[Sigifp-l] Fwd: Asis-l Digest, Vol 120, Issue 6
Brandi Loveday
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Thu Sep 11 15:53:41 EDT 2014
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Today's Topics:
1. ASIST '14> SIG-SI Research Symposium Final Schedule
(Rosenbaum, Howard S.)
2. CIS at Strathclyde seeks to appoint a Lecturer
( Katriina Bystr?m )
3. Job posting (- slis)
4. Faculty Position: University at Buffalo (UB), State
University of New York (SUNY), Department of Library &
Information Studies (Nesset, Valerie)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:22:03 -0400
From: "Rosenbaum, Howard S." <hrosenba at indiana.edu>
To: asis-l at asis.org
Subject: [Asis-l] ASIST '14> SIG-SI Research Symposium Final Schedule
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The 10th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI) @ the 2014
Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Connecting (Epistemic) Cultures and (Intellectual) Communities
Please join us in Seattle and celebrate with us as we mark the 10th year of
the SIG-SI Research Symposium!
Saturday, November 1, 2014, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle Washington, USA
Organizers:
Pnina Fichman, Indiana University (fichman at indiana.edu)
Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University (hrosenba at indiana.edu)
Sponsored by SIG-SI and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics
Note: Early registration deadline for the conference is Friday, 9/18/2014
Schedule
8:30-8:40 Introduction ? Social Informatics and Epistemic Cultures
8:40-9:40 Papers
8:40-9:00 EunJeong Cheon and Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill The interplay between different forms of
knowledge and use of ICTs in knowledge practices of consultants
9:00-9:20 Wayne Buente, Luz Quiroga, Tamara Heck and Joe Greene,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Between Two Publics: Examining the Social Context of ICT use among Homeless
Individuals in Hawaii
9:20-9:40 Asen O. Ivanov, University of Toronto
Genres of Workplace Practices: Towards a New Socio-Technical Idiom for
Organizational Informatics
9:40-10:00 Mohhamad Jarrahi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Social informatics and directions for future research on implications of
ICTs in organizations
10:00-10:20 Break and Poster Session
10:20-11:20: Panel discussion: Social Informatics and Epistemic Cultures
Invited scholars will be asked to reflect and consider the following
questions:
? How do you see your work as bridging epistemic cultures and intellectual
communities?
? What are the social and technological forces that enable and constrain
connections between SI and cognate intellectual communities?
? What are some of the ways in which we can begin to establish and maintain
connections among SI and cognate epistemic cultures and intellectual
communities?
? What can a social informatics approach tell us about the nature of the
boundaries among SI and cognate epistemic communities?
? What are the challenges and opportunities of engaging in this type of SI
work?
11:20-11:40 Networking break
11:40-12:30 Best paper awards and presentations
2013 Social Informatics Paper ($1,000)
Budhathoki, N.R, and Haythornthwaite, C. (2013). Motivation for open
collaboration: Crowd and community models and the case of OpenStreeMap.
American Behavioral Scientist 57: 548-575.
2012 Best Social Informatics Student Paper ($500): Gal Oestreicher-SInger
and Lior Zalmanson
Oestricher-Singer, G. and Zalmanson, L. (2013). Content or Community? A
digital business strategy for content providers in the social age. MISQ, 37
No. 2, pp. 591-616.
Poster
Min Sook Park and Hyejin Park, Florida State University
Health Information Referencing in Online Communities: Case Study of Breast
Cancer Information for Korean Immigrants
Fees:
Early-bird: SIG/SI Members $90, Members $100, Non-members $120?
Regular: SIG/SI Members $105, Members $115, Non-members $135
For more about the workshop:
http://www.asist.org/asist2014/seminars_workshops_SIG_SI.html
To register for the workshop (and the conference):
http://www.asist.org/asist2014/register.html
For more about Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics:
http://rkcsi.indiana.edu
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:46:04 +0200
From: " Katriina Bystr?m " <Katriina.Bystrom at hb.se>
To: <asis-l at asis.org>
Subject: [Asis-l] CIS at Strathclyde seeks to appoint a Lecturer
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FYI
>>> Ian Ruthven <ian.ruthven at strath.ac.uk> 09/01/14 4:49 PM >>>
The Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) seeks to
appoint a Lecturer to enhance the internationally leading iLab research
group. CIS provides one of the largest postgraduate programmes in
Information and Library Studies in the UK, and is a member of the
iSchools group, a coalition of the worlds leading information schools.
Our i-Lab research group has particular interests in information seeking
behaviour, information architecture, and information policy; with much
of our work societal in nature, investigating human information need and
use, and informing interactive public information system service design.
The successful applicant will be expected to further develop the
Department?s reputation for excellence in one or more of these areas.
S/he will also be expected to contribute to the Department?s teaching
activities in the areas of Information and/or Library Studies.
See full details, including the online application form, at:
https://but.mis.strath.ac.uk/vacancies/control/vacancyMenu
Closing date: 30th September 2014
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Ian Ruthven
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XH
Email: Ian.Ruthven at cis.strath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 141 548 4527
Fax: +44 141 548 4523
http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/~ir
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC015263.
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:39:13 -0600
From: - slis <slis at ualberta.ca>
To: asis-l at asis.org
Subject: [Asis-l] Job posting
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Chair, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada
Closing Date ? October 19th, 2014
The Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, invites applications and
nominations for the position of *Chair of the School of Library and
Information Studies *(SLIS). The School consists of nine dynamic and award
winning faculty, including the Chair, and has a two-year MLIS program
accredited by the ALA until 2020. The School also offers its MLIS degree
online. In addition, SLIS offers a three-year combined degree program with
the Faculty of Arts leading to an MLIS and an MA in Humanities Computing,
and a three-year combined degree program with the Alberta School of
Business leading to an MLIS and an MBA.
Currently there are roughly 200 full- and part-time students enrolled in
the School?s master?s programs. SLIS also accepts qualified PhD students
into individual interdisciplinary doctoral programs with a cooperating
department. Considerable detail about SLIS is available at:
http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/
*Qualifications* for applicants include, but are not restricted to: a
doctorate in a relevant discipline; a record of scholarly excellence and
teaching competencies within the broad areas of the SLIS curriculum;
knowledge of trends in higher education; proven leadership abilities; and a
record of major institutional and professional service. Qualified
applicants must have senior level academic and administrative achievement
and experience commensurate with the awarding of tenure. The successful
candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the trends and
changes in the LIS field and be capable of articulating a vision for SLIS
and for the profession.
SLIS is a student-centered school, places a high value on collegial
governance, and is very closely integrated with local scholarly and
professional communities. The successful candidate must be willing to work
within this ethos.
SLIS is one of the five teaching and research departments in the Faculty of
Education and its Chair reports to the Dean. The Chair is responsible for
providing leadership to and overall administration of the School,
including: budgetary oversight; faculty support and evaluation; curriculum
planning, assessment and development; fund development; and serving the
various interests of a diverse student body. Normally, the Chair teaches
one course a year in the MLIS program. The Chair is supported by a team of
academic and administrative staff including an associate chair, an
educational developer responsible for leadership in online pedagogy and
course design, a senior administrator, a graduate student services
administrator, and an office administrator. The Chair represents the School
in Faculty and University planning and development, and is expected to be
active in appropriate scholarly and professional communities at the local,
provincial, national, and international levels.
For over 40 years, the School of Library and Information Studies has
offered the only ALA-accredited MLIS program on the Canadian prairies. The
School joined the Faculty of Education in 1991. Both SLIS and the Faculty
of Education embrace the four cornerstones of the University of Alberta?s
Academic Plan, *Dare to Deliver* (2011-15): Talented People; Learning,
Discovery and Citizenship; Connecting Communities; and Transformative
Organization and Support.
The Chair?s term of appointment is five years, commencing July 1, 2015 or
as soon as possible thereafter, and is renewable upon review.
Applications will be reviewed immediately after the closing date.
Applicants for the position should submit online a complete and current
curriculum vitae and the names and contact information of at least three
referees.
*How to Apply*
Please go the following link on the University of Alberta?s web site and
apply online:
http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A107524636/
*Note:* Online applications are accepted until midnight MST of October 19,
2014.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority.
The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to
the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage
applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with
disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.
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*Emilia Koukouvanova, GDBA *
Office Administrator
School of Library and Information Studies
3-20 Rutherford South
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2J4
Phone: (780)492-4578, Fax: (780)492-2430
E-mail: slis at ualberta.ca
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:17:16 +0000
From: "Nesset, Valerie" <vmnesset at buffalo.edu>
To: "asis-l at asis.org" <asis-l at asis.org>
Subject: [Asis-l] Faculty Position: University at Buffalo (UB), State
University of New York (SUNY), Department of Library & Information
Studies
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Apologies for cross-posting
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Due to outstanding growth potential, the Department of Library and
Information Studies<http://gse.buffalo.edu/lis> at the University at
Buffalo is currently seeking to expand its intellectual capital and
resources. We seek a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative individual at
the Assistant Professor rank to work with our team of engaged scholars and
educators who have expertise in a variety of areas including information
behavior, children's and youth services, information and organizational
management, the science of learning, information organization, information
services and professional education, information systems and retrieval, and
library and information studies. The preferred candidate will have a
leading-edge research agenda, a record of successful publication,
experience in a professional context, potential to develop external funding
opportunities, and be able to contribute to effective teaching and
professional service in the academic and community contexts.
The Department of Library and Information Studies offers flexible programs
that provide several course delivery options: on-campus, fully online, and
hybrid.
Minimum Qualifications
Applicants for this position must hold, or be nearing the completion of, a
doctorate degree in library and information science or a related discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
-Established or potential research agenda, with potential for external
funding*
-Online teaching experience or interest
-Demonstrated record of teaching excellence
*Research agendas can include but are not limited to one of the following
areas:
- Data Curation
- Information Management/Visualization/Analytics
- Educational Informatics
- Health Information
- Information Policy
- User Experience
Applicants with experience or interest in multidisciplinary collaboration
are preferred.
For the full position profile and desired qualifications, please visit:
https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp. The
posting number is 1400578.
The Department of Library and Information Studies<http://gse.buffalo.edu/lis>
offers an MLS in Information and Library Science and an MLS in School
Library Media; these programs have been continuously accredited by the
American Library Association (ALA) since 1972 and enjoy strong stakeholder
support from the community. In addition, we offer an MLS/JD (law) Dual
Major, MLS/MA (music) Dual Major and an Advanced Studies Certificate.
The University at Buffalo<http://www.buffalo.edu/> (UB) is a flagship
institution in the State University of New York (SUNY) system and a member
of the Association of American Universities. Just recently, US News and
World Report ranked UB among the top 50 of the best public national
universities and No. 1 among public colleges and universities nationwide
for graduating students with the least amount of debt. For the last five
years, UB was also named one of the ?Great Colleges to Work For? by the
Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Buffalo-Niagara Falls region features four seasons of activities and
events from arts, culture, and historical tourism to professional sports
and environmental splendor. The City of Buffalo is consistently voted a top
arts and culture destination. To learn more about the Buffalo-Niagara Falls
area, visit http://www.buffalo.edu/about_ub/the-buffalo-niagara-region.html.
The Search Committee will accept nominations and applications until the
position is filled.
Nominations
Please send nominations to the Search Committee Chair and include the
nominee?s name, position, email address, and telephone number.
Applications
Please include the following application materials online at:
https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp<
https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp>,
posting number 1400578.
1. Cover letter expressing interest in the position
2. Complete vita
3. Contact information for three professional references. Initial
screening of completed applications will begin immediately and continue
until an appointment is made. Informal interviews will be scheduled at the
2014 conference of the Association for Information Science and Technology
and the 2015 conference of the Association for Library and Information
Science Education.
Please send inquiries and nominations to:
Dr. Valerie Nesset, Search Committee Chair
534 Baldy Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260.
Phone: 716-645-2412
Email: vmnesset at buffalo.edu<mailto:vmnesset at buffalo.edu>
The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.
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