From agruzd at gmail.com Fri Apr 3 16:18:58 2015 From: agruzd at gmail.com (Anatoliy Gruzd) Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:18:58 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] #SMSociety15: Social Media & Society Conference - Call for WIP papers [Due: April 10] & Posters [Due: May 1] Message-ID: <551EF5B2.60109@gmail.com> **Apologies for cross-posting** #SMSociety15 - Social Media & Society Conference Toronto, Canada | July 27-29, 2015 http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com CALL FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS PAPERS (WIP) & POSTERS (1) WIP Paper Abstracts [Due: April 10, 2015 in 7 DAYS!] WIP paper abstracts provide authors the opportunity to present their preliminary and ongoing work related to the broad theme of social media and society. Submission Length: approximately 500 words, excluding references Paper abstracts are peer-reviewed. Full papers are not required for this type of submission. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit their full papers to the special theme issue in the Big Data & Society Journal published by SAGE (open access). (2) Research Poster Abstracts [DUE: May 1, 2015] The research poster session provides an interactive forum for authors to discuss their research. Submission Length: approximately 500 words, excluding references. HOW TO SUBMIT: See more details at https://socialmediaandsociety.com/submit/ TOPICS OF INTEREST: Social Media & Small Data ? Case Studies of Online Communities Formed on Social Media ? Case Studies of Offline Communities that Rely on Social Media ? Sampling Issues ? Value of Small Data Social Media & Big Data ? Visualization of Social Media Data ? Social Media Data Mining ? Scalability Issues & Social Media Data ? Social Media Analytics ? Ethics of Big Data Social Media Impact on Society ? Private Self/Public Self ? The Sharing/Attention Economy ? Virality & Memes ? Political Mobilization & Engagement ? Social Media & Health ? Social Media & Business (Marketing, PR, HR, Risk Management,etc.) ? Social Media & Academia (Alternative Metrics, Learning Analytics,etc.) ? Social Media & Public Administration ? Social Media & the News Theories & Methods ? Qualitative & Quantitative Approaches ? Opinion Mining & Sentiment Analysis ? Social Network Analysis ? Theoretical Models for Studying, Analysing and Understanding Social Media Online/Offline Communities ? Trust & Credibility in Social Media ? Online Community Detection ? Influential User Detection ? Online Identity Social Media & Mobile ? App-ification of the Society ? Privacy & Security Issues in the Mobile World ? Apps for the Social Good ? Networking Apps BACKGROUND: The Social Media & Society Conference is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 6th year, the 2015 Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada from July 27 to 29, 2015. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Ryerson University, the conference provides attendees an opportunity to exchange ideas, present their original research, learn about recently completed and work-in-progress studies, and strengthen connections with their peers. The 2014 conference hosted over 200 attendees, featured research from 238 authors across several fields from 21 different countries. For more information about the Conference, Programme Committee and the CfP: https://socialmediaandsociety.com And follow us on Twitter @socmediasoc The Conference Organizing Committee Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University @gruzd Barry Wellman, University of Toronto @barrywellman Philip H. Mai, Ryerson University @phmai Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto @jacobsonjenna From mcunha at ipca.pt Sat Apr 4 09:26:00 2015 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 14:26:00 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] CENTERIS 2015 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems | Extended submission deadline: April 17 | Algarve, Oct. 7-9, 2015 Message-ID: <201504041326.t34DQ09V013103@mail.asis.org> ---------- CENTERIS 2015 Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-9, 2015 http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 17, 2015 (extended) Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 17, 2015 Final Submission due date: June 12, 2015 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://centeris.scika.org) until April 3, 2015. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between six and eight pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the conference webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science series (which is indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ---------- Committees and Keynote speaker Conference Chairs: - Petra Schubert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany - Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal Advisory Board Chair: - Jo?o Varaj?o, University of Minho, Portugal Keynote speaker: - Rodney Turner, SKEMA Business School, Universit? Lille Nord de France, France Organization Chair: - Dulce Domingos, University of Lisbon, Portugal Workshops Chair: - Delfina S? Soares, University of Minho, Portugal Proceedings Chair: - Emanuel Peres, University of Tr?s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Advisory Board: - Helmut Krcmar, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Jo?o Varaj?o, University of Minho, Portugal - Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal - Niels Bj?rn-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Danmark - Philip Powell, Birkbeck University of London, UK - Philip Yetton, The University of South Wales, Australia ---------- We look forward to welcoming you in our beautiful Vilamoura, Algarve, next October. ---------- You are receiving this email because of your research activities on the conference topic. To unsubscribe please send an email to secretariat at centeris.scika.org with the subject "Unsubscribe" ---------- From mcunha at ipca.pt Sat Apr 4 09:30:14 2015 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 14:30:14 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] ProjMAN 2015 - International Conference on Project MANagement | Extended submission deadline: April 17 | Vilamoura, Algarve: October 2015 Message-ID: <201504041330.t34DUEUF013486@mail.asis.org> ---------- ProjMAN 2015 International Conference on Project MANagement an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-9, 2015 http://projman.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline (extended): April 17, 2015 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 17, 2015 Final Submission due date: June 12, 2015 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://projman.scika.org) until April 3, 2015. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between six and eight pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the conference webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science series (which is indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://projman.scika.org ---------- ---------- Committees and Keynote speaker General Chairs: - Albert Boonstra, University of Groningen, The Netherlands - Jo?o Eduardo Quintela Varaj?o, University of Minho, Portugal Keynote speaker: - Rodney Turner, SKEMA Business School, Universit? Lille Nord de France, France Advisory Board Chair: - Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave, Portugal Program Chair: - Hans Georg Gem?nden, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Germany Organization Chair: - Dulce Gon?alves, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Publications Chair: - Gabriela Fernandes, University of Southampton, UK ---------- We look forward to welcoming you in our beautiful Vilamoura, Algarve, next October. From mcunha at ipca.pt Sat Apr 4 09:32:05 2015 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 14:32:05 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] HCist 2015 - International Conf. on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies | Algarve, Oct. 2015 | Extended submission deadline: April 17 Message-ID: <201504041332.t34DW5e3013702@mail.asis.org> ---------- HCist 2015 International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies an AIS affiliated conference ---------- Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-9, 2015 http://hcist.scika.org ---------- ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline (extended): April 17, 2015 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 17, 2015 Final Submission due date: June 12, 2015 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://hcist.scika.org) until April 3, 2015. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between six and eight pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the conference webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science series (which is indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://hcist.scika.org ---------- ---------- Committees and Keynote speaker Keynote speaker: - Rodney Turner, SKEMA Business School, Universit? Lille Nord de France, France Conference Chairs: - Ricardo Correia, University of Porto, Portugal - Alexander Berler, Gnomon Informatics, Chair of HL7 Hellas, Greece Advisory Board Chairs: - Rui Rijo, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal - Ricardo Martinho, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Program Chair: - Domingos Alves, University of S?o Paulo, Brazil Organization Chair: - Ant?nio Cunha, University of Tr?s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal ---------- We look forward to welcoming you in our beautiful Vilamoura, Algarve, next October. From mcunha at ipca.pt Sat Apr 4 10:26:57 2015 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 15:26:57 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Workshops to be held in CENTERIS / ProjMAN / HCist | Algarve, Oct 2015 | Extended submission deadline: April 17 Message-ID: <201504041426.t34EQwCE015791@mail.asis.org> CALL FOR PAPERS ---------- Workshops to be held in: -- CENTERIS 2015 ? International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems http://centeris.scika.org -- ProjMAN 2015 - International Conference on Project MANagement http://projman.scika.org -- HCist 2015 - Int. Conf. on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies http://hcist.scika.org/ ---------- Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-9, 2015 ---------- Paper submission deadline (extended): April 17, 2015 ---------- ---------- Creativity and Innovation in Information Systems and Engineering (CRIISE 2015) http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/cw7.pdf ---------- Multicriteria Decision Making & Applications in Enterprise Information Systems http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/cw1.pdf ---------- Big Data Analytics and Process Innovation http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/cw2.pdf ---------- Digital Marketing http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/cw3.pdf ---------- Search-Based Software Engineering (IWoSBSE'15) http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/cw4.pdf ---------- ICT Trends for Enterprises http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/cw5.pdf ---------- Mobile Web Portals http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/cw6.pdf ---------- Industry-Academia Projects and Partnerships http://projman.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/pw1.pdf ---------- Healthy and Secure People http://hcist.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2015/hw1.pdf ---------- AIS affiliated conferences ---------- From mcunha at ipca.pt Sun Apr 5 08:20:06 2015 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 13:20:06 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] CENTERIS / ProjMAN / HCist 2015 | Call for Papers | Algarve, Portugal, Oct 2015 | Extended submission deadline: April 17 Message-ID: <201504051220.t35CK6Da018371@mail.asis.org> CALL FOR PAPERS ---------- Paper submission deadline (extended): April 17, 2015 ---------- CENTERIS 2015 Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ProjMAN 2015 International Conference on Project MANagement http://projman.scika.org ---------- HCist 2015 International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies http://hcist.scika.org/ ---------- Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-9, 2015 ---------- AIS affiliated conferences ---------- All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science series (which is indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. ---------- From mcunha at ipca.pt Tue Apr 7 09:07:13 2015 From: mcunha at ipca.pt (Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 14:07:13 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] CENTERIS 2015 | ProjMAN 2015 | HCist 2015 - extended submission deadline: April 17th, 2015 Message-ID: <201504071307.t37D7Fwr017454@mail.asis.org> ---------- CENTERIS 2015 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ProjMAN 2015 - International Conference on Project MANagement http://projman.scika.org ---------- HCist 2015 - Int. Conf. on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies http://hcist.scika.org ---------- Dear Author, Due to several requests, the CENTERIS | ProjMAN | HCist 2015 Conference organizers decided to extend the submission deadline to April 17, 2015. ------- ------- Submissions: You can make your submission at: - CENTERIS 2015 ? http://centeris.scika.org - ProjMAN 2015 ? http://projman.scika.org - HCIST 2015 ? http://hcist.scika.org ------- ------- Submission types and guidelines: Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage. Only original contributions will be accepted and submissions will be double-blind reviewed. ------- ------- Proceedings and publications: All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science series (which is indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Industry and Poster papers will be published in a book with ISBN. ------- Looking forward to welcoming you next October in our beautiful Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal. Kind regards, CENTERIS | ProjMAN | HCist 2015 Chairs From alisa.libby at simmons.edu Fri Apr 3 13:54:39 2015 From: alisa.libby at simmons.edu (Alisa Libby) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:54:39 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] News from Simmons SLIS Message-ID: News from Simmons SLIS: Educating for our Information Future How are current roles for library and information science (LIS) professionals changing? What do LIS graduates need to succeed in 21st century organizations? Answers will prove vital to the field?s ability to adapt and promote the development of a knowledge base capable of leading society?s information future. With these big questions and bold approaches in mind, Simmons College, the University of Illinois, and the University of Toronto joined forces to convene a forum with leaders from several different stakeholder groups. The IMLS-sponsored forum, Envisioning our Information Future and How to Educate for it, was held this past January at Simmons College. Read more about the forum on the InfoLink blog . Check out recent stories on our Unbound blog: How Fair Use Protects Librarians and Artists Student Loan Forgiveness for Librarians: A Primer Congrats to our Movers & Shakers! SLIS alums Lori Easterwood ?06LS and Kyle Courtney ?06LS were named ?Movers & Shakers 2015? by the *Library Journal*. "Innovator" Lori Easterwood is the co-founder of alt+library , which offers innovative library programming that appeals to twenty- and thirty-somethings. "Change Agent" Kyle Courtney started the Copyright First Responders program, training librarians to serve as the first line of defense for copyright questions fielded by Harvard libraries.Upcoming Events: SLIS Career Fair, Children's Literature Symposium The SLIS Career Fair for current LIS students and recent alums will be held on April 15 in the Paresky Center. Visit the Career Fair website for a list of exhibitors and useful guides to help you prepare to meet potential employers. For more about the event, check out a Q&A with Jill Silverberg , Career Fair Coordinator. The Children's Literature Summer 2015 Institute will be held on July 23-26, 2015. Hear authors, illustrators, and publishers speak about their work as it relates to this year's theme: Homecoming. Register for the Institute today. -- Alisa M. Libby Communications Assistant Simmons College, SLIS 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 t 617-521-2816 f 617-521-3192 For details about Alisa's young adult fiction, visit www.alisalibby.com. Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From asis at gwizdka.com Fri Apr 3 12:17:04 2015 From: asis at gwizdka.com (Jacek Gwizdka) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 11:17:04 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: SIGIR Workshop/Tutorial on Neuro-Physiological Methods in IR Research Message-ID: CFP: SIGIR Workshop/Tutorial on Neuro-Physiological Methods in IR Research ** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Neuro-Physiological Methods in IR Research - NeuroIR'2015 in conjunction with the 38th Annual ACM SIGIR Conference (SIGIR 2015) to be held in Santiago, Chile Workshop date: August 13th, 2015 Website: https://sites.google.com/site/neuroir2015/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** Submission Deadline: May 4, 2015 (23:59 Chile Time) ** Notification of Acceptance: May 25, 2015 ** Final Papers Due: June 15, 2015 ** Workshop date: 13, 2015 Workshop Organizers: ==================== Jacek Gwizdka, NeuroIR2015 at gwizdka.com (School of Information, University of Texas at Austin) Joemon Jose, Joemon.Jose at glasgow.ac.uk (School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow) Javed Mostafa, jm at unc.edu (Biomedical Research & Imaging Center, School of Medicine & the iSchool, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Max Wilson, Max.Wilson at nottingham.ac.uk (Computer Science, University of Nottingham) Objectives: ============= Application of neuro-physiological methods for studying human-information interaction (including searching, browsing, information selection, and relevance judgment) have emerged as a critical area of active research. Two broad intersecting themes are emerging among IR researchers and those with strong applied neuroscience background. One is applied and aims at using neuro-physiological signals as additional inputs in search algorithms. The other is theoretical and aims at development of more robust models for information search ? models that go beyond behavioral data and account for physiological and neurological responses to information as stimuli. The early work by information retrieval researchers resulted in a number of recent publications that appeared at SIGIR, ECIR, and related conferences. However, the IR community is still broadly unaware of these new methods. The workshop will be a forum for information exchange, collaboration and education. It will provide a lively opportunity for sharing experiences among researchers; build a community and forge collaborations; map out future work; make IR researchers aware of potential usefulness of neuro-physiological methods and their applicability to their research; enable them to read and assess papers that employ such methods. To broaden participation, the forum will include a session dedicated to demonstration and tutorials introducing some critical tools and modalities for collecting neuro-physiological data and associated techniques for data analysis. Submissions: ============== We invite submissions that may include the following topics: * findings from completed IR research that utilized neuro-physiological tools; * cases and problems in IR that are likely to benefit from neuro-physiological methods; * comparative analysis of neuro-physiological tools and techniques with their applications in IR; * analysis methods for incorporating neuro-physiological data in IR research; * lessons learned in IR research that utilized neuro-physiological tools; * paper presenting demonstrations of portable tools such as eye-trackers, EEGs, fNIRS in service of IR research (we'll encourage participants submitting such papers to bring their some of these tools with them to the workshop). We invite submissions in three categories: 1. regular research papers describing completed work or theoretical contributions (up to 6 pages) 2. short papers (work-in-progress) (up to 2 pages), 3. position papers - expressions of an interest in the workshop area (up to 2 pages). The neuro-cognitive and physiological tools of interest include, but are not limited to, fMRI, fNIRS, eye-tracking, EEG, GSR, and analysis of facial expressions. Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must be written in English; * contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; * be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template ( http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; * be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size. * papers should be submitted in EasyChair to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=neuroir2015 * submission deadline May 4, 2015. Workshop Location: ==================== NeuroIR 2015 will take place at a gorgeous venue ( http://www.sigir2015.org/venue) Campus ?Casa Central? of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC Chile) and will be held in conjunction with the 38th Annual ACM SIGIR Conference. This campus is located in Av. Alameda 340, in Santiago Downtown, Chile. Program Committee (not final): ============================== Ioannis Arapakis, Yahoo Research, Spain Ashlee Edwards, iSchool, UNC, USA Manuel Eugster, HIIT, Finland Roberto Gonz?lez-Ib??ez, Informatics Engineering, Universidad de Santiago, Chile Yvonne Kammerer, Leibniz-Institut f?r Wissensmedien - Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany Irene Lopatovska, Pratt Institute, USA Yashar Moshfeghi, Computer Science, University of Glasgow, UK Frank Pollick, Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK Heather O'Brien, iSchool, University of British Columbia, Canada Erin Solovey, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel, USA Follow us on: ============= Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/736643453121163/ LinkedId: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/NeuroIR-2015-8276989 Jacek Gwizdka, PhD http://jsg.tel School of Information University of Texas at Austin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bean.lists at gmail.com Thu Apr 2 21:54:38 2015 From: bean.lists at gmail.com (Carol Bean) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:54:38 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Code4Lib Journal - Last Call for Papers for Issue 29 (and apologies for cross-posting): Message-ID: <61AFB00F-155B-4FDE-A495-BBEE8720868C@gmail.com> The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future. We are now accepting proposals for publication in our 29th issue. Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be included in the 29th issue, which is scheduled for publication in mid July, 2015, please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals at http://journal.code4lib.org/submit-proposal or to journal at code4lib.org by Friday, April 10, 2015. When submitting, please include the title or subject of the proposal in the subject line of the email message. C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of the journal. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Practical applications of library technology (both actual and hypothetical) * Technology projects (failed, successful, or proposed), including how they were done and challenges faced * Case studies * Best practices * Reviews * Comparisons of third party software or libraries * Analyses of library metadata for use with technology * Project management and communication within the library environment * Assessment and user studies C4LJ strives to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers to publication. While articles should be of a high quality, they need not follow any formal structure. Writers should aim for the middle ground between blog posts and articles in traditional refereed journals. Where appropriate, we encourage authors to submit code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code. For more information, visit C4LJ's Article Guidelines or browse articles from previous issues on our website: http://journal.code4lib.org . Remember, for consideration for the 29th issue, please send proposals, abstracts, or draft articles to journal at code4lib.org no later than Friday, April 10, 2015. Send in a submission. Your peers would like to hear what you are doing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bsh146 at iva.ku.dk Wed Apr 8 02:38:16 2015 From: bsh146 at iva.ku.dk (Jens-Erik Mai) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 06:38:16 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Assistant Professor positions in Copenhagen Message-ID: Two positions as assistant professor are available at the University of Copenhagen: 1. Information systems: Informations retrieval, theory and history of information seeking, search engines, recommender systems and/or database management. http://jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track/?show=727377 2. Bibliometrics - combined in different ways with one or more of the following areas: Research analysis (quantitative and qualitative methods), big data management, information retrieval and/or data analysis systems (e.g., Microsoft SQL). http://jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track/?show=727367 Please note that in addition to the well-known areas mentioned above, it must be emphasized that RSLIS is dedicated to developing the field of Information Science in new ways that will integrate the study of information with the study of contextual, social, philosophical or cultural issues. Therefore, the successful applicant must be capable of and interested in putting the well-established information science areas into an interplay with such issues. 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NJ ASIS&T & RU ASIS&T present 2015 Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Michael Buckland "Information Science Past and Future: A Personal View." Wednesday, May 13 2014, 5:00 p.m. Rutgers Club (199 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901) Kindly RSVP to http://bit.ly/1I4nlIx The event is $5/$10 for students (ASIS&T members, non-members) and $10/$15 for professionals (ASIS&T members, non-members). NJ ASIS&T in partnership with RU ASIS&T are hosting a distinguished lecture series featuring esteemed scholar Dr. Michael Buckland on Wednesday, May 13th from 5-7 p.m. at the Rutgers Club. Join us as Dr. Buckland reflects on how his experiences influenced his view of the field at the intersection of digital libraries and digital humanities. To this lecture, Dr. Buckland brings 50 years of experience in the study of library services, bibliographical access, cultural heritages, and the history of documentation. His books include Library Services in Theory and Context (Pergamon, 1983; 2nd ed. 1988), Information and Information Systems (Praeger, 1991), Redesigning Library Services (American Library Association, 1992), and a biography, Emanuel Goldberg and his Knowledge Machine (Libraries Unlimited, 2006). His principal project currently is ?Editorial Practices and the Web? which makes historians? working notes accessible at editorsnotes.org . The lecture series will be followed by a Q&A period and a reception honoring Dr. Buckland?s distinguished career. We hope you can join. Questions? Contact: rutgersuasist at gmail.com About NJ ASIS&T: The New Jersey Chapter is a four-time winner of the ASIS&T Chapter-of-the-Year Award. The chapter aims to connect information professionals in both academia and industry to the latest in research and practice relating to information science and technology. The chapter has held presentation and dinner meetings featuring prominent scholars and presented Distinguished Lectureship awards to thought leaders in the field, including Gerald Salton, Karen Sparck Jones, and Eugene Garfield. For more information, please visit: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/nj/ About RU ASIS&T: Comprised of MLIS and PhD students, this group focuses on studying the relationship between information behaviors and technology, and how people interact with both. The group holds activities ranging from technology workshops to conference practice talks to job workshops. RU ASIS&T plans to hold additional distinguished lecture series, a career panel, and tutorials in the fall semester. For more information, please visit: http://ruasist.rutgers.edu/ ****** Chirag Shah, PhD Chair, NJ ASIS&T Faculty Advisor, RU ASIS&T Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science Rutgers University 4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901 p. (848) 932-8807 f. 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Under the new management, LIBRES will maintain its focus on research and scholarly publications, and its commitment to open access. In addition, LIBRES will identify and champion important emerging areas, develop relations with particular research communities, and explore the use of social media to support research communities. The first two issues of LIBRES under "new management" include special themed sections on: - "Information Behaviour on Social Media" with papers from an ISIC 2014 Workshop on the same theme - Selected papers of A-LIEP 2013 Conference (http://www.a-liep.com/). Paper submissions are still being accepted for the next issue of LIBRES scheduled for July. Submissions should be made by email to: LIBRESeditor at ntu.edu.sg -- chris khoo Editor, LIBRES e-journal Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information Nanyang Technological University 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718 ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you. From D.Allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk Wed Apr 8 09:25:00 2015 From: D.Allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk (David Allen [LUBS]) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 14:25:00 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: ESRC PhD Collaborative Studentship Message-ID: <1D089CBA0793A545B7FF1CEC90ECB74B03FB56B0696C@HERMES8.ds.leeds.ac.uk> Dear colleagues, I would be grateful if you could circulate the following PhD opportunity: ESRC Collaborative Studentship in climate change and technology adaptation to support service continuity and flood response and resilience ICT and telecommunications networks form a key part of today's critical national infrastructure, essential to proper functioning of society as well as facilitating rapid response to emergencies such as natural disasters. Climate change is causing, as a long term trend, an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events in the UK. This includes, for example, flooding from surface water runoff in built environments, from rivers and from coastal surges. Technology infrastructure providers need to maintain service against this increasing risk to infrastructure assets and, equally importantly, to field-force personnel safety and ability to respond. This research will look holistically at steps already taken towards climate change adaptation to support service continuity and flood resilience as well as how the use of ICT can facilitate greater resilience, both in operations and for societal benefit. Work undertaken by Allen and colleagues contributes to a growing body of research which posit that greater resilience and a more effective response to climate change related events should include decentralised models of decision making, allow improvisation and include citizens. This challenges current approaches to resilience and building of resilience and response through the lens of public and private sector organisations rather than citizens. The emerging model advocated at Leeds and elsewhere also points to the use of emerging radical new IT infrastructures (such as mobile ad-hoc networks) to allow new ways of working rather than reinforcing existing models of infrastructure provision and information flow. The work will explore the link between these emerging models and technology design for resilience in terms of assets and processes, the role of ICT in environmental sensing solutions and services (e.g. from passive sensors to UAVs), as well as the role of mobile devices and solutions (e.g. LTE or 5G based) and their adaptability to enable efficient end-to-end effective response. BT will be a project partner for this research. In the UK, BT is the leading communications services provider, selling products and services to consumers, small and medium sized enterprises and the public sector. Additionally, BT sells wholesale products and services to communications providers in the UK and around the world. This studentship is open to UK/EU fee rated applicants. Awards are available to support: * Full-Time/Part-Time PhD Study (+3) commencing on 1st October 2015; or * Full-Time/Part-Time Masters & PhD Study (1+3) commencing in September 2015. Candidates applying on a 1+3 basis would be expected to apply for the MSc Research in Business & Management. Number of awards: 1 Value of award: UK applicants will be eligible for a full award (paying fees and maintenance at standard Research Council rates) if they meet the residency criteria (part-time study will be pro-rata). EU applicants are normally eligible for a fees only award, unless they have been resident in the UK for 3 years immediately preceding the date of the award. For full eligibility details and how to apply for the funding please visit www.business.leeds.ac.uk/phd/funding-scholarships For how to apply to the PhD programme at Leeds University Business School (essential for funding application) please visit www.business.leeds.ac.uk/phd/how-to-apply Scholarship regulations These include the following (full information on the regulations will be sent to all successful applicants): Applicants should read the ESRC Postgraduate Funding Guidelines before completing the application form and be willing to abide by the conditions and regulations it contains. +3 Awards must be taken up on 1 October 2015, 1+3 awards must be taken up in September 2015. 1+3 Studentships are four year awards comprising a Masters followed by a 3-year PhD programme. +3 Studentships are for 3-year PhD study for applicants who have already completed a Master's Degree or appropriate research training programme. Applicants may also apply on a part-time basis. Further details on available awards can be found in the University of Leeds website. The award will be made for one year in the first instance and renewable subject to satisfactory academic progress. Applicants must live within a reasonable distance of the University of Leeds whilst in receipt of this Scholarship. Professor David Allen Leeds University Business School Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, Moorland Rd, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 1AN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From D.Allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk Wed Apr 8 09:09:36 2015 From: D.Allen at lubs.leeds.ac.uk (David Allen [LUBS]) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 14:09:36 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Advert: Teaching Fellow Message-ID: <1D089CBA0793A545B7FF1CEC90ECB74B03FB56B06969@HERMES8.ds.leeds.ac.uk> Teaching Fellow Information Management and Information Systems We are seeking to recruit a candidate to join the Management Division of Leeds University Business School. You will provide effective and innovative research led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and demonstrate a potential to lead pedagogical thinking and developments in the field of Information Management and Information Systems at a national or international level. You should have a PhD or be about to complete PhD in Information Management, Information Systems or a closely related discipline. You should have experience of teaching effectively at all levels and an enthusiastic approach to all aspects of teaching. Further information on the Management Division and Business School can be found at: www.leeds.ac.uk/lubs Informal enquiries may be made to Professor David Allen, email da2 at lubs.leeds.ac.uk Click here for further information about working at the University of Leeds www.leeds.ac.uk/info/20025/university_jobs Apply here: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Logon/?jobId=1755 Salary: ?38,511 to ?45,954 per annum Closing Date: Sunday 12 April 2015 Reference: LUBSC1037 Professor David Allen Leeds University Business School Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, Moorland Rd, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 1AN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The activities will include live sessions, video capture, and a facilitated session. If you have a topic of interest (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Open Standards etc.) please join the conversation and participate in existing discussions using the comments section of individual pages and posts on this site International openness leaders and practitioners will start the conversation; leading the topics and provide support. All of the artifacts will be published using an appropriate open license. Feel free to join in, participate, lurk, or whatever seems right. The initiative is very community focused and should be a great opportunity to learn and share about a wide range of openness topics. Every time somebody new joins, the community gets smarter. Cheers Helen Dr Helen Partridge, Adjunct Professor Information Systems School | Science and Engineering Faculty | Queensland University of Technology online email h.partridge at qut.edu.au | twitter @partridh | Skype partridh | web helenpartridge.net mail 2 George St. Brisbane Q. 4000 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heidijul at buffalo.edu Thu Apr 9 12:52:39 2015 From: heidijul at buffalo.edu (Julien, Heidi) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 16:52:39 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] UB Announces Appointment of Dr. Guillaume Boutard Message-ID: The Department of Library and Information Studies at SUNY at Buffalo (UB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Guillaume Boutard, effective August 13, 2015. Dr. Boutard earned a Ph.D. in Information Studies from McGill University in 2013, and currently is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Facult? de Musique at Universit? de Montr?al. Dr. Boutard also holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science and a M.Sc. in Geophysics, both from the Universit? Pierre & Marie Curie in Paris, France. His academic training in Europe and Canada, together with his 10 years of experience as a research and development engineer at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris, have prepared him well to teach and conduct research in the area of digital preservation and curation. Dr. Boutard's work has been published in Journal of Documentation, Computer Music Journal, Archival Science, and the International Journal of Digital Curation. 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Workshop at Web Science conference 2015 June 30th, Oxford, UK http://ascw.know-center.tugraz.at #ascw15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- == SUMMARY == This workshop's core aim is to advance methodologies for studying and quantifying scholarly communication on the Web by exchanging expertise from bibliometrics on the one hand and all disciplines interested in this domain on the other hand (such as but not limited to computer science, science and technology studies, economics, philosophy, library and information science, sociology). In order to bring together interested scholars and facilitate fruitful discussions, we apply a roundtable format based on: - position papers that clearly outline how different disciplines or use cases could profit from selected established approaches and experiences, - direct responses to each paper by selected discussants (preferably from other disciplines than the position paper's background) which will also be published, - and a review process that involves expert reviewers as well as community voting. For a more detailed description of the workshop organisation, please visit: http://ascw.know-center.tugraz.at == IMPORTANT DATES == Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2015 Notification of acceptance/invitations as discussant: 27 May 2015 Discussant responses due: 19 June 2015 Workshop date: 30 June 2015 Conference dates (WebSci15): 28 June to 1 July 2015 == SUBMISSIONS == As input, we welcome position papers of up to three pages in the ACM SIG Proceedings format. 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Then we'll will dive deeper with tutorials on a couple Drupal modules: - Workbench: Get everyone on your team involved in the website without putting your content at risk. - Features: Taking Drupal site configuration management to the next level. Finally, we'll end with a panel that will talk about their own Drupal implementation experiences and address questions from the audience. - Kristian Allen UCLA Library Programmer ? familiar with Drupal and Islandora - Elaine Blakeman USC Library Programmer ? familiar with Drupal CMS because of pending Library redesign - Caroline Cube, UCLA Library Computing Resource Specialist - familiar with Drupal as power editor because of completed UCLA Library redesign Registration Details - Yes, it's free! - Attend online via Google Hangout on Air / YouTube. Are you going? Let us know . - Attend on-site at General Assembly, 1933 S. Broadway, 11th Floor , Los Angeles, CA 90007 (Google Map ). 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Information Services Today: An Introduction was designed as a multimedia package and combines an introductory text, support materials for instructors and students, and a series of webcasts. Available in print and ebook formats, Information Services Today addresses the transformation of libraries as information organizations, why these organizations are more important today than ever before, how technology is influencing the provision of information resources and services, and career opportunities. Published by Rowman & Littlefield, the textbook features contributions by recognized leaders in the field, including information school professors, library deans and directors, and experts from around the world. Editor Hirsh is a long-time educator and information professional who has worked in a variety of environments, from Silicon Valley high-tech companies to libraries and universities. An expert in user experience design, she is currently president of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). To learn more about Information Services Today and to access the companion series of free on-demand webcasts hosted by Library Journal, please visit the iSchool ?s website. About The San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Information prepares individuals for careers as information professionals. Graduates work in diverse areas of the information profession, such as user experience design, digital asset management, information architecture, electronic records management, information governance, digital preservation, and librarianship. The SJSU School of Information is a recognized leader in online education and received the Online Learning Consortium?s Outstanding Online Program award . For more information about the school, please visit: ischool.sjsu.edu . 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The longer length allows the depth of coverage of a conference coupled with the convenience of a webinar. *Date:* April 29, 2015 *Time: *11:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern *Event webpage: * *http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/virtual_conferences/assessment_toolbox/* *ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE* Every day libraries and publishers are asked to demonstrate the value of the content they provide through quantitative metrics and assessments. Existing metrics, such as the Journal Impact Factor, and tools, such as COUNTER and SUSHI, have proven their worth in providing useful data. But as both the forms of content and the way content is used evolves, alternative forms of assessment are also needed. Data at the container level, e.g., the journal, is no longer sufficient. Downloading full text in a PDF file is no longer the only (or even primary) way that users access content. Citation alone is not sufficient to capture all the new social media ways that content is shared. Traditional assessment techniques are being modified, completely new measures are being developed, and both old and new need to be blended in a meaningful way that creates a trusted system. Both the creation of these new or blended metrics and the information the metrics provide are generating new services and products. This Virtual Conference will examine some of the innovative ideas and techniques that are being employed in the never-ending struggle to measure how content is accessed and used. It will include discussions related to usage statistics, altmetrics, gaming the numbers, and open access. NISO's Alternative Assessment Metrics Initiative will also be discussed. *NEW: Training Thursday!* All registrants to this virtual conference will receive a login to the associated Training Thursday on *Implementing SUSHI/COUNTER at Your Institution* to be held on *May 7 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)*. (Separate registration to the training event only is also available.) If you are unable to attend the Training Thursday in person, you can view the recording of the session. *TOPICS AND SPEAKERS* - *Keynote Address ? **Megan Oakleaf, *Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, iSchool at Syracuse University - *Value in numbers: A Shared Approach to Measuring Usage and Impact **?* *Jo Lambert*, Project Manager, Jisc - *Dismantling a Single-Discipline Journal Bundle: A Triangulation Method for Assessment - **Diane Dawson MSc, MLIS*, Science Liaison Librarian, Science Library, University of Saskatchewan - *E-Journal Metrics: Exploring Disciplinary Differences - **Katherine Chew*, Research/Outreach Services Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries & *Mary Schoenborn*, Subject Liaison Librarian, Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota - *Brace for Impact: Using Assessment Evidence to Communicate the Value of Your Library SERs - **Amanda B. Albert*, Distance Learning Librarian, Horace W. Sturgis Library, Kennesaw State University - *?Good Enough?: Applying a Holistic Approach for Practical, Systematic Collection Assessment - **Madeline Kelly*, Head of Collection Development, University Libraries, George Mason University - *Gamification in Assessment - **Kyle Felker*, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Grand Valley State University Libraries - *NISO Altmetrics Project: Update from 3 Project Working Groups* - *Mike Showalter, Product Manager, Plum Analytics* - *Mike Taylor, Senior Product Manager, Informetrics, Elsevier * - *Martin Fenner, Technical Lead PLOS Article-Level Metrics, PLoS * - *Roundtable Discussion* *REGISTRATION* Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 4:00 pm Eastern on April 28, 2015 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts are available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. Can't make it on the day of the virtual conference? 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More information on scholarships can be found here: http://olssi2015.weebly.com/ If you don?t win a scholarship, remember, our discounted Early Bird Registration starts April 1st! Important OLSSI dates are: Scholarships open March 13 ? April 13, Early Bird Registration April 1 ? April 30, Standard Registration May 1 ? July 8, OLSSI July 26 ? July 28 We hope to see you there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Submissions via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2015research The calls for ?Industry & Use Case Presentations? and ?Posters and Demos? at SEMANTiCS 2015 can be found here:http://www.semantics.cc/ The annual SEMANTiCS conference is the meeting place for professionals who make semantic computing work, who understand its benefits and encounter its limitations. Every year, SEMANTiCS attracts information managers, IT-architects, software engineers and researchers from organisations ranging from NPOs, through public administrations to the largest companies in the world. Attendees learn from industry experts and top researchers about emerging trends and topics in the fields of semantic software, enterprise data, linked data & open data strategies, methodologies in knowledge modelling and text & data analytics. The SEMANTiCS community is highly diverse; attendees have responsibilities in interlinking areas like knowledge management, technical documentation, e-commerce, big data analytics, enterprise search, document management, business intelligence and enterprise vocabulary management. The success of last year?s conference in Leipzig with more than 230 attendees from 22 countries proves that SEMANTiCS 2015 will continue a long tradition of bringing together colleagues from around the world. There will be presentations on industry implementations, use case prototypes, best practices, panels, papers and posters to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. SEMANTICS addresses problems common among information managers, software engineers, IT-architects and various specialist departments working to develop, implement and/or evaluate semantic software systems. The SEMANTiCS program is a rich mix of technical talks, panel discussions of important topics and presentations by people who make things work - just like you. In addition, attendees can network with experts in a variety of fields. These relationships provide great value to organisations as they encounter subtle technical issues in any stage of implementation. The expertise gained by SEMANTiCS attendees has a long-term impact on their careers and organisations. These factors make SEMANTiCS for our community the major industry related event across Europe. The following ?horizontals? (research) and ?verticals? (industries) topics are of interest: * Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies * Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search * Data Integration & Enterprise Linked Data * Big Data & Text Analytics * Data Portals & Knowledge Visualization * Semantic Information Management * Document Management & Content Management * Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management * Industry & Engineering * Life Sciences & Health Care * Public Administration * Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM) * Media, Publishing & Advertising * Financial & Insurance Industry * Telecommunications * Energy, Transport & Environment Research / Innovation Papers The Research & Innovation track at SEMANTiCS welcomes the submission of papers on novel scientific research and/or innovations relevant to the topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must not exceed 8 pages in lenght for full papers and 4 pages for short papers, including references and optional appendices. All accepted full papers and short papers will be published in the digital library of the ACM ICP Series under the ISBN-No.: 978-1-4503-1972-0. Research & Innovation papers should be submitted through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2015research. Papers must be submitted in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) format. Other formats will not be accepted. For the camera-ready version, the source files (Latex, Word Perfect, Word) will also be needed. Important Dates (Research & Innovation) * Abstract Submission Deadline: May 22, 2015 * Paper Submission Deadline: May 29, 2015 * Notification of Acceptance: June 26, 2015 * Camera-Ready Paper: July 15 , 2015 Research and Innovation Chairs: Sebastian Hellmann, AKSW, Universit?t Leipzig Josiane Xavier Parreira, Siemens AG ?sterreich Programme Committee: * Alessandro Adamou, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University * Guadalupe Aguado-De-Cea, Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Rajendra Akerkar, Senior Researcher/Professor, Western Norway Research Institute * Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, IRIT CNRS * Ciro Baron, University of Leipzig * Charalampos Bratsas, Web Science Program, Mathematics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece * Martin Br?mmer, Universit?t Leipzig * Volha Bryl, University of Mannheim * Paul Buitelaar, Insight centre for Data Analytics, National University of Ireland Galway * Irene Celino, CEFRIEL * Pierre-Antoine Champin, LIRIS * Christian Chiarcos, * Key-Sun Choi, KAIST * Ioana-Georgiana Ciuciu, Universit? Joseph Fourier, Grenoble * Roland Cornelissen, Metamatter * Gianluca Correndo, University of Southampton * Roberta Cuel, University of Trento * Claudia D'Amato, University of Bari * Mathieu D'Aquin, Knowledge Media Institute, the Open University * Aba-Sah Dadzie, University of Birmingham * Enrico Daga, The Open University * Tommaso Di Noia, Politecnico di Bari * Stefan Dietze, L3S Research Center * Marin Dimitrov, Ontotext * Samhaa El-Beltagy, Cairo University * Henrik Eriksson, Linkping University * Anna Fensel, Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck * Miriam Fernandez, Knowledge Media Institute * Agata Filipowska, Department of Information Systems, Poznan University of Economics * Marco Fossati, Fondazione Bruno Kessler * Fabien Gandon, Inria * Roberto Garcia, Universitat de Lleida * Jos? Mar?a Garc?a, STI Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck * Wolfgang Gassler, University of Innsbruck, Insitute of Computer Science, Research Group Databases and Information Systems * Alain Giboin, INRIA Sophia Antipolis - M?diterran?e * Jose Manuel Gomez-Perez, Intelligent Software Components (iSOCO) S.A. * Jorge Gracia, Ontology Engineering Group. Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Michael Granitzer, University of Passau * Andreas Harth, AIFB, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology * Bernhard Haslhofer, * Benjamin Heitmann, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway * Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center * Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg * Sirko Hunnius, IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center * Anja Jentzsch, Hasso Plattner Institut * Efstratios Kontopoulos, CERTH-ITI * Christoph Lange, University of Bonn * Ivo La?ek, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University * Nelia Lasierra Beamonte, STI, University of Innsbruck * Steffen Lohmann, University of Stuttgart * Vanessa Lopez, IBM Research * Sandra Lovren?i?, University of Zagreb, Faculty of organization and informatics Varazdin, Pavlinska 2, HR-42000 Varazdin, Croatia * Markus Luczak-Roesch, University of Southampton * Elisa Marengo, Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano * John P. Mccrae, Cognitive Interaction Technology, Center of Excellence * Pablo Mendes, IBM Research Almaden * Uro? Milo?evi?, Institute Mihailo Pupin * Elena Montiel-Ponsoda, Ontology Engineering Group. Laboratorio de Inteligencia Artificial. Facultad de Inform?tica. Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Andrea Moro, Sapienza, Universita di Roma * Lyndon Nixon, MODUL University * Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese, STLab, ISTC-CNR * Leo Obrst, MITRE * Vito Claudio Ostuni, Politecnico di Bari * Viviana Patti, Dipartimento di Informatica, Universit? di Torino * Heiko Paulheim, University of Mannheim * Silvio Peroni, University of Bologna and ISTC-CNR * Axel Polleres, Vienna University of Economics and Business - WU Wien * Mateusz Radzimski, Universidad Carlos III Madrid * Achim Rettinger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology * Giuseppe Rizzo, EURECOM * Marco Rospocher, Fondazione Bruno Kessler * Matthew Rowe, Lancaster University * Eugen Ruppert, TU Darmstadt - FG Language Technology * Marta Sabou, MODUL University Vienna * Muhammad Saleem, AKSW * Felix Sasaki, W3C * Bernhard Schandl, mySugr GmbH * Pavel Shvaiko, Informatica Trentina * Elena Simperl, University of Southampton * Ronald Stamper, Measur Ltd * Nadine Steinmetz, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering * Holger Stenzhorn, Saarland University Hospital * Mari Carmen Su?rez-Figueroa, Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Vojt?ch Sv?tek, University of Economics, Prague * Alexandru Todor, AG Corporate Semantic Web * Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universit?t Berlin, Networked Information Systems * Ioan Toma, STI Innsbruck * J?rgen Umbrich, Vienna University of Economy and Business (WU) * Ricardo Usbeck, University of Leipzig * Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche, INSERM UMRS 872, ?q.20, 15, rue de l??cole de m?decine, 75006 Paris, France * Ruben Verborgh, Ghent University - iMinds * Maria Esther Vidal, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Dept. Computer Science * Boris Villaz?n-Terrazas, iSOCO, Intelligent Software Components * Krzysztof Wecel, Poznan University of Economics * Katrin Weller, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences * Rupert Westenthaler, Salzburg Research * Patrick Westphal, Universit?t Leipzig * Wolfram W??, Institute for Application Oriented Knowledge Processing, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria * Eva Zangerle, Databases and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck SEMANTiCS 2015 Organisation Committee: * Axel Polleres, Conference Chair * Tassilo Pellegrini, Conference Chair * Christian Dirschl, Industry Chair * Sebastian Hellmann, Research & Innovation Chair * Josiane Xavier Parreira, Research & Innovation Chair * Agata Filipowska, Poster and Demo Chair * Ruben Verborgh, Poster and Demo Chair * Anna Fensel, Workshop Chair From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Fri Apr 10 10:21:51 2015 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:21:51 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] ACM MEDES 2015: Call for papers/tracks/workshops/tutorials (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Message-ID: * Please distribute widely and accept our apologies for cross-posting * The 7th International ACM Conference on Management of computational and collective Intelligence in Digital EcoSystems (MEDES 2015) In-Cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGAPP and IFIP WG 2.6 http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/15/ October 25-29, 2015 Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Description and Objectives --------------------------- In the world of the Internet of Things (IoT), the rapid growth and exponential use of digital components leads to the emergence of intelligent environments namely "digital ecosystems" connected to the web and composed of multiple and independent entities such as individuals, organizations, services, software and applications sharing one or several missions and focusing on the interactions and inter-relationships among them. 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. Topics ------- MEDES 2015 seeks contributions in the following 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. Workshop Proposal Submission ---------------------------- Proposals for Workshops that examine emerging, innovative, or otherwise provocative issues within the conference area are encouraged. Workshop proposals should include a 1-2 page summary of the topic and the names and affiliations of 3-4 chairs and program committee members who have made a commitment to participate. A mix of industry and academic panel members is recommended. In the page summary, the organizers should present clearly: - the motivation of the workshop and its relatedness to the topics of MEDES 2015, - the specific topics covered and possible application areas, - the reviewing process, and the expected number of participants, - if the same workshop has been organized before in MEDES or related conferences and why its continuation is needed. Special Track Proposal Submission --------------------------------- Special Track proposals for MEDES 2015 should include: - The title and brief technical description of the special track, specifying its goals and motivation. - A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this time. - A brief description of why and to whom the track is of interest, the special track audience, as well as the expected number of participants. - A list of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be known and confirmed at the time of the proposal). Important Dates ---------------- - Paper Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2015 - Workshop and track proposal deadline: April 25th, 2015 - Notification of Acceptance: June 26th, 2015 - Camera Ready: July 03rd, 2015 - Paper Registration: July 09th, 2015 - Conference Dates: 25-29 October 2015 Keynote speakers ---------------- Nivio Ziviani, CEO, Zunnit Technologies, Brazil Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, UNICAMP, Brazil Mario A. Nascimento, University of Alberta, Canada Conference Chairs ---------------- Victor Pellegrini Mammana, CTI, Brazil Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Eduado Antonio Mondena, IFSP, Brazil Program Chairs ---------------- Agma Traina, Sao Paolo University, Brazil Oscar Salviano, CTI, Brazil Youakim Badr, INSA de Lyon, France Frederic Andres, NII, Japan International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From rieh at umich.edu Wed Apr 8 13:40:32 2015 From: rieh at umich.edu (Soo Young Rieh) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 13:40:32 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?q?University_of_Michigan_Research_Experience_for?= =?utf-8?q?_Master=E2=80=99s_Students_=28REMS=29_Program?= Message-ID: ? ?Research experiences for master's students 12-week paid summer research experience May 26-August 14, 2015 Are you interested in applying to a doctoral program or just want to find out more what Ph.D. programs entail? Interested in a career in library assessment? The University of Michigan School of Information is hosting a 12-week intensive summer Research Experience for Master?s Students (REMS) from other iSchool master?s programs or schools of library and information science. Come develop your research skills with world-renowned faculty and in leading institutions on the UM campus (School of Information, University of Michigan Libraries, School of Education Teaching and Learning Exploratory, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, and the Bentley Historical Library). Students selected will engage in a variety of research projects and receive close mentorship as they investigate key issues in information science with UMSI faculty or practitioners. The REMS program supplements the experience in the research project with a broad range of educational and social activities that create a community of scholars among participating students. Students completing the program will be eligible to apply for funding to attend a conference to present their research project. Research Projects Collaborative Information Behavior in Families Dealing with Chronic Illness (Tiffany Veinot, Ph.D. , UM School of Information) Data reuse of video-based educational research data (Kara Suzuka, Ph.D., UM School of Education and the Teaching and Learning Exploratory) Profiling Common Types of Research Data Published by Chemists (Yi Li, Ph.D., - Science, UM Library) Author Disambiguation after Identity (Justin Joque, PhD. Visualization Librarian & Alix Keener, Digital Scholarship Librarian, UM Library) Enhancing Learning Through Searching (Soo Young Rieh Ph.D. , UM School of Information) Hathi Trust: Readability, Relevance and Acceptance (Paul Conway) Understanding the Development of Archival Literacy (Terry McDonald, Ph.D., Director, UM Bentley Historical Library An Examination of External Funding within the Academy, (Karen Downing, Ph.D., Head of Social Sciences Team & Darlene Nichols, Grants Librarian, UM Library) Data Reuse Practices among Zoologists (Elizabeth Yakel, Ph.D. , UM School of Information) Analyzing Local Standards of Data Practice to Inform Library Data Services (Jake Carlson ? Research Data Services Manager, UM Library) Eligibility and requirements -U.S. citizen or permanent resident -Currently enrolled master's student or 2015 master's graduate in an iSchool or School of Library and Information Science -Able to participate full-time in research activities in Ann Arbor, MI: May 26-August 14 Top priority will be given to applicants from underrepresented populations in graduate programs and/or from schools with limited research opportunities. Participant benefits -Participation in an original research project with leading U-M faculty, libraries and archives on campus, and graduate students -Develop research skills through one-on-one mentoring and instruction on research -In-depth orientation on research in the information sciences and the responsible conduct in research and scholarship and weekly educational seminars -Potential for funding to attend a conference to present findings -$10,000 stipend Application requirements *-A* *curriculum vitae (cv) or resume.* *-A* *personal statement *which includes information about prior research experience, career goals including future education, and your reason for choosing to participate in the Research Experience for Master?s Students at the University of Michigan. The statement should be at most 1000 words and at least 11pt font size. *-A list of your top four research projects in ranked order* *-A* *copy of your * *undergraduate college/university transcript* (unofficial acceptable) *master?s program transcript *(unofficial acceptable) *-One faculty letter of recommendation*. These should be from faculty members that can evaluate your ability, and should be submitted directly by the faculty member. Send your application materials to UMSI-REMS at umich.edu Website: https://www.si.umich.edu/research/research-experiences-masters-students Applications will be accepted until 20 April 2015. Initial notifications of acceptance by 30 April 2015 For more information contact: UMSI-REMS at umich.edu This project is funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services RE-01-15-0086-15. ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Students can get directly in touch with professors and researchers and ask questions about research activities and lectures. This time, we invited Ernesto Priego from the City University in London (UK) and Sergej Sizov from the Heinrich Heine University D?sseldorf (D). This webinar is also a good opportunity for researchers and professors to get in touch with each other. To register please write an e-mail to asistescvideo at gmail.com with the subject ?ESC Webinar? till Apr 12th. You will receive an e-mail on Apr 13th with the link to the webinar room (Adobe Connect) and the access password. PLEASE forward this e-mail to your students and colleagues. For more information visit: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/Student/esc/?p=713 Webinar presented by ASIS&T ESC: www.asis.org/Chapters/Student/esc/ Tamara Heck ESC secretary/treasurer Institute for Language and Information Department of Information Science Heinrich Heine University D?sseldorf Universit?tsstra?e 1 40225 D?sseldorf Phone: +49 211 81 10803 tamara.heck at hhu.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Wed Apr 8 15:43:53 2015 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 19:43:53 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] DigCCurr Professional Institute 2015-2016 - Earlybrid Registration ends April 15th Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B029845@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and community-building among professionals responsible for the curation of digital materials. Registration: * Regular registration : $1,150 * Late registration (after April 15, 2015): $1,300 If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute. Institute Instructors Include: * From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Drs. Helen Tibbo, Cal Lee, and Kam Woods. * Dr. Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Dr. Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. * Dr. Lorraine Richards, Drexel University. May 2015 Institute Components include (order and session titles may vary somewhat from those listed): *Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main functions *Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape *Digital curation program development *Digital curation stakeholders and digital curation landscape *Case Study on developing a digital repository *Procedural accountability - policies, submission agreements, rules *LAB -Transforming policy statements into rules *Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities *Roles and responsibilities for curation *LAB - Matching skills and roles *Characterization of digital objects *Overview and Characterization of Existing Tools: Placing the Tools in a Larger Industry Context *File formats *LAB - File format robustness *Managing in response to technological change *Digital forensics *Ethical issues *LAB - Media and content *Workflows, humans, and tools *Lab - Workflows *Evaluating curation programs requirements and assessment *LAB - Evaluating curation programs: TRAC/ISO 16363 Review * Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information environment *Economics of digital curation - costs and resource commitments *LAB - Economics of digital curation *Cloud computing *Web archiving * Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each individual, with instructors available to provide guidance * Summary of action plans * Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months January 12-13, 2016 Participants in the May event will return to Chapel Hill in Jan. 2015 to discuss their experiences in implementing what they have learned in their own work environments. Participants will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for continuing progress. Accommodations for January will be the responsibility of the attendee. For more information, contact Dr. Helen Tibbo (tibbo at email.unc.edu) for Institute questions or Herrison Chicas (chicas at email.unc.edu) for payment or registration questions. The Digital Professional Institute was initiated as part of the DigCCurr II project, supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08) and is partially supported by the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LODGING: Participants are responsible for their own lodging. A DigCCurr 2015-16 room block has been reserved at the Aloft Hotel $119/night. Please indicate "DigCCurr2015" when making reservations. You may reserve your hotel room by calling the hotel at 919-969-6989 or by clicking on this link: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/DigCCurr2015 Reservations must be received by 05/01/2015. See the Accommodations page for more information (http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute_accom.html) We look forward to seeing you there! -Helen Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr Sat Apr 11 10:19:35 2015 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr (IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:19:35 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for I-Stories: SIG History and Foundations of Information Science Message-ID: <55292D77.7080201@univ-amu.fr> +++ Please circulate widely via your mailing lists (SIGs and student chapters) and to your masters students+++ *Call for I-Stories * ** ** ** ** ** **** *SIG History & Foundations of Information Science * http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGHFIS/ ** Information and communication phenomena are at the heart of our daily lives. They are how we know things and yet our understanding of these concepts and underlying phenomena are at best slippery. Just when we think we?ve pinned or penned them down nicely with a few well chosen phrases, we discover that those phrases are inadequate, that others disagree with our definitions or that many other conceptions abound. Not to bore you with the many varied conceptions of information, the aim of this call for I-Stories is to bring forth, through everyday experience, the many different things information can mean to different people or to the same person in different circumstances in a lively and entertaining manner. The SIG History & Foundations of Information Science solicits stories on how information and its understanding affect our daily lives, be it in work situations, in our private lives, in our research. The stories of information and around information should showcase how effective or ineffective the concept may be, how it can mean different things to different people, how that may have got you into misunderstandings//and how that has got you thinking about information in general. The stories may concern an event, something that happened to you or to someone you know, a talk you heard or involve well known scholars and how they have grappled with this open-ended question. We encourage scholars, practitioners, and especially students to send us a text of at most, 1000 words which can be illustrated with drawings. A jury chosen from SIG HFIS members will choose 5 stories that shed startling, informative and unexpected insights into our understanding of the phenomenon we call information and of the field we call information science/studies. Stories by students will receive particular attention and if selected, their authors will receive a 1 year free membership to ASIST and to HFIS. Membership benefits are varied and can be consulted at http://www.asis.org/. Stories written by practitioners or faculty members if selected will receive a gift card of $30 as well as 1 year free membership to SIG HFIS. Please send your stories to fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr by 30^th may. The jury will render the result of its deliberation by 30^th June. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan HFIS chair (2014-2015) -- ----------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universit?s) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/ Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ IRSIC research team: http://irsic.univ-amu.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krichel at openlib.org Sat Apr 11 13:10:55 2015 From: krichel at openlib.org (Thomas Krichel) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 17:10:55 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] OAI9 poster submission deadline Message-ID: <20150411171054.GA28076@openlib.org> The OAI Workshop on Current Developments in Scholarly Communication is being held in the University of Geneva on 17-19 June 2015. It has a call for posters. The deadline is 17 April 2015. See http://indico.cern.ch/event/332370/page/6 for more details. The Workshop will contain 6 plenary session, focussing on the following topics: 1. A Technical Open Access/Open Science session led by Herbert Van de Sompel 2. Barriers and Impact 3. Open Science Workflows: CHORUS and SHARE 4. Quality Assurance 5. Institution as Publisher 6. Digital Curation and preservation of large and complex scientific objects Use https://indico.cern.ch/event/332370/registration/ to register. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Sat Apr 11 10:47:39 2015 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:47:39 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP (Deadline Approaching): 11th Int. Conf. on AI Applications and Innovations (Biarritz-France) Message-ID: * Sorry for cross-posting * ************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************* The 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI'15) http://aiai2015.sigappfr.org/ September 14-17, 2015 Bayonne/Biarritz - France Description and Objectives --------------------------- The importance of Artificial Intelligence is underlined by the fact that it is nowadays being embraced by a vast majority of research fields across different disciplines, from Engineering Sciences to Economics and Medicine, as a means to tackle highly complicated and challenging computational as well as cognitive problems. Being one of the main streams of information processing, Artificial Intelligence may now offer solutions to such problems using advances and innovations from a wide range of sub-areas that induce thinking and reasoning in models and systems. The Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations Conference (AIAI) is a major technical event in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. The 11th AIAI Conference will be held in Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne (BAB) in France, from September 14th to 17th 2015. Its general focus is to present different perspectives on how Artificial Intelligence may be applied and offer solutions to real world problems, serving the study, analysis and modelling of theoretical and practical issues. The primary target of AIAI is to present highly novel research papers describing innovative algorithms, systems, tools and techniques, as well as proposing advanced prototypes in the area of Artificial Intelligence. General survey papers indicating future directions and professional work-in-progress reports are of equal interest. Acceptance will be based on quality, originality and practical merit of the work. AIAI is supported and sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Topics ------- AIAI 2015 seeks contributions in the following areas: - Theoretical Advances Machine Learning Adaptive Control Data Fusion Reasoning Methods Knowledge Acquisition and Representation Planning and Scheduling Artificial Neural Networks Expert Systems Fuzzy Logic and Systems Genetic Algorithms and Programming Particle Swarm Optimisation Bayesian Models - Knowledge Engineering Data Mining and Information Retrieval Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management for e-Learning and Enterprise Portals Intelligent Information Systems Web- and Knowledge-Based Information Systems Ontologies - Multimedia, Graphics and Artificial Intelligence Multimedia Computing Multimedia Ontologies Smart Graphics Colour/Image Analysis Speech Synthesis - Signal Processing Techniques and Knowledge Extraction Computer Vision Human-Machine Interaction / Presence Learning and Adaptive Systems Pattern Recognition Signal and Image Processing Speech and Natural Language Processing - Artificial Intelligence Applications eBusiness, eCommerce, eHealth, eLearning Engineering and Industry Environmental Modelling Finance Telecommunications - Transportation Crisis and Risk Management Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering Political Decision Making Natural Language Processing Planning and Resource Management Project Management Emerging Applications Forensic Science - Trends in Computing Accessibility and Computers Affective Computing Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Autonomous and Ubiquitous Computing Distributed AI Systems and Architectures Grid-Based Computing Intelligent Profiling and Personalisation Robotics and Virtual Reality - Other AI and Ethical Issues Evaluation of AI Systems Social Impact of AI Paper Submission ---------------- Authors are invited to electronically submit original, English-language research contributions no longer than 10 pages formatted according to the well known LNCS Springer style, or experience reports. Submitted papers must present unpublished work, not being considered for publication in other journals or conferences. Paper submission deadline is April 26th, 2015. Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via email. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the proceedings, which will be published by SPRINGER and they will be available on site. At least, one author must register and attend the conference to present the paper. Proceedings will be published by Springer in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series and indexed by major indexes. Paper submission is available online via: EasyChair for AIAI 2015 website. Important Dates ---------------- - Submission Deadline: April 26th, 2015 - Notification of Acceptance: May 29th, 2015 - Camera Ready: June 15th, 2015 - Paper Registration: June 17th, 2015 - Conference Dates: 14-17 September 2015 Special issues and Journal Publication --------------------------------------- Extended versions of selected papers will be published in several peer reviewed journals, such as: - Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering - International Journal of Neural Systems General Chairs --------------------- - Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France - Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Chairs ----------------------- - Ilias Maglogiannis, University of the Piraeus, Greece - Reda ElHajj, University of Calgary, Canada International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From unmil at austin.utexas.edu Fri Apr 10 14:35:45 2015 From: unmil at austin.utexas.edu (Unmil P. Karadkar) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:35:45 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Extended deadline: JCDL Doctoral Consortium -- April 24th In-Reply-To: <5528170E.1040808@austin.utexas.edu> References: <5528170E.1040808@austin.utexas.edu> Message-ID: <55281801.1080700@austin.utexas.edu> The Doctoral Consortium of the Digital Libraries 2015 https://sites.google.com/site/jcdl2015/doctoral-consortium *** Submission deadline has been extended to "April 24" *** [Call for Participation] June 21, 2015 The Doctoral Consortium forms part of the program of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, and takes place immediately preceding the technical program. [What is the Doctoral Consortium?] The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice in a constructive atmosphere. Students will present and discuss their research in the context of a well-known and established international conference, in a supportive atmosphere with other doctoral students and an international panel of established researchers. The workshop will take place on a single full day (June 21, 2015). A panel of prominent professors and experienced practitioners in the field of digital library research will conduct the workshop. They will review all the submissions and comment on the content of the thesis as well as on the presentation. Students will have 20 minutes to present their research, focusing on the main theme of their thesis, what they have achieved so far and how they plan to continue their work. Another 10 to 20 minutes is reserved for discussion and feedback from both the professors and other participants. In the course of the workshop, students will also get advice on more general questions, e.g., on the differences in Ph.D. studies in different countries. There is no registration fee for doctoral students who are accepted for the Doctoral Consortium. [Call for Papers and Topics] Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract describing their Digital Library research. Submissions relating to any aspect of Digital Library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education. To apply for participation at the Doctoral Consortium, please provide an extended abstract of your doctoral work and upload it at the following link: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2015. The extended abstract is restricted to 6-8 pages using ACM template. Submissions should be submitted electronically in pdf format. The abstracts should - Clearly formulate the research question, - Identify the significant problems in the field of research, - Summarize the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well as the state of the art for solutions, - Clearly present any preliminary research plans and ideas, and the results achieved so far, - Sketch the research methodology that is to be applied, - Describe the expected contributions of the applicant to the research area, and - (For technical research) describe how the research is innovative, novel or extends existing approaches to a problem. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness, and clarity. Workshop participation is limited to 10 Ph.D. students. For further details please contact the Doctoral Consortium co-chairs: - Kazunari Sugiyama (National University of Singapore, sugiyama at comp.nus.edu.sg ) - Catherine L. Smith (Kent State University, csmit141 at kent.edu ) [Proceedings] Accepted abstracts will be distributed to participants as the workshop proceedings. Participants will be invited to publish a revised version of their papers in a special issue of the TCDL Bulletin, the publication of the IEEE-CS Technical Committee on Digital Libraries. [Important Dates] - April 24, 2015: Deadline for submission of abstracts - May 1, 2015: Notification of acceptance - June 21, 2015: Doctoral Consortium - June 22-24, 2015: JCDL 2015 Main conference ---------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We anticipate that the monies would go approximately toward these expenses: ? $1,500 towards speaker travel and lodging ? $1,500 towards speaker honorarium ? $1,000 towards a reception and promotion activities Complete information at http://www.asis.org/awards/Lecture_Series.html Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Sat Apr 11 10:23:03 2015 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:23:03 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] iPRES Paper Deadline extended to April 20, 2015 Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B02CDEF@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> iPRES 2015 Call for Contributions - PAPER DEADLINE EXTENDED Key Dates Short and long papers (full text) due -April 20, 2015 (previously April 12, 2015) Panel, workshop, and tutorial submissions (abstract) due - May 15, 2015 Submitters notified of review decisions for papers, panels, workshops and tutorials - June 22, 2015 Poster and demo submissions (abstract) due - June 29, 2015 Conference registration open - June 30, 2015 Submitters notified of review decisions for poster and demos - July 13, 2015 Preview versions of all submissions due, to include in conference participants packet - September 20, 2015 Earlybird registration closes - October 1, 2015 iPRES Conference - November 2-6, 2015 Final versions of conference contributions (including revisions based on conference feedback and activities) due - November 20, 2015 iPRES is the premier international conference on the preservation and long term management of digital materials. The iPRES 2015 will be held on November 2-6, 2015 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Contributions are currently being sought that present research and innovative practice in digital preservation. The iPRES 2015 conference is seeking contributions from research and innovative practice in digital preservation. The conference site is: http://ipres2015.org This call is available at: http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/call-for-contributions/ Author information and guidelines are at: http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/author-info-guidelines/ Contribution topics We welcome contributions that address at least one of the following topics: Institutional opportunities and challenges - local, regional and national approaches - legislative context and requirements - institutional contexts for preservation - collaboration and alignment - collection content profiling - research data management - personal archiving - documenting authenticity and integrity - demonstrating benefits and incentives - providing and documenting added value - evaluating options: products, tools, registries, services, service providers - exploring the potential of bartering Infrastructure (organizational and technological) opportunities and challenges - bit preservation - scalability - complex formats - large data sets, e.g. web data or research data - system architectures and requirements - distributed and cloud-based implementations - digital forensics - standards-based practice Frameworks for digital preservation - models - standards and practice - core concepts - business models - sustainability and economic viability Preservation strategies and workflows - preservation strategies (e.g., migration, emulation, normalization) - preservation metadata management - preservation planning and action - archival storage and archival packages - acquisition, ingest, and submission packages - long-term access management and dissemination packages - measuring and mediating risks - content-specific approaches (e.g., GIS, digital art, audiovisual, research data, web-based content, models) Innovative practice - implementations - repositories - issues and wins - lessons learned - the future of digital preservation Training and education - educational needs - evaluating curricula and impacts - innovative offerings - support for lifelong learning - career management Program strands iPRES 2015 is being structured around two key strands - research and innovative practice. Papers are invited for both strands. The purpose of this distinction is to promote work from both a research and innovative practice perspective and work that is clearly rooted in the actual experience of institutions undertaking digital preservation. We expect that there will be work that manages to encapsulate both of these strands, and that is welcomed. All papers for iPRES 2015 should: - be leading edge - be innovative - help inform debate around what digital preservation is. Paper types Full and Short papers Full papers (8 to 10 pages) will report research work with novel contributions and/or practical engagement with digital preservation problems that show a demonstrable advance in the practice of digital preservation. Short papers (3 to 5 pages) can focus on new challenges and work in progress, whether in the research or innovative practice strand. All contributions must report on novel and previously unpublished work and will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the Program Committee. The accepted papers will be published in the iPRES 2015 proceedings. A best paper award will be offered and recommended for publication in an appropriate journal. Posters and demonstrations Submissions (up to 2 pages) are encouraged for posters reporting on emerging issues or work in progress, and also for demonstrations of innovative solutions. These submissions should describe the work to be presented and its contribution beyond the state of the art. Posters and demonstrations will be presented in a dedicated session during the conference. All contributions will be peer-reviewed. The accepted poster and demonstration submissions will be published in the proceedings. A best poster award will be offered. Panels Proposals for thematic panels to be held during the main conference program can be submitted by 3 to 5 experts. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal and relevance for the expected audience. Proposals must detail the subject, motivation and panelists. Workshops Proposals for thematic workshops are welcome. Proposals must detail the subject, scope, program strand and intended content. Ideally, workshops should be open to public registration and participation. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal, requirements for its organization, and local capability to support it (which should not be a major constraint). Tutorials Tutorials must be on a single topic, addressed at either an introductory level or an in-depth, expert level. Submissions for tutorials should be a maximum of 2 pages, including a brief abstract and an outline of the content, the duration (half-day 3 hours or full-day 6 hours), a description of the intended audience and the expected learning outcomes, and a short biography of the presenter(s). Peer review and inclusion in iPres 2015 Proceedings All submissions will be subject to peer review. Those that are accepted for inclusion in the conference will be published in the iPRES 2015 proceedings. For full and short papers, the full text will be published. For posters, demonstrations, workshops, tutorials and panels, abstracts will be published. After receiving results of the peer review, authors will have an opportunity to edit their submissions for the final proceedings. In order to ensure inclusion in the proceedings, authors should submit final text by August 15, 2015. Publication and Pre-publication at iPres 2015 iPRES is a venue where individuals from across the globe hash out ideas, share results and propose further actions to address the challenges and opportunities of digital preservation. This year, we would like to take further advantage of these rich exchanges by changing how the final proceedings are published. Participants at the conference will receive full pre-publication drafts of papers and abstracts of workshops, tutorials, panels, posters, and demos. Authors will be encouraged to link their own papers to others, to deal with criticisms or comments received, and to clear up any inaccuracies or misunderstandings. In addition panelists and workshop hosts will be invited to report their sessions more fully, and the program committee will commission a number of thematic syntheses to act as an accessible commentary to the whole conference. Authors will be given a short period after the conference to update their contributions to take account of discussion, debate and conference developments. Please note that pre-conference versions will be published if no revised version is provided. Additional opportunities Submissions are also encouraged for associated activities outside the formal program. Responsibility for planning and management of these would be with the submitting organization. The Program Committee would appreciate being notified and consulted about such activities in order to best coordinate efforts with the conference program. Conference Organizing Committee Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science (Posters and Demos Co-Chair) William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition (Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chair) Leo Konstantelos, University of Melbourne (Program Co-Chair) Christopher (Cal) Lee, University of North Carolina (General Co-Chair) Yukio Maeda, University of Tokyo (Posters and Demos Co-Chair) Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries (Program Co-Chair) Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina (General Co-Chair) Eld Zierau, Royal Library of Denmark (Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chair) Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tuf15651 at temple.edu Tue Apr 14 14:31:24 2015 From: tuf15651 at temple.edu (Katherine Lynch) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:31:24 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Academic Information Technology and Support Technician, Temple University Message-ID: ***Please excuse any cross-posting*** Temple is looking for a position to work in its new Digital Scholarship Center (DSC) that is currently under construction in Paley Library! This position will work directly with library and DSC staff and DSC patrons to explore and find ways to use opensource software and hardware for digital scholarship projects. *Academic Information Technology and Support Technician, Digital Scholarship Center* *Summary:* The Temple University Libraries are seeking a creative and energetic individual to fill the position of Academic Information Technology and Support Technician. This position is an opportunity to engage with the digital humanities, digital scholarship and open source software and hardware communities. Temple?s federated library system serves an urban research university with over 1,800 full-time faculty and a student body of 36,000 that is among the most diverse in the nation. For more information about Temple and Philadelphia, visit http://www.temple.edu. *Primary Duties and Responsibilities:* The *Academic Information Technology and Support Technician *, reporting to the Librarian/Coordinator of Digital Scholarship Service Development, is responsible for configuring and managing both public and staff facing software platforms on Windows, Mac and Linux desk top and server environments. This position is critical to the delivery of essential applications and services for Temple University Libraries? newly created Digital Scholarship Center (DSC). The AITST is expected to keep abreast of new and developing technologies, track ongoing trends in digital scholarship, and communicate recommendations to the Temple University community. The incumbent researches, recommends, tests and subsequently implements innovative, open source software applications that are well suited for digital scholarship activities. The AITST assists in setting priorities and timelines for these projects, and then defines and implements strategy for the projects he/she manages. They assist patrons with the migration and transformation of complex data sets, both large and small. The AITST is expected to train other library staff as well as DSC patrons on how these cutting-edge applications can be applied within a specific discipline or field of study, as well as engage patrons and maintain software that is regularly updated via the open source community. Performs related duties as assigned. *Essential Functions:* - Install, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot hardware, software, and other types of equipment that constitute the DSC server environment - Keep abreast of new and developing technologies, track ongoing trends in digital scholarship, and communicate recommendations to the Temple University community - Assist in setting priorities and timelines for these projects, and then defines and implements strategy for the projects he/she manages - Clearly and accurately report on projects on a consistent basis - Test and evaluate new software applications, hardware, and other types of equipment for use in the DSC - Train patrons, DSC and other library staff in the use of software, hardware and equipment for digital scholarship use - Provide support for software, hardware and other equipment specially designated for a DSC - Supervise student workers who assist in supporting software, hardware and other equipment in the DSC - Assist in the migration and transformation of large and small data sets for DSC, library staff and patrons - Maintain a presence in and knowledge of the open source community for relevant open source software and hardware used in the DSC ? Provide occasional after-hours support for upgrades or to respond to technical issues *Required Education and Experience:* Bachelors in Computer Science or a related field and 2 years of experience working in an academic environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. *Required Skills and Abilities:* ? System administration skills in Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP environments ? Demonstrated familiarity with Mac and Windows operating systems ? Demonstrated understanding of the open source community, how to communicate with it, and how to work with and maintain installations of open source software ? Strong communication skills ? Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with and train individuals and small groups on use of software applications ? Ability to manage one's time and organize small-scale projects ? Ability to work well in teams ? Ability to provide occasional after-hours support for upgrades or to respond to technical issues *Preferred Skills and Abilities:* ? Familiarity with software used in a variety of digital scholarship areas including but not limited to: o GIS (ex. CartoDB, ArcGIS, Google Fusion Tables) o Data cleaning (ex. Notepad ++, Open Refine) o Textual analysis (ex. RStudio, Mallet) o Dissemination tools (ex. Omeka, Scalar) o Data visualization (ex. Gephi) o 3D Technologies and environments (ex. Sketchup, Oculus Rift) ? Awareness of data management and data transformation issues ? Understanding of and ability to work with and troubleshoot a local area network with a variety of devices. *Compensation:* Competitive salary and benefits package. *To apply:* To apply for this position, please visit www.temple.edu, click on Careers at Temple , and reference TU-18985. For full consideration, please submit your completed electronic application, along with a cover letter and resume. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Temple University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to cultural diversity. -- Katherine Lynch, Senior Digital Library Applications Developer Temple University Library (http://library.temple.edu) Samuel L. Paley Library, Room 113, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Tel: 215-204-2821 | Fax: 215-204-5201 | Email: katherine.lynch at temple.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The theme highlights the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. Submissions are encouraged that present theoretical or applied research with results that demonstrate one or more of the following themes: Impact on Individuals Impact on Society Impact on Organizations Impact on Systems & Technology Impact on Information Contexts Important Dates Papers, Panels, Workshops & Tutorials Submissions: April 30, 2015 Notifications: June 11, 2015 Final copies: July 15, 2015 Posters, Demos & Videos: Submissions: July 1, 2015 Notifications: July 30, 2015 Final copies: August 20, 2015 Conference Chair: Lisa Given Paper Co-Chairs: Brian Detlor, Hazel Hall Panel Co-Chairs: Heather O'Brien, Alison Brettle Poster Co-Chairs: Lynn Westbrook, Michael Khoo Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From rhill at asis.org Mon Apr 6 09:31:00 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 09:31:00 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics Message-ID: <06af01d0706d$ee80d0b0$cb827210$@asis.org> Call for papers: Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics Be a part of history and the future at the same time! The University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science and Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group/AltaMira Press (Charles Harmon, Executive Editor) are now accepting letters of intent from scholars who are interested in publishing their work in the third volume of the Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics. This publication is the only annual review that focuses on how we access, preserve, and facilitate a deeper understanding of our cultural heritage. The annual volumes typically include the results of recent research and theoretical discussions, as well as articles that focus on promising technologies and a review of the literature related to fields such as Cultural Heritage Studies, Digital Curation, Digital Humanities, User Behavior, and Best Practices in the field. An editorial board formed from scholars, researchers, and museum professionals in the field of cultural heritage informatics will assist with reviewing and editing the manuscripts. International contributions are welcome. Please submit a Letter of Intent with a brief description of your work by April 30, 2015 to the Editorial Board at jarns at mailbox.sc.edu. The editorial board will notify you with an invitation to submit by May 10th. Manuscripts will be due July 15 for publication in the 2015-2016 edition. Author guidelines will be sent after the letters of intent are received. I look forward to hearing from you. Dr. Jennifer Weil Arns Associate Professor School of Library & Information Science University of South Carolina jarns at mailbox.sc.edu/803-777-2319 Richard B. Hill Executive Director ASIS&T 8555 16th Street, Suite 850 Silver Spring, MD 20910 v. (301) 495-0900 f. (301) 495-0810 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Each day of the summer session will include lectures, discussion and hands-on "lab" components. A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material. An opening reception dinner on Sunday, Continental breakfast, break time snacks and coffee, and a dinner on Tuesday will also be included. This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and community-building among professionals responsible for the curation of digital materials. Registration: * Regular registration : $1,150 * Late registration (after April 15, 2015): $1,300 If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute. Institute Instructors Include: * From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Drs. Helen Tibbo, Cal Lee, and Kam Woods. * Dr. Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Dr. Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. * Dr. Lorraine Richards, Drexel University. May 2015 Institute Components include (order and session titles may vary somewhat from those listed): *Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main functions *Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape *Digital curation program development *Digital curation stakeholders and digital curation landscape *Case Study on developing a digital repository *Procedural accountability - policies, submission agreements, rules *LAB -Transforming policy statements into rules *Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities *Roles and responsibilities for curation *LAB - Matching skills and roles *Characterization of digital objects *Overview and Characterization of Existing Tools: Placing the Tools in a Larger Industry Context *File formats *LAB - File format robustness *Managing in response to technological change *Digital forensics *Ethical issues *LAB - Media and content *Workflows, humans, and tools *Lab - Workflows *Evaluating curation programs requirements and assessment *LAB - Evaluating curation programs: TRAC/ISO 16363 Review * Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information environment *Economics of digital curation - costs and resource commitments *LAB - Economics of digital curation *Cloud computing *Web archiving * Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each individual, with instructors available to provide guidance * Summary of action plans * Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months January 12-13, 2016 Participants in the May event will return to Chapel Hill in Jan. 2015 to discuss their experiences in implementing what they have learned in their own work environments. Participants will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for continuing progress. Accommodations for January will be the responsibility of the attendee. For more information, contact Dr. Helen Tibbo (tibbo at email.unc.edu) for Institute questions or Herrison Chicas (chicas at email.unc.edu) for payment or registration questions. The Digital Professional Institute was initiated as part of the DigCCurr II project, supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08) and is partially supported by the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LODGING: Participants are responsible for their own lodging. A DigCCurr 2015-16 room block has been reserved at the Aloft Hotel $119/night. Please indicate "DigCCurr2015" when making reservations. You may reserve your hotel room by calling the hotel at 919-969-6989 or by clicking on this link: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/DigCCurr2015 Reservations must be received by 05/01/2015. See the Accommodations page for more information (http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute_accom.html) We look forward to seeing you there! -Helen Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Developed by a guest editorial committee , the issue tackles a range of topics focused on supporting diversity and inclusivity in our field. *The full issue is available here: http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issue28 * Inside you will find: Finding and Supporting New Voices: Code4Lib Journal?s Issue 28 on Diversity in Library Technology Heidi Dowding Feminism and the Future of Library Discovery Bess Sadler and Chris Bourg How to Hack it as a Working Parent Jaclyn Bedoya, Margaret Heller, Christina Salazar, May Yan But Then You Have to Make It Happen James Williams III and Joland-Pieta van Arnhem Code as Code: Speculations on Diversity, Inequity, and Digital Women Sharon L. Comstock, Jerica Copeny, and Cynthia Landrum User Experience is a Social Justice Issue Sumana Harihareswara Recognizing Cultural Diversity in Library Interface Development Nik Dragovic Transforming Knowledge Creation: An Action Framework for Library Technology Diversity Barbara I. Dewey ?What If I Break It??: Project Management for Intergenerational Library Teams Creating Non-MARC Metadata Kelly Thompson The Code4Lib Journal team is especially grateful to the guest editorial committee for their tireless efforts in seeing this special issue realized. As always, we are also grateful to our authors for their time and work. We hope that you read, enjoy, and comment on the articles in issue 28. The Code4Lib Journal also invites you to submit your own article proposal for a future issue. Finally, the editorial committee also welcomes you to apply to join us (deadline May 1st). *-Heidi Dowding, Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee Member and Issue 28 Coordinating Editor* -- *Heidi Elaine Dowding, MLIS* www.thegloballibrarian.com | @theglobal_lib -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bean.lists at gmail.com Wed Apr 15 07:58:41 2015 From: bean.lists at gmail.com (Carol Bean) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:58:41 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Now Available: Code4Lib Journal Special Issue on Diversity in Library Technology (issue 28) Message-ID: <04DAA5C1-31E6-4D96-8ECE-53896087DB6F@gmail.com> (please pardon the cross-posting) I am proud to announce the publication of Code4Lib Journal's Special Issue on Diversity in Library Technology (28). Developed by a guest editorial committee >, the issue tackles a range of topics focused on supporting diversity and inclusivity in our field. *The full issue is available here: http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issue28 >* Inside you will find: Finding and Supporting New Voices: Code4Lib Journal?s Issue 28 on Diversity in Library Technology > Heidi Dowding Feminism and the Future of Library Discovery > Bess Sadler and Chris Bourg How to Hack it as a Working Parent > Jaclyn Bedoya, Margaret Heller, Christina Salazar, May Yan But Then You Have to Make It Happen > James Williams III and Joland-Pieta van Arnhem Code as Code: Speculations on Diversity, Inequity, and Digital Women > Sharon L. Comstock, Jerica Copeny, and Cynthia Landrum User Experience is a Social Justice Issue > Sumana Harihareswara Recognizing Cultural Diversity in Library Interface Development > Nik Dragovic Transforming Knowledge Creation: An Action Framework for Library Technology Diversity > Barbara I. Dewey ?What If I Break It??: Project Management for Intergenerational Library Teams Creating Non-MARC Metadata > Kelly Thompson The Code4Lib Journal team is especially grateful to the guest editorial committee for their tireless efforts in seeing this special issue realized. As always, we are also grateful to our authors for their time and work. We hope that you read, enjoy, and comment on the articles in issue 28. The Code4Lib Journal also invites you to submit your own article proposal > for a future issue. Finally, the editorial committee also welcomes you to apply to join us > (deadline May 1st). *-Heidi Dowding, Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee Member and Issue 28 Coordinating Editor* -- *Heidi Elaine Dowding, MLIS* www.thegloballibrarian.com | @theglobal_lib > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From unmil at austin.utexas.edu Thu Apr 16 10:41:26 2015 From: unmil at austin.utexas.edu (Unmil P. Karadkar) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:41:26 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Samples in the Earth Sciences - JCDL 2015 iSamplES Workshop CfP. In-Reply-To: <552FC48D.8020802@jcdl.org> References: <552FC48D.8020802@jcdl.org> Message-ID: <552FCA16.1000004@austin.utexas.edu> iSamplES - The Internet of Samples in the Earth Sciences in conjunction with JCDL 2015, Knoxville, TN, June 24-25. Participation and submission details on workshop web site: https://razor.ischool.utexas.edu/~unmil/iSamples-JCDL2015/index.php Important dates: Proposal submission: May 15 (posters, demos, works-in-progress, position papers, research reports) Acceptance notification: May 24 Camera ready copies: June 15 Workshop at JCDL 2015: June 24, 25. ------------------------------------------------- The goal of this workshop is to attract an inter-disciplinary community of researchers, curators, and practitioners who are interested in studying the issues involved in the management of samples, sample collections, and sample-based data in the field, in the lab, in repositories, in data systems and scientific publications. The intention is both to assemble the existing community as well as invite those with emerging interests in this area. A secondary goal is to focus the attention of the digital libraries community on the tremendous opportunities for research in this space and for collaborating with researchers in the Earth Sciences. TheEarthCube Research Coordination Network (RCN)iSamplES (Internet of Samples in the Earth Sciences) is intended to advance the use of innovative cyberinfrastructure to connect physical samples and sample collections across the Earth Sciences with digital data infrastructures to revolutionize their utility in the support of science. The goal of this RCN is to dramatically improve the discovery, access, sharing, analysis, and curation of physical samples and the data generated by their study for the benefit of science and society as part of the EarthCube program. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kozak Professional Work for Nothing: Software Commercialization and ?An Open Letter to Hobbyists? Kevin Driscoll http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/journals/information-culture Sheila Scoville Journals Promotion Coordinator University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 | Austin, TX 78731-7819 P: (512) 232-7618 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heather at pfeifferfamily.net Wed Apr 15 23:32:26 2015 From: heather at pfeifferfamily.net (Heather Pfeiffer) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 21:32:26 -0600 Subject: [Asis-l] SIGs News Message-ID: <552F2D4A.4040404@pfeifferfamily.net> Wonderful News! We now have a change in one of our SIGs: Information Policy! This SIG is now looking at not only Information policy, but also Information Ethics. They have changed their name to Information Ethics and Policy. If you are interested in these areas you might consider joining this SIG (IEP). Also SIG AH's Chair and the Chair of Student Chapters, Jeremy McLaughlin, has come up with a great idea: HUG-A-SIG-IN-APRIL ! Here's a blog he wrote to help you understand the idea:http://ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu/asistsc/hug-a-sig-in-april/ If you are not currently involved in a SIG or would like work with more than one, HUG-A-SIG! The third thing that has happened to help you get involve, the extra fee of $10 has been dropped! You can be a member of as many SIGs as you want. No extra fee! So get involved! -Heather Dr. Heather Pfeiffer SIG Cabinet Director -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mcmason at umd.edu Fri Apr 17 17:23:26 2015 From: mcmason at umd.edu (Mary E. Carroll-Mason) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:23:26 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] "Brown Dog" Project at Maryland's iSchool Develops Cloud Services for Un-curated Big Data Message-ID: "Brown Dog" Project at Maryland's iSchool Develops Cloud Services for Un-curated Big Data Institutions of all types-government agencies, research centers, corporations and cultural heritage institutions-are dealing with a deluge of data, leaving a wealth of knowledge trapped in legacy file formats that are no longer accessible. Researchers at the University of Maryland's College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool, have teamed up with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to combat this problem by providing scalable infrastructure services in the cloud that re-open existing big data collections for appraisal, analysis and reuse. Led by Richard Marciano at the University of Maryland, professor and director of the newly formed Digital Curation Innovation Center (DCIC), with Michael Kurtz, visiting professor and associate director, and Greg Jansen, research software architect, and by Kenton McHenry at NCSA, with his team of developers and domain scientists, this partnership between two Big 10 / Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) universities, focuses on file format conversion and information extraction services. Named "Brown Dog", this project is creating key information extraction services that unlock un-curated data and make them useful again. These services open up the intellectual content trapped in legacy data, so that it is available to scientists and cultural institutions, allowing scientists meaningful access to data that can be used to reproduce results and conduct new data-driven research. The UMD iSchool team is assembling a unique data training and testing facility called the Cyber Infrastructure for Billions of Electronic Records (CI-BER) testbed. The CI-BER testbed currently represents 72 million records and 57 terabytes of data from decades of legacy records across 135 government agencies. The team's goal is to enable new forms of archival analytics at scale. "We hope to provide access to big data training sets, accelerate the development of digital curation algorithms and services, and teach students practical digital curation skills," says Richard Marciano. ? This project is supported through a five-year, $10.5 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its new Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs) program. Out of a total of 25 projects $63 million of funding, it is the largest of the implementation awards to date. The University of Maryland portion of the project represents $1.4 million of the funding. The University of Maryland team is teaming with corporate partners Archive Analytics Solutions and NetApp to develop technology solutions for the project. Archive Analytics is an archival software solutions provider and developer of the standards-based Alloy network appliance for controlled archiving of file-based content, and has been brought into the project as a vendor-partner to help set up a petabyte-class archive and object hosting for the CI-BER testbed collection.? The team is calling this new system the 'DataCave".? It is located at the UMD Cyberinfrastructure Center at the Rivertech Building. "Many of us strive to create something that will live on to have the broad impact that the NCSA Mosaic Web browser did," says Kenton McHenry of the University of Illinois, referring to the world's first Web browser, also developed at NCSA. "It is our hope that Brown Dog will serve as the beginnings of yet another such indispensable component for the internet of tomorrow." For more information, visit browndog.ncsa.illinois.edu or dcic.umd.edu. Mary Carroll-Mason Communications Coordinator College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool University of Maryland 301.405.1260 mcmason at umd.edu @I_UMD From kimsch at illinois.edu Fri Apr 17 12:07:22 2015 From: kimsch at illinois.edu (Schmidt, Kimberly Rae) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:07:22 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Cooke receives Leadership Award in Education Message-ID: Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Illinois has been selected to receive the University YWCA?s 2015 Leadership Award in Education in recognition of her work in social justice and higher education. The annual award honors individuals or organizations whose work supports the mission of the YWCA, which is ?dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.? Honorees display leadership, initiative, creativity, and dedication through their work in the community, and set positive examples for others. A statement from the YWCA described Cooke as ?an excellent academic, mentor, and proponent for institutional diversity and social justice. Dr. Cooke has worked diligently to diversify the curriculum and create spaces of inclusion for people of color within [the] library and information sciences.? ?I?m very excited about the award and grateful for this recognition. It?s wonderful to know that my work has inspired others.? said Cooke. She and other Leadership Award recipients will be recognized at the Women?s Achievement Celebration on April 23. Cooke graduated from Rutgers University with a PhD in communication, information, and library studies in 2012 (where she was a 2008 American Library Association Spectrum Doctoral Fellow). Previously, she was an instruction librarian and tenured assistant professor at Montclair State University?s (NJ) Sprague Library. Named a Mover & Shaker in 2007 by Library Journal, Cooke is professionally active in ACRL, ALISE, and several other professional library organizations. She holds the MLS degree from Rutgers University, and a M.Ed. in adult education from Penn State. Her research interests include human information behavior, particularly in an online context, eLearning, and diversity and social justice in librarianship. She has published articles in journals including The Library Quarterly, Library & Information Science Research, InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information, Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Journal, Information Research, The Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, The New Review of Academic Librarianship, and The Library and Book Trade Almanac 2013. Cooke also coauthored Instructional Strategies and Techniques for Information Professionals (Chandos Press, 2012). -- Kim Schmidt Director of Publications and Media Relations Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel Street Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 265-6391 www.lis.illinois.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kamps at uva.nl Sun Apr 19 13:22:20 2015 From: kamps at uva.nl (Jaap Kamps) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:22:20 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?q?CFP_SIGIR=E2=80=9915_Workshop_on_Graph_Search_?= =?utf-8?q?and_Beyond=3A_Deadline_June_1?= Message-ID: <5533E44C.6050800@uva.nl> First International Workshop on Graph Search and Beyond (GSB?15) SIGIR 2015, August 13, Santiago http://humanities.uva.nl/~kamps/gsb15/ Submissions due: June 1 * Call for Papers Information on the Web is increasingly structured in terms of entities and relations from large knowledge resources, geo-temporal references and social network structure, resulting in a massive multidimensional graph. This graph essentially unifies both the searcher and the information resources that played a fundamentally different role in traditional IR, and offers major new ways to access relevant information. In services that rely on personalized information like social networks, the graph plays an even more important role, in other words: _you_ are the query. Graph search affects both query formulation as well as result exploration and discovery. On the one hand, it allows for incrementally expressing complex information needs that triangulate information about multiple entities or entity types, relations between those entities, with various filters on geo-temporal constraints or the sources of information used (or ignored), and taking into account the rich profile and context information of the searcher (and his/her peers, and peers of peers, etc). On the other hand, it allows for more powerful ways to explore the results from various aspects and viewpoints, by slicing and dicing the information using the graph structure, and using the same structure for explaining why results are retrieved or recommended, and by whom. * Many Open Questions We view the notion of `graph search' as searching information from your personal point of view (you are the query) over a highly structured and curated information space. This goes beyond the traditional two-term queries and ten blue links results that users are familiar with, requiring a highly interactive session covering both query formulation and result exploration, and raises many open questions: - IR Theory: What happens if search gets personal? Does this break the classic dichotomy between users and documents, as users are nodes in the social network data themselves? What is the consequence of ultimate personalization, as the local graph differs for all users? As the local graph structure is key, does this obviate the need for large central indexes? Do these types of requests fit in the classic paradigm (e.g., Broder's taxonomy)? How does this shift the balance between the control of the searcher and the ranker over the result set? - Data Integration: Building a knowledge graph requires massive data integration at many levels: are there trade-offs in simplicity and level of detail (such as the classic knowledge representation trade-off)? What levels of granularity and comprehensiveness are needed for effective deployment? What quality is needed: is any noise acceptable? How to deal with near duplicate detection, conflation, or entity disambiguation? - Use Cases and Applications: Rather than a universal solution, graph search is particularly useful for specific types of information needs and queries. What are the data and tasks that make graph search works? What kind of scenarios that would benefit from a graph model? In what context can switching perspectives by showing results from the vista of other persons useful? - Query formulation: How to move from singular queries to highly interactive sessions with multiple variant queries? What new tools are needed to help a searcher construct the appropriate graph search query using refinements or filters to better articulate their needs, or explore further aspects? How can we augment query autocompletion to actively prompt user to interactively construct longer queries exploring different aspects? - Result Exploration: There is a radical shift towards the control of the searcher---small changes in the query can lead to radically different result sets---how can we support active exploration of slices of the data to explore further aspects? Unlike traditional facetted search options, the result space is highly dynamic, how can we provide adaptive exploration options tailored to the context and searcher, at every stage of the process? - Evaluation: How do we know the system is any good? How to evaluate the overall process, given its personalized and interactive nature? %How to evaluate the first stage as essentially a form of query autocomplete? And how to evaluate the second stage as to explore and exploit the result set? Can we rely on the direct evaluation of query suggestions and query recommendations? Are there suitable behavioral criteria for in the wild testing, such as longer queries, multiple filters, longer dwell-time, more active engagement, more structured-query templates? Can we use are standard experimental evaluation methods from HCI and UI/UX design? - Privacy: Access to personal data is fraught ethical and privacy concerns, is there is similarly structured public data for scientific research? As an extreme form of personalization, how to avoid the uncanny cave, filter bubbles and echo chambers? How ethical is it to privilege a particular query refinement suggestion over the many other possible candidates? 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 3+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 3+1 page paper? We like short and focused contributions highlighting your main point, claim, observation, finding, experiment, project, etc, (roughly 3 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. 3 of them are narrative text. The deadline is Monday June 1, 2015, further submission details are on http://humanities.uva.nl/~kamps/gsb15/ We are looking forward to a productive, stimulating and fruitful workshop day -- including an social event -- come join the discussion! Omar Alonso, Microsoft Martin Hearst, UC Berkeley Jaap Kamps, University of Amsterdam From jbertot at umd.edu Sun Apr 19 06:44:34 2015 From: jbertot at umd.edu (John Bertot) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:44:34 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Maryland iSchool Seeks Full-time, Professional Track Faculty Position in Applied Technologies Message-ID: The iSchool at the University of Maryland (http://ischool.umd.edu) seeks creative and forward-thinking individuals for a professional track faculty position in a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment where teaching, research, and service are highly valued and colleagues collaborate in all aspects of their academic work. We seek a colleague whose expertise and interests focus on applied technologies, particularly in libraries, archives, museums, non-profits, government agencies, non-governmental institutions, consulting firms, and/or global corporations. This includes, but is not limited to, areas such as: * App development/HTML5 * Content Management Systems (e.g., Drupal, WordPress) * Resource locator tools * Metadata tools * Markup languages (including XML) * Usability assessment * Accessibility technologies * Social media tools * APIs This is a 9-month, non-tenure track appointment, with opportunities for additional support through teaching, professional education, grant-funded research, or administrative assignments. Salary and benefits are competitive based upon qualifications and experience. In this position, you will have the opportunity to: * Craft exceptional educational experiences. * Assume leadership roles in both the iSchool and relevant professional communities, particularly related to program and curriculum development. * Participate fully in faculty governance of the iSchool and the University * Contribute to a vibrant community of scholars and teachers at a top-ranked iSchool through research, consulting, and/or outreach efforts. The iSchool enrolls nearly 500 students in four internationally ranked degree programs: Ph.D. in Information Studies, Master of Library Science (MLS), Master of Information Management (MIM), and Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction (HCIM). In addition, an undergraduate program in information science is under development. These programs are offered in the classroom at both College Park and Shady Grove campuses, online and in a blended format. As an iSchool faculty member, you will work with students across all programs, levels, locations, and modes of delivery. By joining the UMD iSchool, you will become part of a vibrant interdisciplinary research and education community that is internationally-recognized for work in areas such as group and organizational dynamics, cloud computing, diversity and inclusive information services, computational linguistics, digital humanities, health information, knowledge management, information policy, information retrieval, interface design, online communities, learning environments, and social media. Qualifications. A Masters (required) or Ph.D. (desirable) in a relevant discipline; demonstrated teaching excellence; relevant professional or research experience; and interest in curriculum and program development. Application Submission. For best consideration, apply by May 15, 2015. Provide a resume/CV, letter of interest that clearly describes your primary area(s) of expertise and the specific contributions that you would make to the iSchool, and sample teaching materials. Materials can be submitted by sending them to John Bertot at jbertot at umd.edu. The University of Maryland is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. ************************************************************************* John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D. Professor and Co-Director Information Policy & Access Center MLS Program Director College of Information Studies University of Maryland 4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing College Park, MD 20742 Email: jbertot at umd.edu Web (Bertot): http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~jbertot/ Web (Center): http://ipac.umd.edu Phone: 301.405.3267 Fax: 301.314.9145 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichards at lac-group.com Mon Apr 20 12:34:59 2015 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:34:59 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Electronic Resource Librarian / Atlanta, GA Message-ID: <8D1B732A6F5AC54393D612ADD9592C367119CE@ex1mbx06.onthenetoffice.com> Apologies for the cross postings . . . . . . LAC Group is looking for an experienced Electronic Resource Librarian to work at a major Federal Library in the Atlanta, GA area. The candidate will be expected to do the following: * Serve as primary point of contact updating systems and tools to create, maintain, and enhance access to library electronic resources; (special focus on electronic journals and databases) * Gather, maintain, and report key metrics (including inventories, usage, cost comparison, etc.), for quarterly and periodic reporting requirements; support data requests to quantify and measure ROI * Create and ensure access to e-resources using ExLibris SFX, and Primo Central Index * Serve as a point of contact for e-resource maintenance, troubleshooting, and emergencies * Systematically update and test access to electronic resources and related systems * Maintain awareness of issues and needs relating to electronic resources access, discuss problems, and envision solutions and enhancements to improve services * Work collaboratively with staff to ensure access, communicate changes, and resolve issues effectively * Cross-train with staff from other teams on relevant systems and processes Required Skills * Two or more years of recent professional academic or research library experience as an electronic resource librarian * Knowledge of ExLibris' SFX, and Primo Central Index * Experience using appropriate statistical and analytical measures to collect, analyze, manipulate, and provide meaningful interpretation of data related to serials and electronic resources * Demonstrated ability with library web-based system interfaces and/or client applications such as an OpenURL link resolver, an electronic resource management system, and/or an integrated library system * Demonstrated ability to think critically about system architecture and information systems' interactions, including ability to apply existing knowledge to novel situations and to the evaluation of new technologies * Experience serving as a point of contact for maintenance, troubleshooting, and emergencies * Experience systematically updating and testing access to electronic resources * Ability to learn and teach new technologies quickly Apply at: http://goo.gl/dXHde8 LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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USQ Library Services provides a range of physical and virtual facilities and services, delivering information in a variety of formats and channels; print, digital and electronic, face-to-face and online. Our reputation has been built on the principles of providing exceptional service and access to information, regardless of location or enrolment mode. A unique opportunity has arisen for a Director (Library Services) to provide strategic direction, leadership and innovative management of the University?s Library during this time of rapid and unprecedented transformation in higher education, scholarly communication and information technology. As the Director, Library Services, you will lead and manage change in a complex and dynamic landscape. You will be instrumental in promoting a collective vision and sense of shared mission for the evolving role of the Library and how it directly supports the strategic initiatives and intellectual core of the University. Key to your success in this role will be your strong leadership skills and extensive experience in guiding libraries through transformational change to ensure ongoing strategic relevance and impact. This position offers the chance to work within a large, dynamic organisation where you can pursue an exciting leadership career in library and information services. Situated on the edge of the picturesque Great Dividing Range, just one and a half hours west of Brisbane and only two hours from both the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Toowoomba offers all the benefits of urban living without any of the big-city pressures. With a population of approximately 160,000 residents, Toowoomba has an enviable reputation for quality of lifestyle and world-class education. Escape the pressures of big city life while still pursuing your career goals and enjoy all that this thriving regional community has to offer. Reference No: 102383 Term: Full-time fixed term appointment for three years Salary: Executive Remuneration package Closes: Friday 15 May 2015 Further details: http://tinyurl.com/USQDirectorLibServices Professor Helen Partridge Pro Vice-Chancellor (Scholarly Information and Learning Services) T: +61 7 4631 2795 | M: +61 7 040 989 6374 | Skype: partridh | Twitter: @partridh Email: Helen.partridge at usq.edu.au Academic Services Division University of Southern Queensland | Toowoomba, Queensland | 4350 | Australia _____________________________________________________________ This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake, please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email. The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses arising from its receipt. The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of education with the Australian Government. (CRICOS Institution Code QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M, TEQSA PRV12081 ) From kyongeun.oh at simmons.edu Mon Apr 20 14:42:59 2015 From: kyongeun.oh at simmons.edu (Kyong Eun Oh) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:42:59 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Asian Digital Library Conference 2015: Call for Papers Message-ID: *Call for Papers* *Asian Digital Library Conference 2015 (ICADL2015)* Yonsei University, Seoul Korea December 9-12, 2015 http://icadl2015.org Since its inception in Hong Kong in 1998, the Asian Digital Library Conference has become an important forum for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share their experiences and innovative developments. This year the ICADL Conference Series returns to Seoul Korea with Yonsei University as the host. The 2015 Asian Digital Library Conference will explore digital libraries as a broad foundation for interaction with information and information management in a digital world. We particularly welcome work relating to the conference theme of providing high-quality digital information, regardless of whether it is raw data streams, numeric, audio-visual, mapping, 3D content, text, social media, compound publications or the metadata that describes the resource and its provenance. Topics include but are not limited to: - Annotation - Augmented Reality - Cloud-based Content Management - Cognitive Computing - Crisis Informatics - Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities - Data Analytics, Citation, Curation, Integration and Management - Decision Support Systems - Digital Preservation - Discourse, Argumentation, and Narrative - Discovery and Retrieval - Entertainment and Game Informatics - eScience - Event Gazetteers and Ontologies - Geographic Information Systems - Human-Computer and Computer-Mediated Information Interaction - Informatics Applications (in Health, Environment, Law, and Social Sciences) - Linked Open Data - Mobile Information - Multimodal Interaction and Delivery - Museum Informatics - News and eJournalism - Next Generation Scholarly Communication - Quality Control and Trust/Uncertainty Metrics - Semantic Web and Schemas - Text and Social Media Mining - Security and Trusted Information - Visualization - Wikipedia TECHNICAL PAPERS Technical papers may include contributions to research, system evaluation, infrastructure and architecture, case studies, and social and institutional policy. ? FULL PAPERS (due July 19) Full papers report significant original results. Maximum 10 pages. ? SHORT PAPERS (due July 19) Short papers describe modest but complete results. Maximum 4 pages. ? POSTERS (due Sept 21) Present innovative projects and projects with early but interesting results. Maximum 2 pages. All papers must be original contributions and not previously published nor currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Papers must be written in English. Submissions should be made through EasyChair starting June 1, 2015. All submissions should conform to LNCS format. All accepted technical papers will be published in the conference proceedings as part of Springer Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. OTHER VENUES ? PANELS (due Aug 28) Panels should propose 3-5 confirmed speakers who will address alternative positions and perspectives on a controversial topic. Submit cover page and one paragraph about each speaker?s approach. ? WORKSHOPS (contact workshops at icadl2105.org) Workshops bringing together groups of researchers interested in advanced topics are especially encouraged. Inquiries: info at icadl2015.org -- Kyong Eun Oh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science Simmons College | 300 The Fenway | Boston, MA 02115 Office: 617-521-2265 | kyongeun.oh at simmons.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Details will follow upon receipt of registration. *Contact:* Danielle Crammer, Program Chair Email: Danielle.CRAMMER at firmenich.com ------------------------------ *?Realizing Scientific Strategies Amid Information Overload?* *Guest speaker: Daniel Reasoner, Chemical Abstract Service* There is a multitude of scientific data generators and information sources available that are intended to help shape research strategy, thus leading to a stifling overload of information. This discussion provides examples on the importance of identifying relevant decision making materials and ways librarians can add value to their organization?s strategic success. We will explore patents vs publications, as well as free and paid-for resources. *Meeting Agenda* 5:30 Gathering/Networking 6:00 Dinner 6:45 Rosemary Allen Little award Presentation 7:00 Guest Speaker Presentation Dan has a degree in Natural Sciences/Chemistry from the University of Rochester and worked as a chemist for Eastman Kodak, then later as a technical representative for scientific automation and instrumentation companies. For the past 16 years, Dan has been involved with scientific information systems. Now as an Account Consultant with Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Dan provides seminars and training sessions for users, he insures customer success using CAS products and manages commercial details. Outside of work, Dan enjoys sailboat racing and distance running, since he has hung-up the ice hockey skates. ------------------------------ *Many thanks to our sponsor for the evening:* *The Chemical Abstract Service* A Division of the American Chemical Society *Directions to Princeton Public Library* The Princeton Public Library is located at the corner of Witherspoon and Wiggins Streets, in Princeton Borough. Google Maps: Princeton Public Library *Parking:* Library parking is available in the Municipal Garage at Spring Street located adjacent to the library. Drivers may enter the lot from Spring Street or through the library access driveway (Sylvia Beach Way) off Wiggins Street. Library card holders can have their tickets validated for up to 2-hours of free parking when they visit the library. Other visitors receive 30 minutes of free parking if they use the Municipal Garage at Spring Street. For more information about parking in Princeton visit http://www.princetonparking.org/parking_map.html. *Public Transportation:* The library is also accessible via public transportation. By rail take the NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line to Princeton Junction and transfer to the Princeton Local (a.k.a. ?The Dinky?). NJ Transit Bus Services 605 and 606 and the freeB Jitney provide regular service between Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. *Registration Deadline: April 23rd ? noon; PayPal will close April 26th, midnight.* Pat Dawson President, NJ Greater Princeton/Trenton SLA Chapter Patricia H. Dawson, MLS, MS (Microbiology) Associate Professor-Librarian Moore Library, Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099 www.rider.edu/faculty/patricia-dawson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From unmil at austin.utexas.edu Tue Apr 21 22:13:34 2015 From: unmil at austin.utexas.edu (Unmil P. Karadkar) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:13:34 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Last minute reminder: JCDL Doctoral Consortium proposals due on April 24th In-Reply-To: <5537037B.1050902@jcdl.org> References: <5537037B.1050902@jcdl.org> Message-ID: <553703CE.4060809@austin.utexas.edu> A quick reminder that the JCDL doctoral consortium submission proposals are due on this Friday, April 24th! More details below. ----------------------------------- The Doctoral Consortium of the Digital Libraries 2015 https://sites.google.com/site/jcdl2015/doctoral-consortium *** Submission deadline has been extended to "April 24" *** [Call for Participation] June 21, 2015 The Doctoral Consortium forms part of the program of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, and takes place immediately preceding the technical program. [What is the Doctoral Consortium?] The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice in a constructive atmosphere. Students will present and discuss their research in the context of a well-known and established international conference, in a supportive atmosphere with other doctoral students and an international panel of established researchers. The workshop will take place on a single full day (June 21, 2015). A panel of prominent professors and experienced practitioners in the field of digital library research will conduct the workshop. They will review all the submissions and comment on the content of the thesis as well as on the presentation. Students will have 20 minutes to present their research, focusing on the main theme of their thesis, what they have achieved so far and how they plan to continue their work. Another 10 to 20 minutes is reserved for discussion and feedback from both the professors and other participants. In the course of the workshop, students will also get advice on more general questions, e.g., on the differences in Ph.D. studies in different countries. There is no registration fee for doctoral students who are accepted for the Doctoral Consortium. [Call for Papers and Topics] Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract describing their Digital Library research. Submissions relating to any aspect of Digital Library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education. To apply for participation at the Doctoral Consortium, please provide an extended abstract of your doctoral work and upload it at the following link: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2015. The extended abstract is restricted to 6-8 pages using ACM template. Submissions should be submitted electronically in pdf format. The abstracts should - Clearly formulate the research question, - Identify the significant problems in the field of research, - Summarize the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well as the state of the art for solutions, - Clearly present any preliminary research plans and ideas, and the results achieved so far, - Sketch the research methodology that is to be applied, - Describe the expected contributions of the applicant to the research area, and - (For technical research) describe how the research is innovative, novel or extends existing approaches to a problem. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness, and clarity. Workshop participation is limited to 10 Ph.D. students. For further details please contact the Doctoral Consortium co-chairs: - Kazunari Sugiyama (National University of Singapore, sugiyama at comp.nus.edu.sg ) - Catherine L. Smith (Kent State University, csmit141 at kent.edu ) [Proceedings] Accepted abstracts will be distributed to participants as the workshop proceedings. Participants will be invited to publish a revised version of their papers in a special issue of the TCDL Bulletin, the publication of the IEEE-CS Technical Committee on Digital Libraries. [Important Dates] - April 24, 2015: Deadline for submission of abstracts - May 1, 2015: Notification of acceptance - June 21, 2015: Doctoral Consortium - June 22-24, 2015: JCDL 2015 Main conference ---------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeremy.mclaughlin at sjsu.edu Wed Apr 22 11:49:59 2015 From: jeremy.mclaughlin at sjsu.edu (Jeremy McLaughlin) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:49:59 -0600 Subject: [Asis-l] Virtual Symposium on I&T in A&H - Starts today! 4/22 Message-ID: Reminder! The Virtual Symposium on Information and Technology in the Arts and Humanities starts today at 1pm ET/10am PT (feel free to drop in any time). Schedule: http://bit.ly/1DfdNpC Link to join: http://bit.ly/ASISTCollab We look forward to seeing you there! Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu Tue Apr 21 12:23:03 2015 From: nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu (Nicole Purviance) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:23:03 -0700 Subject: [Asis-l] Information Services Today Free Webcast Series Now Available Message-ID: <06d501d07c4f$722a9bc0$567fd340$@sjsu.edu> Chapter Authors Discuss Information Services Today: Free Webinar Series The companion series of free on-demand webcasts for Dr. Sandra Hirsh's textbook, Information Services Today: An Introduction, is now available. Hosted by Library Journal, the six webcasts feature discussions with Hirsh and selected chapter authors on relevant topics. Viewers will learn more about the evolving information profession, digital libraries, career roles and competencies, user experience, leadership and management, and information access and ethics. Designed for instructors, students, and information professionals, each webinar directly corresponds to the textbook published by Rowman & Littlefield, further exploring current issues and trends in information services. "Our partnership with Library Journal has helped us make this a true multimedia experience," said Hirsh, director of the School of Information at San Jose State University. "Learning materials need to be vibrant and engaging, especially in online environments, so it was important for us to provide rich content that supports the way people are learning today." The Information Services Today: An Introduction webcasts are part of Library Journal's "Lead the Change Webcast Series." Registration is free. Once registered, participants can view the six 50-minute webcasts at their convenience. Register Today! For more information about Information Services Today, please read the news announcement on the iSchool website . About The San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Information prepares individuals for careers as information professionals. Graduates work in diverse areas of the information profession, such as user experience design, digital asset management, information architecture, electronic records management, information governance, digital preservation, and librarianship. The SJSU School of Information is a recognized leader in online education and received the Online Learning Consortium's Outstanding Online Program award . For more information about the school, please visit: ischool.sjsu.edu . 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He was a Data Science Consultant for a start-up company in Washington D.C. and extended his technical and research skills through collaborations with several other scholars at Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Auburn University, and Singapore Management University. His research focuses on discovering thematic structure in text collections using both supervised and unsupervised techniques to create new models and applications in medical, social networks, cyber-security, and library science. Amir Karami has published work in several conferences and top journals. His work has received awards both inside and outside of the UMBC. When asked why he chose the University of South Carolina, Amir says, "I am very excited to join the School of Library and Information Science as one of top 20 schools in the nation. The great research and teaching environment with active faculties and students under the leadership of the school's director and college's dean encouraged me to put the USC as my first choice. In addition, the high degree of research collaborations both inside and outside the school impressed me." We look forward to working with this wonderful scholar! Dr. S. K. Hastings Director and Professor, School of Library and Information Science University of South Carolina Davis College, 1501 Greene St. Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-3858 / hastings at sc.edu / http://www.libsci.sc.edu ALISE President 2015 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The annual volumes typically include the results of recent research and theoretical discussions, as well as articles that focus on promising technologies and a review of the literature related to fields such as Cultural Heritage Studies, Digital Curation, Digital Humanities, User Behavior, and Best Practices in the field. An editorial board formed from scholars, researchers, and museum professionals in the field of cultural heritage informatics will assist with reviewing and editing the manuscripts. International contributions are welcome. Please submit a Letter of Intent with a brief description of your work by May 15, 2015 to the Editorial Board at jarns at mailbox.sc.edu. The editorial board will notify you with an invitation to submit by May 10th. Manuscripts will be due July 15 for publication in the 2015-2016 edition. Author guidelines will be sent after the letters of intent are received. I look forward to hearing from you. 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The awards will fund a year-long membership to ASIS&T and conference registration at the member rate, and will offset some travel costs. Membership benefits with ASIS&T include: * Discounted annual meeting conference registration * Year subscription to the Journal of ASIS&T and the Bulletin * Free webinars and discounts on other publications * Membership in our New England regional chapter o Hands on training with technology o Build professional skills (project management, budgeting, marketing, etc.) o Networking PURPOSE: Supporting scholarship and bridge research with practice, bringing in new voices to the chapter. ELIGIBILITY Each applicant must submit a cover letter and 2 short essays to rbucy at wheelock.edu by Friday, May 29th. The winner will be notified by Monday, June 15th, 2015. The subject line should read "Annual Meeting Travel Award Application 2015." Applicants must be a current graduate student or practitioner in the field of information science at the time of their application. We define information science broadly: may be a librarian, archivist, data/knowledge manager, information architect, web developer, etc. * Coversheet including o Applicant's name o Address o Phone number o Email o Identify as student or professional o School or work affiliation and department * Short Essay response o How will attending the Annual Meeting inform your current or future professional practice? (150 words) o In five years, how do you hope your work in information science will have had a positive impact on your community? Reference the impact categories from the ASIS&T Annual Meeting call for proposals: https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/2015-annual-meeting-call-for-papers/. (500 words for students and 750 words for professionals) TERMS OF THE AWARD Each award winner will be welcomed into our New England regional chapter. Winners will give back to the chapter with the following participation: * Meet with a NEASIS&T representative at the conference * Share your conference experience with the NEASIS&T chapter * Participate in a NEASIS&T Meet-up based on the winners' interests * Review award applications for the following year * Submit receipts substantiating travel and conference related expenses, such as costs for registration, airfare, food, and lodging *If a winner is unable to meet all of the terms due to a relocation, NEASIS&T should be notified immediately. Questions? Contact Rosalind Bucy at (617) 879-2398, e-mail: rbucy at wheelock.edu Please pass this message along to anyone who may be interested. From karineb at uw.edu Wed Apr 22 14:54:17 2015 From: karineb at uw.edu (Karine Nahon) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:54:17 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: HICSS Social Networking And Community (Due: June15) Message-ID: Hi Everyone, Sorry for the duplications. -------------------------------------- CFP: HICSS Social Networking And Community (Twitter: #hicss_snc) TRACK: Digital and Social Media Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 49, January 5-8, 2016, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2015 via the HICSS conference system ORGANIZERS Karine Nahon, University of Washington and the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya, karineb at uw.edu (Primary Contact) Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, c.haythorn at ubc.ca This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles. Papers address the interrelationship between social networking and communities in all aspects of our (online and offline) lives. We call for papers that address research, theory, practice, and/or policy around our new interlinkages via social media in support of communities of practice, inquiry, and interest for business, political, social, learning, and gaming initiatives and outcomes. In previous years, the minitrack has been among the largest at the conference, and ?best papers? from the minitrack have often received the ?Best Paper in Track? awards. We call for papers that address social networks and communities supported and/or complemented by social media for work, learning, socializing, economic and/or political processes, and/or that address theory, design, practices, use or evaluation of such social media use. We encourage papers that address communities in a broad sense of its use, including communities of practice, epistemic communities, or communities of inquiry; as well as fully virtual communities, and social media use that supports or complements geographically based community. We particularly encourage papers that: advance our understanding of social network growth, formation, structure and outcomes through social media; advance out understanding of the design of social media technologies and practices for effective community development and maintenance; studies of socio-technical aspects of social media use that explore how the technology relates to social outcomes; theoretical studies that explore models and principles of social media design, use and outcomes. This year we will give space to more exploratory and theoretical papers than in the past. Examples of possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following: Social, political and/or economic impact of social media Crowds and Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy Community development and community informatics Design, development, and user studies of social media Design of online crowds and/or communities of practice, inquiry or interest Online learning communities: structures, implementations, and practices Serious leisure online Organizational behavior of communities Behavior in online gaming communities Social network studies and analyses of online crowds and communities Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities Case studies and topologies of online communities Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities Theoretical models of online crowds and communities, social media use, etc. Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between offline and online worlds Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community Research methods for the study of social networking and community MORE INFOMRATION ABOUT HICSS http://www.hicss.org The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the high-quality and longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. It brings together researchers from diverse fields (Information, computer, social and system science) and is devoted to the advance in the information, computer and system sciences. IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS June 15, 2015 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. Aug 15, 2015 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees ? including visa or your organization?s fiscal funding procedures ? should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss. Sept 15, 2015 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) Oct 1, 2015 -- EARLY REGISTRATION FEE DEADLINE. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. Oct 15, 2015 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office. Karine Nahon/Author of Going Viral/Best Information Science Book Award and Outstanding Academic Title/eKarine.org Associate Professor/Information School at University of Washington/Government School at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya-IDC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Wed Apr 22 15:05:32 2015 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:05:32 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] iPRES 2015 Call for Contributions - PAPER DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 29 Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B03A20F@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> iPRES 2015 Call for Contributions - PAPER DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 29 After several requests, the iPRES Organizing Committee has extended the PAPER (both short and long) to Wednesday, April 29th. We know the spring is a very busy time for many of us in the digital preservation community but this is the last extension possible. Please also note that panel, workshop, and tutorial submissions (all require just an abstract) are due May 15th. Key Dates Short and long papers (full text) due - April 29, 2015 (previously April 20, 2015) Panel, workshop, and tutorial submissions (abstract) due - May 15, 2015 Submitters notified of review decisions for papers, panels, workshops and tutorials - June 22, 2015 Poster and demo submissions (abstract) due - June 29, 2015 Conference registration open - June 30, 2015 Submitters notified of review decisions for poster and demos - July 13, 2015 Preview versions of all submissions due, to include in conference participants packet - September 20, 2015 Earlybird registration closes - October 1, 2015 iPRES Conference - November 2-6, 2015 Final versions of conference contributions (including revisions based on conference feedback and activities) due - November 20, 2015 iPRES is the premier international conference on the preservation and long term management of digital materials. The iPRES 2015 will be held on November 2-6, 2015 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Contributions are currently being sought that present research and innovative practice in digital preservation. The iPRES 2015 conference is seeking contributions from research and innovative practice in digital preservation. The conference site is: http://ipres2015.org This call is available at: http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/call-for-contributions/ Author information and guidelines are at: http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/author-info-guidelines/ Contribution topics We welcome contributions that address at least one of the following topics: Institutional opportunities and challenges - local, regional and national approaches - legislative context and requirements - institutional contexts for preservation - collaboration and alignment - collection content profiling - research data management - personal archiving - documenting authenticity and integrity - demonstrating benefits and incentives - providing and documenting added value - evaluating options: products, tools, registries, services, service providers - exploring the potential of bartering Infrastructure (organizational and technological) opportunities and challenges - bit preservation - scalability - complex formats - large data sets, e.g. web data or research data - system architectures and requirements - distributed and cloud-based implementations - digital forensics - standards-based practice Frameworks for digital preservation - models - standards and practice - core concepts - business models - sustainability and economic viability Preservation strategies and workflows - preservation strategies (e.g., migration, emulation, normalization) - preservation metadata management - preservation planning and action - archival storage and archival packages - acquisition, ingest, and submission packages - long-term access management and dissemination packages - measuring and mediating risks - content-specific approaches (e.g., GIS, digital art, audiovisual, research data, web-based content, models) Innovative practice - implementations - repositories - issues and wins - lessons learned - the future of digital preservation Training and education - educational needs - evaluating curricula and impacts - innovative offerings - support for lifelong learning - career management Program strands iPRES 2015 is being structured around two key strands - research and innovative practice. Papers are invited for both strands. The purpose of this distinction is to promote work from both a research and innovative practice perspective and work that is clearly rooted in the actual experience of institutions undertaking digital preservation. We expect that there will be work that manages to encapsulate both of these strands, and that is welcomed. All papers for iPRES 2015 should: - be leading edge - be innovative - help inform debate around what digital preservation is. Paper types Full and Short papers Full papers (8 to 10 pages) will report research work with novel contributions and/or practical engagement with digital preservation problems that show a demonstrable advance in the practice of digital preservation. Short papers (3 to 5 pages) can focus on new challenges and work in progress, whether in the research or innovative practice strand. All contributions must report on novel and previously unpublished work and will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the Program Committee. The accepted papers will be published in the iPRES 2015 proceedings. A best paper award will be offered and recommended for publication in an appropriate journal. Posters and demonstrations Submissions (up to 2 pages) are encouraged for posters reporting on emerging issues or work in progress, and also for demonstrations of innovative solutions. These submissions should describe the work to be presented and its contribution beyond the state of the art. Posters and demonstrations will be presented in a dedicated session during the conference. All contributions will be peer-reviewed. The accepted poster and demonstration submissions will be published in the proceedings. A best poster award will be offered. Panels Proposals for thematic panels to be held during the main conference program can be submitted by 3 to 5 experts. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal and relevance for the expected audience. Proposals must detail the subject, motivation and panelists. Workshops Proposals for thematic workshops are welcome. Proposals must detail the subject, scope, program strand and intended content. Ideally, workshops should be open to public registration and participation. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal, requirements for its organization, and local capability to support it (which should not be a major constraint). Tutorials Tutorials must be on a single topic, addressed at either an introductory level or an in-depth, expert level. Submissions for tutorials should be a maximum of 2 pages, including a brief abstract and an outline of the content, the duration (half-day 3 hours or full-day 6 hours), a description of the intended audience and the expected learning outcomes, and a short biography of the presenter(s). Peer review and inclusion in iPres 2015 Proceedings All submissions will be subject to peer review. Those that are accepted for inclusion in the conference will be published in the iPRES 2015 proceedings. For full and short papers, the full text will be published. For posters, demonstrations, workshops, tutorials and panels, abstracts will be published. After receiving results of the peer review, authors will have an opportunity to edit their submissions for the final proceedings. In order to ensure inclusion in the proceedings, authors should submit final text by August 15, 2015. Publication and Pre-publication at iPres 2015 iPRES is a venue where individuals from across the globe hash out ideas, share results and propose further actions to address the challenges and opportunities of digital preservation. This year, we would like to take further advantage of these rich exchanges by changing how the final proceedings are published. Participants at the conference will receive full pre-publication drafts of papers and abstracts of workshops, tutorials, panels, posters, and demos. Authors will be encouraged to link their own papers to others, to deal with criticisms or comments received, and to clear up any inaccuracies or misunderstandings. In addition panelists and workshop hosts will be invited to report their sessions more fully, and the program committee will commission a number of thematic syntheses to act as an accessible commentary to the whole conference. Authors will be given a short period after the conference to update their contributions to take account of discussion, debate and conference developments. Please note that pre-conference versions will be published if no revised version is provided. Additional opportunities Submissions are also encouraged for associated activities outside the formal program. Responsibility for planning and management of these would be with the submitting organization. The Program Committee would appreciate being notified and consulted about such activities in order to best coordinate efforts with the conference program. Conference Organizing Committee Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science (Posters and Demos Co-Chair) William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition (Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chair) Leo Konstantelos, University of Melbourne (Program Co-Chair) Christopher (Cal) Lee, University of North Carolina (General Co-Chair) Yukio Maeda, University of Tokyo (Posters and Demos Co-Chair) Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries (Program Co-Chair) Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina (General Co-Chair) Eld Zierau, Royal Library of Denmark (Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chair) Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Robin.Rank at kzoo.edu Thu Apr 23 08:04:59 2015 From: Robin.Rank at kzoo.edu (Robin Rank) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:04:59 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Position Opening: Educational Technology Specialist at Kalamazoo College in Michigan Message-ID: Dear List Members, Kalamazoo College is seeking an Educational Technology Specialist. For details and to apply, please see: https://reason.kzoo.edu/hr/employ/staff/istechspecapr2015/ Educational Technology Specialist Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI Immediate Supervisor: Chief Information Officer Scope: The Educational Technology Specialist is responsible for supporting and expanding instructional technology integration across the curriculum in partnership with faculty, academic programs, and Information Services colleagues at Kalamazoo College. The Educational Technology Specialist takes primary responsibility for the administration and support of Moodle, our learning management system. He/she works proactively to identify opportunities for faculty adoption and use of Moodle, and provides training (primarily one on one) to faculty on Moodle for pedagogical use. The Educational Technology Specialist consults directly with members of the community to help them articulate instructional and curricular goals and to provide clients with support and solutions to address their goals through the implementation of appropriate technology solutions. Consulting responsibilities include sharing information with clients about the full array of available services and tools appropriate to their programs and goals, recommending appropriate services and technologies, and collaboration with IS colleagues to ensure the design, acquisition, implementation, management, and evaluation of educational technology services and solutions. A key responsibility of the Educational Technology Specialist is to engage in systematic and ongoing outreach to faculty across the Kalamazoo College community to raise awareness of available services and to promote effective instructional strategies through individual engagements and presentations. The position contributes to supporting educational technology tools, services, and initiatives, and participates actively in a range of program, projects, and services in support of teaching, learning, and scholarship with technology. Other responsibilities may be assigned. Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred. * 3-5 years of experience in a related field preferred. * Experience in information technology and the teaching and learning environment, knowledge of the higher education sector, and strong interpersonal communication skills. * Experience in supporting a learning management system, ideally Moodle, in a higher education setting. * Ability to analyze client requirements, map requirements to existing services and tools, and deliver well-designed and effective solutions for clients. * Ability to quickly adapt to the ever-changing information technology environment as it relates to student learning and faculty scholarship, especially as in a residential liberal arts environment. * Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills. * Able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with a diverse and group of clients. * Physical qualifications for this position require the mobility to cover the campus in all types of weather and be capable of lifting at least 25 pounds. An equal opportunity employer, Kalamazoo College is committed to equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal protection under the law. The College administers its programs without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, height, weight, marital status, physical disability as protected by law, or sexual orientation. The College's definition of sexual orientation proscribes discrimination based on a person's heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or gender identity, actual or presumed. Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo College is a highly selective nationally known liberal arts college offering an integrated undergraduate experience that weaves a traditional liberal arts curriculum into educational experiences in both domestic and international settings. The campus is located midway between Chicago and Detroit in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a metropolitan community of 225,000 which supports four college and university campuses along with numerous civic arts and cultural associations. Thirty-five miles from Lake Michigan, the area offers many opportunities for outdoor activities. ****************************** Robin Rank Reference and Instruction Librarian Information Services Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 voice: 269 337-7152 email: robin.rank at kzoo.edu [cid:image001.png at 01D05682.E72C9420] "Like" K's Library on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kalamazoocollegelibrary -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The new annual fellowship program provides up to $200,000 to scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals in the humanities and social sciences who are pursuing research on the challenges facing U.S. democracy and international order in the next 25 years. Recipients are enabled to take a sabbatical of between one and two years to research and write. Tufekci's research interests revolve around the intersection of technology and society, and her academic work focuses on social movements and civics, privacy and surveillance, and social interaction. She is also increasingly known for her work on "big data" and algorithmic decision-making. "This fellowship will allow me to study the implications of the emergence of behavioral 'big data' and the associated algorithms and analytics that are applied to these data for civics, society and privacy," said Tufekci. "I was surprised and thrilled to be given this opportunity to spend a year studying such an important topic!" In addition to her appointment with SILS, Tufekci has an affiliate appointment at the UNC Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is also a faculty associate at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and was previously a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at the Princeton University. Originally from Turkey, and formerly a computer programmer, Tufekci became interested in the social impacts of technology and began to focus on how digital and computational technology interact with social, political and cultural dynamics. Her work has appeared in a wide range of outlets, from peer-reviewed journals to traditional media and blogging platforms. Her forthcoming book Beautiful Teargas: The Ecstatic, Fragile Politics of Networked Protest in the 21st Century, to be published by Yale University Press, will examine the dynamics, strengths and weaknesses of 21st century social movements. Tufekci is currently a contributing opinion writer at the New York Times and also publishes essays at The Message on Medium, a new media platform. She can be found online on Twitter as @zeynep, and on her personal blog, http://www.technosociology.org. For more information, visit http://sils.unc.edu/news/2015/carnegie-tufecki or http://acfellows.carnegie.org/#!/. Katherine Pearl Perales Communications Coordinator School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Manning Hall 04, CB# 3360 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 kpearl at email.unc.edu Phone: (919) 843-8337 sils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From junus at mail.lib.msu.edu Fri Apr 24 11:54:12 2015 From: junus at mail.lib.msu.edu (Junus, Ranti) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:54:12 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: The University of Arizona is pleased to announce the Launch of the School of Information! Message-ID: <13CEDD3CC20A8D40BC18DD7A7C9135EFA60AC4A1@mailbox1.lib.msu.edu> [forwarded by request] -- Ranti Junus UA Launches School of Information By Lori Harwood, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | April 17, 2015 Students in "iSchool" will be prepared to tackle the challenges presented by an information-based society in emerging industries. The University of Arizona is poised to become a leader in the rapidly growing field of information science with the opening of the new School of Information. Capitalizing on already-strong programs in library science, information technology and digital arts, the UA's newest school will prepare students to tackle the challenges of an information-based society and seize opportunities to succeed in emerging industries. The school is applying to join the iSchools Organization, a collection of information schools dedicated to advancing the information field, which would make it the first iSchool in the Southwest. "Data and digital technology has revolutionized the globe in a single generation," said John Paul Jones III, dean of the UA's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, where the School of Information is housed. "It has changed how we do business, create culture and communicate identities," Jones said. "It has even changed how we govern, protest and create social transformation. The iSchool plays a role in understanding ? and even shaping ? these changes." The iSchool combines the School of Information Resources and Library Science, or SIRLS, located in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the School of Information: Science, Technology, and Arts, or SISTA, located in the College of Science. The iSchool will include additional affiliate faculty from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Science, as well as faculty from College of Fine Arts and the College of Humanities who have research interests in digital arts and humanities. The new school already has received the support of technology leaders in the Tucson community who see its potential to attract employers to the region. "The iSchool is an essential pipeline for the breakthrough research and the top talent that is critical for transforming our regional economy," said Justin Williams, founder and CEO of Startup Tucson. The iSchool will include all aspects of the information sciences, including artificial intelligence; data management and curation; natural language processing; social networking; computational art and music; e-commerce; e-health; and library sciences. Bryan Heidorn, the director of the school and the former director of SIRLS, says the iSchool also will fine-tune its expertise in information matters pertinent to the region, such as those related to climate and the environment, defense, health care, optics, border security and mining. "Information has always been the distinctive purview of humans, but the computer and telecommunications revolutions are allowing us to leverage information in ways never before imagined," Heidorn said. "You no longer need to be a master computer programmer to use information to change a business, our government or our society. The people who understand how digital information works in society and who have the technical skills to manipulate information will have a competitive advantage. The intelligent use of information will help citizens make better decisions in their life and work." The creation of the iSchool aligns with the UA's Never Settle strategic plan. Based on the experience of iSchools at universities such as Washington, Illinois and Syracuse, there is considerable potential in creating academic and corporate alliances. Corporate partnerships will give students and faculty access to real-world problems that need solving. Companies will receive a ready supply of faculty expertise and energetic student interns, as well as the first peek at some of the brightest tech minds hitting the job market after graduation. "The opportunities for collaboration with interns and faculty at the new iSchool at the University of Arizona is a great resource for the technology industry," said Steve Zylstra, president and CEO of Arizona Tech Council. "Having a crop of bright graduates in our own backyard who are versed in the latest information technology is a definite boon for local companies." The iSchool offers three undergraduate degrees: * In the Bachelor of Arts in information science and arts program, students will study topics such as digital aesthetics, information representation and computational art culture. * Students in the Bachelor of Arts in e-Society program will study issues related to privacy, ethics, information manipulation and the impact of social media on daily life. * Bachelor of Science in information science and technology students will develop expertise in topics such as machine learning, natural language processing and artificial intelligence. The school also offers two graduate degrees, with a third in the planning stages. The Master of Arts in library and information science is accredited by the American Library Association and prepares students for careers in libraries, museums and archives, as well as in government and business information centers. The degree includes the Knowledge River Program, which is the foremost graduate program for training librarians and information specialists with a focus on Latino and Native American cultural issues. Students in the doctoral program in information learn to develop and apply computational methods to challenges that overlap multiple academic disciplines ? from discovering signaling pathways in cells, to understanding musical improvisation, to training digital video cameras to understand what they see ? and will be prepared for careers in academia, government and industry. A Master of Science in information is undergoing university approvals and is expected to be available for classes beginning in the fall. The iSchool also will offer a variety of certificates. Like most of the degrees, they will be offered face-to-face and online. They are: * The DigIn (Digital Information Management) graduate certificate, which trains professionals to create and manage large, complex digital collections. * The certificate in archival studies, which teaches students how archival practices affect the composition and meaning of cultural artifacts and the historical record. * The legal information and scholarly communication certificate, which prepares students to serve in various types of libraries, archives, government agencies and businesses where legal information is critical for success. For jobs where a Juris Doctorate is required, the school provides a law lLibrarianship graduate certificate. * The certificate in medical and community health information, which will involve skills in the acquisition and dissemination of quality health information as well as training on providing culturally competent health information services. "These certificates, like many of the curricular programs already running in the School of Information, involve a number of other academic units on campus," Heidorn said, "so student training will continue to span disciplinary boundaries." Contacts Bryan Heidorn UA School of Information 520-621-3565 ischool at email.arizona.edu (link sends e-mail) Members of the School of Information leadership team attended the iConference in Newport Beach, California, in March. From left: Bryan Heidorn, School of Information director; Catherine Brooks, School of Information director of undergraduate studies; and Kelland Thomas, School of Information associate director. From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Fri Apr 24 12:12:13 2015 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:12:13 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP (Extended Deadline): 11th Int. Conf. on AI Applications and Innovations (Biarritz-France) Message-ID: * Sorry for cross-posting * Due to several requests, the submission deadline has been extended to May 10th, 2015. ************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************* The 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI'15) http://aiai2015.sigappfr.org/ September 14-17, 2015 Bayonne/Biarritz - France Description and Objectives --------------------------- The importance of Artificial Intelligence is underlined by the fact that it is nowadays being embraced by a vast majority of research fields across different disciplines, from Engineering Sciences to Economics and Medicine, as a means to tackle highly complicated and challenging computational as well as cognitive problems. Being one of the main streams of information processing, Artificial Intelligence may now offer solutions to such problems using advances and innovations from a wide range of sub-areas that induce thinking and reasoning in models and systems. The Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations Conference (AIAI) is a major technical event in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. The 11th AIAI Conference will be held in Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne (BAB) in France, from September 14th to 17th 2015. Its general focus is to present different perspectives on how Artificial Intelligence may be applied and offer solutions to real world problems, serving the study, analysis and modelling of theoretical and practical issues. The primary target of AIAI is to present highly novel research papers describing innovative algorithms, systems, tools and techniques, as well as proposing advanced prototypes in the area of Artificial Intelligence. General survey papers indicating future directions and professional work-in-progress reports are of equal interest. Acceptance will be based on quality, originality and practical merit of the work. AIAI is supported and sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Topics ------- AIAI 2015 seeks contributions in the following areas: - Theoretical Advances Machine Learning Adaptive Control Data Fusion Reasoning Methods Knowledge Acquisition and Representation Planning and Scheduling Artificial Neural Networks Expert Systems Fuzzy Logic and Systems Genetic Algorithms and Programming Particle Swarm Optimisation Bayesian Models - Knowledge Engineering Data Mining and Information Retrieval Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management for e-Learning and Enterprise Portals Intelligent Information Systems Web- and Knowledge-Based Information Systems Ontologies - Multimedia, Graphics and Artificial Intelligence Multimedia Computing Multimedia Ontologies Smart Graphics Colour/Image Analysis Speech Synthesis - Signal Processing Techniques and Knowledge Extraction Computer Vision Human-Machine Interaction / Presence Learning and Adaptive Systems Pattern Recognition Signal and Image Processing Speech and Natural Language Processing - Artificial Intelligence Applications eBusiness, eCommerce, eHealth, eLearning Engineering and Industry Environmental Modelling Finance Telecommunications - Transportation Crisis and Risk Management Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering Political Decision Making Natural Language Processing Planning and Resource Management Project Management Emerging Applications Forensic Science - Trends in Computing Accessibility and Computers Affective Computing Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Autonomous and Ubiquitous Computing Distributed AI Systems and Architectures Grid-Based Computing Intelligent Profiling and Personalisation Robotics and Virtual Reality - Other AI and Ethical Issues Evaluation of AI Systems Social Impact of AI Paper Submission ---------------- Authors are invited to electronically submit original, English-language research contributions no longer than 10 pages formatted according to the well known LNCS Springer style, or experience reports. Submitted papers must present unpublished work, not being considered for publication in other journals or conferences. Paper submission deadline is April 26th, 2015. Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via email. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the proceedings, which will be published by SPRINGER and they will be available on site. At least, one author must register and attend the conference to present the paper. Proceedings will be published by Springer in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series and indexed by major indexes. Paper submission is available online via: EasyChair for AIAI 2015 website. Important Dates ---------------- - Submission Deadline: May 10th, 2015 - Notification of Acceptance: June 05th, 2015 - Camera Ready: June 15th, 2015 - Paper Registration: June 17th, 2015 - Conference Dates: 14-17 September 2015 Special issues and Journal Publication --------------------------------------- Extended versions of selected papers will be published in several peer reviewed journals, such as: - Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering - International Journal of Neural Systems General Chairs --------------------- - Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France - Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Chairs ----------------------- - Ilias Maglogiannis, University of the Piraeus, Greece - Reda ElHajj, University of Calgary, Canada International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From Jeonghyun.Kim at unt.edu Fri Apr 24 10:26:36 2015 From: Jeonghyun.Kim at unt.edu (Kim, Jeonghyun) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:26:36 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] 2015 ASIS&T Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award Message-ID: <1429885647016.81566@unt.edu> ? Call for nominations for the 2015 ASIS&T Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award This award recognizes substantive work performed by students in the field of information science and encourages research and writing. Since 1996, it has been sponsored by the Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, on behalf of the late David Severn, a 1968 Pratt Alumnus. Evaluated by the same rigorous standards as papers submitted for the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), the best student research paper is judged on technical competence, significance of findings, originality, and clarity of expression. The award shall consist of round-trip travel expenses and full registration for the ASIS&T annual meeting, not to exceed $500; a certificate; and possible submission of the paper for publication in JASIST. The nomination deadline is June 15, 2015. For more information on eligibility and nomination requirements, visit http://www.asis.org/awards/bestresearchpaper.html The jurors for the 2015 ASIS&T Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award are: * John Budd, University of Missouri * Lynne McKechnie, University of Western Ontario * Leanne Bowler, University of Pittsburgh * Hsin-Liang Chen, Long Island University * Jeonghyun (Annie) Kim, University of North Texas (Chair)? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mashaheen at gmail.com Thu Apr 23 15:31:49 2015 From: mashaheen at gmail.com (Shaheen Maqsood) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:31:49 +0500 Subject: [Asis-l] REMINDER - Announcement of the 2015 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest for Developing Countries Message-ID: Excuse me for cross-postings! The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its 15th competition for papers to be submitted for the 2015 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, MO; November 6-10, 2015. (http://www.asis.org/asist2015/am15cfp.html) Building from the overall conference theme, the theme for this year?s paper contest is: ?Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community?. This year?s conference theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ? including academics and practitioner researchers ? to discuss the impact of their research on industry, on government, on local/national/global community groups, on individuals, on information systems, on libraries/museums/galleries, and on other practice contexts. The theme highlights the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas: - Impact on Individuals: information behavior; information retrieval; human-computer interaction; social media use; information literacy; etc. - Impact on Society: digital citizenship; cultural engagement; archival preservation; policy development; copyright; intellectual property; infometrics; information access; etc. - Impact on Organizations: information architecture; knowledge management; competitive intelligence; digital curation; records and archives management; etc. - Impact on Systems & Technology: cloud computing; digital libraries; automatic indexing; social tagging; classification; semantic web; database design; web usability; etc. - Impact on Information Contexts: health; education; law; environment; agriculture; business; etc. *Selection Criteria:* There will be up to three winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including: Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy Islamabad), J.K. Vijayakumar (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), and, Innocent Awasom (Texas Tech University). *The judging criteria will be based on:* 1. Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem (originality of the project described, etc.) 2. Relevance to the paper contest theme 3. Quality of argument, presentation and organization *Eligibility & Information for authors:* Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2009-2014 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. *Award:* The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, MO, November 6-10, 2015. (http://www.asis.org/asist2015/am15cfp.html). *Style:* The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=instructions#.VOw5ZUex4k0 *Publishing opportunities:* Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review , subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. *ASIS&T Copyright Policy:* ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. *Deadline for submission of full papers: * Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by *June 30, 2015*, to Maqsood Shaheen at ShaheenMA at gmail.com, preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments. ------------- Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen Chair International Paper Contest Committee Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (III) Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Two broad intersecting themes are emerging among IR researchers and those with strong applied neuroscience background. One is applied and aims at using neuro-physiological signals as additional inputs in search algorithms. The other is theoretical and aims at development of more robust models for information search ? models that go beyond behavioral data and account for physiological and neurological responses to information as stimuli. The early work by information retrieval researchers resulted in a number of recent publications that appeared at SIGIR, ECIR, and related conferences. However, the IR community is still broadly unaware of these new methods. The workshop will be a forum for information exchange, collaboration and education. It will provide a lively opportunity for sharing experiences among researchers; build a community and forge collaborations; map out future work; make IR researchers aware of potential usefulness of neuro-physiological methods and their applicability to their research; enable them to read and assess papers that employ such methods. To broaden participation, the forum will include a session dedicated to demonstration and tutorials introducing some critical tools and modalities for collecting neuro-physiological data and associated techniques for data analysis. Submissions: ============== We invite submissions that may include the following topics: * findings from completed IR research that utilized neuro-physiological tools; * cases and problems in IR that are likely to benefit from neuro-physiological methods; * comparative analysis of neuro-physiological tools and techniques with their applications in IR; * analysis methods for incorporating neuro-physiological data in IR research; * lessons learned in IR research that utilized neuro-physiological tools; * paper presenting demonstrations of portable tools such as eye-trackers, EEGs, fNIRS in service of IR research (we'll encourage participants submitting such papers to bring their some of these tools with them to the workshop). *** NOTE: submissions may include previously published work, provided the authors elaborate on extensions to past work, on future work and on practical lessons learned in their research. We invite submissions in three categories: 1. regular research papers describing completed work or theoretical contributions (up to 6 pages) 2. short papers (work-in-progress) (up to 2 pages), 3. position papers - expressions of an interest in the workshop area (up to 2 pages). The neuro-cognitive and physiological tools of interest include, but are not limited to, fMRI, fNIRS, eye-tracking, EEG, GSR, and analysis of facial expressions. Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must be written in English; * contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; * be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template ( http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; * be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size. * papers should be submitted in EasyChair to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=neuroir2015 * submission deadline May 4, 2015. Workshop Location: ==================== NeuroIR 2015 will take place at a gorgeous venue ( http://www.sigir2015.org/venue) Campus ?Casa Central? of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC Chile) and will be held in conjunction with the 38th Annual ACM SIGIR Conference. This campus is located in Av. Alameda 340, in Santiago Downtown, Chile. Program Committee (not final): ============================== Ioannis Arapakis, Yahoo Research, Spain Vincent N. Carrasco, Laboratory of Applied Informatics Research, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Ashlee Edwards, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Manuel Eugster, HIIT, Aalto University, Finland Roberto Gonz?lez-Ib??ez, Informatics Engineering, Universidad de Santiago, Chile Hideo Joho, Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan Yvonne Kammerer, Leibniz-Institut f?r Wissensmedien - Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany Irene Lopatovska, Pratt Institute, USA Randall Minas, Information Technology Management Dept, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA Yashar Moshfeghi, Computer Science, University of Glasgow, UK Heather O'Brien, iSchool, University of British Columbia, Canada Luisa Pinto, Computer Science, University of Glasgow, UK Frank Pollick, Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK Erin Solovey, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel, USA Follow us on: ============= Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/736643453121163/ LinkedId: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/NeuroIR-2015-8276989 Online CFP: ========== https://sites.google.com/site/neuroir2015/cfp ========== Jacek Gwizdka, PhD Assistant Professor at School of Information, University of Texas at Austin Information eXperience (IX) lab Co-Director Distinguished Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists ACM Senior Member -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In this talk, I will explore the central conceits of making, using the development of ?critical making? to unpack and open up the productive contradictions that exist within this work. Specifically, I will engage with the role making can play in educational and research contexts that want to maintain commitments to humanities-based values and outcomes while still engaging with the possibilities of emergent technological systems. Since 2007, I have been both conceptually and concretely reconnoitering the space of hybrid socio-technical research and teaching, drawing upon resources from the fields of Information Studies, Science and Technology Studies, and adjacent work and practices in art, engineering, and design. The purpose of this work has been threefold; first, to instantiate a research program aimed at extending theoretical ?material-semiotic? scholarship that can support material as well as conceptual exploration; second, to develop curriculum that incorporates a constructivist pedagogy centrally into socio-technical studies; and third, to support an activist agenda that provides new resources for producing DIY citizens. I will report on the successes and failures of my work to date, using these to map out where we are now and what remains to be done. Matt Ratto is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto and directs the Semaphore Research cluster on Inclusive Design, Mobile and Pervasive Computing and, as part of Semaphore, the Critical Making lab. -- Elizabeth Kalbers Administrative Assistant Department of Information Studies 310-206-9393 kalbers at gseis.ucla.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From niso-announce at niso.org Tue Apr 28 09:49:42 2015 From: niso-announce at niso.org (NISO Announce) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:49:42 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] May 13 NISO Webinar: Software Preservation and Use: I Saved the Files But Can I Run Them? Message-ID: *NISO Webinar: Software Preservation and Use: I Saved the Files But Can I Run Them?* *Date: *May 13, 2015 *Time: *1:00 ? 2:30 p.m. Eastern time *Event webpage:* *http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/software/* =============================================================== *ABOUT THE WEBINAR* The digitization of resources can provide expanded access to information as well as a preservation mechanism for now-fragile materials. Preserving the digital copy of the resource is an issue now being addressed, but what about the software used to create digital files? How can software on media which can no longer be read -- or no longer be read easily -- be preserved? If that software can?t be accessed, what happens to the material created by, and only read by, that software? Progress has been made in formulating standards for the preservation and description of digital materials and a framework for addressing digital item preservation has been proposed. Despite, however, meetings such as the Library of Congress? ?Preserving.exe: Toward a National Strategy for Preserving Software ,? no formal standard or framework yet exists for software digitization and preservation. This webinar will feature three presenters who will speak on aspects of software digitization and preservation, including a how-to approach (technical aspects), a metadata component, and observations from the field as part of the continuing discussion on the state of the field and the need for standardization. Topics and speakers are: ? *Software artifacts: Migration and Emulation* ? *Michael Lesk*, Professor of Library and Information Science, Rutgers University ? *Emulation in practice: Emulation as a Service at Yale University Library: Lessons learnt and plans for the future *? *Euan Cochrane*, Digital Preservation Manager, Yale University Library *REGISTRATION* *Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on May 13*. Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance . If you would like to become an LSA member and receive the entire year?s webinars as part of membership, information on joining is listed here: www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/.) All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/software/ # # # Juliana Wood, Educational Programs Manager National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302 Baltimore, Maryland 21211 E: jwood at niso.org P: 301.654.2512 F: 410.685.5278 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Katrin.Weller at gesis.org Tue Apr 28 19:43:42 2015 From: Katrin.Weller at gesis.org (Weller, Katrin) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:43:42 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CfP: Things that didn't work out in social media research - and what we can learn from them. First two #FAIL! workshops at WebSci15 and IR16 conference confirmed Message-ID: <2D3DFB539C8F0B49A1D31A47B0C027D1AAF07E3B@SVKOEXC01.gesis.intra> =========================================================================== #FAIL! Things that didn't work out in social media research - and what we can learn from them 1st #FAIL! workshop (#fail2015a) at Web Science Conference 2015 (#websci15) June 29, 2015 Oxford, UK http://failworkshops.wordpress.com/ =========================================================================== ------------------- THEME: Things that didn't work out in social media research - and what we can learn from them ------------------- Have you ever tried approaches in social media research that did not quite work out? Now is the time to share these experiences! We would like everyone to submit their individual stories of "failed" research approaches in the field of studying social media and social media users. We are looking for examples from all phases of the research process (e.g. data collection, data processing, data analysis, data sharing, also including administrative tasks, research ethics and legal challenges) that did not work out as expected. Presented case studies should help other researchers in the field to advance research methodology by identifying unsuccessful approaches and to inspire discussions on alternative solutions. ---------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------- Submission deadline: May 16, 2015 (23:59 Hawaii time - no extension) Notification: May 26, 2015 Camera-ready: June 20, 2015 Workshop date: June 29, 2015 WebSci15 Conference dates: June 28 to July 1, 2015 Early bird registration for WebSci15: May 28, 2015 ------------ SUBMISSIONS ------------ Submissions should be extended abstracts of 1,000 to 2,000 words. Submissions will be made via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fail2015a Please see the workshop website for details on how to prepare and submit your proposal: https://failworkshops.wordpress.com/fail-workshop-at-websci15/cfp/ ------------------------------ WORKSHOP STRUCTURE AT WEBSCI15 ------------------------------ The three hours workshop at WebSci15 will consist of short presentations of about 15 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussions. In the discussions we aim at collaboratively searching for alternative solutions for the presented problems. --------------------- OVERALL ORGANISATION --------------------- We are planning to organize additional #FAIL! workshops at other conferences in the future. In this way, we want to help to connect the different communities engaged in studying social media. The second workshop has recently been accepted at Internet Research 16 conference (#IR16) by the Association of Internet Researchers. Watch out the workshop website for updates on upcoming calls. ----------- ORGANISERS #FAIL2015A at WEBSCI15 ----------- Katrin Weller, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany (@kwelle, katrin.weller at gesis.org) Luca Rossi, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (@lr, lucr at itu.dk) Taha Yasseri, University of Oxford, UK (@tahayasseri, taha.yasseri at oii.ox.ac.uk) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Wed Apr 29 12:56:19 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:56:19 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] JASIST EDITOR-Cal for Proposals Message-ID: <385-22015432916561958@LEN-dick-2011> Position Description Editor Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) Nature of Position: The Editor?s foremost responsibility is to ensure the high quality and quantity of papers published in JASIST. The Editor solicits papers from appropriate individuals that fit the scope of JASIST, oversees the activities of the Associate Editors, Guest Editors, and Editorial Board to ensure that submitted papers are peer reviewed by appropriately qualified and experienced persons, and communicates promptly with authors to accept or reject manuscripts or to request revision in response to referees' reports. The Editor, in consultation with the Society, appoints and renews Editorial Board members for an agreed term to ensure that the Board?s composition is sufficiently international and broad in scope to maintain JASIST worldwide within its field, and communicates regularly (at least annually) with the Editorial Board concerning the development of the Journal, editorial strategy, submissions and promotion. The Editor assists the Publishers in promoting JASIST by advising on publicity and promoting the JASIST wherever possible through contacts and at conferences attended. The Editor is responsible for the intellectual workflow (e.g., using the electronic manuscript system, sequencing papers in issues) and insuring that the instructions to authors are followed (e.g., that copy is original, and has not been published elsewhere; that copy is not defamatory or otherwise unlawful, and that appropriate illustrations and tabular matter, permissions, and assignments of copyright are included). BACKGROUND REQUIREMENT OF INCUMBENT a) Education: Graduate Degree. b) Skills Required: The Editor must be a leader who has strong motivational, interpersonal, and communication skills. He or she must be highly motivated to publish a successful journal and recognize the broad scope of information science. A global perspective, flexibility, and diplomacy skills are required to encourage diverse and creative contributions and to arbitrate controversial issues and points of views. Knowledge of electronic communications and electronic manuscript management systems is essential. The Editor must be familiar with electronic publishing trends, issues of originality and reuse, and Open Access points of view and publishing economics. In additional to oversight abilities, the Editor must be willing and able to delegate. c) Term: The term for this position is five years. A limit of two terms is imposed. d) Relevant Experience: Substantial knowledge of JASIST and the field of information science. A record of scholarly publication. Prior editorship experience and/or editorial board experience with a comparable scholarly, technical, or scientific (refereed) journal is highly preferred. APPLICATION PROCEDURE Applications will be considered beginning on May 1, 2015 and until the position is filled. The recruitment and recommendation committee will consider applications beginning on July 1, 2015. A committee consisting of Donald Case, Kristin Eschenfelder, Gary Marchionini (Chair), Carole Palmer, and Ian Ruthven will review the applications and make a recommendation to the ASIST Board of Directors. Send inquiries and applications to (via email): JASIST Editor Search Committee c/o Richard Hill rhill at asis.org ASIS&T 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA The application package should include: A plan or vision statement that details the prospective course of action that the applicant projects to take to ensure that JASIST is a leading, influential voice in information science. It should include, but not be limited to, the following: ? Your publishing & editorial experience; ? Reasons why you would be specially qualified as EIC of this publication ? Your vision for information science: the directions it should take; its hot, warm, and cold areas; ? Your vision of the JASIST editorial board structure and function; ? Your experience with electronic manuscript management systems; ? Your understanding of ASIST, and your conception of the relationship of the journal to the members; ? Possible strategies for increasing JASIST submissions from adjoining fields; ? Possible weaknesses of JASIST and strategies for improving it: special sections, special issues, survey articles, special initiatives, etc. ? Methods to maintain rapid reviewing and response times; ? Other plans for improvement. Each applicant must also provide a detailed resume, listing all past and present affiliations, editorial positions held, and activities in professional societies and technical conferences. Further, each applicant should provide a complete list of publications, honors and awards received, and other information deemed relevant to the Editor position. Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Thu Apr 30 20:15:09 2015 From: pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de (Sebastian Hellmann) Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 02:15:09 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] SEMANTiCS 2015, Vienna, Call for Research & Innovation Papers Message-ID: <5542C58D.5050508@informatik.uni-leipzig.de> Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2015 Transfer // Engineering // Community 11th International Conference on Semantic Systems Vienna, Austria September 15-17, 2015 http://www.semantics.cc Important Dates (Research & Innovation) ------------------------------------------------------ * Abstract Submission Deadline: May 22, 2015 * Paper Submission Deadline: May 29, 2015 * Notification of Acceptance: July 10, 2015 * Camera-Ready Paper: July 24, 2015 SEMANTiCS proceedings will be published by ACM ICP. Submissions via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2015research The calls for ?Industry & Use Case Presentations? and ?Posters and Demos? at SEMANTiCS 2015 can be found here:http://www.semantics.cc/ The annual SEMANTiCS conference is the meeting place for professionals who make semantic computing work, who understand its benefits and encounter its limitations. Every year, SEMANTiCS attracts information managers, IT-architects, software engineers and researchers from organisations ranging from NPOs, through public administrations to the largest companies in the world. Attendees learn from industry experts and top researchers about emerging trends and topics in the fields of semantic software, enterprise data, linked data & open data strategies, methodologies in knowledge modelling and text & data analytics. The SEMANTiCS community is highly diverse; attendees have responsibilities in interlinking areas like knowledge management, technical documentation, e-commerce, big data analytics, enterprise search, document management, business intelligence and enterprise vocabulary management. The success of last year?s conference in Leipzig with more than 230 attendees from 22 countries proves that SEMANTiCS 2015 will continue a long tradition of bringing together colleagues from around the world. There will be presentations on industry implementations, use case prototypes, best practices, panels, papers and posters to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. SEMANTICS addresses problems common among information managers, software engineers, IT-architects and various specialist departments working to develop, implement and/or evaluate semantic software systems. The SEMANTiCS program is a rich mix of technical talks, panel discussions of important topics and presentations by people who make things work - just like you. In addition, attendees can network with experts in a variety of fields. These relationships provide great value to organisations as they encounter subtle technical issues in any stage of implementation. The expertise gained by SEMANTiCS attendees has a long-term impact on their careers and organisations. These factors make SEMANTiCS for our community the major industry related event across Europe. The following ?horizontals? (research) and ?verticals? (industries) topics are of interest: * Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies * Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search * Data Integration & Enterprise Linked Data * Big Data & Text Analytics * Data Portals & Knowledge Visualization * Semantic Information Management * Document Management & Content Management * Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management * Industry & Engineering * Life Sciences & Health Care * Public Administration * Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM) * Media, Publishing & Advertising * Financial & Insurance Industry * Telecommunications * Energy, Transport & Environment Research / Innovation Papers -------------------------------------- The Research & Innovation track at SEMANTiCS welcomes the submission of papers on novel scientific research and/or innovations relevant to the topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must not exceed 8 pages in length for full papers and 4 pages for short papers, including references and optional appendices. All accepted full papers and short papers will be published in the digital library of the ACM ICP Series under the ISBN-No.: 978-1-4503-1972-0. Research & Innovation papers should be submitted through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2015research. Papers must be submitted in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) format. Other formats will not be accepted. For the camera-ready version, the source files (Latex, Word Perfect, Word) will also be needed. Important Dates (Research & Innovation) * Abstract Submission Deadline: May 22, 2015 * Paper Submission Deadline: May 29, 2015 * Notification of Acceptance: June 26, 2015 * Camera-Ready Paper: July 15 , 2015 Research and Innovation Chairs: Sebastian Hellmann, AKSW, Universit?t Leipzig Josiane Xavier Parreira, Siemens AG ?sterreich Programme Committee: * Alessandro Adamou, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University * Guadalupe Aguado-De-Cea, Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Rajendra Akerkar, Senior Researcher/Professor, Western Norway Research Institute * Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, IRIT CNRS * Ciro Baron, University of Leipzig * Charalampos Bratsas, Web Science Program, Mathematics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece * Martin Br?mmer, Universit?t Leipzig * Volha Bryl, University of Mannheim * Paul Buitelaar, Insight centre for Data Analytics, National University of Ireland Galway * Irene Celino, CEFRIEL * Pierre-Antoine Champin, LIRIS * Christian Chiarcos, * Key-Sun Choi, KAIST * Ioana-Georgiana Ciuciu, Universit? Joseph Fourier, Grenoble * Roland Cornelissen, Metamatter * Gianluca Correndo, University of Southampton * Roberta Cuel, University of Trento * Claudia D'Amato, University of Bari * Mathieu D'Aquin, Knowledge Media Institute, the Open University * Aba-Sah Dadzie, University of Birmingham * Enrico Daga, The Open University * Tommaso Di Noia, Politecnico di Bari * Stefan Dietze, L3S Research Center * Marin Dimitrov, Ontotext * Mauro Dragoni, Fondazione Bruno Kessler * Samhaa El-Beltagy, Cairo University * Henrik Eriksson, Linkping University * Anna Fensel, Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck * Miriam Fernandez, Knowledge Media Institute * Agata Filipowska, Department of Information Systems, Poznan University of Economics * Marco Fossati, Fondazione Bruno Kessler * Fabien Gandon, Inria * Roberto Garcia, Universitat de Lleida * Jos? Mar?a Garc?a, STI Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck * Wolfgang Gassler, University of Innsbruck, Insitute of Computer Science, Research Group Databases and Information Systems * Alain Giboin, INRIA Sophia Antipolis - M?diterran?e * Jose Manuel Gomez-Perez, Intelligent Software Components (iSOCO) S.A. * Jorge Gracia, Ontology Engineering Group. Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Michael Granitzer, University of Passau * Andreas Harth, AIFB, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology * Bernhard Haslhofer, * Benjamin Heitmann, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway * Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center * Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg * Sirko Hunnius, IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center * Anja Jentzsch, Hasso Plattner Institut * Efstratios Kontopoulos, CERTH-ITI * Christoph Lange, University of Bonn * Ivo La?ek, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University * Nelia Lasierra Beamonte, STI, University of Innsbruck * Steffen Lohmann, University of Stuttgart * Vanessa Lopez, IBM Research * Sandra Lovren?i?, University of Zagreb, Faculty of organization and informatics Varazdin, Pavlinska 2, HR-42000 Varazdin, Croatia * Markus Luczak-Roesch, University of Southampton * Elisa Marengo, Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano * John P. Mccrae, Cognitive Interaction Technology, Center of Excellence * Pablo Mendes, IBM Research Almaden * Uro? Milo?evi?, Institute Mihailo Pupin * Elena Montiel-Ponsoda, Ontology Engineering Group. Laboratorio de Inteligencia Artificial. Facultad de Inform?tica. Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Andrea Moro, Sapienza, Universita di Roma * Lyndon Nixon, MODUL University * Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese, STLab, ISTC-CNR * Leo Obrst, MITRE * Vito Claudio Ostuni, Politecnico di Bari * Viviana Patti, Dipartimento di Informatica, Universit? di Torino * Heiko Paulheim, University of Mannheim * Silvio Peroni, University of Bologna and ISTC-CNR * Axel Polleres, Vienna University of Economics and Business - WU Wien * Mateusz Radzimski, Universidad Carlos III Madrid * Achim Rettinger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology * Giuseppe Rizzo, EURECOM * Marco Rospocher, Fondazione Bruno Kessler * Matthew Rowe, Lancaster University * Eugen Ruppert, TU Darmstadt - FG Language Technology * Marta Sabou, MODUL University Vienna * Muhammad Saleem, AKSW * Felix Sasaki, W3C * Bernhard Schandl, mySugr GmbH * Pavel Shvaiko, Informatica Trentina * Elena Simperl, University of Southampton * Ronald Stamper, Measur Ltd * Nadine Steinmetz, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering * Holger Stenzhorn, Saarland University Hospital * Mari Carmen Su?rez-Figueroa, Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Vojt?ch Sv?tek, University of Economics, Prague * Alexandru Todor, AG Corporate Semantic Web * Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universit?t Berlin, Networked Information Systems * Ioan Toma, STI Innsbruck * J?rgen Umbrich, Vienna University of Economy and Business (WU) * Ricardo Usbeck, University of Leipzig * Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche, INSERM UMRS 872, ?q.20, 15, rue de l??cole de m?decine, 75006 Paris, France * Ruben Verborgh, Ghent University - iMinds * Maria Esther Vidal, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Dept. Computer Science * Boris Villaz?n-Terrazas, iSOCO, Intelligent Software Components * Krzysztof Wecel, Poznan University of Economics * Katrin Weller, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences * Rupert Westenthaler, Salzburg Research * Patrick Westphal, Universit?t Leipzig * Wolfram W??, Institute for Application Oriented Knowledge Processing, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria * Eva Zangerle, Databases and Information Systems, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck SEMANTiCS 2015 Organisation Committee: * Axel Polleres, Conference Chair * Tassilo Pellegrini, Conference Chair * Christian Dirschl, Industry Chair * Sebastian Hellmann, Research & Innovation Chair * Josiane Xavier Parreira, Research & Innovation Chair * Agata Filipowska, Poster and Demo Chair * Ruben Verborgh, Poster and Demo Chair * Anna Fensel, Workshop Chair -- Sebastian Hellmann AKSW/NLP2RDF research group Insitute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) and DBpedia Association Events: * *Sept. 1-5, 2014* Conference Week in Leipzig, including ** *Sept 2nd*, MLODE 2014 ** *Sept 3rd*, 2nd DBpedia Community Meeting ** *Sept 4th-5th*, SEMANTiCS (formerly i-SEMANTICS) Venha para a Alemanha como PhD: http://bis.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/csf Projects: http://dbpedia.org, http://nlp2rdf.org, http://linguistics.okfn.org, https://www.w3.org/community/ld4lt Homepage: http://aksw.org/SebastianHellmann Research Group: http://aksw.org Thesis: http://tinyurl.com/sh-thesis-summary http://tinyurl.com/sh-thesis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Helen.Partridge at usq.edu.au Thu Apr 30 22:41:28 2015 From: Helen.Partridge at usq.edu.au (Helen Partridge) Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 02:41:28 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Closes in 2 weeks! Director Library Services, University of Southern Queensland, Toooomba, Australia Message-ID: Director, Library Services University of Southern Queensland The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is a young, dynamic University dedicated to providing quality programs and degrees in a flexible and supportive environment. USQ Library Services provides a range of physical and virtual facilities and services, delivering information in a variety of formats and channels; print, digital and electronic, face-to-face and online. Our reputation has been built on the principles of providing exceptional service and access to information, regardless of location or enrolment mode. A unique opportunity has arisen for a Director (Library Services) to provide strategic direction, leadership and innovative management of the University?s Library during this time of rapid and unprecedented transformation in higher education, scholarly communication and information technology. As the Director, Library Services, you will lead and manage change in a complex and dynamic landscape. You will be instrumental in promoting a collective vision and sense of shared mission for the evolving role of the Library and how it directly supports the strategic initiatives and intellectual core of the University. Key to your success in this role will be your strong leadership skills and extensive experience in guiding libraries through transformational change to ensure ongoing strategic relevance and impact. This position offers the chance to work within a large, dynamic organisation where you can pursue an exciting leadership career in library and information services. Situated on the edge of the picturesque Great Dividing Range, just one and a half hours west of Brisbane and only two hours from both the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Toowoomba offers all the benefits of urban living without any of the big-city pressures. With a population of approximately 160,000 residents, Toowoomba has an enviable reputation for quality of lifestyle and world-class education. Escape the pressures of big city life while still pursuing your career goals and enjoy all that this thriving regional community has to offer. Reference No: 102383 Term: Full-time fixed term appointment for three years Salary: Executive Remuneration package Closes: Friday 15 May 2015 Further details: http://tinyurl.com/USQDirectorLibServices Professor Helen Partridge Pro Vice-Chancellor (Scholarly Information and Learning Services) T: +61 7 4631 2795 | M: +61 7 040 989 6374 | Skype: partridh | Twitter: @partridh Email: Helen.partridge at usq.edu.au Academic Services Division University of Southern Queensland | Toowoomba, Queensland | 4350 | Australia _____________________________________________________________ This email (including any attached files) is confidential and is for the intended recipient(s) only. If you received this email by mistake, please, as a courtesy, tell the sender, then delete this email. The views and opinions are the originator's and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Southern Queensland. Although all reasonable precautions were taken to ensure that this email contained no viruses at the time it was sent we accept no liability for any losses arising from its receipt. The University of Southern Queensland is a registered provider of education with the Australian Government. (CRICOS Institution Code QLD 00244B / NSW 02225M, TEQSA PRV12081 ) From jeremy.mclaughlin at sjsu.edu Tue Apr 28 10:51:30 2015 From: jeremy.mclaughlin at sjsu.edu (Jeremy McLaughlin) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:51:30 -0600 Subject: [Asis-l] Announcement: Student Research Paper Award Winners Message-ID: SIG AH and SIG VIS are pleased to announce the winners of our co-sponsored Student Research Paper Award Contest. The Award consists of a $500 prize, a free ASIST membership, inclusion in the Proceedings of the Virtual Symposium on I&T in A&H, and a possible Panel presentation at Annual. The Best Student Paper Award winners are: Christian James - University of Maryland, College Park Historical thinking, digital methods: The new history pedagogy Melissa Higgins - University of Denver Structure, subjectivity, and power: The provisional space of libraries within the social tagging movement Please join us in congratulating Christian and Melissa! Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu Tue Apr 28 13:49:38 2015 From: nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu (Nicole Purviance) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:49:38 -0700 Subject: [Asis-l] Emerging Technologies and LIS: Join the Conversation April 30 References: <093e01d08131$7883d270$698b7750$@SJSU.Edu> Message-ID: <02b601d081db$b31875d0$19496170$@SJSU.Edu> Stay 'In the Know' and Discuss the 'Here and Now' during Library 2.015 Spring Summit What are your plans for this Thursday afternoon? We hope you'll join us online for the first-ever Library 2.015 Spring Summit -The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning, where industry leaders will discuss future technology trends in library and information services. This free online seminar is a must-attend for information professionals and educators. (If you have already registered, please forward this email to a friend.) A number of speakers will lead the opening panel presentation, discussing the impact of new technologies on education and libraries. Following this overview, attendees will learn strategies and tips on how to keep up with new technologies and plan for the future. Swimming in new knowledge, they will then be treated to a closing panel discussion on technology and social media trends. Event: Library 2.015 Spring Summit Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Time: 12- 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time Location: Online via Blackboard Collaborate (session link will be sent to registrants) Cost: Free REGISTER NOW! The seminar will be recorded, and all registrants will get a link to the archived presentation after the event. The Library 2.015 Spring Summit is co-produced by the School of Information at San Jose State University. Inspired by the iSchool's Emerging Future MOOC , the Library 2.015 Spring Summit continues the conversation about the impact of emerging technologies on the information profession. About The San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Information prepares individuals for careers as information professionals. Graduates work in diverse areas of the information profession, such as user experience design, digital asset management, information architecture, electronic records management, information governance, digital preservation, and librarianship. The SJSU School of Information is a recognized leader in online education and received the Online Learning Consortium's Outstanding Online Program award . For more information about the school, please visit: ischool.sjsu.edu . 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