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Call for Papers
Journal of Digital Information announces a Special Issue on
Social Aspects of Digital Information in Perspective

Special issue Editors:
Roberta Lamb (lamb at cba.hawaii.edu) and Susan Johnson = (
susanj at hawaii.edu)
University of Hawaii, Manoa

Submission deadline:
27 November = 2003
Publication: May 2004

This call solicits research papers on historically grounded = perspectives
of Social Informatics. This line of inquiry extends one research = stream
of the late Rob Kling, a pioneer in Social Informatics studies who
strived for  over 30 years to make social issues central to = discussions
about computing and information systems.

For this issue, we are particularly interested in empirical = examinations
of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) that = carefully
depict and theorize about the cumulative influences of local = histories
on ICT use, with emphasis on the everyday aspects of living with = digital
information in the home, in the workplace, in research labs, in = public
places, and other social settings. We also welcome theoretically
balanced examinations of utopian/dystopian projections about = every-day
Information Society futures; as well as critical examinations of the
impact of past analyses of this kind.

This call encourages presentations of an Information Society as an
ongoing dynamic process, rather than as a static endpoint of some = series
of events. It also continues the JoDI tradition of exploring the new =
formats made available by the Web, while providing a context that is
institutionally compatible with the conditions of academic authorship. =
In addition to traditional full length papers, we are soliciting
accompanying Web pages that, on acceptance after peer review, will
extend the paper with commentaries or more in-depth analyses of the
issues raised in the papers. Within this emergent context,
research-in-progress papers may be particularly well-accommodated, = and
therefore appropriate.

For more details about the types of papers that would be appropriate, =
indicative topics and the submission procedure, see the full call
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/calls/social.html

All submissions will be subject to peer review. Publication will = take
place after the accepted papers and Web pages have been integrated
into a hypertext Social Informatics issue by the editors.

The Journal of Digital Information is an electronic journal = published
Only via the Web. JoDI is currently free to all users thanks to support =
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------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3A9E2.598928D0-- From lgiven at csu.edu.au Fri Dec 9 17:01:36 2011 From: lgiven at csu.edu.au (Given, Lisa) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:01:36 +1100 Subject: [Siguse-l] Position in Information Studies Message-ID: <4B9D467B68296B43BD8BBBC16EB9B43343C9D38DD7@MAIL01.CSUMain.csu.edu.au> The School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University welcomes applications for the following position: Associate Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Information Studies ? Continuing, Full time ? Level A/B/C - $63,214 - $127,555pa (Including 17% Superannuation) ? Wagga Wagga, Australia Applications close: 3 February 2012. CSU faculty will be available at ALISE (Dallas Texas, January 2012) for meetings with interested candidates. If you are interested in making an appointment to meet at ALISE, or would like more information about this position, please contact me directly at lgiven at csu.edu.au. More details are available at http://www.csu.edu.au/jobs/vacancies/acad-vacancies.htm (reference number 94351). The School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University seeks a full-time academic with expertise in topics related to school library media to teach and conduct research as part of a dynamic team. The Associate Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant/Associate Professor status in the North American system) will work as part of a team of information studies academics to develop new learning resources and to deliver courses in an online environment. The successful candidate will have the potential to become a nationally recognized researcher and scholar in topics related to school librarianship, school library media studies, youth services, and/or instructional technology. The appointee will develop and maintain links with the professional communities in Australia and may supervise research students (e.g., in the PhD program). As part of CSU?s Faculty of Education, the School of Information Studies is Australia?s largest provider of online education for the information professions with over 1,700 students and over 20 academic staff. The School offers highly regarded, industry focused postgraduate and undergraduate courses/programs in library and information studies, including a stand-alone Masters degree in teacher librarianship, as well as a successful PhD program. The Faculty of Education is one of the largest Faculties of Education in Australia with over 5,500 students and 140 academic and general staff. The Faculty offers a wide range of courses in teacher education, information studies and human movement studies and is recognised internationally for the quality and diversity of its distance education. Successful candidates would normally be required to work on the CSU campus at Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, although in some instances an arrangement in which they are based off campus in another location within Australia may be negotiable. Cheers, Lisa Lisa M. Given Professor of Information Studies | School of Information Studies Faculty of Education Charles Sturt University Locked Bag 588 Wagga Wagga NSW 2678 Australia Phone: +61 02 6933 4092 Fax: +61 02 6933 2733 Email: lgiven at csu.edu.au Web: www.csu.edu.au Charles Sturt University | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. 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From isto.huvila at abo.fi Tue Dec 13 15:15:50 2011 From: isto.huvila at abo.fi (Isto Huvila) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:15:50 +0100 Subject: [Siguse-l] Two PhD student position in Library and Information Science Message-ID: Extended deadline until Jan 2, 2012. Uppsala University hereby declares the following position to be open for application: Two PhD student position in Library and Information Science at the Department of Archival Science, Library and Information Science, Museology and Cultural Heritage Studies (ALM) with starting date February 1 2012 at the earliest. Education at the doctoral level consists of 4 years. The position is for the first year financed with doctoral grant (utbildningsbidrag) that subsequently will become a doctoral studentship (doktorandanst?llning). Doctoral students are expected to pursue their studies full-time and actively take part in the department?s activities. Departmental duties (typically teaching and administration) at a level of at most 20% can be included in the positions. Doctoral education in Library and Information Science is regulated by the general study plan (http://www.abm.uu.se/index.php?sida=29) Qualifications required: Applicants must have a Masters? degree in library and Information Science, archival science, museology and cultural heritage studies or a corresponding degree in a nearby field For regulations, see Uppsala University?s guidelines for doctoral studies http://regler.uu.se/Rules_and_regulations_in_English/. Application: For your application, please use the following form: http://www.uppdok.uadm.uu.se/blankApplications should include a short CV and a research plan (max 6 pages). The research plan must contain a tentative heading, present the subject area and focus of the research, overview of earlier research, and theoretical frameworks and methods to be applied and include a preliminary timetable for the 4 years period. The applicants Masters' thesis and degree certificate and diploma supplement (examensbevis) must be included in the application together with other relevant documentation e.g. publications. The department welcomes applications that cross the boundaries of LIS, archival science, and museology and cultural heritage studies and that fall within one of the department?s core research areas (www.abm.uu.se/amneslankar/ALM_profile_areas.pdf). The department must have relevant supervisor expertise in the applicant?s research area. The selection will primarily be based on the research plans. Earlier publications are regarded as merits. For further information please contact Christer Eld, Head of Department, christer.eld at abm.uu.se (+46 18 471 3388), Professor Sanna Talja,sanna.talja at abm.uu.se, (+46(0)701679508) or Oskar Pettersson, Faculty Director of Studies,oskar.pettersson at uadm.uu.se (+46 18 471 1879). Trade-union representatives are Anders Grundstr?m, Saco (+46 18 471 5380), Carin S?derh?ll, TCO/ST (+46 18 471 1997) and Stefan Djurstr?m, Seko (+46 18 471 3315). You are welcome to submit your application no later than January 2, 2012, UFV-PA 2011/3127. Use the link below to access the application form. Two PhD student positions in Library and Information Science -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/siguse-l/attachments/20111213/fcba24c0/attachment.html From jenna.hartel at utoronto.ca Tue Dec 13 17:36:15 2011 From: jenna.hartel at utoronto.ca (Jenna Hartel) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:36:15 -0500 Subject: [Siguse-l] Information behavior video resources? Message-ID: <4EE7D35F.1090601@utoronto.ca> Dear SIG-USErs, Does anyone know of good video resources about information behavior? I am looking for materials that students in my information behavior class can peruse when I'm occupied at a conference for a week during February. I've been poking around YouTube and not finding much, though there are a few interesting student presentations. If any teachers of information behavior have video-taped themselves and would be willing to share, I'd be most appreciative. I hope to put together a self-guided (video) class and will share it with SIG-USE if enough materials are found. Many thanks, Jenna -- Dr. Jenna Hartel, Assistant Professor Faculty of Information, University of Toronto www.jennahartel.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/siguse-l/attachments/20111213/2a3b96af/attachment.html From liomca at gmail.com Fri Dec 16 08:11:00 2011 From: liomca at gmail.com (Christina Lioma) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:11:00 +0100 Subject: [Siguse-l] TBAS 2012 2nd Call for Papers Message-ID: Apologies for cross-postings ----------------------------------------- ECIR Workshop on Task-Based and Aggregated Search TBAS 2012 1 April 2012, Barcelona, Spain. WEBSITE: http://itlab.dbit.dk/~tbas2012/ TABLE OF CONTENTS - Workshop themes - Important dates - Keynote speaker - Organisation WORKSHOP THEMES This workshop aims to stimulate exploratory research in task-based and aggregated search, and to investigate synergies between these two areas. Research into task-based search aims to understand the user's current task and desired outcomes, and how this may provide useful context for the Information Retrieval (IR) process. The challenge is when and how to capture and filter this context. Research into aggregated search (also known as integrated search) addresses the increasingly common IR paradigm of presenting to the user a result list with information from heterogeneous document and media types, such as Webpages, user-authored content, Wikipedia entries, images, locations, etc. The challenge is when and how to fuse different document and media types, and how to present results to the user. A test collection (iSearch) that was designed to facilitate aspects of task-based and aggregated search is now freely available as part of the workshop (see http://itlab.dbit.dk/~isearch). Submissions using any other dataset are welcome. Full paper and poster submissions are now invited (submission details: http://itlab.dbit.dk/~tbas2012/submit.htm) IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: 19 February 2012 Author Notifications: 4 March 2012 Camera-Ready Papers Due: 11 March 2012 Workshop: 1 April 2012 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Kalervo Jarvelin (University of Tampere, Finland) ORGANISERS Birger Larsen, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark Christina Lioma, Technical University of Denmark Arjen de Vries, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, The Netherlands PROGRAM COMMITTEE http://itlab.dbit.dk/~tbas2012/pc.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/siguse-l/attachments/20111216/efae465c/attachment.html From lynnwest at ischool.utexas.edu Sat Dec 31 12:39:40 2011 From: lynnwest at ischool.utexas.edu (Lynn Westbrook) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:39:40 -0600 Subject: [Siguse-l] Siguse-l Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <64EB3A47-936A-4AC8-98E3-BBA4E1716824@ischool.utexas.edu> Jenna -- I don't know of any videos but I have done something that helps in that situation. I've used Blackboard to set up some highly structured article reports and discussion sessions that, with voice-over PPT, cover much of the material. Teaching it rather like a distance class. Let me know if a non-video option might be useful and I can detail it a bit more. Never done one on your topic but the structure might be helpful. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to seeing what you get on this one. Anyone else have a non-video option? Cheers, Lynn Lynn Westbrook, Associate Professor lynnwest at ischool.utexas.edu 512/232-7831 On Dec 15, 2011, at 4:00 AM, siguse-l-request at asis.org wrote: > Send Siguse-l mailing list submissions to > siguse-l at asis.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/siguse-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > siguse-l-request at asis.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > siguse-l-owner at asis.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Siguse-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Information behavior video resources? (Jenna Hartel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:36:15 -0500 > From: Jenna Hartel > Subject: [Siguse-l] Information behavior video resources? > To: siguse-l at asis.org > Message-ID: <4EE7D35F.1090601 at utoronto.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear SIG-USErs, > Does anyone know of good video resources about information behavior? I > am looking for materials that students in my information behavior class > can peruse when I'm occupied at a conference for a week during February. > I've been poking around YouTube and not finding much, though there are a > few interesting student presentations. If any teachers of information > behavior have video-taped themselves and would be willing to share, I'd > be most appreciative. I hope to put together a self-guided (video) class > and will share it with SIG-USE if enough materials are found. > Many thanks, > Jenna > -- > Dr. Jenna Hartel, Assistant Professor Faculty of Information, University > of Toronto www.jennahartel.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/siguse-l/attachments/20111213/2a3b96af/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Siguse-l mailing list > Siguse-l at asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/siguse-l > > > End of Siguse-l Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3 > ***************************************