From heatherdpfeiffer at gmail.com Fri Aug 7 09:55:52 2015 From: heatherdpfeiffer at gmail.com (Heather D. Pfeiffer) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 07:55:52 -0600 Subject: [Sig-l] Reminder! SIG Member of the Year Message-ID: Due on August 15, besides SIG of the Year, is SIG Member of the Year! Do you have a very active and wonderful member in your SIG? Nominate them at: http://www.softconf.com/asist2/SIG_Member/submit.html For what must be submitted: https://www.asist.org/about/awards/sig-member -of-the-year/ Think about one of your members! If you need a report of all the things your member has done for ASIS&T outside of your SIG, please send the name to me and I will try to get you a report to help out. I am sure one of your members are wonderful! Please nominate them!! -Heather SIG Cabinet Director -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From klabarre at illinois.edu Fri Aug 14 11:30:22 2015 From: klabarre at illinois.edu (Kathryn La Barre) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:30:22 -0500 Subject: [Sig-l] Final reminder: SIG of YEAR nominations DUE TOMORROW!! Message-ID: Nominate your SIG for the SIG of the Year award! If you wish to nominate your SIG, officers must file an annual report by TOMORROW Saturday August 15th. [NOTE: If your SIG is not applying for this award your annual report is due on September 15th]. Please direct questions to Kathryn La Barre klabarre at illinois.edu The SIG annual activities report covers the period of August 1st, 2014 through July 31st, 2015 and should include both qualitative and quantitative information about your SIG's activities during the year, including descriptions of conference sessions, publications, planning meetings, etc. Submit your annual report here: http://www.asis.org/SIG /sigreportfom.html The SIG of the Year Award shall be judged on outstanding performance of one or any combination of the following factors: (a) A single publication for the SIG membership (newsletter); (b) A single publication or professional development event, such as, a program at a regional or national non-ASIS&T conference, a paper published in a journal, or a monograph (emphasis is placed on content, not the fact of publication); (c) A single publication for an audience outside of ASIS&T; (d) An innovative form or medium of information presentation; (e) A public service or participation in a public effort, such as, a legislative hearing, standards committee, or other program; (f) A program at the annual meeting; (g) Special projects; (h) Other noteworthy activities not explicitly named above; and (i) Uniformly high performance over a year in member services and in contribution to Association [this can be a combination of newsletters or other publications, conference programs, or other activities; (performance should be the major criterion)]. 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See below the current slate of candidates for more information about the positions if you are interested*** Nominations close on September 1. *Two positions are available ?* *[1] Deputy Director SIG Cabinet/Director-elect (three year term)* *[2] SIG Cabinet advisor (two year term)* *If you are interested, or would like to nominate someone to serve please respond directly to klabarre at illinois.edu * *Current slate:* *SIG Deputy Director* *Moriana Garcia*, Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian at Denison University: I am a practitioner librarian and have been a member of ASIS&T since 2008. I was first involved with my local chapter (Central Ohio-ASIS&T), and later moved to national appointments. I chaired the Special Interest Group - Scientific and Technical Information (SIG-STI) in 2012 and was elected Advisor to SIG Cabinet in 2013. While Chair of SIG-STI, I implemented a successful realignment plan for the SIG that included attracting, retaining, and mentoring new leaders, creating a new website and social media presence, selecting a new logo, and most importantly, organizing SIG sponsored events and publications to benefit the membership. My leadership trajectory within ASIS&T has provided me with a first-hand view of the basic organizational structure of the association and some of its problems. As Deputy Chair/Chair for SIG Cabinet, I would be able to draw from my experience to advance and support all SIGs towards an engaged, vibrant, and more efficient community. I would pay special attention to the new globalized aspects of our association. *Kristene Unsworth*, Assistant Professor at the College of Computing and Informatics of Drexel University: for the past two terms I have served as the SIG-IEP (formally IFP) chair. I have been actively involved with the revitalization of the SIG. The SIG held a successful and well-attended preconference workshop at ASIS&T 2014: *Trust in the Age of Data (Big and Small)* and we are now consistently active sponsors and co-sponsors of conference panels, as well as special issues of the *Bulletin. *I have had the honor of working with outstanding colleagues who are strong advocates and tireless workers committed to bringing this SIG back to its active role in our professional organization. My own research interests center on the interaction between information policy and ethics in civil society. I teach across the curriculum at Drexel University at the undergraduate, masters, and PhD level. My research and teaching background would be valuable resources in the role of Deputy Director SIG Cabinet/Director-elect. In addition, my ability to work collaboratively with and across areas of expertise would serve me well as Deputy Director SIG Cabinet/Director-elect. Through my work with SIG-IEP, I have demonstrated the ability to identify opportunities to cultivate new and renewed relationships in order to increase SIG outreach opportunities. In the role of Deputy Director SIG Cabinet/Director-elect I would serve as an active liaison to ASIS&T Committees. Throughout my tenure as Deputy Director SIG Cabinet/Director-elect, I would work to continue to insure a strong sense of sharing and information exchange among our many groups and help insure that the work done in our SIGs continues to be recognized and supported. *SIG Advisor* *Michael Luesebrink*, Associate University Librarian, Florida State University Libraries. I am expressing my interest to serve as SIG Cabinet advisor. Currently I am serving as chair of SIG-STI having become familiar with the organizational processes and discourse of the SIG environment. I have worked at FSU Libraries for almost eighteen years as science librarian, acquisitions librarian and currently serve in the newly created position of collection assessment librarian. My research areas of interest include information policy, information security governance, and organizational culture and structures in higher education institutions. I am seeking the SIG cabinet advisor position because of my professional background, my experience with SIG STI and my strong interest in serving the SIG community. I want to use my skills and experience honed in working with a research intensive university community as a foundation for collaborating with my colleagues to serve as SIG advisor to meet the strategic challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for the cabinet. *Rong Tang*, Associate Professor at Simmons College. I started as a student member, I have been a devoted ASIS&T member for about 20 years. I love ASIS&T and the ASIS&T community. My research interests center on user behavior research, including cognitive styles and user experience, usability evaluation, collaborative user behavior, and mobile user research. Published in top-ranked journals, I teach primarily in areas of usability, digital information searching, evaluation of information services, and research methods. When serving on the ASIS&T Membership Committee, I organized or helped to organize the New Members Brunch for two years. As the SIG-USE Chair in 2013-2014, I worked actively with my colleagues to identify ways to enrich the SIG?s activities including organizing webinars. I was involved in organizing and developing ideas for SIG USE annual research symposiums, and I also organized SIG USE elections for the past three years. As a SIG Cabinet Advisor, I would continue to devote my time and passion to fulfill relevant responsibilities, look for means to enhance the relationship between the SIGs and the Cabinet, and to contribute the best way I can to the success of the Society. ***More information: The SIG Cabinet Steering Committee has the general responsibility of assisting the Cabinet Director in the management of the SIG Cabinet, which consists of the Cabinet Director, the Director-elect/Deputy Director, the Immediate Past Director, and four advisors elected from among the current SIG officers and Cabinet Representatives, each of whom serves a two-year staggered term. One member of the Cabinet Steering Committee is elected in odd years; the other three members are elected in even years. Members of the Steering Committee are responsible for evaluating and approving all Project and Reserve Fund requests, for serving on the SIG Member of the Year and SIG Publication of the Year juries, and for serving as liaisons between the SIGs and the Cabinet Director. Eligibility requirements for both positions: *Must be a current ASIST member *Must have held ONE of the following positions: (1) Is a current SIG Cabinet Steering Committee member OR (2) Has served as a SIG representative to the SIG Cabinet Steering Committee during the last three years OR (3) Has served as Chair of one of the Special Interest Groups *Position descriptions:* *SIG Cabinet advisor. *Two year term beginning at the annual meeting in 2015. Evaluate and approve all Project and Reserve Fund requests. Serving on the SIG Member of the Year and SIG Publication of the Year juries. Serve as liaison between the SIGs and the Cabinet Director. Support Cabinet Director as needed. *Deputy SIG Cabinet **Director. *Three year term for this position beginning at the 2015 annual meeting. First year title: Deputy SIG Director [SIG Cabinet Director elect] ? also serves as a non-voting member of ASIST Board. Chair of the SIG Publication of the Year committee Second year title: SIG Cabinet Director. Member of ASIST Board. Voting member of the ASIST Board. Chair of the SIG Member of the Year committee Third year title Immediate Past SIG Cabinet Director. Chair of several nominating committees. Chair of the SIG of the Year committee. Duties for the Deputy Director / Director-Elect: ? Assist the Director as needed, manage the SIG-L listserv ? Take notes at the Annual Meeting of the Cabinet ? Attend ASIS&T Board meetings as a nonvoting member with voice. In the Director?s absence, the Deputy Director / Director-Elect has vote as well. ? Serve as the SIGs liaison to ASIS&T Committees at the discretion of the ASIS&T President including service as Chair of the SIG Publication of the Year Award committee, and serve on other SIG awards committees. *Neither ASIST nor individual SIGs may support the travel expenses of attendees at the SIG Cabinet Meeting. These expenses must be borne by the individuals. An individual need not be a registered attendee at the meeting in order to represent a SIG at a Cabinet meeting. ASIST does provide some travel support for the Director and Deputy Director of the SIG Cabinet to attend two ASIST board meetings scheduled each year (one in summer, one at the annual meeting).* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: