[Siguse-l] Deadline Extended: 8th Annual Sig Use Symposium Call for Participation

[Vondracek, Ruth]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:     Extended Deadline: September 2, 2008

8th Annual Research Symposium of Special Interest Group:  Information
Needs, Seeking & Use (SIG USE)

Future Directions: Information Behavior in the Design & Making of
Relevant Research

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 1:30pm-6pm, Hyatt Regency, Columbus, Ohio


ASIS&T 2008's conference theme, People Transforming Information -
Information Transforming People, provides an important opportunity for
the SIG USE symposium to offer guided reflection on the big questions
around which information behavior researchers and practitioners can (or
should) be making a difference. Our people-centred approach has enabled
us to deepen our understanding of the ways in which people interact with
information, information systems, and other people. Communicating these
insights to researchers and practitioners in related areas of study and
design, however, continues to pose a challenge for our community. Thus,
the reflective moment to be offered by this year's Symposium will be
used to consider one particular challenge: communicating the
significance of information behaviour research to designers of products,
systems and services.



The symposium consists of two keynote speeches and seminar discussions:

*       Keith Instone, Information Architecture Leader, IBM.com. Keith
will share some of the IA challenges he faces every day working on a
large and distributed corporate web site.
*       Professor Mike Thelwall, Leader of the Statistical Cybermetrics
Research Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK.  Mike has developed
tools for gathering and analysing web sites, blogs and social networking
sites.

Position Paper Submission for Attendees: Formal papers from attendees
will not be expected; the Symposium will follow a seminar format
focusing on participant discussion. Researchers and professionals
interested in participating should submit a 1-page position paper (about
300 words) reflecting upon critical questions for information behavior
research to the Symposium Organizers not later than August 15, 2008.
Applicants are invited to reflect on the four questions that will frame
the symposium and present ways that their research addresses them:

*       * How does our research address the transformative relationship
between people and information?
*       * What are the fundamental questions that we should be looking
at in our research?
*       *How are we to move towards making a greater impact on
organizations and designers?
*       How can or should information behavior research be presented to
translate effectively into the language of other information research
communities?



Experienced researchers may share information about their current
research and insights from lessons learned through past projects, while
those new to the field may describe their research or professional
interests related to the Symposium themes. Position papers will be
posted on the SIG USE website (www.siguse.org <http://www.siguse.org/ <https://exmail.oregonstate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.siguse.org/> > )
prior to the Symposium. Small discussion groups will be organized around
symposium questions and themes emerging from position papers.
Participants must register with ASIS&T at www.asis.org
<http://www.asis.org/ <https://exmail.oregonstate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.asis.org/> >  for the Symposium. Symposium participants are
invited to attend a SIG SI/USE networking lunch during the time between
the SIG SI and USE symposia. Cost: Pay-on-your-own. Further details to
be announced later.



Fees: Before September 12, 2008, members $90, non-members $105.  After
September 12, 2008 members $105, non-members $120. SIG USE members
attending both SIG SI (Morning of Saturday, Oct. 25,.) and SIG USE
symposiums will receive a $10 discount on fees.



Symposium Organizers:

Yungrang Laura Cheng, School of Library and Information Science, Kent
State University, Columbus, Ohio.  Email: yrcheng at kent.edu



Ruth Vondracek, Research & Innovative Services, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon. Email: Ruth.Vondracek at oregonstate.edu



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Ruth Vondracek
Head of Reference Consulting & Innovative Services
Oregon State University            
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331
Ruth.Vondracek at oregonstate.edu
voicemail: (541) 737-9273
fax: (541) 737-8224
OSU Libraries: information, service, innovation

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