From rhill at asis.org Thu Aug 1 12:08:01 2013 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:08:01 -0400 Subject: [Sighci-l] ASIS&T Makes Key Editorial Appointment Message-ID: <384-220138411681153@LEN-dick-2011> ASIS&T Makes Key Editorial Appointment August 1, 2013. The Association of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) in cooperation with Information Today, Inc. (ITI) has announced the appointment of Dr. Gerald Beno?t as Editor of the ASIS&T Monograph Series. In this role, Beno?t will acquire and develop print and digital monographs covering a range of practical and theoretical topics in information science and technology and allied disciplines. The ASIS&T Monograph Series is a leading series of books and ebooks for students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of information science and technology. The series has been published by ITI on behalf of ASIS&T since 1991. In making the announcement, ASIS&T president Andrew Dillon said, ?We are pleased to have someone with a strong international orientation accept this position. With his language skills and broad teaching experience across the technical and cultural aspects of the field as well as his business experience as a consultant on information systems, Gerry is well-positioned to advance the monograph series for ASIS&T.? Gerald ?Gerry? Beno?t is an associate professor at the Simmons College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Library and Information Science, teaching undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses. He holds a PhD from UCLA, an MS from Columbia, and degrees in French and Russian from the University of California, and also completed studies in mathematics and graphic design. Before entering academics he worked as a programmer/analyst for the College of Chemistry at UCLA?s UC Davis School of Medicine and as art director and partner at Imada Wong Park + Beno?t. He is a frequent reviewer for JASIST, the iSchool conferences, and ACM SIGIR. Thomas H. Hogan, Sr., ITI president and CEO and a past president of ASIS&T, said, ?We are very pleased to have found in Gerald Beno?t an editor with the skills and vision needed to bring this small but highly regarded series to the next level. As the information age accelerates, we look forward to working with Gerry and ASIS&T to provide authoritative, in-depth coverage of topics that matter to readers in the field.? Examples of current print and ebook titles in the ASIS&T Monograph Series may be found at books.infotoday.com/asist and books.infotoday.com/ebooks. For further information contact John B. Bryans, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Information Today, Inc. by email to jbryans at infotoday.com or call 609/654-6266, ext. 134. 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 mephitis.skunk at gmail.com Tue Aug 13 13:16:42 2013 From: mephitis.skunk at gmail.com (Michael Albers) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:16:42 -0400 Subject: [Sighci-l] CFP - Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) Message-ID: <520A69FA.5040506@gmail.com> Proposals are due in a month. Call for papers 3rd Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) February 24-25, 2014 East Carolina University Greenville NC For the full call for papers: http://workshop.design4complexity.com/home.php Symposium goals Building on the success of the previous two conferences, the Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) explores the relationships between and within the contexts that affect complex information, information design, information architecture, user experience, and usability. It seeks to examine how design choices influence people?s behavior when interacting with complex information, and how the knowledge of situation contexts improves the design of complex information systems. The intention of SCCI is to foster an integrated approach to the design of complex information by bringing together members of the various research and practitioner communities. Goals of this symposium are to build upon what we already know about communicating complex information across the spectrum of casual users to domain experts and clarify our understanding of what issues urgently need further research. Keynote address will be by Whitney Quesenbery. For more information Contact: Michael Albers (albersm at ecu.edu). Schedule 2 page proposal due: September 15, 2013 Notice of acceptance: November 1, 2013 Papers for symposium due: February 15, 2014 Symposium dates: February 24?25, 2014 This symposium sponsored in part by East Carolina University Department of English Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Office of the Provost ACM SIGDOC From mephitis.skunk at gmail.com Thu Aug 22 08:26:37 2013 From: mephitis.skunk at gmail.com (Michael Albers) Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:26:37 -0400 Subject: [Sighci-l] SIGDOC 2013 program is available Message-ID: <5216037D.7080306@gmail.com> SIGDOC 2013 the 31st Annual International Conference on Design of Communication program is now available. To see the program, http://sigdoc.acm.org/2013/ SIGDOC focuses on the design of communication as it is taught, practiced, researched, and conceptualized. Members of SIGDOC are an interdisciplinary mix of professionals and academics in information architecture, experience design, user research, content strategy, technical communication, education, information science, and computer science. Early registration ends August 31. Register early and save. Mike -- ___________________________________ Dr. Michael J. Albers Technical and Professional Writing Department of English Mailstop 555 East Carolina University Greenville NC 27858-4353