[Asist-announce] Upcoming Webinar and ASIST lecture - Sherrilynne Fuller (Free)

[Richard Hill]

Both available at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/

ASIST LECTURE SERIES
>From Intervention Informatics to Prevention Informatics  [free to all]
Presented by Dr. Sherrilynne Fuller  
	The lecture was the first in an annual series funded by the American
Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). This year's lecture
funding went to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) of the
University of Kentucky. Other co-sponsors include the UK College of
Communication and Information Studies (CCIS), the College of Public Health
(CPH), and the Ohio River Valley chapter of ASIS&T (ORVASIST).

	Dr. Fuller's speech focuses on her work on developing health
information systems (from individual patient records to building integrated
databases and tools to support disease surveillance). She discusses how the
established model of information systems to support intervention is leading
to what she calls "prevention informatics," in which information systems
help prevent disease in the first place. She also discusses how the use of
information and communications technologies for improving health in low
resource settings. She believes that many of the information systems
problems in developing countries are mirrored in a variety of ways in the
United States.

NEXT WEBINAR
Beyond the Polar Bear 
by Mike Atherton
May 26, 2011	ASIS&T Members:  $25          Non-Members:  $59 
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2011/beyond-the-polar-bear.html
	This webinar will explore how to design for a semantic 'web of
data', using case studies from the BBC's Food and Natural History products.
You'll learn how to unlock the potential of your content, create scalable
navigation patterns, achieve simply fabulous SEO and step confidently into
the world of open linked data.
	We'll reference Rosenfeld and Morville's seminal IA tome and discuss
what still holds true and what needs new thinking. The next web is here.
Stop worrying about the perfect taxonomy, and start worrying about making
your content findable, pointable, searchable and sharable. 
	Mike Atherton (@mikeatherton) has lately been busy figuring out how
the BBC's archive of factual programming can be used to build popular
products. With more than 15 years in IA and product design, he is an
independent UX consultant who is passionate about sensible data structures,
and fights the good fight to ensure user experience extends outside the
boundaries of any one website.
	An enthusiast of evidence-based design and content strategy, Mike
evangelises to management types on the need to think beyond business drivers
and make stuff people actually care about. He has spoken on topics as
diverse as Domain Modelling and Disneyland at conferences in the UK and the
US.

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Richard B. Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
rhill at asis.org
(301) 495-0900
rhill at asis.org