[Siguse-l] SIG USE Events at AM 06

[Kevin Rioux]

Dear Colleagues:

As the 2006-07 Chair of SIG USE,  I hope you will join us at the
following exciting SIG USE events at ASIST!

- The SIG USE Annual Research Symposium
*	The Influence of Affect in Information Seeking and Use:
Considerations for Research and Practice by Carol Collier Kuhlthau,
Professor II Emerita, Library and Information Science and Director,
Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL),
Rutgers University
*	The Affective Revolution and Information Behavior Research by
Diane Nahl, Professor and Chair, Library and Information Science,
University of Hawaii
- The SIG USE Annual Dinner will be on Tuesday, November 7 at 6:00 pm at
Liberty Tavern in the conference hotel.  All are welcome.  

- Our annual planning meeting is from 11AM to Noon on Monday,  November
6.  Bring your ideas for next year's symposium theme and keynote, and
panel sessions.  Heidi Julien (University of Alberta) will be starting
as our new SIG USE Chair, and Olof Sundin  (Lund University) is the
2007-08 incoming chair.  We're meeting in Room 402 at the conference
hotel.

(Check out the SIG USE website: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGUSE/  where
new info is frequently being added.)

In addition to the SIG USE sponsored sessions listed below, please see
the full conference program at www.asis.org for other SIG USE-related
sessions.  

Looking forward to seeing you in Austin!

Regards,
Kevin Rioux
SIG USE Chair, 2005-06 

Saturday, November 4

		1:00 to 6:00 PM---SIG USE 6th Annual Research Symposium
at ASIS&T 2006:  Information Realities: Exploring Affective and
Emotional Aspects in Information Seeking and Use 
		With Carol Kuhlthau and Diane Nahl
		Sponsored, in part, by Information Today
<http://www.infotoday.com/>  and Microsoft Research
<http://research.microsoft.com/> .
		
Sunday, November 5

		6:30 PM Welcome Reception and SIG Rush

Monday, November 6

		8:00 AM Managing Scientific Data for Long-term Access
and Use <http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/123.html>  (USE),
Melissa Cragin, John MacMullen, Jillian Wallis, Ann Zimmerman

		10:00 AM Taking Leisure Seriously: Information Realities
in Leisure Time <http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/40.html>
(USE), Jenna Hartel (moderator), Robert Stebbins, Crystal Fulton, Shan
Ju Change, Donald

		11:00 AM to Noon-Annual SIG USE Planning Meeting, Room
402. (bring your ideas for next year's symposium theme and keynote, and
panel sessions!)

		1: 30 PM Designing for Uncertainty
<http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/170.html>  (USE), Theresa
Dirndorfer Anderson, Marcia Bates, Jennifer Berryman, Sanda Erdelez,
Jannica Heinstrom

		3: 30 PM Channelling Chatman: Questioning the
Applicability of a Research Legacy to Today's Small World Realties
<http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/97.html>  (USE), Crystal
Fulton, Gary Burnett, Karen Fisher, Julia Hersberger

Tuesday, November 7

		8:30 AM Knowledge Sharing in Online Communities: Digital
Trends in Practice
<http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/141.html>  (SI, KM, USE),
Noriko Hara, Pnina Shachaf, Thomas Haigh, Thomas Mackey, Robert
Sandusky, Elisabeth Davenport

		10:00 AM Being User-Oriented: Convergences, Divergences
& Potentials for Systematic Dialogue Between Disciplines Researchers,
Designers and Providers
<http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/asist06_dervin_etal_panelAB
STRACT.doc>  (USE, HCI), Brenda Dervin, Donald Case, Andrew Dillon,
Karen Fisher, Lorraine Normore, Carol Tenopir, and numerous co-authors

		6:00 PM  SIG USE Dinner,  Liberty Tavern (conference
hotel) 

Wednesday, November 8

		8:30 AM Information Realities of HIV/AIDS Information in
Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and Challenges to Information
Professionalss <http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/papers/13.html> ,
(III, USE, MED, IFP, CRIT), Kendra Albright (moderator), Kingo
Mohombu,Rosemary Kabugo, Renee Schoombee, Modou Fall Sall





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Kevin Rioux, Ph.D.
Division of Library and Information Science
St. John's University, New York
Phone: 718.990.1458
Fax: 718.990.2071
riouxk at stjohns.edu
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~riouxk/index.htm