From announce at dublincore.net Thu Sep 4 15:21:32 2014 From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:21:32 -0700 Subject: [sigCR] DC-2014 early registration *DEADLINE EXTENSION* to September 20th Message-ID: ***Apologies for cross-posting*** The deadline for registration for DC-2014 has been *EXTENDED to 20 September 2014*. All you have to do to get the Early Registration price is go to our registration page on the Conference website listed below and follow the simple instructions. If you work in metadata, you won't want to miss DC-2014. *********************************************************************** *REGISTRATION:* http://ow.ly/B65by *CONFERENCE WEBSITE:* http://ow.ly/B65OM *CONFERENCE DATES:* 8-11 October 2014 *CONFERENCE VENUE: * AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin campus *CONFERENCE THEME:* *Metadata Intersections: Bridging the Archipelago of Cultural Memory* *********************************************************************** Metadata is fundamental in enabling ubiquitous access to cultural and scientific resources through galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM). While fundamental, GLAM traditions in documentation and organization lead to significant differences in both their languages of description and domain practices. And yet, the push is on for radically open cultural heritage data that bridges these differences as well as those across the humanities and the natural sciences. DC-2014 will explore the role of metadata in spanning the archipelago of siloed cultural memory in an emerging context of linked access to data repositories as well as repositories of cultural artifacts. This year, the DCMI Annual Conference and Meeting of DCMI (DC-2014) is being hosted by the Texas Digital Library and held in Austin on the beautiful University of Texas campus. Four days of exciting sessions have been planned. While early registration has been extended, please don't wait until the last minute. The *Austin City Limits Music Festival* overlaps the conference dates and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce! Won't you join us in Austin? Sincerely, Stuart A. Sutton DCMI Managing Director From announce at dublincore.net Sat Sep 6 09:14:25 2014 From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce) Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 06:14:25 -0700 Subject: [sigCR] DC-2014 Tutorial: RDF Validation in the Cultural Heritage Community Message-ID: ***Please excuse the cross-posting*** Tutorial: RDF Validation in the Cultural Heritage Community Half-day Tutorial @ DC-2014 Wednesday, 8 October 2014 - 1:00-5:00 =========================================== *LOCATION:* Austin, Texas, USA *VENUE:* AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center (http://www.meetattexas.com/) *SESSION HOMEPAGE: * http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP-Tutorial *CONFERENCE WEBSITE:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014 *REGISTRATION: * http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014 (*Wednesday day-rate option available*) *HOTELS:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2014/schedConf/accommodation =========================================== *Session Abstract: * Resource Description Framework (RDF) does not natively provide rules for structuring descriptions or validating instance data. This tutorial will present the problems of data structuring and validation in RDF. There will be a discussion of current techniques that are being proposed as solutions (SPIN, Data Shapes, ICV, etc.). Using examples from the cultural heritage community (Europeana Data Model (EDM), Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Metadata Application Profile (MAP), etc.), speakers will present actual cases where validation and record-like structuring is needed. It will relate these efforts to the concept of application profiles, drawing on some existing examples, such as Dublin Core Application Profiles (DCAP) and BIBFRAME Profiles. *Learning Outcomes:* Attendees will able to: 1. Understand why validation is a significant issue with RDF and OWL; and, how constraints in those languages differ from our usual concept of constraints; 2. Identify and monitor today's efforts, and those in development, to solve this problem of validation; 3. Describe some of the specific validation issues with cultural heritage data; and 4. Articulate the issues in their own cultural heritage context. Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions of speakers with "real life" experience with linked data and the issues of validation. *NOTE:* This tutorial is especially recommended for DC-2014 delegates new to the topic and planning on attending the Thursday Special Session: *RDF Application Profiles and Tools for Metadata Validation and Quality Control * (http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP). *Tutorial Planners/Presenters include:* - Karen Coyle (Facilitator)?Consultant, USA - Tom Baker, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea - Kai Eckert, University of Mannheim, Germany - Tom Johnson, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), USA - Stefanie Ruehl, SUB G?ttingen, Germany *Registration:* You can register using the day-rate option to DC-2014 or join us for the full DC-2014 program at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014 . *Don't wait, register now!* This Tutorial and the DC-2014 Conference cap the second week of the *Austin City Limits Music Festival *( http://www.aclfestival.com/) and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce as the Conference dates approach. ------------- Stuart Sutton DCMI Managing Director From Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Tue Sep 9 09:06:02 2014 From: Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 15:06:02 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [sigCR] CFP IEEE SITIS 2014: submission deadline approaching (22 September 2014) In-Reply-To: <2121393764.8237205.1401620087461.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> References: <1619833220.1063422.1378673582388.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> <1292551937.5812970.1400140245662.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> <2121393764.8237205.1401620087461.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> Message-ID: <697675593.3702528.1410267962983.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> Apologies for multiple diffusions CALL FOR PAPERS Submission deadline : !!! September 22, 2014 !!! Apologies for multiple postings ====================================================================== TRACK ON WEB COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (WeCA) The 10th International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET-BASED SYSTEMS (SITIS'14) November 23 - 27, 2014 In cooperation with ACM SIGAPP French Chapter and IEEE Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing Hotel Semiramis, Marrakesh, Morocco http://www.sitis-conf.org/ ====================================================================== The focus of the track titled "Web Computing and Applications (WeCA)" is on emerging and novel concepts,architectures,technologies, and methodologies for information management related to the Web and cloud computing. In essence, the Web, with its different versions, has created an interconnected world in which information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed collaboratively, communities of users with similarly interests can be formed to achieve efficiency and improve performance, etc. Taking full advantage of these interconnected environments to meet the ever increasing needs of emerging applications requires solutions that address new issues and challenges. The track calls for research papers and reports related, but not limited, to the following topics: Data semantics ?Ontologies ?Conceptual Data Modeling ?Knowledge Representation and Reasoning ?Metadata ?Evolution and Change ?Semantic Caching ?Data Warehousing and Semantic ?Semantics in Data Visualization ?Semantic Services for Mobile Users ?Applications of Semantic-Driven Approaches Web-Centric Systems ?Semantic Web ?Social media and networking ?Web Services and Service Computing ?Hypermedia and Adaptation ?E-Commerce, E-government, and E-Learning ?Web/Data Mining ?Machine Learning ?Crowdsourcing Big Data ?Foundations and computation ?Infrastructure and platforms ?Management ?Data preservation and provenance ?Search and Mining ?Computational Modeling and Data Integration ?Link and Graph Mining ?Mobility ?Multimedia and Multi-structured Data ?Big Data and Social Media ?Applications Information System Interoperability ?Digital Libraries ?Semantic Interoperability and Semantic Mediators ?Ontologies Based Systems ?Contextual Reasoning in Distributed Ontologies Cloud ?Architectures and platforms?? ?Mobile Clouds ?Storage, Data, and Analytics Clouds ?Migration, Management, and Quality ?Composition, Federation, and Integration Resource Virtualization and Composition ?High Performance Cloud Computing ?Programming Models and Paradigms ?Green Computing ?Innovative Applications and Experiences ?Computing Consulting Cooperative information and Distributed Systems ?Information Sharing ?Grid/cloud Applications ?Peer To Peer Computing and Applications ?Knowledge and Semantic Grid ?Semantics of Peer Data Management Systems ?Mobile Information Systems and Computing Multimedia and application ?Image and Video Databases ?Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval ?Emergent Semantics in Content Retrieval Systems ?Semantics and Meta Data in Multimedia Systems ?Content-Based Indexing, Search, and Retrieval ?Multimedia Data Modeling and Visualization? ?Tools, Benchmarks, Evaluation Protocols and Standard Information security? ?Security Modeling and Access Control Protocol? ?Intrusion Avoidance, Detection, and Response? ?Web Security and Supporting Systems Security? ?Denial of Service: Attacks and Countermeasures ?Intellectual Property Protection? ?Fundamental Services on Network and Distributed Systems ?Security and Privacy for Emerging Technologies ?Trust based systems Submission and publication The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, and regular?and workshop sessions. SITIS?14 invites submission of high quality and original papers on the topics listed above.? All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers?for technical merit, originality, significance and relevance to track topics. Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns?publication format. Paper submission will only be online via: SITIS 2014 submission site. The online system will be used to handle and process all papers and to prepare for the final proceedings. https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2014 Accepted papers will be included in the?conference proceedings and published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes. Important dates --------------- * Paper Submission: September 22, 2014 * Acceptance/Reject notification: October 10, 2014 * Camera ready: October 15, 2014 * Author registration: October 19, 2014 Track Chairs ------------ Rim Faiz, IHEC, University of Carthage, Tunisia Gayo Diallo, ISPED, University of Bordeaux, France Peter Eklund, University of Wollongong, Australia Local Organizing Committee -------------------------- Abdelaziz El Fazziki, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco (Chair) Mohammed Sadgal, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco El Hassan Abdelwahed, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco Mehdi Najib, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco From smiragli at uwm.edu Tue Sep 9 16:09:23 2014 From: smiragli at uwm.edu (Richard P Smiraglia) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 20:09:23 +0000 Subject: [sigCR] Call for Manuscripts for Knowledge Organization vol 42 2015 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1410293362313.24134@uwm.edu> Knowledge Organization (KO): Devoted to Concept Theory, Classification, Indexing, and Knowledge Representation Knowledge Organization (ISSN 0943-7444) is the official journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization. Beginning in 2015 the journal will be published eight times per year by ERGON-Verlag, W?rzburg, Germany. Tables of contents of prior issues may be examined at this address: http://www.ergon-verlag.de/ The contents of the journal are indexed and abstracted in Social Sciences Citation Index, Web of Science, Information Science Abstracts, INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO), Library Literature and Information Science (Wilson), PASCAL, Referativnyi Zhurnal Informatika, and Sociological Abstracts. Research articles, including review articles: 1) clarify theoretical foundations (general ordering theory, philosophical foundations of knowledge and its artifacts, theoretical bases of classification, data analysis and reduction); 2) describe practical operations associated with indexing and classification, as well as applications of classification systems and thesauri, manual and machine indexing; 3) trace the foundations and history of knowledge organization; 4) discuss questions of education and training in classification; and 5) problems of terminology in general and with respect to special fields. All articles are subject to rigorous, double-blind, peer-review. Manuscripts that are accepted during review are generally published within six months of submission. Articles should be between 4,000 and 10,000 words in length. Papers should be situated properly in the literature of the knowledge organization domain. Manuscripts: Instructions for authors may be found here: http://www.isko.org/ko.html Submissions should be submitted with an indicative abstract through our ScholarOne portal at: http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/jisko Richard P. Smiraglia Editor-in-Chief, Knowledge Organization Professor, Knowledge Organization Research Group, School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ko at isko.org From smiragli at uwm.edu Tue Sep 9 16:09:23 2014 From: smiragli at uwm.edu (Richard P Smiraglia) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 20:09:23 +0000 Subject: [sigCR] Call for Manuscripts for Knowledge Organization vol 42 2015 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1410293362313.24134@uwm.edu> Knowledge Organization (KO): Devoted to Concept Theory, Classification, Indexing, and Knowledge Representation Knowledge Organization (ISSN 0943-7444) is the official journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization. Beginning in 2015 the journal will be published eight times per year by ERGON-Verlag, W?rzburg, Germany. Tables of contents of prior issues may be examined at this address: http://www.ergon-verlag.de/ The contents of the journal are indexed and abstracted in Social Sciences Citation Index, Web of Science, Information Science Abstracts, INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO), Library Literature and Information Science (Wilson), PASCAL, Referativnyi Zhurnal Informatika, and Sociological Abstracts. Research articles, including review articles: 1) clarify theoretical foundations (general ordering theory, philosophical foundations of knowledge and its artifacts, theoretical bases of classification, data analysis and reduction); 2) describe practical operations associated with indexing and classification, as well as applications of classification systems and thesauri, manual and machine indexing; 3) trace the foundations and history of knowledge organization; 4) discuss questions of education and training in classification; and 5) problems of terminology in general and with respect to special fields. All articles are subject to rigorous, double-blind, peer-review. Manuscripts that are accepted during review are generally published within six months of submission. Articles should be between 4,000 and 10,000 words in length. Papers should be situated properly in the literature of the knowledge organization domain. Manuscripts: Instructions for authors may be found here: http://www.isko.org/ko.html Submissions should be submitted with an indicative abstract through our ScholarOne portal at: http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/jisko Richard P. Smiraglia Editor-in-Chief, Knowledge Organization Professor, Knowledge Organization Research Group, School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ko at isko.org From gcampbel at uwo.ca Mon Sep 15 10:55:12 2014 From: gcampbel at uwo.ca (Grant Campbell) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:55:12 -0400 Subject: [sigCR] Classification Research Workshop: November 1, 2014, Seattle WA In-Reply-To: <71d0823111978.5416fd9b@uwo.ca> References: <71d0823111978.5416fd9b@uwo.ca> Message-ID: <73e09e5a165f7.5416c590@uwo.ca> [Apologies for any cross-posting.] The Special Interest Group in Classification Research will be holding its annual workshop at ASIST on November 1, 2014, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Seattle Washington. http://www.asis.org/asist2014/seminars_workshops_SIG_CR.html Register early to take advantage of ASIST?s Early Bird rates, which are in place until September 18. This workshop brings our most current research in such areas as big data and linked data to bear on some fundamental beams of our information infrastructure: our great general classification schemes, such as Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification, and Library of Congress Classification. As instances of universal classificatory synthesis, these systems, in their rich history and active maintenance stand on the threshold of an intriguing, but as yet undefined future role in the twenty-first century. They could serve as exemplars and prototypes of future systems; they could be adapted into universal ontologies in their own right; they could exist in a dialogic and contrapuntal relationship with systems designed on different principles. Among the presentations scheduled for the workshop: Melissa Adler, ?The Library of Congress Classification as a Deleuzian diagram? Rebecca Green, ?Moving towards a topic-based DDC? Barbara Kwa?nik , ?Mapping interdependencies among knowledge domains? Richard Smiraglia, ?Extending the visualization of classification interaction with semantic associations? Joseph Tennis ?Intensional megacities: Toward mapping the semantics of linked classification schemes? Hur-Li Yi, ?Survey of automated classification based on classification schemes: A study of methodology? Please join us in Seattle for this exciting event. Regards, Grant Campbell Chair, SIG/CR -- ------------------- D. Grant Campbell Associate Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 5B7 519-661-2111 ext.88483 From gcampbel at uwo.ca Tue Sep 16 21:32:43 2014 From: gcampbel at uwo.ca (Grant Campbell) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:32:43 -0400 Subject: [sigCR] SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop: Full Program Available In-Reply-To: <71d0a2f6417b0.5418e49b@uwo.ca> References: <6ba0893144d22.5418e41f@uwo.ca> <72d0f157470c4.5418e45b@uwo.ca> <71d0a2f6417b0.5418e49b@uwo.ca> Message-ID: <71d0e232404c4.5418ac7b@uwo.ca> Apologies for cross-posting: Here is the full program for the SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop to be held on November 1, 2014 in Seattle, Washington, as part of the ASIST 2014 Annual Meeting. http://www.asis.org/asist2014/seminars_workshops_SIG_CR.html Apologies for inaccuracies in the previous posting! 25th Annual SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop Universal Classification in the 21st Century Saturday, November 1, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA 8:30 a.m. Coffee 8:45 a.m. Welcome 9:00 a.m. I: Universality and interoperability (chair: Jonathan Furner) Rick Szostak & Claudio Gnoli / 01-Universality is inescapable(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84941998/01-Universality%20is%20inescapable) Joseph Busch / 02-How have global classification systems (GCS) inspired content organization on the web?(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958291/02-How%20have%20global%20classification%20systems%20%28GCS%29%20inspired%20content%20organization%20on%20the%20web) Barbara Kwa?nik / 03-Mapping interdependencies among knowledge domains(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958387/03-Mapping%20interdependencies%20among%20knowledge%20domains) 10:30 a.m. Coffee 11:00 a.m. II: Linking and mapping (chair: Melissa Adler) Rebecca Green / 04-Moving towards a topic-based DDC(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958426/04-Moving%20towards%20a%20topic-based%20DDC) Richard Smiraglia / 05-Extending the visualization of classification interaction with semantic associations(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958453/05-Extending%20the%20visualization%20of%20classification%20interaction%20with%20semantic%20associations) Hyoungjoo Park & Margaret Kipp / 06-Evaluation of mappings from MARC to linked data(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958468/06-Evaluation%20of%20mappings%20from%20MARC%20to%20Linked%20Data) 12:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m. III: Metaphor and method (chair: Jonathan Furner) Grant Campbell / 07-Horological analogues in standard subject access systems(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958495/07-Horological%20analogues%20in%20standard%20subject%20access%20systems) Joseph Tennis / 08-Intensional megacities: Toward mapping the semantics of linked classification schemes(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958522/08-Intensional%20megacities%3A%20Toward%20mapping%20the%20semantics%20of%20linked%20classification%20schemes) Kwan Yi / 09-Survey of automated classification based on classification schemes: A study of methodology(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958573/09-Survey%20of%20automated%20classification%20based%20on%20classification%20schemes%3A%20A%20study%20of%20methodology) 3:00 p.m. Coffee 3:30 p.m. IV: Representation and power (chair: Grant Campbell) Melissa Adler / 11-The Library of Congress Classification as a Deleuzian diagram(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958738/11-The%20Library%20of%20Congress%20Classification%20as%20a%20Deleuzian%20diagram) Jeannette Glover / 13-United we classify, divided we fall(http://sigcr.pbworks.com/w/page/84958786/13-United%20we%20classify%2C%20divided%20we%20fall) 4:30 p.m. Wrap-up 5:00 p.m Close -- ------------------- D. Grant Campbell Associate Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 5B7 519-661-2111 ext.88483 From announce at dublincore.net Sat Sep 13 13:18:25 2014 From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 10:18:25 -0700 Subject: [sigCR] Training the Trainers for Linked Data (DC-2014 Full-day Workshop) Message-ID: ***Please excuse the cross-posting*** *Training the Trainers for Linked Data* *Full-day Post-Conference Workshop @ DC-2014* *Saturday, 11 October 2014 - 8:30-5:00* ============================== *LOCATION:* Austin, Texas, USA *VENUE: * AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center (http://www.meetattexas.com/) *WORKSHOP HOMEPAGE: * http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/train *CONFERENCE WEBSITE: * http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014 *REGISTRATION:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014 (*Saturday day-rate option available*) *HOTELS:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2014/schedConf/accommodation ============================== *Workshop Abstract: * Linked Data has gained momentum, and practitioners are eager to use its principles to derive more value from metadata. Available handbooks and training materials focus on an audience with a computer science background. However, people with a non-technical education find it hard to understand what Linked Data can mean for them. This full-day, hands-on workshop will provide an overview of methods and case studies from the handbook "Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums" (2014, ALA/Neal-Schuman). Using freely available tools and data, this workshop will teach you how to clean, reconcile, enrich, and publish your metadata. Participants will learn about concepts, methods, and tools that they can use on their own, or to teach others within their own institutions, to get more value from metadata. *Workshop Tutors:* *SETH VAN HOOLAND *is an Assistant Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he leads the Master in Information Science. After a career in the private sector for a digitization company, he obtained his PhD in information science at ULB in 2009. He recently taught a special course on linked data at the Information School of the University of Washington. He is also active as a consultant for both public and private organizations. *RUBEN VERBORGH* is a researcher in semantic hypermedia at Ghent University ? iMinds, Belgium, where he obtained his PhD in computer science in 2014. He explores the connection between semantic web technologies and the web's architectural properties, with the ultimate goal of building more intelligent clients. Along the way, he has become fascinated by linked data, REST/hypermedia, web APIs and related technologies. He is the co-author of a book on OpenRefine and several publications on web-related topics in international journals. *Workshop Agenda:* - 08:30: Coffee and welcome - 09:00: Introduction - data models and the role of RDF - 09:45: Data quality and cleaning - 10:45: Coffee break - 11:00: Hands-on cleaning (+ helping participants with install issues) - 12:00: Lunch - 1:00: Reconciliation - usage of RDF extension and LCSH endpoint - 2:00: Named-Entity Recognition - usage of NER extension - 3:00: Coffee break - 3:30: Sustainable publication - REST - 4:30 Discussion regarding learning outcomes *Registration:* You can register for the Workshop using the day-rate option to DC-2014 or join us for the full DC-2014 program at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014 . *Don't wait, register now!* The number of people that can participate in the Workshop is limited. This Workshop and the DC-2014 Conference cap the second week of the Austin City Limits Music Festival ( http://www.aclfestival.com/) and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce as the Conference dates approach. ------------- Stuart Sutton DCMI Managing Director From gcampbel at uwo.ca Tue Sep 23 10:46:57 2014 From: gcampbel at uwo.ca (Grant Campbell) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:46:57 -0400 Subject: [sigCR] Election of Chair-Elect In-Reply-To: <7320b1e6fb91.542187d3@uwo.ca> References: <73a0d2c691ee.54218664@uwo.ca> <72a091accc16.542186a1@uwo.ca> <7320e6bdfc57.542186dd@uwo.ca> <7280ae56a8ee.5421871a@uwo.ca> <72e0c7bdc7a9.54218757@uwo.ca> <72f0f775a479.54218794@uwo.ca> <7320b1e6fb91.542187d3@uwo.ca> Message-ID: <7320d237879c.54214fa1@uwo.ca> Dear SIG/CR Members: As you know, the management of SIG-CR changes annually at the ASIST meeting. I will be stepping down as Chair, and Jonathan Furner will assume the Chair position at the business meeting in November 2014. I'm pleased to announce that Dr. Melissa Adler has agreed to stand as the incoming Chair-Elect. For those few who haven't encountered her work so far, you can learn more about her here: https://ci.uky.edu/lis/user/107 If anyone else is interested in standing for this position, or is interested in nominating someone else, please send me an e-mail notification by September 25. There are other opportunities for those who wish to volunteer their time to SIG/CR: Secretary/Treasurer Communications Please let us know if you're interested in serving in either capacity. I hope to see many of you at the meeting in November. In the meantime, best wishes with the remains of September and the rest of the Fall term. Kind regards, Grant Campbell -- ------------------- D. Grant Campbell Associate Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 5B7 519-661-2111 ext.88483