From BillEdgar at missouristate.edu Wed May 6 13:28:35 2015 From: BillEdgar at missouristate.edu (Edgar, William B) Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 12:28:35 -0500 Subject: [Sig-l] Call for papers: ALISE 2016 - Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group (deadline - June 30, 2015) Message-ID: <56552F980453494CBEDEDE8C21F3EF2776376AC776@EX07-MS1.EDUBEAR.NET> ALISE 2016, Boston, MA, January 5-8, 2016 Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group Call for Papers DEADLINE: June 30, 2015 In keeping with the 2016 ALISE Conference Theme, "Radical Change: Inclusion and Innovation," the Historical Perspectives SIG invites submissions for individual papers, or for a 3+ person panel program that examines the history of radical change, innovators, or inclusion in LIS education. Historical research that explores some of the persistent questions related to pedagogy and educational reform in LIS education is encouraged. If you have something in mind that is not related to the conference theme, we invite you to propose different topics. This call is open to anyone working in the field of library and information science, regardless of occupational label. In order to make the July 15th ALISE SIG deadline submission, submit 300 - 500 word abstracts in PDF, ODT, or DOCX format by June 30, 2015, to Susan Rathbun-Grubb, srathbun at mailbox.sc.edu or C. Sean Burns, sean.burns at uky.edu. Susan Rathbun-Grubb, MSLS, PhD Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science University of South Carolina 1501 Greene St. Columbia, SC 29208 803.777.0485 srathbun at mailbox.sc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr Thu May 7 04:38:15 2015 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr (IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia) Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 10:38:15 +0200 Subject: [Sig-l] Call for I-Stories: SIG History and Foundations of Information Science In-Reply-To: <554692FF.8040907@univ-amu.fr> References: <55292D77.7080201@univ-amu.fr> <554692FF.8040907@univ-amu.fr> Message-ID: <554B2477.7030406@univ-amu.fr> *Reminder*.Please circulate this to your colleagues, students, virtual and physical communities of peers. I'm sure many will have hilarious, funny and witty encounters with information to share. *+++++++ Call for I-Stories **+++++++ ** * ** ** ** ** ** **** *SIG History & Foundations of Information Science * http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGHFIS/ ** Information and communication phenomena are at the heart of our daily lives. They are how we know things and yet our understanding of these concepts and underlying phenomena are at best slippery. Just when we think we?ve pinned or penned them down nicely with a few well chosen phrases, we discover that those phrases are inadequate, that others disagree with our definitions or that many other conceptions abound. Not to bore you with the many varied conceptions of information, the aim of this call for I-Stories is to bring forth, through everyday experience, the many different things information can mean to different people or to the same person in different circumstances in a lively and entertaining manner. The SIG History & Foundations of Information Science solicits stories on how information and its understanding affect our daily lives, be it in work situations, in our private lives, in our research. The stories of information and around information should showcase how effective or ineffective the concept may be, how it can mean different things to different people, how that may have got you into misunderstandings//and how that has got you thinking about information in general. The stories may concern an event, something that happened to you or to someone you know, a talk you heard or involve well known scholars and how they have grappled with this open-ended question. We encourage scholars, practitioners, and especially students to send us a text of at most, 1000 words which can be illustrated with drawings. A jury chosen from SIG HFIS members will choose 5 stories that shed startling, informative and unexpected insights into our understanding of the phenomenon we call information and of the field we call information science/studies. Stories by students will receive particular attention and if selected, their authors will receive a 1 year free membership to ASIST and to HFIS. Membership benefits are varied and can be consulted at http://www.asis.org/. Stories written by practitioners or faculty members if selected will receive a gift card of $30 as well as 1 year free membership to SIG HFIS. Please send your stories to fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr by 30^th may. The jury will render the result of its deliberation by 30^th June. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan HFIS chair (2014-2015) -- ----------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universit?s) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/ Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ IRSIC research team: http://irsic.univ-amu.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr Thu May 7 14:38:15 2015 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr (IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia) Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 20:38:15 +0200 Subject: [Sig-l] ASIS&T History Fund Research and Best Paper Awards Message-ID: <554BB117.6020108@univ-amu.fr> **The Advisory Board announces the following two competitive awards for 2015: ** *The ASIS&T History Fund Research Award * This award will be for a maximum of $2,000 and will be awarded for the best research proposal submitted by June 20, 2015. All topics relevant to the history of information science and technology may be proposed. The proposal should include: the central topic or question to be researched and an extended abstract, qualifications of the researcher (brief vita should be included), a budget and how the funds will be expended. All funds must be expended by June 30, 2016. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *The ASIS&T History Fund Best Paper Award * This award will be for a maximum of $500 and will be awarded for the best paper submitted by June 20, 2015. All topics relevant to the history of information science and technology will be considered. The paper may have been previously published or submitted to a journal. The paper should not exceed 30 pages double-spaced, including notes and references, using APA Style Manual. Nominations or self-nominations can be made from anywhere. *Webpage for the awards and submission link here:* https://www.asist.org/about/awards/history-fund-awards/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ASIS&T History Fund was established by the ASIS&T Board of Directors in June, 2000 for the purposes of supporting and encouraging research and publication in the history of information science and technology. The Fund is supported by donations (including book royalties) from ASIS&T members and others with interest in the history of information science and technology. The Fund Advisory Board encourages further donations from anyone interested in supporting historical study of information science and technology. Members of the ASIS&T History Fund Advisory Board for 2015 are: Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Chair SIG HFIS) Ken Herold (chair-elect SIG HFIS) Robert Williams Michael Buckland Kathryn La Barre Trudi Bellardo Hahn -- ----------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universit?s) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/ Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ IRSIC research team: http://irsic.univ-amu.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr Fri May 15 08:09:44 2015 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr (IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 14:09:44 +0200 Subject: [Sig-l] Webinar "From ISquares to CSquares": 18th June 2015 Message-ID: <5555E208.7010907@univ-amu.fr> Dear all, This webinar may be of interest to you. ---------------------- *Title*: From I-Squares to C-Squares. Teaching Information and Communication theories using Draw & Write Technique* When*: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 10:00am ? 11:00am (EDT)/. /Sponsored by SIG HFIS ./ /***Presenters*: Jenna Hartel (Uni. Toronto - Canada) & Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Uni Aix-Marseille, France)*To register*: https://www.asist.org/events/webinars/webinar-from-i-squares-to-c-squares/ _Description_ Information and communication are at the basis of how we know things (epistemology), they are omnipresent in every field of activity. This also makes them very slippery concepts or realities: they often mean different things to different people, hence their exploration is endless. Many of us have grappled with how to convey what we think information and communication mean in our teachings or in our research. Teaching information and communication theories in a pure academic manner can be dead boring. Hence, the idea developed by Jenna Hartel (2013) to use arts-informed technique to approach the different conceptions of Information in a fun and creative way. The current webinar is therefore a follow-up to Jenna Hartel?s webinar of 2014 (https://www.asist.org/events/webinars/isquares/). We applied this arts-informed approach in a French higher education setting and took the experiment further by extending it to the concept of communication. Our webinar reports on how Masters? student in a French School of Journalism and Communication (Aix-Marseille University) perceive the concepts of information and communication. An international I-Square group has been formed and experiments have begun worldwide on conceptions of information using graphic representations (Hartel 2014: http://www.isquares.info/). -------------------------- Hope you can register and participate! best, -- ----------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universit?s) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/ Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ IRSIC research team: http://irsic.univ-amu.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heatherdpfeiffer at gmail.com Tue May 19 11:03:15 2015 From: heatherdpfeiffer at gmail.com (Heather D. Pfeiffer) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 09:03:15 -0600 Subject: [Sig-l] ASIS&T SIG and Chapters - branding and WordPress theme Message-ID: Received this message from Diane Pennington : Dear SIG and Chapter Leaders, ASIS&T's new logo, new branding information, and a WordPress template for SIGs and Chapters are now available at https://www.asist.org/brand-guidelines/. They're not required to use these new guidelines, but please pass this page along to SIG and Chapter officers. Given the positive feedback we've received on the new look, it would be nice if they would consider incorporating these visual elements into their respective online presences. If you have any questions, please contact me, Jan, or Dick. Thanks so much! Diane Diane M. 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