From rhill at asis.org Thu Oct 15 14:15:43 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:15:43 -0400 Subject: [Siguse-l] Extended Hotel & Regustration Deadlines for ASIS&T 2015 AM Message-ID: <3816-2201510415181543245@LEN-dick-2011> St. Louis Hyatt and ASIS&T are extending the cut off dates for discounts until OCTOBER 23. Rooms were tight and people were having problems. But rooms blocked for the potential World Series games have opened up so we are able to make this effort to help you save. _____ 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology -- Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community November 6-10, 2015 - Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch - St. Louis, Missouri Program and Registration at: https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/ The 2015 ASIS&T conference theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ?including academics and practitioner? to discuss the impact of their research on industry, on government, on local/national/global community groups, on individuals, on information systems, on cultural institutions, and on other practice contexts. The theme highlights the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. 8 Preconference Workshops 40 Contributed Papers 18 Panel Discussions Plenary sessions: Aaron Doering -Building Community Online: Connecting People, Places, and Ideas through Innovative Design- Doering is associate professor in the LT Media Lab at the University of Minnesota, currently holds the Bonnie Westby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education and Technology. His research involves the design, development and evaluation of online and mobile teaching environments; technology integration in K-12 settings; and the innovative use of technology to support teaching and learning. Sarah Morton -Creating Impact: Issues, Challenges and Solutions- Morton works at the intersection of social research, policy and practice in a range of leadership roles. She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also within the University of Edinburgh, Sarah is the knowledge exchange specialist for the Centre for Community and Public Health Sciences and an impact analyst. She is a director of What Works Scotland and she is also an associate of the research unit for research utilization at the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement and was a member of the Scottish Funding Council working group on Knowledge Exchange and Public Policy. Her research has investigated the process assessing the impact of research on policy and practice. She has a specialty in contribution analysis and uses this approach in a variety of projects, often working with non-academic partners, and also to assess the impact of research. Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From lgiven at csu.edu.au Thu Oct 15 19:09:46 2015 From: lgiven at csu.edu.au (Given, Lisa) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:09:46 +0000 Subject: [Siguse-l] SIG USE 2015 Election Results Message-ID: Dear all, Thanks to all of you who voted in our election. SIG USE is pleased to announce the results of our election for incoming officers. The winners, whose terms will begin at the end of the Annual Meeting this November, are: Chair-Elect: Heather O'Brien Communications Officer: Kyungwon Koh Congratulations to our incoming officers who will begin their terms following the AGM, in November. The SIG USE Symposium begins at 1:30pm on Saturday November 7, as a pre-conference event for the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. The SIG USE Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday November 10, 2015 from 2:15pm to 3:25pm (in Sterling Room #5 at the Hyatt). Please plan to come. We will be discussing 2016 Symposium planning for the conference in Copenhagen, among other topics and issues. Early bird registration has been extended to October 23rd and additional hotel rooms have been opened at the conference venue, so you still have time to take advantage of the special rates. See https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/ See you in St. Louis in November! Cheers, Lisa (current SIG USE Chair) Lisa M. Given, PhD Professor of Information Studies | School of Information Studies Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Education Member, Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning & Education (RIPPLE) 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: lisagiven.com [Charles Sturt University] | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | 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. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Number: 00005F (National)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Consider the environment before printing this email. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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SIG USE is pleased to announce the results of our election for incoming officers. The winners, whose terms will begin at the end of the Annual Meeting this November, are: Chair-Elect: Heather O'Brien Communications Officer: Kyungwon Koh Congratulations to our incoming officers who will begin their terms following the AGM, in November. The SIG USE Symposium begins at 1:30pm on Saturday November 7, as a pre-conference event for the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. The SIG USE Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday November 10, 2015 from 2:15pm to 3:25pm (in Sterling Room #5 at the Hyatt). Please plan to come. We will be discussing 2016 Symposium planning for the conference in Copenhagen, among other topics and issues. Early bird registration has been extended to October 23rd and additional hotel rooms have been opened at the conference venue, so you still have time to take advantage of the special rates. See https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/ See you in St. Louis in November! Cheers, Lisa (current SIG USE Chair) Lisa M. Given, PhD Professor of Information Studies | School of Information Studies Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Education Member, Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning & Education (RIPPLE) 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: lisagiven.com [Charles Sturt University] | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | 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. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Number: 00005F (National)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Consider the environment before printing this email.