From susheel_chhabra at hotmail.com Tue Mar 1 06:42:01 2016 From: susheel_chhabra at hotmail.com (Dr. Susheel Chhabra) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 17:12:01 +0530 Subject: [Asis-l] Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) 2(3) Message-ID: The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) Volume 2, Issue 3, July - September 2015 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 2328-5494; EISSN: 2328-5508; Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA www.igi-global.com/ijcesc Editor-in-Chief: Susheel Chhabra (Periyar Management and Computer College, India) Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC). All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. ARTICLE 1 Assessing the Social Media Presence and Usage Patterns of Major Greek Municipalities: Towards Local Government 2.0? Evika Karamagioli (University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Eleni-Revekka Staiou (Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media, University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Dimitris Gouscos (Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University of Athens, Athens, Greece) Social media tools can enhance governments' abilities to interact with and engage citizens as well as to meet their expectations for transparency as they have the potential to make policy processes more inclusive and thereby rebuild the long lost confidence between governments and citizens. Little is known about how Greek local authorities capitalize on the potential of social media as communication channels. The purpose of this study is therefore to explore if and how 52 major municipalities all over Greece (administrative capitals of the corresponding prefectures) utilize Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for managing their external communication with citizens during the April-June 2014 timeframe, which covered the period of municipal elections in Greece that took place in mid-May 2014. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/assessing-the-social-media-presence-and-usage-patterns-of-major-greek-municipalities/146227 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=146227 ARTICLE 2 Empowerment through Collaboration: Community, Educator, and Museum Jacqueline McIntosh (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand), Philippe Campays (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand), Adele Leah (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) Since the 1970s, more than half of the Tokelau population has relocated to New Zealand due to limited natural resources and overcrowding of the 10km2 land area. In the Wellington region Tokelau groups have sought to maintain their cultural traditions and this paper discusses a collaboration between Te Umiumiga, a Tokelau Hutt Valley community, and the School of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington, in the design and development of a sustainable, cultural community centre complex. Outcomes included a museum exhibition, which involved a further collaboration with Pataka Art + Museum and a project with the Tokelau youth. University staff and students were empowered to engage directly with the community, undertaking design work, the construction of furniture, an exploration of alternative energy sources and community garden initiatives. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/empowerment-through-collaboration/146228 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=146228 ARTICLE 3 Networked Protests: A Review of Social Movement Literature and the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement Emily Stacey (Swansea University, Swansea, Wales) This article explores social movement theory and attempts to modernize and explain contemporary movements with consideration of the digital tools being utilized by citizens on the ground. The ability to transcend borders and traditional boundaries using digital media, to facilitate international participation and develop communication, and the dissemination of information and coordination among activist networks around the world is hugely important. This article asserts that modern contentious collective actions and contemporary movements have received an infusion of autonomy and grassroots energy fueled by digital technologies, and social networking platforms. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/networked-protests/146229 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=146229 ARTICLE 4 The Wisconsin Spring Revisited James Jorstad (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA), Cecilia G. Manrique (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA) Five years have passed since the origins of the Arab Spring in Tunisia took place. It has been almost three years since the impact of the Wisconsin Spring on Scott Walker's attempts at policy changes in the state occurred. At that time the effect of social media on public awareness and public participation in political events was considered new and innovative. Since then Walker had been through a recall election and won. He has been through a re-election and also won. In addition, Walker attempted a presidential run in the Republican primary. This article is an update on what has transpired since then and the impact of social media on the events that have taken place in Wisconsin determining whether social media has had an impact on political participation in the state. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/the-wisconsin-spring-revisited/146230 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=146230 For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.igi-global.com/isj. CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJCESC: The mission of the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) is to discuss and explore value driven civic engagement practices, processes, and frameworks to bring social change for effectively managing socioeconomic resources for individuals and society. The journal promotes cutting edge research on various issues of civic engagement as an integrated platform for researchers, scholars, academic institutions, and civic society. IJCESC achieves its mission through research, exemplary cases, smart processes and competencies, development of frameworks, and collaborations, suggesting standards and benchmarks worldwide. Indices of IJCESC: Cabell's DirectoriesGoogle ScholarUlrich's Periodicals Directory Coverage of IJCESC: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: Civic engagement and political reforms for developmentCivic engagement and rural developmentCivic engagement and urban developmentCivic engagement for development and social changeCivic engagement for organization developmentCivic engagement reforms and capacity buildingICTs engagement and social changeLeadership cases for civic engagementPreservation of natural resourcesPublic policy and social changeRole of administrative competencies for civic engagementSmart governance practicesSmart regulatory frameworks for civic engagementSocial accountability for individuals, government, and corporate sectorsSocial networks and collaborations for bringing social changeStandards and benchmarks for civic engagementValue-driven civic engagementWomen and child development Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-civic-engagement-social/75851 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brenda.sheridan at rutgers.edu Tue Mar 1 14:19:52 2016 From: brenda.sheridan at rutgers.edu (BRENDA SHERIDAN) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 14:19:52 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?q?Rutgers_University=E2=80=99s_School_of_Communi?= =?utf-8?q?cation_and_Information_Announces_New_Dual_BA_+_MI_Degree?= Message-ID: Rutgers University?s School of Communication and Information Announces New Dual BA + MI Degree Now accepting applications for Fall 2016! Building on the 15 years of success the School of Communication and Information?s Bachelor of Information Technology and Informatics (ITI) degree has enjoyed, the school is proud to announce its new Information Technology and Informatics - Master of Information (MI) Dual Bachelor of Arts /Master of Information Degree (Dual BA+MI degree). Open only to Rutgers undergraduate ITI majors as a campus program only (it is not currently offered online), this new degree can be completed in five years -- four years of undergraduate education plus one year as a master?s student. Students begin taking graduate courses in their senior year. The degree will focus on practice and experiential learning processes in order to prepare graduates for exciting careers in data science, information management, data management, design, project management and more. Director of the Information Technology and Informatics Program Assistant Teaching Professor *Sharon Stoerger* said, ?This program is more than just a degree. Instead, it is an exciting opportunity for students to become part of an active learning, hands-on, and immersive experience in an environment that emphasizes collaboration and community. The skills students obtain through this rigorous dual degree program will help them create, innovate, and lead in a digital age.? Dual ITI-MI students will be immersed in classroom and experiential learning opportunities that will teach tech and critical leadership skills, including creative thinking, analytic skills, visualizing information, problem solving, collaboration and team building. The degree will provide each student with the opportunity to conceive of and develop a product that could solve a real-world tech problem, because students will be expected to develop, build and create a product that will be marketable. Another significant feature of the program will be the opportunity to learn from professionals who will be invited to classes to share their experiences. The dual BA + MI degree will prepare students for successful careers in the fields of technology, government, education and healthcare, among others. Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the Master of Information Program Library and Information Science *Lilia Pavlovsky* explains, ?The ITI students are a vibrant force in our community who were a catalyst for the shift in our program from MLIS to MI. In addition to Library and Information Science, new concentrations in Data Science, Technology, Information and Management, and Informatics and Design were added as potential options for students to focus on in their graduate studies. The Dual Degree option is an immersive, articulated pathway for ITI students who are creative and possess an entrepreneurial spirit.? ?Obtaining a graduate degree is becoming increasingly important in the workplace. The dual degree program is exciting because it enables ITI students to not only fulfill that academic goal, but it also gives them an opportunity to gain skills that will help them succeed in an every-changing organizational landscape,? Stoerger said. -- Brenda Sheridan, EdD Director of Strategic Communications Office of the Dean School of Communication and Information Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 p: 848-932-7078 f: 732-932-6916 c: 856-261-0089 brenda.sheridan at rutgers.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Wed Mar 2 09:27:48 2016 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 14:27:48 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Registration Now Open for DigCCurr Professional Institute 2016-2017 Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B62F9DC@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> Please excuse cross postings************************************ Registration Now Open! DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle July 17-22, 2016 & March 14-15, 2017 (One price for two sessions) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Visit http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute2016.html for more information. REGISTRATION LINK: http://tinyurl.com/zfcacrn The Institute consists of one five-day session in July 2016 and a two-day follow-up session in March 2017. The summer event begins at 6 PM on Sunday, July 17 with a welcome and opening event. Each day of the summer session will include lectures, discussion and hands-on "lab" components. A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material. An opening reception dinner on Sunday, Continental breakfast, break time snacks and coffee, and a dinner on Tuesday will also be included. This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and community-building among professionals responsible for the curation of digital materials. Registration: * Regular registration : $1,150 * Late registration (after June 15, 2016): $1,300 If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute. Institute Instructors Include: * From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Drs. Helen Tibbo, Cal Lee, and Kam Woods. * Dr. Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Dr. Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. * Dr. Lorraine Richards, Drexel University. July 2017 Institute Components include (order and session titles may vary somewhat from those listed): *Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main functions *Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape *Digital curation program development *Digital curation stakeholders and digital curation landscape *Case Study on developing a digital repository *Procedural accountability - policies, submission agreements, rules *LAB -Transforming policy statements into rules *Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities *Roles and responsibilities for curation *LAB - Matching skills and roles *Characterization of digital objects *Overview and Characterization of Existing Tools: Placing the Tools in a Larger Industry Context *File formats *LAB - File format robustness *Managing in response to technological change *Digital forensics *Ethical issues *LAB - Media and content *Workflows, humans, and tools *Lab - Workflows *Evaluating curation programs requirements and assessment *LAB - Evaluating curation programs: TRAC/ISO 16363 Review * Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information environment *Economics of digital curation - costs and resource commitments *LAB - Economics of digital curation *Cloud computing *Web archiving * Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each individual, with instructors available to provide guidance * Summary of action plans * Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months March 14-15, 2017 Participants in the July event will return to Chapel Hill in March 2017 to discuss their experiences in implementing what they have learned in their own work environments. Participants will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for continuing progress. Accommodations for January will be the responsibility of the attendee. For more information, contact Dr. Helen Tibbo (tibbo at email.unc.edu) for Institute questions or Michelle Taylor (michele at email.unc.edu) for payment or registration questions. The Digital Professional Institute was initiated as part of the DigCCurr II project, supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08) and is partially supported by the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LODGING: Participants are responsible for their own lodging. A DigCCurr 2016-17 room block has been reserved at the Hampton Inn Hotel in Downtown Carrboro at $119/night. Please indicate "DigCCurr2015" when making reservations. You may reserve your hotel room by calling the hotel at +1-919-969-6988 or by clicking on this link: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/R/RDUCOHX-DIG-20160716/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG. Reservations must be received by 06/15/2016. See the Accommodations page for more information (http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute_accom.html) We look forward to seeing you there! -Helen Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kberlack at nfais.org Tue Mar 1 15:35:57 2016 From: kberlack at nfais.org (Ken Berlack) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 20:35:57 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] NFAIS Seminar: How Text and Data Mining Fit into a Changing Discovery Landscape, 3/21 Message-ID: ==================================================================== Virtual Seminar: Text and Data Mining Developing Policies and Practices in a Changing Discovery Landscape Date: March 21, 2016 Location: Virtual Seminar Registration: http://bit.ly/1LCzGlf ==================================================================== What's Covered: At a recent Association of Research Libraries event, Professor Geoffrey Boulton of the University of Edinburgh indicated the most critical areas of scientific practice - that is, text and data-mining (TDM) practices - were in danger of being curtailed by content providers' licensing agreements. >From the perspective of scientists, TDM is known as non-consumptive research, a phrase coined originally by Google in the context of its Google Books project. This means the electronic information resources licensed by institutions are being used as a foundational test bed for seeking patterns in data through the use of algorithms and similar computational tools. Individual works, whether articles or books, are neither examined (as in read) nor displayed. While some content providers have developed policies and practices for enabling this form of research, TDM represents an area of increasing uncertainty for others, operating across a spectrum of scholarly and research environments. In this NFAIS Virtual Workshop, our distinguished set of presenters will explore the nature of this fast-changing and increasingly important discovery methodology. Who should attend this NFAIS Virtual Workshop: scholarly researchers, publishers, librarians, government officials, scholarly society and foundation staff, information services consultants Attendees of this Workshop will gain practical knowledge and understanding of: . Where we are today with TDM . Common TDM practices researchers are using in their research efforts . What university libraries would like to see in their licensing agreements in support of research efforts . What services are emerging in support of TDM and whether third-party services are helping make TDM easier and more efficient Seminar Presenters: . Mike Bucco, Senior Director, Product Management, EBSCO Publishing . J. Stephen Downie, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, New Ventures, Copyright Clearance Center . David Kosalt, Product Analyst, American Psychological Association . Rachel Lammey, Product Manager, Crossref . Darby Orcutt, Assistant Head, Collection Management, North Carolina State University . Jonathan Wiggins, Intellectual Property Attorney, IEEE Legal and Compliance Department REGISTER: http://bit.ly/1LCzGlf ___________________________________________________________________ Please note: take advantage of these Early Bird rates below before March 14! The costs to attend this Virtual Workshop are: $345 for NFAIS members, $365 for Allied Societies* and $395 for non-members. *Allied Societies: LYRASIS, CENDI, ICSTI, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, the Association of American University Presses, NISO and ASIS&T. Got a conflict with the date or time? Don't worry! NFAIS One-Day Virtual Workshops are recorded and archived, so you can view a session later at a more convenient time. Contact: For more information about this event, please contact Nancy Blair-DeLeon, NFAIS Director of Professional Development, 443-221-2980 ext. 102 or nblairdeleon at nfais.org. SUBSCRIBE TO NFAIS Advances e-newsletter! http://multibriefs.com/briefs/nfais/ NFAIS http://www.nfais.org/ nfais at nfais.org @NFAISForum Ken Berlack Director of Marketing and Communications NFAIS 801 Compass Way, Suite 201 Annapolis, MD 21401 443-221-2980, x103 kberlack at nfais.org Save the Date for the NFAIS 2016 Annual Conference Philadelphia ?| ?February 21-23, 2016 From kb633 at drexel.edu Tue Mar 1 16:39:49 2016 From: kb633 at drexel.edu (Boland,Kerry) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:39:49 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Don't miss iConference 2016, Mar. 20-23 in Philadelphia, PA Message-ID: <8A3EE63B361E364EA41B10DE3FBE64FDDF336314@MB4.drexel.edu> One of the most premier information studies conferences in the world - iConference 2016 - will be taking place this month from Sunday, March 20 through Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The iConference is an annual, international gathering that pushes the boundaries of information studies and creates new technological and conceptual configurations. Hosted by the Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics, this will be the 11th event in the iConference series. This year's theme of "Partnership in Society" examines the integral roles that information science and the contemporary iSchool movement play in addressing information challenges that permeate the fabric of society. We'd encourage you to visit our website (www.ischools.com/the-iconference) to learn more about the great programming that this year's iConference has to offer, including over 40 papers, several thought-provoking workshops, three keynote speakers (including director/producer Robin Hauser Reynolds), and film screenings of critically-acclaimed documentary, Code: Debugging the Gender Gap. Registration information is available online at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/registration/. Interested in having your organization get involved in the conference? We're offering several sponsorship options as listed here: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/contact-information/sponsorship). We hope to see you in a couple of weeks at iConference 2016! Kerry Boland, MS Writer/Editor iConference 2016 Communications Director The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6271 | Fax: 215.895.2494 drexel.edu/cci -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awasom.afuh at ttu.edu Thu Mar 3 13:33:00 2016 From: awasom.afuh at ttu.edu (Afuh, Awasom) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 18:33:00 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] SIG-III - 16th International Paper Contest for Developing countries LIS Professionals Message-ID: The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) hereby announces the opening of its 16th International Paper Contest for LIS Professionals in Developing countries, for the 2016 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14-18, 2016. https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016. The theme of the Annual Meeting is: ?Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology?. This theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ? including academics practitioners and researchers ? to discuss the impact of their research on industry, government, local/national/global community groups, individuals, information systems, libraries/museums/galleries, and on other practice contexts. It highlights the focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a local and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas: ? Impact on Individuals: information behavior, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, social media use, information literacy, etc. ? Impact on Society: digital citizenship, cultural engagement, archival preservation, policy development, copyright, intellectual property, infometrics, information access, etc. ? Impact on Organizations: information architecture, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, linked data and big data, digital curation, records and archives management, etc. ? Impact on Systems & Technology: cloud computing, digital libraries, automatic indexing, social tagging, classification, semantic web, database design, web usability, etc. ? Impact on Information Contexts: health, education, law; environment, agriculture, business, etc. A panel of judges will select three winners. The panel is composed of Innocent Awasom (Texas Tech University, USA), J.K. Vijayakumar (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia), and Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy, Islamabad). Judging criteria: The papers will be judged on the following:- - Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem - Relevance to the paper contest theme and - Quality of argument, presentation and organization Eligibility & Information for authors: Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners of the 2010-2015 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award: The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will receive a minimum of $1,000 towards offsetting the costs for attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from Oct. 14-18, 2016. (https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/). Style: The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=instructions#.VOw5ZUex4k0 Publishing opportunities: Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the peer refereeing process of that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31st, 2016 via email to awasom.afuh at ttu.edu, [awasomdotafuh at ttudotedu] preferably as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment. We look forward to receiving your papers. Sincerely, Awasom Afuh (Innocent) Associate Librarian (Science) Texas Tech University Libraries Box 40002 Office M110 Lubbock, TX 79409 T 806 834 2385 F 806 742 1964 awasom.afuh at ttu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Deadline: Apply by 29 March, 2016, notifications by end of April, 2016 Personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning ? these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems are critical. To meet these challenges, a trans-disciplinary community has come together, drawing in scholars from intellectual communities such as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through Summer Research Institutes, extended workshops, preconference workshops, and other activities, this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems that span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. For 2016, we are delighted to have commitments from the following scholars who will serve as mentors. We anticipate that several other scholars will join this group: Jenna Burrell (Berkeley) Sue Fussell (Cornell) Tom Erickson (IBM) Erik Johnston (Arizona) Carsten Oesterlund (Syracuse) John Sherry (Intel) Magy Seif El-Nasr (Northeastern) Lynnette Yarger (Penn State) The 2016 Summer Research Institute builds on and extends this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post-doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in three groups: Doctoral students, post-doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers ? Mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials will help doctoral students, post-doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams ? Groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams ? Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials, or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will come together to work on new challenges. These infrastructure ?hackathon? sessions will result in community resources such as use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and deployable systems. Applying for CSST 2016 Summer Research Institute We encourage applications from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2015 Summer Research Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation: Doctoral students, post-doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (up to 300 words) response to the question ?How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?? Include three relevant references to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should have completed their dissertation proposal prior to attending and should seek a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date as well as how the CSST Summer Research Institute will advance their scholarship. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (up to 500 words) response to these questions: ?What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?? Include references and potential funding sources, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Your team may have from three to six people. Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (up to 500 words)) response to these questions: ?What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?? Include references to examples from other domains, if possible, to situate your proposal. Your team may have from three to six people from multiple disciplines and institutions. Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Research Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: * What college or university do you attend? * What is your primary department affiliation? Send your application materials to Summer Research Institute Co-Director Steve Sawyer at ssawyer at syr.edu by 29 March, 2016. The CSST Summer Research Institute Advisory Group will review applications beginning 2 April, 2016 using the following criteria: * Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems * Likelihood of Summer Research Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team * Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants we select will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants? interests and CSST goals. We expect to share out invitations by late April, 2016. For more information about the Summer Research Institute, contact the Steve Sawyer (ssawyer at syr.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the ?Researchers of the Socio-Technical? Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ischoolumd at gmail.com Thu Mar 3 11:24:20 2016 From: ischoolumd at gmail.com (Ischool UMD) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 11:24:20 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] REMINDER: March 4 Deadline for Certificate in Digital Curation Certificate from UMD Message-ID: *Deadline for the University of Maryland Certificate in Digital Curation - Tomorrow! * Are you ready to further your career with a one-year professional certificate? Applications for the Curation and Management of Digital Assets (CMDA) Certificate at Maryland?s iSchool are due on March 4, 2016! 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ECIR 2016 offers: * 3 outstanding keynotes * - Jordan Boyd-Graber (Recipient of the Karen Sp?rck Jones Award 2015): Opening up the Black Box: Interactive Machine Learning for Understanding Large Document Collections, Characterizing Social Science, and Language-Based Games - Emine Yilmaz (Recipient of the Karen Sp?rck Jones Award 2015): A Task-Based Perspective to Information Retrieval - Domonkos Tikk (Industrial Keynote): Lessons Learn at Building Recommendation Services in Industry Scale * 42 full research IR papers, 4 reproducibility papers, 28 posters and 6 demos * * A panel on "Data-driven Information Retrieval" with Maristella Agosti, Omar Alonso, Raffaele Perego and Maarten de Rijke * * 4 workshops * - 3rd International Workshop on Bibliometric-enhanced Information Retrieval (BIR2016) - 1st International Workshop on Modeling, Learning and Mining for Cross/Multilinguality (MultiLingMine 2016) - ProActive Information Retrieval: Anticipating Users' Information Needs (ProAct IR) - First International Workshop on Recent Trends in News Information Retrieval (NewsIR?16) * 4 tutorials * - Collaborative Information Retrieval: Concepts, Models and Evaluation - Group Recommender Systems: State of the Art, Emerging Aspects and Techniques, and Research Challenges (GroupRecSys2016) - Living Labs for Online Evaluation: From Theory to Practice (LiLa2016) - Real-Time Bidding based Display Advertising: Mechanisms and Algorithms (RTBMA 2016) * Industry day with 7 exceptional talks featured by Spotify, Microsoft, Berlin Institute of Technology, Delft University of Technology, XING, Plista, StumbleUpon, Criteo, Magnetic and UXLabs * 3 remarkable social events * - Welcome Reception: On Sunday evening we propose a little country festival. Italy, in fact, during spring and summer is full of country festivals hosted almost in each village of the city countryside, where people dance, drink and eat typical food, above all. We can't bring you in a country festival, but we want to bring that atmosphere at ECIR 2016 by offering you a welcome happy hour with, moreover, ?porchetta? (Italian spit-roasted pork) and draft beer. - Monday Evening Reception offered at Caf? Pedrocchi one of the most important historical caf?s, also known as ?the Caf? with no doors? thanks to its very long-lasting opening hours; Pedrocchi (1831) is considered one of the ?most beautiful Caf? on earth? keeping a mixture of neoclassic and neo-Gothic styles. Here, in the ?Rossini room?, dedicated to the composer Rossini, after the Poster session, we are going to be greeted with the typical Italian wine ?Prosecco? and a very good dinner with Italian cheeses, cured meats, shellfish... and so on. - Tuesday Social Dinner at "San Gaetano" Cultural Centre, a modern five-storeyed structure, which preserves ancient signs of old city. The social dinner will be prepared by one of the best caterers in town and will give you the opportunity to taste the best Italian ingredients, dishes, wines and grappa. * The venues * ECIR 2016 will take place at the University of Padua historical botanical garden and at the main University building: Palazzo del Bo. The Botanical Garden is a UNESCO World Heritage site and it is the oldest university garden in the world to have retained its original location and layout over the centuries. As we can read in the Unesco document ?The Botanical Garden of Padua... represents the birth of science, of scientific exchanges [...] It has made a profound contribution to the development of many modern scientific disciplines, notably botany, medicine, chemistry, ecology, and pharmacy?. The participants to the conference will spend the whole Monday in the botanical garden with the opportunity to visit the old garden (1545) and the new Biodiversity Garden (2014) containing more than 1,300 plant species. On Tuesday and Wednesday ECIR will take place in the main and most beautiful seat of University of Padua, Palazzo del Bo, which in the centuries has been the home of eminent faculty and scholars: Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pope Sixtus IV, Ippolito Nievo, Giovanni Battista Morgagni and Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the world?s first female graduate (1678), to mention just a few. * Registration at: http://ecir2016.dei.unipd.it/registration.html * Prices: Students: 280? BCS/IRSG/ACM: 480? Regular: 530? ECIR 2016 is sponsored by: ELIAS, European Science Foundation, Google, Yahoo, Elsevier, Spotify, Springer, Yandex, University of Padua, Department of Information Engineering, Department of Mathematics and supported by BCS-IRSG. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Call for papers An AIS affiliated conference Porto, Portugal October 5-7, 2016 http://centeris.scika.org ---------- It is our great pleasure to invite you to CENTERIS - International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems, an AIS Affiliated Conference, which will be held in Porto, one of the most beautiful cities in Portugal and Europe (Porto's historical centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site). ---------- ---------- Important dates Submission deadline: April 4, 2016 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 22, 2016 Final Submission due date: June 11, 2016 ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://centeris.scika.org) until April 4, 2016. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between six and eight pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the conference webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All papers accepted as full or short papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science volume (which is indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Poster papers and industry papers will be published in a conference book of abstracts, industry and poster papers (with ISBN). Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit http://centeris.scika.org ---------- ---------- Venue Porto is one of the oldest tourist destinations in Europe and benefits from a privileged geographic location, complemented by a modern transport and communications network. The richness of its monumental and artistic heritage, Port Wine, numerous leisure facilities and its cultural attractions invite you to visit this contemporary and inspired city well-known for its hospitality. Learn more http://visitporto.travel https://www.visitportugal.com/en/destinos/porto-e-norte http://www.visitporto.travel/Visitar/Paginas/default.aspx Promotional webpages about Porto and the North of Portugal provided by the ?Porto and the North of Portugal Promotion Bureau?. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUIH2wluFMc Oportonity City / Porto / Norte Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aev5UQExuP4 Porto - European Best Destination 2014 From junus at mail.lib.msu.edu Wed Mar 2 10:25:16 2016 From: junus at mail.lib.msu.edu (Junus, Ranti) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:25:16 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] FW: Resend - Announcement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <13CEDD3CC20A8D40BC18DD7A7C9135EFB0332A66@mailbox1.lib.msu.edu> [forwarded on behalf of the original sender. --ranti] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 26, 2016 Credit Hour Requirement Reduced to 36 for Master's in Information Sciences KNOXVILLE-The School of Information Sciences (SIS) at the University of Tennessee has received approval to reduce the credit hour requirement for its Master's program from 42 to 36 hours. The change signifies responsiveness by the School to the challenges faced by many students who continue to work full time jobs while attending school to complete their master's degree. As part of this change, the SIS faculty carefully reviewed the program's requirements to ensure that the quality of the degree program would be maintained. "The credit hour requirement reduction was the culmination of a great deal of hard work and analysis by our faculty, staff and administration," said SIS Interim Director Dania Bilal. "This change will provide our students with a more affordable program and will have no impact on the quality of our program." ________________________________________ Dania Bilal, Interim Director and Professor School of Information Sciences College of Communication and Information 1345 Circle Park Drive, Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996 (865) 974-3689 http://scholar.cci.sis.utk.edu/dania-bilal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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MTSR?16 celebrates the conference?s 10th anniversary with the theme of bridging the past, present and future of metadata, data and semantic technologies. The organisers encourage prospective authors and conference participants to reflect on the following questions: * How the documented evidence produced over the past years can be used as a driver for innovating management and processing of data and information? * How close are we from the vision of building powerful learning systems that will meet the needs of modern societies through high quality data infrastructures and data-driven interfaces? * What are the main challenges that modern metadata and semantics research has not addressed yet? MTSR'16 brings together scholars and practitioners with common interest in the interdisciplinary fields of metadata, data and semantics. The conference provides an opportunity for participants to share knowledge and novel approaches in the implementation of semantic technologies across diverse types of information environments and applications. These include Cultural Informatics, Open Access Repositories and Digital Libraries, E-learning applications, Search Engine Optimization and Information Retrieval, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures, e-Science and e-Social Science applications, Agriculture, Food and Environment, Bio-Health & Medical Information Systems. Important Dates ------------------------ * 15th May 2016 : Submission deadline * 30th June 2016 : Notification of acceptance * 10th July 2016 : Camera-ready papers due * 22nd ? 25th November 2016 : Conference at FAO of the UN (Rome, Italy) Topics ------------------------ Contributions are encouraged on this year?s theme ?Learning from the Past, Building the Future?, including contributions covering, but not limited to, metadata in general, ontologies, Semantic Web, linked data, data repositories, digital libraries, knowledge management, software engineering, and the following list: I. Foundations * Typology of metadata and metadata implementations * The value and cost of metadata * Quality evaluation in the use of Metadata * Metadata reusability * New or revised metadata schemas or application profiles * Metadata standardization * Empirical studies on metadata and/or ontologies usage II. Languages and Frameworks for Metadata Management * SGML, XML, UML in theory and practice * Languages and Frameworks for Ontology Management * Metadata and the Semantic Web * Metadata and Knowledge Management * Metadata and Software Engineering * Metadata application of Semantic Web technologies * Ontologies and Ontology-based Knowledge Management Systems III. Case Studies * Metadata and ontologies for librarianship, management of historical archives and archeological research * Metadata and ontologies for the design of innovative products and processes * Metadata and ontologies for health, biological and clinical information management * Metadata and ontologies in finance, tourism and public administrations * Metadata and ontologies in industry * Metadata and ontologies in education * Metadata and ontologies in agriculture, food and environment IV. Technological Issues Technologies for: * Metadata and ontology storage, Metadata and ontology integration, Metadata extraction and navigation, querying and editing of ontologies * Learning Objects management * Search engines, Localization & Visualization * Mobile challenges V. Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, Big, Linked & Social Data * Ontologies and SKOS * Linked Data and its applications * Information visualization * Metadata quality * Digital curation * Impact and evaluation of DL * Use and re-use of digital data * Data mining * Social Data * Social Networking & Collaboration platforms * Multilingual IR * User behavior and modeling * Big Data semantics, search and mining * Big Data best proctices * Reasoning on Big Data Tutorials and Workshops ------------------------ You can bring in your ideas for tutorials. If you are interested in a particular topic, please let us know by sending an email to: mtsr.conference at gmail.com Special Tracks ------------------------ The conference welcomes the organization of special tracks focusing on particular domains or topics. Proposals for special tracks are welcome. Papers submitted to tracks undergo the same review procedures and are published in the same proceedings as those accepted for the main track. Tracks currently being organized: * Cultural Collections & Applications * Agriculture, Food & Environment * Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, Linked & Social Data * European and National Projects * Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures Submission procedure ------------------------ The following types of submissions are invited: * Full papers (12 pages) reporting complete research * Short papers (6 pages) presenting ongoing or preliminary research * Posters (4 pages) * Proposals for tutorials and workshops (2 pages) Submissions should be original and not previously submitted to other Conferences or Journals. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity following a double-blind peer review process. Submitted papers have to follow the LNCS proceedings formatting style and guidelines (ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/instruct/authors/authors.pdf). Authors of accepted submissions will be asked to register to the Conference and present their work in the form of either oral presentation or poster presentation. Interested authors can submit to EasyChair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=10mtsr2016. Conference Proceedings ------------------------ Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) book series (http://www.springer.com/series/7899). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings. Other Publication Opportunities ------------------------ Selected papers might be considered for a revised and extended version to be published in a range of international journals, including the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (Inderscience) (http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ind/ijmso), Program (Emerald) (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/prog) and the International Information & Library Review (Taylor & Francis) (http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ulbr20/current#.VFY9LfmUeSo). Awards ------------------------ There are two types of awards: the Best paper award and the Best student paper award, both sponsored by euroCRIS (http://www.eurocris.org/). * Best paper award: This award will be presented to the authors of the best full research paper submitted and presented to the conference. * Best student paper award: MTSR sponsors a paper competition to recognize excellence in a conference paper contribution whose primary author is a student (normally at a PhD or MRes level). The student is required to present the paper at the MTSR 2016 conference. Submissions are evaluated on their originality, scientific merits, structure, and clarity of composition. The author of an awarded paper, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to: * Receive a signed and stamped official award certificate by the conference organizers * Promote their achievement on MTSR conference webpage, and MTSR Social Media * Get invited to submit an extended and revised version of the awarded paper for publication in theInternational Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (Inderscience) (http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijmso) or Program (Emerald) (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/prog); * Each award comes with the price of a free access/registration to next years? MTSR, including all conference materials, together with the printed/digital conference proceedings. * This voucher for each award for free registration is valid only for one author, in case of many co-authors, of the awarded paper, and only for the MTSR conference that follows the year after receiving the award. We look forward to see you in Rome, Italy Organizers ------------------------ General Chair * Emmanouel Garoufallou, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Co-Chairs * Jane Greenberg, Drexel University * Armando Stellato, University of Rome Tor Vergata * Imma Subirats, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Best regards, Athena Athena Salaba, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Library & Information Science, Kent State University 330-672-0023 | 330-672-2782 (SLIS) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wbuntinuk at gmail.com Tue Mar 8 10:30:52 2016 From: wbuntinuk at gmail.com (Will Buntin) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 10:30:52 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Dr. Jeffrey T. Huber Receives Lucretia W. McClure Award Message-ID: *UK Director and Professor Named 2016 Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award Recipient* *By Harlie Collins* *School of Information Science * RELEASE DATE: 3/8/2016 *(March 8, 2016) *? Jeff Huber , University of Kentucky School of Information Science director and professor, was selected by the Medical Library Association (MLA) to receive the 2016 Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award for his contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship. The award was established in 1998 and honors professionals ?who demonstrate skills in one or more of the following areas: teaching, curriculum development, mentoring, research, or leadership in education at local, regional, or national levels.? ?We are honored to be awarding the Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award to Dr. Jeffrey Huber, Director and Professor at the University of Kentucky, School of Library and Information Science. The award is given to outstanding library educators in the field of health sciences librarianship and informatics,? said MLA President, Michelle Kraft. ?The many letters of support from former students exemplifies Dr. Huber?s dedication and focus to developing the next generation of health sciences librarians. His commitment to the profession is reflected through his service to MLA as an editor for JMLA, member of MLA juries including the Janet Doe and Lindberg Research Fellowship Jury, and his many publications. It is a privilege to honor Dr. Huber?s devotion to his students as well as to the profession with this award.? Huber joined the School of Information Science in 2008 as an already established leader in the health information profession. By 2013, the School held a Top 5 ranking in Health Librarianship according to U.S. News & World Report . Huber has done extensive research about information access for public health professionals and health care consumers, community health informatics, health literacy, and HIV/AIDS information and communication. Dan O?Hair, Dean of the College of Communication and Information said, ?It is a distinct honor for Dr. Huber to be named as this year?s recipient of the prestigious Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education award by the MLA. The college is very proud of Dr. Huber?s many accomplishments and knows that this award is well deserved.? This year marks Huber?s fifteenth year serving as a member on the Editorial Board for the *Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA), *a peer-reviewed quarterly journal authored by field professionals to advance the practice and research of health sciences librarianship. His most recent contribution to the journal, *Enhancing the care navigation model: potential roles for health sciences librarians* (2014), outlines the adaptation and evolution of the health sciences librarian role and responsibilities as health disparities in the United States increase. Huber co-authored the article with mentee, MLA colleague, and award nominator, Robert Shapiro. ?Dr. Huber continues to inspire countless students, at UK and across the country, to use the knowledge developed in library and information science programs to impact the health of individuals and communities - I can think of no greater achievement in our field,? said Shapiro. Huber will be recognized at the MLA Presidents? Awards Dinner at Mosaic ?16 in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. ?Today, the effective delivery of healthcare requires an informed citizenry at multiple levels and I have strived to contribute to that effort,? said Huber. ?I am honored to be named the 2016 recipient of MLA?s Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award.? Huber received his Master?s of Science in Library Science from the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science in 1987 and his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh in 1991. He joined MLA in 1990 and became an active committee member in 2001. The Medical Library Association (MLA) believes that quality information is essential for improved health. MLA aspires to be the association of the most visible, valued, and trusted health information experts. To that end, MLA fosters excellence in the professional practice and leadership of health sciences library and information professionals in order to enhance the quality of health care, education and research throughout the world. The School of Library and Information Science in the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky became the School of Information Science on July 1, 2015. The name change follows the expansion of programs at the School (both at the graduate and undergraduate level) and the increasing diversity of professions in the information field. The Instructional Communication and Research program became a part of the school in 2013, and the Information Communication Technology program debuted in 2014. The School offers a M.S. in Library Science , School Media Certification , M.S. in Information Communication Technology, B.A./B.S. in Information Communication Technology and an undergraduate minor in Information Studies . 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URL: From brenda.sheridan at rutgers.edu Tue Mar 8 12:14:34 2016 From: brenda.sheridan at rutgers.edu (BRENDA SHERIDAN) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 12:14:34 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] School of Communication and Information, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Assistant Professors Chirag Shah and Vivek Singh Receive a Google Faculty Research Award Message-ID: School of Communication and Information, (SC&I) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Assistant Professors Chirag Shah and Vivek Singh Receive a Google Faculty Research Award Assistant Professors *Chirag Shah* and *Vivek Singh* have received a $62,813 Google Faculty Research Award for their research project titled ?Predicting Search Behavior Using Physical and Online Explorations." The purpose of this research is to examine how human foraging behaviors in physical environments can be linked to their online exploration characteristics. Understanding this connection could help information providers and system designers to better predict people?s search and exploration strategies, leading to creating support and services not possible before. Preliminary research shows there is a connection between the two types of foraging. However, the connection between physical foraging and information foraging has never been formally established, according to Shah and Singh. ?We believe the way people interact with information, also called information behavior, is connected to other aspects of their behavior. Past research has looked at it in isolation so we are instilling a new way of thinking about how we study information behavior of people,? Shah stated. So far, their results have shown that a mobile user?s diversity of location in the physical world is correlated with the novelty of the resources in the online world. Using the data collected from lab and field studies, they have been able to create a preliminary predictive model, which can benefit any individual who utilizes mobile devices by examining a user?s past location patterns as a resource to help users formulate their searches based on personalization and recommendations. Google, as one of the leading information brokers and data companies, was a logical place for Shah and Singh to seek funding. Shah and Singh plan to utilize the funds from Google to conduct more research studies at a larger scale and for a longer duration. The funds will also be used to support research participants and a SC&I PhD student who will coordinate the study under their supervision. Additionally, the funding will enable Shah and Singh to pursue a promising new line of research that links one?s geographic explorations (foraging) and other general behaviors to information behavior in order to create innovative search solutions. Both Shah and Singh explain that SC&I has been an extraordinary resource for them, as they have been conducting this research study for a year and a half. Singh stated, ?SC&I gives us access to students who come with diverse backgrounds and possess the technological knowledge needed to collect data but also the theoretical knowledge to analyze and write about that data.? In addition, they said they are fortunate to have excellent lab facilities at SC&I, including the space and the equipment, that provide them the support to conduct the kind of experiments they need to do for this research. -- Brenda Sheridan, EdD Director of Strategic Communications Office of the Dean School of Communication and Information Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 p: 848-932-7078 f: 732-932-6916 c: 856-261-0089 brenda.sheridan at rutgers.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tfroehli at kent.edu Wed Mar 9 11:11:53 2016 From: tfroehli at kent.edu (FROEHLICH, THOMAS) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:11:53 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Faculty Opening (TT or NTT) for the Goodyear Professor in Knowledge Management at Kent State University Message-ID: The Kent State University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) seeks a thought leader in knowledge management from academic, corporate, non-profit or government ranks, for appointment as distinguished Goodyear Professor in the area of Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM). Although the formal job posting indicates a non-tenure track (NTT) position, faculty appointment level may be tenure-track (TT) or non-tenure-track (NTT), at the Associate or Full Professor rank, commensurate with experience and/or with expected or achieved doctorate. An endowment from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company supports the position and provides additional research support. SLIS launched the IAKM program in 2001, and has developed a national reputation with rapid growth. The Goodyear Professorship offers the opportunity to combine the strengths of this established program with a vision for advancement of the discipline and the development of new leaders in professional practice. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in practice and demonstrated leadership in the field. We are particularly interested in candidates who seek to build bridges between professional practice and academic practice in collaboration with allied units within the university, and among practitioners in industry, government, and other institutions. The Master?s of Science program in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management is a unique, innovative program with three concentrations: Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, and User Experience Design. All three concentrations of the Master?s program are offered fully online. In addition, post-Bachelor?s Graduate Certificates are offered in the areas of Health Informatics and Knowledge Management.. Our Knowledge Management program regularly offers courses in: communities of practice; organizational learning; organizational culture; knowledge organization systems; business narrative and storytelling; semantic analysis methods; document management; and knowledge assessment and evaluation. We seek a colleague interested in framing and enhancing the scope of the program, including the development of new course offerings. Facilities include a state-of-the-art usability lab , fully-digital classrooms with the most current hardware and software, a broad range of state-of-the-art distance education tools, including interactive television and web-based synchronous and asynchronous learning technologies, such as Blackboard, as well as instructional design support. Qualifications include (1) a Ph.D. degree in Library and Information Science, Knowledge Management or a related field; or (2) in special cases with significant professional experience and visibility, a Master?s degree in Information Science, Knowledge Management or related field with substantial experience and demonstrated leadership and scholarship in knowledge management in industry, business, non-profits or government. As noted above,the formal job posting indicates a non-tenure track (NTT)position; however, faculty appointment level may be tenure-track or non-tenure-track, at the Associate or Full Professor rank, commensurate with experience and/or with expected or achieved doctorate. Salary is competitive; benefits are excellent. The position is available for the Fall 2016. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled; review of applicants will begin in the early Spring, 2016. About Applying A letter of interest and vitae should be submitted online at https://jobs.kent.edu/postings/7278. (Look for position #998000.) Names of at least three references should be provided with the application. For additional information about the position, interested parties should contact: David Robins, Chair, Search Committee School of Library and Information Science Kent State University P.O. Box 5190 Kent, Ohio 44242-0001 Phone (SLIS): 330/672-2782 Phone (Robins): 330/672-5852 Fax: 330/672-7965 Kent State University supports equal opportunity, affirmative action and diversity in education and employment. Applications from minority group members and women are encouraged. About The School of Library and Information Science The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) has a proud tradition of commitment to the professional LIS community in Ohio, with resources and newly renovated facilities at two locations in the state -- on the main campus of Kent State University in Kent and in the State Library of Ohio in Columbus. The School competes in the national arena through its quality online degree programs that boast strong, healthy enrollment. Creative, innovative, collaborative and highly productive faculty puts the School in the international spotlight with an excellent record of scholarship, teaching and obtaining grants. SLIS offers an ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), a Master of Science (MS) in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM), and a number of certificates. The School also offers specialized areas of study as part of the college-wide, interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Communication and Information. The MLIS is ranked 18th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, and the youth services specialization ranks 10th. Program strengths include a concentration in K-12 school librarianship and specializations in public librarianship, children's and young adult librarianship, organization of information, digital preservation, and museum studies, among others. The MS in IAKM offers concentrations in the emerging fields of health informatics, knowledge management, and user experience design. Both degrees are offered fully online. About Kent State University Kent State University is: ? * Ranked among the nation's top 74 public high-research universities by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; ? * Recognized as a "Great College to Work For" three times by The Chronicle of Higher Education; ? * Characterized by the classic-yet-modern main campus, with beautiful buildings surrounded by park-like landscaped green spaces; ? * Located in Kent, Ohio, where a city renaissance of new restaurants and specialty shops have brought a renewed energy to an already vibrant downtown; ? * Within 40 minutes of world-class dining, museums, professional sports and Fortune 500 companies in major metropolitan areas (Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Youngstown); ? * The alma mater of more than 214,000 alumni worldwide. Additional information about the university is available at http://www.kent.edu/. Kent State University is committed to the creation and nurturing of a diverse community of individuals through inclusive excellence. Diversity involves recognizing the value of differences and the inclusion of all members of the community. This is one of several core values we embrace as we strive for a culturally diverse student body, faculty and staff that reflect the multicultural nature of Ohio, the nation, and our world. Our diverse community reflects the unique strengths and abilities, which contribute to our pursuit of Inclusive Excellence in Action. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Within this theme, topics for the Symposium schedule may include: - Linked data in the arts and cultural heritage - Non-text digital collections - Visualization projects - Open Access in the humanities - Research data management - Multimedia information retrieval - Data curation in visual studies Please check out the Symposium website here (more updates throughout March): http://bit.ly/2016Symp And don't forget the Student Research Paper Awards: http://bit.ly/2016CfSP Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sallard at utk.edu Fri Mar 11 14:35:15 2016 From: sallard at utk.edu (Allard, Suzanne Lorraine (Suzie)) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:35:15 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Cortez Appointed Chair of ALA Committee on Education Message-ID: News to share from UT?s School of Information Sciences? Suzie Allard, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research, College of Communication & Information Professor, School of Information Sciences Director, Center for Information & Communication Studies University of Tennessee 1345 Circle Park Drive | 423 Communications Building| Knoxville, TN | 37996-0341 | USA T 865.974.1369 | F 865.974.7878 | E sallard at utk.edu | W http://cics.cci.utk.edu/ Ed Cortez, professor and former director of the School of Information Sciences (SIS) in the College of Communication and Information, has been appointed chair of the American Libraries Association (ALA) Committee on Education. Cortez will take office in June 2016 after the ALA annual conference. Before coming to UT, Cortez served as a professor and administrator at the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. During his eleven years at UT, Cortez has been instrumental in developing collaborative international education opportunities for SIS, including partnerships with universities in Spain, Africa, and the Caribbean. He has served on more than a dozen accreditation review panels, three of which he chaired. ?As a school director, Ed Cortez developed relationships and communication channels with UT SIS alumni and Library Information Science professionals to keep informed of the educational competencies and skills needed by our graduates to be successful in their field,? said Mike Wirth, dean of the college. ?We congratulate him on this appointment and know that he will do an excellent job of chairing ALA?s Committee on Education.? The committee develops and recommends policies related to the full spectrum of education for all library and information studies personnel. ?Ed Cortez has a rare combination of depth of understanding of information science and automation, and a love for imparting that knowledge to others,? said Julie Todaro, president-elect of ALA. Cortez is also part of an expert panel established by Todaro to help with the professional preparation of librarians and library workers, especially in communicating their value to the communities they serve. Donna Silvey Communication Specialist The University of Tennessee College of Communication & Information School of Information Sciences 1345 Circle Park Dr. Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996-0341 865.974.6727 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heidijul at buffalo.edu Wed Mar 9 13:55:28 2016 From: heidijul at buffalo.edu (Julien, Heidi) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 18:55:28 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Submission Deadline Extended - Digital dE-BiAsing Techniques for an Engaged Society (Debates) Message-ID: <2aec2fdffebc462d875e2e63492ea753@MBX-LS1.itorg.ad.buffalo.edu> Digital dE-BiAsing Techniques for an Engaged Society (Debates) 18th May 2016 Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK The call for papers for the first Debates conference now closes on 24th March 2016. The overall topic for the Debates conference is the issue of negative behaviours in online social media and how these can be analysed and addressed by the research community. Keynote speakers are: Professor Annemaree Lloyd - Professor Swedish School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Boras, Sweden Professor Stephan Lewandowsky - Chair in Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol Professor Heidi Julien - Professor of Library and Information Studies, University at Buffalo, USA Carl Miller - Research Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM) at Demos Debates is a one-day conference with a difference: * Each keynote will set out their theme based around their main theoretical lenses which are then carried through into the strand * The invited speakers pick up the theme and then the pecha kucha's further articulate this (selected from the call for papers) * In the morning plenary the keynotes with invited speakers will lead a themed plenary with presenters and audience to identify possible research ideas and collaborations * The most promising ideas and collaborations are to be developed in outline and displayed on the unconference boards with a named lead * These then form the basis for the Unconference sessions in the afternoon * Conference committee members will have a roving brief to capture the highlights for the final plenary * The plenary will identify the research themes and collaborations that have emerged. We are accepting abstracts for pecha kucha papers on the following themes: The analysis and/or addressing the issue of negative online social media behaviours through the main theoretical lenses of: * Psychology - we would especially welcome papers on the use of mis-information theory * Information behaviour - abstracts on everyday information seeking will be particularly welcome * Information literacy - especially those papers that have an information practice focus * Policy studies - in particular papers focusing on where interventions need to be (policing, legislation or the social media companies) and/or how to influence decision-makers Creative and educational approaches to this issue are also welcomed. We are interested in hearing from early career as well as more established researchers. Abstracts format Guidance for contributors to prepare your submission: Structured abstracts of 500 words with a title of no more than 15 words and references in Harvard style (references and keywords will not be included in the word count). Headings for structured abstract as follows: * Purpose * Design/methodology/approach * Findings * Research limitations/implications * Practical implications * Originality/value * Keywords - up to 5 * References These will be double blind refereed. Those authors who have their papers accepted will be invited to submit a full article to a special edition of Online Information Review (2014 Impact Factor: 0.918). Authors who's papers are accepted for the conference will be given full instructions regarding presentations. Authors will be notified of decisions by mid-April 2016. Send your completed abstracts to: bc.debates.conference at northumbria.ac.uk by 24th March 2016 For more information about the conference and to register, visit the conference page. Online registration will close at 5 p.m. BST on April 27, 2016. We look forward to hearing from you. Conference Website: www.northumbria.ac.uk/debates ****************************************************** 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... 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Responsibilities: * Receive, administer and work on requests that come in via the company's internal research management system. * Handle incoming mail, cataloging, acquisitions, ready reference requests and orientation/training on the use of databases and resources. * Publish key documents to the SharePoint site as well as on the company's blog or other approved social media outlets * Act as an internal subject matter expert (SME) on databases used by the company's stakeholders Qualifications: * Experience providing primary and secondary research in support of business development and competitive (business) intelligence, preferably in the automotive industry. * Demonstrated expertise and experience using online resources, including databases that involve finance, standards and statistics. * Experience in support knowledge management and business development; proven ability to compile and write analyses, synthesize data, and create current awareness alerts as well as content for newsletters and blogs using both external and internal (company-proprietary) resources. * Marketing, promotion and training experience to assist in leveraging and optimizing resources: databases, content, subscriptions, etc. * Library operational experience including using integrated library systems (ILS), SharePoint, to provide cataloging, meta-tagging, collection development and serials administration. * Master's Degree in Library Science (MLS/MLIS) from an ALA accredited University; * Experience in a corporate or professional services setting providing competitive and business intelligence research support; * Must be a team player with excellent communications skills; * Experience using and updating SharePoint sites is high desirable; * Deep understanding and ability to implement information tools and processes; * Experience using financial and statistical resources and databases in support of business intelligence projects required. For immediate consideration, please apply online: http://goo.gl/DEz0b6 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 srichards at lac-group.com Wed Mar 9 13:35:59 2016 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 18:35:59 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Systems Librarian / Remote Message-ID: <8D1B732A6F5AC54393D612ADD9592C3661B7C656@ex1mbx02.onthenetoffice.com> Apologies for the cross postings . . . . LAC Group is seeking a Systems Librarian to work remotely, part-time for a major library. The Librarian will assist with evaluating, testing and comparing features of different tools for a public information website including compliance with Section 508 accessibility standards. The Librarian will also work with client on SEO evaluation of website content including developing web content strategies to promote the website, reviewing and creating content for FAQs, blogs, and other web pages and creating technical procedures and documentation on an internal wiki. This position may be done remotely. Duties and Requirements * Degree in computer science, library & information science or related field * 3-5 years providing comparable work * Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, and organizational skills; * Must be able to work both independently and as part of a motivated and productive team; * Ability to follow rigorous and complex procedures; * Must have excellent attention to detail; * Ability to work in a database or content management system (training in the system will be provided, but the individual must have a high comfort level with learning systems, inputting data, and searching or using other available tools from the system); * Comfort working in a fast-paced environment; * Strong critical thinking and analysis skills. For immediate consideration, please apply online at: http://goo.gl/emYxrt LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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Please drop by our events (listed below) and learn more about our exciting research initiatives, connect or reconnect with Rutgers colleagues and friends and meet our new Dean Jonathan Potter. *SESSIONS:* *Sunday, March 20* *8:30 AM ? 12:00 PM and 1:30 ? 5:00 PM FULL DAY Workshop* Workshop: Enhancing Collaboration and Community for The Discipline of Organizing*. *Workshop presenters include *Dr. Nina Wacholder, Rutgers University* *1:30 ? 5:00 PM* iCommunity Session 10: Philadelphia Youth Voices: Co-Designing with Youth About Information Worlds, Social Justice and Visionary Technology. *Dr. Ross Todd, Rutgers University, is a member of the iConference Organizing Committee* *Monday, March 21* *10:00-10:30 AM* The School of Communication and Information is proud to sponsor Monday morning?s coffee break. Please join us for coffee, tea, and an assortment of delicious pastries and fruit. *5:00-6:30 PM Poster Session 1* Using Child-Centered Methods to Explore Young Children's Information Experience. *Sarah C. Barriage, (PhD student) **Rutgers University* Music Information: The Need for a Central Music Licensing Database. *Ian Dunham, (PhD student) **Rutgers University* Mapping Knowledge Orders in Local Museums: An Example from Horodnic de Jos, Romania. Cheryl* Klimaszewski, (PhD student) **Rutgers University* ?It?s Incompatible with the Views of the Community About Themselves and Their Defining Characteristics?: Norms and Knowledge Production Within the Transgender Wikipedia Page. *Vanessa Kitzie, Xiaofeng Li, (PhD students) Rutgers University* Who?s Playing? Towards Machine-Assisted Identification of Jazz Trumpeters by Timbre. *Janet G. Lazar (PhD student), Dr. Michael Lesk, **Rutgers University* Methodology for the Evaluation of Health Information by Participants with Low Literacy Skills. *Miraida Morales, (PhD student) **Rutgers University* Contextualizing Digital Reformatting in the History of Preservation Knowledge: Timeline and Research Directions. *Zack Lischer-Katz, (PhD student) Rutgers University* Exploring How Graduate Students Use Smartphones for Academic Purposes Outside of the Classroom. *Jennifer Sonne, (PhD student) Rutgers University* Personal Health Information Management in Chronic Illnesses. *Si Sun, (PhD student*) *Dr. Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers University* *Tuesday, March 22* *10:30 AM ? 12 PM Interactive Learning Presentations* Connecting Student Information Resource Uses to Learning Outcomes in a Guided Discovery-Based Game Design Program. *Dr. Rebecca Reynolds, Rutgers University* *3:30 PM -5PM **SIE #507 iSchools Education* >From Information Professionals to Information Creatives: On Educating Future Generations in iSchools. Speakers include* Dr. Chirag Shah, Rutgers University* *Wednesday, March 23* *8:30 AM ? 3:30 PM Doctoral Colloquium* The following PhD students are participating: *Vanessa Kitzie, (PhD student) **Rutgers University* *Stephanie Mikitish, (PhD student) Rutgers University* *Si Sun, (PhD student) **Rutgers University* *8:30 ? 10:00 AM* iSchools and Health Informatics: Developing Innovative and Interdisciplinary Curricula. Speakers include* Dr. Xiaomu Zhou (Rutgers University)* -- Brenda Sheridan, EdD Director of Strategic Communications Office of the Dean School of Communication and Information Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 p: 848-932-7078 f: 732-932-6916 c: 856-261-0089 brenda.sheridan at rutgers.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awasom.afuh at ttu.edu Tue Mar 15 17:51:15 2016 From: awasom.afuh at ttu.edu (Afuh, Awasom) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:51:15 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] ASIST 2016 SIS III International Paper contest for LIS professionals in developing countries Message-ID: **** Apologies for cross Publications*** The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) hereby announces the opening of its 16th International Paper Contest for LIS Professionals in Developing countries, for the 2016 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14-18, 2016. https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016. The theme of the Annual Meetings is: ?Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology?. This theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ? including academics practitioners, to discuss the impact of their research on industry, government, local/national/global community groups, individuals, information systems, libraries/museums/galleries, and on other practice contexts. It highlights the focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a local and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas: ? Impact on Individuals: information behavior, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, social media use, information literacy, etc. ? Impact on Society: digital citizenship, cultural engagement, archival preservation, policy development, copyright, intellectual property, infometrics, information access, etc. ? Impact on Organizations: information architecture, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, linked data and big data, digital curation, records and archives management, etc. ? Impact on Systems & Technology: cloud computing, digital libraries, automatic indexing, social tagging, classification, semantic web, database design, web usability, etc. ? Impact on Information Contexts: health, education, law; environment, agriculture, business, etc. A panel of judges will select three winners. The panel is composed of Innocent Awasom (Texas Tech University, USA), J.K. Vijayakumar (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia), and Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy, Islamabad). Judging criteria: The papers will be judged on the following:- - Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem - Relevance to the paper contest theme and - Quality of argument, presentation and organization Eligibility Information for authors: Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners of the 2010-2015 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award: The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will receive a minimum of $1,000 towards offsetting the costs of attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from Oct. 14-18, 2016. (https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/). Style: The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=instructions#.VOw5ZUex4k0 Publishing opportunities: Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the peer refereeing process of that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31st, 2016 via email to awasom.afuh at ttu.edu, [awasomdotafuhatttudotedu] preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachment. Thanks and look forward to receiving your submissions. Awasom Afuh (Innocent) Associate Librarian (Science) Texas Tech University Libraries Box 40002 Office M110 Lubbock, TX 79409 T 806 834 2385 F 806 742 1964 awasom.afuh at ttu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Rong === Dear all, The *ASIS&T Publications Committee* would like to collect information about your perceptions of, and experiences with, ASIS&T publications, specifically The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (*JASIS&T*), The Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (The *Bulletin*), and The Association for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting Proceedings (The *ASIS&T Proceedings*). As an ASIS&T Publications user (author, reader, and/or reviewer), your responses are extremely important to us. We depend on your input to improve the format, content scope, publication process, and delivery mechanisms of ASIS&T publications to better serve your needs. *Those who complete this survey can be be entered into a random drawing. Ten randomly chosen respondents will be given a free book of his/her choice from the ASIS&T Online Bookstore!* Your name and contact information will not be collected from this questionnaire. If you would like to be involved in the random drawing, and/or are willing to participate in the follow-up interview, there is a separate survey for you to provide your availability and contact information. Any contact information collected for interviewing purposes will not be linked to your responses in this survey. There are a total of 37 questions (8 questions are open-ended). It took an average of 24 minutes for our pilot testers to complete this survey. Below is the link to the survey. Please complete the survey no later than *March 18, 2016. * https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASISTPubs2016 We deeply thank you for your valuable input! ASIS&T Publications Committee Rong Tang (Co-Chair) Lorraine Mon (Co-Chair) Jamshid Beheshti (Board Liaison) Julia Caffrey Samuel Chu Yuelin Li Chaoqun Ni Danielle Pollock Lu Xiao -- Rong Tang, PhD. 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State University School of Information (iSchool), is set to launch in fall 2016. With three total courses (nine units) focused on Big Data Technologies, Information Visualization, and Web and Data Mining, the program can keep your skills current and get you ready for the next step in your career. All courses are delivered conveniently online with no on-campus orientations or other required in-person events. An interest list is forming now. Reserve your spot , and a school representative will contact you when applications open for admission. For more information about the iSchool's Certificate in Big Data program, please visit ischool.sjsu.edu/programs/certificate-big-data . You may also contact Dr. Michelle Chen , program coordinator. Please feel free to forward this email to your friends and colleagues. *About* The San Jos? State University (SJSU) School of Information (iSchool) prepares individuals for careers as information professionals. 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This issue contains 5 full-length articles and four brief articles, which are in the 'In Brief' column. That column also presents excerpts from recent press releases. In addition, you can find news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in D-Lib's 'Clips and Pointers' column. This month, D-Lib features 'Make Big Plans: Daniel Burnham's Vision of an American Metropolis' from the Newberry Library. The articles are: Humanities Data in the Library: Integrity, Form, Access Article by Thomas Padilla, Michigan State University A New Approach to Configuration Management for Private LOCKSS Networks Article by Tobin M. Cataldo, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama, USA RAMLET: a Conceptual Model for Resource Aggregation for Learning, Education, and Training Article by Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven, Belgium; Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich, Knowledge Motifs, USA; Kerry Blinco, Northern Territory Library, Australia; Scott Lewis, Austin, Texas, USA; and Wilbert Kraan, University of Bolton, UK Harvesting and Repurposing Metadata from Web of Science to an Institutional Repository Using Web Services Article by Yuan Li, Princeton University, USA Transforming User Knowledge into Archival Knowledge Article by Tarvo Karberg, University of Tartu and National Archives of Estonia and Koit Saarevet, National Archives of Estonia 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 March/April 2016 issue of D-Lib Magazine at this time, please check back later. 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Bonnie Wilson D-Lib Magazine _______________________________________________ DLib-Subscribers mailing list DLib-Subscribers at dlib.org http://www.dlib.org/mailman/listinfo/dlib-subscribers From rhill at asis.org Wed Mar 16 09:11:04 2016 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:11:04 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] $10,000 Human Factors Prize Message-ID: <002501d17f85$4c861a90$e5924fb0$@asis.org> From: Lois Smith [mailto:lois at hfes.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 5:23 PM To: saddo at asist.org Subject: inquiry from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society I'm writing to ask help in reaching researchers who might be interested in submitting their work for the $10,000 Human Factors Prize. Our topic this year is Big Data/Analytics related to human factors/ergonomics issues. The details about our prize may be found here: http://www.hfes.org/web/pubpages/hfprize.html Lois Smith, Communications Director Human Factors and Ergonomics Society P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1369 USA 310/394-1811, Fax 310/394-2410, lois at hfes.org , http://hfes.org "Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: People-Friendly Design Through Science and Engineering" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From apollak at uwo.ca Wed Mar 16 11:20:57 2016 From: apollak at uwo.ca (Angela Michel Pollak) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:20:57 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CAIS-ACSI Conference 2016 (CONGRESS) - Early Bird Registration deadline approaching (March 31, 2016) Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Canadian Association for Information Science is hosting our annual conference from June 1-3, 2016 as part of Congress in Calgary, Alberta. This year's conference theme is "Information Science in our Communities: Reflections on our Work and the People, Places and Institutions Around Us". We are happy to present our Keynote Address by Dr. Jennifer Preece, Professor and Dean Emerita at the University of Maryland's iSchool, who will be talking about "Citizen Science: New Challenges for Information Studies" on Wednesday June 1, 2016. See http://cais-acsi.ca/2016-conference/ for Dr. Preece's bio and an abstract of her talk. We hope you will consider joining us in Calgary for an engaging and diverse assortment of presentations and posters discussing how information professionals serve the communities around us. Early bird registration continues until MARCH 31, 2016. New this year, STUDENTS CAN REGISTER TO ATTEND FOR $35, plus the Congress registration fee (Early bird total, $100). To register, visit the Congress website at: www.congress2016.ca Thank you. We look forward to seeing you in Calgary! Sincerely, Your Conference Co-Chairs: David H. Michels Angela Pollak -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sunday, March 20 Workshop: ?Information Privacy: Current and Future Research Directions,? 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., co-organized by Assistant Professor Masooda Bashir with a short paper presentation, "Usable Ethics: Difficulties with the Comprehensive Consideration of Regulations for Working with Human Centered Data and Collecting Data from Online Sources," by Assistant Professor Jana Diesner (3:45-4:05 p.m.) Monday, March 21 Completed Papers 2: Data Mining, ?Assessing Public Awareness of Social Justice Documentary Films based on News Coverage versus Social Media,? 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., presented by doctoral student Rezvaneh Rezapour, coauthored with Assistant Professor Jana Diesner and doctoral student Ming Jiang Completed Papers 4: Data Science and Standards, ?Many Methods, Many Microbes: Methodological Diversity and Standardization in the Deep Subseafloor Biosphere,? 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., presented by Assistant Professor Peter Darch Poster Session 1, ?BABY ElEPH?T - Building an Analytical BibliographY for a Prosopography in Early English Imprint Data,? 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., presented by master?s student Nushrat Khan. This poster is a finalist for the Best Poster Award. Poster Session 1, ?The We Need Diverse Books Campaign and Critical Race Theory: A Call to Action for Library and Information Professionals,? 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., presented by doctoral student Cass Mabbott Poster Session 1, ?A Proposed Research Design for Exploring Collective Leadership (CL) within Multi-Team Systems (MTS) Implementing Digital Literacy Initiatives,? 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., presented by doctoral student Kirstin Phelps Tuesday, March 22 Completed Papers 9: iSchools, Professional Development & Conference, ?Training Library Professionals to Teach: A Study of New Jersey Train-the-Trainer,? 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., presenters include Assistant Professor Nicole A. 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Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From rong.tang at simmons.edu Thu Mar 17 21:53:22 2016 From: rong.tang at simmons.edu (Rong Tang) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:53:22 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Final Call for Participation: Perceptions and Experiences w/ ASIS&T Publications Message-ID: Dear all, This is the final reminder of the ASIS&T Publications survey. If you have not gotten a chance to complete the survey, please take a moment to respond. The survey will be closed after *March 18, 2016*. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASISTPubs2016 Your input is very important to us. We appreciate your time and help! Rong === Dear all, The *ASIS&T Publications Committee* would like to collect information about your perceptions of, and experiences with, ASIS&T publications, specifically The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (*JASIS&T*), The Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (The *Bulletin*), and The Association for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting Proceedings (The *ASIS&T Proceedings*). As an ASIS&T Publications user (author, reader, and/or reviewer), your responses are extremely important to us. We depend on your input to improve the format, content scope, publication process, and delivery mechanisms of ASIS&T publications to better serve your needs. *Those who complete this survey can be be entered into a random drawing. Ten randomly chosen respondents will be given a free book of his/her choice from the ASIS&T Online Bookstore!* Your name and contact information will not be collected from this questionnaire. If you would like to be involved in the random drawing, and/or are willing to participate in the follow-up interview, there is a separate survey for you to provide your availability and contact information. Any contact information collected for interviewing purposes will not be linked to your responses in this survey. There are a total of 37 questions (8 questions are open-ended). It took an average of 24 minutes for our pilot testers to complete this survey. Below is the link to the survey. Please complete the survey no later than *March 18, 2016. * https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASISTPubs2016 We deeply thank you for your valuable input! ASIS&T Publications Committee Rong Tang (Co-Chair) Lorraine Mon (Co-Chair) Jamshid Beheshti (Board Liaison) Julia Caffrey Samuel Chu Yuelin Li Chaoqun Ni Danielle Pollock Lu Xiao -- Rong Tang, PhD. 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Draft output from one NISO altmetrics working group studying data quality was released for comment earlier this month, and further draft outputs from a third working group addressing specific output types, including data metrics and use of persistent identifiers, will be released soon. "The Definitions and Use Cases document is short, but encapsulates the many discussions the working group held to review and hash out definitions from many diverse sources of information in the altmetrics field," remarks Robin Chin Roemer, Instructional Design & Outreach Services Librarian at the University of Washington Libraries, and co-chair of Working Group A (Definitions & Use Cases), the group that developed this document. "We also include a statement about the role that alternative assessment metrics plays in research evaluation, to help place the document in context and advise on altmetrics' possible applications." "Use cases for altmetrics are driven by different stakeholders in the research ecosystem," adds Michael Habib, a consultant working in scholarly communication, publishing, and library markets and co-chair of Working Group A (Definitions & Use Cases). "The NISO document means to highlight the different ways in which the stakeholders collect, develop, and consume altmetrics, and to explain and contextualize commonalities between stakeholders' needs, goals, and usages." "Members of the working group and NISO are interested in receiving wide feedback on this draft document, to be incorporated into the final version to be published by NISO later this spring," comments Nettie Lagace, NISO Associate Director for Programs. "Working Group A's output lies the groundwork for the other two working groups in that the definition of terms used allows different stakeholders in this space to understand when they are talking about the same thing. In addition, the development of use cases and their relationship to stakeholder groups clarifies requirements and priorities for further development." The draft Recommended Practice is open for public comments through April 20, 2016. To download the draft or submit online comments, visit the NISO Altmetrics Initiative web page at http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/altmetrics_initiative/ *About NISO* NISO, based in Baltimore, Maryland, 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 information standards. 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Press Release March 18, 2016 Youth Informatics Certificate Program Available at UT School of Information Sciences KNOXVILLE?The School of Information Sciences (SIS) at the University of Tennessee is offering a new graduate certificate program in Youth Informatics. The program is open to all Master?s/PhD students. It requires successful completion of 12 credit hours, four classes of three credit hours each. Visit www.sis.utk.edu/youth-informatics for details on admission requirements and processes. The certificate program will provide valuable information and credentialing to any professional engaged in youth services or youth interactions such as teachers, education administrators, school or public librarians, computer/software programmers and designers, and youth group leaders. To get more information about the Youth Informatics Certificate Program call the SIS offices at 865-974-2148, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. ? 5:00 p.m. (EST) or send an email to sis at utk.edu. The program, which is pending final approval from the SACSCOC accrediting agency, will officially launch in Fall 2016. ________________________________________ Dania Bilal, Interim Director and Professor School of Information Sciences College of Communication and Information 1345 Circle Park Drive, Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996 (865) 974-3689 http://scholar.cci.sis.utk.edu/dania-bilal From jhowison at ischool.utexas.edu Fri Mar 18 16:12:39 2016 From: jhowison at ischool.utexas.edu (James Howison) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:12:39 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: [AISWorld] HICSS 2017 Track: Open Source Application Software, Organizing & Innovation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: HICSS 2017 Track: Open Source Application Software, Organizing & Innovation Open Source (OS) is an approach to design and development based on shared and open access to a common set of design artifacts, driven by volunteer communities, or ?crowds?. The original form of OS, software development, is seen as a harbinger for future forms of organizing and innovation. Work is increasingly being conducted by crowds on software platforms such as Github or Mechanical Turk, and innovations are often crowdsourced on platforms such as OpenIDEO, or shared in 3D printing communities such as Thingiverse. As OS is becoming an important paradigm for innovation, design, and development, the understanding of its basic mechanisms promises to deliver value to a wide range of phenomena. This minitrack solicits three types of submissions: Work on OS application software and OS software platforms - Papers that focus on open source application software used for profit or non-profit purposes. Work on the fundamental foundations of OS organizing - Papers that investigate the underlying principles by which open communities organize themselves and achieve effective coordination, learning, and stakeholder communication. Work on OS innovation processes - Papers that inquire into OS innovation and the processes which lead to innovative, creative, and/or successful outcomes. The types of studies that would be relevant for this mini-track include those that deal with the fundamental aspects of OS, but are not necessarily restricted to software (e.g. 3D printing, open hardware etc. are also relevant). Beyond this requirement, we are interested in all forms of research, including qualitative, quantitative, mixed, computational, and theoretical papers. Minitrack Co-Chairs: Alexandra Kees (Primary Contact) University Bonn-Rhein-Sieg alexandra.kees at h-brs.de Aron Lindberg Stevens Institute of Technology aron.lindberg at stevens.edu You can find further details here: http://www.hicss.org/#!os-application-organizing-and-innovation/c1lhi The deadline for submission is June 15 (11:59 PM, Hawaii time). _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld at lists.aisnet.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mcruzcunha at gmail.com Thu Mar 17 12:17:10 2016 From: mcruzcunha at gmail.com (Maria Manuela C. Cunha) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 16:17:10 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CENTERIS 2016 * HCist 2016 * ProjMAN 2016 *** call for workshop papers *** AIS affiliated Conferences Message-ID: <56EAD886.8030506@ipca.pt> CALL FOR PAPERS ---------- ---------- Workshops to be held in: - CENTERIS 2016 -? International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems http://centeris.scika.org/ - ProjMAN 2016 - International Conference on Project MANagement http://projman.scika.org/ - HCist 2016 - Int. Conf. on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies http://hcist.scika.org/ ---------- Porto, Portugal October 5-7, 2016 ---------- Paper submission deadline: April 4, 2016 ---------- *AIS affiliated conferences * ---------- ---------- It is our great pleasure to invite you to consider submitting your work to the CENTERIS / ProjMAN / HCist 2016 workshops, to be held in Porto, Portugal, next October 5-7. ---------- ---------- Workshops IWoSMSO - International Workshop on Systems Modeling, Simulation and Optimization http://centeris.eiswatch.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/01-IWoSMSO.pdf ---------- UCMAD2016 - Usefulness and Creativity in Mobile Application Development http://centeris.eiswatch.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/02-UCMAD2016.pdf ---------- ACAI - Applied Computational and Artificial Intelligence http://centeris.eiswatch.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/04-ACAI.pdf ---------- TQLDM - Trends in promoting quality of life through digital media http://centeris.eiswatch.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/05-TPQLTDM.pdf ---------- IERP - Intelligent ERP systems and networks http://centeris.eiswatch.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/07-IERP.pdf ---------- SARWatch - Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry http://centeris.eiswatch.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/10-SARWATCH.pdf ---------- MCDM&EIS - International Workshop on Multicriteria Decision Making & Applications in Enterprise Information Systems http://centeris.eiswatch.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/11-MCDMEIS.pdf ---------- BPMR2T - Workshop on Business Process Management Research, Technologies and Tools http://centeris.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/12-BPMR2T.pdf ---------- Industry-Academia - Industry-Academia Projects and Partnerships http://projman.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/08-IAPP.pdf ---------- HSP - Healthy and Secure People http://hcist.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/03-HSP.pdf ---------- IoT - Improving the Quality of Human Life - Applications Showcase http://hcist.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/06-IoT.pdf ---------- CKRR - Clinical Knowledge Representation and Reasoning http://hcist.scika.org/CONTENTS/downloads/workshops2016/09-CKRR.pdf ---------- ---------- ---------- Submission types and guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conferences webpage until April 4, 2016. Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines available at the webpage: - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have between six and eight pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided at the respective webpage); - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a short paper should be between four to six pages in length); - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase (a poster paper should be three pages in length); - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages). All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer-to-peer reviewed. ---------- ---------- Proceedings and publications Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been published before, and not be under review for any other conference or publication. All papers accepted as full or short papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia Computer Science volume (which is indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse ScienceDirect. Poster papers and industry papers will be published in a conference book of abstracts, industry and poster papers (with ISBN). Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. For more detailed information, please visit the workshops webpage. ---------- ---------- Venue Porto is one of the oldest tourist destinations in Europe and benefits from a privileged geographic location, complemented by a modern transport and communications network. The richness of its monumental and artistic heritage, Port Wine, numerous leisure facilities and its cultural attractions invite you to visit this contemporary and inspired city well-known for its hospitality. 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Whether or not you are an ASIS&T member and whether you have or lack the experience of attending an ASIS&T webinar, we invite you to contribute your thoughts and opinions. Thank you! *** Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr Fri Mar 25 12:38:59 2016 From: youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr (Youakim Badr) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:38:59 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: The IEEE Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Cybersecurity Computing (co-located with IEEE ISI 2016) Message-ID: <77867406.8645383.1458923939043.JavaMail.zimbra@insa-lyon.fr> Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to others who might be interested. Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. ------------------------ Call for Papers -------------------------------------- The IEEE International Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Cybersecurity Computing (BDAC-2016) Co-located with the IEEE Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics September 27-30, 2016, Tucson, Arizona, USA Deadline: May 16, 2016 More info: http://www.isi-conf.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE We are currently experiencing an exponential growth in using advanced cybertechnologies and the amount of data being generated. We are generating around 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day, which means more than 90% of world data has been created in the last two years alone. With this huge amount of data, that we refer to as Big Data, many challenges and opportunities arise due to the size, heterogeneity, dynamism, and the speed at which this data generated. As we continue to rely on cyber technology and its services, we are facing with the increased risk of cybercrime, cyberterrorism, cyberespionage, and advanced persistent threats where bad actors are rapidly improving their attack techniques and their speed in launching these attacks. In the past, the attackers go through at least three phases before they launch their attacks (probing, constructing and launching attacks). Now, bad actors go directly to launch their attacks in one phase. Furthermore, the number of hackers and attacks are increasing rapidly more than ever before. Cybersecurity analytics for big data with its huge amount of data and its sheer breadth and coverage can provide unprecedented cybersecurity capabilities to proactively monitor, analyze, and mitigate sophisticated and advanced cybersecurity threats and exploitations. We aim developing and deploying the big data cybersecurity analytics to enable NETCOM analysts to integrate and correlate internal events, external events, and all alerts generated from existing cyber monitoring and security tools to obtain full visibility of potential threats against their cyberinfrastructures and their services. The goal of this workshop is to address innovative techniques, metrics, and behavior analysis that can exploit big data analytics capabilities to address the cybersecurity challenges facing cyberspace resources and services. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Big Data Theory for Cyber Security - Metrics, -Data Aggregation and Correlations of big data sensors * Big Data Visualization for Cybersecurity - Full visibility into the behavior of cyberspace resources and services - Knowledge representation and visualization of behavior of autonomic systems and services * Big Data Cybersecurity Computational Models - Map/Reduce - Data Streaming - Parallel/Distributed Algorithms * Anomaly Behavior Analysis - Data mining, stochastic analysis and prediction - Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) modeling and analysis - Sensor data collectors - Data Science and Analytics in Security Informatics * Human Behavior and Factors in the Security Applications - Privacy, security, trust, and risk in big data - Data integrity, matching, and sharing - Social impact SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION The papers must be formatted in a two-column layout up to 6 pages and must follow the IEEE proceedings format. All manuscripts will be reviewed and judged on merits including originality, significance, interest, correctness, clarity, and relevance to the broader community. Submitted papers must include original work and may not be under consideration for another workshop, conference or journal during the IWBDAC 2016 review process. Authors should submit their papers electronically following the instructions from the ISI 2016 conference web site (http://www.isi-conf.org/). At least one author for each of the accepted papers is expected to present their work at the workshop. The accepted papers from IWBDAC 2016, ISI 2016 and its affiliated workshops will be published by the IEEE Press in formal Proceedings. IEEE ISI Proceedings are EI-indexed. IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission: May 16, 2016 Author notification: July 1, 2016 Camera-ready version due: July 10, 2016 GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Hamamache Kheddouci, The Universit? Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Cihan Tunc, University of Arizona, USA Youakim Badr, INSA-Lyon, France PUBLICATION AND PUBLICITY CHAIR Youssif Al Nashif,Florida Polytechnic University, USA SPONSORS The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers NSF Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing, University of Arizona, USA From cglaze at illinois.edu Thu Mar 24 09:16:56 2016 From: cglaze at illinois.edu (Glaze, Christy Grant) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:16:56 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Nicole A. Cooke honored with ALA Equality Award Message-ID: Nicole A. Cooke honored with ALA Equality Award Nicole A. Cooke, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Equality Award. The annual award?$1,000 and a framed citation of achievement donated by Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group?is given to an individual or group for outstanding contributions toward promoting equality in the library profession. Cooke?s award will be presented at the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando on June 26, 2016. The jury noted that throughout her career, Cooke has been a passionate advocate for equity and has spearheaded diversity initiatives within the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) and at her home institution. In particular, the members were impressed with Cooke?s extensive record of publications and dedicated social-justice oriented approach to her teaching, both of which indicate the far-reaching impact that her personal commitment to equality has on the rest of the profession, as well as future colleagues. As nominator Trevar Riley-Reid stated, "Dr. Cooke has been a staunch champion for inclusion and has led the charge in changing the education of librarians to make them better able to serve those, who to date, have been unserved or underserved?the rapidly emerging majority of Americans who are people of color." In addition to her role as assistant professor at GSLIS, Cooke is a faculty affiliate in the Center for Digital Inclusion. Her research interests include human information behavior, particularly in an online context, eLearning, and diversity and social justice in librarianship. She has published articles in journals including The Library Quarterly, Library & Information Science Research, InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information, Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Journal, Information Research, The Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, The New Review of Academic Librarianship, and The Library and Book Trade Almanac 2013. Cooke also coauthored Instructional Strategies and Techniques for Information Professionals (Chandos Press, 2012). Named a Mover & Shaker in 2007 by Library Journal, Cooke is professionally active in ACRL, ALISE, and several other professional library organizations. She holds an MLS degree from Rutgers University, an M.Ed. in Adult Education from Penn State, and a PhD in communication, information, and library studies from Rutgers University, where she was an ALA Spectrum Doctoral Fellow. adapted from an ALA press release ________________________________ Christy Glaze, MLS Visiting Communications Coordinator GSLIS: The iSchool at Illinois www.lis.illinos.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Thu Mar 24 09:34:42 2016 From: pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de (Sebastian Hellmann) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:34:42 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] SEMANTiCS 2016, Leipzig, Sep 12-15, 2nd Call for Research & Innovation Papers Message-ID: <56F3ECF2.2070708@informatik.uni-leipzig.de> Apologies for cross-posting 2nd Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2016 - The Linked Data Conference Transfer // Engineering // Community 12th International Conference on Semantic Systems Leipzig, Germany September 12 -15, 2016 http://2016.semantics.cc Important Dates (Research & Innovation) * Abstract Submission Deadline: April 14, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) * Paper Submission Deadline: April 21, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) * Notification of Acceptance: May 26, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) * Camera-Ready Paper: June 16, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) Submissions via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2016research As in the previous years, SEMANTiCS?16 proceedings are expected to be published by ACM ICP. The annual SEMANTiCS conference is the meeting place for professionals who make semantic computing work, who understand its benefits and encounter its limitations. Every year, SEMANTiCS attracts information managers, IT-architects, software engineers and researchers from organisations ranging from NPOs, through public administrations to the largest companies in the world. Attendees learn from industry experts and top researchers about emerging trends and topics in the fields of semantic software, enterprise data, linked data & open data strategies, methodologies in knowledge modelling and text & data analytics. The SEMANTiCS community is highly diverse; attendees have responsibilities in interlinking areas like knowledge management, technical documentation, e-commerce, big data analytics, enterprise search, document management, business intelligence and enterprise vocabulary management. The success of last year?s conference in Vienna with more than 280 attendees from 22 countries proves that SEMANTiCS 2016 will continue a long tradition of bringing together colleagues from around the world. There will be presentations on industry implementations, use case prototypes, best practices, panels, papers and posters to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. SEMANTICS addresses problems common among information managers, software engineers, IT-architects and various specialist departments working to develop, implement and/or evaluate semantic software systems. The SEMANTiCS program is a rich mix of technical talks, panel discussions of important topics and presentations by people who make things work - just like you. In addition, attendees can network with experts in a variety of fields. These relationships provide great value to organisations as they encounter subtle technical issues in any stage of implementation. The expertise gained by SEMANTiCS attendees has a long-term impact on their careers and organisations. These factors make SEMANTiCS for our community the major industry related event across Europe. #SEMANTiCS 2016 will especially welcome submissions for the following hot topics: * Data Quality Management * Data Science (Data Mining, Machine Learning, Network Analytics) * Semantics on the Web, Linked (Open) Data & schema.org * Corporate Knowledge Graphs * Knowledge Integration and Language Technologies * Economics of Data, Data Services and Data Ecosystems Following the success of previous years, the ?horizontals? (research) and ?verticals? (industries) below are of interest for the conference: Horizontals * Enterprise Linked Data & Data Integration * Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search * Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies * Big Data & Text Analytics * Data Portals & Knowledge Visualization * Semantic Information Management * Document Management & Content Management * Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management * Smart Connectivity, Networking & Interlinking * Smart Data & Semantics in IoT * Semantics for IT Safety & Security * Semantic Rules, Policies & Licensing * Community, Social & Societal Aspects Verticals * Industry & Engineering * Life Sciences & Health Care * Public Administration * Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM) * Education & eLearning * Media & Data Journalism * Publishing, Marketing & Advertising * Tourism & Recreation * Financial & Insurance Industry * Telecommunication & Mobile Services * Sustainable Development: Climate, Water, Air, Ecology * Energy, Smart Homes & Smart Grids * Food, Agriculture & Farming * Safety, Security & Privacy * Transport, Environment & Geospatial #Research / Innovation Papers The Research & Innovation track at SEMANTiCS welcomes the submission of papers on novel scientific research and/or innovations relevant to the topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. The Research & Innovation track at SEMANTiCS is a single-blind review process (author names are visible to reviewers, reviewers stay anonymous). The submitted abstract and the topics are leveraged to find adequate reviewers for submitted papers. Please write an email to semantics2016researchtrack at easychair.org, if you have any questions. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting and must not exceed 8 pages in length for full papers and 4 pages for short papers, including references and optional appendices. The layout templates can be found here: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates All accepted full papers and short papers will be published in the digital library of the ACM ICP Series. Research & Innovation papers should be submitted through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2016research. Papers must be submitted in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) format. Other formats will not be accepted. For the camera-ready version, the source files (Latex, WordPerfect, Word) will also be needed. Important Dates (Research & Innovation) * Abstract Submission Deadline: April 14, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) * Paper Submission Deadline: April 21, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) * Notification of Acceptance: May 26, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) * Camera-Ready Paper: June 16, 2016 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) Research and Innovation Chairs: * Anna Fensel, University of Innsbruck * Amrapali Zaveri, Stanford University Contact email address: semantics2016researchtrack at easychair.org Research and Innovation Deputy Chairs: * Bernhard Haslhofer, Austrian Institute of Technology * Artem Revenko, Semantic Web Company Conference Chairs: * Sebastian Hellmann, AKSW/KILT, InfAI, Leipzig University * Tassilo Pellegrini, UAS St. P?lten Senior Program Committee: * Paul Buitelaar, Insight - National University of Ireland, Galway * Oscar Corcho, Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid * Claudia D'Amato, University of Bari * Brian Davis, DERI NUIG * Victor de Boer, VU Amsterdam * Christian Dirschl, Wolters Kluwer Germany * Michel Dumontier, Stanford University * Agata Filipowska, Department of Information Systems, Poznan University of Economics * Bernhard Haslhofer, AIT-Austrian Institute of Technology * Sebastian Hellmann, AKSW/KILT, InfAI, Leipzig University * Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg * Jose Emilio Labra Gayo, Universidad de Oviedo * Peter Mika, Yahoo! Research * Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, University of Leipzig * Josiane Xavier Parreira, Siemens AG ?sterreich * Heiko Paulheim, University of Mannheim * Tassilo Pellegrini, University of Applied Sciences St. P?lten * Marta Sabou, Vienna University of Technology * Harald Sack, Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering, University of Potsdam * Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche, Fujitsu * Ruben Verborgh, Ghent University - iMinds * Maria Esther Vidal, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Dept. Computer Science From bkeegan at gmail.com Wed Mar 23 21:02:05 2016 From: bkeegan at gmail.com (Brian Keegan) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:02:05 -0700 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: Social Informatics 2016 submissions due July 20 Message-ID: The International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo16) is an interdisciplinary venue that brings together researchers from the computational and social sciences to help fill the gap between the two communities. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum to help practitioners from the two disciplines define common research objectives and explore methodologies. The organizers welcome a broad range of contributions, from those that apply methods from the social sciences to the study of socio-technical systems, to the application of computational methods to the study of complex social processes and the use of social concepts in the design of information systems. http://usa2016.socinfo.eu/call-for-paper/ SocInfo16 offers an opportunity for the dissemination of knowledge between the two communities by soliciting presentations of original research papers and experience-based case studies in computer science, sociology, psychology, political science, anthropology, economics, linguistics, artificial intelligence, social network analysis, and other disciplines that can shed light on the open questions in the growing field of computational social science. SocInfo16 will also offer workshops and keynote talks that will be tailored to enhance the collaboration between the two research cultures in an era when social interactions are ubiquitous and span offline, online and augmented reality worlds. IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission: July 20th, 2016 Notification: August 20th, 2016 Camera-ready version: August 31st, 2016 Conference dates: November 14-17, 2016 Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - New theories, methods and objectives in computational social science - Computational models of social phenomena, including behavior modeling - Dynamics of social collaborative systems - Social network analysis and mining - Mining big social data - Social influence and social contagions - Web mining and its social interpretations - Quantifying offline phenomena through online data - Rich representations of social ties - Security, privacy, trust, reputation, and incentive issues - Opinion mining and social media analytics - Credibility of online content - Algorithms and protocols inspired by human societies - Equity in social and information systems - Social choice mechanisms in the e-society - Social applications of the semantic Web - Social psychology and personality - Virtual communities (e.g., open-source, multiplayer gaming, etc.) - Impact of technology on socio-economic, security, defense aspects - Urban informatics - Forecasting of social phenomena - Socio-economic systems and applications - Collective intelligence and social cognition Information about Submission We solicit submission of two types of contribution - Full papers: should not exceed 14 pages (excluding references and any appendix). - Short papers: should not exceed 8 pages (excluding references and any appendix) Submissions will be reviewed through a single-blind review process (names of the authors visible). To ensure a thorough and fair review process, this year?s conference will rely on a two-tier review process and we will enforce strict review guidelines to provide even higher-quality feedback to authors. To further incentivize useful and detailed feedback to authors, contributions of best reviewers will be rewarded with special mentions. As in previous years, accepted papers will appear in Springer?s Lecture Note Series in Computer Science. We will also allow accepted papers to be presented without publication in the conference proceedings, if the authors choose to do so. Some of the full paper submissions may be accepted as short papers after review by the Program Committee. A small set of particularly high quality and important papers will be selected for journal publication. Submission Procedures Original manuscripts should be submitted in English in pdf format through the EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socinfo16). 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Schindel In accounts of identity and making sense of professional roles, time is a linguistic resource that librarians and pharmacists?members of information-rich professions?draw upon. Accounts of time organize narratives of professionalism, make sense of new and evolving roles, frame a profession?s future, and create meaning from the profession?s past. Quand il s?agit d?identit? et de donner un sens ? des r?les professionnels, le temps est une ressource linguistique tr?s utile aux biblioth?caires et aux pharmaciens, deux professions ? forte concentration informationnelle. Le temps racont? met en sc?ne des r?cits sur le professionnalisme, sur les r?les nouveaux et ceux qui ?voluent, cadrent l?avenir d?une profession et cr?ent du sens ? partir du pass? de cette profession. Becoming Librarians, Becoming Teachers: Kairos and Professional Identity / Devenir biblioth?caire, devenir enseignant : Le Kairos et l?identit? professionnelle Emily Drabinski Using kairos as an analytic lens, this article examines debates around the professional role of librarians as teachers as an example of professionalizing discourse. Rather than inexorably leading librarians toward the best way to understand and teach information literacy, kairos surfaces the discourse as being productive instead of the profession itself. Cette ?tude s?appuie sur la notion de kairos comme outil d?analyse pour examiner le d?bat autour du r?le professionnel des biblioth?caires en tant qu?en-seignants, comme exemples de discours de professionnalisation. Plut?t que mener les biblioth?caires inexorablement ? la meilleure fa?on de comprendre et d?enseigner la comp?tence informationnelle, le kairos ?merge du discours comme productif en lieu et place de la profession elle-m?me. Napol?on et l??valuation bibliom?trique de la recherche : Consid?rations sur la r?forme de l?universit? et sur l?action de l?agence nationale d??valuation en Italie / Napoleon and the Bibliometric Evaluation of Research: Considerations on University Reform and the Action of the National Evaluation Agency in Italy Les r?formes de l?Universit? entreprises en Italie ont introduit des innovations dans un appareil administratif napol?onien inadapt? ? les recevoir, g?n?rant ainsi un syst?me institutionnel compl?tement d?s?quilibr?. Le centre de gravit? du syst?me est pass? de l?administration minist?rielle ? l?Agence nationale d??valuation de l?universit? et de la recherche (ANVUR), par l?attribution directe au groupe d??lite choisi par le gouvernement, d?un pouvoir ?norme et sans contrepoids sur la recherche et les universit?s. Une mauvaise conception de la gouvernance de l?ANVUR a d?termin? la r?alisation d?activit?s d??valuation techniquement inad?quates. Les critiques adress?es aux activit?s d??valuation et aux m?thodes bibliom?triques ont r?anim? le d?bat sur la politique de la recherche en Italie, et suscit? l??mergence d?un scientific counterpublic. The academic reforms in Italy have introduced innovations in a Napoleonic administrative apparatus unfit to receive them, thus generating a completely unbalanced institutional system. The system?s center of gravity has moved from the administration by the ministry to the National Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research (ANVUR), assigning directly to the elite group chosen by the government enormous power on research and the universities, without counter-weight. The poor design of the governance of the ANVUR has resulted in the realization of technically inadequate evaluations. Criticism addressed to the evaluation activities and to the bibliometric methods used have revived the debate on research policy in Italy, with the emergence of a scientific counter-public. Open Access in the Developing Regions: Situating the Altercations About Predatory Publishing / L?acc?s libre dans les r?gions en voie de d?veloppement : Situation de la controverse concernant les pratiques d??dition d?loyales W.E. Nwagwu A notable event in the current revolution of the World Wide Web is the open access model of publishing, which promotes freedom of inquiry and full and open availability of scientific information on a global scale. The promise of open access to replace existing scientific information dissemination practices and ethos has been contentious, with the interests of different stakeholders?countries, publishers, and open access activists, among others, clashing on an unprecedented scale. With special reference to the emergence of predatory journals, this article examines some of the challenges that have been triggered by the open access movement. Basically, open access is technology heavy, and its economic arrangements benefit mainly the developed world. There exists evidence of open access initiatives in the Africa region, but these initiatives are mainly individually based and are largely underdeveloped and sometimes predatory. The author argues that what is required now is a regional open access policy that spells out how the issues of right and cost, and others, will be viewed and addressed in the region to ensure that the benefits of open access do not bypass Africa. Un ?v?nement notable dans la r?volution actuelle du web est le mod?le du libre acc?s dans le domaine de l??dition, qui favorise la libert? de la recherche et la disponibilit? pleine et enti?re de l?information scientifique ? l??chelle mondiale. La promesse du libre acc?s de remplacer les pratiques existantes et la philosophie de diffusion de l?information scientifique a fait l?objet de controverses, les int?r?ts des diff?rentes parties prenantes?pays, ?diteurs, militants du libre acc?s, entre autres, s?affrontant sur une ?chelle sans pr?c?dent. Faisant r?f?rence particuli?rement ? l??mergence de revues aux pratiques d?loyales, le pr?sent article examine certains des d?fis qui ont ?t? d?clench?s par le mouvement du libre acc?s. Fondamentalement, le libre acc?s implique une forte composante technologique et ses arrangements ?conomiques profitent essentiellement au monde d?velopp?. Il existe des preuves d?initiatives de libre acc?s en Afrique, mais ces initiatives sont essentiellement des initiatives individuelles, g?n?ralement sous-d?velopp?es, et recourant parfois ? des pratiques d?loyales. L?auteur fait valoir que ce qui est n?cessaire maintenant est une politique de libre acc?s r?gionale pr?cisant la fa?on dont les questions de droit et de co?t, parmi d?autres, doivent ?tre con?ues et abord?es dans cette r?gion afin de s?assurer que l?Afrique ne soit pas exclue des avantages du libre acc?s. The Application of the TOPSIS Method in Selecting the Best Academic Library at the University of Ni? / L?application de la m?thode TOPSIS en vue d?un choix de la meilleure biblioth?que acad?mique de l?Universit? de Ni? Mirjana D. Man?ev Multi-criteria analysis and its methods have become indispensable in the decision making and planning that occurs in all scientific disciplines because they are methodologically consistent, reliable, and easy to use. The main objective of this study is to analyze the quality of the services provided by the libraries at the University of Ni?. To achieve this goal, the author has applied a method of multi-criteria analysis, the so-called TOPSIS method. Using this method, libraries were ranked based on the following criteria: the time required to search the library fund through available electronic databases, the size of the library space, and the size of the library fund available to the users. The research has shown that the library at the Faculty of Medicine, in relation to the given criteria, has the best conditions for the provision of services to its users. The results of this study indicate that the use of this method is justified because it provides an objective solution to the problem of choosing a library providing the highest quality of customer service. L?analyse multicrit?res et ses m?thodes sont devenues indispensables ? la prise de d?cision et ? la planification aujourd?hui dans toutes les disciplines scientifiques, parce qu?elles sont m?thodologiquement coh?rentes, fiables et faciles ? utiliser. L?objectif principal de cette ?tude ?tait d?analyser la qualit? des services fournis par les biblioth?ques de l?Universit? de Ni?. Pour atteindre cet objectif, l?auteur a appliqu? une m?thode d?analyse multicrit?res, la m?thode dite TOPSIS. En utilisant cette m?thode, les biblioth?ques ont ?t? class?es selon les crit?res suivants: le temps n?cessaire pour effectuer des recherches dans le fonds de la biblioth?que en utilisant les bases de donn?es ?lectroniques disponibles sur les ordinateurs, les dimensions spatiales de la biblioth?que et la taille du fonds de la biblioth?que mis ? la disposition des utilisateurs. La recherche a montr? que, selon les crit?res choisis, c?est la biblioth?que de la Facult? de m?decine qui offrait les meilleures conditions pour la prestation de services ? ses utilisateurs. Les r?sultats obtenus par l?application de cette m?thode indiquent que son utilisation est justifi?e par le fait qu?elle apporte une solution objective au probl?me du choix d?une biblioth?que fournissant la meilleure qualit? de service ? sa client?le. 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. Established in 1976, the journal is dedicated to the publication of research findings, both in full-length and in brief format; reviews of books; software and technology; and letters to the editor. Join CJILS email list! Please sign up for important news relating to The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. You'll receive emails with peeks inside new issues, Tables of Contents, Calls for Papers, editorial announcements, open access articles, and special offers. Sign up here - bit.ly/alertsCJILS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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June 11th - Delivery: A fully online, asynchronous course that will utilize the University's Canvas learning management system. - Price and Refunds - $379 (payable by debit or credit only) - Refunds will only be given under extreme circumstances at the discretion of the Professional Education Committee *Registration Details* To register for this short course, visit *http://go.umd.edu/Spring16-Javascript * Registration will close April 29, 2016, and participation will be capped at 50 students. For more information, visit http://ischool.umd.edu/professional-education. If you have any questions, please contact Tricia Donovan (donovant at umd.edu), Coordinator of Professional Education at Maryland?s iSchool. *The Professional Education program at Maryland?s iSchool is committed to providing quality professional and continuing education opportunities to library and information professionals. 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URL: From kberlack at nfais.org Wed Mar 30 14:13:58 2016 From: kberlack at nfais.org (Ken Berlack) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:13:58 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] NFAIS Webinar 4/18: Planning the Future of Public Access to Federally Funded Research Message-ID: ==================================================================== NFAIS Webinar: Planning the Future of Public Access to Federally Funded Research Date: Monday, April 18, 2016 Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (EDT) Location: Virtual Registration: http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=505387&orgId=nfais&recurringId=0 ==================================================================== What's Covered: In February 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), under Director John Holdren, directed federal agencies with more than $100 million in R&D expenditures to develop plans to make the published results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication (while also requiring researchers to better manage digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research). With the subsequent introduction of the bipartisan Fair Access to Science and Technology Act (FASTR), which aims to codify into law the essence of the OSTP public access directive, the federal agencies falling within the directive's requirements have made significant progress in meeting the OSTP public access goals. In addition, while the FASTR legislation continues to make its way through U.S. House and Senate committee action, it's an important moment to review how the various stakeholders have addressed the needs of researchers and government agencies ? including what publishers have accomplished in making U.S. government funded scholarly research and data more publicly accessible. In this NFAIS Webinar, three expert presenters ? SPARC's Heather Joseph, CHORUS's Howard Ratner and the National Transportation Library's Amanda Wilson ? will discuss: * The origin and purposes of the OSTP public access directive and FASTR legislation * The latest progress in regard to expanding public access to federally funded scholarly literature, research and data * What the future holds for public access policy in the midst of the upcoming national elections * How the public access initiative impacts non-profit and commercial scholarly publishers in the U.S. and internationally * The continuing effort to index metadata critical for accessing federally funded research across the spectrum of scholarly publishing Presenters (listed per presenter order): Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC Howard Ratner, Executive Director of CHOR Inc. and CHORUS Amanda J. Wilson, CENDI Chair and Director, National Transportation Library, U.S. Department of Transportation Who should attend this NFAIS Webinar: government officials, scholarly researchers, publishers, librarians, scholarly society and foundation staff, information services consultants Join us for this NFAIS Webinar to get up-to-speed on the public access initiative with federal agencies in collaboration with the information services community. ________________________________ For individual registrations, the costs for this NFAIS Webinar are: $125 for NFAIS members; $150 for allied societies*; and $195 for non-members. Group rates for three or more attendees are also available. *Allied Societies: LYRASIS, CENDI, ICSTI, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, the Association of American University Presses, NISO, and ASIS&T. For federal employees, contact Elinda Deans (ehar at loc.gov) regarding use of your FEDLINK training account to attend this NFAIS Webinar. To register or learn more about this event, go to: http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=505387&orgId=nfais&recurringId=0 *Allied Societies: LYRASIS, CENDI, ICSTI, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, The Association of American University Presses, NISO, and ASIS&T. REGISTER NOW!! CONTACT: For more information on this event or any of those shown below, please contact Nancy Blair-DeLeon, Director of Professional Development, 443-221-2980 ext. 102, or via email at nblairdeleon at nfais.org. UPCOMING NFAIS EVENTS May 24, 2016 ? Lunch & Learn with NFAIS: Using Altmetrics Responsibly July 26, 2016 ? New Technology in Manuscript Authoring, Submission, and Peer Review SUBSCRIBE TO NFAIS Advances e-newsletter! NFAIS www.nfais.org nfais at nfais.org @NFAISForum Ken Berlack Director of Marketing and Communications NFAIS 801 Compass Way, Suite 201 Annapolis, MD 21401 443-221-2980, x103 kberlack at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ludovico.boratto at unica.it Wed Mar 30 13:28:57 2016 From: ludovico.boratto at unica.it (Ludovico Boratto) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:28:57 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] [Deadline extension] Workshop on Engineering Computer-Human Interaction in Recommender Systems Message-ID: *** Deadline Extended: April 8th, 2016 *** Workshop on Engineering Computer-Human Interaction in Recommender Systems (EnCHIReS) In conjunction with the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems 21 June, 2016 Brussels, Belgium Aims and goals In our daily activities we interact with different types of devices, i.e. personal computers, smartphones and tablets, in order to access information. The interactions exploit also different means, such as the usage of mobile applications, the visualization and the upload of user-generated content in social networks, the browsing of a website, and so on. Recommender Systems produce suggestions to users for items, contents, user profiles, etc. they have not considered but might interest them, by analyzing what they previously liked, bought, watched or listened. Such an explicit feedback is an expression of extreme ratings either positive or negative. In the middle of the range stays a set of different actions in the interface that might be interpreted as feedback, but that needs to be collected implicitly. Even if the literature provides different techniques for collecting implicit feedback, they are tailored for specific types of applications. >From the user's point of view Recommender Systems remain a black box that suggests objects or contents, but the users hardly understand why some items are included in the suggestion list. Providing the users with an understandable representation of how the system represents them would have two types of benefits. On the one hand, the user is able to track the origin of each suggested item, connecting it to a property in the user model. This would increase the user's trust towards the system. On the other hand, the user may change incorrect attributes and this would lead to more precise recommendations. For instance, it would be possible for the user to search for the latest album of her sister's favorite band in order to give a present for her birthday. But maybe the user likes a completely different genre. In this regard the user interface engineering community has the expertise for generalizing the existing approaches, and to elaborate new patterns and metaphors for supporting users in both inspecting and controlling Recommender Systems and the goal of this workshop is to solicit the collaboration between recommendation and user interface experts. This workshop solicits contributions in all topics related to engineering Human-Computer Interaction in Recommender Systems, focused (but not limited) to the following list: - Design patterns, metaphors and innovative solutions for the end-user inspection and control of a Recommender System - Case studies, applications, prototypes of innovative ways for considering the users' interactions as data for Recommender Systems - Position papers on problems and solutions for supporting the Recommender Systems through user interaction and the user while interacting with applications that exploit Recommender Systems - Feature selection and data filtering approaches to extract information from the data gathered through Human-Computer Interaction techniques, for recommendation purposes - Analysis of implicit data collected from real-world systems, in order to evaluate their effectiveness for recommendation and personalization purposes Submissions We will consider three different submission types, all in the ACM SIGCHI format: regular (6 pages), short (4 pages) and extended abstracts (2 pages). A link to a short video (e.g. 5 minutes) may be also submitted. Research and position papers (regular or short) should be clearly placed with respect to the state of the art and state the contribution of the proposal in the domain of application, even if presenting preliminary results. In particular, research papers should describe the methodology in detail, experiments should be repeatable, and a comparison with the existing approaches in the literature should be made where possible. Position papers should introduce novel point of views in the workshop topics or summarize the experience of a researcher or a group in the field. Practice and experience reports (short) should present in detail the real-world scenarios in which Human-Computer Interaction is engineered for recommendation purposes. Demo proposals (extended abstract) should present the details of a prototype or complete application that engineers Human-Computer Interaction in Recommender Systems. The systems will be demonstrated to the workshop attendees. The reviewing process will be coordinated by the organizers. Each paper will receive three reviews: two externals to the organizing committee and one internal. The external reviewers will be contacted according to their expertise in the paper topic. All accepted papers will be made available on the workshop website together with the material generated during the meeting. The EnCHIReS 2016 Workshop proceedings will also be available in the CEUR series, and indexed on DBLP and Scopus. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version in a journal special issue. Workshop participants are encouraged to present a poster about their contributions or workshop results at the main conference, EICS 2016. Format All submissions have to be prepared according to the CHI Archive Format and submitted in PDF format through the workshop management system at EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=enchires2016). Important Dates - Paper Submission: April 8, 2016 - Author Notification: April 15, 2016 - Early registration deadline: May 1, 2016 Website http://sites.unica.it/enchires/ Contact For general enquires regarding the workshop, send an email to enchires at gmail.com Workshop Chairs Ludovico Boratto (Universit? di Cagliari, Italy) Lucio Davide Spano (Universit? di Cagliari, Italy) Salvatore Carta (Universit? di Cagliari, Italy) Gianni Fenu (Universit? di Cagliari, Italy) From SHASTING at mailbox.sc.edu Mon Mar 28 14:31:23 2016 From: SHASTING at mailbox.sc.edu (HASTINGS, SAM) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 18:31:23 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] New Director at South Carolina SLIS Message-ID: On behalf of Dean Charles Bierbauer, College of Information and Communication, University of South Carolina: We are delighted to announce that Dr. David Lankes will be the new Director of the USC School of Library and Information Science. His appointment will take effect July 1, 2016. David is currently Professor and Dean's Scholar for New Librarianship at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies and the 2016-2017 Follett Chair at Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He is a strong supporter of libraries & information professionals and has spoken at many conferences and events around the nation and internationally. You can learn more about David on the SLIS website at: http://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/library_and_information_science/news/2016/david_lankes_named_new_slis_director.php#.VvLsTXolgZw Dr. S. K. Hastings Director and Professor, School of Library and Information Science University of South Carolina Davis College, 1501 Greene St. Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-3858 / hastings at sc.edu / http://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/faculty-staff/hastings_samantha.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Responsibilities: * Answer business reference and economic research questions using materials in the library and electronic resources the library subscribes to; * Catalog new acquisitions; (and special collections/agency archives) * Check in and route serials; * Check in and shelve returned books; * Process Inter-Library Loan requests using OCLC WorldShare (formerly FirstSearch); * Build awareness of the library?s services within the agency. Qualifications and Knowledge: * Master?s Degree in Library Science (MLS/MLIS) from an ALA accredited university is required; * Previous experience working with a variety of reference requests; * Must be familiar with the Sirsi integrated library system; * Must be familiar with copy cataloging and MARC Records; * Must be familiar with the Interlibrary Loan; * Excellent customer service skills; * Ability to multi-task. For immediate consideration, please apply online at: http://goo.gl/PmjcWQ 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 msajidmirza at gmail.com Thu Mar 31 23:45:38 2016 From: msajidmirza at gmail.com (Dr. M. Sajid Mirza) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 08:45:38 +0500 Subject: [Asis-l] ASIS SIGIII Call for Panel Proposals Deadline Approaching: April 4, 2016 Message-ID: SIGIII invites panel proposals to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, please let the officers know, our SIGIII would be happy to consider to support the proposals. Please send your proposal to Xiao Hu at 'xiaoxhu at hku.hk'. As you know, this year there is a Task Force to help review panel proposals before they are submitted. In order to give the SIG time to consider Task Force recommendations, no pre-review submissions will be accepted after April 4, 2016. All panel proposals must be submitted by May 3, 2016 to the Program Review Committee Regards, *Muhammad Sajid Mirza Ph.D* *Communication Officer SIGIII* Principal Librarian Islamic Research Institute (IRI) International Islamic University Faisal Mosque Campus, Islamabad. Pakistan Cell: +92-333-5385235 URL: http://msajidmirza.wordpress.com/ *http://pakillm.wordpress.com/ * FB: https://www.facebook.com/msajidmirza https://www.facebook.com/pakillm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: