From jmartin at nedcc.org Tue Jul 8 09:43:48 2014 From: jmartin at nedcc.org (Julie Martin) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 13:43:48 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Friday is the Deadline for Digital Directions, Portland, OR - July 21-23 - Join Us! Message-ID: <0FDFE2805DFBE2488C179AF8947DCEF978F50532@NEDCC-Ex2010.NEDCC.local> Registration deadline is this Friday, July 11 for: DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections July 21-23, 2014 Portland, OR Join participants from institutions large and small - from 30 states and Canada, for 2 ? days of instruction on basics and best practices for creating good digital objects, collections, and initiatives. Network with colleagues who have similar challenges, interact with faculty one-on-one, and visit one of America's greatest cities. 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URL: From asist.sigdl at gmail.com Sat Jul 12 15:25:57 2014 From: asist.sigdl at gmail.com (ASIS&T SIG DL) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:25:57 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] SIG DL's CfP Students and Recent Grads for ASIST 2014 Message-ID: *Dear SIG DL Community, please redistribute widely.* Call for Student and Recent Graduate Proposals Digital Liaisons: Building Communities and Empowering Culture through Digital Libraries *SUBMISSION DEADLINE*: Friday, September 19, 2014 *ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION*: Monday, September 29, 2014 The Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries ( http://www.asis.org/sig/sigdl) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is seeking proposals for an Undergraduate, Master's, and recently graduated professionals (having graduated May 2012 or later) research program at the ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting in Seattle on October 31 ? November 4, 2014. This session is intended to provide students and recent graduates with an opportunity to present their work during the main conference on areas of interest relevant to information and knowledge management. The session will also serve as a social meeting point to facilitate networking between students, faculty, and professionals. Note: Presenters do not have to attend the conference in order to qualify. To accommodate individuals who cannot attend the conference, we are accepting pre-made video presentations and mailed-in posters. All abstracts, presentation media, and posters will be published on the SIG DL website after the conference. Topics Poster and lightning talk presentation proposals should focus on innovative projects that explore digital libraries through topics concerning community and/or culture, in keeping with this year?s ASIS&T annual meeting theme. Proposals may include, but are not limited to, past research, case studies, and current projects on areas such as social network analysis, linked data, open access and new publishing models, crowd-sourcing, big data, digital humanities, citizen science, or other projects falling within the panel?s theme. (The list is meant to be illustrative, not prescriptive.) Who is Eligible? Submissions can be made as a single author or a group of authors, including collaborations between students or recent graduates from different institutions. Student chapters are particularly encouraged to submit a poster as a group. Authors do NOT need to be members of ASIS&T. However, they must pay for the conference registration fee and related expenses if attending in person. Students and recent graduates are encouraged to consult faculty and professional mentors but should not allow them to be a significant contributor to the content. All research is expected to be purely the students' or recent graduates' work and could include coursework, internship experiences, work-related experience, and independent interests, including theses or other capstone projects. Selection Criteria Up to 10 posters and 5 lightning talk proposals will be accepted for the panel session. Poster submissions must include an abstract of no less than 250 words and a one-page storyboard or mock-up of the poster. Lightning talk submissions must include a two-page paper using the ASIST short paper template available at https://www.asis.org/asist2014/AM14ProceedingsFormat.pdf. Students should indicate whether they will be present at the conference and which format they plan to present. Both posters and lightning talk proposals will be selected based on the following criteria: relevance of topics to the Digital Liaisons session and SIG DL mission, feasibility of presentation within a compressed format, and originality of research. Poster Format The posters will be displayed around the room for the entire session, including during the lightning talks. Students or recent graduates who are unable to attend the session will be allowed to mail in their poster ahead of time or have a colleague put it up for them. Lightning Talks Lightning talks will consist of 5-minute presentations with no more than 10 slides (optional). Presenters may, alternatively, submit a video of their talk. Presenters are encouraged to think creatively while maintaining formal language and respect for the audience. Guest Speakers Dr. Michael Eisenberg (Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Information School, University of Washington) will make the keynote remarks. and Dr. Karen Fisher (Professor at the Information School, University of Washington) will give plenary remarks. Awards The following awards will be given at the session. $300 for the best paper $150 for the best poster $100 for honorable mention paper $100 for honorable mention poster Submission and Deadline Authors are invited to submit proposals by filling out a form at http://tinyurl.com/k85n3ad anytime until 11:59 pm EST, September 19, 2014. Selections will be made by a panel of judges. If you have any questions, please email Holley Long at holley.long at colorado.edu *Link to CfP*: http://tinyurl.com/pyqmjsp *Link to Submission Form*: http://tinyurl.com/k85n3ad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From asist.sigdl at gmail.com Sat Jul 19 19:10:26 2014 From: asist.sigdl at gmail.com (ASIS&T SIG DL) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 17:10:26 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] SIG-DL seeking nominations for Deborah Barreau Memorial Award Message-ID: *ASIS&T SIG-DL Seeking Nominations for Deborah Barreau Memorial Award[image: DebBarreau_2.jpg]Release date: July 18, 2014The Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to Special Interest Group - Digital Libraries (SIG-DL) has been established in memory of Dr. Deborah Barreau, a leader in ASIS&T for many years including SIG-DL Cabinet Representative (2006), SIG-DL Chair (2008), Leadership Development Chair (2008), Board of Directors (2009-2011) and ASIS&T Executive Committee (2011). Dr. Barreau served as an advocate for SIG-DL and emerging leaders within the ASIS&T Community and she mentored many of the SIG-DL members to become active contributors within the ASIS&T community.Dr. Barreau was the Frances Carroll McColl Term Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?s School of Information and Library Science, where she taught for ten years. An influential researcher, her work on personal information management in particular has been widely cited both inside and outside the digital library field. She was a masterful teacher, winning the school?s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004 and in 2008, and the Outstanding Information Science Teacher International Award from the American Society for Information Science and Technology in 2002. Highly respected and regarded by her colleagues and students, she was known for her dedication, commitment and kindness; exceptional mentoring skills-offering time and advice at all hours; and for creating a classroom environment that encouraged creativity while helping her students understand how what they were learning was related to their own lives.The AwardThe Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award honors ASIS&T SIG-DL members who have made significant contributions to the Digital Libraries Special Interest Group through service, projects, research or professional development initiatives that enrich the SIG-DL community. The award is intended to encourage active engagement of SIG-DL members, recognizing outstanding service to the SIG. In addition to recognition of exceptional contributions to SIG-DL, awardees will also receive a modest monetary award which will be presented in a brief ceremony during the SIG-DL business meeting held at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.Eligibility & SelectionOnly ASIST SIG-DL members are eligible to be nominated. Current SIG-DL Executive Committee members are not eligible.Selection will be based on an evaluation of the breadth and depth of the contributions to SIG-DL. A panel of three SIG-DL Executive Committee members will select the recipient. Depending on the quality and diversity of the nominations, the award may not necessarily be granted every year. In that instance, the prize money shall be reserved until the following year.Important DatesApplication due date: September 1, 2014Award Notification date: October 1, 2014Nominations received after September 1 of each year will not be considered for that year's award; they will instead be rolled over for consideration the following year.Nomination ProcedureTo submit a nomination, e-mail SIG-DL Chair Kevin Comerford (kevco at unm.edu ) with the nomination materials. Self-nominations are not accepted. Nominations will not be considered until all materials have been received.Nominations will be comprised of the following elements: 1. The nominee's name, title, institution, phone and email address.2. The nominator?s name, title, institution, phone, email address and the nominator?s relationship with the candidate.3. A narrative (no longer than 1,000 words) outlining the activities which illustrate the outstanding contributions of the nominee to the Digital Libraries Special Interest Group.4. A brief biography of the nominee.5. A current resume of the nominee.Letters of support of the nominee are optional, but accepted.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From asist.sigdl at gmail.com Tue Jul 22 16:31:23 2014 From: asist.sigdl at gmail.com (ASIS&T SIG DL) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:31:23 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] ASIS&T SIG DL News, July 2014 Message-ID: The 2nd SIG-DL newsletter is out! Read the July 2014 issue here: http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=29601e2ac13057420cbdbc0ab&id=ce6efa9239&e=[UNIQID And subscribe here to get future newsletters delivered to you directly: http://asis.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=29601e2ac13057420cbdbc0ab&id=2ee04a610a&e=31581d15cf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From asist.sigdl at gmail.com Sat Jul 26 14:56:22 2014 From: asist.sigdl at gmail.com (ASIS&T SIG DL) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:56:22 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] SIG DL's Recent Doings & Upcoming Events! Message-ID: *1.* The 2nd *SIG DL Newsletter* is out: http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=29601e2ac13057420cbdbc0ab&id=ce6efa9239&e=%5bUNIQID *2.* Nominate someone for the SIG DL Deborah Barreau Award by September 1st: http://www.asis.org/SIG/sigdl/asist-sig-dl-seeking-nominations-for-deborah-barreau-memorial-award/ *3.* Call for Proposals for Undergraduate, Master's, and recently graduated professionals for SIG DL's 4th annual "Digital Liaisons" panel at the 2014 ASIS&T conference: http://tinyurl.com/pyqmjsp *4.* Call for candidates to run for 2014-2015 SIG DL officer positions. This will be posted in a few weeks and is a great opportunity to help SIG DL on the executive level. 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