[sigCR] submission extension SIG/CR Workshop @ ASIST - annual meeting 2012

[Kathryn La Barre]

Greetings - the call for submissions has now been extended until midnight
Wednesday August 22nd~!

*Call for Papers for the** SIG/CR Workshop Classification Research: Past,
Prospect, and Pinnacles*
Joseph T. Tennis and Kathryn La Barre, Co-Chairs


ABSTRACT
As part of the 75th anniversary of ASIS&T, this full day workshop will
examine the past and future prospects of SIG/CR, one of seven original
Special Interest Groups established at the American Documentation Institute
on March 3, 1966. Of this original group only SIG/CR [Classification
Research Group] and SIG/ED [Education for Information Science], SIG/BC
[Biological and Chemical Information Systems] now known as SIG/STI
[Scientific & Technical Information Systems] remain. Instead of the
traditional format, this workshop will assemble scholars from the major
schools in information organization as well as practitioners to comment on
their current work, past work done in classification research, and the
major advances in the field.

OVERVIEW
This day-long workshop will have two components –

(1) Capturing the state of the art in classification research (2) Taking
the pulse of the SIG in the form of a debate about whether or not to retain
or to change the current name of the SIG.

*Capturing the state of the art:*
In the morning and early afternoon, attendees will be invited to prepare
(1) lightning talks (seven minutes in length), (2) short papers, or
(3) present evolving doctoral work on any of the following topics:

Current research projects,
Past work in classification research
Major advances in the field.


The goal of these presentations will be to get a sense of the scope and
accomplishments in the area.  We will then have a general discussion guided
by the workshop chairs.

*Taking the pulse of SIG/CR:*
In the afternoon, attendees will be invited to participate in a discussion
on the next steps for SIG/CR and the prospects for classification research.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND TIMELINE
Extended abstracts for lightning talks, short papers, and doctoral student
forum are accepted until August 15, 2012 and will be reviewed by the
Workshop Planning Committee.  Authors will be notified of acceptance
on August 30, 2012.  Send abstracts to jtennis at uw.edu or
klabarre at illinois.edu
*
Lightning Talks*

Authors wishing to present 7 minute lightening talks can submit a 300 word
extended abstract.  Extended abstracts should contain citations
(not counted in the word count).

*Short Papers*
Authors wishing to present 20 minute short paper can submit a 500 word
extended abstract.  Extended abstracts should contain citations
(not counted in the word count).

*Doctoral Research Forum*
Doctoral students wishing to present 15 minute research in progress can
submit a 500 word extended abstract and one page CV.  Extended abstracts
should contain citations (not counted in the word count).

Publication
Texts from lightning papers, short papers, and doctoral research in
progress will be published in Advances in Classification Research (soon
to be indexed by Elsevier).


IMPACT OF THE WORKSHOP
We anticipate the outcome of this workshop to be a reinvigorate this core
component of ASIST and to look forward to many more years of contributing
to a better understanding of information systems and practices around
classification.

***Authors of accepted proposals will have the opportunity to submit full
papers for inclusion in the SIG/CR proceedings.


 Joseph T. Tennis
Assistant Professor
The Information School
University of Washington

 Reviews Editor for the journal Knowledge Organization

 jtennis at uw.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/jtennis