[Sighlth-l] SIG HLTH Newsletter - Preparing for ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting

Si Sun sisun at rutgers.edu
Fri Oct 17 17:51:27 EDT 2014


*PREPARING FOR ASIS&T 2014 ANNUAL MEETING*



*ASIS&T SIG/HLTH Monthly Newsletters*

*October, 2014*



*ANNOUNCEMENTS*

- ASIS&T SIG HLTH 2014 Annual Business Meeting

- SIG HLTH Member Dinner on Monday, Nov 3

- Toiletry Donation During ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting

- Brochure Design Competition Results

- Recommended Sessions to Attend During the Annual Meeting


*MEMBER SPOTLIGHT*

- Emily Vardell, MLS, PhD Student & Teaching Fellow @ SILS UNC-Chapel Hill

- Si Sun, MS, PhD Candidate @ LIS Rutgers


*Q&A*

- Call for participation
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*ANNOUNCEMENTS*



*SIG HLTH 2014 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING*
<http://preview.cmail2.com/t/t-i-jrilktl-l-t/>

The SIG HLTH business meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, November 4th from
2:00pm – 3:00pm. Information regarding the location is forthcoming. During
the meeting, we will brain storm potential new activities such as
workshops, competitions, panels, and networking events. We will also
appoint new officers at the meeting as necessary, depending on the workload
sketched out. We look forward to seeing you there!



*SIG HLTH MEMBER DINNER ON MONDAY, NOV 3*
<http://preview.cmail2.com/t/t-i-jrilktl-l-y/>

We are having a SIG HLTH member dinner on Monday, Nov 3. Please indicate
what time you would be available to come. Here is the link to the Doodle
poll:http://doodle.com/bbb3f9gnbm2242xm#table
<http://preview.cmail2.com/t/t-i-jrilktl-l-j/> The dutch treat dinner will
be at a local restaurant with diverse options. We are looking for a good
restaurant, and if you have any recommendations, please let us know. This
is a great opportunity for us to get to know each other and make some great
connections. Please join us!



*TOILETRY DONATION DURING ASIS&T 2014 ANNUAL MEETING*
<http://sighlth.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/toiletry-donation-during-asist-2014-annual-meeting/>

This year the SIG HLTH will be sponsoring a collection of donated
toiletries. Bring any extra hotel toiletries (either from home or from your
hotel) and place them in a box by registration. Shampoo, conditioner,
lotion, and soap are encouraged. The SIG HLTH will take the donated
toiletries to Roots <http://www.rootsinfo.org/>(http://www.rootsinfo.org/),
which is a shelter for homeless youth. This is an easy way to give back to
our host city. Thank you for your participation!



*BROCHURE DESIGN COMPETITION RESULTS
<http://sighlth.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/brochure-design-competition-results/>*

We did not receive design submissions, so SIG HLTH officials designed a
brochure. The prizes for the design competition will be allocated for
future activities. Let us look forward to the printouts!



*RECOMMENDED SESSIONS TO ATTEND DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING*
<http://sighlth.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/toiletry-donation-during-asist-2014-annual-meeting/>

Professor Nancy Roderer kindly compiled a list of selected sessions to
attend during the ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting ----



There is one panel on the meeting program that specifically addresses
health information, but many other sessions that are relevant to the work
of health information professionals.  I approached developing this list by
imaging that I was making recommendations to others in an academic medical
center.  Thus there are sessions about the timely topics of data, 3D tools
and information privacy  as well as sessions making new contributions in
well established areas such as information behavior, liaison services, and
metrics.   I look forward to seeing SIG/HEALTH members in Seattle, and hope
you will let me know if this list was useful.


Nancy Roderer



*Sunday, 3:30-5:00 pm*


*Information Behavior I*(Papers)
*Perceived Value of Information Sharing in Online Environments: User
Engagement and Social Reputation*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/papers/146.html>
Dongho Choi, Chirag Shah
*An Investigation of the Effects of Awareness and Task Orientation on
Collaborative Search*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/papers/167.html>
Annie T. Chen, Rob Capra, Wan-ching Wu
*File Synchronization and Sharing: User Practices and Challenges*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/papers/161.html>
Robert Capra, Emily Vardell, Kathy Brennan
Moderator:  Heather O'Brien

Monday, 8:30 - 10:00am


*Liaisons*
(Panel)
*Digital Liaisons:  Building Communities and Empowering Culture Through
Digital Libraries * <http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/panels/56.html>
*(SIG/AH, SIG/DL)* <http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/panels/56.html>
Michael Eisenberg, Karen Fisher, Holley Long





*Monday, 10:30 am*

*Keynote:  Alessandro Acquisti*
Heinz College
Carnegie Mellon University
Alessandro Acquisti is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and
Public Policy at the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, and the
co-director of the CMU Center for Behavioral Decision Research (CBDR). He
is a fellow of the Ponemon Institute and a member of Carnegie Mellon CyLab
and the CyLab Usability, Privacy, and Security (CUPS) lab.  Alessandro’s
research investigates the economics and behavioral economics of privacy,
and privacy in online social networks.





*Monday, 1:30 - 3:00 pm*
*Health Informatics*
(Papers)
*Cross-cultural Quality Comparison of Online Health Information for Elderly
Care on Yahoo! Answers*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/papers/155.html>
Wendy Nga Man Wong, Hong Huang, Samuel Kai Wah Chu

*Big Data and the Study of Dementia: Epistemological Promises and Pitfalls*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/papers/70.html>
Donald Grant Campbell

*A Better Place? Factors in Community Assessment for Parents of Children
with Down Syndrome*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/papers/172.html>
Amelia N. Gibson
Moderator:  Lisa Given





*Monday, 3:30 - 5:00 pm*
*3D Tools*
(Panel)

*3D Technologies:  New Tools for Information Scientists to Engage, Educate
and Empower Communities(SIG/STI)*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/panels/97.html>
Moriana M. Garcia, Kevin Messner, Richard J. Urban, Sam Tripodis, Megan E.
Hancock, Tod Colegrove





*Tuesday, 10:30 am - 12:00 noon*
*Metrics*
(Panel)

*Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Altmetrics:  What Is It All
About?(SIG/MET)* <http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/panels/84.html>
Isabella Peters, Judit Bar-Ilan





*Tuesday, 4:00 - 5:30 pm*
*Data Mgmt*
(Panel)
*Curation and Policy Issues in Collaborative Research Data Management
Communities:  Perspectives from Key Stakeholders*
<http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/panels/127.html>
*(SIG/STI) * <http://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/panels/127.html>
Michael Luesebrink, Hong Huang, Kristin Bodgan, Dorothea Salo, Charles
Thomas, Jevin West, Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson




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*MEMBER SPOTLIGHT*


*Emily Vardell*

*MLS*

*Emily Vardell, MLS*, is a Doctoral Student and Teaching Fellow at the
School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests focus on health information
behavior, particularly health insurance literacy and decision-making. As a
Teaching Fellow, she has served as the instructor of record for
graduate-level courses including Health Sciences Information and
Information Resources and Services. She is currently president of the
Doctoral Student Association at SILS and a member of UNC's Future Faculty
Fellowship Program.


Prior to returning for her doctoral studies, Emily was the Director for
Reference and Education at the Louis Calder Medical Library at the
University of Miami. In that position, Emily oversaw all library reference
and teaching, was as an Evidence-Based Medicine instructor, and served as
one of the University of Miami Hospital librarians. Emily earned her
Masters of Library Science from Texas Woman's University in 2007 as a
distance education student in Austria. She began her medical librarian
career as a National Library of Medicine Associate Fellow.


Emily is honored to be an ASIST New Leader and Chair-Elect of SIG-HLTH. She
is also active in the Medical Library Association, where she is currently
Chair of the Public Health/Health Administration Section and serves on the
Professional Retention and Recruitment Committee.
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*Si Sun*

*MS*

*Si Sun, MS*., is a PhD Candidate and Part Time Lecturer at the School of
Communication and Information at Rutgers University. With a special
interest in personal information management, Si Sun’s dissertation examines
how patients living with chronic conditions manage their daily personal
health information and how the design of health information technologies
can be improved to support this process. Her previous work on clinical
health information systems, online health communities, and personal health
information management systems design was presented at ASIS&T, AMIA, ACM
CHI, and KCHC.



Si Sun is an instructor at the Douglass Learning Community at Rutgers
University. She has also assisted the courses Internet and Information
Environment: A Quantitative Perspective and Social Informatics. Si Sun
holds a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree from Beijing University of Posts
and Telecommunications, majoring in Management Information Systems. As an
information management system design specialist, Si Sun worked at Beijing
Huicong International Information Corporation, SK c&c, China Computer
World, and Communication World Weekly.



As an active member of the ASIS&T community since 2011, Si Sun was
appointed secretary of SIG HLTH in 2012 and was later appointed SIG HLTH
Chair in 2014. Si Sun is also a patient advocate at two U.S. based
face-to-face patient support groups and four Chinese organizations for
diabetes patients of various demographics and living with different types
of diabetes.



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*(Contact information is available at the end of this email)*
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*Q&A*

The Q&A section is dedicated research-related question answering. If you
have any questions, please send it to us and we will post it immediately on
our social media and also in the next issue of SIG/HLTH newsletter. When an
answer is available, you will either receive a relayed email from us, or an
email directly from the generous answerer.



If you would like to answer a question or provide resources, please contact
us or the question provider (if applicable). We will update our social
media and newsletter accordingly.



An *example* question and answers are as follows:



*Q from John:* Can you give me some suggestions on how to reach a
vulnerable population, such as children with type 1 diabetes? I have tried
recruiting online, but people do not trust me.



*A from Lucy:* You can perhaps visit local clinics and ask for help from
doctors there.



*A from Emily:* Try going to local anonymous support groups. It is perhaps
easier to build rapport face-to-face, and you can have a closer look of the
population of interest. It is best to contact the group coordinators first
to make sure that you have permission to attend the support groups. People
within the support group may be upset if someone attends who does not
identify as being part of that group. I think being up front will help
build that trust.



*A from Deborah*: Contact local chapters of the national Diabetes
Association for healthcare professionals and patients to network with and
invite to research study. National website is:  www.diabetes.org Also,
Public Libraries are so important today for patrons and community visitors
to make health queries, and librarians provide excellent references to web
sites, publications, and groups. I recommend requesting opportunity to post
information (online and on physical bulletin boards) and possibly to hold
an information session with local health care panel at public library.



*Please send us your questions and help others with your ideas!*

*(Contact information is available at the end of this email)*

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*CONTACTS*



Si Sun, Chair

sisun at rutgers.edu



Emily Vardell, Chair-Elect/Secretary, New Leader Awardee (2014-2015)

evardell at email.unc.edu



Nancy K. Roderer, SIG HLTH Advisor

nrodere1 at jhmi.edu



Deborah E. Swain, SIG HLTH Advisor

dswain at nccu.edu


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