From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr Tue Oct 13 06:21:43 2015 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr (IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:21:43 +0200 Subject: [Sighfis-l] October Newsletter and business meeting at AM 2015 Message-ID: <561CDB37.2040008@univ-amu.fr> Dear HFIS members, Please find attached our october neswletter with important information about upcoming events at the next ASIST AM in St. Louis as well as an activity report of events during this year. Take note in particular of HFIS's business meeting which is scheduled for *Mon 9th nov, 4-5:10 pm*. Do let me know if you plan to attend the AM and if you will be at the business meeting. Looking forward to seeing you there. best wishes -- ----------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universit?s) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/en Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ IRSIC research team: http://irsic.univ-amu.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SIG HFIS-newsletter-october2015.pdf Type: application/octetstream Size: 222255 bytes Desc: not available URL: From rhill at asis.org Thu Oct 15 14:15:39 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:15:39 -0400 Subject: [Sighfis-l] Extended Hotel & Regustration Deadlines for ASIS&T 2015 AM Message-ID: <385-220151041518153973@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 michel.menou at orange.fr Thu Oct 22 04:58:12 2015 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:58:12 +0200 Subject: [Sighfis-l] Fwd: [icie] Call for Papers: Why is the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies needed today? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5628A524.5090906@orange.fr> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [icie] Call for Papers: Why is the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies needed today? Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:16:46 -0600 From: Jared Bielby To: icie at zkm.de , Rory Litwin > > > Call for Papers: Deadline Extended for Inaugural Issue > > Theme: Why is the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies > needed today? > > > The Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies is a > peer-reviewed open access journal which addresses the need for > critical discourse in library and information science and associated > domains such as communication and media studies. It critically engages > the cultural forms, social practices, the political economy, and the > history of information and information institutions. It also seeks to > broaden the methodological commitments of the field and to broaden the > scope of library and information studies by applying diverse critical, > trans-disciplinary, and global perspectives. The journal engages > issues of social and cognitive justice and the historical and > contemporary roles of documentary, information, and computational > technologies in creating, mediating, surveilling, and challenging > personal and social identities in cultural and political economies of > power and expression. > > For its inaugural issue, the JCLIS will focus on why such a journal is > needed, as a platform for critical discourse in LIS. JCLIS seeks to > publish research articles, literature reviews, and possibly other > essay forms (up to 7000 words) that use or examine critical > perspectives on library and information studies. Some of the issues > that might be addressed are: What are the current gaps in disciplines > and discourses that make the JCLIS necessary? How can scholars speak > to past silences in research and thinking in information studies? What > is ?critical perspective? in library and information studies research? > What ethical or political commitments might a critical perspective > entail? What do critical perspectives look like in practice? > > The theme for the inaugural issue is broad by design in order to > encourage diverse perspectives in describing, analyzing, and providing > insight into how and where library and information studies might > intersect with ethical, philosophical, and/or political concerns, > interpretative or speculative approaches to analysis, or > experimentation with novel, unique, or exploratory research designs > that might be marginalized or excluded from mainstream library and > information studies research. JCLIS aims to be a an inclusive platform > for library and information studies research,including locally > specific research designs and investigations as well as research that > adopts a more global or international frame of inquiry. To that end, > the journal also welcomes unpublished works in translation. > > Deadline for receipt of manuscripts has been extended to December > 18th, 2015. > > Possible topic areas may include (but are not limited to): > > - What is/are critical library and information studies? What might > distinguish critical approaches? > > - The use of a particular critical perspective for research into > topics relevant to library and information studies > > - Different notions of critical approaches and perspectives, and their > relations to information and knowledge studies and research > > - When and why are critical approaches timely? How does its timeliness > or not apply to today?s problems of information and knowledge? > > - Applications of critical approaches in information institution, > organization, or community contexts of practice. > > - How critical approaches or methods might relate to other > contemporary topics within library and information studies: open > access, patron privacy, evolutions in scholarly communication, digital > humanities, etc. > > - How are critical perspectives included or excluded from empirical or > engineering methods in the information and library sciences? > > - Descriptions and reflections on methods for conducting library and > information studies research with a critical approach. What is the > relationship of method tocritical activity? > > - Critical perspectives on race and ethnicity in LIS, and/or the need > for critical perspectives in LIS research. > > - How might postcolonial theory expand the scope and methods of LIS > research? > > - Critical approaches for investigating militarism and the politics of > information. > > - Development/Implementation of information services for diasporic > populations. > > - What has been the relation of critical theory to the LIS tradition > and its modes of historical, qualitative, and quantitative research? > > - What is the relationship of critical theory to LIS education and to > LIS research? > > - Failures and shortcomings: how can critical perspectives inform and > improve library and information studies? > > - Gender and identity within LIS: how might critical perspectives or > approaches be used to explore or investigate them? > > - #critlib and alternative platforms for critical professional > conversation > > - Library and information studies versus library and information > science: What are the differences? > > Types of Submissions > JCLIS welcomes the following types of submissions: > > Research Articles (no more than 7000 words) > Perspective Essays (no more than 5000 words) > Literature Reviews (no more than 7000 words) > Interviews (no more than 5000 words) > Book or Exhibition Reviews (no more than 1200 words) > Research articles and literature reviews are subject to peer review by > two referees. Perspective essays are subject to peer review by one > referee. Interviews and book or exhibition reviews are subject to > review by the issue editor(s). > > Contacts > Guest Editors for the Inaugural Issue of JCLIS > Please direct questions to the guest editors for the issue: > > Ronald Day, Indiana University - Bloomington: roday at indiana.edu > > Alycia Sellie, Graduate Center, City University of New York: > ASellie at gc.cuny.edu > Andrew J Lau, UCLA Extension: andrewjlau at ucla.edu > > > Journal Editors > Associate Editor: Emily Drabinski > Associate Editor: Rory Litwin > Managing Editor: Andrew J Lau > > > Description of the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies > > The mission of the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies > is to serve as a peer-reviewed platform for critical discourse in and > around library and information studies from across the disciplines. > This includes but is not limited to research on the political economy > of information, information institutions such as libraries, archives, > and museums, reflections on professional contexts and practices, > questioning current paradigms and academic trends, questioning the > terms of information science, exploring methodological issues in the > context of the field, and otherwise enriching and broadening the scope > of library and information studies by applying diverse critical and > trans-disciplinary perspectives. Recognizing library and information > studies as a diverse, cross-disciplinary field reflective of the > scholarly community?s diverse range of interests, theories, and > methods, JCLIS aims to showcase innovative research that queries and > critiques current paradigms in theory and practice through > perspectives that originate from across the humanities and social > sciences. > > Each issue is themed around a particular topic or set of topics, and > features a guest editor (or guest editors) who will work with the > managing editor to shape the issue?s theme and develop an associated > call for papers. Issue editors will assist in the shepherding of > manuscripts through the review and preparation processes, are > encouraged to widely solicit potential contributions, and work with > authors in scoping their respective works appropriately. > > JCLIS is open access in publication, politics, and philosophy. In a > world where paywalls are the norm for access to scholarly research, > the Journal recognizes that removal of barriers to accessing > information is key to the production and sharing of knowledge. Authors > retain copyright of manuscripts published in JCLIS, generally with a > Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. If an article is > republished after initially publication in JCLIS, the republished > article should indicate that it was first published by JCLIS. > > > Submission Guidelines for Authors > The Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies welcomes > submissions from senior and junior faculty, students, activists, and > practitioners working in areas of research and practice at the > intersection of critical theory and library and information studies. > > Authors retain the copyright to material they publish in the JCLIS, > but the Journal cannot re-publish material that has previously been > published elsewhere. The journal also cannot accept manuscripts that > have been simultaneously submitted to another outlet for possible > publication. > > > Citation Style > JCLIS uses the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition as the official > citation style for manuscripts published by the journal. All > manuscripts should employ the Notes and Bibliography style (as > footnotes with a bibliography), and should conform to the guidelines > as described in the Manual. > > > Submission Process > Manuscripts are to be submitted through JCLIS? online submission > system (http://libraryjuicepress.com/journals/index.php/jclis) by > December 18th, 2015. This online submission process requires that > manuscripts be submitted in separate stages in order to ensure the > anonymity of the review process and to enable appropriate formatting. > > Abstracts (500 words or less) should be submitted in plain text and > should not include information identifying the author(s) or their > institutional affiliations. With the exception of book reviews, an > abstract must accompany all manuscript submissions before they are > reviewed for publication. > > The main text of the manuscript must be submitted as a stand-alone > file (in Microsoft Word or RTF)) without a title page, abstract, page > numbers, or other headers or footers. The title, abstract, and author > information should be submitted through the submission platform. -- Jared Bielby, MA/MLIS /Netizen Consulting/ Moderator, ETAP (Collabratec? - IEEE) Editor-in-Chief, The Freelance Netizen? Co-chair, International Center for Information Ethics Editor, International Review of Information Ethics www.jaredbielby.com No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6172 / Virus Database: 4450/10869 - Release Date: 10/22/15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr Sat Oct 31 16:37:12 2015 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr (IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 21:37:12 +0100 Subject: [Sighfis-l] Agenda for HFIS's Business meeting at AM 2015 Message-ID: <56352678.1020606@univ-amu.fr> Dear all Our SIG's business meeting is scheduled for Mon 9th 4pm-5.10pm, at the AM in St Louis Room Sterling 6. Tentative Agenda ------------------------ 1. Attendees 2. Activities during FY15 3. Outreach activities to Members and to students 4. The ASIST History Fund Research and Best Paper Awards 5. Communication with HFIS members 6. Updates from SIG Cabinet Meeting and First Members/Attendees brunch 7. Officers for FY16: Changing of the Chair Hope to see many of you there! -- ----------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universit?s) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/en Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ IRSIC research team: http://irsic.univ-amu.fr/ -----------------------------------------------------