From sigir2004announce at retrieve.shef.ac.uk Mon Nov 10 12:25:49 2003 From: sigir2004announce at retrieve.shef.ac.uk (SIGIR 2004 Announcement) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:25:49 -0000 Subject: [Sigmed-l] Reminder: SIGIR 2004 Mentoring Program's Deadline is 14 Nov Message-ID: <00a701c3a7af$af4b9f30$8f66a78f@johoxp> Apologies for any cross postings CFP: SIGIR 2004 Mentoring Program SIGIR is the major international forum for the presentation of new research results and the demonstration of new systems and techniques in the broad field of information retrieval. The SIGIR Mentoring Program If you would like help with your SIGIR 2004 submission, you may ask for a mentor. A mentor is a person who will help you with your submission to the SIGIR audience through one-on-one advising, usually via e-mail. A mentor can also familiarize you with the standards and deadlines of SIGIR submissions. Mentors are volunteers familiar with successful submissions. Mentors may be available for both full papers and posters. To request a mentor, please send email to mentoring_sigir at acm.org. Please include a description of your work (an abstract is a minimum requirement), an indication of whether you are presently planning a full paper or a poster, and any specific questions or areas in which you would like help. If you wish to ask for a mentor, we strongly encourage you to contact us before the November 14, 2003 deadline. A mentor's feedback will be most useful to you if it is early enough to influence the way you focus your work, not just the way you write it up for the conference. Reasonable expectations for a mentor might include giving advice as to the most appropriate forum for you work, suggesting improvements to your submission, suggesting how to deal with language problems or referring you to relevant research of which you might not have been aware. Typically, a mentor might spend 3-7 hours on a submission. We carefully match mentors to mentees, and wish to support you in getting your work focused into a high quality submission with a good chance of being accepted and published. Mentoring Program Chair: Doug Oard The 27th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference will be held at The University of Sheffield, UK, from July 25 to July 29, 2004. SIGIR 2004 Website: http://sigir.org/sigir2004/ From rhill at asis.org Thu Nov 20 10:59:50 2003 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:59:50 -0500 Subject: [Sigmed-l] AM 04 Call for Participation. Nov 13-18, 2004 Message-ID: <4114-220031142015595084@dickxp> CALL FOR PAPERS (abbreviated. Complete call is at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/am04call.html) MANAGING AND ENHANCING INFORMATION: CULTURES AND CONFLICTS American Society for Information Science & Technology 2004 Annual Meeting November 13-18, 2004, Providence, Rhode Island The information society, especially after recent world events, is displaying an increasing tension between forces that encourage and discourage integration and cooperation. A major focus of this conference will be on conflicts and solutions involving many national and international information cultures, including social, professional, educational, and technological interests. These themes and others will be explored by plenary and invited speakers and through refereed presentations. Submissions on a wide variety of information and technology topics are solicited, including (but not limited to): Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic issues Technologies for computing and networking Information management, organization, and access Information seeking and use Information retrieval Interactivity and usability Information production and delivery TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS: Contributed papers, posters, Special or Technical (SIG) sessions, and Preconference sessions SUBMISSION DEADLINES: * January 17, 2004 Submissions due for contributed papers, special sessions, and seminars/workshops * March 2, 2004 Submissions due for posters * April 2, 2004 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance * June 1, 2004 Camera-ready copy due for conference proceedings WHERE AND HOW TO SUBMIT All submissions are made electronically via a link from the ASIST Web site . Details on acceptable file formats and specific contact information required in the online submission form are on the Web page. Any problems with electronic submissions should be directed to rhill at asis.org. Dick Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900