From rhill at asis.org Tue Sep 4 13:02:08 2007 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:02:08 -0500 Subject: [Sigmed-l] 2007 ASIS&T Annual - Oct 21-24, Milwaukee Message-ID: <419-220079241728632@RHILL-IBM> 2007 ASIS&T Annual Meeting October 21-24, 2007 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/ Come to Milwaukee, expand and enrich your network by Joining Research and Practice Register now before early rates expire on Friday, September 14, 2007 Web 2.0 and social computing are changing the way people use information for work, play, research, and everyday activities. Sponsored by ASIS&T, the premier society for information science, the 2007 Annual Meeting is devoted to the discussion of Social Computing and Information Science. More than sixty sessions of contributed papers, panel discussions, poster sessions, etc. have been planned. They will address a wide variety of topics, ranging from tagging, online communities, information seeking behavior, web log and transaction log analysis to research directions, education, and ethical practice for information professionals in the new world of social computing. Two plenary sessions have been planned. On Monday morning, Ms. Anthea Stratigos, co-founder and CEO of Outsell, the leading research and advisory firm focusing on information and publishing industry, will address the overall trends, impact of social computing and web 2.0 to the information industry. On Wednesday, Dr. Clifford Lynch, Director of Coalition of Networked Information and long time member and former President of ASIS&T, will tie everything together, and discuss what these all meant to information science and information professionals. Exciting Pre-Conference Seminars: Friday, October 19 * Research Into Practice: Studying Producers and Consumers in Social Computing Environments * Making D Space Your Own * Taxonomies in Search * Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Social Web, Social Computing and the Social Analysis of Computing Sa turday, Oct. 20 Saturday, October 20 * 18th Annual SIG CR Classification Research Workshop * Social Information Architecture * 7th SIG USE Symposium: Mobility and Social Networks in Information Behavior * RSS 2.0 for Current Awareness and Alerts: A Hands-On "Getting Started" Experience Sunday, October 21 * Information Architecture 3.0 Special Conference Hotel Room Rates $124 single/double, $144 triple, $164 quad. Rates are good until September 27, 2007. Contact the hotel directly to make your hotel reservations and ask for the ASIS&T rate (code JIST). ASIS&T AM07 Conference Hotel Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Tel: (414) 276-1234 Fax: (414) 276-6338 For more information about the meeting or hotel, please visit our site http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/ 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 From rhill at asis.org Mon Sep 10 15:41:58 2007 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:41:58 -0500 Subject: [Sigmed-l] Applications for the Donald A. B. Lindberg Fellowship due November 15, References: <46DEDD63.0A78.0064.0@med.umich.edu> Message-ID: <200709101843.l8AIhGZe009431@mail.asis.org> [Posted by request. Dick Hill] ______________________ Applications for the Donald A. B. Lindberg Fellowship due November 15, 2007 MLA is now accepting applications for The Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship established by MLA to fund research aimed at expanding the research knowledge base of health sciences information management and enhancing the role of health sciences librarians and other information professionals in health care access and delivery, public health, consumer information, health professions education or biomedical research. The endowment will provide a $8,100 grant, awarded by MLA through a competitive grant process, to a qualified health sciences librarian, informatician, health professional, researcher, educator, or health administrator. An application and more information about the fellowship can be accessed at www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/ or by contacting Lisa C. Fried, MLA*s Credentialing, Professional Recognition and Career Coordinator at mlapd2 at mlahq.org. The awardee will be notified in late February 2008. Gale A. Oren, MILS, AHIP Librarian W.K. Kellogg Eye Center Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Michigan 1000 Wall Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 USA 734 763-9468 phone; 734 936-9050 fax www.kellogg.umich.edu From rhill at asis.org Mon Sep 10 16:00:58 2007 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:00:58 -0500 Subject: [Sigmed-l] New Early Date - 2007 ASIS&T Annual - Oct 21-24, Milwaukee Message-ID: <419-22007911020058300@RHILL-IBM> By request, and because of the short time between Labor Day and the early cut off date, we have made the deadline for registering and getting the early rate September 21, 2007 2007 ASIS&T Annual Meeting October 21-24, 2007 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/ Come to Milwaukee, expand and enrich your network by Joining Research and Practice Register now before early rates expire on Friday, September 14, 2007 Web 2.0 and social computing are changing the way people use information for work, play, research, and everyday activities. Sponsored by ASIS&T, the premier society for information science, the 2007 Annual Meeting is devoted to the discussion of Social Computing and Information Science. More than sixty sessions of contributed papers, panel discussions, poster sessions, etc. have been planned. They will address a wide variety of topics, ranging from tagging, online communities, information seeking behavior, web log and transaction log analysis to research directions, education, and ethical practice for information professionals in the new world of social computing. Two plenary sessions have been planned. On Monday morning, Ms. Anthea Stratigos, co-founder and CEO of Outsell, the leading research and advisory firm focusing on information and publishing industry, will address the overall trends, impact of social computing and web 2.0 to the information industry. On Wednesday, Dr. Clifford Lynch, Director of Coalition of Networked Information and long time member and former President of ASIS&T, will tie everything together, and discuss what these all meant to information science and information professionals. Exciting Pre-Conference Seminars: Friday, October 19 * Research Into Practice: Studying Producers and Consumers in Social Computing Environments * Making D Space Your Own * Taxonomies in Search * Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Social Web, Social Computing and the Social Analysis of Computing Sa turday, Oct. 20 Saturday, October 20 * 18th Annual SIG CR Classification Research Workshop * Social Information Architecture * 7th SIG USE Symposium: Mobility and Social Networks in Information Behavior * RSS 2.0 for Current Awareness and Alerts: A Hands-On "Getting Started" Experience Sunday, October 21 * Information Architecture 3.0 Special Conference Hotel Room Rates $124 single/double, $144 triple, $164 quad. Rates are good until September 27, 2007. Contact the hotel directly to make your hotel reservations and ask for the ASIS&T rate (code JIST). ASIS&T AM07 Conference Hotel Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Tel: (414) 276-1234 Fax: (414) 276-6338 For more information about the meeting or hotel, please visit our site http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/ 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 From Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Thu Sep 13 11:58:11 2007 From: Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (CHBEIR Richard) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:58:11 +0200 Subject: [Sigmed-l] Call for PostDoc Position Message-ID: <1189699091.46e95e1365fe2@webmail.u-bourgogne.fr> ########################### Call For PostDoc Position ########################## The Information and Image Based System Management research group at the Laboratoire LE2I-CNRS (http://www.le2i.com ) is seeking excellent post doctoral candidates with strong background in distributed information systems for a one year (non renewable) appointment starting by January 2008. The prospective candidates must: ===================================================== * have a PhD (5 years or less) in Computer Science or equivalent degree. * not have the French citizenship and have never worked in France * have knowledge in the theoretical aspects of one or more of the following: - distributed databases - multimedia data management - information retrieval and indexing in P2P systems * have well-developed social skills directed to work in a team; * have a good command of English (some knowledge of French is desirable, but not required) The position offers: ==================== * a full time (non renewable) appointment for a period of 12 months, starting by January 2008 * 2000 euros net monthly salary * health and social security package (married candidate must seek extra heath coverage for family members) * attractive and good working environments Themes: ====== The selected candidate will work in one or more of the ongoing research themes of our group on the management and sharing of complex multimedia data in large distributed and P2P environments. Application details: =================== please apply as soon as possible. A first selection of candidates will be carried out on October 08th. Later applications will be examined on a rolling basis until the position is filled. * Please send: - a CV (including publication record) - a brief research description presenting your Phd and related research interests (1-2 page(s)) - your two best publications * The application must be sent by email to: Dr Kokou Yetongnon (kokou at u-bourgogne.fr) Dr Richard Chbeir (richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr) #################################################### # Richard CHBEIR, Ph.D. in Computer Science # # Associate Professor # # Laboratoire LE2I (UMR - CNRS) # # Bourgogne University # # Aile de l'Ing?nieur # # Office GS 16 # # BP 47870 # # 21078 Dijon CEDEX France # # Tel.: +333 80 39 36 55 # # Fax: +333 80 39 68 69 # # Email: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr # # Web: http://www.le2I.com # #################################################### From rhill at asis.org Mon Sep 24 08:50:39 2007 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:50:39 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] 2007 Awards Winners Announced Message-ID: <419-220079124125038960@RHILL-IBM> 2007 Awards Winners Announced http://www.asis.org/awards.html Congratulations to all our 2007 Award Winners. Those announced to date include: Award of Merit - Donald H. Kraft Research Award - Ophir Frieder Watson Davis Award - Paula Galbraith Thomson ISI Information Science Teacher of the Year - Peter Ingwersen Best JASIST Paper - Catherine Blake and Wanda Pratt, Collaborative information synthesis, Pt. 1. and Collaborative Information Synthesis, Part 2: Recommendations for information systems to support synthesis. ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award - W. John MacMullen, University of North Carolina. ?Contextual Analysis of Variation and Quality in Human-curated Gene Ontology Annotations.? Thomson ISI Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Phillip Edwards, University of Washington, for ?MAPPING SCHOLARS' DECISION PROCESSES AND FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HOW THEY PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE THEIR WORK.? Thomson ISI Citation Analysis Research Grant - Philip M. Davis, Cornell University. ?Does free-access to scholarly articles increase readership and citation impact?: A randomized controlled, multi- publisher, multi-journal study? CHAPTER AWARDS Chapter Member of the Year - Caryn Anderson (NE) and Down Pointer McCleskey (PVC) Chapter Publication - LACASIS (OASIS) Chapter Innovation - Indiana and LACASIS Chapter Event of the Year - LACASIS - ?Working with Wiki's? 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 Jan.Hutar at nkp.cz Tue Sep 25 03:30:48 2007 From: Jan.Hutar at nkp.cz (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Huta=F8_Jan?=) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:30:48 +0200 Subject: [Sigmed-l] DPE (DigitalPreservationEurope) survey questionnaire - Industry community Message-ID: <0AE953EA2585F9489240944C06669B29EBB3A1@mailex.nkp.cz> *** Apologies for cross-posting *** Dear all, National Library of the Czech Republic, on behalf of DPE project team, would like to ask you for cooperation to fill-in "Survey on long-term preservation" questionnaire. Similar survey has been done for national libraries and archives. Now we are looking for "industry" community to complete it. Industry means all dealing with long-term preservation of digital objects like HW, SW developers and companies, media, system integrators ... etc. The questionnaire is available online http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/preservation-issues-survey/. National Library of the Czech Republic is one of the partners of the European Digital Preservation Europe project. DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) fosters collaboration and synergies between many existing national initiatives across the European Research Area. DPE addresses the need to improve coordination, cooperation and consistency in current activities to secure effective preservation of digital materials. You will find more information at the website of the project: http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/ We would like to disseminate results that will be really useful for all the target groups. This is impossible without having feedback from them. Please, be so kind and fill in the online survey no later than 20th of October 2007. In any case you can contact me: Jan Hutar National Library of the Czech Republic Klementinum 190 110 00 Prague 1 Czech Republic e-mail: jan.hutar at nkp.cz Thank you and your staff for your time Bohdana Stoklasova; Jan Hutar & DPE team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jan.Hutar at nkp.cz Wed Sep 26 03:19:06 2007 From: Jan.Hutar at nkp.cz (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Huta=F8_Jan?=) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:19:06 +0200 Subject: [Sigmed-l] DPE (DigitalPreservationEurope) survey questionnaire - Industry community Message-ID: <0AE953EA2585F9489240944C06669B29F86675@mailex.nkp.cz> *** Apologies for cross-posting *** Dear all, National Library of the Czech Republic, on behalf of DPE project team, would like to ask you for cooperation to fill-in "Survey on long-term preservation" questionnaire. Similar survey has been done for national libraries and archives. 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Please, be so kind and fill in the online survey no later than 20th of October 2007. In any case you can contact me: Jan Hutar National Library of the Czech Republic Klementinum 190 110 00 Prague 1 Czech Republic e-mail: jan.hutar at nkp.cz Thank you and your staff for your time Bohdana Stoklasova; Jan Hutar & DPE team