From saning206 at gmail.com Thu Oct 1 11:39:20 2015 From: saning206 at gmail.com (Ning Sa) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:39:20 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] volunteer needed Message-ID: Dear all, My name is Ning Sa and I'm a PhD student of Informatics Department at University at Albany, SUNY. My doctoral dissertation is about voice search. I'm now running an online survey as preliminary work of my dissertation. It will be very appreciated if you can spend about 10 minutes to do the survey. The study is IRB approved. The survey url can be found from the recruitment letter below. Thank you very much! Best Regards Ning Sa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr./Ms., I?m writing this letter to invite you to participate in *our study of ?the usage of voice search?*. The purpose of this study is to understand the usage of current online voice search systems. We are recruiting participants to fill out an online survey which takes about 10 minutes to complete. *Participants should be familiar with online search, age of 18 and above.* Your participation will be voluntary. What we learn from the study will be used for better system design. There are no known risks if you decide to participate in this research study. This survey is anonymous. If you are interested in participating, please follow the link below *http://goo.gl/forms/6ZVR78wp8a * If you have any question, please contact *Ning Sa via e-mail at * *nsa at albany.edu* Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. Sincerely, Xiaojun Yuan Assistant Professor Department of Informatics, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences University at Albany, State University of New York Ning Sa PhD Candidate Department of Informatics, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences University at Albany, State University of New York -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shaun.akhtar+libraries at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 16:05:30 2015 From: shaun.akhtar+libraries at gmail.com (Shaun Akhtar) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:05:30 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] Registration Open for NECode4Lib Meeting at Dartmouth College on Dec 4! Message-ID: Thank you all for your survey responses! The information was incredibly helpful in planning this event. We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the NECode4Lib meeting being held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH on December 4, 2015. Registration is free. For more information about the event and logistics please visit the wiki page at: http://wiki.code4lib.org/NECode4lib_2015_Fall To register for the event please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ne-code4lib-tickets-18823486555 We have a limited number of spots available, so please register promptly. Questions? Ask us at code4lib at dartmouth.edu Looking forward to seeing you in December! The Dartmouth NECode4Lib Planning Committee Joe Montibello, Chair Shaun Akhtar Laura Braunstein Carla Galarza Jenny Mullins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RBucy at wheelock.edu Thu Oct 8 17:51:49 2015 From: RBucy at wheelock.edu (Rosalind Bucy) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:51:49 +0000 Subject: [Neasis-l] Call for nominations! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: NEASIST seeks a Chair-elect! You: an information professional with ideas and energy. We: a vibrant professional organization with an active calendar, a well-attended program committee, and a stable board. Together: we will deliver great programming on topics including usability, user experience, analytics, Wordpress, digital preservation, digital humanities, collection development, and more. YOU WON'T BE DOING IT ALONE! With a combination of new and experienced volunteers, NEASIST PC and Board meetings are organized, productive, and fast. The Chair-elect will work with and learn from the 2016 chair, Annie Erdmann. You'll also be working with a secretary, membership and outreach coordinator, webmaster, and program committee members who have been involved with NEASIST for several years. We stay involved because we gain knowledge, project management experience, connections, fun, and professional satisfaction. You can too! Frequently Stated Objections But I'm busy! -- yes, this is a commitment to attend most NEASIST events. Over two years, that's 2 conferences, 8 board meetings, about 20 meetups, and 24 program committee meetings. It's a lot! But we don't expect you to do everything, and you don't have to do it, or plan it, alone. That's why we work as a team. But I've never been involved in a professional organization before! -- well, now is the time to start. If you join our team at NEASIST, you'll be part of an organization that is ticking along nicely, with stable participation, membership, and finances. You'll have mentors and partners; you'll have access to institutional knowledge. You'll be set up to succeed. But I'm not an ASIS&T member! -- well, ASIS&T membership is a good deal; for $140 (or $65 for early career professionals) you get access to all ASIS&T webinars and other benefits. But I don't live in Boston! -- that's fine; remote attendance at Board and PC meetings is possible. In fact, we'd love our chapter leadership to help us engage with information practitioners across New England. You can contact anyone on the Board or Program Committee to find out more about who we are, what we do, and how we work together. Talk to us, and if you like what you hear, nominate yourself to join us as the 2016 Chair-elect. Please submit nominations and inquiries to neasist at gmail.com as soon as possible. Elections will be announced shortly. Rosalind Bucy NEASIST Chair neasist.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Thu Oct 15 14:15:37 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:15:37 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] Extended Hotel & Regustration Deadlines for ASIS&T 2015 AM Message-ID: <380-2201510415181537495@LEN-dick-2011> St. Louis Hyatt and ASIS&T are extending the cut off dates for discounts until OCTOBER 23. Rooms were tight and people were having problems. But rooms blocked for the potential World Series games have opened up so we are able to make this effort to help you save. _____ 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology -- Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community November 6-10, 2015 - Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch - St. Louis, Missouri Program and Registration at: https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/ The 2015 ASIS&T conference theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ?including academics and practitioner? to discuss the impact of their research on industry, on government, on local/national/global community groups, on individuals, on information systems, on cultural institutions, and on other practice contexts. The theme highlights the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. 8 Preconference Workshops 40 Contributed Papers 18 Panel Discussions Plenary sessions: Aaron Doering -Building Community Online: Connecting People, Places, and Ideas through Innovative Design- Doering is associate professor in the LT Media Lab at the University of Minnesota, currently holds the Bonnie Westby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education and Technology. His research involves the design, development and evaluation of online and mobile teaching environments; technology integration in K-12 settings; and the innovative use of technology to support teaching and learning. Sarah Morton -Creating Impact: Issues, Challenges and Solutions- Morton works at the intersection of social research, policy and practice in a range of leadership roles. She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also within the University of Edinburgh, Sarah is the knowledge exchange specialist for the Centre for Community and Public Health Sciences and an impact analyst. She is a director of What Works Scotland and she is also an associate of the research unit for research utilization at the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement and was a member of the Scottish Funding Council working group on Knowledge Exchange and Public Policy. Her research has investigated the process assessing the impact of research on policy and practice. She has a specialty in contribution analysis and uses this approach in a variety of projects, often working with non-academic partners, and also to assess the impact of research. 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 neasist at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 16:36:35 2015 From: neasist at gmail.com (NE ASIST) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:36:35 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] NEASIST Official Ballot Message-ID: Cast your vote for the 2015-2016 NEASIST Officers. To vote, visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/STSPXDK The deadline to vote is this *Friday, October 30th* at 11:59pm EST. Be heard! Vote! Thanks, Rosalind Bucy NEASIST Chair, 2014-2015 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Find out more by reading NEMMC's inaugural quarterly newsletter which offers insight into some of the content (interviews, longer form articles, videos, and more) featured on the website. Going further, the newsletter also adds interesting tidbits related both to NEMMC activities and the themes and ideas it explores. If you are interested in receiving future newsletters, contact John Campopiano directly at jcampopiano at gmail.com. Stay tuned for new content over the coming months including a NEMMC meet-up in the Boston area in early 2016. And watch for our upcoming Facebook and Twitter pages which will be a great way to hear about NEMMC's current and upcoming activities. New England Archivists Communications Committee -- New England Archivists Communications Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: