[Asis-l] SIG-USE 2017 Symposium Call for Participation

[Beth L St Jean]

2017 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Call for Participation:
Framing Inclusion and Exclusion in Information Behavior Research and
Practice

Date: October 28, 2017 (Saturday)

Time: 1:30 pm ? 6:30 pm

Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (Arlington, VA), USA

Keynote: Dr. Paul T. Jaeger, College of Information Studies and the
Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC), University of Maryland

ABOUT THE 2017 SIG-USE SYMPOSIUM
The 17th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium focuses on the theme of
inclusion and exclusion. This theme acknowledges that advances in
information and communication technology, such as the Internet, social
media, and mobile devices have afforded individuals and communities new
ways of connecting with one another and of accessing vast quantities of
information, but that many individuals and groups still remain at the
periphery of the information society. These groups include, but are not
limited to: older persons, geographically or socially isolated persons,
migrant persons, disabled persons, economically disadvantaged and displaced
persons, global youth, and others who are often considered at-risk and
vulnerable. While some scholars have considered these populations and their
information behavior and practices, the aims of this Symposium are to
strengthen and build the community of scholars and information
professionals who critically consider issues related to inclusion and
exclusion in their work. It also aims to provide an opportunity for
scholars and professionals to reflect and gain feedback on their ongoing
studies, to take in new perspectives, and to engage in theoretical debates.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
SIG-USE Symposium organizers invite poster (~500-word abstract) and short
paper (<2000-word abstract) contributions that describe completed research
and research-in-progress, and that showcase empirical, conceptual,
theoretical, and methodological findings or rich practice cases and
demonstrations, from researchers, graduate students, and practitioners. To
read the SIG-USE Symposium's full Call For Participation, please visit:
https://siguse.wordpress.com/category/siguse-symposium/.

Poster and short paper abstracts should adhere to the following guidelines:

   - Be submitted as two versions: the first should include (a) name(s),
   title, and institutional affiliation(s) at the top; the second should be
   blinded to facilitate review, and not include name(s), titles, or
   affiliation(s).
   - Be submitted as two .pdf files, named according to the following
   conventions: '2017_SIGUSESym_####_Lastname.pdf' and
   '2017_SIGUSESym_####_Blinded.pdf' (where '####' is a 4- or 5-digit
   number of your choosing, to avoid multiple files with identical names).
   - Be e-mailed to Leslie Thomson (lethomso at ad.unc.edu) by midnight
EST on September
   5, 2017.


Accepted documents will be circulated prior to and following the Symposium,
when possible. Please indicate in the text of the submission e-mail whether
or not we may post the abstract to the public SIG-USE website before and
after the Symposium is held.

To register for the 2017 ASIS&T Annual Meeting and the SIG-USE Symposium,
visit: https://www.asist.org/product/am17regform/ (early bird deadline
September
15, 2017). For more information about SIG-USE or this event, visit:
http://siguse.wordpress.com/.

Neither submission nor acceptance of an abstract are requirements for
registration at the SIG-USE Symposium.


We hope to see you there!


Leslie Thomson
lethomso at ad.unc.edu
Chi Young Oh
jcoh at umd.edu
Stan Karanasios
stan.karanasios at rmit.edu.au
2017 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Co-chairs