From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:09:31 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:09:31 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: An open letter to the web design community: Why should I redesign my site with Cascading Style Sheets? http://www.actsofvolition.com/index.cfm?section=board&id=521 Tables or CSS: Choosing a layout http://evolt.org/article/Tables_or_CSS_Choosing_a_layout/25/21429/index.html COLLECTIONS OF CSS LAYOUTS AND SITES USING CSS FOR LAYOUT The Layout Reservoir http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/ CSS Layout Techniques http://www.glish.com/css/ Little Boxes http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html Web Nouveau tableless sites list http://webnouveau.net/ From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:09:31 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:09:31 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Members of ISKO, students and unemployed: 70 Eurus. =20 =20 Information: =20 Jos=E9 Antonio Fr=EDas =20 Tlf. 34 923 294 580, ext. 3063 =20 Fax. 34 923 294 582 =20 E-mail: frias at usal.es =20 http://www.ugr.es/~isko =20 =20 =20 Postal address: =20 Universidad de Salamanca =20 Departamento de Biblioteconom=EDa y Documentaci=F3n =20 Francisco Vitoria, 6-16 =20 37008 Salamanca=20 Spain=20 =20 ############################################# Jos=E9 Antonio Fr=EDas Universidad de Salamanca Departamento de Biblioteconom=EDa y Documentaci=F3n Francisco Vitoria, 6-16 E-37008 Salamanca Tlf. 34-923 294 580 Fax 34-923 294 582 M=F3vil 678 730 536 C.e.: frias at usal.es ############################################# ------=_NextPart_000_017A_01C252E6.D01B4900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

4th = INTERNATIONAL=20 COLLOQUIUM ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

 

6th = CONFERENCE OF THE=20 ISKO SPANISH CHAPTER

 

Salamanca, = 5-7 May=20 2003

 

 

 

        =20 The goal of this IV International Colloquium on Library and = Information=20 Science and VI Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter it is to think = about the=20 research trends and methodologies in knowledge organization (KO), their=20 paradigmatic and epistemological aspects, the ethical and social = conditions and=20 the diffusion of the results of the research. 

 

 

 

CALLS FOR=20 PAPERS  =

 

 

        =20 Under the motto "Trends of knowledge organization research", the = VI=20 Conference of the ISKO (International Society for Knowledge = Organization)=20 Spanish Chapter and IV International Colloquium on Library and = Information=20 Science invites all interested people to participate actively with oral=20 papers.

 

        =20 The program of the Conference will include speechs, papers and = round=20 tables, framed in the following scientific = sections:

 

1. Trends=20 of knowledge representation research. =20

2. Trends=20 in the research oriented to the improvement of user's interface. 

3. Trends=20 of research in information retrieval systems.

4.=20 Epistemological foundations of the knowledge organization (KO) = research. 

5. The=20 linguistic paradigm in KO research. =20

6. The=20 cognitive paradigm in KO research. =20

7. The=20 physical paradigm in KO research. =20

8.=20 Methodologies, methods and techniques of =20 data collection and analysis in KO research. =

9. The=20 investigation oriented to the making decisions in KO. 

10. KO=20 research environment. =20

11. The KO=20 in the digital environment.

12.=20 Ethical, social and sociological aspects of the KO research. 

13.=20 Scientific communication and diffusion of the KO research. 

 

Proposals=20 of papers

 

        =20 People interested in presenting a papers in the VI Conference of=20 ISKO-Spain they will prepare a complete text that will be subjected to = revision,=20 for their later publication by the University of=20 Salamanca.

 

        =20 The proposals of papers will be evaluated by the Scientific = Committee of=20 the Conference that it will decide on their admission in function of the = adaptation, relevance, quality, originality and clarity of the = works. 

 

 

Important=20 dates:  =

 

15=20 September 2002: Limit date for the sending of abstracts of the = communications=20 to:  =

           &nbs= p;      =20        =20 frias at usal.es =20

 

15 October=20 2002: Notification to the authors of the provisional acceptance and = application=20 of the complete text of the communications. 

 

17 November=20 2002: Limit date for the presentation of the complete text of the=20 communications. This version is considered pre-definitive and it is the = one that=20 will be subjected to evaluation.  =

 

15 December=20 2002: Remission to the authors of the comments of the Scientific = Committee on=20 the sent texts. =20

 

14 January=20 2003: Limit date so that the authors send the definitive version in = which they=20 will keep in mind the proposals of improvement of the Scientific = Committee. 

 

 

Guidelines 

 

        =20 The abstracts. (of 500 to 1000 extension words) they will include = a=20 headline with the title of the communication, and the name and full = address=20 (postal address, telephone, fax and electronic mail) of all the authors, = with=20 indication of who he/she will carry out the oral presentation. Insofar = as=20 possible, they should include the objectives, the methodology and the = results.=20 The sending is recommended by electronic mail in Word or RTF (indicating = ISKO in=20 the field of the subject) to the following address: frias at usal.es. 

 

        =20 The language of the conference will be the Spanish although = they=20 will be been able to admit papers in languages different to the = Spanish.=20 English-Spanish interpretation service will exist during the celebration = of the=20 conference.  =

 

        =20 All the accepted papers will be exposed in the Conference, for = what at=20 least one of the authors will be inscribed in enough advance. The = maximum time=20 of explanation of the papers will be of 15 minutes. 

 

        =20 The norms for the presentation of the accepted papers will be = send to the=20 authors when they are communicated the decision of the Scientific=20 Committee.  =

 

 

Advance of=20 program (provisional) =20

 

 

Monday 5=20 May:  =

 

9-9,30 h.:=20 Registration and documentation pick up. =20

9,30-10 h.:=20 Conference opening addresses

10-11,30=20 h.: Speech  =

11,30-12=20 h.: Coffe-break. =20

12-14 h.:=20 Papers (2 parallel sessions). =20

16-17,30=20 h.: Speech.  =

17,30-18=20 h.: Coffe-break. =20

18-20 h.:=20 Round Table: "The harmonization of the subject access in a multing=FCe = state=20 " 

20 h.:=20 Visit to the city of Salamanca.

 

Tuesday 6=20 May:  =

 

10-11,30=20 h.: Speech.  =

11,30-12=20 h.: Coffe-break

12-14 h.:=20 Papers (2 parallel sessions)

16-17,30=20 h.: Speech.  =

17,30-18=20 h.: Coffe-break

18-20 h.: I=20 Meeting of University Professors of Knowledge Organization. 

20 h.:=20 ISKO-Spain General Assembly. =20

22 h.:=20 Dinner offered to the assistants to the Conference. 

 

 

Wednesday 7=20 May:  =

 

10-11,30=20 h.: Speech.  =

11,30-12=20 h.: Coffe-break. =20

12-14 h.:=20 Papers (2 parallel sessions)

16-17,30=20 h.: Speech  =

17,30-18=20 h.: Coffe-break =20

18-20 h.:=20 Homage to the Dra. Emilia Curr=E1s. =20

20 h.:=20 Conference closure. =20

 

 

Conference=20 venue

University=20 of Salamanca

Facultad = de=20 Traducci=F3n y Documentaci=F3n =20

Francisco=20 Vitoria, 6-16 =20

37008=20 Salamanca

Spain

 

 

Registration 

http://www.usal.es/precurext 

150=20 vacancies

Inscription=20 fees:  =

Until to=20 15th of February, 2003: Ordinary fee: 90 Eurus. 

Members of=20 ISKO, students and unemployed: 60 Eurus. =20

From=20 February, 15 , 2003: Ordinary fee: 120 Eurus. 

Members of=20 ISKO, students and unemployed: 70 Eurus. =20

 

Information: 

Jos=E9=20 Antonio Fr=EDas =20

Tlf. 34=20 923 294 580, ext. 3063 =20

Fax. 34 923=20 294 582  =

E-mail:=20 frias at usal.es =20

http://www.ugr.es/~isko 

 

 

Postal=20 address:  =

Universidad de=20 Salamanca  =

Departamento de=20 Biblioteconom=EDa y Documentaci=F3n =20

Francisco = Vitoria,=20 6-16  =

37008=20 Salamanca

Spain 

 

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Jos=E9 Antonio = Fr=EDas
Universidad de Salamanca
Departamento de Biblioteconom=EDa = y=20 Documentaci=F3n
Francisco Vitoria, 6-16
E-37008 Salamanca
Tlf. = 34-923 294=20 580
Fax 34-923 294 582
M=F3vil 678 730 536
C.e.: frias at usal.es
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------=_NextPart_000_017A_01C252E6.D01B4900-- From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:09:31 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:09:31 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Broadband and Wireless Reshape Digital Libraries for Learning and Research. Vicki L. Gregory, University of South Florida, SLIS, CIS 1040, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa FL 33620. Gregory at luna.cas.usf.edu Diane Austin, University of South Florida, SLIS, CIS 1040, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa FL 33620. University of South Florida. austind at chuma1.cas.usf.edu Richard Austin, Florida State University, 501 Blairstone Road Apt 4301, Tallahassee, FL 32301 rjaustin at comcast.net Tom Terrell, University of South Florida University of South Florida, SLIS, CIS 1040, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa FL 33620. tterrell at chuma1.cas.usf.edu Learning objects are among the latest types of materials to be included in digital libraries. These are small portions of lesson material designed to be used in multiple configurations for multiple instructional applications, ranging from distance learning to interactive simulation. As broadband and wireless technologies change the expectations and performance patterns of the user, learning objects change the nature of content and the way that it must be managed. The size and diversity of digital collections affect the options through which these materials can be accessed. Many libraries are offering wireless access to their networks and many individuals are accessing digital libraries off-site using broadband technologies. Each of these trends affects decisions made for collection development, portal design and network design, and those decisions dictate specific technological requirements for access. This panel session highlights management and infrastructure issues of digital libraries as they relate to learning objects, broadband and wireless technologies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Session 199 TITLE Digital Library Cooperatives: Issues and Updates AUTHORS Bill Edgar, University of Arizona, Moderator ABSTRACT There are many approaches to the word "cooperate" when applied to digital libraries. With funding resources and programs such as DLI and DLI2 coordinating federal and state resources, cooperative projects for digital libraries and digital library cooperatives have grown at a record pace in the last five years. This panel discussion will bring attendees up to date on research, practice and projects in digital library cooperatives. Moderator: Bill Edgar, University of Arizona Thanks- Tom Dr. Thomas F. Terrell Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science University of South Florida (813) 974-3521 voice (813) 974-6840 fax tterrell at chuma1.cas.usf.edu http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/faculty/terre.html From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:09:31 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:09:31 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3A9E2.598928D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

***Hearty apologies for multiple = postings***



Call for Papers
Journal of Digital Information announces a Special Issue on
Social Aspects of Digital Information in Perspective

Special issue Editors:
Roberta Lamb (lamb at cba.hawaii.edu) and Susan Johnson = (
susanj at hawaii.edu)
University of Hawaii, Manoa

Submission deadline:
27 November = 2003
Publication: May 2004

This call solicits research papers on historically grounded = perspectives
of Social Informatics. This line of inquiry extends one research = stream
of the late Rob Kling, a pioneer in Social Informatics studies who
strived for  over 30 years to make social issues central to = discussions
about computing and information systems.

For this issue, we are particularly interested in empirical = examinations
of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) that = carefully
depict and theorize about the cumulative influences of local = histories
on ICT use, with emphasis on the everyday aspects of living with = digital
information in the home, in the workplace, in research labs, in = public
places, and other social settings. We also welcome theoretically
balanced examinations of utopian/dystopian projections about = every-day
Information Society futures; as well as critical examinations of the
impact of past analyses of this kind.

This call encourages presentations of an Information Society as an
ongoing dynamic process, rather than as a static endpoint of some = series
of events. It also continues the JoDI tradition of exploring the new =
formats made available by the Web, while providing a context that is
institutionally compatible with the conditions of academic authorship. =
In addition to traditional full length papers, we are soliciting
accompanying Web pages that, on acceptance after peer review, will
extend the paper with commentaries or more in-depth analyses of the
issues raised in the papers. Within this emergent context,
research-in-progress papers may be particularly well-accommodated, = and
therefore appropriate.

For more details about the types of papers that would be appropriate, =
indicative topics and the submission procedure, see the full call
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/calls/social.html

All submissions will be subject to peer review. Publication will = take
place after the accepted papers and Web pages have been integrated
into a hypertext Social Informatics issue by the editors.

The Journal of Digital Information is an electronic journal = published
Only via the Web. JoDI is currently free to all users thanks to support =
From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:09:31 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:09:31 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID:

------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3A9E2.598928D0-- From rhill at asis.org Thu Dec 8 15:59:09 2011 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:59:09 -0500 Subject: [Sigdl-l] FW: JCDL 2012 Call for Participation Message-ID: <201112082059.pB8KxFFu006010@mail.asis.org> [Forwarded. Dick Hill] CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 12th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2012) June 10-14, 2012 Washington, DC, USA Hosted by The George Washington University and The Library of Congress http://www.jcdl2012.info CALL FOR PAPERS The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, organizational, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term digital libraries, including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions and organizations; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, distributing, and accessing digital content; theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing; and theory and practice of use of managed content in science and education. IMPORTANT DATES * Full Papers due January 23, 2012 * Short Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos, Workshops, Tutorials due January 30, 2012 * Notification of acceptance for Workshops and Tutorials: March 1, 2012 * Notification of acceptance for Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos: March 21, 2012 * Doctoral Consortium Abstract submissions due March 31, 2012 CONFERENCE FOCUS The theme for JCDL 2012 is #sharing #linking #using #preserving. Digital libraries, under a variety of names and modalities, are often part of the every day web experience. The challenge is how digital libraries can enhance user experience through providing stability in changing information environment, breaking down information silos, integrating into accepted practices of the web, and providing a range of access and services to resources across the web, both to human and machine users. The intended community for this conference includes those interested in all aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; scientific data management; workflows; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. JCDL welcomes submissions in these areas, and submissions associated with the JCDL 2012 theme of social media influenced themes of linking, sharing, usage, and preservation are particularly welcome. The conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will cover all these aspects. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of established and emerging disciplines and professions including computer science, information science, web science, data science, librarianship, data management, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, information technology, medicine, social sciences, education and humanities. Representatives from academe, government, industry, and others are invited to participate. JCDL 2012 will be held in Washington, DC on the campus of The George Washington University. The program is organized by an international committee of scholars and leaders in the digital libraries field and attendance is expected to include several hundreds of researchers, practitioners, managers, and students. JCDL 2012 invites submissions of papers and proposals for posters, demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops that will make the conference an exciting and creative event to attend. As always, the conference welcomes contributions from all the fields that intersect to enable digital libraries. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Collaborative and participatory information environments * Cyberinfrastructure architectures, applications, and deployments * Data mining/extraction of structure from networked information * Digital library and Web Science curriculum development * Distributed information systems * Extracting semantics, entities, and patterns from large collections * Evaluation of online information environments * Impact and evaluation of digital libraries and information in education * Information and knowledge systems * Information policy and copyright law * Information visualization * Interfaces to information for novices and experts * Linked data and its applications * Personal digital information management * Retrieval and browsing * Scientific data curation, citation and scholarly publication * Social media, architecture, and applications * Social networks, virtual organizations and networked information * Social-technical perspectives of digital information * Studies of human factors in networked information * Theoretical models of information interaction and organization * User behavior and modeling * Visualization of large-scale information environments * Web archiving and preservation IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS All contributions must be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, following ACM format guidelines and template available from http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Please submit all papers in PDF format. PAPER SUBMISSIONS Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full papers and short papers. Both formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Both formats will be rigorously peer reviewed. Complete papers are required-abstracts and incomplete papers will not be reviewed. Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an important milestone. Short papers will highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made aware of. Short papers can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space. Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions. The material must therefore not have been previously published or be under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the ACM formatting guidelines, http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Papers are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012 All accepted papers will be published by ACM as conference proceedings and electronic versions will be included in both the ACM and IEEE digital libraries. POSTER & DEMOSTRATION SUBMISSIONS Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of posters will appear in the proceedings. Demonstrations showcase innovative digital libraries technology and applications, allowing you to share your work directly with your colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. PANELS & INVITED BRIEFINGS Panels will complement the refereed portions of the program with lively discussions of controversial and cutting-edge issues that are not addressed by other program elements. Invited briefings will explain a topic of interest to those building digital libraries-they can be thought of as being mini-tutorials. We are not soliciting formal proposals for panels or invited briefings, but if you have an idea for one that you'd like to hear, please send email directly to the panels/briefings chairs, Noha Adly, adly at bibalex.org, and Haowei Hsieh, haowei-hsieh at uiowa.edu. TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS Tutorials provide an opportunity to offer in-depth education on a topic or solution relevant to research or practice in digital libraries. They should address a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. They are not intended to be venues for commercial product training. Experts who are interested in engaging members of the community who may not be familiar with a relevant set of technologies or concepts should plan their tutorials to cover the topic or solution to a level that attendees will have sufficient knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the tutorial. Leaders of tutorial sessions will be expected to take an active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s). Tutorial proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest-both those in established communities, and also those interested in discussion and exploration of a new or emerging issue. They can range in format from formal, perhaps centering on presentation of refereed papers, to informal, perhaps centering on an extended roundtable discussions among the selected participants. Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience and expected number of attendees; a description of the planned format and duration (half-day, full-day, or one-and-a-half day); information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided-dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for PhD students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on using the research environment in a constructive and international atmosphere. Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract describing their digital library research. Submissions relating to any aspect of digital library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education. Doctoral Consortium proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. ********************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/sigdl-l/attachments/20111208/1d49ca94/attachment-0001.html From f_oguz at uncg.edu Tue Dec 13 11:36:17 2011 From: f_oguz at uncg.edu (Fatih Oguz) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:36:17 -0500 Subject: [Sigdl-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Membership Award - Call for Nominations Message-ID: *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2012 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive). We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award. Please include a Curriculum Vitae and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2011. All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: - sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues - promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues - serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science -having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations - sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership, with your help. Please start thinking about candidates among your networks and send your nominations of deserving candidates to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa at albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis (dpotnis at utk.edu) or Fatih Oguz (f_oguz at uncg.edu). Deadline for all nominations is December 23, 2011. Thank you and best wishes for the upcoming months and we hope to see you in Baltimore, Maryland in October to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ASIS&T! Abebe Rorissa Devendra Potnis Fatih Oguz InfoShare Program SIG-III ASIS&T InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland: October 26-31, 2012): http://www.asis.org/conferences.html (conferences page) From adami at dei.unipd.it Tue Dec 13 11:50:24 2011 From: adami at dei.unipd.it (Laura Adami) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:50:24 +0100 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Call for two post-doc researcher positions at the University of Padua (hard deadline 28 December 2011) In-Reply-To: <4EE78182.3070609@dei.unipd.it> References: <4EE78182.3070609@dei.unipd.it> Message-ID: <4EE78250.80707@dei.unipd.it> The Information Management Systems (IMS) Research Group (http://ims.dei.unipd.it/) at the Department of Information Engineering (http://www.dei.unipd.it/wdyn/index.php?lingua=en) of the University of Padua (http://www.unipd.it/index_en.htm), Italy, invites applications for two 18 months post-doctoral researcher positions in the experimental evaluation of information systems. The positions are both partially tied to the PROMISE (Participative Research labOratory for Multimedia and Multimedia Information Systems Evaluation) Network of Excellence (http://www.promise-noe.eu/) co-financed by the European Commission. The work of the post-doc researchers will be supervised by Dr. Nicola Ferro (Coordinator of the PROMISE Network of Excellence, http://ims.dei.unipd.it/websites/archive/ims2009/members/ferro/). Position 1: *Design and Development of Component-based Evaluation Methodologies for Multilingual and Multimodal Information Access Systems* http://www.dei.unipd.it/wdyn/?IDsezione=7316 The research activities concern the study and development, in the context of the PROMISE project, of innovative methodologies to carry out a component-based evaluation of multilingual and multimodal information access systems in order to assess the contribution of each component to the overall performances. Position 2: *Design and Development of Knowledge Management and Semantic Tools for Information Retrieval Experimental Evaluation* http://www.dei.unipd.it/wdyn/?IDsezione=7317 The research activities concern the study and development, in the context of the PROMISE project, of innovative tools for knowledge management and semantics in order to describe the scientific data produces by experimental evaluation of information retrieval systems and to make the accessible and re-usable. The researcher will join an energetic and highly collaborative team of computer scientists. Tasks will include developing new algorithms and architectures; their prototyping and analysis; and, scientific publishing of the results. About the University and the City ========================== Probably best known as the city of Saint Anthony or as the economic capital of Veneto, Padova (Padua) is also one of the most important art cities in Italy. It is a pleasant historical city, home to one of the oldest (dating back to 1222) and most prestigious Universities in Europe. Little more than 400 years ago, Galileo came here as a Professor of Mathematics to spend, in his own words, "the 18 best years of my entire life." Bologna, Verona, Florence, Milan, Rome and Turin are all conveniently reachable by train. Padova is known also for hosting the oldest botanical garden of Europe. The most important monuments of the town were realized between the 13th century and the 15th century, the most extraordinary economic and cultural period, which left an indelible mark on the town: the medieval city walls, the great civil and religious buildings, and the University. About the Positions: =============== The official hiring procedure will be conducted at a Department level and the candidate's competencies will be evaluated by a commission nominated by the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padua. The positions offer: * A full-time appointment for a period of 18 months, starting by February 2012 (however other start times could be considered); * Euro 21,304 (twenty-one thousand three hundred and four) gross salary per year; * a comfortable and functional work station at the Department of Information Engineering; * free access to laboratories, libraries and facilities of the University of Padua. Requirements =========== * Ph.D. in computer science, or related fields and two years of experience after the PhD; * experience with database systems and/or information retrieval systems; * fluent in Java and Web-Programming; * have a good command of oral and written English (some knowledge of Italian is desirable, but not required); * good analytical, technical, and problem solving skills; * good teamwork and organizational skills. The following competencies are considered a plus: * Web Services design and development: e.g. REpresentational State Transfer (REST), JavaScript, Asyncronous JavaScript with XML (AJAX), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). * Metadata schemes, generation and systems. * XML and related technologies: e.g. XPath, XQuery, XML Schema, and XSLT. Application details: =============== Applications must be sent /strictly following/ /the instructions/ reported in the two links below: * Position 1: *Design and Development of Component-based Evaluation Methodologies for Multilingual and Multimodal Information Access Systems http://www.dei.unipd.it/wdyn/?IDsezione=7316* * Position 2: *Design and Development of Knowledge Management and Semantic Tools for Information Retrieval Experimental Evaluation http://www.dei.unipd.it/wdyn/?IDsezione=7317* The *HARD DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF THE SUBMISSIONS IS 28 DECEMBER 2011*. For more information contact Laura Adami (adami at dei.unipd.it ). Please note that the applications must be submitted to the address indicated in the instructions and not to Laura Adami. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/sigdl-l/attachments/20111213/5237728c/attachment-0001.html From tinajayroe at gmail.com Tue Dec 13 18:25:11 2011 From: tinajayroe at gmail.com (Tina Jayroe) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:11 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Position Vacancy: Systems Librarian ANDERSEN LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER Message-ID: ANDERSEN LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Position Vacancy: Systems Librarian Academic Staff, Annual Renewable Appointment Full-time, 12-month appointment Starting Date: Immediate Position Summary This position provides leadership, vision, and expertise related to library systems, technologies, software, and hardware that increase and enhance access to academic resources at UW-Whitewater. The individual in this position identifies, evaluates, coordinates, and teaches the use of technologies to library staff. S/he resolves problems, proposes new and better ways of using technology and, by collaborating with and by offering substantive training to library staff, thereby empowers them in performing their own functions. The individual represents the Library in technology issues on campus and within the UW System. This position also performs other duties as assigned. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Serve as the Library?s Systems/Technology Coordinator as detailed below: 1. Manage, plan, and administer the integrated library system. Includes liaison work with library staff, remote server administrators, integrated library system vendor; deployment and support for associated hardware and desktop client software for library staff. 2. Advise and consult with library staff to maximize effective use of technology; provide regular and on-demand training; seek to make library staff independent and proficient users of technology. 3. Create reports and extract management data from library software as needed by library staff; assist colleagues in designing and running reports for their own needs; provide statistical reports as requested. 4. Collaborate with colleagues in investigating, evaluating, recommending, and implementing technologies to improve service and optimize the information technology resources. 5. Understand the functional, operational, and service needs of the Library in order to develop gateways between the Library?s online resources and locally developed or third party application. 6. Be responsible for installing and maintaining library software, including communication with software vendors. 7. Develop training and documentation to share with library staff. 8. Create new applications and adapt existing systems to meet Library needs. 9. Serve as the primary liaison to campus technology service units, UW System library committees, and participate in statewide discussions and decisions impacting the UW System libraries. 10. Maintain a working knowledge of metadata schemes appropriate for digital information. 11. Manage and support, in collaboration with library and/or campus technology units, the Library?s population of desktop, laptop, and handheld computing devices and related technologies, including all staff computers, public computers, and printers. 12. Serve on library committees, task forces, UW System, and professional committees as elected or appointed. 13. Work with campus colleagues on issues related to development of an institutional digital repository. 14. Perform administrative duties, such as automation budget oversight and student supervision. 15. Perform other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent; understanding of library data encoding standards (e.g. MARC21, AACR2, RDA etc.,); relevant professional experience in management and maintenance or integrated library system; experience with technical support for library electronic information resources; successful participation in web and systems projects; knowledge of scripting languages necessary to Voyager & other library software (e.g. PHP, SQL, Java, C/C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.); experience with relational database queries and presentations in UNIX and Windows environments; knowledge of library web design and scripting languages; ability to troubleshoot hardware and software problems; commitment to professional development; excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the commitment to work as part of a team; demonstrated success in working with diverse populations; commitment to public service; desire and ability to instruct others in new technologies; interest in empowering colleagues with technology. Preferred Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Training or degree in computer/information technology; academic library experience; successful experience teaching colleagues; understanding of technological trends and developments relevant to academic libraries and information delivery on a university campus; experience with ExLibris Voyager integrated library system, SFX, MetaLib, ILLiad, and OCLC; familiarity with remote patron authentication (EZProxy). Salary is commensurate with candidate?s qualifications and experience. Minimum salary $40, 526. For a description of the Library and the University, please visit our web site: http://library.uww.edu/ Applications: Send letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least 3 references to: Systems Search and Screen Committee, c/o Anne Kimball, Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater, P. O. Box 900, Whitewater, WI 53190-0900. Complete applications received by January 20, 2012 are ensured consideration; applications can be considered until the position is filled. The University of Wisconsin is an EEO/AA employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. UW-Whitewater conducts criminal background checks as a contingency to employment. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/sigdl-l/attachments/20111213/1ab75b69/attachment-0001.html