[Siguse-l] SIGUSE Annual Workshop, Oct. 27 in Pittsburgh

[Rieh, Soo Young]

ANNOUNCING A ONE-DAY OPEN WORKSHOP, October 27, Wednesday, 8:30 am-3:45 pm,
Pittsburgh Hilton, 600 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 1, 2010 midnight Eastern US time

 WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE TALKING ABOUT: INFO NEEDS, SEEKING, AND USE -- THE DIFFERENCES THAT DEFINITIONS MAKE IN CORE CONCEPTS

Co-sponsored by Special Interest Groups on
*Social Informatics & Information Needs, Seeking, and Use
*American Society for Information Science and Technology
open to members and non-members

All those interested in information needs, seeking and use -- as researchers, practitioners, and/or designers -- are invited to a one-day dialogue whose focus is "What in the world are we talking about.... the differences that definitions make in core concepts."  Participants will be divided into concept working groups to discuss differences in labels and definitions for commonly used core concepts with the goal of growing in understanding what accounts for these differences.  The intent will be to inform and illuminate rather than homogenize.

The workshop will open with 7 keynoters each answering briefly the question:  "Why we need to ask 'what in the world are we talking about?' "
Charles Cole, McGill University
Brenda Dervin, Ohio State University
Michael Olsson, University of Technology, Sydney
Soo Young Rieh, University of Michigan
Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University
Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University
Christine Urquhart, Abersytwyth University, UK

Fees
Members $105, non-members $110
SIG-SI and SIG-USE members get $5 discount.

Those wishing to participate actively are invited to submit brief concept proposal papers for concepts they would like to see discussed.  These brief 1200 word maximum proposals are "think pieces" in which each proposer is asked to explore their chosen concept, the definitions and labels they use, the definitions and labels they see others use, and how they understand the differences.  Submissions accepted September 1-October 1.  Full instructions, details, and contact information on the workshop are available at:
http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/engineering/sigSI_and_sigUSEworkshopASIST_2010_finalREV.pdf

In addition, you can see proposals as they are accepted posted at the workshop wiki
http://www.asis.org/wiki/AM10/index.php/Siguse
Soo
SIGUSE Chair 2009-2010

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Soo Young Rieh
Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Information
4433  North Quad, 105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285, USA
Voice: +1 734 647-8040    Fax:  +1 734-615-3587
http://rieh.people.si.umich.edu<http://www.si.umich.edu/rieh>

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