[Sigdl-l] FW: Invitation to SIG-DL Annual Meeting Activities

[Ali Shiri]

>
>From: Ruiz, Miguel
>Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:00 PM
>To: 'sigdl-l at asis.org'; asis-l at asis.org
>Subject: Invitation to SIG-DL Annual Meeting Activities
>
>Dear SIG-Dl and ASIS&T members,
>
>On behalf of the  current officers of 
>the  Special Interest Group in Digital Libraries 
>(SIG-DL) I would like to invite you to the 
>activities that our group has organized for the 
>ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2008. We have sponsored 
>one seminar and 7 panels that cover diverse 
>areas related to digital libraries. We would 
>also like to encourage your participation in the 
>election of next year’s officers and be part of 
>the our planning meeting and Dutch treat dinner.
>
>Planning meeting: Tuesday October 28th from 5:00 
>– 6:30 pm in Room A State Conference Room.
>Agenda:
>1.       Report of current officers.
>2.       Election of New officers : We encourage 
>all members of SIG-DL to actively participate in 
>the governance of our group. If you are 
>considering to run for an officer position 
>please send Miguel Ruiz (incoming Chair 
>meruiz at unt.edu) or just come to the planning meeting and make a nomination.
>3.       Discussing the adoption of new logo for SIG-DL
>4.       Planning of activities for 2009 Annual meeting
>5.       Other announcements
>
>Dutch Treat Dinner: Tuesday October 28th at 6:30 pm. (Place TBD)
>
>2008 Annual Meeting Events:
>    * Saturday October 25th:
>        * 
> Seminar: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/SIGSI.html>The 
> 4th Social Informatics SIG Research Symposium: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/SIGSI.html>People, 
> Information and Technology: The Social Analysis 
> of Computing (SIGs SI, USE, DL, CRIT) 8:30 - 12:30
>    * Monday October 27th:
>        * Panel: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/papers/50.html>Retrieving 
> and Using Visual Resources: Challenges and 
> Opportunities for Research and Education (VIS, ED, DL, and USE) 10:30-11:00
>        * Panel: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/papers/53.html>The 
> Libraries of Second Life: How MUVE Could Shape 
> the Future of Digital Libraries (DL, LT)3:30-5:00 pm
>    * Tuesday October 28th:
>        * Panel: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/papers/23.html>E-Valuating 
> E-Reference: Transforming Digital Reference 
> through Research and Evaluation (DL, USE) 8:30-10:00 am
>        * Panel: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/papers/25.html>Understanding 
> Visual Search Tools through Users’ Reactions 
> (CR, DL, ED, HCI, III, USE, VIS) 10:30-11:00 am
>    * Wednesday October 29th:
>        * Panel: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/papers/43.html>Adoption 
> and Evaluation Issues of Automatic and Computer 
> Aided Indexing Systems (DL, MED) 1:30-3:00 pm
>        * Panel: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/papers/49.html>Enabling 
> Multilingual Access in Digital Libraries (DL, III) 3:30-5:00 pm.
>        * Panel: 
> <http://www.asist.org/Conferences/AM08/papers/46.html>Knowledge 
> Sharing and Management in Open Access 
> e-Resources & Communities (KM, DL) 3:30 - 5:00 pm
>
>I hope that we can count on your participation 
>in these events and in the planning of next year’s activities.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>Miguel E. Ruiz
>Chair-elect of SIG-DL
>
>
>======================
>
>Miguel E. Ruiz, PhD.
>Associate Professor
>College of Information, Library Science, and Technologies
>Department of Library and Information Sciences
>University of North Texas
>1155 Union Circle 311068
>Denton, Texas 76203-1068
>Phone: 940-369-8094
>Fax: 940-565-8652
>

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Ali Shiri, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Alberta
3-09 Rutherford South
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2J4

Phone: (780) 492-5315
Fax: (780) 492-2430
Email: ashiri at ualberta.ca
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