From mephitis.skunk at gmail.com Thu Sep 5 16:46:29 2013 From: mephitis.skunk at gmail.com (Michael Albers) Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:46:29 -0400 Subject: [Sigia-l] Final call for papers: Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) Message-ID: <5228EDA5.8040507@gmail.com> Poposals are due Sept 15th. Call for papers 3rd Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) February 24-25, 2014 East Carolina University Greenville NC For the full call for papers: http://workshop.design4complexity.com/home.php Symposium goals Building on the success of the previous two conferences, the Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) explores the relationships between and within the contexts that affect complex information, information design, information architecture, user experience, and usability. It seeks to examine how design choices influence people?s behavior when interacting with complex information, and how the knowledge of situation contexts improves the design of complex information systems. The intention of SCCI is to foster an integrated approach to the design of complex information by bringing together members of the various research and practitioner communities. Goals of this symposium are to build upon what we already know about communicating complex information across the spectrum of casual users to domain experts and clarify our understanding of what issues urgently need further research. Keynote address will be by Whitney Quesenbery. For more information Contact: Michael Albers (albersm at ecu.edu). Schedule 2 page proposal due: September 15, 2013 Notice of acceptance: November 1, 2013 Papers for symposium due: February 15, 2014 Symposium dates: February 24?25, 2014 This symposium sponsored in part by East Carolina University Department of English Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Office of the Provost ACM SIGDOC From nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu Fri Sep 6 18:14:54 2013 From: nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu (Nicole Purviance) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 15:14:54 -0700 Subject: [Sigia-l] New ASIS&T President Announced: SJSU SLIS Director Sandra Hirsh to Serve as President Message-ID: <1e0301ceab4e$84ee1f80$8eca5e80$@sjsu.edu> Dr. Sandra Hirsh Elected ASIS&T President Today, the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) announced that Dr. Sandra Hirsh, director of the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University (SJSU SLIS), will serve as the organization's president. Hirsh will start her term as president elect during 2014, and will serve as ASIS&T president during 2015. "I'm thrilled to be selected to serve as ASIS&T president," said Hirsh. "ASIS&T has always played a key role in my professional and scholarly activities throughout my career." Hirsh has served ASIS&T in many capacities since joining in 1994, including as chair of the Information Professionals Task Force, on conference organizing and program planning committees, and as a frequent conference presenter. Hirsh also serves as faculty advisor for the ASIS&T Student Chapter at SJSU SLIS, which was named ASIS &T Student Chapter of the Year in 2012. The SJSU information school reactivated the student chapter in August 2011. During its inaugural year, the chapter created an impressive array of resources and virtual networking opportunities for SJSU SLIS students, who live across the continent while earning a degree in one of the information school's fully online graduate programs. As president elect and president, Hirsh plans to help ASIS &T attract new members from across the globe, increase the association's visibility, and continue to demonstrate the value of the information profession. "I'm also eager to find new ways to engage students with ASIS&T, as I've done at the SJSU information school," said Hirsh. "Students can bring new ideas and energy to our association, and they play a pivotal role in the future of our association and our profession." Since joining SJSU SLIS in 2010, Hirsh launched the Center for Information Research and Innovation (CIRI), a virtual research center aimed at developing research-based and innovative products for the information profession. In addition, Hirsh is a founding partner of the Library 2.0 conference series, an online, open global forum for academics, students, and information professionals to discuss the future of libraries. She is also an advocate for redefining the information professional . Before joining SJSU, Hirsh held professional positions at leading global companies, including serving as a senior user experience manager at Microsoft and director of the Information Research Program at HP Labs. To view the ASIS&T election results, please visit: http://asist.org/elections/ About SJSU SLIS The San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science (SJSU SLIS) is a recognized leader in online learning and is a member of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) and Quality Matters. In 2012, the information school's online programs received a score in the exemplary range according to the Sloan-C Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Education Programs. SJSU SLIS prepares individuals for professional careers in the information profession. The information school offers the following online educational programs : * Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) * Teacher Librarian Program * Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA) * Post-Master's Certificate in Library and Information Science * San Jose Gateway PhD Program For more information about the nationally ranked school, please visit: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu From ben at zebrapeople.com Tue Sep 10 07:21:31 2013 From: ben at zebrapeople.com (Ben Clarfelt) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:21:31 +0000 Subject: [Sigia-l] =?iso-8859-1?q?User_Experience_Designer_for_Product_and?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Service_led_Company=2C_=A340k_-_=A350k=2E?= Message-ID: User Experience Designer - Products and Services - London Service and product led digital publishing and charitable organisation seeks fantastic User Experience Designer to help champion their User Experience offering. The Client One of the most respected brands in the UK, a brand who is the trusted voice of the consumer has/is moving from a traditional print based organisation to a service led organisation building amazing digital products. Really interesting time to join my client as you've got a fantastic opportunity to be part of something huge, re architecting my clients digital and brand presence. Organisation's digital team is still young enough for you to really influence the company and the projects you work on can really make a huge difference to shaping my clients digital presence. The Role Current digital team of 20, mix of UX, Research and Design, you will gain the opportunity to work on a huge variety of projects all multi screen experience from web, mobile, tablet to social and all responsively designed projects. Interesting projects coming up including Ipad, mobile apps and an interesting personalisation project. Opportunity to look into new product development and new revenue models for my client. What I like about this role is the diversity of projects you will be working on, although they're a client side organisation so you get the benefits of their great work to life balance, 9am to 5pm working hours, 28 days holiday it has an agency vibe to it due to the variety of projects and large amount of products and services they offer. The Candidate The candidate will have at least two to four years UX experience across the whole UCD lifecycle. Important you have a portfolio that demonstrates your UX deliverables and your thinking process. Being experienced in a wide variety of UX deliverables, good stakeholder management skills, ability to work collaboratively with designers, product owners and being able to communicate your UX thinking and ideas clearly is key to this role. Salary; ?40k - ?50k Location; Central London If this sounds like you or your interested to hear more than please send your CV to ben at zebrapeople.com or call me on 02078 729 4771 for more detail. Thanks Ben. [cid:image001.gif at 01CEA956.8F385B80] Ben Clarfelt Director and User Experience Recruiter T: 0207 729 4771 M: 07967 313466 Twitter: @benclarfelt www.zebrapeople.com www.uxpeople.co.uk The contents of this mail are intended exclusively for the Addressee. If you are not the addressee you must not read use or disclose the email contents; you should notify us immediately, by clicking reply, and delete this email. Zebra People monitor e-mails to ensure its systems operate effectively and to minimise the risk of viruses. Whilst it has taken reasonable steps to scan this mail it does not accept liability for any viruses that may be contained in it. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 8113 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: From ben at zebrapeople.com Tue Sep 10 12:10:18 2013 From: ben at zebrapeople.com (Ben Clarfelt) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:10:18 +0000 Subject: [Sigia-l] =?iso-8859-1?q?UX_Designer_-_Financial_Market_-_London_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?-_=A350k=2E?= Message-ID: Innovative market leader in financial trading seeks a UX Designer to enhance the overall User Experience that is delivered across their trading platforms and to their clients as a whole. You will be working on full UCD lifecycle, conducting user research and usability studies to help inform your design decisions. Your role will involve lots of requirement gathering, presenting and selling ideas to stakeholders, running UX workshops. Very collaborative role, lots of sketching, wireframing and prototyping to help demonstrate your ideas. Client is constantly seeking to improve functionality to ensure a seamless User Experience across all their products. Role is quite mobile focussed, specifically designing UX for android platforms. Work in a very collaborative environment, often need to get products to market in quite a short timeframe, hence need to be able to be flexible in your approach to designing UX, sometimes having to compromise on best practise UX to get the best possible product out to market in a quick timeframe. You will report into the senior UX lead. In return my client can offer fantastic benefits, great bonus, pension and work to life balance. Offer training and mentoring too. Salary; ?50k Location; London If this sounds like you then please send your CV to ben at zebrapeople.com or find out more by calling you on 0207 729 4771. Thanks Ben. [cid:image001.gif at 01CEA956.8F385B80] Ben Clarfelt Director and User Experience Recruiter T: 0207 729 4771 M: 07967 313466 Twitter: @benclarfelt www.zebrapeople.com www.uxpeople.co.uk The contents of this mail are intended exclusively for the Addressee. 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Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 8113 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: From nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu Tue Sep 10 15:05:47 2013 From: nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu (Nicole Purviance) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:05:47 -0700 Subject: [Sigia-l] Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference: Submit Your Proposal by September 30 Message-ID: <07bd01ceae58$c3605af0$4a2110d0$@SJSU.Edu> Social Media, MOOCs, Digital Libraries, Data Visualization, Library Design: Information Sharing at the Forefront of Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference The Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference is just around the corner (October 18-19, 2013), but there's still time to submit your presentation proposal . The deadline to submit your presentation abstract is September 30, 2013. To date, more than 85 presentation proposals have been submitted, representing a global perspective about libraries in the 21st century. In addition, this international conference proudly features 10 keynote presenters and 10 distinguished speakers , who hail from eight different countries! Everyone is encouraged to submit a presentation proposal and join the global conversation. This year's conference features eight subject strands , including two new strands featuring doctoral student research and library and information center tours. Library 2.013 Conference Strands 1. Digital Services, Preservation, and Access 2. Emerging Technologies and Trends 3. Learning Commons (for school libraries and/or academic libraries) 4. Management of Libraries and Information Centers in the 21st Century 5. User Centered Services and Models 6. Library and Information Professionals - Evolving Roles and Opportunities 7. Doctoral Student Research 8. Library and Information Center "Tours" To view examples of presentation topics for each subject strand, click here. For more information about presentation guidelines and submittal instructions, please visit the conference website at: http://www.library20.com/page/proposal-submission-2013 The Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference will be held online via web conferencing, with presentations held in multiple languages and scheduled around the clock over the course of two days. You can log in anytime from the comfort of your home, office, or favorite coffee shop. If you'll be in Yakima, Wash., for the Washington Library Media Association (WLMA) 2013 Conference, you'll be able to attend Library 2.013 conference sessions in the WLMA webinar room. The WLMA will be live streaming sessions, as well as sharing three important sessions with the Library 2.013 conference audience. There are many ways to get involved in the Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference. We encourage everyone to present and attend this open, participatory conference. In addition, you can browse and comment on the submitted presentation proposals, join the international advisory and outreach board , sign up to volunteer and help moderate the live sessions and assist the speakers during the conference, and show your support by becoming a sponsor or partner . The Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference is co-founded by the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science (SJSU SLIS). For more information about the Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference, check out the information school's Pinterest board and visit the conference website at: http://www.library20.com/2013 Please share this announcement with your colleagues and friends. Sincerely, Sandra Hirsh, PhD Professor and Director School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University http://slisweb.sjsu.edu Steve Hargadon Web 2.0 Labs http://www.stevehargadon.com http://www.web20labs.com About SJSU SLIS The San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science prepares individuals for professional careers in the information profession and offers the following online educational programs : * Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) * Teacher Librarian Program * Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA) * Post-Master's Certificate in Library and Information Science * San Jose Gateway PhD Program For more information about the information school, please visit: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu From L.Will at willpowerinfo.co.uk Wed Sep 11 13:22:31 2013 From: L.Will at willpowerinfo.co.uk (Leonard Will) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:22:31 +0100 Subject: [Sigia-l] =?utf-8?q?Information_=E2=80=93_a_risky_business=2C_ISK?= =?utf-8?q?O_UK_afternoon_event_=E2=80=93_Thursday_24th_October_2013?= Message-ID: <5230A6D7.7090600@willpowerinfo.co.uk> *Information ? a risky business, ISKO UK afternoon event ? Thursday 24th October 2013*, British Dental Association, 64 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8YS, 13.30 ? 18.00, followed by networking, wine and nibbles Information is critical to all businesses today, placing them at significant risk if it is not managed and organized in such a way that it can easily and quickly be found. Using case studies from the private and public sectors and some highly experienced practitioners in the field, this latest ISKO UK event examines the causes, threats and outcomes of poor information management which put organizations at risk, why this is relevant to knowledge organization and what mitigation measures can be put in place. Yasmin Merali, Associate Professor at Warwick Business School, will open the first session by examining the complex nature of today?s information network, the shift in user behaviour and the impact on organizational resilience and robustness. Mark Merifield, Head of Information Management Services at The National Archives looks at the disconnect between our IT environment and business requirements and David Haynes, a highly experienced information manager and PhD student at City University, will draw on recent work within the charity sector to demonstrate some of the knowledge organization approaches used to address information risk in the context of overall organizational change. In the second session, Roger Poole, currently Manager ? Risk Consulting at KPMG LLP and with considerable experience of Global Records Management projects and programmes within the banking sector, describes some of the recent significant changes in approach to information risk within the Financial Services industry, a sector with a very high profile in the news in recent years. He is followed by Christina Somovilla and Aynsley Taylor, who will draw from their own experience at the Financial Ombudsman Service to examine some of the difficulties faced when trying to set policies appropriate to real business need, and to consider how organizing information properly is the best way to mitigate risk. Finally, Noeleen Schenk from Metataxis, a consultant with many years? experience working with clients to ensure effective information management structures are in place, will explain how businesses can use the risk agenda to drive improvements to their information management ? from the identification of their information assets, to their management and organization. The afternoon will end with wine and nibbles and an opportunity to discuss the afternoon event with speakers and colleagues. You will find the programme and other details of the event, and can register until October 20th via the ISKO site . The event is *free* to ISKO members and to full-time students. The fee for non-members is just *?40*. All fees must be paid in advance - there is no provision for payment on arrival. Registration opens at *1.30* and we shall start promptly at 2 p.m. Please pass this invitation on to any colleagues who may be interested. ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series as well as its very successful biennial conferences (see slides and recordings at . Its third conference was held in July 2013 on the theme of "Knowledge organization - pushing the boundaries" . -- Leonard Will From rhill at asis.org Mon Sep 23 10:24:47 2013 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:24:47 -0400 Subject: [Sigia-l] ASIST Annual Meeitng - Early reg.date extended to Sept 30 Message-ID: <386-220139123142447619@LEN-dick-2011> Early registration deadline extended to Sept. 30, 2013 Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-6, Montreal, Canada http://asis.org/asist2013/ 83 papers contributed papers 78 posters 28 panels. The program is extremely rich in content and will draw attendance from scholars and practitioners from information related fields all over the world. The conference program focuses on research and technological development on the latest issues affecting information environments, information phenomena, and information users. The program sets to provide a wide range of research topics and related practical issues such as cloud-based metadata, biomedical research, social informatics to collective information seeking, adoption of social media, digital humanities and human information interaction, among others. We hope that the discussions generated by the papers, panels and posters will contribute to expand our understanding of information problems and to help us in better addressing them in our research and professional endeavors. Keynote speaker: Jorge Garcia, a Montreal-based expert in the area of business intelligence and data management. His work involves the assessment and implementation of information technologies. This year, the Annual Meeting follows the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), another great venue for learning about developments in information and knowledge management. The presence of ICKM attendees at ASIS&T Annual Meeting should provide additional opportunities for great discussions. http://asis.org/asist2013/ . 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 mephitis.skunk at gmail.com Thu Sep 26 11:32:25 2013 From: mephitis.skunk at gmail.com (Michael Albers) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: [Sigia-l] Last call: proposals for Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) Message-ID: <52445389.3060402@gmail.com> Last call: the deadline for proposals is to Oct 1. 3rd Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) February 24-25, 2014 East Carolina University Greenville NC For the full call for papers: http://workshop.design4complexity.com/home.php Symposium goals Building on the success of the previous two conferences, the Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) explores the relationships between and within the contexts that affect complex information, information design, information architecture, user experience, and usability. It seeks to examine how design choices influence people?s behavior when interacting with complex information, and how the knowledge of situation contexts improves the design of complex information systems. The intention of SCCI is to foster an integrated approach to the design of complex information by bringing together members of the various research and practitioner communities. Goals of this symposium are to build upon what we already know about communicating complex information across the spectrum of casual users to domain experts and clarify our understanding of what issues urgently need further research. Keynote address will be by Whitney Quesenbery. For more information Contact: Michael Albers (albersm at ecu.edu). Schedule 2 page proposal due: October 1, 2013 Notice of acceptance: November 1, 2013 Papers for symposium due: February 15, 2014 Symposium dates: February 24?25, 2014 This symposium sponsored in part by East Carolina University Department of English Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Office of the Provost ACM SIGDOC -- ___________________________________ Dr. Michael J. Albers Technical and Professional Writing Department of English Mailstop 555 East Carolina University Greenville NC 27858-4353 From kaniasty at gmail.com Sun Sep 29 18:49:02 2013 From: kaniasty at gmail.com (eva kaniasty) Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:49:02 -0400 Subject: [Sigia-l] Build an effective UX portfolio Message-ID: I just created my second class on Skillshare, focused on building a portfolio, which I know is a challenge for many UX newsbies. If you are a student, career changer, or need an updated portfolio for your next job search, this class is for you. 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