[Siguse-l] Call for SIG USE 2003 Symposium

[Erdelez, Sanda]

Hello to all:

Enclosed in the early call for participation in our pre-ASIST symposium.
Hope some of you will be able to join us.

Cheers,

Sanda

 

Dr. Sanda Erdelez

Associate Professor

School of Information Science and Learning Technologies

University of Missouri - Columbia

221 H Townsend Hall

Columbia, MO 65211

USA

 

tel. (573) 882-5088

fax. (573) 884-4944

email: sanda at missouri.edu

 

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3rd Annual Research Symposium of the 

Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking, and Use (SIG USE)

of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)

 


Saturday, October 18, 2003, 1-6 pm


Westin Hotel, Long Beach, CA

 

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS OF INFORMATION BEHAVIOR:

RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS

 

Call for Participation

 

Researchers of information behavior (IB) are among the heaviest users of
theory within information science (Pettigrew & McKechnie, 2001, JASIS&T,
52.1, 62-73; McKechnie, et. al.,  2000, New Review of Information
Behaviour Research, 2, 47-63).  The 2003 SIG USE Research Symposium will
examine theoretical frameworks used for studying information behavior,
in particular, the conceptual constructs, measures and methods implied
by particular theories.

 

The symposium will begin with an introductory presentation by Marcia
Bates, Professor, UCLA. Under the leadership of experienced researchers,
who used a particular theory in their research, participants will work
in small groups to discuss selected theories and identify their
strengths and limitations for studying information behavior.  Through
this process, participants will gain deeper understandings of different
theories and be able to apply them in more valid and fruitful ways in
their own research.  Ultimately, the symposium may produce a collection
of guidelines that researchers might use for theory-based investigations
of information behavior. 

 

Those wishing to participate in the symposium should submit a 1 page
synopsis (about 300 words) of their current work or interests in
theory-driven information behavior research.  Experienced researchers
should summarize their use of a particular theory(s) in the study of
information behavior.  Those new to the field should describe their
research interests in information behavior and reflect upon the type of
theory that they would like to use in their work.  Formal papers are not
expected; the symposium will follow a seminar format focusing on
participant discussion.  Synopses will be posted online prior to the
meeting and will be used to organize small-group discussions and
identify the discussion leaders.

 

The synopsis should be emailed to the symposium organizers by August 1,
2002.  Participants will be notified by August 15.  Participation is
limited to 40 people, and participants must register for the symposium
(Early registration fees: $40 SIG USE members; $50 for ASIST members;
$65 for non-members).

 

Symposium organizers:  Sanda Erdelez, School of Information Science and
Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia,
ErdelezS at missouri, and Karen E. Fisher, The Information School,
University of Washington, fisher at u.washington.edu 

 

 

 

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