From dpotnis at utk.edu Fri Apr 4 16:11:45 2014 From: dpotnis at utk.edu (Potnis, Devendra Dilip) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 20:11:45 +0000 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Winners of the SIG-III InfoShare Membership Awards Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, On behalf of all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), we are pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShare awards for 2014. Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost of ASIS&T membership would be a burden, are eligible to receive one year of membership. SIG-III officers vote on a roster of candidates nominated by ASIS&T colleagues or others. These memberships are funded by monies raised at the International Reception during the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. 2013 was a very successful year for the reception in Montreal and we are thrilled to be able to offer memberships to 4 outstanding professional candidates and 3 student candidates: Professional members Abdullahi Bege, Nigeria Emilian Bribena, Nigeria Irakli Garibashvili, Georgia Projes Roy, India Student members Guleda Dogan, Turkey Purity Mwagha, Kenya Zehra Taskin, Turkey You can learn more about the program at the InfoShare page of theSIG-III web site: (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) Please welcome these new members into the ASIS&T community! Selenay Aytac Devendra Potnis InfoShare SIG-III ASIS&T _____________________________________ Devendra Potnis, PhD Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee 1345 Circle Park Dr., Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996 +1-865-974-2148; Twitter: DPotnis https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jlorince at indiana.edu Mon Apr 14 16:56:05 2014 From: jlorince at indiana.edu (Jared Lorince) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:56:05 -0400 Subject: [Sigiii-l] WebSci '14 deadline extensions and paper/poster notification delay Message-ID: The WebSci Data Visualization Challenge deadline has been EXTENDED until April 29. $1000 in prizes! For details, see: http://websci14.org/#call-for-data-visualization-challenge. We also regret to inform you that paper/poster notifications have been delayed, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. ***We will post the updated notification date on social media tomorrow.*** We anticipate extending the workshop submission deadline, as well, and will announce the updated deadline concurrently. Please stay tuned on Twitter and Facebook for updates, and thank you for your patience. Twitter: @WebSciConf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Web-Science-Trust/169268288947 ACM Web Science 2014 will be held 23-26 June 2014 at Indiana University, Bloomington. Further information available at http://www.websci14.org/. For any other questions, please contact webscience-14-organizers at googlegroups.com. -- Jared Lorince PhD student, ABC West Lab Cognitive Science // Psychological & Brain Sciences Indiana University, Bloomington https://mypage.iu.edu/~jlorince Co-Founder, motivateplay.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Wed Apr 16 15:26:34 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:26:34 +0200 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Fwd: [Asis-l] Gretchen Whitney passes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <534ED96A.4000509@orange.fr> Very sad. In addition to the bio below, allow me to mention that Gretchen served several years as secretary of SIG/III. She was a great help in these initial steps. She had a profound interest for international dimensions of our field. For those who wonder, the name of her list is a tribute to Jesse Shera. She was instrumental in an attempt we jointly developed to operate an electronic platform aiming at facilitating interaction and joint projects among LIS students and faculties around the globe. Michel Menou -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Asis-l] Gretchen Whitney passes Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:27:40 -0400 From: Richard Hill To: We have learned that Gretchen Whitney passed. She served ASIST in a variety of ways, including as Deputy Director of the SIG Cabinet and on the Board of Directors. Gretchen also established and managed the e-mail list for Metrics. Below is information from the University of Tennessee. KNOXVILLE - - In Memoriam: Gretchen Whitney, UT Knoxville School of Information Sciences retired associate professor, passed away in early April. She graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with both a bachelor's and master's degree. She completed her doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1988. Both Whitney's master's and doctoral degrees were in library science. Whitney is best known for creating the jESSE listserv in 1994 which was the leading discussion group for library and information sciences educators until the StanleyK discussion group was established in 2007. Whitney came to UT in 1994 and taught courses in information environment, web design and content representation until her retirement in Oct. 2009. Prior to coming to UT, she was on the faculty at the University of Arizona. Whitney also worked in special libraries and the information industry. Whitney is survived by her sister Kay Whitney Fagundus of Winterville, NC. Gifts in memory of Dr. Gretchen Whitney can be made to the UT School of Information Sciences Enrichment Fund by selecting the "other fund not listed" option at https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1341/utk/index.aspx?sid=1341&gid=2&pgid=3204&cid=4841 /We want to stay connected with you! CCI alumni can connect at http://www.cci.utk.edu/webform/keep-touch. / /Donna Silvey/ Communication Specialist The University of Tennessee College of Communication & Information Schoolof Information Sciences 1345 Circle Park Dr. Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996-0341 865.974.6727 Contribute_email sigRGB -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 1883 bytes Desc: not available URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Sat Apr 26 08:25:48 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 14:25:48 +0200 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Fwd: [ciresearchers] Call for Abstracts: ITfC-IDRC Round Table In-Reply-To: <535B7DB2.20001@itforchange.net> References: <535B7DB2.20001@itforchange.net> Message-ID: <535BA5CC.9070807@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ciresearchers] Call for Abstracts: ITfC-IDRC Round Table Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 15:04:42 +0530 From: Roshini Reply-To: ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net, Roshini To: ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net Dear All, A Round Table on *'Inclusion in the network society- mapping development alternatives, forging research agendas'* is being organised by IT for Change and IDRC , from 29th September to 1st October, 2014. The round table will bring together around 25 participants -- leading scholars, development practitioners and thinkers, who are interested in the theoretical and policy aspects of equity, inclusion and participation in the 'ICTs and development' domain. This open call is to invite abstracts from young development researchers and practitioners who can contribute to the debate. There is a limited number of travel fellowships for authors of selected full-length essays, to participate in the round table. For further information, please read the call for abstracts (also enclosed below) and theconcept note . *Last date for submissions of abstracts is 31st May, 2014.* We request you to please share this with your networks. If you have received this email more than once, please accept our apologies for cross-posting. Regards, IT for Change team header Logo Call for Abstracts Round table: *Inclusion in the network society* -- *mapping development alternatives, forging research agendas* *Bangalore, India* *29 September - 1 October 2014 * The experience of first-generation initiatives in the field of 'ICTs and development' has clearly demonstrated that the question of inclusion in the network society cannot be reduced merely to that of access to technological artefacts or infrastructures. In a globalised social order, the mechanisms of networked, global systems -- production chains, finance, scientific and research processes, and the media -- structure the rules of inclusion. They determine who has the ability to substantively participate in, and benefit from, the dominant networks of information, knowledge, production, and of cultural and resource flows. Today, as we witness what has been somewhat glibly labelled the 'mobile revolution', alongside a momentous surge in the use of social media technologies -- especially by young populations in developing countries -- newer frames to interpret social equity, inclusion and participation become critical for the agenda of development. How does the diffusion of ICTs connect to the democratisation of information, knowledge and culture? Does it offer new pathways for the socially marginalised to have greater control over knowledge and wealth? International Development Research Centre (IDRC), along with IT for Change, will host a round table between 29th September - 1st October, 2014, bringing together leading development scholars and practitioners to contribute to the ongoing dialogues on ICTs and development -- particularly from the vantage point of equity and inclusion. In September 2009, IDRC had initiated a similar dialogue with Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Michael Spence, as well as other leading thinkers, at the Harvard Forum on ICTs, Human Development, Growth and Poverty Reduction. Building on the key debates of the Harvard Forum, the round table will explore if, and how, opportunities in the emerging network society are, and can be, 'programmed' into the structures of technological networks. Another key objective of the round table is to build a research agenda that is contemporary enough to tackle the future of the ICTs and development question in the Global South. Key issues The round table will focus on the following issues: 1. What is the emerging structural-institutional ecology framing inclusion in the network society? What readings of the current paradigms of ICT diffusion, use, production and policy allow us to trace power and exclusion? 2. How do we map continuities and disjunctures in development practice when technology meets society, to build a 'new' narrative in which all people matter? 3. Under what conditions can digital technologies bring about 'equitable inclusion' in the network society? What kind of a structural-institutional ecology can facilitate efforts for 'equitable inclusion' in the network society? 4. What broad questions and specific themes would comprise a pertinent research agenda on networks, development and inclusion? What research methodologies would be appropriate in this regard? Outcomes The round table envisages the following outcomes: . Field-building that deepens theoretical inquiry on 'inclusion and equity in the network society'. . Research agenda-setting on themes at the intersection of networks, development and inclusion. . Network building to explore possibilities for further work to build a systematic body of knowledge. . Knowledge products in the form of papers/essays, that can be the basis of a special journal issue. The event is designed to bring together around 25 participants -- leading scholars, development practitioners and thinkers, as well as young researchers and practitioners in the sector who are interested in the theoretical and policy aspects of equity, inclusion and participation, in the 'ICTs and development' domain. This open call seeks to identify young development researchers and practitioners who can contribute to the debate. Interested individuals need to submit an abstract of 1000 words that will become the basis for an analytical essay, in case it is short-listed for the round table. There is a limited number of travel fellowships for authors of selected full-length essays, to participate in the round table. Selection criteria include a minimum of five years of experience in the development sector, preferably with a focus on ICTs, and two publications. (Criteria may be relaxed on a case-by-case basis). Submission deadlines Abstracts must be received by*31st May 2014*. Full essays are due by *15th August 2014.* Please send all submissions and queries to: networkinclusion at gmail.com More details at: www.itforchange.net footer nclusion in the network society -- mapping development alternatives, forging research agendas No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4570 / Virus Database: 3920/7398 - Release Date: 04/25/14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 20596 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 45679 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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