[Sigsti-l] Current work on session proposals for next year's meeting?

[Joe Hourcle]

I know I've been neglecting the proposal I'm (supposed) to be working on, 
but I thought I'd send out this reminder and see if anyone who wasn't at 
the planning meeting had anything to contribute to the various sessions 
that we discussed:


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VI.            Session Proposal Planning for 2008 ASIS&T
Phil sought proposals to take to the all SIGS meeting. It's good to
have ideas ready and continue the successful collaborations STI has
had with other SIGS in the past - including two examples for sessions
at the present meeting. Should orient ideas to conference theme of
next year: People Transforming Information - Information Transforming
People.

Joe Hourcle &  Gail Hodge - tracking of data provenance which is
important to have in trusting the data. There are cross disciplinary
issues in releasing the data for use - producers worry about
misappropriation. (Possible partners: CR/KM.

Karen Baker of UCSD & Jian Qin: hold a preconference for a group of
information specialists/managers who are embedded amongst scientists.
Wants to broaden practice and theory for information managers to
share and bring in new theories for the embeds. Would cover technical
and informational aspects. Definition of information professional? Is
it narrow or broad? Response: Broad. Focus on precon would then
promote a presence in main conference. Factors in favor of a
preconference: justified in terms of scope, interest, and a workshop-
y nature. Will use a year-long CFP process: 2 or 3 people working
together for proposal making by spring deadline. Review in summer.
Can bring in practice and theory because there are many people doing
related work in social informatics and sociotechnical areas. Similar
in plan to DASER. One day close to conference works well. Michael
Leach suggested the need of a 4-month lead time to let people know
about CFP for planning & paper-writing. Include Posters. Need to show
HQ that you'll make or at least break-even on money. Does precon fit
with DASER? CODATA? DASER IV is in hold mode because of 3rd DCC
happening in DC.Gail Hodge is tasked as the SIG's liaison from last
year.

John D. & Robin P.  - data curation education / teaching new skills
for information managers to handle problems with interface and silo'd
environment (SIG partners might be DL/ED/LT/SI/USE). Would have to be
careful not to  repeat DCC in DC program in December.

Phil & John & ???-- Novel format proposal al? speed meeting to talk
about what's happening and focus on impact of digital objects. Would
cover a wide-ranging topic cutting across all SIGs

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I've also agreed to help with tracking down a science-oriented participant 
on a SIG-DL session on 'disparate data':

 	3) Responses from you all:
 	   a) investigating foundational causes of "disparate data" in
 	federated searching and the need for ontological crosswalking (e.g.,
 	how different databases process queries on the same topic, knowledge
 	domains structures, bridging the ontology gaps in multi-, inter-, and
 	trans- disciplinary research areas, optimizing searching in elearning
 	environments
 	   b) speaker idea: someone from the LC Working Group on the Future
 	of Bibliographic Control
 	   c) speaker idea: "expert" searcher like Mary Ellen Bates (does
 	anyone know if she, as a business research consultant does
 	presentations with no funding, i.e., paying her own way?)
 	   d) issues/application of federated search for scientific data/datasets


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Joe Hourcle