From sarahab at utexas.edu Mon Sep 16 11:04:45 2013 From: sarahab at utexas.edu (Sarah A Buchanan) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:04:45 -0500 Subject: [Sighfis-l] SIG HFIS call for nominations - due Sept. 23 Message-ID: Greetings SIG HFIS members, We're looking forward to seeing many of you at the Annual Meeting in Montreal; HFIS' meeting will be Mon. 11/4, 5-6pm. SIG HFIS has one elective office - Chair-elect - and for this office nominations are now open. The SIG HFIS Bylaws call for a Nominating Committee to be appointed which shall conduct an election at least ten weeks before the Annual Meeting and for the Nominating Committee to distribute a ballot six weeks before the Annual Meeting. We have assembled this Nominating Committee, and now we call upon you to send in your nominations via email ( sarahab[at]utexas.edu), due in a week, on Mon., September 23. Self-nominations are welcome. Special thanks to Lai Ma, who will become Chair at our Montreal meeting, and Past Chair Kathryn La Barre. At this time I'd also like to call for expressions of interest for the SIG's appointed officers: Secretary, and Webmaster. We have several good activities (and a budget!) planned for this next year, so I look forward to hearing from you. Sarah Buchanan SIG HFIS Chair, 2012-2013 -- Sarah Buchanan Information Studies, Ph.D. Student http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~buchanan/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rfenske at jcu.edu Thu Sep 19 14:38:27 2013 From: rfenske at jcu.edu (Fenske, Ruth E.) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:38:27 -0400 Subject: [Sighfis-l] Garfield Research Fellowship in the History of Information Science Message-ID: The Medical Library Association Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship promotes and supports research in the history of information science. The $5000 fellowship, established in 2013, is to be used for research-related purposes regarding the history of information science to increase the underlying knowledgebase in this area and enhance the current and future practice of the information professions, particularly health sciences librarianship. Health sciences librarians and information scientists, health professionals, researchers, educators, and administrators are eligible. Applicants must have a master's or doctor's degree or be enrolled in a program leading to such a degree and demonstrate a commitment to the health sciences. The fellowship is not designed to support research for a doctoral dissertation or master?s thesis. The award is not restricted to disbursement in a single year and funding may be disbursed over a period of up to two years depending on the needs of the research fellow. The award may be used to supplement or extend other awards, including other private or government-supported fellowships, but is not contingent on receiving other awards. Please see the MLA Grants and Scholarships page (http://www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/) on MLANET for more information. The submission deadline is December 1. Inquiries: E-mail, telephone or written inquiries are welcomed. Please direct inquiries to Maria Lopez, 312.419.9094 x15, grants at mlahq.org . -- Ruth E. Fenske, Ph.D., AHIP Associate Librarian Emeritus (academic title) John Carroll University Grasselli Library Mail to: 13610 Shaker Blvd, #302 Cleveland, OH 44120 Phone: 216-397-8785 e-mail: rfenske at jcu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sean.burns at uky.edu Mon Sep 23 09:42:35 2013 From: sean.burns at uky.edu (Burns, Christopher S) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:42:35 +0000 Subject: [Sighfis-l] Garfield Research Fellowship in the History of Information Science Message-ID: <1379943807.3898.60.camel@slis-burns> **Apologies for Cross-Posting** Dear HFIS members, I was asked if I could forward the following fellowship information to this list. Thank you, Sean Burns /begin forwarded message Title: Garfield Research Fellowship in the History of Information Science The Medical Library Association Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship promotes and supports research in the history of information science. The $5000 fellowship, established in 2013, is to be used for research-related purposes regarding the history of information science to increase the underlying knowledgebase in this area and enhance the current and future practice of the information professions, particularly health sciences librarianship. Health sciences librarians and information scientists, health professionals, researchers, educators, and administrators are eligible. Applicants must have a master's or doctor's degree or be enrolled in a program leading to such a degree and demonstrate a commitment to the health sciences. The fellowship is not designed to support research for a doctoral dissertation or master?s thesis. The award is not restricted to disbursement in a single year and funding may be disbursed over a period of up to two years depending on the needs of the research fellow. The award may be used to supplement or extend other awards, including other private or government-supported fellowships, but is not contingent on receiving other awards. Please see the MLA Grants and Scholarships page (http://www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/) on MLANET for more information. The submission deadline is December 1. Inquiries: E-mail, telephone or written inquiries are welcomed. Please direct inquiries to Maria Lopez, 312.419.9094 x15, grants at mlahq.org. /end forwarded message -- C. Sean Burns, PhD | Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science University of Kentucky 327 Little Library Building | Lexington, KY 40506-0224 Phone +1 859-218-2296 | Fax +1 859-257-4205 https://ci.uky.edu/lis/ http://cseanburns.net/journal/ From rhill at asis.org Mon Sep 23 10:24:44 2013 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:24:44 -0400 Subject: [Sighfis-l] ASIST Annual Meeitng - Early reg.date extended to Sept 30 Message-ID: <385-220139123142444862@LEN-dick-2011> Early registration deadline extended to Sept. 30, 2013 Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-6, Montreal, Canada http://asis.org/asist2013/ 83 papers contributed papers 78 posters 28 panels. The program is extremely rich in content and will draw attendance from scholars and practitioners from information related fields all over the world. The conference program focuses on research and technological development on the latest issues affecting information environments, information phenomena, and information users. The program sets to provide a wide range of research topics and related practical issues such as cloud-based metadata, biomedical research, social informatics to collective information seeking, adoption of social media, digital humanities and human information interaction, among others. We hope that the discussions generated by the papers, panels and posters will contribute to expand our understanding of information problems and to help us in better addressing them in our research and professional endeavors. Keynote speaker: Jorge Garcia, a Montreal-based expert in the area of business intelligence and data management. His work involves the assessment and implementation of information technologies. This year, the Annual Meeting follows the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), another great venue for learning about developments in information and knowledge management. The presence of ICKM attendees at ASIS&T Annual Meeting should provide additional opportunities for great discussions. http://asis.org/asist2013/ . 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