[Siged-l] Fwd: [Asis-l] LAST CALL: ASIST SIG USE Research Symposium Call for Participation

[Jody Condit Fagan]

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>N.B. - If you're interested in participating, keep in mind that you only 
>need to submit an INFORMAL description of your interests and experience!  BW
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>FINAL CALL -- PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS-POSTING
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>2nd Annual Research Symposium of the Special Interest Group on Information 
>Needs, Seeking, and Use (SIG USE) of the American Society for Information 
>Science and Technology (ASIST)
>
>Saturday, November 16, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
>Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
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>
>MEASURING SEARCH BEHAVIORS:  CURRENT AND PROPOSED METHODS
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>Call for Participation
>
>In 1999, Yuan and Meadow (JASIS, 50(2), 140-150) completed a study of the 
>variables used in research related to online searching and information 
>retrieval system use.  Variables related to search behaviors included the 
>search commands (types of commands, sequences/chains of commands, and 
>search moves), errors, search cycles (number, items retrieved), search 
>termination, records retrieved and viewed, amount of time and effort 
>expended, comparisons between search  strategies, search outcomes 
>(relevance/utility), and search value.  They reviewed examples of user 
>studies that included measures of search behaviors as a basis for 
>developing this typology.  The 2002 SIG USE Research Symposium will focus 
>on methods for measuring these variables.
>
>The symposium will begin with an introductory presentation by Charles 
>Meadow, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.  The remainder of the 
>symposium will consist of informal discussions of the methods that 
>participants have used (or are planning to use) in studies of search 
>behaviors.  Participants will work in small groups to critique particular 
>methods currently in use or develop proposals for new methods that can be 
>used to measure particular searching behaviors.  The intended outcome of 
>the symposium is a set of recommendations for researchers embarking on 
>investigations of users' interactions with retrieval systems.
>
>Those wishing to participate in the symposium should submit a brief (1-2 
>page) synopsis of their current work or interests that are pertinent to 
>the symposium topic.  Experienced researchers are invited to participate; 
>the submitted synopsis should summarize current or past research 
>experiences that involve the measurement of search behaviors. Those 
>interested in this area, but not experienced in it, are also invited to 
>participate; the submitted synopsis should describe current research 
>interests and how measurement of search behaviors is pertinent to those 
>interests.  Formal papers are not expected; the symposium format will be 
>that of a seminar, focusing on participant discussion.
>
>The brief synopses of participants' research  experience/interests will be 
>posted to a symposium web site in advance of the meeting and will be used 
>to further organize the small-group discussion session(s).
>
>The brief synoposis should be submitted to Barbara Wildemuth, 
>wildem at ils.unc.edu, in electronic form.  They are due by August 15, 2002; 
>participants will be notified by August 30.  Participation will be limited 
>to 40 people; participants will be expected to register for the symposium 
>(registration fee: $45 for ASIST members; $60 for non-members).
>
>Symposium organizers:  Barbara Wildemuth, School of Information and 
>Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
>wildem at ils.unc.edu, and Eileen Abels, College of Information Studies, 
>University of Maryland, ea29 at umail.umd.edu.
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>Register for the ASIST Annual Meeting:
>http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM02/index.html
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