSU 2013/2014 Willie Burke Master Teacher Award. She was presented the award, which recognizes faculty who are masterful teachers, during a Faculty Awards Luncheon on April 30, 2014. The criteria for the award included the faculty member's instructional delivery skills, instructional design skills, content expertise and mentoring personal attributes. Among other items used by the selection committee were the faculty member's CV, student ratings and peer teaching evaluations. Dr. Etim joined the faculty at Winston-Salem State University in 2010 shortly after receiving her doctorate from SILS. Prior to arriving at WSSU, she was employed for over 12 years as a staff software engineer at IBM Corporation in Research Triangle Park, N.C. While at IBM, she authored several technical papers for the IBM developerWorks Journal and over 200 IBM internal working papers. Dr. Etim is the recipient of five Bravo/publication awards from IBM Corporation. While a student at SILS, she was also the recipient of the 2010 E. J. Josey award for her essay, ?Following in the footsteps of Dr. E. J. Josey: LIS Professionals Collaborating to Fix the Digital Divide in Modern Society.? At WSSU, she teaches several courses including, Systems Analysis & Design, Web Systems Development, Internet Technology, Project Management and a Liberal Learning Seminar course on Mobile Phones & Technologies (Upward Mobile). Dr. Etim?s research focuses on information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and use by business organizations and project teams and the Bottom of the pyramid (BOP) populations. She has published several journal articles and book chapters on ICT, mobile commerce (mCommerce), mobile health (mHealth) and applications of mobile technologies for service delivery in other areas including microfinance and sustainable development. She has participated and presented at many academic and business conferences in the U.S.A and Africa. "I absolutely enjoy teaching," said Dr. Etim. "I allow my students to learn and benefit from my expertise and experience. For example, I know the answer to a question or a problem that I have raised in class for students to discuss. Instead of giving the answer directly to the students, I allow them to reason, discuss and share their thoughts. I probe them to reason using queues, guidelines and related examples so that in the process, they are able to learn different approaches to dealing with the problem as well as gain insight and confidence in sharing their viewpoints. I encourage students to construct meaning based on constant evaluation and active role in the activity. My students explore and discover things for themselves and then I help them to evaluate the knowledge and skills in ways that have lasting benefits and applications. It is a common thing for a student to say to me after a lesson, ?Dr. Etim, I got it.? In addition to being a master teacher, Dr. Etim serves as associate editor for the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology for Research and Development in Africa (IJICTRDA); and she volunteers on the Board of MODISE, Inc. and Jaesons International Foundation. Dr. Etim received her Ph.D. from SILS, a Master's of Science in Business Information Systems from Mississippi State University, an MBA from Delta State University in Cleveland, MS and a Bachelor of Science in Management Studies at the University of Jos, Nigeria, Africa. "I am most grateful to SILS for the preparation during my Ph.D., including the opportunity to teach the INLS 521, 'Databases,'" said Dr. Etim. "The faculty as a whole was very supportive and my Advisor, Dr. Daniel who also taught me the 'Ph.D. Teaching Practice' course, was always there to give the guidance that I needed to ensure that my teaching went well." ******************************* 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 Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. ~Ellen Degeneres -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In addition, she will have responsibility for the Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services (GLASS), the network of regional libraries serving Georgians with visual or print disabilities. ?We had a highly competitive, national search for this important leadership position and the search committee was pleased to attract a pool of talented candidates who all wanted to come to Georgia because of the excellent reputation of the Georgia Public Library Service,? said University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby. ?Julie had very serious competition, but it became clear she has the talent, skills and experience we were seeking,? Huckaby said. ?We are delighted that the GPLS staff has such a deep pool of talent and look forward to her leadership in the coming years.? Before becoming the GPLS deputy state librarian in 2008, Walker was assistant state librarian for technology, support services and strategic initiatives (2006-2008) and director of the PINES program that shared electronic services among a consortium of 252 state libraries (2003-2006). She was associate director of the Athens Regional Library System from 1990 to 2003. Prior to coming to Georgia, she worked in various positions in libraries in North Carolina and as a library automation consultant. Walker earned her bachelor?s in arts in political science and a master of science in library science, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Georgia Public Library Service is the state library administrative agency and a unit of the Board of Regents. The State Librarian is an employee of the Board of Regents and works with the network of public libraries, which are county and regional organizations. ******************************* 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 Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. ~Ellen Degeneres -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wmonroe at email.unc.edu Fri May 16 17:06:04 2014 From: wmonroe at email.unc.edu (Monroe, Wanda G.) Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 21:06:04 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell appointed Frances Carroll McColl Term Professor Message-ID: Dr. Sandra Hughes Hassell (Ph.D. '98), professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS), has been appointed Francis Carroll McColl Term Professor effective July 1, 2014. ?Sandra is a national expert in school library media whose current research focuses on literacy for African American male youth,? said Dr. Gary Marchionini, dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor. ?She is an award-winning teacher recognized by SILS, the University, and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). She continues to receive awards related to youth and diversity, and she and her students are increasingly active in the community as well as programs at SILS and on campus. It is fitting that the Administrative Board has selected her as the next McColl Professor." This past spring, Hughes-Hassell received the 2014 Virginia Hamilton Essay Honor Award for her paper, ?Multicultural Young Adult Literature as a Form of Counter-Storytelling? a publication that was included in The Library Quarterly. She also co-authored a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) publication titled ?The Future of Library Services for and with Teens: A Call to Action.? Hughes-Hassell joined the SILS faculty in 2006 from Drexel University where she taught in the College of Information Science and Technology. She previously was an elementary school teacher, an elementary school library media specialist and director of the Philadelphia Library Power Project. She co-edited the book, The Information-Powered School, which is used in SILS classrooms. She also co-authored Collection Management for Youth: Responding to the Needs of Learners with Dr. Jacqueline C. Mancall and co-edited the book, Urban Teens in the Library: Research and Practice with Denise Agosto. Hughes-Hassell?s works have appeared in both scholarly and professional journals and she has spoken at numerous state and national conferences. Hughes-Hassell is a SILS alumna, earning her Ph.D. in 1998. She has a master's in education with a major in Library Science, and a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from James Madison University. The McColl Professorship Hugh McColl, Jr. established the McColl Professorship in memory of his mother, Frances Carroll McColl, and sister, Frances McColl Covington. Hugh McColl said he was inspired to create the professorship by the school's needs and his mother's love of literature. ?My mother taught everyone in the family to love books, and we have prospered from having access to them and, perhaps more important, knowing where to turn to find the information we need,? McColl said. A second McColl Term Professorship was made possible in 2005 thanks to support from Bill (BSBA '55) and Sara McCoy and Duncan Smith (MSLS '80). Current and past McColl Professors include Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell (2014-2016), Dr. Christopher (Cal) Lee (2013-2015), Dr. Claudia Gollop (2012-2014), Dr. Deborah Barreau (2011-2013), Dr. Diane Kelly (2010-2012), Dr. Javed Mostafa (2009-2011), Dr. Jane Greenberg (2007-2009), Dr. Paul Solomon (2007-2009), Dr. Stephanie Haas (2005-2007), Dr. Barbara Wildemuth (2004-06), Dr. Evelyn Daniel (2002-04), Dr. Helen Tibbo (2000-02), Dr. Robert M. Losee (1998-2000) and Dr. William M. Shaw Jr. (1997-98). The McColl Professorship was established in 1997 to recognize faculty who have made notable contributions to research, teaching and service to SILS. It provides a salary supplement and funds for research and travel for a two-year term. ******************************* 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 Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. ~Ellen Degeneres -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rieh at umich.edu Sun May 18 17:42:56 2014 From: rieh at umich.edu (Soo Young Rieh) Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 17:42:56 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Search as Learning (SAL) IIiX 2014 Workshop: Call for Papers Message-ID: ?This is a gentle reminder that paper submissions to the IIiX 2014 Search as Learning Workshop will be due on May 30, 2014. To learn more about the workshop, please visit the Workshop Website: http://www.diigubc.ca/IIIXSAL/ Please contact ?l? uanne.freund at ubc.ca or any of the organizers directly for further information about the workshop?. ? Search systems to date have been viewed more as tools for the retrieval of content to satisfy information needs, than as environments in which humans interact with information content in order to learn. However, as full-text, information rich search systems become the norm, there is growing recognition of the importance of studying and designing search systems to foster discovery and enhance learning experience during the search process outside formal educational settings. The research agenda of ?Search as Learning? will provide opportunities and challenges for researchers to reconsider the value of search systems in providing support for learning directly and to pay more attention to broader outcomes of searching beyond a set of search results. The IIiX Searching as Learning workshop aims to flesh out research directions and methodologies, survey state-of-the-art approaches, and build community around this important emerging research area. We are particularly interested in engaging researchers across the information retrieval, information behaviour, human computer interaction and learning science fields. Areas of interest for the workshop include but are not limited to: ? Understanding searching as a human learning process ? When and how learning occurs in the search process ? The relationship between the learning process and searchers? work task contexts ? Features and functionalities to foster learning ? Search interface design in support of learning ? The implications of searching for learning for different populations: children, low literacy searchers, non-experts ? The role of affect and engagement on learning while searching ? Methods and measures to assess learning performance and experience ? Implicit indicators of learning (while searching) ? Interaction monitoring and optimization for learning outcomes We are soliciting submission of 3-4 page position papers from single or multiple authors to encourage sharing of ideas and a lively discussion. Position papers may include preliminary reports of research, proposals for new work, or follow a more traditional position paper format. All papers will be single blind peer reviewed by members of the program committee and assessed for their relevance to the workshop and their likelihood to generate discussion. Papers considered outside the scope of the workshop will not be accepted for inclusion in the workshop proceedings. A small number of papers will be selected for presentation. All papers will be circulated to workshop attendees. Papers should be in the ACM conference style and submitted in pdf form via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=s4l2014 Important Dates: + Papers submissions due: May 30, 2014 + Acceptance notification: June 25, 2014 + Workshop in Regensburg: August 30, 2014 Organizers: ? Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia, Canada ? Jacek Gwizdka, University of Texas at Austin, USA ? Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, Sweden ? Jiyin He, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands ? Noriko Kando, National Institute of Informatics, Japan ? Soo Young Rieh, University of Michigan, USA Program Committee ? Leif Azzopardi, University of Glasgow ? Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia ? Jacek Gwizdka, University of Texas at Austin ? Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, Sweden ? Jiyin He, University of Amsterdam ? Kal Jarvelin, University of Tampere ? Noriko Kando, National Institute of Informatics, Japan ? Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina ? Rick Kopak, University of British Columbia ? Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia ? Andreas Nuernberger, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg ? Heather O'Brien, University of British Columbia ? Rebecca Reynolds, Rutgers University ? Soo Young Rieh, University of Michigan, USA ? Pertti Vakkari, University of Tampere ? Max Wilson, University of Nottingham ?? Workshop Website: http://www.diigubc.ca/IIIXSAL ? ------------------------------------------------ Soo Young Rieh, Associate Professor School of Information, University of Michigan rieh at umich.edu Personal Website: http://rieh.people.si.umich.edu Research Group: http://ibi.si.umich.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lkelly at computing.dcu.ie Tue May 20 04:25:08 2014 From: lkelly at computing.dcu.ie (Liadh Kelly) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 09:25:08 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Free Registration Open: Living Labs for IR Evaluation, Challenge Preparation Workshop in Amsterdam Message-ID: =========================================================================================== The Living Labs for Information Retrieval (IR) Evaluation - Challenge Preparation Workshop 6 June, 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://living-labs.net/llc/ [Challenge runs June 15 ? August 15, as part of ?CIKM ? 2nd Living Labs for IR ?Evaluation ? Workshop] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/living-labs =========================================================================================== The basic idea of living labs for information retrieval (IR) is that rather than individual research groups independently developing experimental search infrastructures and gathering their own groups of test searchers for IR evaluations, a central and shared experimental environment is developed to facilitate the sharing of resources in a live setting (most important of all: users). See http://living-labs.net/ for details. The aim of the Challenge Preparation Workshop is to test and further develop a living labs for IR evaluation methodology and a living labs for IR platform, which has been created as part of the CIKM'14 2nd Living Labs for IR Evaluation Workshop. This is to be initially used in a community challenge as part of CIKM'14 2nd Living Labs for IR Evaluation Workshop. The challenge at CIKM focuses on two use-cases: product search (on an e-commerce site) and local domain search (on a university?s website). During the first month of the challenge participants will have the opportunity to tune their system through the product and local domain search websites. The second month of the challenge will examine the performance of participants? systems on these search websites. The programme for the Challenge Preparation Workshop includes (1) invited talks and discussions with invited guests to learn from their knowledge in this space, and (2) a hackathon and system testing session with prospective participants for testing the challenge components. ------------- Participation ------------- The workshop is free and open to all interested participants, but registration is required. Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1L3o_AWKNTXw8iFaK7_gGMFqmBhi4d_Sy-GFGoz_7KuI/viewform Registration will close May 29. We have a limited number of travel grants to cover travel and accommodation costs (reserved for those with academic affiliations and outside The Netherlands); enquiries can be sent to the workshop organisers. --------------- Date & Location --------------- July 6, 2014 - Living Labs Challenge Workshop, at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands [Challenge runs June 15 ? August 15] ------------------- Further Information ------------------- Further information is available on the workshop website ( http://living-labs.net/llc/) or by emailing the workshop organisers. ------------------- Workshop Organisers ------------------- Krisztian Balog ? University of Stavanger, Norway (krisztian.balog (at) uis.no) Liadh Kelly ? Dublin City University, Ireland (liadh.kelly (at) computing.dcu.ie) Anne Schuth ? University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (anne.schuth (at) uva.nl) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 jmartin at nedcc.org Tue May 20 16:29:24 2014 From: jmartin at nedcc.org (Julie Martin) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 20:29:24 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Digital Directions, July 21-23, Portland, Oregon Register Now - Seats are going fast! 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This position works approximately 20 hours per week on a flexible schedule for 6 months. We are looking for someone who is able to start immediately. The responsibilities shall include but not be limited to the following duties for the Catalog Librarian: Job Description: * Catalog books, maps, journals, video and digital files; * Add and maintain URLs; * Maintain Name Authority database; * Review MARC records; * Receive monographs; * Create information records for discarded gift serials. Qualifications: * MLS degree; * Minimum of 3 years of professional cataloging experience; * Previous experience using SirsiDynix Symphony ILS, OCLC, Connexion, LC classification, MARC21, AACR2, and RDA; Apply at: http://goo.gl/lqHmiH 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lkelly at computing.dcu.ie Tue May 20 08:14:49 2014 From: lkelly at computing.dcu.ie (Liadh Kelly) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 13:14:49 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Free Registration Open: Living Labs for IR Evaluation, Challenge Preparation Workshop in Amsterdam Message-ID: Apologies - the workshop date is *June 6, 2014* (and NOT July 6 as stated at one point in the below call). On 20 May 2014 09:25, Liadh Kelly wrote: > > =========================================================================================== > The Living Labs for Information Retrieval (IR) Evaluation - Challenge > Preparation Workshop > > 6 June, 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands > http://living-labs.net/llc/ > > [Challenge runs June 15 ? August 15, as part of > ?CIKM ? > 2nd Living Labs for IR > ?Evaluation ? > Workshop] > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/living-labs > > > =========================================================================================== > > The basic idea of living labs for information retrieval (IR) is that > rather than individual research groups independently developing > experimental search infrastructures and gathering their own groups of test > searchers for IR evaluations, a central and shared experimental environment > is developed to facilitate the sharing of resources in a live setting (most > important of all: users). See http://living-labs.net/ for details. > > The aim of the Challenge Preparation Workshop is to test and further > develop a living labs for IR evaluation methodology and a living labs for > IR platform, which has been created as part of the CIKM'14 2nd Living Labs > for IR Evaluation Workshop. This is to be initially used in a community > challenge as part of CIKM'14 2nd Living Labs for IR Evaluation Workshop. > The challenge at CIKM focuses on two use-cases: product search (on an > e-commerce site) and local domain search (on a university?s website). > During the first month of the challenge participants will have the > opportunity to tune their system through the product and local domain > search websites. The second month of the challenge will examine the > performance of participants? systems on these search websites. > > The programme for the Challenge Preparation Workshop includes (1) invited > talks and discussions with invited guests to learn from their knowledge in > this space, and (2) a hackathon and system testing session with prospective > participants for testing the challenge components. > > > ------------- > Participation > ------------- > The workshop is free and open to all interested participants, but > registration is required. > > Click here to register: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1L3o_AWKNTXw8iFaK7_gGMFqmBhi4d_Sy-GFGoz_7KuI/viewform > Registration will close May 29. > > We have a limited number of travel grants to cover travel and > accommodation costs (reserved for those with academic affiliations and > outside The Netherlands); enquiries can be sent to the workshop organisers. > > > --------------- > Date & Location > --------------- > July 6, 2014 - Living Labs Challenge Workshop, at the University of > Amsterdam, The Netherlands > > [Challenge runs June 15 ? August 15] > > > ------------------- > Further Information > ------------------- > Further information is available on the workshop website ( > http://living-labs.net/llc/) or by emailing the workshop organisers. > > > ------------------- > Workshop Organisers > ------------------- > Krisztian Balog ? University of Stavanger, Norway (krisztian.balog (at) > uis.no) > Liadh Kelly ? Dublin City University, Ireland (liadh.kelly (at) > computing.dcu.ie) > Anne Schuth ? University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (anne.schuth (at) > uva.nl) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xh.gslis at gmail.com Sun May 25 12:03:04 2014 From: xh.gslis at gmail.com (Xiao Hu) Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 00:03:04 +0800 Subject: [Asis-l] PhD Position in Learning Analytics: University of Hong Kong Message-ID: *Apologies for cross posting* The ?Sciences of Learning ? Strategic Research Theme hosted by the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong is a concentration of highly research-intensive academics working across disciplines to explore issues related to learning and cognition. SoL-SRT promotes and builds capacity for multidisciplinary research programs that advance the understanding of human learning as multilevel phenomena involving interactions across hierarchically nested levels from neural processes and connections to individual, organizational and social levels of functioning and interactions. One PhD studentship in the area of data mining of online learning in health sciences education is available for the 2015 intake (submission deadline is 31 August 2014). The candidate should have a masters degree or high level honours and research interests in inquiry-based learning in online environments. Expertise in the areas of data mining and/or learning analytics will be regarded favorably. Supervisors: Associate Professor Susan Bridges (sbridges at hku.hk) and Assistant Professor Xiao Hu (xiaoxhu at hku.hk); SRT Convener: Professor Nancy Law (nlaw at hku.hk) For more information on the Sciences of Learning Strategic Research Theme, please see http://sol.edu.hku.hk/ For more information on PhD conditions, please see http://www.gradsch.hku.hk/gradsch/web/ Please send inquiries and/or applications directly to sbridges at hku.hk or xiaoxhu at hku.hk. Thanks for your attention! Xiao Hu, PhD Assistant Professor Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Thu May 22 12:21:22 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 18:21:22 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: [icie] IRIE on Cyber wafare In-Reply-To: <537E0370.6050509@capurro.de> References: <537E0370.6050509@capurro.de> Message-ID: <537E2402.6050905@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [icie] IRIE on Cyber wafare Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 16:02:24 +0200 From: Rafael Capurro Reply-To: rafael at capurro.de To: icie at zkm.de , Juergen Altmann , Francesca Vidal , ruhmann at fh-brandenburg.de, ute at kriton.bn.shuttle.de, Bruno Nathansohn , wolf.schuenemann at uni-heidelberg.de Dear all, I am happy to announce that the IRIE issue on Cyber warfare is now online. I thank the Guest Editors (J?rgen Altmann and Francesca Vidal) and the authors of the papers (Ingo Ruhmann, Ute Bernhardt, Bruno Nathansohn, David Gorr, Wolf J. Schuenemann) for their contribution to this important matter. http://www.i-r-i-e.net/current_issue.htm Best regards, Rafael -- Prof.em. Dr. Rafael Capurro Hochschule der Medien (HdM), Stuttgart, Germany Capurro Fiek Foundation for Information Ethics (http://www.capurro-fiek-foundation.org) Distinguished Researcher at the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics (ACEIE), Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa. President, International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) (http://icie.zkm.de) Editor in Chief, International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) (http://www.i-r-i-e.net) Postal Address: Redtenbacherstr. 9, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany E-Mail: rafael at capurro.de Voice: + 49 - 721 - 98 22 9 - 22 (Fax: -21) Homepage: www.capurro.de ----- No virus found in this message. 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Currently, we have only started exploring the possibilities and only begin to understand how these valuable semantic cues can be put to fruitful use. To complicate matters, standard text search excels at shallow information needs expressed by short keyword queries, and here semantic annotation contributes very little, if anything. The main remaining challenge is on the user's side, and a more dynamic approach is emerging by exploiting new forms of query autosuggest. The potential of rich document annotations can only be realized if matched by more articulate queries exploiting these powerful retrieval cues. How can the query suggestion paradigm be used to encourage searcher to articulate longer queries, with concepts and relations linking their statement of request to existing semantic models? How do entity results and social network data in ?graph search? change the classic division between searchers and information and lead to extreme personalization -- are you the query? How to leverage transaction logs and recommendation, and how adaptive should we make the system? What are the privacy ramifications and the UX aspects -- how to avoid creeping out users? * Many Open Questions The Workshop will bring together researchers working with semantic annotations, its use cases, its sources (authoring to NLP tools), its users, and its use in DB, IR, KM, or Web research, and work together on a range of open questions: - Application/Use Case: What are use cases that make obvious the need for semantic annotation of information? What tasks cannot be solved by document retrieval using the traditional bag-of-words? What is keeping searchers from exploring these powerful search request? What impact has the web of data with more and more information in preprocessed form? - Annotations: What types of annotation are available? Are there crucial differences between author-, software-, user-, and machine-generated annotations? Do we annotate types/classes/categories ("person") or instances ("Albert Einstein")? How similar or different are linked data and annotated text? What are the limitations of the current annotations schemes, and how to overcome them? - Rich Context: Do we annotate text? Or also search requests and interactions, and their broader context? Besides personalization and geo-positional information, mobiles have a wide and growing range of locational, mechanical and even biometrical sensor data available to them. Can kick-start the query by inferring task and situational context in the mobile use case? - (Un)certainty: How should we interpret the annotations? Can we reliably link textual annotations to known entity catalogs? Can expect a messy world to be captured in a clean set of meaningful categories? Or is all information fundamentally uncertain and only partly known? How can we fruitfully combine information retrieval and semantic web approaches? These and other related questions will be discussed at this open format workshop -- the aim is to provide paths for further research to change the way we understand information access today! * We Need Your Help! Help us shape the future of information access by increasing the depth of analysis of today's systems: - Submit a short 2+1-page research or position paper explaining your key wishes or key points, - and take actively part in the discussion at the Workshop. What's a 2+1 page paper? We like short and focused contributions highlighting your main point, claim, observation, finding, experiment, project, etc, (roughly 2 pages of mainly text) but we also like clear tables, graphs, and full citations (that's the "+1" page). So your submission can up three pages, as long as max. 2 of them are narrative text. The deadline is Wednesday July 30, 2014, further submission details are on http://staff.science.uva.nl/~kamps/esair14/ We are looking forward to a productive, stimulating and fruitful workshop day in the tradition of previous ESAIR workshops -- come join the discussion! Omar Alonso, Microsoft Jaap Kamps, University of Amsterdam Jussi Karlgren, Gavagai & KTH Stockholm From fcunning at kent.edu Tue May 27 08:49:29 2014 From: fcunning at kent.edu (Cunningham, Flo) Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 12:49:29 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Kent State hosts DOCAM'14: Documents without borders, Aug. (6)7-9 Message-ID: Please excuse duplicate postings. The School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University will host the 11th annual conference of the Document Academy on Aug. 7-9, 2014. The Document Academy is 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 theme of DOCAM'14 is Documents Without Borders. Keynote speaker is Barbara Bickart from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, an interdisciplinary video artist whose work is project-based. Her projects are informed by the disciplines of media studies, performance and documentary practice and take the form of video installation, video performance and experimental documentary. Her address for DOCAM'14, titled "Monuments, Memory, and the Art of Found Choreography," presents WHEN, an ongoing series of large-scale video installations that explores the histories of institutionalized violence that persists in our national landscape in the form of landmarks and monuments. It documents the pilgrimage of visitors to these sites, illuminating the resonance of the past through the found choreography of visitors in the present. The keynote presentation will include screenings of WHEN: Memphis, WHEN: Philadelphia, and WHEN: Kent State. For complete details about the conference and a link to registration, visit http://www2.kent.edu/docam14/index.cfm. All the best, Flo <~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~> Flo Cunningham Marketing Communications and Public Relations Specialist School of Library and Information Science Kent State University 330-672-0003 fcunning at kent.edu www.kent.edu/slis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ksuslis Twitter: @KentStateSLIS I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. -- Jorge Luis Borges -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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No longer do authors need to work through a publisher to have their content accepted, processed, and distributed. The impacts of this revolution in publishing extend well beyond what used to be called "vanity publishing." A variety of best-selling books in recent years have come out from successful self-publishers sharing their tips on how others can follow in their footsteps. How can publishers capitalize on this author independence? How do libraries incorporate self-published works into their acquisition processes? When there is no publisher reputation behind a title, how does a library or user separate the wheat from the chaff? NISO's June 11 webinar, Fragmented Publishing: The Implications of Self-Publishing, will explore these issues and the impacts of the self-publishing movement on both publishers and libraries. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS . When Authors Assume Their Own Risk - Laura Dawson, Product Manager for Identifiers, Bowker . Self-Publishing with Smashwords - Mark Coker, Founder, CEO and Chief Author Advocate, Smashwords . Helping Libraries Help Themselves: The Library Publishing Toolkit - Allison Brown, Editor & Production Manager, Milne Library, SUNY Geneseo REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on June 14, 2014 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance . 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: http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/.) All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/fragmented/ 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 mcunha at ipca.pt Thu May 22 11:38:11 2014 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha) Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 16:38:11 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Chapter Proposals: Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine Message-ID: <201405221538.s4MFcCtG021423@mail.asis.org> - This mail is a HTML mail. 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This is the second year that the U.S. News has released rankings for programs for veterans, and the first year that programs in computer information technology have been ranked. Veterans ?face their own challenges, such as dealing with deployments or grappling with mental or physical wounds that can make it hard to adjust to life on campus,? notes the magazine?s release on the methodology behind the rankings. ?For some of these students, online programs provide an advantageous alternative to brick-and-mortar universities.? At the iSchool, all masters degree programs can be completed either on-campus or online. [Details on online programs] ?We are proud to receive this recognition of our program with respect to higher education for veterans,? said iSchool Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy. ?We have been a leader in the field of online learning since 1993, and we have been a strong supporter of education for our veterans. The iSchool has a long history of working with the military, in both veteran education initiatives as well as programs for members of the military who are currently serving our country.? Programs at the iSchool that provide services to the military include the School?s agreement with the United States Army Signal Center Cyber Leader College (SIGCEN) at Fort Gordon. This program provides an opportunity for officers who have completed courses at SIGCEN in capacities as information systems managers or telecommunication engineers to transfer credits that will count toward their M.S. in Information Management or M.S. in Telecommunications and Network Management degree at the iSchool. The iSchool was also a driving force in establishing the technology track of the Veterans Career Transition Program at the University. Originally called the Veterans Technology Program, the curriculum, developed at the iSchool, prepares transitioning service members and spouses for new careers in operations information technology, or human resources. Syracuse?s Institute for Veterans and Military Families currently administers this program. Syracuse University?s Veterans Resource Center also provides student veterans with a personalized set of services from recruitment to degree completion. ?We are excited that our program has been recognized by U.S. News as a good opportunity for veterans,? said Victoria Williams, director of online education at the iSchool. ?Active military and retired veterans across the world have a strong presence in iSchool online graduate programs. Our online format provides access to the same high quality education as our campus programs, and allows military students the flexibility needed to accommodate changes in deployment and advancements in career.? ?Additionally, our online programs have allowed the iSchool to attract experienced, high quality faculty, many of whom are veterans themselves,? noted Williams. ?We value having veterans in our programs and consider them to be a very important part of the iSchool community.? ?When our new Chancellor, Kent Syverud, was inaugurated last month, he addressed the need to make Syracuse one of the best places for veterans to receive an education,? said Dean Liddy. ?With today?s top ranking of our online program, I believe that affirms we are headed in the right direction.? Learn More If you are interested in our programs for veterans, please visit the CIT program information page to learn more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Requirements: * Manage internal and external resources responsible for acquiring and disseminating electronic and print content to the Firm for legal and business research purposes; manage team performance and set goals; * Manage the service, contracts and relationships with the online research vendors, print content, print management, and library administration; * Optimize the budget, develop standards for collection development and cost recoveries, oversee the Firm's knowledge collection and acquisition policies; * Oversee enhancement of the Firm's use of web technologies to promote and disseminate information for legal and business research purposes; * Promote and provide KM resources to support legal and business research; * Handle additional related projects as necessary. Qualifications and Desired Experience: * Advanced degree (MLS, MLIS) in library science, library information science or related field (preferred); * At least five years of experience in a law or business library; * At least three years of supervisory experience, for multiple locations, whether of internal employees or external resources (preferred); * At least three years of experience in library contract and vendor management; * At least two years of experience in use of database and web technology; * Expert proficiency in integrated library management systems; * Advanced proficiency in online research and legal databases; * Proficiency in collaboration applications (SharePoint preferred); * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Suite; * Expert knowledge of law library management; * Advanced knowledge of vendor management, procurement and contract administration standards and practices; * Previous experience or educational background in Knowledge Management is highly preferred. 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Would you like to help to provide input and perhaps even assist in revisioning or improving an ASIST Chapter, SIG and/or Committee? Please consider applying to be one of the New Leaders in the 2014 cohort. Eight awards are available for 2014. Awardees will be assigned a mentor, and will receive travel (up to $1000) and free conference registration for the 2014 and 2015 annual meetings. How do I apply? Find out full details of this award and the application process here (and below): https://www.asis.org/awards/asistnewleadersaward.html If you have any questions please contact the Chair of the New Leader Committee, Kathryn La Barre klabarre at illinois.edu ASIS&T New Leaders Award Guidelines Objective To recruit, engage, and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association. Eligibility Only members in their first three years of membership are eligible to apply (student or regular). NEW Deadline The application is due no later than JUNE 2, 2014. Award amount If selected, you will receive: Up to $1000 in travel expense reimbursement to defray the cost of attending the Annual Meetings. This must be split over two consecutive Annual Meetings, with the reimbursement cost of a single meeting not to exceed $700. Free conference registration for these two years (excluding seminars, workshops and other special events, although these can be reimbursed from the travel expenses provided). Application Details below: ASIS&T New Leaders Award Application Each applicant must submit a statement (no more than 500 words) detailing: a. Why you would like to attend the ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting b. What benefits you would derive c. Your previous involvement in ASIS&T (if any) d. Your plans for future involvement in ASIS&T Along with your application, applicants must select the regional or student chapter to which they feel most connected (if applicable), a SIG (or multiple) and/or ASIS&T committee (such as Membership) in which they would like to be involved. Applicants are asked to select no more than 3 in each category (across chapters, SIGS, and committees) and to present these on their application in rank order. The rank order indicates the Chapter, SIG, or Committee in which the applicant would most like to become involved. If the applicant is already heavily involved in one of these units, it is suggested that they choose a new unit with which they have less familiarity. The selection committee will check all potential awardees to ensure that the applicant is a current member of ASIS&T The application should be submitted online by May 15, 2014. A current CV/resume of the applicant should be uploaded with the application no later than May 15th, 2014. 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URL: From rieh at umich.edu Thu May 29 10:22:32 2014 From: rieh at umich.edu (Soo Young Rieh) Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 10:22:32 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: Deadline Extension: Search as Learning (SAL) IIiX 2014 Workshop In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Extended Paper Submission Deadline: June 13, 2014 Acceptance notification: June 29, 2014 Workshop in Regensburg, Germany: August 30, 2014 Paper submissions to the Information Interaction in Context (IIiX 2014) Search as Learning Workshop have been extended to June 13, 2014. Papers should be in the ACM conference style and submitted in pdf form via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=s4l2014 To learn more about the workshop, please visit the Workshop Website: http://www.diigubc.ca/IIIXSAL/ Search systems to date have been viewed more as tools for the retrieval of content to satisfy information needs, than as environments in which humans interact with information content in order to learn. However, as full-text, information rich search systems become the norm, there is growing recognition of the importance of studying and designing search systems to foster discovery and enhance learning experience during the search process outside formal educational settings. The research agenda of ?Search as Learning? will provide opportunities and challenges for researchers to reconsider the value of search systems in providing support for learning directly and to pay more attention to broader outcomes of searching beyond a set of search results. The IIiX Searching as Learning workshop aims to flesh out research directions and methodologies, survey state-of-the-art approaches, and build community around this important emerging research area. We are particularly interested in engaging researchers across the information retrieval, information behaviour, human computer interaction and learning science fields. Areas of interest for the workshop include but are not limited to ?: - Understanding searching as a human learning process - When and how learning occurs in the search process - The relationship between the learning process and searchers? work task contexts - Features and functionalities to foster learning - Search interface design in support of learning - The implications of searching for learning for different populations - The role of affect and engagement on learning while searching - Methods and measures to assess learning performance and experience - Implicit indicators of learning (while searching) - Interaction monitoring and optimization for learning outcomes ? We are soliciting submission of 3-4 page position papers from single or multiple authors to encourage sharing of ideas and a lively discussion. Position papers may include preliminary reports of research, proposals for new work, or follow a more traditional position paper format. All papers will be single blind peer reviewed by members of the program committee and assessed for their relevance to the workshop and their likelihood to generate discussion. Papers considered outside the scope of the workshop will not be accepted for inclusion in the workshop proceedings. A small number of papers will be selected for presentation. All papers will be circulated to workshop attendees. Organizers: ? Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia, Canada ? Jacek Gwizdka, University of Texas at Austin, USA ? Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, Sweden ? Jiyin He, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands ? Noriko Kando, National Institute of Informatics, Japan ? Soo Young Rieh, University of Michigan, USA Program Committee ? Leif Azzopardi, University of Glasgow ? Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia ? Jacek Gwizdka, University of Texas at Austin ? Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, Sweden ? Jiyin He, University of Amsterdam ? Kal Jarvelin, University of Tampere ? Noriko Kando, National Institute of Informatics, Japan ? Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina ? Rick Kopak, University of British Columbia ? Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia ? Andreas Nuernberger, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg ? Heather O'Brien, University of British Columbia ? Rebecca Reynolds, Rutgers University ? Soo Young Rieh, University of Michigan, USA ? Pertti Vakkari, University of Tampere ? Max Wilson, University of Nottingham ?? Please contact l?uanne.freund at ubc.ca or any of the organizers directly for further information about the workshop?. ? --------------------------------------------- Soo Young Rieh, Associate Professor School of Information, University of Michigan rieh at umich.edu Personal Website: http://rieh.people.si.umich.edu IBI Research Group Website: http://ibi.si.umich.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susheel_chhabra at hotmail.com Thu May 29 11:45:54 2014 From: susheel_chhabra at hotmail.com (Dr. Susheel Chhabra) Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 21:15:54 +0530 Subject: [Asis-l] The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) Message-ID: The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) An Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 1, Issue 1, January - March 2014 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 2328-5494; EISSN: 2328-5508; Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA www.igi-global.com/ijcesc Editor(s)-in-Chief: Susheel Chhabra (Periyar Management and Computer College, India) ARTICLE 1 Innovation by Necessity vs. by Will: Economic Implications for the Society in the Second Knowledge Era Stanley Loh (Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA), Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil & Technological Faculty of SENAC, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) The first phase of the Information Era (or Knowledge Era) generated improvements in productivity. Nowadays, society is living in the Second Phase of this era, characterized by innovations directed for the human welfare. Innovations may be guided by governments or companies, following planned or perceived obsolescence. However, as part of a Darwinist approach, innovations cannot be controlled and evolve as a living being. The paper discusses how innovations develop in a complex system, and how incentives, needs and will interfere in the creation and adoption of innovations in the Society. The paper also discusses how individual will and needs may influence social innovation towards eliminating social and economic inequality or creating inequality, preserving individualities and folk cultures. The paper presents some possible directions to achieve this. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/innovation-by-necessity-vs-by-will/106943 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=106943 ARTICLE 2 Citizens and Mobile Government Adoption: A Comparison of Activities and Uses Christopher G. Reddick (Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA) In electronic government or e-government research there is an increased importance being placed on the investigation of new and emerging technologies. Mobile government is one area that has received very little research, but can have a tremendous impact on the way that citizens engage with their government. This paper asks two research questions. First, what are the important factors that predict mobile government adoption by citizens? Second, are there any important distinctions between mobile government compared to other common cell phone activities? The data used to answer these questions is taken from a survey of cell phone users across the United States. The results indicated that mobile government adoption was best predicted by mobile phone use and social factors. Demographic factors, associated with the digital divide, were not found to be highly correlated with mobile government adoption. In addition, mobile government adoption is different from other online cell phone activities, such as going to a social networking site or getting a weather forecast online. The results of this paper imply that future research should study more closely the adoption of mobile government activities. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/citizens-and-mobile-government-adoption/106944 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=106944 ARTICLE 3 CSR as a Strategic Management Tool: Expectations and Realities of Two MNCs in Nigeria Edwin M. Agwu (Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK), Agnes R. Taylor (Coventry University, Coventry, UK) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a concept has been a subject of debate in the management cycle for decades. However, the incorporation of CSR, competitive advantage and strategic management into top management decision making processes, forms a set of new alliances that are beginning to gain attention. This paper examined the strategic alliances of these highly volatile but significantly critical components in order to determine the extent to which these three seemingly incongruous factors can be achieved in reality within a developing country such as Nigeria. Using a comparative case study approach, the activities of two multinationals - Shell Plc and Coca Cola ? were examined. The critical success factors were explained based on the strategies adopted in order to determine the impact on the society and whether they were in line with stakeholders' expectations. Findings however indicate that there has been an interplay of high level forces which has resulted in the unsavoury news emanating from the oil producing communities in Nigeria, unfortunately, the activities of Coca cola in both the content and context of their operations have received little or no attention. This paper contributes to the scarce literature of this discourse within the African continent in general and Nigerian state in particular as well as sets a precedent for future research. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/csr-as-a-strategic-management-tool/106945 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=106945 ARTICLE 4 Can Sex Workers Claim Human Rights In India? Pallavi Gupta (Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, New Delhi, Delhi, India) Human Rights by its origin and nature only advocate the welfare and well-being of all persons with equal treatment everywhere, it never discriminate towards any individual, class or group of people in any society. But Indian Governments at all level have failed to protect, the human rights even civil rights of sex workers. It covers problems of the sex workers and their children or child sex workers entered in sex trade by force & fraud but rescued from sex trade and advocates only claim of sex workers to live with dignity as they are also human being and have human rights. It shall focus on responsibility of government to make effective policy and for its good governance to provide justice to the sex workers and their children under the mandate of judicial directions. But this paper does not advocate demand of sex workers to encourage sex trade by any way. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/can-sex-workers-claim-human-rights-in-india/106946 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=106946 ARTICLE 5 Web Platform for Public E-Participation Management: A Case Study Carlos Quental (Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal), Luis Borges Gouveia (University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal) The e-participation can be considered an area under constant focus. This paper presents a brief analysis of e-participation and e-democracy, and proposes a platform for electronic participation based on social media principles, designed to gather teachers and unions in a shared deliberative space. Interaction and collaboration are supported through questions, answers, suggestions, comments, votes, surveys and live debates. This proposal is intended to narrow the communication gap between teachers and unions and encourage teachers to become involved and participate in educational debates and important topics about the profession. The platform presented enables effective participation in formal and informal decision-making processes via the Internet, either as standalone or widgets with full integration into any Website. It is under constant development and will be improved along with this project. The actors in this study were chosen from the National Federation of Teachers due to its representativeness regarding associate teachers and provide an opportunity to assess the platform potential to support participation in a union context. The platform will be used in a trade union linked to teachers of several grade levels to understand their participation in this organization. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/web-platform-for-public-e-participation-management/106947 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=106947 For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.igi-global.com/isj. CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJCESC: The mission of the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) is to discuss and explore value driven civic engagement practices, processes, and frameworks to bring social change for effectively managing socioeconomic resources for individuals and society. The journal promotes cutting edge research on various issues of civic engagement as an integrated platform for researchers, scholars, academic institutions, and civic society. IJCESC achieves its mission through research, exemplary cases, smart processes and competencies, development of frameworks, and collaborations, suggesting standards and benchmarks worldwide. Coverage of IJCESC: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: * Civic engagement and political reforms for development * Civic engagement and rural development * Civic engagement and urban development * Civic engagement for development and social change * Civic engagement for organization development * Civic engagement reforms and capacity building * ICTs engagement and social change * Leadership cases for civic engagement * Preservation of natural resources * Public policy and social change * Role of administrative competencies for civic engagement * Smart governance practices * Smart regulatory frameworks for civic engagement * Social accountability for individuals, government, and corporate sectors * Social networks and collaborations for bringing social change * Standards and benchmarks for civic engagement * Value-driven civic engagement * Women and child development Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-civic-engagement-social/75851 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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