[Siguse-l] ISIC 2006 (Sydney, Australia): Call for papers

[Karen Fisher]

Dear Colleagues

The Information Seeking in Context 2006 conference to be held in Sydney,
Australia from 19-21 July, 2006 offers researchers and practitioners the
opportunity to hear results of the latest research in the field of human
information behaviour; to debate methodological issues, and to the
discuss emerging and further areas for research. 

Themes of the conference include the following: 
1.	Theories and models of information seeking 
2.	Research approaches and methodologies, both interpretive and
positivist 
3.	Information seeking and use in specific contexts e.g., health
care, education, business, etc. 
4.	Organizational structures and processes and information seeking
and use 
5.	Information behaviour in everyday life; in communities both real
and virtual, including the role of indigenous knowledge. 
6.	Integrating studies on information seeking and retrieval 
7.	Information use, the nature of information and how information
is used to help solve an original problem or satisfy an initial need 

We invite doctoral students to submit an application for participation
in the Doctoral Workshop held in conjunction with the Conference on July
18, 2006.  

Deadlines

Papers
January 31, 2006        Submission of papers for review
March 15, 2006          Notification of acceptance of papers
May 31, 2006             Submission date for final versions of accepted
papers

Doctoral Workshop
March 31, 2006           Submission of Doctoral workshop application
April 15, 2006              Notification of acceptance for Doctoral
workshop
May 15, 2006              Final submission for Doctoral workshop

More details will be available on the conference website at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/isic2006
Email inquiries to Jan Houghton, Conference Convenor, at:
isic2006 at uts.edu.au

On behalf of the UTS ISIC2006 team
Sue Burgess
Coordinator, Information and Knowledge Management Program Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences University of Technology, Sydney
Ph: +61 2 9514 2712; Fax: + 61 2 9514 2723; Email: isic2006 at uts.edu.au
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/departments/DIS/