From vdressle at kent.edu Thu Oct 1 10:07:06 2015 From: vdressle at kent.edu (DRESSLER, Virginia) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:07:06 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Last announcement for the Deborah Barreau Award- Applications due today! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello SIG-DL- This is the final announcement for the 2015 Deborah Barreau Award. The 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. Applications are due October 1st, 2015 (Today!). More information can be found here: http://www.asis.org/SIG/sigdl/asist-sig-dl-seeking-nominations-for-deborah-barreau-memorial-award-2/ [http://www.asis.org/SIG/sigdl/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1.jpg] ASIS&T SIG-DL Seeking Nominations for Deborah Barreau ... Release date: August 21, 2015. The Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to Special Interest Group - Digital Libraries (SIG-DL) has been ... Read more... --Virginia -- Virginia Dressler, MA, MLIS Digital Projects Librarian Kent State University Kent, Ohio (330) 672-1465 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at udcc.org Fri Oct 9 09:05:41 2015 From: info at udcc.org (Aida Slavic (UDC editor)) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:05:41 +0100 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Invitation: Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery - 29-30 October, Lisbon In-Reply-To: <5617A195.4040102@udcc.org> References: <5617A195.4040102@udcc.org> Message-ID: <5617BBA5.4030100@udcc.org> [apologies for cross-posting] === Registration closes on 20 October === The International UDC Seminar entitled "Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery" will take place in The National Library of Portugal in Lisbon, on 29-30 October 2015. Conference website: http://seminar.udcc.org/2015 Contact: seminar2015 at udcc.org Linked data practices and techniques have opened new possibilities in exploiting controlled vocabularies and improving resource discovery. Authority data held in library systems often includes classification schemes. These knowledge structures now have the potential for being shared across the linked data environment. The objective of this conference is to explore such potential, expanding the value and use of classification as an authority controlled vocabulary, from a local perspective to the global environment. Speakers include Michael Buckland, Barbara Tillett, Dagobert Soergel, Rebecca Green, Maja ?umer & Marcia Zeng, Nuno Freire, Maria In?s Cordeiro, Andrea Scharnhorst & Richard Smiraglia, Wolfram Sperber, Koraljka Golub, Claudio Gnoli, Marie Balikova, Victoria Francu. Proceedings are published by Ergon Verlag. To learn more about conference programme and to register go to the conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2015 Venue: National Library of Portugal, Campo Grande 83, Lisbon Organizer: UDC Consortium === ______________________ * International UDC Seminar 2015: Classification and Authority Control - http://seminar.udcc.org/2015/ * UDC Online Hub (6 languages): http://www.udc-hub.com/index.php * UDC Summary (over 50 languages): http://www.udcsummary.info/php/index.php The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ From rhill at asis.org Thu Oct 15 14:16:20 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:16:20 -0400 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Extended Hotel & Regustration Deadlines for ASIS&T 2015 AM Message-ID: <388-220151041518162042@LEN-dick-2011> St. Louis Hyatt and ASIS&T are extending the cut off dates for discounts until OCTOBER 23. Rooms were tight and people were having problems. But rooms blocked for the potential World Series games have opened up so we are able to make this effort to help you save. _____ 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology -- Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community November 6-10, 2015 - Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch - St. Louis, Missouri Program and Registration at: https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/ The 2015 ASIS&T conference theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ?including academics and practitioner? to discuss the impact of their research on industry, on government, on local/national/global community groups, on individuals, on information systems, on cultural institutions, and on other practice contexts. The theme highlights the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. 8 Preconference Workshops 40 Contributed Papers 18 Panel Discussions Plenary sessions: Aaron Doering -Building Community Online: Connecting People, Places, and Ideas through Innovative Design- Doering is associate professor in the LT Media Lab at the University of Minnesota, currently holds the Bonnie Westby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education and Technology. His research involves the design, development and evaluation of online and mobile teaching environments; technology integration in K-12 settings; and the innovative use of technology to support teaching and learning. Sarah Morton -Creating Impact: Issues, Challenges and Solutions- Morton works at the intersection of social research, policy and practice in a range of leadership roles. She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also within the University of Edinburgh, Sarah is the knowledge exchange specialist for the Centre for Community and Public Health Sciences and an impact analyst. She is a director of What Works Scotland and she is also an associate of the research unit for research utilization at the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement and was a member of the Scottish Funding Council working group on Knowledge Exchange and Public Policy. Her research has investigated the process assessing the impact of research on policy and practice. She has a specialty in contribution analysis and uses this approach in a variety of projects, often working with non-academic partners, and also to assess the impact of research. Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From kevco at unm.edu Fri Oct 16 15:58:49 2015 From: kevco at unm.edu (Kevin Comerford) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:58:49 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] SIGDL Elections October 26-30: Call for Nominations! Message-ID: Calling all ASIS&T Digital Libraries Special Interest Group (SIG-DL) members: SIG-DL is seeking nominations for the below 2015-2016 positions by Friday, October 23rd, 2015: - Chair-elect - Secretary /Treasurer - Communications Officer - Membership Officer - Webmaster Additional details about the roles and responsibilities of each position can be viewed at: http://www.asis.org/wiki/chapters-sigs/index.php/SIG-DL_Officer_Positions Current SIG-DL members in good standing are eligible to nominate, vote for, or serve office. Current officers are eligible to run for re-election in their current positions or in any other open positions. Send nominations / self-nominations to Kevin Comerford (kevco at unm.edu) by Friday, October 23rd, 2015. Nominations must include the following information: 1. Full contact information of Candidate (Name, Professional Title, Organization, email) 2. Photograph 3. Short biographical statement 4. Brief description of the candidate's qualifications for the position. The election will occur online from Monday, October 26th - Friday October 30th, 2015. Elected officers should attend the SIGDL Business Meeting which occurs during the 2015 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. Elected officers will be expected to actively participate in phone calls and virtual meetings throughout the upcoming 2015-2016 year. SIG-DL conducts elections before the annual meeting to comply with our bylaws and to ensure a productive planning meeting in St. Louis, MO. Details on the electronic voting procedure will be distributed along with the election materials once the nomination period expires. We look forward to hearing from you and appreciate your willingness to be an active member in SIG-DL. Sincerely, The SIG-DL Nomination Committee: Kevin J. Comerford, Associate Professor Director of Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Acting Director of IT Services UNM University Libraries kevco at unm.edu (505) 277-6341 Ekatarina Grguric NCSU Libraries Fellow User Experience | Digital Library Initiatives 778 235 0404 egrguri at ncsu.edu Kevin J. Comerford, Associate Professor Director of Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Acting Director of IT Services UNM University Libraries kevco at unm.edu (505) 277-6341 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: