From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Wed Jul 1 03:45:47 2015 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 09:45:47 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] IEEE SITIS'15: CFP WeCA (Web Computing and Application), Bangkok-Thailand Message-ID: Apologies for multiple diffusion CALL FOR PAPERS ===================================================================== Track on WEB COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (WeCA) The 11th IEEE International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET-BASED SYSTEMS (SITIS 15) Bangkok, Thailand, 23-27, November 2015 http://www.sitis-conf.org/ In cooperation with ACM SIGAPP French Chapter ====================================================================== The WeCA (Web Computing and Application) track will focus on emerging and novel concepts, architectures and methodologies for information management. The Internet and the related technologies have created an interconnected world in which information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed collaboratively, communities of users with similarly interests can be formed to achieve efficiency and improve performance. Taking full advantage of these interconnected environments to meet the ever increasing needs of emerging application requires solutions that address new issues and challenges. Novel architectures are being proposed to allow resource sharing and distributed processing of linked data and devices. Peer to peer computing, mobile information systems, semantic based applications, linked data systems, Internet of things etc. are a few examples. Topics of interest include, but not limited, to: ---------------------------------------------- * Data semantics * Web-Centric Systems * Semantic Web * Social media and networking * Big Data * Information System Interoperability * Digital Libraries * Cloud Computing * Integrated, Virtualized and Distributed Information Systems * Multimedia and application * Information security * Service Based Systems Submission and publication -------------------------- SITIS'15 WeCa Track invites submission of high quality and original papers on the topics listed above. Allsubmitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers for technical merit, originality, significance and relevance to track topics. Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication format. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for potential publication journals. Important dates --------------- * Paper Submission: September 7, 2015 * Acceptance/Reject notification: October 7, 2015 * Camera ready: October 15, 2015 * Author registration: October 19, 2015 Track Chairs ------------ Kokou Yetongnon, University of Bourgogne, France Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France From alisa.libby at simmons.edu Wed Jul 1 09:45:13 2015 From: alisa.libby at simmons.edu (Alisa Libby) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 09:45:13 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Summer News from Simmons SLIS Message-ID: *InfoLink, A SLIS Community Newsletter *Laura Koenig '07LS at the BPL Children's Room Over 3500 visitors came to the BPL?s Central Library the weekend of February 21, 2015, to celebrate the newly renovated Children?s Room and Teen Central on the second floor of the Johnson Building. The unveiling, which commenced with a ribbon cutting by Mayor Walsh, indicates completion of the first phase of the Central Library Renovation. Laura Koenig ?07LS, Children's Services Team Leader at the Central Library, spoke with Infolink about her involvement in this monumental undertaking.Q&A with Megan Lambert: Children's Literature Institute We talk to Senior Lecturer Megan Lambert about the upcoming Summer Children's Literature Institute, July 23-26, 2015. What can an attendee expect at the Institute? "You can expect many opportunities to be inspired?by speakers and by fellow attendees. We hope everyone will be challenged to think in new ways about the field of literature for young people, and we want everyone to offer their perspectives in the Master Seminars and informal conversations throughout the weekend."Prof. Laura Saunders on Unbound: Information has Value, So Who Pays for It? "Why do we need libraries when we can find almost any information instantaneously online? Responses to this question are often couched in terms of bridging the digital divide and providing access to computers and the internet for those who do not have (and perhaps cannot afford) it at home, or providing access to higher-end technology and multimedia production tools, as in the case of makerspaces. While these arguments are legitimate, they (and the questions that prompt them) ignore the basic fact that in our knowledge economy, information is treated as a commodity?an entity which has economic value and can be owned, bought, and sold."SLIS Student and Mosaic Scholar, Adriana Flores Funded by the IMLS and ARL member libraries, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program looks to promote diversity in the LIS profession. Mosaic scholar Adriana Flores is pursuing her MSLIS with an archives concentration. Flores is interested in studying the construction of collective memory and archiving and preserving digital media, with a potential focus in the collecting practices of academic and special collections libraries regarding comics, graphic novels, and other facets of popular culture. Flores shares with the *InfoLink* how she came to study archives.Kyle Courtney '06LS Mover & Shaker Kyle Courtney may have been an attorney before earning his MS from Simmons College in 2006, but the savvy, sartorially gifted lawyer is equal part librarian, offering his fervor for all things copyright in a digestible?even fun?package for LIS professionals via his work at Harvard University?s Office of Scholarly Communication. Courtney was integral in developing the Copyright First Responders (CFRs), a cohort of 14 volunteer librarians assembled to be the first line of defense in fielding library-related copyright questions. Courtney was named a 2015 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal. His work with the CFRs, Fair Use Week, the Orphan Works working group, and myriad copyright advisory panels and legal think tanks has identified him as a ?Change Agent? in the library and information sciences.Alumni and Student Awards and Publications SLIS is honored to have award-winning students and alums among it's ranks. Student Jes Caron has been chosen as a recipient of a scholarship by The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). Student Julia Caffrey was selected as a 2015 Travel Award Winner by The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T). Student Joyce Gabiola was selected for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program. Gregory Maguire '78 received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Fiction Honor for his novel, *Egg & Spoon*. Laura Woollett '05 has published her first book; *Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and the Greatest Show on Earth* is a non-fiction account of the 1944 Hartford circus fire. For more news visit SLIS Community News June 2015 .UNBOUND: 3D Printing and Peripherals Over the past few years, 3D printing has become a frequent subject of discussion in the library world. Library makerspaces have proliferated. Patrons have printed innovative and essential objects, including prosthetic hands. Now that 3D printers are becoming a common feature in public libraries, we?re beginning to see discussion of potential legal dangers, and the formulation of rules to keep this new technology from creating problems. Debate is ongoing about whether 3D printers represent a major source of innovation or a passing fad. We at Unbound evenweighed in on the subject last year. Whether or not we?ll all have 3D printers in our homes one day, it?s undeniable that they?ve made an impact. Today we?ll be taking a look at two new technologies that synchronize with 3D printers to expand the scope of what they can produce. Click to visit Unbound: library futures unfettered . *Do you have news to share? Want to continue to receive InfoLink emails? Please send your items and email address to infolink at simmons.edu . * -- Alisa M. Libby Communications Assistant Simmons College, SLIS 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 t 617-521-2816 f 617-521-3192 Follow me on tumblr! www.alisalibby.com. Buy the Kindle edition of *The Blood Confession* ! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Members of the Steering Committee are responsible for evaluating and approving all Project and Reserve Fund requests, for serving on the SIG Member of the Year and SIG Publication of the Year juries, and for serving as liaisons between the SIGs and the Cabinet Director. *Two positions are available ?* *[1] Deputy Director SIG Cabinet/Director-elect (three year term)* *[2] SIG Cabinet advisor (two year term)* If you are interested, or would like to nominate someone to serve please respond directly toklabarre at illinois.edu Eligibility requirements for both positions: *Must be a current ASIST member *Must have held ONE of the following positions: (1) Is a current SIG Cabinet Steering Committee member OR (2) Has served as a SIG representative to the SIG Cabinet Steering Committee during the last three years OR (3) Has served as Chair of one of the Special Interest Groups *Position descriptions:* *SIG Cabinet advisor. *Two year term beginning at the annual meeting in 2015. Evaluate and approve all Project and Reserve Fund requests. Serving on the SIG Member of the Year and SIG Publication of the Year juries. Serve as liaison between the SIGs and the Cabinet Director. Support Cabinet Director as needed. *Deputy SIG Cabinet **Director. *Three year term for this position beginning at the 2015 annual meeting. First year title: Deputy SIG Director [SIG Cabinet Director elect] ? also serves as a non-voting member of ASIST Board. Chair of the SIG Publication of the Year committee Second year title: SIG Cabinet Director. Member of ASIST Board. Voting member of the ASIST Board. Chair of the SIG Member of the Year committee Third year title Immediate Past SIG Cabinet Director. Chair of several nominating committees. Chair of the SIG of the Year committee. Duties for the Deputy Director / Director-Elect: ? Assist the Director as needed, manage the SIG-L listserv ? Take notes at the Annual Meeting of the Cabinet ? Attend ASIS&T Board meetings as a nonvoting member with voice. In the Director?s absence, the Deputy Director / Director-Elect has vote as well. ? Serve as the SIGs liaison to ASIS&T Committees at the discretion of the ASIS&T President including service as Chair of the SIG Publication of the Year Award committee, and serve on other SIG awards committees. *Neither ASIST nor individual SIGs may support the travel expenses of attendees at the SIG Cabinet Meeting. These expenses must be borne by the individuals. An individual need not be a registered attendee at the meeting in order to represent a SIG at a Cabinet meeting. ASIST does provide some travel support for the Director and Deputy Director of the SIG Cabinet to attend two ASIST board meetings scheduled each year (one in summer, one at the annual meeting).* *If you are interested, or would like to nominate someone to serve please respond directly to klabarre at illinois.edu * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Mon Jul 6 09:22:54 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 09:22:54 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Voting results Message-ID: <045d01d0b7ee$de5c3a30$9b14ae90$@asis.org> The bylaws amendment passed with 87% of the vote. Elected as President-elect is Lynn Silipigni Connaway. Elected as Directors-at-Large are Kathryn La Barre and Abebe Rorissa. 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... 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Value: $1000 https://siguse.wordpress.com/elfreda-a-chatman-research-award/ The Innovation Award for ?innovative work that falls within the scope of information behavior.? Value: $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/phd-student-conference-travel-award/ The Student Conference Travel Award to ?assist student in a Master?s or doctoral program in attending the ASIST annual conference by defraying travel expenses.? Value: $500 https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-masters-student-conference-travel-award/ The Interdisciplinary Conference Travel Award to ?provide financial support for members to attend non-LIS specific conference.? Value: 3 awards of $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/interdisciplinary-conference-travel-award/ Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/best-information-behavior-conference-paper-award/ Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-best-information-behavior-conference-poster-award/ Please note the application requirements and procedures for the various awards, which can be found under the above descriptions of the awards. Please encourage your faculty and student colleagues to apply. Sincerely, Heather O'Brien and Wade Bishop Dr. Heather O'Brien Assistant Professor The iSchool, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC h.obrien at ubc.ca http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/hobrien/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heidijul at buffalo.edu Fri Jul 3 16:35:50 2015 From: heidijul at buffalo.edu (Julien, Heidi) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 20:35:50 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] University at Buffalo MS Program Accredited for 7 Years Message-ID: *PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS-POSTING* The faculty and staff in the Department of Library and Information Studies at the University at Buffalo are delighted to announce that the MS in Information and Library Science and MS in School Librarianship programs have been re-accredited by the American Library Association for a full seven years. This outcome is the result of a great deal of coordinated effort on the part of many individuals, and we are grateful to all our alumni, employers, and students for their strong support! Learn more about us at: http://gse.buffalo.edu/lis. Sincerely, Heidi Julien ****************************************************** Heidi Julien, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Department of Library and Information Studies Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo 534 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-1020 USA Ph: 716.645.2412 Email: heidijul at buffalo.edu ****************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mcmason at umd.edu Wed Jul 1 16:44:10 2015 From: mcmason at umd.edu (Mary E. Carroll-Mason) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 20:44:10 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Save the Date: Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education, Oct. 15 & 16 Message-ID: Save the Date: Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education, Oct. 15 & 16 Save the date! The Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education will be held on October 15th and 16th, 2015 at the University of Maryland. ? ? The Symposium on Diversity and Library & Information Science Education is now the Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education (CIDLIS). This name change reflects several important developments in the nature of the event: 1.?????It will now be an annual two-day conference. 2.?????Papers will be refereed and published as proceedings in the new open access Journal of Inclusion and Diversity in Library & Information Science Education (JIDLIS). 3.?????There will be pre-conference workshops for attendees. ? ? What isn't changing is the fact that it is the one place that practitioners, educators and scholars interested in issues of diversity, inclusion, rights, and justice in LIS can gather to learn, share, and network. ? ? Attendance remains free, though donations will be accepted to help support the event. Sponsors for the 2015 CIDLIS include the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC), the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Maryland, University of Maryland Libraries, ProQuest, Cecil County Libraries (MD), Harford County Libraries (MD), Prince George's?County Memorial Library System (MD), Carroll County Libraries (MD), and Simmona Simmons.? ? More information will be available soon at: http://ipac.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 michel.menou at orange.fr Fri Jul 3 11:10:42 2015 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 17:10:42 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: [icie] Comparative Philosophies in Intercultural Information Ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5596A5F2.5080801@orange.fr> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [icie] Comparative Philosophies in Intercultural Information Ethics Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:46:31 -0600 From: Jared Bielby To: icie at zkm.de Dear esteemed members of the ICIE community, For your information and to circulate to relevant circles, please note: /Comparative Philosophies in Intercultural Information Ethics/, now published by /Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies, /volume 2: http://hosting.zkm.de/icie/news Best, -- Jared Bielby Editor-in-Chief, TFN Co-chair, ICIE Editor, IRIE www.jaredbielby.com www.thefreelancenetizen.com No virus found in this message. 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The bibliography includes links to freely available versions of included works. If such versions are unavailable, links to the publishers' descriptions are provided. Abstracts are included in this bibliography if a work is under a Creative Commons Attribution License (BY and national/international variations), a Creative Commons public domain dedication (CC0), or a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark and this is clearly indicated in the work (see the "Note on the Inclusion of Abstracts" for more details: http://bit.ly/1Hujeo1). It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/cwbprofile.htm From shane at morganclaypool.com Mon Jul 6 16:28:39 2015 From: shane at morganclaypool.com (Shane Clyburn) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 16:28:39 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] (New Book) Social Media and Library Services Message-ID: <010801d0b82a$5831cba0$089562e0$@com> I am pleased to announce the latest title in Morgan & Claypool's series on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services: Social Media and Library Services Lorri Mon, Florida State University Paperback ISBN: 9781627054386, $30.00 eBook ISBN: 9781627054393 March 2015, 87 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00634ED1V01Y201503ICR040 Abstract: The rise of social media technologies has created new ways to seek and share information for millions of users worldwide, but also has presented new challenges for libraries in meeting users where they are within social spaces. From social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+, and microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr to the image and video sites of YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, and to geotagging sites such as Foursquare, libraries have responded by establishing footholds within a variety of social media platforms and seeking new ways of engaging with online users in social spaces. Libraries are also responding to new social review sites such as Yelp and Tripadvisor, awareness sites including StumbleUpon, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Reddit, and social question-and-answer (Q&A) sites such as Yahoo! Answers-sites which engage social media users in functions similar to traditional library content curation, readers' advisory, information and referral, and reference services. Establishing a social media presence extends the library's physical manifestation into virtual space and increases the library's visibility, reach, and impact. However, beyond simply establishing a social presence for the library, a greater challenge is building effective and engaging social media sites that successfully adapt a library's visibility, voice, and presence to the unique contexts, audiences, and cultures within diverse social media sites. This lecture examines the research and theory on social media and libraries, providing an overview of what is known and what is not yet known about libraries and social media. Chapter 1 focuses on the social media environments within which libraries are establishing a presence, including how social media sites differ from each other, yet work together within a social ecosphere. Chapter 2 examines how libraries are engaging with users across a variety of social media platforms and the extent to which libraries are involved in using these different social media platforms, as well as the activities of libraries in presenting a social "self," sharing information, and interacting with users via social media. Chapter 3 explores metrics and measures for assessing the impact of the library's activity in social media sites. The book concludes with Chapter 4 on evolving directions for libraries and social media, including potential implications of new and emerging technologies for libraries in social spaces. Table of Contents: Preface / The Social Media Environment / Libraries and Social Media / Assessing Social Media Sites and Services / Evolving Directions in Social Libraries / Bibliography / Author Biography Visit this title's abstract page on our website Series: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series Editor: Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.morganclaypool.com/toc/icr/1/1 Use of this book as a course text is encouraged, and the texts may be downloaded without restriction by members of institutions that have licensed accessed to the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science or after a one-time fee of $20.00 each by members of non-licensed schools. To find out whether your institution is licensed, visit < http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/licensed> or follow the links above and attempt to download the PDF. Additional information about Synthesis can be found through the following links or by contacting me directly. This book can also be purchased in print from Amazon and other booksellers worldwide. Amazon URL: http://amzn.to/1FStdTx Individual subscriptions to Synthesis are available for just $99.00 per year. This subscription will provide individuals with unrestricted access to all Synthesis titles: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/subscribe Available titles and subject areas: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/browseLbS.jsp Information for librarians, including pricing and license: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/librarian_info Please contact info at morganclaypool.com to request your desk copy -- Shane Clyburn Marketing Associate Morgan & Claypool Publishers E-mail: shane at morganclaypool.com Fax: 415.785.2507 Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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Reporting to the LAC Project Director, this position will lead initial and on-going user training, provide ad hoc support, provide on-site and off-site research services, and manage and track business information about this activity to incorporate into weekly/monthly/quarterly business reviews and key performance metrics analysis. Responsibilities include: * Provide project management and oversight on all day-to-day library and research activities at client location; * Lead user training at various levels across the organization to assure users are trained and capable of using self-service research tools; * Develop and deliver training tools and reference resources to promote awareness of and training on digital resources available to the organization; * Assist with consolidation of all existing hard-copy and online resources; * Manage the Library and Research portal including updates, site maintenance, user access, password administration, troubleshooting, etc.; * Facilitate access, retrieval and return to storage of all physical media assets circulated; * Manage and maintain the limited and rotating physical collection; * Ensure that quality standards are met and monitored; * Work with staff to clarify research objectives when necessary and provide follow-up on research requests; * Communicate progress and research findings directly to client clearly and concisely. Qualifications: * Bachelor's college degree mandatory advanced degree in library / information science preferred * Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a dynamic research / library environment, preferably in a media or publishing organization * Strong interpersonal skills mandatory, with demonstrated experience in customer service and client management * Excellent communication skills required, with interest in and ability to train and instruct others * Must be self-directed, with strong capabilities for multi-tasking and consensus-building * Strong organizational and time-management skills required * Substantial knowledge of news and media related resources Apply online at: http://goo.gl/FA1LgV LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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The deadline for submitting feedback is this Friday so if you have a view about RDM infrastructure, please take 5 minutes to review the draft list of 12 basic components and let us know what you think. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kBRodq49Vm4qvoJpB45cglyNbTcRnMR045s6nyx0cS8/edit#gid=0 All the best, Joy _____________________________________________ From: Joy Davidson Sent: 24 June 2015 11:16 To: dcc-associates at lists.ed.ac.uk; RESEARCH-DATAMAN at JISCMAIL.AC.UK; JISCMRD at JISCMAIL.AC.UK; 'JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK'; DIGITAL-PRESERVATION at JISCMAIL.AC.UK; asis-l at asis.org; LIS-E-RESOURCES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Draft list of basic RDM infrastructure components - seeking your comments! The DCC is seeking your comments and feedback on our draft list of basic RDM infrastructure components. This list has been developed through our participation in Jisc's Research Data Spring pilot to extend the organisational profile document (OPD) to cover research data management. The key objective for this pilot is to agree within the community a list of basic RDM infrastructure components in light of EPSRC's Policy Framework on Research Data. This list is meant to represent the basic RDM components that need to be in put into place and maps infrastructure requirements to possible evidence of infrastructure. We'd be very grateful for any feedback from the UK HEI community and funding bodies in particular but also welcome views from other stakeholders. Is this list complete? Are there components that are missing? Please submit directly to the spreadsheet in Google Docs or email your feedback by July 10 2015. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kBRodq49Vm4qvoJpB45cglyNbTcRnMR045s6nyx0cS8/edit#gid=0 Once the list is agreed, we will seek to make RDM infrastructure components more visible within HEIs by adapting the OPD. The OPD is a simple RDF file which was developed by Equipment.data at the University of Southampton to help HEIs comply with EPSRC's mandate about exposing information about research equipment bought with public funds. The OPD is both human and machine readable and over 40 UK HEIs already have an OPD in place. In the short term, this work will help HEIs to identify good practice among peer organisations. Over the longer term, we believe that an agreed list of basic RDM components will help HEIs to better cooperate to identify metrics for successful implementation, the costs associated with delivering support services and systems, and approaches to sustaining our RDM operations. All the best, Joy Joy Davidson Associate Director Digital Curation Centre (DCC) HATII, University of Glasgow 11 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QJ Tel: 0141 330 8592 Email: joy.davidson at glasgow.ac.uk http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.gla.ac.uk/hatii -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Tue Jul 7 09:58:23 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 09:58:23 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: First Monday July 2015 In-Reply-To: <49E6876F-1D13-402F-967D-FC1EB820352E@uic.edu> References: <49E6876F-1D13-402F-967D-FC1EB820352E@uic.edu> Message-ID: <089f01d0b8bc$fffb5c10$fff21430$@asis.org> Richard B. Hill Executive Director ASIS&T 8555 16th Street, Suite 850 Silver Spring, MD 20910 v. (301) 495-0900 f. (301) 495-0810 -----Original Message----- From: Readership of First Monday [mailto:FIRSTMONDAY at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Valauskas Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 6:08 PM To: FIRSTMONDAY at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: First Monday July 2015 Readers: First Monday has just published the July 2015 (volume 20, number 7) issue at http://firstmonday.org/issue/current. The following papers are included in this month's issue: First Monday Volume 20, Number 7 - 6 July 2015 Google chemtrails: A methodology to analyze topic representation in search engine results by Andrea Ballatore The spectrum of control: A social theory of the smart city by Jathan Sadowski and Frank Pasquale With or without you: Connected viewing and co-viewing Twitter activity for traditional appointment and asynchronous broadcast television models by Matthew Pittman and Alec C. Tefertiller Redefining privacy and anonymity through social networking affordances by Angela M. Cirucci Digital commonplacing by Jon Hoem and Ture Schwebs The Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress: Challenges for information practice and information policy by Michael Zimmer YouTube pranking across cultures by Renee Hobbs and Silke Grafe ------- With the contents of the July 2015 issue, First Monday has published, since May 1996, 1,474 papers in 230 issues, written by 2,036 different authors. Thanks for your continuing interest in our work, Edward J Valauskas Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday From ailiadis at purdue.edu Tue Jul 7 10:41:10 2015 From: ailiadis at purdue.edu (Andrew J Iliadis) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 10:41:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?q?*Extended_Deadline_July_24th*_-_CFP=3A_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCcQ3JpdGljYWwgRGF0YSBTdHVkaWVz4oCdIOKAkyBCaWcgRGF0YSAmIFNv?= =?utf-8?q?ciety_Special_Theme?= Message-ID: <1316152777.72713.1436280070912.JavaMail.root@mailhub051.itcs.purdue.edu> *Extended Deadline July 24th* - CFP: ?Critical Data Studies? ? Big Data & Society Special Theme Guest Editors: Andrew Iliadis (Purdue University) and Federica Russo (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by ?Big Data.? Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that data should be seen as always-already constituted within wider data assemblages. Assemblages is a concept that helps capture the multitude of ways that already-composed data structures inflect and interact with society, its organization and functioning, and the resulting impact on individuals? daily lives. CDS questions the many assumptions about data that permeate contemporary literature on information and society by locating instances where data may be naively taken to denote objective and transparent informational entities. CDS may be viewed as an emerging field connected to Information Ethics, Software Studies, and Critical Information Studies in that it seeks to question the ethical import of information and Big Data for society. Problems of causality, quality, security, and uncertainty concern CDS scholars. Recent articles outlining the theoretical program of CDS offer a new platform from which to question data in this manner. We seek essays for this special volume that broaden these latest commitments in CDS to include new empirical research projects on information and communication technologies (ICTs) that fall under the umbrella of Big Data, while also seeking to question their attendant epistemological shifts. Through the critical lens of ethics and morality, this special volume opens up CDS to localizations where Big Data can no longer be seen as neutral, and where an ethics of Big Data might emerge. Issues of interest include (but are not limited to): - Causality: how should we find causes in the era of ?data-driven science?? Do we need a new conception of causality to fit with new practices? - Quality: how should we ensure that data are good enough quality for the purposes for which we use them? What should we make of the open access movement; what kind of new technologies might be needed? - Security: how can we adequately secure data, while making it accessible to those who need it? How do we protect databases? - Uncertainty: can Big Data help with uncertainty, or does it generate new uncertainties? What technologies are essential to reduce uncertainty elements in data-driven sciences? Proposals of 1000 words are invited for consideration and inclusion in the Special Theme to be published in Big Data & Society (BD&S), an open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes interdisciplinary work principally in the social sciences, humanities and computing and their intersections with the arts and natural sciences about the implications of Big Data for societies. Manuscripts should be 8,000 words for an Original Research Article, 3,000 words for a Commentary, and 1,000 words for an essay in the Early Career Research Forum section. All submissions of Original Research Articles to BD&S are double-blind, and triple peer-reviewed. Commentaries and ECR submissions are reviewed by the Guest Editors. Proposals should be sent to the Guest Editors: ailiadis at purdue.edu and f.russo at uva.nl Manuscript Guidelines: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/msg/bds.htm#PEERREVIEWPOLICY Style Guidelines: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/pdf/SAGE_UK_style_guide_short.pdf Proposal Deadline: July 10, 2015 *Extended Deadline July 24th* Notification of Acceptance: end of July Paper Deadline: October 4, 2015 Reviews Returned: end of December Revised Paper Deadline: February 29, 2016 Anticipated Publication Date: Spring/Summer 2016 CFP link: http://bigdatasoc.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/call-for-proposals-special-theme-on.html From alisa.libby at simmons.edu Tue Jul 7 09:03:14 2015 From: alisa.libby at simmons.edu (Alisa Libby) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 09:03:14 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] REGISTER NOW for the Library History Seminar: Traditions and Innovations Message-ID: *Library History Seminar XIII:* *Libraries: Traditions and Innovations* July 31 ? August 2, 2015 Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Simmons College Boston, MA 02115 Boston, Massachusetts, the site of the Library History Seminar XIII, provides an apt setting to explore traditions and innovations in libraries. The Boston area is home to many important library innovations in North America, including the first university library and the first large, free municipal library. At the same time, new information institutions continue to be created here, of which the Digital Public Library of America and the Digital Commonwealth of online heritage materials are two recent examples. With Boston as the backdrop, this conference seeks to delve into the enduring and evolving aspects of libraries and librarianship. The convergence and divergence of the physical and the digital may result in opportunities and challenges that we do not yet realize. Traditionally libraries have made their collections available to defined audiences, but today it is increasingly difficult to define and delineate user communities. At the same time, so-called ?disruptive technologies? in publishing are resulting in new approaches to the collection and dissemination of information. The Library History Seminar XIII will provide a lively forum for such scholarly debate. To register visit: http://bit.ly/libraryhistoryseminar13 -- Alisa M. Libby Communications Assistant Simmons College, SLIS 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 t 617-521-2816 f 617-521-3192 Follow me on tumblr! www.alisalibby.com. Buy the Kindle edition of *The Blood Confession* ! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heidijul at buffalo.edu Tue Jul 7 12:01:11 2015 From: heidijul at buffalo.edu (Julien, Heidi) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 16:01:11 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition Message-ID: Submissions are now being accepted for the 2016 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition. Research papers concerning any aspect of library and information science are eligible. This competition is not limited to research regarding LIS education. Any research methodology is acceptable. Up to two winning papers may be selected. The winner(s) of the award will be honored at the 2016 ALISE Annual Meeting and will be expected to present a summary of their paper at that meeting. The award does not include an honorarium. More information is available at: http://www.alise.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=504 Submissions can be made using the "ALISE Award and Grant Nomination Form" link at: http://www.alise.org/awards-grants Deadline for submissions: September 22, 2015 Sincerely, Heidi Julien Chair, ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition ****************************************************** Heidi Julien, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Department of Library and Information Studies Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo 526 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 Ph: 716-645-1474 Fax: 716-645-3775 Email: heidijul at buffalo.edu ****************************************************** "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Leon Megginson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marialemos72 at gmail.com Wed Jul 8 08:42:20 2015 From: marialemos72 at gmail.com (ML) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 13:42:20 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] [WorldCIST'16 - Brazil]: Call for Workshops Proposals - Proceedings by Springer; Indexed by ISI, Scopus, DBLP Message-ID: <784811673328@NP530U3CA07.home> ----------- CALL FOR WORKSHOPS PROPOSALS WorldCIST'16 - 4th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies Recife, PE, Brazil 22th-24th of March 2016 http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ ------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP FORMAT The Information Systems and Technologies research and industrial community is invited to submit proposals of Workshops for WorldCist'16 ? 4th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies to be held at Recife, PE, Brazil, 22th-24th of March 2016. Workshops should focus on a specific scientific subject on the scope of WorldCist'16 but not directly included on the main conference areas. Each workshop will be coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, two researchers in the field, preferably from different institutions and different countries. The organizers should create an international Program Committee for the Workshop, with recognized researchers within the specific Workshop scientific area. Each workshop should have at least 10 submissions and 5 accepted papers in order to be conducted at WorldCist'16. The selection of Workshops will be performed by WorldCist'16 Conference/Workshop Chairs. Workshops full and short papers will be published in the conference main proceedings in specific Workshop chapters published by Springer in a book of the AISC series. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by ISI Thomson, SCOPUS, DBLP, EI-Compendex among several other scientific databases. Extended versions of best selected papers will be published in journals indexed by ISI/SCI, SCOPUS and DBLP. Detailed and up-to-date information may be found at WorldCist'16 website: http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION The Organizing Committee of each Workshop will be responsible for: - Producing and distributing the Workshop Call for Papers (CFP); - Coordinating the review and selection process for the papers submitted to the Workshop, as Workshop chairs (on the paper submission system to be installed); - Delivering the final versions of the papers accepted for the Workshop in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by WorldCist'16 organizers; - Coordinating and chairing the Workshop sessions at the conference. WorldCist'16 organizers reserve the right to cancel any Workshop if deadlines are missed or if the number of registered attendees is too low to support the costs associated with the Workshop. PROPOSAL CONTENT Workshop proposals should contain the following information: - Workshop title; - Brief description of the specific scientific scope of the Workshop; - List of topics of interest (max 15 topics); - Reasons the Workshop should be held within WorldCist?16; - Name, postal address, phone and email of all the members of the Workshop Organizing Committee; - Proposal for the Workshop Program Committee (Names and affiliations). Proposals should be submitted electronically by email to worldcist at gmail.com (cc: lpreis at dsi.uminho.pt), in PDF, (in English), by July 30, 2015. IMPORTANT DATES - Deadline for Workshop proposals: July 30, 2015 - Notification of Workshop acceptance: August 7, 2015 - Deadline for paper submission: November 14, 2015 - Notification of paper acceptance: December 13, 2015 - Deadline for final versions and conference registration: December 27, 2015 - Conference dates: March 22-24, 2016 CHAIR Luis Paulo Reis, AISTI, IEEE & University of Minho, PT Regards, WorldCIST'16 Team http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ From kyongeun.oh at simmons.edu Wed Jul 8 14:41:37 2015 From: kyongeun.oh at simmons.edu (Kyong Eun Oh) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 14:41:37 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Asian Digital Library Conference 2015: Call for Papers Message-ID: *Asian Digital Library Conference* *ICADL2015* Seoul Korea December 9-12, 2015 http://icadl2015.org 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 datastreams, numeric, audio-visual, mapping, 3D content, text, social media, compound publications or the metadata that describes there source and its provenance. Conference Theme: P*roviding high-quality digital information* *Technical Papers* Technical papers may include contributions to research, system evaluation, infrastructure and architecture, case studies, and social and institutional policy. For submission instructions, see the links at the conference Web site. ? Full PAPERS (extended deadline July 26) Full papers report significant original results. Maximum 10 pages. ? SHORT PAPERS (extended deadline, July 26) 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. *Workshops* For more information, see the conference Web site. ? CiSAP(Consortium of Information Schools Asia-Pacific)(Dec 12) icadl2015.org/CISAP The 2015 CiSAP workshop focus on research activities in information schools. We welcome both CiSAP members and non-CiSAP members; researchers and students. ? NKOS (Networked Knowledge Organization Systems)(Dec 9) icadl2015.org/NKOS The focus of the workshop will be on the principles and applications of KOS such as classification systems, thesauri, lexical databases, value lists, taxonomies, and ontologies. Workshop participants are expected to share their experience on various stages of KOS development and demonstrate practical KOS applications in real-world environments. ? Doctoral Consortium (Dec 12) icadl2015.org/doctoral Doctoral Consortium provides advice and support for doctoral students about their dissertation research. -- 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... URL: From heidijul at buffalo.edu Thu Jul 9 12:04:08 2015 From: heidijul at buffalo.edu (Julien, Heidi) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 16:04:08 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Seeking New Editor for Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Call for Editor Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science = Revue canadienne des sciences de l?information et de biblioth?conomie (CJILS/RCSIB) http://www.cais-acsi.ca/cfe_cjils.htm Applications are invited for the editorship of CJILS/RCSIB. The Canadian Association for Information Science is requesting applications from individuals seeking consideration to become the next editor of CJILS/RCSIB. The official term of the position is open and will be negotiated between the candidate and the CAIS Board. It is hoped that the editor will be able to serve for at least three years. The position will commence in October 2015 with the production of volume 40 (2016). Scope of CJILS/RCSIB CJILS/RCSIB was launched in 1976 and is dedicated to publishing articles on all aspects of information and library science with the purpose of contributing to the advancement of information and library science in Canada. The journal is concerned with research findings, understanding the issues in the field, and understanding the history, economics, and technology of information systems and services, and human information behaviour. The journal publishes research papers, scholarly opinion papers, reviews of research, brief communications, information about significant library and information science research activities within Canada, and reviews of books and other media. Papers are selected by a process of peer review, with usually two independent, double-blind reviews of each paper. Submissions in both English and French are accepted. Each volume of CJILS/RCSIB is usually comprised of four issues, with, on occasion, a thematic special issue. CJILS/RCSIB is published online since volume 34 (2010), and is archived on ProjectMUSE. Editorial Role The Editor is responsible for all aspects of publication associated with maintaining CJILS/RCSIB as the premier journal of its kind presenting perspectives on all aspects of Library and Information Science. The Editor is committed to making sure that the journal maintains its reputation to publish the best manuscripts in these areas. The Editor is responsible for determining editorial direction including the selection and substantive editing of journal contents, for four issues per year. The Editor is also responsible for developing an editorial board and editorial team and may choose to nominate an Associate editor to handle manuscripts submitted in French if required. Editorial Duties * ? Serve as Chair of the Journal?s Editorial Board (?the Board?). * ? Liaise with the University of Toronto Press (?the Press?). * ? In partnership with the Board, define the overall strategic direction for the journal. * ? Provide leadership to achieve the goals determined by that strategic direction. * ? Actively solicit manuscripts for the journal. * ? Serve as the primary liaison to authors. * ? Conduct initial screening of all manuscripts and forward those that meet criteria to selected reviewers. * ? Optional: Write an Editorial for an issue. * ? Optional: Solicit a themed issue or annual monograph. * ? Optional: Secure a Guest Editor(s) for an issue. * ? Work with Board to recruit and select editorial reviewers. * ? Work with Board to recruit book review editors (English and French). * ? Work with authors to revise manuscripts based on reviewers? comments and Editor?s own recommendations for improvement (e.g., clarity, development of ideas, scholarly accuracy, overall quality, and compliance with publication guidelines). * ? Return rejected manuscripts with a constructive form letter to authors. * ? Address problems that arise from time to time, such as resolving charges of plagiarism. * ? Edit accepted manuscripts, send the materials to the publisher for copyediting, and proofread each issue prior to publication. * ? Stay current on the progress of submissions and coordinate journal production with the Press to ensure four full issues per year on a regular production schedule. * ? Develop ancillary materials such as style guidelines for authors, solicitation requests from authors, and use of journal articles in online open access repositories. * ? Actively seek funding to sustain the journal activities. * ? Find a permanent solution for the retrospective digitization and archiving of back issues (volumes 1 to 33, 1976?2009). * ? Report annually to the Canadian Association for Information Science at the Annual General Meeting (during the CAIS conference). Qualification and Requirements of Candidates The Editor of CJILS/RCSIB must possess the following attributes: * ? Hold a faculty position and be active in the scholarly community. * ? Have published regularly in comparable scholarly journals. * ? Be willing to dedicate regular time each week to this role. * ? Be able to develop and articulate a sustainable vision for the future of the journal. * ? Have (or be able to secure) support staff able to dedicate one or two hours per week to supporting this role. * ? Possess excellent communication skills, preferably in both official languages (English and French). Term The Editor will serve for the term as negotiated with the CAIS Board which will be renewable for a second term at the discretion of the CAIS Board. The term may be terminated by the CAIS Board at any time should the Editor fail to fulfill the responsibilities outlined above. Search Procedure Applications will be reviewed by the CAIS Board immediately after the deadline submission date. Application Interested individuals should submit an application to CAIS by September 1, 2015. The application should include: 1. A Vision Statement: Set forth your goals and plans for the content of CJILS/RCSIB. This may include an assessment of the current strengths, weaknesses, or gaps that you plan to address and how you will implement your plan. 2. Editor Background Information: Your name, affiliation, and other relevant information. Describe your qualifications for the job. Give evidence of your ability to provide sound judgment and guidance to potential authors. Please include a vita or resume. 3. S Institutional Support: It is important that you consider and address the feasibility of serving as editor in light of the resources likely to be available to you. University of Toronto Press Journals does not pay for office space or release time. Since the support offered by different institutions varies widely, you are encouraged to discuss your application with your University as necessary in order to ensure the feasibility of your application. Applications (as described above) should be no more than five pages (excluding vitae) and should be sent by September 1, 2015 to: Heidi Julien President, Canadian Association for Information Science heidijul at buffalo.edu ****************************************************** Heidi Julien, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Department of Library and Information Studies Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo 534 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-1020 USA Ph: 716.645.2412 Email: heidijul at buffalo.edu ****************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Value: $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/phd-student-conference-travel-award/ The Student Conference Travel Award to ?assist student in a Master?s or doctoral program in attending the ASIST annual conference by defraying travel expenses.? Value: $500 https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-masters-student-conference-travel-award/ The Interdisciplinary Conference Travel Award to ?provide financial support for members to attend non-LIS specific conference.? Value: 3 awards of $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/interdisciplinary-conference-travel-award/ Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/best-information-behavior-conference-paper-award/ Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award in recognition of the best information behavior paper accepted for presentation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Value $200 https://siguse.wordpress.com/sig-use-best-information-behavior-conference-poster-award/ Please note the application requirements and procedures for the various awards, which can be found under the above descriptions of the awards. Please encourage your faculty and student colleagues to apply. Sincerely, Heather O'Brien and Wade Bishop Dr. Heather O'Brien Assistant Professor The iSchool, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC h.obrien at ubc.ca http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/hobrien/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shane at morganclaypool.com Mon Jul 13 10:30:14 2015 From: shane at morganclaypool.com (Shane Clyburn) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:30:14 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] (New Book) Social Media and Library Services Message-ID: <012801d0bd78$6f109fb0$4d31df10$@com> I am pleased to announce the latest title in Morgan & Claypool's series on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services: Social Media and Library Services Lorri Mon, Florida State University Paperback ISBN: 9781627054386, $30.00 eBook ISBN: 9781627054393 March 2015, 87 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00634ED1V01Y201503ICR040 Abstract: The rise of social media technologies has created new ways to seek and share information for millions of users worldwide, but also has presented new challenges for libraries in meeting users where they are within social spaces. From social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+, and microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr to the image and video sites of YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, and to geotagging sites such as Foursquare, libraries have responded by establishing footholds within a variety of social media platforms and seeking new ways of engaging with online users in social spaces. Libraries are also responding to new social review sites such as Yelp and Tripadvisor, awareness sites including StumbleUpon, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Reddit, and social question-and-answer (Q&A) sites such as Yahoo! Answers-sites which engage social media users in functions similar to traditional library content curation, readers' advisory, information and referral, and reference services. Establishing a social media presence extends the library's physical manifestation into virtual space and increases the library's visibility, reach, and impact. However, beyond simply establishing a social presence for the library, a greater challenge is building effective and engaging social media sites that successfully adapt a library's visibility, voice, and presence to the unique contexts, audiences, and cultures within diverse social media sites. This lecture examines the research and theory on social media and libraries, providing an overview of what is known and what is not yet known about libraries and social media. Chapter 1 focuses on the social media environments within which libraries are establishing a presence, including how social media sites differ from each other, yet work together within a social ecosphere. Chapter 2 examines how libraries are engaging with users across a variety of social media platforms and the extent to which libraries are involved in using these different social media platforms, as well as the activities of libraries in presenting a social "self," sharing information, and interacting with users via social media. Chapter 3 explores metrics and measures for assessing the impact of the library's activity in social media sites. The book concludes with Chapter 4 on evolving directions for libraries and social media, including potential implications of new and emerging technologies for libraries in social spaces. Table of Contents: Preface / The Social Media Environment / Libraries and Social Media / Assessing Social Media Sites and Services / Evolving Directions in Social Libraries / Bibliography / Author Biography Visit this title's abstract page on our website Series: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series Editor: Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.morganclaypool.com/toc/icr/1/1 Use of this book as a course text is encouraged, and the texts may be downloaded without restriction by members of institutions that have licensed accessed to the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science or after a one-time fee of $20.00 each by members of non-licensed schools. To find out whether your institution is licensed, visit < http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/licensed> or follow the links above and attempt to download the PDF. Additional information about Synthesis can be found through the following links or by contacting me directly. This book can also be purchased in print from Amazon and other booksellers worldwide. Amazon URL: http://amzn.to/1FStdTx Individual subscriptions to Synthesis are available for just $99.00 per year. This subscription will provide individuals with unrestricted access to all Synthesis titles: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/subscribe Available titles and subject areas: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/browseLbS.jsp Information for librarians, including pricing and license: http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/librarian_info Please contact info at morganclaypool.com to request your desk copy -- Shane Clyburn Marketing Associate Morgan & Claypool Publishers E-mail: shane at morganclaypool.com Fax: 415.785.2507 Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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From social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+, and microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr to the image and video sites of YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, and to geotagging sites such as Foursquare, libraries have responded by establishing footholds within a variety of social media platforms and seeking new ways of engaging with online users in social spaces. Libraries are also responding to new social review sites such as Yelp and Tripadvisor, awareness sites including StumbleUpon, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Reddit, and social question-and-answer (Q&A) sites such as Yahoo! Answers-sites which engage social media users in functions similar to traditional library content curation, readers' advisory, information and referral, and reference services. Establishing a social media presence extends the library's physical manifestation into virtual space and increases the library's visibility, reach, and impact. However, beyond simply establishing a social presence for the library, a greater challenge is building effective and engaging social media sites that successfully adapt a library's visibility, voice, and presence to the unique contexts, audiences, and cultures within diverse social media sites. This lecture examines the research and theory on social media and libraries, providing an overview of what is known and what is not yet known about libraries and social media. Chapter 1 focuses on the social media environments within which libraries are establishing a presence, including how social media sites differ from each other, yet work together within a social ecosphere. Chapter 2 examines how libraries are engaging with users across a variety of social media platforms and the extent to which libraries are involved in using these different social media platforms, as well as the activities of libraries in presenting a social "self," sharing information, and interacting with users via social media. Chapter 3 explores metrics and measures for assessing the impact of the library's activity in social media sites. The book concludes with Chapter 4 on evolving directions for libraries and social media, including potential implications of new and emerging technologies for libraries in social spaces. Table of Contents: Preface / The Social Media Environment / Libraries and Social Media / Assessing Social Media Sites and Services / Evolving Directions in Social Libraries / Bibliography / Author Biography Visit this title's abstract page on our website Series: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series Editor: Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.morganclaypool.com/toc/icr/1/1 Use of this book as a course text is encouraged, and the texts may be downloaded without restriction by members of institutions that have licensed accessed to the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science or after a one-time fee of $20.00 each by members of non-licensed schools. To find out whether your institution is licensed, visit < http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/licensed> or follow the links above and attempt to download the PDF. 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Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree (Library and Information Sciences preferred) * At least 2 years experience working at a library or information resource * Basic knowledge of the principles and practices of library science and information management * Experience in using contemporary library information technologies including social media and eBooks * Strong customer relation skills * Strong written and oral communication skills * Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment Preferred Qualifications: * Knowledge of Foreign Affairs, International Relations, world history and geography Apply online: http://goo.gl/71LG1F LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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The specialist will also be responsible for providing in-depth research and reference services, assisting with print and electronic resource development, and providing training. The specialist will also provide support for copyright management and web content development. Qualifications: * A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field (Library and Information Science preferred) * At least 2 years experience in overseeing information center/library services * Knowledge of the principles and practices of contemporary library and information management including working with commercial vendors, collection development, serials management, and cataloging * A focus on customer service * A strong ability for time management, coordination, leadership, and decision making * Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment * Experience with specialized databases * Background in the management and use of electronic resources, databases, services, and applications including eBooks and social media. * Knowledge of copyright laws and copyright restrictions * Strong written and oral communication skills Preferred Experience/Qualifications * MLIS from an ALA-accredited graduate program * Knowledge of world and foreign affairs, international relations, geography, and history Apply online at: http://goo.gl/Qmtxc6 LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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In addition, the Librarian be required to advise patrons and Library staff on copyright requirements and restrictions. The Librarian will also help to support circulation, collections maintenance, and web content development. Qualifications: * MLIS from an ALA-accredited graduate program * At least 4 years experience in overseeing information center/library services * Knowledge of the principles and practices of contemporary library and information management including working with commercial vendors, collection development, serials management, cataloging at so forth * A focus on customer service * A strong ability for time management, coordination, leadership, and decision making * Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment * Experience with specialized databases * In-depth knowledge of at least 2 of the following: * Digital librarianship * Information technology * School Library media * Serials management * Cataloging * Reference services * Collection Development * Background in the management and use of electronic resources, databases, services, and applications including eBooks and social media. * Knowledge of copyright laws and copyright restrictions * Strong written and oral communication skills Preferred Experience/Qualifications * Knowledge of world and foreign affairs, international relations, geography, and history Apply online: http://goo.gl/5i8xfU LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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Job Title: Manager for Library Data Migration Job ID: 1012076 Location: Downtown Long Beach Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Temporary (2 year contract expected) Job Code: 3318 Chancellor's Office Statement Join our team at the California State University, Office of the Chancellor, and make a difference in providing access to higher education. We are currently seeking experienced candidates for the position of Manager for Library Data Migration. The CSU Chancellor's Office, located on the waterfront adjacent to the Aquarium of the Pacific in downtown Long Beach, is the headquarters for the nation's largest and most diverse system of higher education. The CSU Chancellor's Office offers a premium benefit package that includes outstanding vacation, health, and dental plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 14 paid holidays a year. Salary Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Position Information The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is seeking a Manager for Library Data Migration to be responsible for managing and facilitating the 23 CSU campuses and the Chancellor's Office libraries in the successful translation and migration of library data from their current library systems into the new unified library management environment. The Manager, in conjunction with CSU library librarians and library staff, is responsible for creating and implementing the new policies and best practices for management of library data in the unified library management environment across all 23 CSU libraries. They will coordinate and direct data maintenance and associated clean-up efforts at both the system and local campus levels during the pre-implementation phase, assist in monitoring vendor migration activities during implementation and assist in efforts to validate library data post-implementation. Responsibilities Under the general direction of the Director, Systemwide Digital Library Services, the Manager for Library Data Migration will: -Provide leadership and expertise in the management of library data in both a local campus libraries and the systemwide services. -Manage processes for data maintenance and clean-up efforts at the campus level pre-migration. -Work with Chancellor's Office and library faculty and staff to create and manage the implementation of best practices and areas for collaboration between the 23 campus libraries in the new unified environment. -Provide expertise in identifying and resolving data migration issues and coordinate efforts to solve these issues. -Identify knowledge gaps involving library data use in the new unified environment and advise on training and other solutions to close these gaps. -Identify any gaps in process, documentation, or procedure, and provide solutions for these. -Participate in various review committees to contribute knowledge and expertise. -Other duties as assigned Systemwide Digital Library Services (SDLS) develops and manages a wide variety of information systems aimed at providing greater access to the collections and services of the CSU Libraries. Qualifications This position requires a Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience; at least 3-5 years of professional experience managing library data in a library cataloging, acquisitions or systems role; at least 1 year experience in project management of library projects. The Manager for Library Data Migration works closely with librarians, administrators, and staff across the CSU to identify data usage and inconsistencies between campus libraries. The manager will require: deep knowledge of MARC format and related data standards; experience managing and manipulating library structured data; experience working with Library ILS data fields; familiarity with library operations and practices; knowledge of current metadata standards; critical thinking and process analysis; experience successfully meeting inflexible project deadlines in tandem with vendors and external groups. This position involves knowledge of how library data is expressed in existing and new integrated library systems as well as used by library staff to provide essential services to the students, faculty and staff of the CSU. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in the following areas: experience with Innovative and/or Ex Libris library systems; experience cataloging materials in an academic library; experience working with SQL; experience working with data using APIs; knowledge of scripting languages and automated data processing tools. Application Period Resumes will be accepted until July 21st or until job posting is removed. Equal Employment Opportunity The university is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, National origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered veteran status, or any other protected status. E-Verify This position requires new hire employment verification to be processed through the E-Verify program administered by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHSUSCIS)' in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). If hired, you will be required to furnish proof that you are legally authorized to work in the United States. Mandated Reporter Per CANRA The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. Conflict of Interest The duties of this position will include participation in decisions that may have a material financial benefit to the incumbent. Therefore, the selected candidate will be required to file Conflict of Interest Form 700: Statement of Economic Interest when they first occupy the position, and on an annual basis, complete ethics training within 6 months of appointment, and attend this training every other year thereafter. Background Due to the nature of this position, the Chancellor's Office requires that the successful candidate complete a criminal background check prior to assuming this position. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The CSU Chancellor's Office, located on the waterfront adjacent to the Aquarium of the Pacific in downtown Long Beach, is the headquarters for the nation's largest and most diverse system of higher education. The CSU Chancellor's Office offers a premium benefit package that includes outstanding vacation, health, and dental plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 14 paid holidays a year. Salary Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Position Information The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is seeking a Manager for Library Workflow Processes to be responsible for managing and facilitating the 23 CSU campuses and the Chancellor's Office libraries in the analyses of existing library workflows and redesigning them to fit the new unified library system environment adopted by the CSU libraries. The Manager will recommend efficient methods of performing tasks both general and specific in all library departments, target learning opportunities and craft training materials and exercises using vendor documentation and other relevant resources. The Manager will assist the Director of Strategic Library Initiatives, library deans and other Chancellor's Office staff in leading activities associated with change management regarding the new unified library management system. Responsibilities Under the general direction of the Director, Systemwide Digital Library Services, the Manager for Library Workflow Processes will: -Provide leadership and expertise in the management of library workflows in both a local and consortial context. -Manage and collaborate with local library administration, faculty and staff to evaluate and document current library workflows. -Manage the adoption of the exemplary workflows for the new Alma system. -Collaborate with Chancellor's Office and library faculty and staff to create best practices and areas for collaboration between the 23 campus libraries in the new unified environment. -Manage the adoption of the exemplary workflows for the new Alma system. -Provide expertise and management recommendations in identifying areas of inefficiency in performance of library tasks within the library system context and coordinate efforts to solve these issues. -Identify areas of greatest difference involving library workflow performance in the new unified environment and advise on training and other solutions to close these gaps. -Identify any gaps in process, documentation, or procedure, and provide solutions for these. -Participate in various review committees to contribute knowledge and expertise. -Other duties as assigned Systemwide Digital Library Services (SDLS) develops and manages a wide variety of information systems aimed at providing greater access to the collections and services of the CSU Libraries. Qualifications This position requires a Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience, a MLIS degree is preferred; at least 3-5 years of professional experience in the area of library workflow management and analyses; at least 1 year experience in project management of library projects. The Manager for Library Workflow Processes works closely with librarians, administrators, and staff across the CSU to assess current local practices relating to workflow and identify similarities and differences between campus libraries in performance of library tasks with an eye towards what the new unified system provides in support of these current workflows. The manager will require: experience managing and evaluating workflow process, policy and procedures; demonstrated project management leadership experience; demonstrated experience with providing training using a variety of delivery formats; experience in providing documentation for audiences of varying levels of expertise; experience in providing change management leadership; critical thinking and process analysis; experience successfully meeting inflexible project deadlines in tandem with vendors and external groups. This position involves management knowledge of how library tasks are performed by library staff to provide essential services to the students, faculty and staff of the CSU. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in the following areas: Experience with library process and procedure across departments. Application Period Resumes will be accepted until July 21st or until job posting is removed. Equal Employment Opportunity The university is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, National origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered veteran status, or any other protected status. E-Verify This position requires new hire employment verification to be processed through the E-Verify program administered by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHSUSCIS)' in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). If hired, you will be required to furnish proof that you are legally authorized to work in the United States. Mandated Reporter Per CANRA The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. Conflict of Interest The duties of this position will include participation in decisions that may have a material financial benefit to the incumbent. Therefore, the selected candidate will be required to file Conflict of Interest Form 700: Statement of Economic Interest when they first occupy the position, and on an annual basis, complete ethics training within 6 months of appointment, and attend this training every other year thereafter. Background Due to the nature of this position, the Chancellor's Office requires that the successful candidate complete a criminal background check prior to assuming this position. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Usually held biennially, the conference focuses on LIS education, research and practice in the Asia-Pacific region. Previous conferences have been organized by Khon Khaen University, Thailand (A-LIEP 2013), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia (A-LIEP 2011), University of Tsukuba, Japan (A-LIEP 2009), Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan (A-LIEP 2007), and the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2006). *** CALL FOR PAPERS Paper and poster submissions are invited for A-LIEP 2015, in the following 3 tracks: LIS Education, LIS Practice, and LIS Research. Three types of submissions: - Full Papers: length 8 to 12 pages, single-spaced, Times New Roman 11 pt. font - Short Papers: length 4 to 7 pages, single-spaced, Times New Roman 11 pt. font - Poster: abstract of 1 to 2 pages Document filetypes accepted: MS Office Word or Libre/Open Office Writer. Please consult the conference website for more format instructions. Submissions must be made by email to: aliep at slis.upd.edu.ph Please indicate in the email body: - Submission type: Full Paper, Short Paper, or Poster - Conference track: LIS Education, LIS Practice, or LIS Research (see below for suggested topics) *** Conference Topics The following list of topics for the 3 conference tracks are suggestive, and not exhaustive. LIS EDUCATION Challenges in LIS education nationally and/or internationally; Collaboration and resource sharing among LIS schools; Continuing professional development of LIS professionals; E-learning in LIS education; Future of information professions; Impact of ICT on LIS curriculum; Impact of LIS education on the work and career of LIS graduates; Industry feedback on LIS graduates; Multidisciplinary curriculum: a myth or reality?; Preparing LIS graduates for the new market; Quality assurance and accreditation of LIS programs; The job market for LIS professionals, and competencies needed LIS PRACTICE Collaboration among libraries and with other professions; Competency standards for library and information services; Customer-focused services; Efficiency vs. effectiveness of libraries; Evidence-based librarianship; Impact of ICT on libraries; Integrating research and practice; Knowledge management and librarians; Leadership development and strategic management in libraries; Library manager as strategic leader; LIS professionals as teachers and trainers; Organization and preservation of cultural heritage/indigenous knowledge; Outsourcing of information services; Records management; Role of LIS professionals in non-traditional contexts; Roles and challenges for school media specialists; Strategic use of information services; User education and information literacy for life-long learning LIS RESEARCH Advanced research methods in LIS; Digital libraries, digital archives; Evaluation of library/information services/user studies; Information behavior studies or model development; Information communication studies; Information literacy, media literacy; Information management vs. Knowledge management; Information organization, knowledge organization; LIS interdisciplinary research *** IMPORTANT DATES Paper/poster submission deadline: 31 July 2015 Notification of paper acceptance: 24 August 2015 Submission of camera-ready paper: 7 September 2015 *** CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE For paper presenters: USD 250 (1 per paper) For participants: early bird - USD 275, regular registration - USD 325 Student rate: early bird - USD 200, regular registration - USD 250 Early bird registration is from 15 August 2015 to 15 September 2015 Regular registration is from 15 September 2015 to 15 October 2015 *** End [SG50] ________________________________ 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 sscoville at utpress.utexas.edu Wed Jul 15 10:41:04 2015 From: sscoville at utpress.utexas.edu (Scoville, Sheila L) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:41:04 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] New Issue of Information & Culture Message-ID: Edited at the School of Information at UT Austin, Information & Culture publishes historical studies of topics that fall under information studies as it is practiced by the interdisciplinary information schools. Information & Culture Volume 50, Issue 3, 2015 ARTICLES History with an Impact: The Most-Cited Articles in the Journal of Library History and Its Successors over the Past Fifty Years Edward A. Goedeken What Happens When You Push This? Toward a History of the Not-So-Easy Button Rachel Plotnick Information in the Novel and the Novel as Information System: Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit and Margaret Drabble's Radiant Way Trilogy Carol Colatrella The Djogdja Documenten: The Dutch-Indonesian Relationship Following Independence through an Archival Lens Michael Karabinos Paper, Information, and Identity in 1920s America Craig Robertson Perspectives on Information History: A Perspective on the Larger World: Newspaper Coverage of National and International Events in Three Small US Cities, 1870-1920 Melissa G. Ocepek, Unmil Karadkar, and William Aspray Ordering and more information: http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/journals/information-culture#sthash.ZIoZpLbX.dpuf Sheila Scoville Journals Promotion Coordinator University of Texas Press Tel: (512) 232-7618 sscoville at utpress.utexas.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hrosenba at indiana.edu Thu Jul 16 11:41:37 2015 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Rosenbaum, Howard S.) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:41:37 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS> The 2015 Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award Message-ID: <3BF0AF84-390C-4469-ABE4-F6843814824F@indiana.edu> Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award Call for nomination for the 2015 Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award The Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI) and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) are seeking nominations for an award for the best paper written by a doctoral student on a topic informed by social informatics. Nominations may include a published paper in a peer reviewed journal during 2014 or a conference paper presented in 2014. The author or authors will present their paper at the 11th Annual SIG-SI Symposium on Saturday, November 5, 2015 and receive a $500 cash award at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in St. Louis in November, 2015. Nomination letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba at indiana.edu) or Pnina Fichman (fichman at indiana.edu) by August 15, 2015 and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable. Winners will be notified by September 5, 2015. For more information about the Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI): http://asistsigsi.wordpress.com For more information about the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI): http://rkcsi.indiana.edu Pnina Fichman and Howard Rosenbaum Department of Information and Library Science School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University From hrosenba at indiana.edu Thu Jul 16 11:41:56 2015 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Rosenbaum, Howard S.) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:41:56 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS> The 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award Message-ID: The 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award Call for nominations for the 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award The Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI) and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) are seeking nominations for an award for the best paper published in a peer reviewed journal on a topic informed by social informatics during the 2014 calendar year. The author or authors will present their paper at the 11th Annual SIG-SI Symposium on Saturday, November 5, 2015 and receive a $1,000 cash award at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in St. Louis in November, 2015. Nomination letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba at indiana.edu) or Pnina Fichman (fichman at indiana.edu) by August 15, 2015 and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable. Winners will be notified by September 5, 2015. For more information about the Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI): http://asistsigsi.wordpress.com For more information about the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI): http://rkcsi.indiana.edu Pnina Fichman and Howard Rosenbaum Department of Information and Library Science School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University From agreenwood at utpress.utoronto.ca Wed Jul 15 12:23:27 2015 From: agreenwood at utpress.utoronto.ca (Greenwood, Audrey) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:23:27 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science latest issue is now available on Project MUSE Message-ID: Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science Volume 39, Number1, March/mars 2015 http://bit.ly/CJILS391 This issue contains: Finding Informational Books for Beginning Readers: An Ecological Study of a Median-Household-Income Neighbourhood / ? la recherche de litt?rature non romanesque ? l'usage des lecteurs d?butants : ?tude ?cologique d'un quartier compos? de m?nages ? revenu m?dian Patricia A. Larkin-Lieffers Day cares, preschools, out-of-school care centres, school classrooms and libraries, a public library, and stores in a median-household-income neighbourhood were visited to determine the number of stories and informational books for children ages four to eight in the collections. Read more >> Nous avons visit? les garderies, les ?coles pr?maternelles, les services de garde p?riscolaires, les salles de classe et les biblioth?ques, la biblioth?que publique ainsi que les magasins d'un quartier compos? de m?nages ? revenu m?dian, dans le but de d?terminer le nombre de livres de fiction et de livres de non-fiction de leurs collections qui sont destin?s aux enfants ?g?s de quatre ? huit ans. Lire plus >> An Exploratory Analysis of International Students' Information Needs and Uses / Exploration et analyse des besoins et des utilisations d'information des ?tudiants internationaux EunKyung Chung, JungWon Yoon Focusing on information behaviours in the context of everyday life, this study seeks to explore the information needs and uses of international students-one of the fastest-growing student groups within the university-in their daily activities. Read more >> Les ?tudiants internationaux constituent une des populations dont la croissance est la plus forte aux ?tats-Unis. Cette ?tude, en mettant l'accent sur ses comportements informationnels dans le contexte de la vie quotidienne, se propose d'explorer les besoins informationnels des ?tudiants internationaux et l'utilisation qu'ils en font dans leurs activit?s quotidiennes. Lire plus >> Studying the Publication Pattern of Canadian Computer Scientists / ?tude des pratiques de publication des scientifiques canadiens en informatique Li Zhang This study explored the publication pattern of Canadian computer scientists and compared the impact of conference papers and journal articles published by these researchers. Read more >> Cette recherche explore les pratiques de publication des scientifiques canadiens en informatique et compare l'impact des pr?sentations ? des colloques et des articles de revues savantes publi?es par ces chercheurs. Lire plus >> Virtual Tours, Videos, and Zombies: The Changing Face of Academic Library Orientation / Visites virtuelles, vid?os et zombies : Le nouveau visage de l'initiation ? la biblioth?que universitaire Dana Ingalls In response to student expectations and the growing place of the Internet in information dissemination, many university libraries are now using online methods to orient students to the library space, services, and resources. Read more >> En r?ponse aux attentes des ?tudiants et compte tenu de la place croissante de l'Internet dans la diffusion de l'information, de nombreuses biblioth?ques universitaires utilisent maintenant des m?thodes en ligne pour initier les ?tudiants ? l'environnement de la biblioth?que, aux services et aux ressources qu'il offre. Lire plus >> Reviews The Small Library Manager's Handbook ed. by Alice Graves (review) Vivian Howard http://bit.ly/CJILS391e Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians: Oral Histories from Canada ed. by Deborah Lee and Mahalakshmi Kumaran (review) Vivian Howard http://bit.ly/CJILS391f Information Policies and Strategies by Ian Cornelius (review) John M. Budd http://bit.ly/CJILS391g Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources by Michael F. Bemis (review) Andrew P. Carlin http://bit.ly/CJILS391h Information 2.0: New Models of Information Production, Distribution and Consumption by Martin De Saulles (review) Diane M. Rasmussen Pennington http://bit.ly/CJILS391i A respected source of the most up-to-date research on library and information science, The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science is recognized internationally for its authoritative bilingual contributions to the field of information science. 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Since 2004, established scholars, young researchers and doctoral students interested in the study of people, ICT and work and play have gathered at the SIG-SI ASIS&T Annual Research Symposium to share their work and ideas. Approximately 110 papers, posters and panels have been presented and for the past three years, we have given awards for the best papers published by Social Informatics (SI) faculty and students in the preceding years. This year we gather to celebrate a decade of intellectually challenging and engaging work in SI and hope that you will join us. Our goal remains the same: to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIS&T. Building on the success of past years, the symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines ?social? broadly to include critical and historical approaches as well as contemporary social analysis. It also defines ?technology? broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper), state-of-the-art computer systems, and mobile and pervasive devices. Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the Symposium?s theme but are also soliciting research on other related social informatics topics. We encourage all scholars interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. Papers that take social informatics further in theoretical conceptualization or empirical grounding are of particular interest to SIG-SI this year as we celebrate a decade of Symposia in ASIS&T. This year?s conference theme is ?Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community.? In keeping with this theme, the symposium is also soliciting work from Social Informatics researchers that focuses on the impact of their work on industry, government, local/national/global community groups, individuals, information systems, GLAMs, and on other practice contexts. We are interested in work that addresses questions and issues such as the following: ? What are the social, political, economic, and legal implications of social informatics research? ? What are the ways in which social informatics research impacts various organizations, groups, and communities of practice? ? How can social informatics researchers work more closely with members of these communities? ? What can a social informatics approach tell us about roles of information and communication technologies in the work and social practices of people in these communities? ? What are the challenges and opportunities of engaging in SI work that seeks to understand and improve the work and social lives of people in these communities? The schedule for the workshop will involve the presentations of papers and the best social informatics paper awards for 2013 (call to follow). We expect an engaging discussion with lively interactions with the audience. Deadlines: August 9, 2015: Submit a short paper (2000 words), a poster (500 words), or a panel (1000 words) by email to Kiotta Marshall (kiomarsh at indiana.edu) September 2, 2015: Author notifications (in time for conference early registration (NOTE: this timeline may be adjusted when the registration dates are announced). Fees: To be determined -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimandrews at usf.edu Wed Jul 15 14:54:56 2015 From: jimandrews at usf.edu (Andrews, James) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:54:56 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] University of South Florida SI home to Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence Message-ID: The University of South Florida School of Information is happy to announce it is now home to a federally-funded Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence - IC CAE, and Certificate Program in National Intelligence. This program is funded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) through the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The USF Program in National Intelligence (http://information-analytics.cas.usf.edu/INTEL/Home.html) articulates well with the overall mission and programs of SI, particularly our new MS in Intelligence Studies, which will enable continued funding and sustainability. The current certificate program has been exceptionally successful, and has had a wonderful impact on the students involved. Through a combination of existing courses across USF, and specialized workshops, seminars, and internship opportunities, students receive a solid intellectual foundation for careers in the intelligence community. Many students from the USF program have landed internships in some amazing places, such as the White House, State Department, CIA, and other federal agencies. More USF students are selected to attend the national IC CAE Summer Seminar each year in comparison to other university programs. USF's Program in National Intelligence organizes an annual trip for select students in the program, as well. This past May the trip involved special visits to the CIA, NSA, White House, and a number of other agencies, and previous years have involved overseas tours of foreign government agencies. This week, students in the program are engaged in an intensive, 4 day summer seminar, which began with a full day at the Special Operations Command (SOCOMM) Intelligence Center. They are working on analyzing real world topics, practicing briefing in front of actual intelligence officers, and developing other areas of intelligence tradecraft and analytical skills. We are fortunate to have two exceptional leaders with extensive experience leading the IC CAE: The Director of the Program in National Intelligence, IC CAE, is Mr. Walter Andrusyszyn, has an extensive background in both business and government. Temporarily returning to government in 2009, he served as the deputy permanent representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO and shared responsibility in preparing U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to Europe. He has also served on the White House's National Security Council and held various positions with the Department of State. Mr. Andrusyszyn has private sector experience as a manager for a large American company that began operations in Europe in 2003. He is also a recipient of several national and international awards, including the Secretary of State's Award for Heroism in 1996 for helping to negotiate the release of an American journalist in Serbia. Mr. Andrusyszyn earned a master's degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts. He also has a bachelor's degree in history, German, and English from New York University. The Deputy Director of the Program in National Intelligence, IC CAE, is Dr. Barbara Bennington. Dr. Bennington completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida, focusing on Organizational Communication. Her dissertation analyzes leadership decision-making and public communication in emerging and unpredictable threat and crisis situations affecting large complex government organizations. Her most recent corporate experience was with Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management consulting company based in the Washington DC metro area. As an Associate in the Strategy & Organization Human Capital Learning and Communications team her client engagements involved strategic and operational planning for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, HQs US Special Operations Command, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and other Intelligence Community member agencies. Dr. Bennington is a military veteran with over 20 years of active duty service as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army, giving her more than 30 years of combined government and civilian experience in the Intelligence Community. James E. Andrews, Ph.D. Director, School of Information? University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave | CIS 1040 | Tampa, FL | 33624 jimandrews at usf.edu | 813.974.2108 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marialemos72 at gmail.com Thu Jul 16 04:08:30 2015 From: marialemos72 at gmail.com (Maria Lemos) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:08:30 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] WorldCIST'16 - Brazil: Call for Workshops Proposals - Proceedings by Springer; Indexed by ISI, Scopus, DBLP Message-ID: <78962461453@NP530U3CA07> ----------- CALL FOR WORKSHOPS PROPOSALS WorldCIST'16 - 4th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies Recife, PE, Brazil 22th-24th of March 2016 http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ ------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP FORMAT The Information Systems and Technologies research and industrial community is invited to submit proposals of Workshops for WorldCist'16 ? 4th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies to be held at Recife, PE, Brazil, 22th-24th of March 2016. Workshops should focus on a specific scientific subject on the scope of WorldCist'16 but not directly included on the main conference areas. Each workshop will be coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, two researchers in the field, preferably from different institutions and different countries. The organizers should create an international Program Committee for the Workshop, with recognized researchers within the specific Workshop scientific area. Each workshop should have at least 10 submissions and 5 accepted papers in order to be conducted at WorldCist'16. The selection of Workshops will be performed by WorldCist'16 Conference/Workshop Chairs. Workshops full and short papers will be published in the conference main proceedings in specific Workshop chapters published by Springer in a book of the AISC series. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by ISI Thomson, SCOPUS, DBLP, EI-Compendex among several other scientific databases. Extended versions of best selected papers will be published in journals indexed by ISI/SCI, SCOPUS and DBLP. Detailed and up-to-date information may be found at WorldCist'16 website: http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION The Organizing Committee of each Workshop will be responsible for: - Producing and distributing the Workshop Call for Papers (CFP); - Coordinating the review and selection process for the papers submitted to the Workshop, as Workshop chairs (on the paper submission system to be installed); - Delivering the final versions of the papers accepted for the Workshop in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by WorldCist'16 organizers; - Coordinating and chairing the Workshop sessions at the conference. WorldCist'16 organizers reserve the right to cancel any Workshop if deadlines are missed or if the number of registered attendees is too low to support the costs associated with the Workshop. PROPOSAL CONTENT Workshop proposals should contain the following information: - Workshop title; - Brief description of the specific scientific scope of the Workshop; - List of topics of interest (max 15 topics); - Reasons the Workshop should be held within WorldCist?16; - Name, postal address, phone and email of all the members of the Workshop Organizing Committee; - Proposal for the Workshop Program Committee (Names and affiliations). Proposals should be submitted electronically by email to worldcist at gmail.com (cc: lpreis at dsi.uminho.pt), in PDF, (in English), by July 30, 2015. IMPORTANT DATES - Deadline for Workshop proposals: July 30, 2015 - Notification of Workshop acceptance: August 7, 2015 - Deadline for paper submission: November 14, 2015 - Notification of paper acceptance: December 13, 2015 - Deadline for final versions and conference registration: December 27, 2015 - Conference dates: March 22-24, 2016 CHAIR Luis Paulo Reis, AISTI, IEEE & University of Minho, PT Regards, WorldCIST'16 Team http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ From michel.menou at orange.fr Thu Jul 16 10:01:49 2015 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:01:49 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] Prof. Donald Lamberton RIP Message-ID: <55A7B94D.4000604@orange.fr> A couple of weeks ago I learned that Professor Donald Lamberton had passed away on 28 November 2014, aged 87. We had lost track of each other over the past couple of year. Those not familiar with the trajectory of this unorthodox and influential thinker and economist might wish to refer to the transcript of his interview by John Lodewijks, ?Professor of foresight: an interview with Donald Lamberton?, /Journal of Economic and Social Policy/, 11, 2, article 5, available at _http://epubs.scu.edu.au/jesp/vol11/iss2/5/_. His "Penguin book",/The Economics of Information and Knowledge/, published in 1971 has significantly contributed to the difficult cross-breeding of economics and information science. While holding firm on his rural Australia roots, Donald Lamberton endeavoured a truly international career, and, more importantly, vision. He was a unique mind and a dedicated mentor. A more informed obituary by Stuart Macdonald will soon appear in Prometheus the journal that Don founded and ran for some 32 years. Michel Menou -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From niso-announce at niso.org Thu Jul 16 10:02:14 2015 From: niso-announce at niso.org (NISO Announce) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:02:14 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] NISO Releases Draft Technical Report on SUSHI Lite for Public Trial and Comment Message-ID: Baltimore, MD - July 16, 2015 - The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking trial users and comments on the draft technical report, SUSHI-Lite: Deploying SUSHI as a lightweight protocol for exchanging usage via web services, NISO TR-06-201X. This technical report proposes and describes a method of exchanging COUNTER statistics ranging from usage for a single article to a complete COUNTER report, using commonly used approaches to web services. The SUSHI-Lite technical report does not replace the SUSHI standard but rather supplements it with an alternative approach for requesting and exchanging usage. "Librarians and publishers are well aware of how critical the SUSHI standard is for communicating measurement of electronic resources," states Oliver Pesch, Chief Product Strategist, EBSCO Information Services and co-chair of the SUSHI-Lite Working Group. "However, since SUSHI was originally published by NISO in 2007, there have been numerous changes to the online environments in which we work, such as alternative metrics, the COUNTER Journal Usage Factor, and the rise of institutional repositories and the need to measure their use. There is a need for more lightweight technologies to allow smaller sets of usage to be exchanged in real-time, and the technologies and approaches described in the SUSHI-Lite technical report can support these newer requirements. We anticipate that in time and with further practical experiences applied to it, the SUSHI-Lite protocol will become part of ANSI/NISO Z39.93, the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol.? "SUSHI-Lite supports modern, commonly used approaches to web services, such as RESTful interfaces and JSON data formats," adds Paul Needham, Research and Innovation Manager, Cranfield University and co-chair of the SUSHI-Lite Working Group. "This optional implementation of SUSHI using current-day practices also includes mechanisms for including additional filters and report attributes which support limits of scope for data and further controls for format and completeness of data in returned sets. We think that ultimately, the SUSHI-Lite protocol is much easier to implement and will help ensure acceptance of SUSHI and COUNTER by the mainstream web development community." "NISO is soliciting users and feedback on this draft Technical Report from any organization that uses SUSHI or would like to apply it to their data transmission project," states Nettie Lagace, NISO Associate Director for Programs. "This feedback will be used to make any needed revisions to the document before final publication." The draft technical report is open for public comment through September 30, 2015. To download the draft or submit online comments, visit the SUSHI Lite Working Group web page at http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/sushi_lite/ *About the National Information Standards Organization (NISO)* NISO fosters the development and maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information so that it can be trusted for use in research and learning. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting communities of interest and across the entire lifecycle of an information standard. NISO is a not-for-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). More information about NISO is available on its website: http://www.niso.org . For More Information, Contact: Nettie Lagace NISO Phone: 301-654-2512 Email: nlagace at niso.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppichappan at gmail.com Wed Jul 15 12:50:15 2015 From: ppichappan at gmail.com (Pit Pichappan) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:20:15 +0530 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: ICDIM 2015 Message-ID: Tenth International Conference on Digital Information Management Jeju Island, South Korea October 21-23, 2015 (www.icdim.org) Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Technology Engineering Management Society Proceedings will be indexed in IEEE Xplore Following the successful earlier conferences at Bangalore (2006), Lyon (2007), London (2008), Michigan (2009) , Thunder Bay (2010), Melbourne (2011), Macau (2012), Islamabad (2013) and Thailand (2014) the tenth event is being organized at Jeju Island the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in 2015. The International Conference on Digital Information Management is a multidisciplinary conference on digital information management, science and technology. The principal aim of this conference is to bring people in academia, research laboratories and industry together, and offer a collaborative platform to address the emerging issues and solutions in digital information science and technology. The ICDIM intends to bridge the gap between different areas of digital information management, science and technology. This forum will address a large number of themes and issues. The conference will feature original research and industrial papers on the theory, design and implementation of digital information systems, as well as demonstrations, tutorials, workshops and industrial presentations. The 10th International Conference on Digital Information Management will be held on October 21-23, 2015 at the Jeju Island, Republic of Korea (South Korea). The topics in ICDIM 2015 include but are not confined to the following areas. Information Retrieval Data Grids, Data and Information Quality Big Data Management Temporal and Spatial Databases Data Warehouses and Data Mining Web Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0 E-Learning, eCommerce, e-Business and e-Government Natural Language Processing XML and other extensible languages Web Metrics and its applications Enterprise Computing Semantic Web, Ontologies and Rules Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management Ubiquitous Systems Peer to Peer Data Management Interoperability Mobile Data Management Data Models for Production Systems and Services Data Exchange issues and Supply Chain Data Life Cycle in Products and Processes Case Studies on Data Management, Monitoring and Analysis Security and Access Control Information Content Security Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security Distributed information systems Information visualization Web services Quality of Service Issues Multimedia and Interactive Multimedia Image Analysis and Image Processing Video Search and Video Mining Cloud Computing Workshops ICDIM 2015 has the following co-located workshops Fourth Workshop on Emerging Problem- specific Crowdsourcing Technologies Fourth Workshop on Advanced Techniques on Data Analytics and Data Visualization Third IEEE International Workshop on Data Management (IWDM 2015) First Workshop on Internet of Things First Workshop on Big Data Mining First Workshop on Cluster Computing First Workshop on Intelligent Information Systems Proceedings - All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE. - All papers will be fully indexed by IEEE Xplore. - All the ICDIM papers are indexed by DBLP. Modified version of the selected papers will appear in the special issues of the following peer reviewed journals. 1. Journal of Digital Information Management (SCOPUs/EI) 2. Journal of Electrical Systems 3. Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronic Engineering 4. International Journal of Web Applications (IJWA) 5. International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) 6. International Journal of Emerging Sciences (IJES) 7. International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing (IJGHPC) (Scopus and EI Indexed) 8. International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (Scopus and EI Indexed) 9. International Journal of Big Data Intelligence 10. International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences (Scopus/EI) 11. International Journal of Management and Decision Making (Scopus/EI) 12 International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences 13. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (Scopus/EI Important Dates Full Paper Submission August 10, 2015 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 10, 2015 Registration Due October 10, 2015 Camera Ready Due October 10, 2015 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos October 22, 2015 Main conference October 21-23, 2015 2015 Main conference October 15-17, 2015 SUBMISSIONS AT http://www.icdim.org/submission.html Committee General Chair Hanmin Jung, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Korea Ezendu Ariwa, University of Bedfordshire, UK Program Chairs Xu Shuo, ISTIC, China Thomas Mandl, Hildesheim University, Germany Satoshi Tojo, JAIST, Japan Program Co-Chairs Michaela Geierhos, Paderborn University, Germany Ing-Xiang Chen, Ericsson, Tiwan Imran Bajwa Sajwa The Islamia University of Bahawlpur, Pakistan Organizing committee Sa-kwang Song, KISTI, Korea Do-Heon Jeong, KISTI, Korea Seungwoo Lee, KISTI, Korea Young-Guk Ha, Konkuk University, Korea In-Su Kang, Kyungsung Univ. 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(301) 495-0810 -----Original Message----- From: dlib-subscribers-bounces at dlib.org [mailto:dlib-subscribers-bounces at dlib.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Wilson Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 9:12 AM To: DLib-subscribers Subject: [Dlib-subscribers] The July/August 2015 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available. Greetings: The July/August 2015 issue of D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/) is now available. This issue marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of D-Lib Magazine and contains 6 full-length articles and an opinion piece. The 'In Brief' column presents 5 short pieces as well as excerpts from recent press releases. You also can find news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in D-Lib's 'Clips and Pointers' column. This month, D-Lib features the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives, a significant collection for the study of modern Jewish history dating from 1914 to the present. The opinion piece is: The DOI - Twenty Years On By Mark Bide The articles are: Data Stewardship in the Earth Sciences By Robert R. Downs, Columbia University, Ruth Duerr, University of Colorado at Boulder, Denise J. Hills, Geological Survey of Alabama and H. K. Ramapriyan, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Role of Libraries in Science 2.0: Focus on Economics By Stephanie B. Linek, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Germany and Josefine BaBler, HAW - Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Developing an Image-Based Classifier for Detecting Poetic Content in Historic Newspaper Collections By Elizabeth Lorang, Leen-Kiat Soh, Maanas Varma Datla and Spencer Kulwicki, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Evaluating the Impact of the FWF-E-Book-Library Collection in the OAPEN Library: An Analysis of the 2014 Download Data By Ronald Snijder, OAPEN Foundation Semantic Enrichment: a Low-barrier Infrastructure and Proposal for Alignment By Theo van Veen, Juliette Lonij and Hanna Koppelaar, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands "Bottled or Tap?" A Map for Integrating International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) into Shared Shelf and Artstor By William Ying and James Shulman, Artstor D-Lib Magazine has mirror sites at the following locations: The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia http://dlib.anu.edu.au/ State Library of Lower Saxony and the University Library of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/edoc/aw/d-lib/ Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan http://dlib.ejournal.ascc.net/ BN - National Library of Portugal, Portugal http://purl.pt/302/1 (If the mirror site closest to you is not displaying the July/August 2015 issue of D-Lib Magazine at this time, please check back later. Each mirror site has its own schedule for replicating D-Lib Magazine and, while most sites are quite responsive, on occasion there could be a delay of as much as 24 hours between the time the magazine is released in the United States and the time when the mirroring process has been completed.) Bonnie Wilson D-Lib Magazine _______________________________________________ DLib-Subscribers mailing list DLib-Subscribers at dlib.org http://www.dlib.org/mailman/listinfo/dlib-subscribers From sara.amato at gmail.com Wed Jul 15 12:23:58 2015 From: sara.amato at gmail.com (Sara Amato) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:23:58 -0700 Subject: [Asis-l] Code4Lib Journal Issue 29 [apologies for cross posting] Message-ID: The 29th issue of the Code4Lib Journal is now available at: http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issues/issue29 Here is what you will find inside: Implementing a Bento Style Search in LibGuides v2 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10709/ By Aaron Tay and Feng Yikang The National University of Singapore Libraries converted their LibGuides v2 instance into a research portal and incorporated a ?bento box? search interface?that is, an interface where results from multiple systems or categories are compartmentalized by system or category, like a Japanese ?bento?-style lunch box?on a trial basis. Our experience shows that building and maintaining a bento box search in LibGuides requires fewer resources than a fully homegrown solution would require. This makes it an attractive platform for building a bento-style search both for libraries who have limited technical resources and libraries who might want to experiment with this kind of search before fully committing. This paper shares the design, implementation and some early usage patterns of our bento search. Building a Better Book in the Browser (Using Semantic Web technologies and HTML5) http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10668/ by Jason A. Clark and Scott W. H. Young The library as place and service continues to be shaped by the legacy of the book. The book itself has evolved in recent years, with various technologies vying to become the next dominant book form. In this article, we discuss the design and development of our prototype software from Montana State University (MSU) Library for presenting books inside of web browsers. The article outlines the contextual background and technological potential for publishing traditional book content through the web using open standards. Our prototype demonstrates the application of HTML5, structured data with RDFa and Schema.org markup, linked data components using JSON-LD, and an API-driven data model. We examine how this open web model impacts discovery, reading analytics, eBook production, and machine-readability for libraries considering how to unite software development and publishing. Connecting Historical and Digital Frontiers: Enhancing Access to the Latah County Oral History Collection Utilizing OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) and Isotope by Devin Becker and Erin Passehl-Stoddart http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10643/ The University of Idaho Library received a donation of oral histories in 1987 that were conducted and collected by a local county historical society in the 1970s. The audio cassettes and transcriptions were digitized in 2013 and 2014, producing one of the largest digital collections of oral histories ? over 300 interviews and over 569 hours ? in the Pacific Northwest. To provide enhanced access to the collection, the Digital Initiatives Department employed an open-source plug-in called the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) ? an XML and PHP driven system that was created at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries ? to deliver the audio MP3 files together with their indexes and transcripts. OHMS synchronizes the transcribed text with timestamps in the audio and provides a viewer that connects search results of a transcript to the corresponding moment in the audio file. This article will discuss how we created the infrastructure by importing existing metadata, customized the interface and visual presentation by creating additional levels of access using complex XML files, enhanced descriptions using the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus for keywords and subjects, and tagged locations discussed in the interviews that were later connected to Google Maps via latitude and longitude coordinates. We will also discuss the implementation of and philosophy behind our use of the layout library Isotope as the primary point of access to the collection. The Latah County Oral History Collection is one of the first successful digital collections created using the OHMS system outside of the University of Kentucky. 3D Adaptive Virtual Exhibit for the University of Denver Digital Collections by Shea-Tinn Yeh, Jeff Rynhart, Thomas Dressler and Fernando Reyes http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10653/ While the gaming industry has taken the world by storm with its three-dimensional (3D) user interfaces, current digital collection exhibits presented by museums, historical societies, and libraries are still limited to a two-dimensional (2D) interface display. Why can?t digital collections take advantage of this 3D interface advancement? The prototype discussed in this paper presents to the visitor a 3D virtual exhibit containing a set of digital objects from the University of Denver Libraries? digital image collections, giving visitors an immersive experience when viewing the collections. In particular, the interface is adaptive to the visitor?s browsing behaviors and alters the selection and display of the objects throughout the exhibit to encourage serendipitous discovery. Social media features were also integrated to allow visitors to share items of interest and to create a sense of virtual community. Making User Rights Clear: Adding e-resource License Information in Library Systems By Jenny Jing, Qinqin Lin, Ahmedullah Sharifi and Mark Swartz http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10724/ Libraries sign a wide variety of licensing agreements that specify terms of both access and use of a publisher?s electronic collections. Adding easily accessible licensing information to collections helps ensure that library users comply with these agreements. This article will describe the addition of licensing permissions to resource displays using Mondo [1] by Queen?s University and Scholars Portal (a service of the Ontario Council of University Libraries) [2] . We will give a brief introduction to Mondo and explain how we improved Mondo to add the license permissions to different library systems. The systems we used are an ILS (Voyager), an OpenURL Link Resolver (360 Link), and a Discovery System (Summon). However, libraries can use Mondo to add the license permissions to other library systems which allow user configurations. Exploring Information Security and Shared Encrypted Spaces in Libraries By Keith Engwall http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10685/ Libraries are sensitive to the need to protect patron data, but may not take measures to protect the data of the library. However, in an increasingly collaborative online environment, the protection of data is a concern that merits attention. As a follow-up to a new patron privacy policy, the Oakland University William Beaumont Medical Library evaluated information security tools for use in day-to-day operations in an attempt to identify ways to protect private information in communication and shared storage, as well as a means to manage passwords in a collaborative team environment. This article provides an overview of encryption measures, outlines the Medical Library?s evaluation of encryption tools, and reflects on the benefits and challenges in their adoption and use. A Novel Open Source Approach to Monitor EZproxy Users? Activities by Qing Zou http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10589/ This article describes using Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana (ELK) to monitor and visualize EZproxy logs in real time. Improving Access to Archival Collections with Automated Entity Extraction by Kyle Banerjee and Max Johnson http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10726/ The complexity and diversity of archival resources make constructing rich metadata records time consuming and expensive, which in turn limits access to these valuable materials. However, significant automation of the metadata creation process would dramatically reduce the cost of providing access points, improve access to individual resources, and establish connections between resources that would otherwise remain unknown. Using a case study at Oregon Health & Science University as a lens to examine the conceptual and technical challenges associated with automated extraction of access points, we discuss using publically accessible API?s to extract entities (i.e. people, places, concepts, etc.) from digital and digitized objects. We describe why Linked Open Data is not well suited for a use case such as ours. We conclude with recommendations about how this method can be used in archives as well as for other library applications. The Geospatial Metadata Manager?s Toolbox: Three Techniques for Maintaining Records By Bruce Godfrey and Jeremy Kenyon http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10601 Managing geospatial metadata records requires a range of techniques. At the University of Idaho Library, we have tens of thousands of records which need to be maintained as well as the addition of new records which need to be normalized and added to the collections. We show a graphical user interface (GUI) tool that was developed to make simple modifications, a simple XSLT that operates on complex metadata, and a Python script with enables parallel processing to make maintenance tasks more efficient. Throughout, we compare these techniques and discuss when they may be useful. Barriers to Initiation of Open Source Software Projects in Libraries by Curtis Thacker and Charles Knutson http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10665/ Libraries share a number of core values with the Open Source Software (OSS) movement, suggesting there should be a natural tendency toward library participation in OSS projects. However Dale Askey?s 2008 Code4Lib column entitled ?We Love Open Source Software. No, You Can?t Have Our Code,? claims that while libraries are strong proponents of OSS, they are unlikely to actually contribute to OSS projects. He identifies, but does not empirically substantiate, six barriers that he believes contribute to this apparent inconsistency. In this study we empirically investigate not only Askey?s central claim but also the six barriers he proposes. In contrast to Askey?s assertion, we find that initiation of and contribution to OSS projects are, in fact, common practices in libraries. However, we also find that these practices are far from ubiquitous; as Askey suggests, many libraries do have opportunities to initiate OSS projects, but choose not to do so. Further, we find support for only four of Askey?s six OSS barriers. Thus, our results confirm many, but not all, of Askey?s assertions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jdownie at illinois.edu Thu Jul 16 19:57:34 2015 From: jdownie at illinois.edu (Downie, J Stephen) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 23:57:34 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Announcing MIREX Grand Challenge 2015: User Experience Task Message-ID: <612008895BFFF74BB7C7A74B2681CE61754DA69F@CHIMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX) Grand Challenge 2015 User Experience (GC15UX) can now begin. In response to the feedback received at ISMIR 2014, we have created a new dataset and slightly changed the evaluation criteria for this year's event. GC15UX is a holistic, user-centered evaluation of the user experience in interacting with complete, user-facing music information retrieval (MIR) systems. This aims at inspiring the development of complete MIR systems and promoting the notion of user experience as a first-class research objective in the MIR community. Please share this announcement with other interested individuals and groups who might be new to the world of MIR. Each team will develop one complete MIR system that can play songs from the Jamendo collection. Later, evaluators will evaluate participating systems while assuming a defined yet open task. Finally, the first round of results will be released in time for MIREX in Spain as part of ISMIR 2015. Specific dates and locations will be updated on the wiki once they are determined. The 10,000 tracks in GC15UX are sampled (w.r.t. maximizing music variety) from the Jamendo collection with CC-BY license and made available for participants (system developers) to download to build their systems. It represents a randomly chosen subset the content available at Jamendo that is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa), where user-supplied data has tagged a track with 1 or more genre categories. Importantly, we have created a new dataset, which has better distribution of genres and artists in response to feedback from last year's evaluation. For more details about usage of this dataset, see the LICENSE.txt file contained in the downloaded files. The dataset contains the MP3 tracks and the metadata the Jamendo site publishes on the respective items (represented in JSON format), retrieved using the site's API (6th July 2015). The dataset is available both zipped up and as a tar-ball (you only need one of these); however, at 60+ Gb it is a non-trival size of file to download over the web, and so we suggest you install a Download Manager extension to your browser if you do not already have one and make use of that. In a test using the DownThemAll! extension to Firefox, downloading the dataset between University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Waikato University in New Zealand took a little under 2 hours. You need to register to download the main dataset. If you have already submitted something to MIREX, your previous registration should still work. Please note that you need to login as a submitter. Once logged in as a submitter, you can find a download link on the left. This year GC15UX adopts the two-phase model with two evaluations. The first phase will end by the ISMIR conference and we will disclose preliminary results at the conference like what we did last year. Then, phase II will start. Participating developers can continue improving their systems based on the feedback from the first phase and another round of evaluation will be conducted in February. We believe that this model serves the developers well since it is in accordance with the iterative nature of user-centered design. In this way, the developers will also have enough time to develop their complete MIR systems. Lastly, there is more to come. We are now working on creating another special Grand Challenge. We hope that we can announce the new GC soon. Information about GC14UX: http://www.music-ir.org/mirex/wiki/2015:GC15UX Data available after logging in: http://www.music-ir.org/mirex/gc15ux/ Informetric profile of the selected tracks: http://www.music-ir.org/mirex/wiki/2015:GC15UX:JSON_Metadata Submission deadlines : phase I: 21 September 2015 phase II: 21 February 2016 Here are our email addresses in case you have any questions or comments. Please feel free to contact either of us. Prof. Downie: jdownie at illinois.edu Kahyun Choi: ckahyu2 at illinois.edu ********************************************************** "Research funding makes the world a better place" ********************************************************** J. Stephen Downie, PhD Associate Dean for Research Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Vox/Voicemail] (217) 649-3839 From melissa.adler at uky.edu Fri Jul 17 09:45:26 2015 From: melissa.adler at uky.edu (Adler, Melissa A) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:45:26 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP-Classification Research workshop, ASIST 2015 Message-ID: Conceptual Crowbars and Classification at the Crossroads: The Impact and Future of Classification Research Workshop sponsored by ASIS&T SIG/Classification Research ASIS&T 2015 Annual Meeting Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8:30 AM ? 12:30 PM Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, US This year?s Classification Research workshop consciously and critically engages the general conference theme, ?Information Science with Impact,? in order to frame conversations about the results and significance of classification research. With the increasing emphasis on impact in and around information science, the theme provides us with an opportunity to consider some of the ways in which we define ourselves as a Classification Research group and how we understand our research to affect and influence theory and practice. Classification matters not only in the functioning of information systems and technologies, but also in the lived experiences of individuals, and in society, organizations, and all information contexts. The spate of violent events in the U.S., together with the resistance and response, quickens a crucial set of questions about the nature of our work. This workshop aims to cast such violence as a knowledge organization problem. We also aim to consider whether and how classificatory acts and systems can be reparative, or even transformative: What bearing does the structuring of knowledge have upon the seeking, reception, circulation, and use of knowledge and information? Do classifications tell us something about agendas, political contexts, or authority? What role do our classification systems play in constituting, and challenging categories of difference? In what ways have communities used and/or challenged classifications in civic action and protest? We welcome papers that address positive or negative and intended or unintended consequences of classification, as well as papers and projects that explore potential and possibilities for classification systems and research. Doctoral students are encouraged to submit paper/presentation proposals, and two scholarships covering workshop fees will be awarded to student authors. We also invite presentations and posters of classification design projects in any stage of development, as well as nontraditional presentation formats. We are interested in work that addresses questions and issues such as the following: ? Encounters with classification in daily life, on- and off-line ? Material effects of classifications, e.g., how do classifications bar or grant access to information, and in what ways does this matter? ? Structures and hierarchies and their effects and consequences ? Design and aesthetics in classifications ? Consequences of specific systems or types of systems, e.g., thesauri, universal classifications, folksonomies ? Reparative/transformative classifications ? Classification research as it relates to diversity initiatives ? Limitations and possibilities for assessing impact of classifications ? The role of classifications in constituting and ordering value in information science, i.e., how measurements of impact rely upon the classification and ranking of what counts as research, users, and knowledge ? Critical / theoretical discussions of classifications, e.g., critical race studies, queer theory, disability studies ? Classificatory mechanisms as tools for building or dividing communities ? Classifications as reflections of agencies, nations, individuals, or organizations ? Classifications in particular contexts, e.g., health information, libraries, archives, the Semantic Web, Linked Open Data, social media, etc. ? Knowledge organization in scientific and political debates, e.g. climate change ? The construction of users (user types, user communities, user identities) through classification Deadlines: August 20, 2015: Submit abstracts of no more than 500 words for a paper, poster, or alternative format presentation to Melissa Adler: melissa.adler at uky.edu Include your name, title, and institutional affiliation with your submission. September 10, 2015: Tentative author notification date, to be determined so that authors will be notified ahead of the early bird registration date. Fees: $100, SIG/CR members $110, non-SIG/CR members (Fees increase after the early bird registration deadline) Organizers: Melissa Adler, University of Kentucky Jonathan Furner, UCLA Barbara H. 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Million) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:47:06 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] University of Missouri // Two Tenure Track/Tenured Faculty Positions with Emphasis in Library & Information Science Message-ID: My apologies for duplicate cross-postings. *** *Announcement - Two Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Positions:* http://sislt.missouri.edu/2015/05/two-tenure-tracktenured-faculty-positions -with-emphasis-in-library-information-science/ Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor Rank School of Information Science & Learning Technologies iSchool at University of Missouri To Apply Download Word document version As part of our recently developed Strategic Plan and our enhanced commitment to research as an AAU member institution, the University of Missouri (MU) College of Education is committed to strengthening its focus on Library & Information Science. We are searching for two individuals to fill tenured or tenure-track, nine month, faculty positions who share the College?s commitment to quality research, excellent teaching, exceptional service to students and the profession, and to continuous quality improvement in an environment of civility and respect. Minimum Qualifications - Doctorate in Library and Information Science or related field, by the time of appointment Candidates will be evaluated on the following factors - Demonstrated research productivity or strong potential for research productivity - Demonstrated ability or potential for seeking external funding - Professional experience in libraries or other information organizations - Ability to teach both foundational and a variety of elective courses in a curriculum aligned with American Library Association (ALA) accreditation Standards *About SISLT:* The School offers the Master of Arts in Library Science, Master of Education and Education Specialist degrees in Educational Technology, and a Ph.D. degree in Information Science and Learning Technologies. SISLT faculty maintain active research programs across a spectrum of areas: social and cultural institutions (including libraries), digital humanities and digital libraries, information needs and uses, human-centered computing, social computing, and designing games for learning and other immersive technologies. LIS faculty emphasize public librarianship, youth services, metadata and information organization, digital humanities, user experience and usability, big data and analytics, and educational technologies. The mission of SISLT is to improve the professional practice of information specialists and learning technologists; advance research on information, learning, and performance; disseminate knowledge, products, and services to improve the quality of life for all; and advance the economic well-being of Missouri and the Nation. As a member of the iSchool consortium ( http://ischools.org), SISLT faculty share the common fundamental interest of all iSchools in investigating and disseminating knowledge about the relationship between information, people, and technology. This fundamental interest is reflected in the number and depth of collaborations among the SISLT faculty, and with other academic and administrative units at the University of Missouri. Many of our projects are housed within the Allen Institute ( http://alleninstitute.missouri.edu), a physical space that supports SISLT faculty, staff, and students in research and development activities. The Information Experience Lab (IE Lab) is a usability laboratory in the Allen Institute that conducts research and evaluates technology. The IE Lab offers SISLT students an authentic opportunity to engage in usability testing and information behavior research of websites and software for on-campus, statewide, and global clients. SISLT is one of five academic units within the College of Education. *About the College:* The College of Education (COE) is ranked among the top doctoral granting colleges of education in the country. Today, the College of Education has a student population of approximately 1,300 undergraduates and 1,500 graduate students with 87 tenured/tenure-track and 25 full-time non-tenure track faculty members. The COE recently completed a new strategic plan and is financially well positioned to invest in opportunities for innovative ideas in support of the plan. Annual expenditures for externally funded projects are approximately $15 million with funded projects in research, instruction and public service. Our research portfolio has increased significantly in recent years, and is poised for continued significant strategic growth. The College is a leader on the campus and is nationally recognized for its distance and online education programs. *About MU and the Surrounding Community:* MU is the oldest state university west of the Mississippi River and the largest of the four institutions in the University of Missouri System. In 1848, MU became the first public university in the nation to open a college specific to teacher preparation. Cultural diversity is an important goal supported by the Division, College, and MU. More information is available on the web at: education.missouri.edu. MU is located in Columbia, a metropolitan community of approximately 130,000 which has been rated by Money Magazine, Men?s Journal and MSN.COM as one of the best places to live in the U.S. MU has a student body of over 34,000, and is designated as a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University Extensive. MU is one of only six universities in the U.S. that is both the flagship and land grant institution housing medicine, veterinary medicine and law on the same campus. As an AAU member institution since 1908, MU is recognized as one of the top research and educational institutions in the nation. This position provides an opportunity to work at a world-class research university in a beautiful and diverse setting that offers a high quality of life. There are numerous opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts and Columbia has been recognized as a bike-friendly community. Both Kansas City and St. Louis are within a 90-minute drive offering the shopping and cultural opportunities of major metropolitan areas. Columbia has a very high quality public school system and provides many opportunities for art, culture and music enthusiasts. *Salary:* education.missouri.edu *Appointment:* Tenure-track, nine-month appointment beginning January 1, 2016 or September 1, 2016. To Apply Apply on-line at http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/academic/index.php. Upload (a) a letter of application which describes in detail your qualifications for the position. As part of this letter, please discuss your expertise in the following areas (as pertinent): Digital Archives; Digital Librarianship Digital Assets Curation and Management; Research Data Management; Information Identification, Selection, Acquisition, and Preservation; Information Extraction and Organization, and Library Instruction in Digital Environments; (b) your research statement; (c) two (2) sample scholarly artifacts; (d) evidence of teaching effectiveness (course syllabi, student evaluations, chair/advisor/peer reviews); (e) evidence of experiences in generating external funding; and (f) names and contact information for three reference in the Attachments section of the application. Your CV must be uploaded in the Resume/CV and Cover Letter section. Please contact Dr. Denice Adkins, Search Committee Chair, adkinsde at missouri.edu, for questions about the position. *Beginning Review Date:* Formal review of applications will begin August 1, 2015 and continue until the positions are filled. *An Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer* *Women, minorities and disabled individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. To request ADA accommodations, please contact the Dean?s Office at 573-884-7717 <573-884-7717>.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For one and a half days, these scholars presented, discussed, debated, and synthesized ideas related to social and collaborative information seeking theories and applications. The workshop report can be found at http://infoseeking.org/scis/?q=filebrowser/download/96 . It details the ideas discussed, issues brought forward, and applications envisioned. More importantly, it provides a ready reference to important advances and future directions in the domains of collaborative and social search, collaborative information seeking behavior, social information seeking, and their applications to areas such as healthcare, e-governance, and education. The workshop website is http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/SCIS/ , which hosts abstracts and slides of the invited talks from the workshop. We hope these resources provide important and useful references to those interested in the rapidly evolving area of SCIS and related domains. Feel free to share this information with those who might benefit from them. Sincerely, Chirag Shah, Rutgers University Rob Capra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Preben Hansen, Stockholm University ******* Chirag Shah, PhD Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science Rutgers University 4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901 p. (848) 932-8807 f. (732) 932-6916 http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~chirags ******* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lapark at scem.uws.edu.au Mon Jul 20 00:28:17 2015 From: lapark at scem.uws.edu.au (Laurence Park) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:28:17 +1000 Subject: [Asis-l] [Call for Papers] ADCS 2015 Message-ID: ======================= CALL FOR PAPERS ======================= THE 20TH AUSTRALASIAN DOCUMENT COMPUTING SYMPOSIUM (ADCS 2015) http://www.scem.uws.edu.au/~lapark/adcs2015 IMPORTANT DATES --------------- 28th September 2015 - Submission deadline 19th October 2015 - Notification of acceptance / rejection 2nd of November 2015 - Final camera ready due 8th - 9th December 2015 - ADCS in Parramatta, Australia LOCATION -------- We are pleased to announce the co-location of ADCS 2015 with: - Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) conference, - Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA) Workshop, - Australian Music Psychology Society (AMPS Inc.) Conference to be held at the University of Western Sydney, Parramatta City Campus, Australia AIM OF THE SYMPOSIUM -------------------- ADCS 2015 is an opportunity for researchers and practitioners in document management and information retrieval to meet and present their work. The symposium aims to cover all aspects of Document Computing - issues ranging from the fundamentals of document architectures and standards for markup, through storage, management, retrieval, authentication and workflow, to active and virtual documents. The symposium emphasises both commercial and academic issues by encouraging a variety of submissions. TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------ The symposium topics include (but are not restricted to) the following: - Cognitive Aspects of Documents - Digital Libraries - Document Databases - Document Standards (XML, SGML, etc.) - Document Summarisation - Enterprise Search - Evaluation - Information Retrieval - Multimedia Document Management - Multimedia Resource Discovery - Natural Language Techniques and Documents - Personalised Documents - Retrieval Models and Ranking - Search Engine Architectures and Scalability - User Studies Involving Documents - Web Documents - Web Search SUBMISSIONS ----------- All submissions must be original work, not previously published elsewhere, and not currently submitted to any other conference or journal. Electronic copies of accepted papers will be made available through the ACM Digital Library as part of the ICPS collection. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically, in PDF format and formatted using the ACM camera-ready templates available at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. Full papers have a maximum of length of 8 pages including all references, and short papers have a maximum length of 4 pages including references. All submissions will be fully refereed using a double blind refereeing process, at their full published length, and will comply with DEST criteria for fully-refereed conference papers (category E1). Papers will be submitted using Easy Chair -- https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adcs2015 Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the symposium to present the work. Note also that it is insufficient for an author to register and pay for the symposium to be regarded as fulfilling this obligation. Authors of accepted papers will have to sign the ACM rights management form to comply with publication in the ACM digital library. For more information see the ACM authors page. FULL PAPERS ----------- Full papers should describe new contributions or analyse research issues. Submissions should be at most eight pages long (around 4000 words); over-length submissions risk immediate rejection. Refer to the guidelines for papers for details of the required format. POSTERS, SHORT PAPERS AND INDUSTRY STATUS REPORTS ------------------------------------------------- To encourage participation by industry and to provide a place for work of a more speculative nature, ADCS invites submissions for short papers, up to a maximum of four pages (around 2000 words). A typical proposal might describe a leading-edge solution to a practical problem in document management. Short papers follow the same format as for full papers. STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS --------------------- Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, students will be able to receive travel support to attend and present at ADCS 2015. SPONSORS -------- We are pleased to announce that ADCS 2015 will be held in cooperation with ACM SIGIR [http://sigir.org/] and is sponsored by: - Bing [https://www.bing.com/] - University of Western Sydney [http://uws.edu.au/] If you or your organisation wishes to sponsor ADCS 2015, please contact Laurence Park PROGRAM CHAIRS -------------- Laurence Park, UWS Sarvnaz Karimi, CSIRO Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to make the information contained in this email as accurate as possible, the organising committee, the host institution, and the sponsors will not be held responsible for any changes in the structure or content of the technical programme, registration fees, accommodation costs, or any errors in this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mcruzcunha at gmail.com Sat Jul 18 16:00:16 2015 From: mcruzcunha at gmail.com (Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:00:16 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] Fourth International Conference on Virtual and Networked Organizations * Call for Papers * Portugal, November 2015 * In-Reply-To: <55AA68EF.5000608@ipca.pt> References: <55AA68EF.5000608@ipca.pt> Message-ID: <55AAB050.5040104@ipca.pt> CALL FOR PAPERS ViNOrg 15 Fourth International Conference on Virtual and Networked Organizations Emergent Technologies and Tools November 18-20, 2015 P?voa de Varzim, Portugal http://2100projects.org/conferences/vinorg15/ vinorg at 2100projects.org *** Full Paper, Extended Abstract or Abstract Submission: September 20, 2015 *** Acceptance Notification: 2-3 weeks after each submission *** Conference chairs - Goran D. Putnik, University of Minho (putnikgd at dps.uminho.pt) - Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of C?vado and Ave (mcunha at ipca.pt) From rhill at asis.org Mon Jul 20 07:55:55 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:55:55 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] National Library of Medicine Strategic Vision In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <03cb01d0c2e3$0945d2c0$1bd17840$@asis.org> Forwarded Richard B. Hill Executive Director ASIS&T 8555 16th Street, Suite 850 Silver Spring, MD 20910 v. (301) 495-0900 f. (301) 495-0810 -----Original Message----- From: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition [mailto:CNI-ANNOUNCE at cni.org] Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 1:33 PM To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Subject: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] National Library of Medicine Strategic Vision I had intended to send this out earlier, but it's still very relevant, and I suspect that many members of the CNI community may not have had an opportunity to see the report. My apologies for the delay, and to any readers for whom this is "old news". In mid-June the US National Institutes of Health approved a new strategic vision report for the National Library of Medicine as part of the organization's leadership transition following the retirement of the long-time director, Dr. Lindberg. There's an announcement here: http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2015/od-11.htm and the report, which is well worth reading from a number of perspectives, including thinking about disciplinary informatics strategies for different disciplines, can also be accessed directly at: http://acd.od.nih.gov/reports/Report-NLM-06112015-ACD.pdf Clifford Lynch Director, CNI ============================================================== This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to To postpone your subscription, E-mail to To resume mail list message delivery from postpone mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Visit the CNI-ANNOUNCE e-mail list archive at . From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Mon Jul 20 16:44:31 2015 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:44:31 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] IPRES 2015 Earlybird Registraton Now Open! Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B16A0E9@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> IPRES 2015, the premiere international conference on Digital Preservation, will be held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA from November 2-6, 2015. For more general information regarding the event, please visit http://ipres2015.org/. Conference topics include but are not limited to explorations in digital preservation focused on: * Institutional opportunities and challenges * Infrastructure (organizational and technological) opportunities and challenges * Innovative practice * Education and training Please see http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/call-for-contributions/#menu1 for more details regarding potential content. We are currently working on the program and will announce when it is available. This five-day event includes two days of workshops and tutorials (Monday and Friday) and three days of conference sessions, panels, demonstrations, and posters. Receptions are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday evenings along with a conference dinner on Tuesday. Lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments are included for each day as well as transportation to and from off-site events. Registration for the week is $750.00. Those who before October 1st, 2015 will receive a $100.00 discount, making the registration fee for the week only $650.00! The conference program is available at https://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/ipres-2015-program/. Full Registration Includes 5 days of activities: * All sessions * Workshops/tutorials (Monday and Friday) * Both Monday and Wednesday receptions * Conference dinner on Tuesday * Lunch daily * Morning and afternoon refreshments * Daily bus service to and from many hotels to the conference * Bus service to the Monday reception and Tuesday dinner * Free parking at the Friday Center for drivers 1-Day Conference registrations are also available as well as separate registrations for workshops and tutorials ($150/ full day; $100/half-day).Descriptions of the workshops and tutorials can be found at https://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/workshops-and-tutorials/. Chapel Hill is home to the University of North Carolina, the flagship campus of the UNC system, the oldest public university in the US, and one of the top schools in the country. While exuding a small town feel, Chapel Hill offers food, fun, and culture the caliber of a big city. Check out this recent New York Times travel piece, 36 Hours in Chapel Hill-Carborro, N.C., for just a taste of what the town has to offer. While here for the conference, you will have the opportunity to dine at world class eateries, grab a drink at some blossoming breweries, and experience a wealth of museums and other cultural offerings. Also, the leaves will just be turning the first week of November! IMPORTANT: A refund will be offered, minus a $100.00 processing fee, for refund inquiries submitted before October 1, 2015. NO REFUNDS ARE PERMITTED AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2015. For refund inquiries, please contact Cassie Ragan at cmragan at email.unc.edu. Thank you for your interest in the 2015 iPRES Conference, we look forward to seeing you in Chapel Hill in November! For accommodations, please visit http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/accommodations/. For questions concerning the Conference please contact Cal Lee at callee at email.unc.edu or Helen Tibbo at tibbo at email.unc.edu. 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Each workshop will be coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, two researchers in the field, preferably from different institutions and different countries. The organizers should create an international Program Committee for the Workshop, with recognized researchers within the specific Workshop scientific area. Each workshop should have at least 10 submissions and 5 accepted papers in order to be conducted at WorldCist'16. The selection of Workshops will be performed by WorldCist'16 Conference/Workshop Chairs. Workshops full and short papers will be published in the conference main proceedings in specific Workshop chapters published by Springer in a book of the AISC series. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by ISI Thomson, SCOPUS, DBLP, EI-Compendex among several other scientific databases. Extended versions of best selected papers will be published in journals indexed by ISI/SCI, SCOPUS and DBLP. Detailed and up-to-date information may be found at WorldCist'16 website: http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION The Organizing Committee of each Workshop will be responsible for: - Producing and distributing the Workshop Call for Papers (CFP); - Coordinating the review and selection process for the papers submitted to the Workshop, as Workshop chairs (on the paper submission system to be installed); - Delivering the final versions of the papers accepted for the Workshop in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by WorldCist'16 organizers; - Coordinating and chairing the Workshop sessions at the conference. WorldCist'16 organizers reserve the right to cancel any Workshop if deadlines are missed or if the number of registered attendees is too low to support the costs associated with the Workshop. PROPOSAL CONTENT Workshop proposals should contain the following information: - Workshop title; - Brief description of the specific scientific scope of the Workshop; - List of topics of interest (max 15 topics); - Reasons the Workshop should be held within WorldCist?16; - Name, postal address, phone and email of all the members of the Workshop Organizing Committee; - Proposal for the Workshop Program Committee (Names and affiliations). Proposals should be submitted electronically by email to worldcist at gmail.com (cc: lpreis at dsi.uminho.pt), in PDF, (in English), by July 30, 2015. IMPORTANT DATES - Deadline for Workshop proposals: July 30, 2015 - Notification of Workshop acceptance: August 7, 2015 - Deadline for paper submission: November 14, 2015 - Notification of paper acceptance: December 13, 2015 - Deadline for final versions and conference registration: December 27, 2015 - Conference dates: March 22-24, 2016 CHAIR Luis Paulo Reis, AISTI, IEEE & University of Minho, PT Regards, WorldCIST'16 Team http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/ From kalev.leetaru5 at gmail.com Wed Jul 22 09:55:31 2015 From: kalev.leetaru5 at gmail.com (kalev leetaru) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:55:31 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] tracking memes and virality (and money+politics) on television Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting - thought many of you would be extremely interested in two new interactive visualizations in collaboration with the Internet Archive that we released this morning, one tracing the flow of money through campaign advertising in Philadelphia in the 2014 election cycle, and the other introducing a whole new way of tracing what ?goes viral? on television by charting how the US President?s 2015 State of the Union address was excerpted and discussed across American and select international television over the following two weeks: http://blog.archive.org/2015/07/22/tracking-politics-on-television-campaign-advertising-and-the-state-of-the-union-going-viral/ PHILLY 2014 - Using human coding and machine tracking, all 74 political ads that ran on 7 major television stations in the Philadelphia market September 1 to November 4, 2014 were coded for acclaim/attack/defend tone, a transcript entered, and the sponsor who paid for each of the 13,675 airings of the ads was determined. You can drill through all of this via an interactive visualization, doing things like comparing the ads about a candidate that were paid for by that candidate vs his/her opponents. You can also view all 74 ads in order from most positive to most negative: http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/cgi-bin/iatv_philly2014/iatv_philly2014 http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/iatv/philly2014/clips.html STATE OF THE UNION 2015 - Using massive audio scanning algorithms, the 2015 State of the Union address was broken into soundbites and each was tracked across American and select international television monitored by the Internet Archive for the two weeks following the address. An interactive visualization lets you search/filter/browse the entire speech and see how each line went viral, and even view the actual video clips of all 524 broadcasts that aired excerpts of the speech, including a wide array of domestic programming and television stations from Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, Thailand, Venezuala, and Vietnam. The underlying scanning algorithms operate entirely on the audio channel, so they are not dependent on closed captioning, which is extremely noisy and absent from many foreign stations. It turns out they are accurate enough to pick up even very short excerpts masked by overdubbing, music, and other noise, offering an entirely new approach to tracking memes and what "goes viral" on television: http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/cgi-bin/iatv_sotu2015/iatv_sotu2015 Kalev Leetaru http://kalevleetaru.com/ http://blog.gdeltproject.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 12, No. 1 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS bi-annual journal, is published and available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 12, Number 1, 2015 TOC: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/toc.html This issue contains: ------------------------- Articles ------------------------- - What students are saying on Facebook about their schools? -- Su Iong Kio -- Keywords: Feedback; Social networking site; Education; Social learning; Learning Technology -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a130.pdf - Analysis of tweets in Twitter -- Giovanni Borruto -- Keywords: Social network analysis; Information; User behavior -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a131.pdf - Crime vs. demographic factors revisited: Application of data mining methods -- Xingan Li, Henry Joutsijoki, Jorma Laurikkala, & Martti Juhola -- Keywords: Data mining; Self-organizing map; K-means clustering; Discriminant analysis; K-nearest neighbor classifier; Na?ve Bayes classification; Decision trees; Support vector machines (SVMs); Crime; Demographic factors -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a132.pdf - Aggregate ranking of the world's leading universities -- Vladimir M. Moskovkin, Nikolay A. Golikov, Andrey P. Peresypkin, & Olesya V. Serkina -- Keywords: Aggregated Global University Ranking (AGUR); Times Higher Education (THE), QS World University Rankings; Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU); Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT); CWTS Leiden Ranking; Scimago Institutions Rankings; University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP); Webometrics; Machine learning; Data mining; Python; Cross-correlation matrix -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a133.pdf - Function of knowledge culture in the effectiveness of knowledge management procedures: A case study of a knowledge-based organization -- Mitra Dilmaghani, Fatima Fahimnia, Mohammad Aboyee Ardakan, & Nader Naghshineh -- Keywords: Knowledge culture; Knowledge management; Knowledge management aspects; Contextual factors; Knowledge creation; Knowledge cooperation; Knowledge learning; Knowledge sharing; Conceptual model -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a134.pdf - Webgraph connectivity and dynamics: Russian research institutions -- Andrey A. Pechnikov, & Anthony M. Nwohiri -- Keywords: Webgraph dynamics; Science policy; Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian institutions; Administrative actions -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a135.pdf - Characterizing relatedness of web and requirements engineering -- Akshi Kumar, M.P.S. Bhatia, & Rohit Beniwal -- Keywords: Web application; Requirements engineering; Web 2.0; Web 3.0 -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2015/v12n1/a136.pdf ------------------------- Call for Papers ------------------------- -- http://www.webology.org/callforpapers.html ================================== Best regards, Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. -------------------- Editor-in-Chief of Webology: Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Website: http://www.webology.org ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~ ~ Scientific knowledge is the result of the knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences. ~ From diane.pennington at strath.ac.uk Thu Jul 23 08:27:31 2015 From: diane.pennington at strath.ac.uk (Diane Pennington) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:27:31 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Vacancy: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Information Science Message-ID: <106F013AD7EFCD4980EC804398CEA74624275E0D@EX2010-MBX2.ds.strath.ac.uk> University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland) Department of Computer and Information Sciences Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Information Science Salary range: ?37,394 - ?44,620 FTE: 1.0 Term: Open ended Closing date: 28 August The Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Information Science. CIS provides one of the largest postgraduate programmes in Information and Library Studies in the UK, and is a member of the iSchools group, a coalition of the world's leading information schools. Our iLab research group is an interdisciplinary information science research group, investigating arising socio-techno phenomena and evolving information behaviour. In pursuit of a literate and informed society, much of our work is societal in nature and holistic in perspective, investigating human information need and use, and informing the design and delivery of public information systems and services. The successful applicant will have primary research interests and expertise in information and library studies. The appointee will be expected to teach on the Department's MSc Information and Library Studies and to work closely with our Information Seeking Behaviour research group (a sub-group within our iLab). We particularly encourage applicants with research interests in Information Literacy and practical library experience. Candidates will demonstrate significant promise in their research discipline with have a record of achievement in their career to date. They will have ambitious academic goals and an understanding of how to bring in the grant income required to fund those goals. Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Professor Ian Ruthven and Dr Steven Buchanan, ian.ruthven at strath.ac.uk,steven.buchanan at strath.ac.uk, +44 141 548 4527, +44 141 548 3409). Formal interviews for this post are likely to take place on 2 October 2015. Full details can be found at http://www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/vacancies/. Diane M. 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URL: From dianek at email.unc.edu Fri Jul 24 15:38:17 2015 From: dianek at email.unc.edu (Kelly, Diane) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:38:17 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CfP: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval Message-ID: *************************************************************************** ***** * * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * CHIIR 2016: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR) * Sponsored by ACM SIGIR * In cooperation with ACM SIGCHI * * http://sigir.org/chiir2016/ * Follow us: @ACM_CHIIR * Tweet with us: #CHIIR2016 * * Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA * March 13-17, 2016 * * Submission deadline: September 1, 2015 * *************************************************************************** ***** OVERVIEW The 1st annual ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR 2016) will be held on March 13-17, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. CHIIR is a forum for the dissemination and discussion of research on the user-centered aspects of information interaction and information retrieval. CHIIR focuses on elements such as human involvement in search activities, and information seeking and use in context. The conference represents a merger of two successful past events: the Information Interaction in Context conference (IIiX) and the Human Computer Information Retrieval symposium (HCIR), which have run since 2006 and 2007, respectively. CHIIR 2016 solicits several types of submissions: full papers, short papers and workshop proposals. In addition, CHIIR will host a doctoral consortium. *New Paper Category: New Perspectives* New Perspectives papers provide novel ideas or insights concerning conceptualizations, problem statements, concerns or methodological issues in Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, and that have the potential to inspire substantive discussion and significant advances in the field. Contributions could be meta-theoretical and include views and claims that function as directives of how and what to study, or systematize previous studies to give a broader view of a sub-field or field as a whole. New Perspectives contributions should not be reports of empirical research (that type of paper should be submitted as a Full or Short paper), but rather should argue systematically for a new approach, methodology, or larger theory in our field. IMPORTANT DATES 1 Sept 2015 - Full Papers and New Perspectives Papers Due 15 Sept 2015 - Short Papers, Workshops Proposals and DC Submissions Due 20 Oct 2015 - Workshop Notifications 13 Nov 2015 - All Other Notifications 13-17 Mar 2016 - CHIIR conference SCOPE We expect submissions to contain a rigorous evaluation of any proposed findings, using techniques such as laboratory studies, field experiments, in situ observational studies, crowdsourcing, simulations of search behavior, and log analysis. Authors should describe their methods and techniques in enough detail to allow for replication and reuse. Users are central to the design, evaluation, and use of information retrieval systems. Many areas of interest for CHIIR have traditionally been covered under "Users and interactive IR" at the SIGIR Conference, and at previous HCIR and IIiX conferences. CHIIR provides a dedicated venue for broader, deeper discussion of research in this important area. We are particularly interested in papers about the following areas: * Information seeking, search and retrieval, including task-based and exploratory search * Interaction techniques for information retrieval and discovery * Online information-seeking behavior, including log analysis of search and browsing * Modeling and simulation of information interaction * Search user interfaces, including those for specialized tasks, populations and domains * Information use, including measures of use and sensemaking * Field and case studies relevant to information retrieval and access * User-centered evaluation methods and measures, including measures of user experience and performance, experiment and search task design, data analysis methods, and usability * Context-aware and personalized search, contextual features and analysis for information interaction * Collaborative information seeking and social search, including social utility and network analysis for information interaction * Information visualization and visual analytics, search result presentation * User-centered work in other areas of information retrieval For more details, see: http://sigir.org/chiir2016/ From garciam at denison.edu Mon Jul 27 15:57:22 2015 From: garciam at denison.edu (Moriana Garcia) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:57:22 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Reminder: ASIS&T SIG-STI (Scientific and Technical Information) Paper Award - deadline July 31 Message-ID: *ASIS&T SIG/STI Sponsors a Best Paper Award* The special interest group (SIG), *Scientific and Technical Information, *is pleased to announce their annual Best Paper Award. This award is conferred upon a research article, which is acknowledged by our peers as the best paper in the library and information science literature that pertains to the subject of scientific and technical information. The winner will receive a cash stipend of $500 that is earmarked for attending the 2015 ASIS&T annual conference, held this year November 6-10, in St. Louis Missouri. Anyone interested in applying for this year?s STI Best Paper Award, please read the guidelines and instructions below. Please send your paper submissions to the Award Jury Chair: Professor Qin Jian* (**jqin at syr.edu* *).* *Submission deadline for the award is July 31, 2015*. *Rules for Applying for the SIG/STI Best Paper Award* *1. Nature of the award* Author or authors who win the STI best paper award will receive a cash stipend of $500, which is ear-marked for the awardee, or awardees, to attend the ASIS&T annual conference. The awardshall be announced by the Jury Chair by no later than one month prior to the start of the annual ASIS&T conference. *2. Purpose of the award* The purpose of the SIG/STI award is to recognize the best paper in the library and information science literature that is devoted to the subject of Scientific and Technical Information. The paper is required to be published in the literature within the two previous calendar years. It must be published in either a peer reviewed journal or a conference proceeding. *3. Eligibility criteria for the award* - Peer reviewed paper or conference proceeding, must be published during the previous two calendar years. - At least one author must be a current member of ASIS&T. - At least one author must register for the ASIS&T annual conference and attend the SIG/ STI business meeting during the ASIS&T annual conference. - The subject of the paper must fall within the subject of Scientific and Technical Information. *4. Administration of the award* The Paper Award is sponsored by SIG/STI. It is administered by the SIG STI Awards Jury. *5. Nominations for the award* Nominations for the Best Paper Award shall be submitted by email to the Award Jury Chair. The nomination must include: a full citation and a brief summary that justifies why the paper was nominated; a copy of the article should accompany the nomination. An individual may nominate himself or herself. *6. Selection of the Awardee* Jury members will gain access to the papers nominated for the award. Content of each eligible paper shall be appraised by the jury members. Each paper will be assessed through an established set of criteria and can accrue a maximum number of 100 points. Each paper will be evaluated in terms of the following criteria: - Theoretical or conceptual framework relevant to the description of scientific and technical information systems and services. (Maximum: 10 points) - Well defined problem statement, sound methodology and clearly documented references. (Maximum: 20 points) - Significance and implications of the research findings. (Maximum: 30 points) - Innovation and originality of research. (Maximum: 30 points) - Clarity of expression. (Maximum: 10 points) *7. Presentation of Award* In recognition of winning the best paper award, the recipient, or recipients, will receive the $500 award, which will be presented at the yearly SIG/STI business meeting held during the annual ASIS&T conference. *8. Publicity* The award shall be posted in the STI listserv, the STI web site, and STI social media site. In addition, it shall also be posted by any chapter with which the winner is affiliated. *9. Deadline* - The Call for Submissions for the SIG STI Paper Award shall be published during the spring. - The Submission Deadline is July 31th. - The awardee will be notified approximately one month before the start of the ASIS&T annual meeting. -- Moriana L. M. Garcia, MS, PhD, MLIS Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian Denison University Libraries P.O. Box 805 Granville, OH, 43023 Phone: 740-587-5714 Online profile: http://libguides.denison.edu/morianagarcia Skype: moriana_1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Katrin.Weller at gesis.org Fri Jul 24 12:12:19 2015 From: Katrin.Weller at gesis.org (Weller, Katrin) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:12:19 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Workshops/Tutorials: Computational Social Science Winter Symposium. December 1-3, Cologne (Germany). In-Reply-To: <2D3DFB539C8F0B49A1D31A47B0C027D1D04238E7@SVKOEXC01.gesis.intra> References: <2D3DFB539C8F0B49A1D31A47B0C027D1D04238A3@SVKOEXC01.gesis.intra> <2D3DFB539C8F0B49A1D31A47B0C027D1D04238CA@SVKOEXC01.gesis.intra> <2D3DFB539C8F0B49A1D31A47B0C027D1D04238E7@SVKOEXC01.gesis.intra> Message-ID: <2D3DFB539C8F0B49A1D31A47B0C027D1D04238F9@SVKOEXC01.gesis.intra> ============================================================== CALL FOR WORKSHOPS / TUTORIALS ============================================================== 2nd COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WINTER SYMPOSIUM Cologne, Germany Pre-conference workshops and tutorials: December 1, 2015 Main conference dates: December 2-3, 2015 Website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/ Hashtag: #cssws15 ============================================================== ------------------------------------------ ABOUT THE WINTER SYMPOSIUM ------------------------------------------ The CSS Winter Symposium 2015 will be a three-day event consisting of: * an exciting program featuring a series of invited talks that will provide different perspectives on current advances and limitations of computational social science * an open call for contributed papers and posters that will provide opportunities for computational social scientists to present and discuss their own work. * the opportunity to participate in workshops and tutorials on the day prior to the symposium * plenty of possibilities for interdisciplinary networking including an evening event at the famous Cologne Christmas markets. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Munmun De Choudhury (Georgia Tech), Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University), Sune Lehmann (Technical University of Denmark), J?rgen Pfeffer (Carnegie Mellon University), Ralph Schroeder (University of Oxford) ------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------- Workshop/Tutorial submissions: September 01, 2015 Workshop/Tutorial notification: September 16, 2015 (Posters+presentations submissions:) (September 28, 2015) Registration deadline: November 19, 2015 Pre-symposium workshops and tutorials: December 1, 2015 Main symposium dates: December 2-3, 2015 ------------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP / TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS ------------------------------------------------ We are looking for ideas for interactive workshops and instructional tutorials in the area of computational social science. Workshops may feature (invited) talks or explore novel formats for discussion. Tutorials should focus on teaching methodological and practical skills. We welcome proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing the following and related topics: * introduction to programming skills for computational social science * introductions to social science methods for computer scientists and other technical disciplines * use cases for combining social science and computational methods * core principles and future directions of computational social science * introductions to tools for computational social science * best practices for data analysis, data cleaning and processing * comparisons of analysis techniques and tools * evaluation of tools and their appropriateness for specific tasks * network analysis * statistics Please see the call for workshops/tutorials for details about the submission format: http://www.gesis.org/en/css-wintersymposium/home/call-for-workshops-and-tutorials/ Proposals should be submitted as PDF files via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cssws15 ------------- Organization ------------- GESIS will provide the basic infrastructure for the accepted workshops, e.g. the venue and refreshments. Workshop/tutorial organizers are responsible for organizing and conducting their events, including invitation or recruiting of speakers. A short description of each accepted workshop or tutorial has to be provided for the CSSWS website. ------------ CONTACT ------------ WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS CHAIR: -------------------------------------------- Dr. Katrin Weller GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 K?ln Germany E-mail: katrin.weller at gesis.org Twitter: @kwelle Phone: +49 221 47694472 LOCAL ORGANIZATION: ----------------------------------- Diana Lindner, M.A. GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 K?ln Germany Email: diana.lindner at gesis.org Phone: +49 (0221) 47694-401 CONFERENCE CHAIR: ----------------------------- Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 K?ln Germany E-mail: markus.strohmaier at gesis.org Twitter: @mstrohm Phone: +49 (221) 47694-225 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Darch conducted longitudinal case studies of the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center studying interactions between microbial life and geochemical processes in the seafloor, and of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a large telescope project currently in development. ?There are many world-leading researchers on the faculty who study scientists, scientific workflows, and issues around the circulation of scientific data and knowledge with whom I am very eager to collaborate, in particular in the context of the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS),? said Darch. Rachel Magee joins the faculty this fall. Magee?s research focuses on how young people engage with technology, and considers their social relationships and values as important factors in their technology use. She is also interested in developing technologies, strategies, and techniques to better support teens? information access and use. Before embarking on her doctoral studies, Magee served as a teen and reference services librarian at the County of Los Angeles Public Library for three years. Magee is now looking forward to bringing that experience to the classroom. ?I?m very excited to teach people who will be going out into the field and working directly with youth, drawing from my own experiences as a teen services librarian and my research,? she said. Jodi Schneider will join the faculty in August 2016. For the next year, Schneider will be a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh, supported by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. She recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at INRIA, the national French Computer Science Research Institute, funded by a highly competitive ERCIM Marie Curie Fellowship. Schneider?s research interests include computer-supported cooperative work; linked data including ontologies, metadata, and the semantic web; and scholarly communication. At GSLIS, she is looking forward to continuing her research into evidence curation as well as collaborating with other GSLIS faculty on complementary projects. -- 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 rhill at asis.org Wed Jul 29 11:32:25 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Director, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville Message-ID: <125c01d0ca13$c5e198b0$51a4ca10$@asis.org> Advertisement Director, School of Information Sciences College of Communication and Information University of Tennessee, Knoxville The School of Information Sciences in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's (UTK) College of Communication and Information (CCI), is conducting an international search for the position of Director of the School. A Ph.D. in library and information sciences or closely related fields is required for this 12-month position. The successful applicant will hold the rank of Full Professor or meet the University of Tennessee's criteria for Full Professor upon hire and will be eligible for tenure upon hire. The salary is competitive and based on experience and academic credentials. Candidates should have: strong intellectual, organizational, diplomatic, communication, and leadership skills; a national/international scholarly reputation; and a strong record of research, teaching and service. In addition, they should have the ability to: build strong, positive relationships with all members of the School, with other CCI and UTK schools/departments, and the administration of the College and University; effectively manage School resources, faculty and staff; represent and promote the program externally; assess the need for a new, innovative undergraduate program in information sciences; maintain scholarly activity; actively promote faculty research and scholarship and support externally funded faculty research; actively engage in development, fundraising and alumni cultivation; work effectively with the SIS Advisory Board and College's Board of Visitors; support and create productive partnerships across disciplinary and organizational boundaries; and recruit and maintain a well-qualified diverse student body. The Director will provide leadership for the School with duties and responsibilities as described in the UTK Faculty Handbook. Applicants should have knowledge of and a commitment to equal opportunity and affirmative action. The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veteran status. Individuals interested in applying for the position should send, via email, (1) a letter of application, (2) a current curriculum vitae, and (3) a list of 5 references to: School of Information Sciences Director Search Committee, at bethcole at utk.edu, or send hard copies of these materials to 302 Communications Bldg., 1345 Circle Park Drive, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. Review of applicants will begin on October 1, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. The Knoxville campus of The University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University. 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: From srichards at lac-group.com Wed Jul 22 17:05:30 2015 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:05:30 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Research Librarian / Seattle, WA Message-ID: <8D1B732A6F5AC54393D612ADD9592C36159D199C@ex1mbx02.onthenetoffice.com> Apologies for the cross postings . . . . LAC Group is seeking a full-time, permanent Research Librarian to work with our client, a well known corporation, located in Seattle, WA. The Research Librarian will be responsible for driving foundational market and competitive intelligence in support of key strategic company initiatives and will influence decision making across marketing, product, sales and support teams. We are looking for a creative problem solver that can engage strategically, by producing in-depth market, business and competitive intelligence research. Responsibilities: * Monitor market and competitive intelligence activities to deliver critical strategic insights that enable decision making across senior management, product, marketing, sales, distribution and support. * Research, analyze and triangulate information on various competitors, market trends and market data and determine significance, assess implications and provides analysis with recommended actions. * Drive ongoing updates and alerts on key competitive activities. * Develop and maintain competitive dashboards and metrics. * Communicate key learnings and insights regarding competitor's strategies, financial results, targeted customers and markets and product performance to key stakeholders in a timely fashion. * Size the market opportunity, competitive insights and prioritization of initiatives to support growth in strategic segments. * Work closely with a cross-divisional team to bring all relevant market insights to the table. * Strong partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver results. * Advise and engage leadership. Desired Skills and Experience: * 7+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, market research, strategic planning and/or communications. * Ability to weave insights and be the story-teller in regards to research analysis * A strategic thinker who is able to communicate at senior levels. * High energy and positive mindset with a "can do" attitude. Must be persistent, ambitious, curious, creative and assertive. * Results-oriented mindset with a track record of focusing on high impact activities and driving strategic initiatives through to execution. * Proficient financial and analytical skills and sound business judgment. * Resourceful in gathering market information from various proprietary and publicly available web resources and publications and industry experts * Cross-functional leadership capabilities; collaborative approach to problem solving & builds enduring partnerships * Strong analytics skills - be able to triangulate data, competitive trends and secondary insights. * Demonstrated strength in using product and customer insights to improve end-to-end experiences as well as building an end-to-end "go-to-market" competitive strategy. * Outstanding verbal & written communicator For immediate consideration, please apply online at: http://goo.gl/Nb2Ekf LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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This role manages the electronic services of the firm library, including nearly 300 legal and business information databases, the integrated library system (EOS), the knowledge management system (WestKM), the library's intranet page (SharePoint), and the online resource management systems (ResearchMonitor). In addition to the management of the systems, the position provides research and training services to attorneys, paralegals, the marketing department, and staff on library technologies. Responsibilities and Duties: * Identifies, evaluates and recommends new information technologies, applications, and electronic resources to support the current and future information needs of the firm and enhance library services; * Communicates with information services providers, library staff and IT staff in planning, testing, implementing and supporting new applications; * Troubleshoots malfunctioning applications, library systems, and electronic information services; * Responsible for contract and copyright compliance; * Researches complex legal, financial, and business questions for attorneys, paralegals, and staff; * Develops training programs for attorneys and staff, schedules vendor trainings, and assists library orientation for new attorneys and paralegals; * Crafts custom current awareness alerts and recommends practice-specific publications for attorneys and paralegals; * Maintains library and practice group intranet pages; Monitors and evaluates new information resources and emerging technologies. Qualifications: * Master of Library & Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution, or equivalent experience; * A minimum of two year's experience in a library; * Advanced knowledge of legal and business databases, including Lexis, Westlaw, PACER, RIA Checkpoint, CCH IntelliConnect, Bloomberg BNA, Hein Online, Knowledge Mosaic, Hoovers, Dun & Bradstreet, CourtLink, and TLOxp; * Excel, Word, Outlook, HTML, UX, web design, and advanced computer and IT skills required. Apply online: http://goo.gl/sLHx6X LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. LAC Group is a premier provider of recruiting and consultancy services for information professionals at U.S. and global organizations including Fortune 100 companies, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, large academic institutions, National Libraries and prominent government agencies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Katrin.Weller at gesis.org Fri Jul 31 10:58:25 2015 From: Katrin.Weller at gesis.org (Weller, Katrin) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:58:25 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for submissions (and participation) for the 2nd FAIL! workshop - at IR16 in Phoenix Message-ID: <2D3DFB539C8F0B49A1D31A47B0C027D1D0438C14@SVKOEXC01.gesis.intra> =========================================================================== #FAIL! Things that didn't work out in social media research - and what we can learn from them 2nd #FAIL! workshop (#fail2015b) at Internet Research Conference IR16 (#ir16) October 21, 2015 Phoenix, Arizona, USA 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 experienced social media researchers 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. ---------------------------------------- PARTICIPATION & PRESENTATIONS ---------------------------------------- We welcome IR16 participants who want to join the general discussion on pitfalls and failed approaches in social media. In addition, we will select interesting case studies to be presented during the workshop based on an open call for submissions. Please submit an abstract describing your specific experiences if you want to give a presentation during the workshop. Please note that all workshop participants (including presenters) have to register at the main conference and that registration fees apply (for details see: http://aoir.org/ir16/registration/). You can sign up for the #FAIL! workshop during the registration process. ---------------------------- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ---------------------------- Submissions should be structured abstracts of around 800 words. Please see the formatting template and additional details on how to prepare and submit your proposal: https://failworkshops.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions-at-ir16/ Submissions will be made via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fail2015b Authors of accepted submissions will present their work at #fail2015b workshop in Phoenix. The abstracts of accepted submissions and presentation slides will be shared via the workshop Website. --------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------------------- Abstract submission deadline: September 10, 2015 (23:59 Hawaii time) Notification: October 1, 2015 Final version upload: October 10, 2015 Workshop date: October 21, 2015 (9am-12pm) IR16 Conference dates: October 21-24, 2015 ------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP STRUCTURE AT IR16 ------------------------------------------ This is a half-day workshop that will take place on Wednesday, October 21st, starting at 9am. We aim for an interactive workshop format, consisting of short presentations and interactive discussions. The workshop will start with a short report from the first FAIL workshop, which was held at Web Science Conference 2015 in Oxford in June 2015. 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. Watch out the workshop website for updates on upcoming events. ------------------ ORGANISERS ------------------ 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) Karine Nahon, University of Washington and Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya (karineb at uw.edu, @karineb) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Fri Jul 24 12:53:09 2015 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:53:09 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] IEEE SITIS'15: 2nd CFP WeCA (Web Computing and Application), Bangkok-Thailand Message-ID: Apologies for multiple diffusion CALL FOR PAPERS ===================================================================== Track on WEB COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (WeCA) The 11th IEEE International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET-BASED SYSTEMS (SITIS 15) Bangkok, Thailand, 23-27, November 2015 http://www.sitis-conf.org/ In cooperation with ACM SIGAPP French Chapter ====================================================================== The WeCA (Web Computing and Application) track will focus on emerging and novel concepts, architectures and methodologies for information management. The Internet and the related technologies have created an interconnected world in which information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed collaboratively, communities of users with similarly interests can be formed to achieve efficiency and improve performance. Taking full advantage of these interconnected environments to meet the ever increasing needs of emerging application requires solutions that address new issues and challenges. Novel architectures are being proposed to allow resource sharing and distributed processing of linked data and devices. Peer to peer computing, mobile information systems, semantic based applications, linked data systems, Internet of things etc. are a few examples. Topics of interest include, but not limited, to: ---------------------------------------------- * Data semantics * Web-Centric Systems * Semantic Web * Social media and networking * Big Data * Information System Interoperability * Digital Libraries * Cloud Computing * Integrated, Virtualized and Distributed Information Systems * Multimedia and application * Information security * Service Based Systems Submission and publication -------------------------- SITIS'15 WeCa Track invites submission of high quality and original papers on the topics listed above. Allsubmitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers for technical merit, originality, significance and relevance to track topics. Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication format. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for potential publication journals. Important dates --------------- * Paper Submission: September 7, 2015 * Acceptance/Reject notification: October 7, 2015 * Camera ready: October 15, 2015 * Author registration: October 19, 2015 Track Chairs ------------ Kokou Yetongnon, University of Bourgogne, France Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France From I.Peters at zbw.eu Tue Jul 28 06:36:32 2015 From: I.Peters at zbw.eu (Peters Isabella) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:36:32 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CfP SIGMet Workshop at ASIS&T AM, St. Louis, November 7, 2015 Message-ID: <047272D289C1D14C9D54551BFDF8DE38652E0D65@lhun.zbw-nett.zbw-kiel.de> +++Apologies for cross-posting+++ METRICS 2015 - ASIS&T WORKSHOP ON INFORMETRIC AND SCIENTOMETRIC RESEARCH Workshop sponsored by ASIS&T SIG/MET ASIS&T 2015 Annual Meeting Saturday, November 7th, 2015, 9:00am -5:00pm Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, US CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Metrics (SIG/MET) will host a workshop prior to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. This workshop will provide an opportunity for presentations and in-depth conversations on (alt-) metric-related issues, including the latest theories, approaches, applications, innovations, and tools. The workshop is envisioned as a combination of short presentations, posters and open discussion. SIG/MET is the Special Interest Group for the measurement of information production and use. It encourages the development and networking of all those interested in the measurement of information and, thus, encompasses not only bibliometrics and scientometrics, but informetrics in a larger sense including measurement of the Web and the Internet, applications running on these platforms, and metrics related to network analysis, visualization, and scholarly communication. Hence, metric research recently expanded beyond traditional research products - such as articles and citations - to include web-based products, such as blogs, tweets and other social media, so-called altmetrics. These social media are changing some of the ways research is being disseminated and, in turn, influences the field of metrics. Research on metrics has been growing significantly over the last decades. In addition to account for a significant proportion of the literature published in core LIS journals, there is also a large proportion of metrics literature published in general science journals as well as in medical journals. Recent workshops on the topics have been largely successful. For instance, SIG/MET already held five workshops at ASIS&T's annual meetings that steadily increased their number of attendees. As in previous years, the SIG recognized outstanding student contributions, with one session devoted to presenting these awards and presentations by the recipients. The 2015 workshop would continue in this vein and consolidate the work done in previous iterations of the workshop. We propose to include presentations from both established researchers and students, all done in an informal setting where genuine exchanges can be made. The topics covered would include the following but are not limited to: - Theories of the publication process, citations and social media in scholarly communication - New indicators and methods, especially altmetrics and social media metrics - Tools, platforms, research infrastructure - technological development and metrics - Impact of indicators (evaluation, information retrieval, research management, etc.) - Metrics in a library, archive and other institutional setting - Open access, open science and metrics - Limitations, misuses and adverse effects of metrics - the ethics of metrics - The challenge of interdisciplinarity - Visualizations of scholarly impact measures and analyses Submissions Submissions should be in the form of a two-page extended abstract. Conceptual, empirical, and works-in-progress will be accepted for submission. Where appropriate, up to three figures/tables can be provided. Two types of submissions will be accepted: posters and presentations. Please indicate the type of submission in bold at the beginning of your submission. The requirements for both formats are the same. Posters will provide scholars with a format for presenting works-in-progress and works that are best presented visually. Every poster will be introduced in a poster pitch-format. The presentations will be an opportunity for researchers and professionals to present and discuss research that is more fully developed. The abstracts of accepted papers and posters as well as the presentation slides will be published on figshare (http://figshare.com), that allocates DOIs to uploaded content, and linked from the SIG/MET website to enhance visibility and retrievability of presented research. Please submit in .pdf, .doc or .docx to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmet2015 Peer-Review process Each submission will be reviewed and brief feedback will be given in narrative format. Awards This year Altmetric.com (www.altmetric.com) and Figshare have kindly offered to award a cash prize for the best paper on research related to altmetrics or social media metrics. Outstanding research papers from students will also be awarded in a Student Paper Contest sponsored by Elsevier. The first author of the paper entered into this contest must be a full-time student at the time of submission, irrespective of ASIS&T or SIG/MET membership. For more information please refer to http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGMET/activities/2015-asist-sigmet-student-paper-contest/. The winners of both awards will be selected by the SIG/MET officers from the accepted submissions presented in St. Louis. Important Dates Submissions due: August 31, 2015 Notifications: September 15, 2015 Workshop: November 7th, 2015, 9:00am -5:00pm Registration fees The registration fee (early bird) includes wifi, coffee breaks and lunch: $265 (SIG member with lunch) - $275 (non-member) Organizers: Isabella Peters (ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Germany) Stefanie Haustein (University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada) Chaoqun Ni (Simmons College, Boston, USA) Kun Lu (University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA) Tim Bowman (?bo Akademi University, Turku, Finland) With questions, please contact Isabella Peters (Chair, SIG/MET) i.peters at zbw.eu ......................................................................................................................................... PROF. DR. ISABELLA PETERS Professor of Web Science, CAU Kiel ZBW - German National Library of Economics Leibniz Information Centre for Economics D?sternbrooker Weg 120 24105 Kiel Germany T: +49-431-8814-623 M: +49-172-6747771 F: +49-431-8814-520 E: i.peters at zbw.eu www.zbw.eu ......................................................................................................................................... Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DieZBW. ......................................................................................................................................... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Chair, International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) (http://icie.zkm.de) Editor in Chief, International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) (http://www.i-r-i-e.net) Postal Address: Redtenbacherstr. 9, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany E-Mail: rafael at capurro.de Voice: + 49 - 721 - 98 22 9 - 22 (Fax: -21) Homepage: www.capurro.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michele.pasin at gmail.com Tue Jul 28 11:03:16 2015 From: michele.pasin at gmail.com (Michele Pasin) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:03:16 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] 170 years of bib data for all nature.com articles and contributors Message-ID: Dear list members: As part of our ongoing involvement with linked open data, we have now resumed dataset publishing and have added a new snapshot of bibliography metadata for nature.com articles to the Nature.com Ontologies portal: http://nature.com/ontologies/ Specifically we have released 170 years of bib data for all nature.com articles and contributors over the period 1845-2015. We expect to release new snapshots periodically. The release notes are copied below. Best wishes, Michele == Release: * We've resumed publishing of datasets. We're now making available complete instance datasets for articles (1.2 m) and contributors (2.7 m). These datsets are linked to the DOI and ORCID datasets. (These datasets replace the historic datasets from 2012.) * We've now added our core and domain models to GitHub projects and brought them under version control: public-npg-core-ontology ( https://github.com/nature/public-npg-core-ontology) and public-npg-domain-ontology ( https://github.com/nature/public-npg-domain-ontology) * We've improved our documentation. A whole new Technical Notes section has been added (http://www.nature.com/ontologies/docs/). Some material from the homepage (e.g. Background, Licenses, Namespaces) has been moved there, and new material has been added (e.g. Annotations, Mappings, Naming Policy, Versions). * We've improved our data mappings. The Subjects Ontology is now 100% mapped to DBpedia. See http://www.nature.com/ontologies/docs/mappings/ * We've added a reference in our Links section to our new colleagues at Springer and their LOD for Conferences in Computer Science: http://lod.springer.com/ == -------- *Michele Pasin*, PhD Information Architect Nature Publishing Group, London +44 (0)207 014 6608 michele.pasin at nature.com -------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimandrews at usf.edu Tue Jul 28 11:51:22 2015 From: jimandrews at usf.edu (Andrews, James) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:51:22 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] University of South Florida, School of Information, Welcomes New Faculty Member Message-ID: Dr. Steven Walczak has been appointed as Associate Professor in the University of South Florida, School of Information, effective August 7, 2015. Dr. Walczak received a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Florida in 1990, an MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1985, and a BS in Mathematics from Penn State in 1981. He has served as an Associate Computer Scientist with the National Security Agency, in private industry, and, from 1998-2014, was a tenured Associate Professor in the College of Business at the University of Colorado. His most recent appointment was as a tenured Associate Professor at University of South Carolina?s Integrated Information Technology Department where he was Director of Graduate Studies in Health IT. Dr. Walczak?s primary research applies artificial intelligence (AI) and other technical solutions, such as neural networks, to both diagnostic and resource planning issues within healthcare domains. He has published over 55 peer reviewed papers, as well as presented over 80 conference proceedings and presentations. He has received numerous funding support from industrial sectors. Dr. Walczak is an accomplished scholar and teacher whose academic and professional experiences will be integral to the mission of the School of Information and the Florida Center for Cybersecurity?s emphasis on health information security. James E. Andrews, Ph.D. Director, School of Information? University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave | CIS 1040 | Tampa, FL | 33624 jimandrews at usf.edu | 813.974.2108 From fichman at indiana.edu Tue Jul 28 12:30:57 2015 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:30:57 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for nominations for the 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award Message-ID: <290E10F2-B379-495E-B2FC-74FC7EC3C8C7@indiana.edu> The 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award Call for nominations for the 2015 Social Informatics Best Paper Award The Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI) and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) are seeking nominations for an award for the best paper published in a peer reviewed journal on a topic informed by social informatics during the 2014 calendar year. The author or authors will present their paper at the 11th Annual SIG-SI Symposium on Saturday, November 5, 2015 and receive a $1,000 cash award at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in St. Louis in November, 2015. Nomination letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba at indiana.edu) or Pnina Fichman (fichman at indiana.edu) by August 15, 2015 and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable. Winners will be notified by September 5, 2015. For more information about the Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI): http://asistsigsi.wordpress.com For more information about the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI): http://rkcsi.indiana.edu Pnina Fichman and Howard Rosenbaum Department of Information and Library Science School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University ASIS&T 2015 Annual Meeting November 6-10, 2015 St. Louis, Missouri ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Chair, Department of Information and Library Science Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The author or authors will present their paper at the 11th Annual SIG-SI Symposium on Saturday, November 5, 2015 and receive a $500 cash award at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in St. Louis in November, 2015. Nomination letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba at indiana.edu) or Pnina Fichman (fichman at indiana.edu) by August 15, 2015 and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable. Winners will be notified by September 5, 2015. 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URL: From lquiroga at hawaii.edu Tue Jul 28 21:42:57 2015 From: lquiroga at hawaii.edu (Luz Quiroga) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:42:57 -0300 Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: semantic web - ontologies Message-ID: Aloha I am trying to find out colleagues / students / practitioners who include in their work aspects of semantic ontologies as framed in the Semantic Web Project http://www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb/ontology I would like the be aware of their experience with literature used in their teaching, research and practice as I am trying to update related readings and activities in some parts of my courses on user centered design of information / communication systems, digital libraries, relational databases, Information Architecture for the WWW, and personalized systems. In those courses we cover concepts of knowledge representation, organization and management introducing semantic-ontological modeling of content (disciplines) and users (personal ontologies for user modeling) In my research on homeless use of information / communication technologies I am considering the creation of an ontology of homelessness to facilitate web-based information access, sharing and collaboration among stakeholders Please reply off-list and | or forward this message to anyone you think would be interested in sharing his / her experience with me. With appreciation for any help Luz Marina Quiroga ----- Luz Marina Quiroga; Associate Professor, ICS & LIS / UH Manoa mailto: lquiroga at hawaii.edu Cell: (808) 3892489; Fax: (808) 956-3548 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lquiroga/ My Hawaiian name: Keaomaikekai --- "El exceso de informacion ya es obra de deformacion": Facundo Cabral. "Cuando yo tenia listas las respuestas, me cambiaron las preguntas." 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For those of you that focus on online media and media effects, I thought this collaboration with IRIN News assessing global media fatigue of the Nepal and Vanuatu disasters, across 65 languages and each country's media system, might be of particular interest, especially the queries and source code to provide the foundation for other analyses: http://newirin.irinnews.org/dataviz/2015/7/25/nepal-earthquake-three-months-on http://blog.gdeltproject.org/irin-news-the-nepal-earthquake-at-three-months-media-fatigue-and-bias/ http://blog.gdeltproject.org/towards-a-generalized-model-of-media-fatigue-vanuatu-nepal/ While media fatigue has obviously been heavily explored over the decades, one of the results of the analyses above is that the two-week exponential falloff holds consistently across each country's media system and between the two disasters. If you scroll to the bottom of the post below, you will find all of the queries and source code to run your own media fatigue or other media effects analyses across the data, which I thought might of especial interest and use to many of you as a foundation for broader quantitative media analyses. http://blog.gdeltproject.org/irin-news-the-nepal-earthquake-at-three-months-media-fatigue-and-bias/ ~Kalev http://kalevleetaru.com http://blog.gdeltproject.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chirags at rutgers.edu Wed Jul 29 10:55:42 2015 From: chirags at rutgers.edu (Chirag Shah) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:55:42 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: iConference 2016 - now accepting submissions Message-ID: <6CA78895-23A1-40C9-AEF7-B76FD688EA03@rutgers.edu> Now Accepting Submissions: iConference 2016 iConference 2016 | Partnership with Society Philadelphia, PA, USA March 20-23, 2016 Conference website: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ Conference submission site: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2016/ We are now accepting submissions for iConference 2016, our eleventh annual gathering of scholars, researchers and professionals who share an interest in the critical information issues of contemporary information society. iConference 2016 takes place March 20-23, 2016, in historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This year?s theme of ?Partnership with Society? examines the dynamic, evolving role of information science and today?s iSchool movement, and the benefits to society. The conference includes peer-reviewed papers, posters, workshops and sessions for interaction and engagement, interspersed with multiple opportunities for networking. Early career and next generation researchers can engage in the Doctoral Student Colloquium, Early Career Colloquium and Undergraduate Student Showcase forums. Authors and organizers can now submit materials using our secure submissions website: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2016/ . The official proceedings will be published in the open access Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS). The deadline for papers is Sept. 9, with other deadlines thereafter. The iConference brings together scholars and researchers addressing critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference pushes the boundaries of information studies, explores core concepts and ideas, and creates new technological and conceptual configurations?all shaping interdisciplinary discourses. Visit our website for more information, including sample topics and links to past proceedings: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ iConference 2016 is hosted by Drexel University?s College of Computing & Informatics. Our conference venue, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, is located in Philadelphia?s bustling center city. The historic 33-storey building is hailed as America?s first skyscraper, and is in easy walking distance of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, birthplace of the United States Constitution. Other nearby attractions include the Rodin Museum and the Philadelphia Art Museum. The iConference is presented by the iSchools (www.ischools.org ), a worldwide association of Information Schools dedicated to advancing the information field, and preparing students to meet the information challenges of the 21st Century. Affiliation with the iSchools is not required?all information scholars, researchers, and practitioners are welcome at the iConference. The event is sponsored by Microsoft Research. IMPORTANT LINKS * Conference: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ * Submissions: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2016/ * Past Proceedings: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/about-the-iconference/ * Facebook: IConference: https://www.facebook.com/IConference * Twitter: @iConf | #iconf16 SUBMISSION INFORMATION All submissions must be in English using our official template. All work should be original and not previously published. Complete guidelines can be found on our Author Instructions page: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/author-instructions/ * PAPERS: We invite papers falling into two categories: completed research, and early work/preliminary results. Completed research papers should be a maximum of 10 pages, including references; early work/preliminary results papers should be a maximum of 6 pages, including references. Each paper will be refereed in a double-blind process. The author(s) of the completed research paper judged the best of the conference will receive the Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper and $5,000. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/papers/ Submission deadline: September 9, 2015 Papers Chairs: Yong Ming Kow, City University of Hong Kong; Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine; Chirag Shah, Rutgers University * POSTERS We welcome submission of posters presenting new work, preliminary results and designs, or educational projects. Submitted posters should be a maximum of 1,500 words, not including references. These posters will undergo a double-blind review. Poster abstracts will be published in the proceedings. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/posters/ Submission deadline: October 5, 2015 Posters Chairs: Elke Greifeneder, Humboldt University; Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin * WORKSHOPS Workshops can be half- or full day, and are intended to foster interactive discussions focusing on the particular topic within the purview of the iSchools, namely, the relationships among information, people and technology. Workshops provide a great opportunity for attendees who share common interests and want to have intensive discussions. Workshop proposals should be less than 750 words, and follow the guidelines on our website: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/workshops/ Submission deadline: September 28, 2015 Workshops Chairs: Denise Agosto, Drexel University; Sam Oh, Sungkyunkwan University; Nicole A. Cooke, University of Illinois * SESSIONS FOR INTERACTION AND ENGAGEMENT (SIE) These sessions provide an excellent opportunity to present ideas, facilitate discussions, and foster knowledge-sharing in unconventional ways. Formats can include panels, fishbowls, installations, performances, storytelling, roundtable discussions, wildcard sessions, demos/exhibitions, and more. All should be highly participatory, informal, engaging, and pluralistic. SIE proposals should be less than 750 words, and follow the guidelines on our website: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/sessions-for-interaction-and-engagement/ Submission deadline: October 5, 2015 SIE Chairs: Karen E. Fisher, University of Washington; Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University OTHER EVENTS SCHEDULED * DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM The Doctoral Colloquium provides doctoral students the opportunity to present their work to senior faculty and engage with one another in a setting that is relatively informal but that allows for the fullest of intellectual exchanges. Students receive feedback on their dissertation, career paths, and other areas from participating faculty and student peers. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/doctoral-colloquium/ Application deadline: September 28, 2015 Doctoral Colloquium Chairs: Greg Leazer, UCLA; Iris Xie, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee * DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD Recognizing the outstanding dissertation of the preceding year, this competition is open to all member iSchools. Each school may submit one dissertation for consideration. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500, the runner up $1,000; both will be honored at the iConference. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/dissertation-award/ Submission deadline: October 12, 2015 Dissertation Award Chairs: Michael Seadle, Humboldt University; Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba * EARLY CAREER COLLOQUIUM This half-day event is intended for assistant professors, post-docs, or others in pre-tenure positions and builds on the tradition of highly successful events at past iConferences. Participants will sign up at registration. More at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/early-career-colloquium/ Early Career Colloquium Chairs: Virginia Ortiz-Repiso Jimenez, University Carlos III-Madrid; Kristin Eschenfelder, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Eric Myers, University of British Columbia *UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SHOWCASE FORUMS The undergraduate showcase will feature iSchool undergraduate research. Such examples include senior design, senior projects, STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Scholars Program students, etc. Details will be posted to our website as they become available. ADDITIONAL ORGANIZERS Conference Chairs: David Fenske and Jane Greenberg, Drexel University Technical Program Chairs: Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University; Spiros Mancoridis, Drexel University Proceedings Chairs: Xia Lin and Mick Khoo, Drexel University Program Committee: Naresh Agarwal, Simmons Moranan Alac, University of California, San Diego Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas Eric Baumer, Cornell University Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee Teresa Cerratto-Pargman, Stockholm University Gobinda Chowdhury, Northumbria University Xianghua Ding, Fudan University Niklas Elmqvist, University of Maryland Ingrid Erikson, Rutgers University Andrea Forte, Drexel University Roberto Gonzalez-Ibanez, University of Santiago Helen Hasan, University of Wollongong Jeff Hemsley, Syracuse University James Howison, University of Texas at Austin Yun Huang, Syracuse University Mohammad Jarrahi, University of North Carolina Victor Kaptelinin, Umea University Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University Wayne Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Karine Nahon, University of Washington and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Gabriela Marcu, Drexel University Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore Javed Mostafa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kyong Eunoh Oh, Simmons Sanghee Oh, Florida State University Xinru Page, Bentley University Matt Ratto, University of Toronto Rebecca Reynolds, Rutgers University Jennifer Rode, ACM Bryan Semann, Syracuse University Patrick Shih, Indiana University Clay Spinuzzi, University of Texas Norman Makoto Su, Indiana University Emiliano Trer?, Autonomous University of Quer?taro Deborah Turner, Drexel University Ron Wakkary, Simon Fraser University Hao-chuan Wang, National Tsing Hua University Yang Wang, Syracuse University Rosina Weber, Drexel University Tan Xu, AT&T Jude Yew, National University of Singapore Xiaojun Yuan, Albany Yan Zhang, University of Texas at Austin More at: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ ******* Chirag Shah, PhD Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science Rutgers University 4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901 p. 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Scope of CLEF Labs Proposals are accepted for two different types of labs: Evaluation Labs that are a "campaign-style" evaluation for specific information access problems (during the twelve month period preceding the conference), similar in nature to the traditional CLEF campaign "tracks" (see 2015 Labs ). Topics covered by campaign-style labs can be inspired by any information access-related domain or task. Labs that follow a more classical "workshop" pattern, exploring issues of evaluation methodology, metrics, processes etc. in information access and closely related fields, such as natural language processing, machine translation, and human-computer interaction. If the organizers of the proposal are new to CLEF or other shared task evaluation campaigns, we highly recommend that a lab workshop first be organized to discuss the format, the problem space, and the practicalities of the shared task. The CLEF 2016 programme will reserve about half of the conference schedule for lab sessions. The labs will present their overall results "overview presentations" during the plenary scientific paper sessions to allow non-participants to get a sense of where the research frontiers are moving. Organizers of each lab are expected to organize the separate sessions for their lab at the conference so that they contain ample time for general discussion and engagement by all participants - not just those presenting campaign results and papers. Organizers should plan time in their sessions for activities such as panels, demos, poster sessions etc. as appropriate. CLEF is always interested in receiving and facilitating innovative lab proposals. Potential task organizers who are unsure of the suitability of their task proposal or its format for inclusion at CLEF are encouraged to contact the CLEF 2016 Lab Organizing Committee Chairs to discuss its suitability or design at an early stage. Proposal Submission Lab proposals must provide sufficient information to enable to be able to judge the relevance, timeliness, scientific quality, benefits for the research community, and the competence of the proposers to co-ordinate the lab. Each lab proposal should identify one or more organizers as responsible for ensuring the timely execution of the lab. Proposals should be 3-4 pages long and should provide the following information: Title of the proposed lab. A brief description of the lab topic and goals, its relevance to CLEF and the significance for the field. A brief but clear statement of usage scenarios or domain to which the activity is intended to contribute, including the evaluation setup and metrics. Details on the lab organizer(s), including identifying the task chair(s) responsible for ensuring the running of the task. This should include details of any previous of involvement in organizing or participating in evaluation tasks at CLEF or similar campaigns. The planned format of the lab, i.e., campaign-style ("track") or workshop. Is the lab a continuation of an activity from previous year(s) or a new activity? For activities continued from previous year(s): Statistics from previous years (number of participants/runs for each task), a clear statement on why another edition is needed, an explicit listing of the changes proposed, and a discussion of lessons to be learned or insights to be made. For new activities: A statement on why a new evaluation campaign is needed and how the community would benefit from the activity. Details of the expected target audience, i.e., who do you expect to participate in the task(s), and how do you propose to reach them. Brief details of tasks to be carried out in the lab. The proposal should clearly motivate the need for each of the proposed tasks and provide evidence of its capability of attracting enough participation. It is fine for a lab to have a single task, but labs often contain multiple closely related tasks. Expected length of the lab session at the conference: half-day, one day, two days. This should include very high level details of planned structure of the session, e.g., participant presentations, invited speaker(s), panels, etc., to justify the requested session length. Arrangements for the organization of the lab campaign: who will be responsible for activities within the task; how will data to acquired or created, including highlighting any IP issues that need to be addressed to enable data to be distributed to lab participants; tools or methods which will be used, e.g., how will necessary queries be created or relevance assessment carried out; any other information which is relevant to the conduct of your lab. If the lab proposes to set up a steering committee to oversee and advise its activities, include names, addresses, and homepage links of people you propose to be involved. Reviewing Process Each submitted proposal will be reviewed by the CLEF 2016 lab organizing committee. The decision will be sent by email to the responsible organizer by September 14, 2015. The final length of the lab session will be determined based on the overall organization of the conference and the number of participant submissions received by a lab. Organizers of accepted labs are expected to announce and briefly present their lab at the final session of CLEF 2015 in Toulouse on the 11th of September, 2015. Important Dates Final lab proposals: September 1, 2015 Notification of lab acceptance: September 14, 2015 Labs registration opening: November 2, 2015 Submission Details Lab proposals (or questions) should be submitted via e-mail (either plain text or PDF format, using "CLEF labs proposal" in the subject line) to both Lab Organizing Committee Chairs: Craig Macdonald - craig.macdonald[at]glasgow.ac.uk Krisztian Balog - krisztian.balog[at]uis.no -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: