From tdonehower at gmail.com Tue Oct 6 13:16:43 2015 From: tdonehower at gmail.com (Tom Donehower) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 10:16:43 -0700 Subject: [Sigia-l] Examples of great form UX Message-ID: Hi All, I'm looking for some examples of great long-form submission user experiences. What comes to mind is something like the Get A Quote process at progressive.com. I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons for wizard type UX vs. the simplicity of long single page forms. I'm designing for an enterprise user in this instance and the barriers of learning a new experience would be outweighed by the speed and efficiency of submitting the form once the user if familiar with the system. Current form has over 100 fields. Any thoughts or great form/onboarding examples greatly appreciated. Best, -Tom From tdonehower at gmail.com Tue Oct 6 13:37:48 2015 From: tdonehower at gmail.com (Tom Donehower) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 10:37:48 -0700 Subject: [Sigia-l] Graduate Tracks for UX Message-ID: Hi All, I'm considering graduate/specialization programs for continuing UX education. Couple questions: 1) As a UX professional, what track would you pursue to continue your career path in UX if cost and distance was not a concern? It seems the default would be a masters in HCI, but I'm also curious about what others think about Psychology, Computer Science, Informatics, Philosophy, Design, MBA, etc. based on where we are headed. 2) Do specialization certifications like the one offered by UC Santa Barbara in Interaction Design hold any credibility? Consider you have two candidates with their undergrad degrees and both are equal in every way except one candidate has a MS in HCI and one has a specialization in HCI from an accredited university. After interviews and portfolio review you come to the conclusion the candidates are equal except for this one difference. Do you value one more than other? Thanks for tackling my hypothetical. Best, -Tom From info at udcc.org Fri Oct 9 07:38:23 2015 From: info at udcc.org (Aida Slavic (UDC editor)) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 12:38:23 +0100 Subject: [Sigia-l] Reminder: Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery - 29-30 October, Lisbon In-Reply-To: <5617A195.4040102@udcc.org> References: <5617A195.4040102@udcc.org> Message-ID: <5617A72F.8040501@udcc.org> [apologies for cross-posting] === Registration closes on 20 October === The International UDC Seminar entitled "Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery" will take place in The National Library of Portugal in Lisbon, on 29-30 October 2015. Conference website: http://seminar.udcc.org/2015 Contact: seminar2015 at udcc.org Linked data practices and techniques have opened new possibilities in exploiting controlled vocabularies and improving resource discovery. Authority data held in library systems often includes classification schemes. These knowledge structures now have the potential for being shared across the linked data environment. The objective of this conference is to explore such potential, expanding the value and use of classification as an authority controlled vocabulary, from a local perspective to the global environment. Speakers include Michael Buckland, Barbara Tillett, Dagobert Soergel, Rebecca Green, Maja ?umer & Marcia Zeng, Nuno Freire, Maria In?s Cordeiro, Andrea Scharnhorst & Richard Smiraglia, Wolfram Sperber, Koraljka Golub, Claudio Gnoli, Marie Balikova, Victoria Francu. Proceedings are published by Ergon Verlag. To learn more about conference programme and to register go to the conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2015 Venue: National Library of Portugal, Campo Grande 83, Lisbon Organizer: UDC Consortium === ______________________ * International UDC Seminar 2015: Classification and Authority Control - http://seminar.udcc.org/2015/ * UDC Online Hub (6 languages): http://www.udc-hub.com/index.php * UDC Summary (over 50 languages): http://www.udcsummary.info/php/index.php The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ From rhill at asis.org Thu Oct 15 14:15:39 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:15:39 -0400 Subject: [Sigia-l] Extended Hotel & Regustration Deadlines for ASIS&T 2015 AM Message-ID: <386-2201510415181539401@LEN-dick-2011> St. Louis Hyatt and ASIS&T are extending the cut off dates for discounts until OCTOBER 23. Rooms were tight and people were having problems. But rooms blocked for the potential World Series games have opened up so we are able to make this effort to help you save. _____ 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology -- Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community November 6-10, 2015 - Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch - St. Louis, Missouri Program and Registration at: https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/ The 2015 ASIS&T conference theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ?including academics and practitioner? to discuss the impact of their research on industry, on government, on local/national/global community groups, on individuals, on information systems, on cultural institutions, and on other practice contexts. The theme highlights the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. 8 Preconference Workshops 40 Contributed Papers 18 Panel Discussions Plenary sessions: Aaron Doering -Building Community Online: Connecting People, Places, and Ideas through Innovative Design- Doering is associate professor in the LT Media Lab at the University of Minnesota, currently holds the Bonnie Westby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education and Technology. His research involves the design, development and evaluation of online and mobile teaching environments; technology integration in K-12 settings; and the innovative use of technology to support teaching and learning. Sarah Morton -Creating Impact: Issues, Challenges and Solutions- Morton works at the intersection of social research, policy and practice in a range of leadership roles. She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also within the University of Edinburgh, Sarah is the knowledge exchange specialist for the Centre for Community and Public Health Sciences and an impact analyst. She is a director of What Works Scotland and she is also an associate of the research unit for research utilization at the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement and was a member of the Scottish Funding Council working group on Knowledge Exchange and Public Policy. Her research has investigated the process assessing the impact of research on policy and practice. She has a specialty in contribution analysis and uses this approach in a variety of projects, often working with non-academic partners, and also to assess the impact of research. 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