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

[Beth L St Jean]

*Please note an extended deadline of Midnight EST on Sunday, September 10,
2017, and send submissions or special requests to lethomso at ad.unc.edu*
We're excited to see you there!



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 10, 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/.
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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

-- 
Beth St. Jean, Assistant Professor
College of Information Studies - "Maryland's iSchool"
Room 4117K Hornbake Bldg., South Wing
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-6573