[Sigsti-l] SIG/STI activities during ASIS&T2006

[Jian Qin]

Annual meeting is only 4 weeks away. To help you organize your schedule at ASIS&T, I compiled a list of SIG/STI activities for your convenience. Please note in particular the business meeting on Monday (11/6), the Trisociety Symposium on Friday (11/3), and two panel sessions on Wed. (11/8).
*--------------------------------------Business Meeting Agenda--------------------------
SIG/STI business meeting: Monday, 11/6, 12:00-1:00, room to be arranged.
Agenda for planning meeting:
1) Minutes from ASIS&T2005 planning meeting
2) Introducting new offiers: 
    Chair: Robin Peek
    Chair-elect: to be filled. Please email me if you are interested in this position!  
    Secretary/Treasurer: Phillip Edwards
    Communications Officer: Joe Hourcle
    Webmaster: Darcy Duke
    Past Chair: Jian Qin
    Student Travel Award Coordinator: Jian Qin
3) Panel session proposals sought for next annual meeting
4) Report of the status of CAS student travel award and check presentation to this year's winner Andrea Wright of U. of South Carolina
5) Others???

*--------------------------------Tri-Society Symposium------------------------------------
Shaping Things to Come - Daser Summit III and Tri Society Symposium 
Full Day Seminar, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, 9:00am-5:00pm (separate fee)
https://www.asis.org/Conferences/Daser/index.htm 

The 8th Quadrennial Tri Society Symposium / 3rd DASER Summit (the Symposium) will focus on questions of how libraries and information centers are shaping the digital information world, and how they are being shaped by it. Many have wondered if libraries -- and librarians -- will even exist in the 22nd century. The Symposium assumes scientists, engineers, and physicians will continue to need information professionals. Instead, we ask second-generational questions: What is a "library?" Where are libraries in the digital revolution? What does a physical "library" look like? What is a "librarian?" Given that information centers are loci for knowledge sharing, how are they facilitating digital collaboration, education, and information management among scientists? Research and opinion from leaders in cutting edge library and information centers will prove both enlightening and inspiring.

*---------------------------------Panel: Metadata Research Review-----------------------------
The Landscape of Metadata Research and Development (STI, CR, DL)
Wed., 11/8, 1:30
Jian Qin, Raed Sharif, Eva Mendez, Xiaolin Zhang

For description of the session please see http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/61.html 

*-------------------------------Panel: Access to scientific data----------------------------------
This is a two-session panel. 

Access to Scientific Data: The Social and Technical Challenges and Strategies

Session 1 speakers: 
Yale M. Braunstein, University of California Berkeley 
Caroline Whitbeck, Case Western Reserve University 
Mark Parsons, University of Colorado 

Session 2 speakers:
Timothy E. Eastman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
Sherry Xie, University of British Columbia 
John D'Ignazio, Syracuse University

For description of the panel please see http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/154.html 





Jian Qin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
235 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315)443-5642  fax: (315)443-5806
http://www.ist.syr.edu/