[Sigtis-l] social informatics workshop reminder Oct 1 due date

[KRISTIN R ESCHENFELDER]

Interested in social informatics?

* SI workshop abstract due Oct 1 *


A Social Informatics Workshop for Library and Information Science Research
A Workshop at the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting
November 12-17, 2004
Providence, Rhode Island
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/
*Workshop time and location: Sunday November 14th *8:30am to noon. Location TBA within conference hotel*

Social Informatics (SI) is a label for the study of the design, uses and consequences of information and communications technologies (ICT) that specifically takes into account ICT interaction with institutional and cultural contexts. Carrying on the work of the late Dr. Rob Kling– a leading proponent of social informatics within LIS - this half-day workshop is intended to encourage development of new social informatics research within LIS.  The workshop will have three goals:

1.	To provide a friendly writers’ workshop environment to help improve draft research and forward ideas.
2.	To encourage social networking among workshop participants.
3.	To collaboratively produce a workshop report summarizing contemporary issues in social informatics research within LIS.  This report will be made available on the Web and will attribute authorship to all workshop participants.

Through a combination of small group work and interactive discussions, the workshop will explore the following aspects of social informatics research including:

* Conceptual issues 
* Methods
* Funding and research site access

Participants’ research interests will drive the sessions, and an experienced SI scholar will facilitate each group and provide examples from their own research. 

Scholars, both beginning and established, who would like to learn more about how to conduct SI research, who want to better understand what to expect from SI work, or who want to network with other SI researchers are encouraged to attend.  All participants will be engaged in the group work and larger discussion sessions: this is a hands-on and heads-in workshop. 

The workshop is charging a fee of $50 cover room, AV, and refreshment costs.  

INSTRUCTIONS:  To register and pay for the workshop, see the general registration for the ASIST conference (we are listed as a pre-conference seminar): http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/registration.html   

In order to facilitate organization of the workshop, and to better promote social networking among attendees, please should send an up to 500 word abstract of the ideas you will bring to the workshop to organizer Noriko Hara <nhara at indiana.edu> by October 1.  Late abstracts will be considered on a space available basis.    Abstracts will be published on the Web and advertised to all registered participants.  No full paper is required for the workshop.  All presentations will be informal: slides are welcome, but not required or expected. 

DUE DATES: Registrations due by October 1 2004 to qualify for early registration rate of $50. http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/registration.html   Please send abstracts in to Noriko Hara by October 1st 2004.  Maximum 500 words.  

All other questions, email Kristin Eschenfelder at eschenfelder at wisc.edu

Workshop organizers (in alphabetical order)

Elizabeth Davenport
Napier University School of Computing, Edinburgh
e.davenport at napier.ac.uk

Kristin R. Eschenfelder
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
eschenfelder at wisc.edu

Noriko Hara
School of Library and Information Science
University of Indiana
nhara at indiana.edu

Roberta Lamb
College of Business Administration
University of Hawaii
rlamb at HAWAII.EDU

Howard Rosenbaum, 
School of Library and Information Science
University of Indiana
hrosenba at indiana.edu

Steve Sawyer
School of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University
sawyer at ist.psu.edu





Kristin Eschenfelder, Ph.D.
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
eschenfelder at wisc.edu
1-608-263-2105
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen