[Eurchap] Doctoral Forum Quantitative Research in Information Science. 12-13 April 2012 Wolverhampton

[Fidelia Ibekwe]

Dear all,

Please find a CFP for a doctoral forum endorsed by the ASIST european 
chapter and may interest many people especially doctorate students. 
Please circulate.

Merry Xmas and a happy New Year!
Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan.


>     Call for submissions & participation - Quantitative Research in
>     Information Science <http://www.asis.org/Chapters/europe/?p=186>
>
> *12-13 April 2012, **University of Wolverhampton, UK
> *
>
> Website: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/europe/
>
> We are very pleased to announce a *Doctoral Forum*, specialising in 
> quantitative research in Information Science to be held *on 12-13 
> April 2012 in England at the University of Wolverhampton*.
>
> This Doctoral Forum will begin with short introductory presentations 
> by Prof Mike Thelwall and Dr Jonathan Levitt on the application of 
> quantitative methods to Information Science.  However, its main 
> emphasis is on the students presenting and receiving feedback on their 
> research and on meeting other doctoral students.  Doctoral students 
> who are either using, or considering using, quantitative methods in at 
> least part of their doctoral research are encouraged to apply.
>
> The venue, at the University of Wolverhampton, is located in 
> Wolverhampton City Centre and is very close to Wolverhampton train 
> station.  Wolverhampton is a thirty minute train journey from 
> Birmingham International airport.  The event finishes on Friday 
> afternoon, enabling participants to see something of England over the 
> weekend; from Wolverhampton, Wales can be reached by train in thirty 
> minutes and London can be reached by train in two hours.
>
> This event, endorsed by the European Chapter of the American Society 
> for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), is the first of two 
> events that the European Chapter is endorsing, in celebration of the 
> 75^th anniversary of ASIST.  The European Chapter is also endorsing 
> Libraries In The Digital Age (LIDA) to be held on 18 – 22 June 2012 in 
> Zadar, Croatia.
>
> This Doctoral Forum is open to all interested parties, including those 
> who don’t present.  If you wish to present your research at the 
> Doctoral Forum please submit:  a description of your research project 
> and how you are using or are proposing to use quantitative methods 
> (totalling a maximum of 150 words) and key related references.  If you 
> wish to attend the event and not present, please submit a description 
> of your relevant experiences and reasons for wanting to attend the 
> conference (totalling a maximum of 150 words).
>
> Submissions need to be emailed to the Conference organiser
> Dr. Jonathan Levitt, j.levitt at lboro.ac.uk)
> and the Program manager (Prof. Mike Thelwall, m.thelwall at wlv.ac.uk) by 
> mid-night UK-time on Sunday, *February 12, 2012.*
> If you have any queries, please email Dr. Levitt 
> (j.levitt at lboro.ac.uk) and Prof. Thelwall (m.thelwall at wlv.ac.uk).
>
> The cost of the event is £50 per person, to cover the cost of four 
> coffee/tea refreshment breaks, two sandwich lunch breaks and one 
> buffet dinner.
> Three low price hotels are located within easy walking distance of the 
> venue, MC building, City Campus, University of Wolverhampton 
> (http://wiki.worldflicks.org/mc_building.html).
> LateRooms (http://www.laterooms.com) and Travelodge 
> (http://www2.travelodge.co.uk) provide descriptions of nearby hotels 
> and the option of reserving accommodation.
>
> Website: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/europe/
>

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Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan Ph.D. (MCF-HDR)        	
Associate Professor - Dept. of Information&  Communication
University of Lyon 3 - France.                           	
Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/
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