From ku26 at drexel.edu Fri Nov 7 12:11:15 2014 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:11:15 +0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] FW: ICA Workshop CFP: Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies In-Reply-To: <3A14A834-2607-4FD3-98BF-3DB476954D02@ceris.cnr.it> References: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294EA316CE70@MB1.drexel.edu> <3A14A834-2607-4FD3-98BF-3DB476954D02@ceris.cnr.it> Message-ID: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294EA3B4C59F@MB2.drexel.edu> This does look really interesting. I'm not sure if any of our members will be able to attend, but if you are considering it please let me know! Kris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor ASIS&T SIG-IFP Chair The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 ?| ?Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci -----Original Message----- From: Carla Basili [mailto:c.basili at ceris.cnr.it] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 9:18 AM To: Unsworth,Kristene Subject: Re: [Sigifp-l] FW: ICA Workshop CFP: Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies Of GREAT interest to me, but unfortunately too expensive to attend!!! Many thanks, Carla Basili, Information Policies in Science project, scientific-responsible http://www.ceris.cnr.it/Basili/information_policies_in_science.htm (last update September 2013) Il giorno 14/ott/14, alle ore 15:49, Unsworth,Kristene ha scritto: > OF interest to some I'm certain! > > Kristene Unsworth, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > ASIS&T SIG-IFP Chair > The College of Computing and Informatics Drexel University > 3141 Chestnut Street > Philadelphia, PA 19104 > Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of > Richard Denny Taylor > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 7:55 AM > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] ICA Workshop CFP: Administrative v. Critical > Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies > > Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary > Information Policy Studies > > An ICA pre-conference co-hosted by the Journal of Information Policy, > the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of > Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and > Political Science, the LINKS-ICORE project at the Department of > Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the > ICA Communication Law and Policy Division > > > > Tensions, disagreements, differences and disputes of both a > methodological and theoretical nature have always been an attribute of > communication policy studies. One of the major contributions to this > debate is Paul Lazarsfeld's seminal piece "Remarks on Administrative > and Critical Communication Research."* The Journal of Information > Policy ( www.jip- online.org), the > Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of > Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and > Political Science, the LINKS-ICORE project at the Department of > Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the > ICA Communication Law and Policy Division are holding a pre-conference > in which the relevance of the distinction between "administrative" and > "critical" scholarship in light of Lazarsfeld's analysis will be > tested when applied to today's information society and the research > questions contemporary information policy raises. > The Journal will publish a special issue dedicated to the 75th > anniversary of this essay in 2016. > > The pre-conference will be held on May 21, 2015 at one of the two ICA > hotels in San Juan. > > Administrative research, according to Lazarsfeld, which takes its name > from the corporate or government funding that supports it, emanates > from the notion that the media are "tools handled by people or > agencies for given purposes" and therefore the studies themselves > focus on making the > "tool(s) better known, and thus to facilitate (their) use." Critical > research, on the other hand, is guided by the notion that "the general > role of our media of communication in the present social order should > be studied." Lazarsfeld saw "administrative" research as being focused > on questions such as "Who are the people exposed to different media? > What are their specific preferences? What are the effects of different > methods of presentation?" and "critical" > research as asking a different set of questions, such as "How are > these media organized and controlled? How, in their institutional > set-up is the trend toward centralization, standardization and > promotional pressure expressed? In what form, however disguised, are > they threatening human values?" Administrative research, explains > Lazarsfeld, is criticized for solving only "little problems, generally > of a business character, when the same methods could be used to > improve the life of the community if only they were applied to forward > looking projects related to the pressing economic and social problems > of our time." Critical research, however, is opposed by those who > believe "that so much of its effort is spent on what might be called > 'showing up' > things, rather than fact-finding or constructive suggestions." > > Self-described as one "whose interests and occupational duties are in > the field of administrative research," Lazarsfeld called for the > development of critical policy research, since he believed it could > "contribute much in terms of challenging problems and new concepts." > > Contemporary society stands, 75 years later, at the same crossroads. > The media may have changed, they have assumed new names, they are > "digital" > and "social", interactive and mobile; however, the social challenges > they raise are similar. While media are accessible as never before, > the divide among their users is more complex, and on many more levels, > than could have been fathomed three quarters of a century ago. The > increased pace of technological change also implies that it has become > more difficult to undertake the sort of anticipatory "reimagining" of > media potentialities with which critical research was tasked. Instead, > many of the most radical innovations capitalizing on the affordances > of new technologies are taking place in entrepreneurial contexts. > Governments, ideologically disinclined or unable to undertake > regulation preemptively (as witnessed in the net neutrality debates), > are allowing greater play for market forces in media environments. Is > there a role for critical research in this new scenario? > Further, many policy issues now go well beyond the boundary of > nation-states and need to be addressed at the international, the > regional or even the global levels. Would a debate originated in the > U.S. context shed light on those issues in the age of networked power > and global governance? > > What direction is communication policy research taking? Is it driven > by researchers focused on the "tools" or on the context in which the > tools are used? What kinds of research should drive policy? How can > media researchers, who now have access to vastly improved sources of > data and research methods, compared to those in Lazarsfeld's time, > most effectively conduct administrative research? What ethical > questions are raised by the use of consumer data for administrative > research? Should research focus on understanding the media of > communications, what they are capable of doing and what their effects > may be, or should it focus on the social implications of access or > lack of access to these media? > > This Call for Papers invites submissions that identify the tension > between administrative and critical research as it pertains to > information and communication policy studies in both national and > global contexts. > Submissions may focus on, but are not limited to, addressing the > following > questions: > > . What are the normative foundations of administrative > research? > > . Can administrative research ethically inform information > policy? > > . How can policy research be made more democratic? > > . What, if any, is the role of the moral imagination in policy > research? > > . Can empiricism/positivism engage ethical/moral values? > > . How can scholarly policy researchers (of any kind) avoid > being > compromised by the dominant agents of influence? > > . Should critical research have a greater presence in forums > directed to administrative research? > > . Can critical scholarship inform policy? > > . Is critical scholarship utilized enough by policymakers? > > . What is and what should be the relationship of social > activism > to scholarship? > > . What current policy issues heighten the tension between > administrative and critical research? > > > > Case studies, which combine these questions with specific examples of > contemporary policy issues, are encouraged as well. > > Abstracts of between 400-500 words and a short bio of the author(s) > should be sent to pennstateiip at psu.edu > by December 19, 2014. Please write IIPCLAPWS: > YOUR NAME in the subject line. Abstracts not sent according to the > above instructions will not be reviewed. Authors will be notified of > their acceptance before January 14, 2015. Up to 8 abstracts will be > accepted to the workshop and full papers are expected by May 14, 2015. > Each paper will be assigned a respondent, and discussed at length at > the workshop in order to help the author develop a paper to be > submitted to the Journal of Information Policy. > > Authors presenting at the pre-conference will be invited to submit > their completed papers for review in a special issue of the Journal of > Information Policy ( www.jip-online.org > ) to be published in 2016 highlighting the 75th anniversary of > Lazarfeld's essay. Now in its 5th year, the JIP is an open-access > peer-reviewed journal dedicated to timely policy research that > addresses contemporary challenges and connects researchers to > policymakers. This pre-conference is the 10th workshop of the "Making > Policy Research Accessible," project organized by the Institute for > Information Policy at Penn State. > > * Lazarsfeld, P. (1941). Remarks on administrative and critical > research. > Studies in Philosophy and Social Science, 9, 2-16. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Sigifp-l mailing list > Sigifp-l at asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigifp-l From ku26 at drexel.edu Fri Nov 7 13:01:02 2014 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 18:01:02 +0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] FW: [Asis-l] Call for Papers: 3rd Milwaukee Conference on Ethics in Knowledge Organization In-Reply-To: <1415375581591.63066@uwm.edu> References: <1414688975079.54394@uwm.edu> <1414695061732.64085@uwm.edu> <1414698522374.33559@uwm.edu> <1414702646592.65048@uwm.edu> <1415038832243.3340@uwm.edu> <1415308631279.81891@uwm.edu> <1415314051802.35280@uwm.edu> <1415319608442.29063@uwm.edu> <1415375581591.63066@uwm.edu> Message-ID: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294EA3B4C700@MB2.drexel.edu> Great people working in this area and involved with the conference. Any of you with interest in KO should consider sending an abstract! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci From: Asis-l [mailto:asis-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca J Hall Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 10:53 AM To: asis-l at asis.org Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Papers: 3rd Milwaukee Conference on Ethics in Knowledge Organization ?Call for Papers The Big Deal: 3rd Milwaukee Conference on Ethics in Knowledge Organization May 28-29, 2015 Milwaukee, WI The role of ethics in knowledge organization has moved from the background to the foreground. Objectivity and literary warrant alone have been shown to be insufficient for ethical knowledge organization. Ethical concerns have been demonstrated in the roles of exclusivity and point-of-view, the relationship between literary and cultural warrant, in the creation of knowledge organization systems that embrace socio-political symbolism, and in the evolution of standards and professional best practices for the implementation of knowledge organization. Following the success of conferences held in 2009 and 2012, The Knowledge Organization Research Group joins with the Center for Information Policy and Research of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to present the Third Milwaukee Conference on Ethics in Knowledge Organization. We welcome papers and posters on any aspect of ethics and knowledge organization including but not limited to: bibliographic standards, cataloging and indexing best-practices, classification, controlled vocabulary, technology, the professions, cultural, economic, political, corporate, international, multicultural and multilingual aspects of knowledge organization. Keynote Speakers: Tina Gross, Catalog Librarian/Associate Professor, St. Cloud State University Joe Tennis, Associate Professor, University of Washington, and President, International Society for Knowledge Organization Call for Papers We invite submission of proposals which will include name(s) of presenter(s), title(s), affiliation(s), contact information and an abstract of 750 words for papers; 300-500 words for posters. All abstracts will be published on the website of the UWM, Knowledge Organization Research Group (KOrg). Full papers will be published in a special issue of Knowledge Organization. Submit proposals via email to Inkyung Choi: ichoi at uwm.edu Abstracts due: February 16, 2015 Notification of acceptance by: March 16, 2015 Full papers due: July 16, 2015 Poster: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/groups/sois/webdocs/events/EthicsInKO-CFP.pdf? The Program Committee: Melissa Adler, University of Kentucky, USA Jihee Beak, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Allyson Carlyle, University of Washington, USA Jos? Augusto Chaves Guimar?es, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil Jane Greenberg, Drexel University, USA Birger Hj?rland, The Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark Lynne C Howarth, University of Toronto, Canada Joyce Latham, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Patrick Keilty, University of Toronto, Canada Hur-Li Lee, Conference Co-Chair, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Jens-Erik Mai, The Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark Steven J. Miller, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Hope A Olson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Sandra Roe, Milner Library, Illinois State University, USA Richard Smiraglia, Conference Co-Chair, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Joe Tennis, University of Washington, USA Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Sponsored by: UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies The Center for Information Policy Research The Knowledge Organization Research Group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca Hall Web Development & Marketing Director Instructor UW-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 Ph: 414.229.2855 | F: 414.229.6699 ischool.uwm.edu ________________________________ ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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(Joy Davidson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 12:25:25 -0500 From: Chirag Shah To: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum , asis-l at asis.org, students-l at asis.org Subject: [Asis-l] Rutgers iSchool PhD Program Applicants: Virtual Info Session Message-ID: <965B557E-52F2-4C40-8F0F-B8C7E19F05B5 at rutgers.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The Rutgers University School of Communication & Information at invites creative and forward-thinking individuals to apply for our interdisciplinary PhD Program, in the concentration area of Library and Information Science. Located in New Brunswick, NJ, close to NYC and Philadelphia, Rutgers University?s iSchool provides an excellent environment for research in such areas as Human Information Behavior; Information Retrieval, Language and Communication; Information Agencies and Artifacts; Learning, Youth, Information and Technology; and Social, Community, and Health Informatics. The school includes world-renowned faculty who lead and teach in these areas. Their accomplishments are reflected in a large pool of scholarly publications, awards and grants. Application deadline for fall 2015 enrollment: Jan. 15, 2015 Get to know the Rutgers iSchool at this link: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/phd-program/lis-concentration.html < http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/phd-program/lis-concentration.html> More information on Ph.D. program admissions can be found here: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/phd-program/admission-aid.html < http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/phd-program/admission-aid.html> And, join us virtual information session on Friday, November 14, at 3:30 pm, using the information as follows: 1. Please join my meeting, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:20 PM EDT. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/437495141 < https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/437495141> 2. Use your keyboard and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended. All questions will be taken as instant messages in text, within the GoToMeeting web environment. Or, call in using your telephone (however VoIP is preferred): United States: +1 (213) 493-0008 United States (toll-free): 1 877 309 2070 Access Code: 437-495-141 Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting Meeting ID: 437-495-141 ***** Best, Chirag Shah, PhD Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science Rutgers University 4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901 p. (848) 932-8807 f. (732) 932-6916 http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~chirags -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/asis-l/attachments/20141106/3ca829a1/attachment-0001.html > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 14:56:45 +0000 From: Joy Davidson To: "asis-l at asis.org" Subject: [Asis-l] ?Understanding and comparing digital curation costs to support smarter investments? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" This may be relevant for any list members interested in costing digital curation activity. The 4C project submitted D3.3, its ?Curation Costs Exchange Framework? deliverable to the European Commission this week. ?To date there have been very few opportunities and, due to trust issues, little willingness for digital curation practitioners to exchange information relating to the cost of curation. The Curation Costs Exchange (CCEx) platform allows users to upload their curation costs and compare them with those of others in a secure, controlled fashion,? explains Alex Thirifays of the Danish National Archives who collated the report. The report, along with the CCEx and the Cost Comparison Tool< http://www.curationexchange.org/compare-costs> make up the deliverable (D3.3?Curation Costs Exchange Framework) and address some of these issues of trust and unwillingness, and explains how organisations can use the CCEx to understand and compare digital curation costs to support smarter investments. "Transparency of digital curation costs will help organisations identify greater efficiencies and pinpoint potential optimisations,? Alex continues. ?Insight into how and why peers target their investments can lead to better use of resources, help identify weaknesses and drivers in current practices, and inspire innovations. Last but not least, a community such as that facilitated by the CCEx enables members to collaborate more, communicate more, exchange information and experiences and start addressing the taboo subject of sharing financial information." With volumes of data increasing, and budgets to manage these data unable to keep pace, investments in digital curation must be strategic and targeted to ensure the best value for money. The CCEx is designed to be used by anyone involved in digital curation - practitioners, researchers, users and re-users, managers and financial controllers, member organisations, policy makers and solutions providers, to help achieve this best value. The report outlines two key challenges which remain for the CCEx: to gather cost data, and to translate these into figures that organisations of all kinds find meaningful and engaging. The meaningfulness of these figures does not just depend on how results are presented, but on how many cost data sets the CCEx is able to attract in order to generate statistically reliable and useable figures. The meaningfulness of the results is the compelling argument for the submission of new cost data sets. In short, the CCEx needs community support, it needs digital curators, creators, vendors and funders to use it, add to it, take care of it ? and above all share their data with it to make it work. The full version of the CCEx will be launched at the 4C/DPC ?Investing in Opportunity: Policy Practice and Planning for a Sustainable Digital Future?< http://www.dpconline.org/events/details/78-enduring-data-enduring-value-policy-practice-and-planning-for-a-sustainable-digital-future?xref=91> conference on 17 ? 18th November at the Wellcome Trust in London, UK and participants will have an opportunity to comment and interact with the tool. The beta version of the CCEx is now available at: http://www.curationexchange.org Sarah Middleton Head of Communications and Advocacy Digital Preservation Coalition Innovation Centre, York University Science Park Heslington, YORK YO10 5DG http://www.dpconline.org/ Email: sarah at dpconline.org Phone: +44 (0) 1904 567654 Twitter: @Sarah_DPC [cid:image001.png at 01CFF766.8AF96A00] Who will win the Digital Preservation Awards 2014? 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I think I will try to attend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci From: Asis-l [mailto:asis-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Alan Inouye Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 2:04 PM To: asis-l at asis.org Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: Information Policy Event in Washington DC For those who will be in the Washington, D.C. area on November 18th and have an interest in information policy? The American Library Association hopes that you?ll join us for the program ?Too Good to Be True: Are the Courts Revolutionizing Fair Use for Education, Research and Libraries?? on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. We are delighted that Arent Fox in downtown D.C. will host the American Library Association?s inaugural symposium which promises to be a lively discussion about copyright policy in a digital and networked environment. The panel will be followed by a reception with wine, beer and appetizers and a chance to socialize with colleagues and meet new contacts. We hope you can attend!! DETAILS: The way we access and use information in the digital age is fundamentally mediated by copyright policy. For several decades, this policy has been largely shaped by commercial interests. However, in the last three years, several court decisions have been more protective of public access to information and accommodating to the needs of the education, research, and library sectors. Is this a real trend and will it continue? Come join us to hear a panel of experts make sense of key court cases such as UCLA v. AIME, Authors Guild v. Hathi Trust, and the high profile U.S. Supreme Court case Kirtsaeng v. Wiley. These experts will also talk about the prospects these decisions may create for public policy development over the next few years informed by the 2014 elections . . . and they?ll look ahead to 2016. MORE DETAILS AND RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/too-good-to-be-true-are-the-courts-revolutionizing-fair-use-for-education-research-and-libraries-tickets-13996063603 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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Assistant Professor The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci From: Asis-l [mailto:asis-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Alan Inouye Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 2:04 PM To: asis-l at asis.org Subject: [Asis-l] Fwd: Information Policy Event in Washington DC For those who will be in the Washington, D.C. area on November 18th and have an interest in information policy? The American Library Association hopes that you?ll join us for the program ?Too Good to Be True: Are the Courts Revolutionizing Fair Use for Education, Research and Libraries?? on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. We are delighted that Arent Fox in downtown D.C. will host the American Library Association?s inaugural symposium which promises to be a lively discussion about copyright policy in a digital and networked environment. The panel will be followed by a reception with wine, beer and appetizers and a chance to socialize with colleagues and meet new contacts. We hope you can attend!! DETAILS: The way we access and use information in the digital age is fundamentally mediated by copyright policy. For several decades, this policy has been largely shaped by commercial interests. However, in the last three years, several court decisions have been more protective of public access to information and accommodating to the needs of the education, research, and library sectors. Is this a real trend and will it continue? Come join us to hear a panel of experts make sense of key court cases such as UCLA v. AIME, Authors Guild v. Hathi Trust, and the high profile U.S. Supreme Court case Kirtsaeng v. Wiley. These experts will also talk about the prospects these decisions may create for public policy development over the next few years informed by the 2014 elections . . . and they?ll look ahead to 2016. MORE DETAILS AND RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/too-good-to-be-true-are-the-courts-revolutionizing-fair-use-for-education-research-and-libraries-tickets-13996063603 ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l at asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l _______________________________________________ Sigifp-l mailing list Sigifp-l at asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigifp-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ku26 at drexel.edu Thu Nov 20 12:38:39 2014 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:38:39 +0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] FW: [icie] Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294EA3B5418B@MB2.drexel.edu> Please consider this if you, or one of your advisees, are working in information ethics and philosophy! Kris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 ?| ?Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci -----Original Message----- From: icie-bounces at zkm.de [mailto:icie-bounces at zkm.de] On Behalf Of Rory Litwin Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:33 PM To: icie at zkm.de Subject: [icie] Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information Please pass along this information to anyone who may benefit from it.... Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information 1. Nature of the Award 1.1 The award shall consist of $1,000, given annually to a graduate student who is working on a dissertation on the philosophy of information (broadly construed). As we see it, the range of philosophical questions relating to information is broad, and approachable through a variety of philosophical traditions (philosophy of mind, logic, philosophy of information so-called, philosophy of science, etc.). 2. Purpose of the Award 2.1 The purpose of this award is to encourage and support scholarship in the philosophy of information. 3. Eligibility 3.1 The scholarship recipient must meet the following qualifications: (a) Be an active doctoral student whose primary area of research is directly philosophical, whether the institutional setting is philosophy or another discipline; that is to say, the mode of dissertation research must be philosophical as opposed to empirical or literary study; (b) Have completed all course work; and (c) Have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution. 3.2 Recipients may receive the award not more than once. 4. Administration 4.1 The Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information is sponsored and administered by Litwin Books, LLC, an independent scholarly publisher. 5. Nominations 5.1 Nominations should be submitted via email by June 1, 2015, to award at litwinbooks.com. 5.2 The submission package should include the following: (a) The accepted dissertation proposal; (b) A description of the work done to date; (c) A letter of recommendation from a dissertation committee member; (d) An up-to-date curriculum vitae with current contact information. 6. Selection of the Awardee 6.1 Submissions will be judged on merit with emphasis on the following: (a) Clarity of thought; (b) Originality; (c) Relevance to our time; (d) Evidence of good progress toward completion. 7. Notification 7.1 The winner and any honorable mentions will be notified via letter by July 1, 2015. Advisory Board Jonathan Furner, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA Ron Day, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University John Budd, School of Information & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri Past Winners 2014: Patrick Gavin, of the University of Western Ontario FIMS, for his dissertation propsoal, titled, "On Informationalized Borderzones: A Study in the Politics and Ethics of Emerging Border Architectures." 2013: Steve McKinlay, of Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia, for his dissertation proposal, titled, "Information Ethics and the Problem of Reference." Rory Litwin P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 218-260-6115 rlitwin at gmail.com http://libraryjuice.com/ http://rorylitwin.info/ From zimmerm at uwm.edu Mon Nov 24 13:23:11 2014 From: zimmerm at uwm.edu (Michael T Zimmer) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:23:11 +0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Seeking Assistant Professor in Information Technology Message-ID: <37FDEC07-1A7C-42E7-9FFE-633EE26D1B84@uwm.edu> Dear colleagues - The UW-M School of Information Studies, the iSchool at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is hiring an assistant professor in Information Technology, with a broad range of approaches considered. The official posting is at https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/21017, and the priority deadline is February 1, 2015. I?ve shared the text below. Please forward as appropriate, and my apologies if you?ve received multiple copies of this solicitation. Thanks, Michael Zimmer -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org ==== University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Information Technology Faculty Position The School of Information Studies (SOIS), the iSchool at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in Information Technology at the rank of Assistant Professor. The selected applicant will be expected to maintain an active research agenda in their field of interest, and teach courses in the School?s undergraduate and graduate programs in Information Science and Technology. Ideal candidates will be interested in research and pedagogy in information technology from a variety of possible perspectives, including technical, user-centered, social, historical, or humanistic approaches. Preferred emphases include, but are not limited to: data science, data management, information security, information visualization, user interface & human?computer interaction (HCI), web and mobile development, or science & technology studies/digital humanities. Required Qualifications: ? PhD in Information Studies or related discipline by the beginning of the contract term. ? Evidence of ability ? or potential ? for teaching in the School?s undergraduate and/or graduate programs in Information Science and Technology. ? Excellent research promise in relevant area. Preferred Qualifications: ? Experience or demonstrated ability in the design and delivery of courses in a variety of formats, including onsite and online. ? Ability to teach an advanced elective undergraduate or graduate courses in her/his areas of expertise, with preference for: data science, data management, information security, information visualization, user interface & HCI, web and mobile development, or STS/digital humanities The nationally ranked School of Information Studies offers several educational programs: a Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology (BSIST); an ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS); several coordinated graduate degree programs, including History and Anthropology; transcript-designated concentrations within the MLIS Archival Studies, Digital Libraries, Public Library Leadership, Information Organization, and Information Technology; post-masters Certificates of Advanced Study in Archives and Records Management and Digital Libraries; and a PhD in Information Studies. A new Masters of Science in Information Science and Technology (MSIST) degree is currently under development in partnership with the Department of Computer Science. The School has a strong research faculty, more than 900 students, and state-of-the-art informational technology laboratories. SOIS houses the Center for Information Policy Research, and its faculty organizes three research groups: the Research Group for Information Retrieval, Information Organization Research Group, and the Social Studies of Information Research Group. The School?s research and instructional programs are designed to be a resourceful blend of the University?s mission with the School?s information focus, international scope, and interdisciplinary mindset. Situated in the cultural, commercial, and educational hub of the state, in a pleasant residential neighborhood overlooking Lake Michigan, UWM is a research university committed to academic excellence. It is one of the two doctoral degree-granting institutions in the multi-campus University of Wisconsin system, and has a student enrollment of over 29,000. The School offers a competitive salary for an academic year (9 month) appointment, plus additional compensation for possible summer teaching, and generous fringe benefits. SOIS also provides extensive research support in the form of travel funding, research assistance, and internal research grant programs. First priority will be given to applications received by February 1, 2015. The starting date is August 24, 2015, or negotiable. To apply, candidates must submit a Candidate Profile through the UWM Employment website (https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/21017), and electronically submit the following: a cover letter of interest that describes the candidate?s fit for the position, research agenda, and teaching experience; a curriculum vitae; names and contact information of three references that can speak to the candidates research and/or teaching excellence. Also, under separate cover by e-mail please arrange for one of the references to send a confidential letter of recommendation to Dr. Michael Zimmer, Chair of the IT Faculty Search and Screen Committee, at zimmerm at uwm.edu. For more information, please contact Dr. Michael Zimmer, Chair of the IT Faculty Search and Screen Committee, at zimmerm at uwm.edu. For questions regarding submission of your materials, please contact Laura Meyer at Lauram at uwm.edu or (414)229-5409. 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