From rhill at asis.org Thu Jul 20 15:30:02 2006 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:30:02 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] ASIS&T AM 06 Program now on the web Message-ID: <4118-22006742019302330@RHILL-IBM> Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All November 3-8, 2006 Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/index.html PLENARY SESSIONS: * Albert-L?szl? Barab?si. Author of Linked: The New Science of Networks (Perseus, Cambridge, MA, 2002) and co-author of The Structure and Dynamics of Networks (Princeton University Press, 2006 in press). * Susan Dumais. Susan Dumais is a Senior Researcher in the Adaptive Systems and Interaction Group at Microsoft Research where she works on algorithms and interfaces for improved information access and management. OVER 60 contributed papers and 40 cutting edge panels. PROCONFERENCRE SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FRIDAY, Nov. 3 - Introduction to Ontology Design Using Topic Maps and RDF/OWL - Shaping Things to Come - DASER Summit III and Tri Society Symposium - Hands On Taxonomies - an Introduction to Creation and Maintenance of Controlled Vocabularies SATURDAY, Nov. 4 - SIG CR 16th Annual Classification Research Workshop: Social Classification: Panacea or Pandora? - Thesaurus to Ontology - What Does it Take to Make the Switch? Advanced Taxonomy Course - Symposia: Interrogating the Social Realities of Information and Communications Systems (SIG SI) - Making Information Work. Bob Boiko - Doing Ethnography: Examining ICT Use in Context (SIG SI) - SIG USE 6th Annual Research Symposium - Blogs and Wikis for Conference Communications: How Useful Are They? (SIGs BWP & DL) SUNDAY, Nov. 5 - Personal Information Management, William Jones - SIG HCI Research Symposium 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 From rhill at asis.org Mon Jul 24 13:35:41 2006 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:35:41 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] ASIS&T info now in Eight Languages Message-ID: <4118-220067124173541386@RHILL-IBM> Hello Colleagues! Ni Hao, Bonjour, Guten Tag, Ola, Buenos Dias, Hej! As you may know, ASIS&T is truly an international organization, with members from over 50 countries. On behalf of the Membership Committee of ASIS&T, I am pleased to announce that we now offer a two-page information sheet introducing ASIS&T that can be downloaded from the ASIS&T web site (http://www.asis.org/infosheets/) in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified - Mainland) Chinese (Traditional - Taiwan) English French German Portuguese Spanish Swedish The two-page PDF files are suitable for distributing to colleagues individually or at events. Please share these publications widely among your networks. ASIS&T in Your Language*: http://www.asis.org/infosheets/ * Methods for ASIS&T inquiries in other languages are outlined on the web page. ******************************** Many Thanks These documents are the result of efforts by a variety of members who deserve to be recognized for their contributions including coordination, editing, translation and design. The Membership Subcommittee responsible for these documents includes: Caryn Anderson, John D'Ignazio, Kris Liberman, Michel Menou, Ruth Vondracek, and Amanda Wilson. We are eternally grateful to our translators and reviewers: Nadia Caidi, Sergio Chaparro-Univazo, Mabrouka El Hachani, Miriam Figuiredo Veira da Cunha, Michel Menou, Christian Schlogel, Diane H. Sonnenwald, Imma Subirats Coll, Peishan Tsai Bentley, and Yin Zhang. Special thanks go to Gerry Benoit (benoit at simmons.edu) for the design and typesetting mastery in a multitude of different languages. We look forward to adding more languages in the future. If you would like to provide a translation, please contact Caryn Anderson at icisc at asist.org. Cheers, Caryn Chair, Membership Subcommittee Infoshare Officer, International Information Issues SIG Coordinator, International Calendar of Information Science Conferences (http://icisc.neasist.org) -- Caryn Anderson Program Coordinator PhD/Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions GSLIS, Simmons College 300 The Fenway, P-204E Boston, MA 02115 caryn.anderson at simmons.edu 617.521.2829 http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/phdmlip 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