From asis at gwizdka.com Mon Aug 1 06:18:38 2016 From: asis at gwizdka.com (Jacek Gwizdka) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:18:38 +0200 Subject: [Siguse-l] CFP: Special Issue on Search As Learning - Information Retrieval Journal Message-ID: ======================= Information Retrieval Journal http://www.springer.com/10791 ======================= Call for Papers: Special Issue on Search As Learning ========================================= Search systems today are mostly viewed as tools to satisfy immediate information needs instead of complex information environments in which humans learn while interacting with information content. Research on the design, development and evaluation of search systems that foster learning and enhance the learning experience is scarce. Equally scarce is our current understanding of search as a human learning process. Opportunities exist today to not only observe and interpret users? behavior through the lens of search logs but also to enrich this information with detailed multimodal data streams gathered by tracking devices and sensors. In this special issue, we aim to provide a forum for researchers who explore the role of search in the learning process to examine challenging research questions, showcase the state-of-the-art and share breakthroughs. Topics of interest Topics of interest for this issue include but are not limited to: ? Log/lab-based studies on when and how learning occurs in the search process; ? The relationship between the learning process and searchers? work task contexts; ? Search system features that foster learning (both searching to learn and learning to search); ? Search interface designs in support of learning; ? The implications of search for learning for different populations (children, low- literacy searchers, non-experts, etc.); ? The roles of affect and engagement on learning whilst searching; ? Methods and measures to assess searchers? learning; ? Measuring learning outcomes to assess IR system performance; ? Learning analytics for search contexts; ? Collaborative aspects of search as learning; ? Interaction monitoring, modeling and optimization for learning outcomes. Special Issue Editors: Carsten Eickhoff, ETH Zurich Jacek Gwizdka, University of Texas Austin Claudia Hauff, Delft University of Technology Jiyin He, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Important Dates Initial submission due: October 15th, 2016 Initial reviewer feedback: November 21st, 2016 Revised submission due: December 21st, 2016 Final decision: February 15th, 2017 Paper Submission Papers submitted to this special issue for possible publication must be original and must not be under consideration for publication in any other journal or conference. Previously published or accepted conference papers must contain at least 30% new material to be considered for the special issue. All papers are to be submitted by referring to http://www.springer.com/10791 (submit online). At the beginning of the submission processing Editorial Manager, under ?Article Type?, please select the appropriate special issue. All manuscripts must be prepared according to the journal publication guidelines which can also be found on the website provided above. Papers will be evaluated following the journal's standard review process. For inquiries on the above please contact Claudia Hauff, c.hauff at tudelft.nl. Jacek Gwizdka, PhD http://gwizdka.com/research 'Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate' - William of Ockham (1285-1349) Research Talk on NeuroIR Assistant Professor at School of Information, University of Texas at Austin 1616 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78701, USA | Office 5.442 (5th floor) Information eXperience (IX) lab Co-Director | ACM Senior Member Distinguished Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Nils.Pharo at hioa.no Wed Aug 3 04:11:05 2016 From: Nils.Pharo at hioa.no (Nils Pharo) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:11:05 +0000 Subject: [Siguse-l] Reminder: CFP CHIIR'17 Message-ID: Dear all, This is a gentle reminder that the deadline for CHIIR 2017 full papers and new perspective papers is September 1st, other submissions have deadline September 15. More details below. Best, Nils The ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval (CHIIR) will be held in Oslo, Norway from March 7-11, 2017. CHIIR is the pre-eminent forum for the presentation and discussion of research related to the user-centered aspects of information interaction and information retrieval, including human involvement in search activities, information seeking and use in context, and the design of interactive systems. Many areas of interest for CHIIR have traditionally been covered under "Users and interactive IR" at the SIGIR Conference, and at the HCIR and IIiX conferences, which have merged to form the CHIIR conference. Conference Scope and Topics Users are central to the design, evaluation, and use of information retrieval systems. We invite submissions on user-centered approaches to information retrieval, access, and use, including studies of interactive systems, novel interaction paradigms, new evaluation methods, and a range of related areas. We are particularly interested in papers in the following areas: * Information seeking, search and retrieval, including task-based and exploratory search * Interaction techniques for information retrieval and discovery * Online information-seeking behavior, including log analysis of search and browsing * Modeling and simulation of information interaction * Search user interfaces, including those for specialized tasks, populations and domains * Information use, including measures of use and sensemaking * Field and case studies relevant to information retrieval and access * User-centered evaluation methods and measures, including measures of user experience and performance, experiment and search task design, eye-tracking and physiological approaches, data analysis methods, and usability * Context-aware and personalized search, contextual features and analysis for information interaction * Collaborative information seeking and social search, including social utility and network analysis for information interaction * Information visualization and visual analytics, search result presentation * User-centered work in other areas of information retrieval Contribution Types Full papers: We are looking for high quality original research of relevance to CHIIR as full paper submissions (10 pages). We expect submissions to contain a rigorous evaluation of any proposed findings, using techniques such as laboratory studies, field experiments, in situ observational studies, crowdsourcing, simulations of search behavior, and log analysis. Authors should describe their methods and techniques in enough detail to allow for replication and reuse. Short Papers: Short papers (4 pages) should also be original, high-quality submissions, like full papers, but based upon a smaller, concise contribution. These may present work in progress, late-breaking results, reports on projects or applications, or demos. Accepted short papers will be published as part of the proceedings, but will also be presented as posters during the poster reception at the conference. Perspectives Papers: a special category of full papers (10 pages) that present novel ideas or insights concerning approaches, key challenges, or methodological issues that have the potential to inspire substantive discussion and lead to significant advances in the field. These papers should not consist primarily of literature reviews or the presentation of stand-alone studies, but may take the form of: * reflections upon the body of research, considering how the field, the theories, the models, and the methods have developed; * discussion of the implications of research findings on users in the real world; * proposals for and discussions of theories or models of information-interaction; or * critical, provocative, and creative contributions to stir debate and discussion. Workshops: We encourage prospective workshop organizers to submit proposals for highly interactive workshops (either full-day or half-day) that fall within the scope of the conference. We are particularly interested in workshops that bridge multiple approaches or present new perspectives on user-centred aspects of information interaction and information retrieval. Workshops will be held on the last day of the conference. Application instructions are available on the conference web page at http://sigir.org/chiir2017/ Tutorials: Proposals will be considered for full day or half day tutorials. Tutorials may cover material either at an introductory level (introducing new areas of research or practice to attendees) or in depth (advancing the understanding of attendees with basic familiarity of the area). Application instructions will be available on the conference web page at http://sigir.org/chiir2017/ Doctoral Consortium: We invite doctoral students to submit applications for a supervisory seminar, to present and discuss their research with senior researchers and other doctoral students. The consortium will take place on the first day of the conference. Application instructions are available on the conference web page at http://sigir.org/chiir2017/ Conditions * CHIIR submissions should be original, high quality research that has not been published previously and are not under review for another conference or journal. * An international program committee will review all submissions. * All reviews will be double-blind so submissions should be made anonymous when submitted. * Full papers and Perspectives papers will be up to 10 pages in length, while short papers will be up to 4 pages. * All submissions should be formatted using the ACM Conference style (for LaTeX or Word). Submissions should be made in PDF. * All accepted submissions will be made available in the ACM Digital Library as part of the CHIIR series. Important dates 1 Sept 2016 - Full papers and Perspectives papers due 15 Sept 2016 - Short papers, Workshop and Tutorial proposals and Doctoral consortium submissions due 20 Oct 2016 - Workshop notifications 13 Nov 2016 - All other notifications 7-11 March 2017 - CHIIR Conference -- Nils Pharo Professor Institutt for arkiv-, bibliotek- og informasjonsfag H?gskolen i Oslo og Akershus From kkoh at ou.edu Wed Aug 3 11:34:44 2016 From: kkoh at ou.edu (Koh, Kyungwon) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 15:34:44 +0000 Subject: [Siguse-l] CFP - A Combined SIG-SI and SIG-USE Full-Day Workshop, ASIS&T AM 2016 Message-ID: Call for Papers and Participation (Short paper or poster submissions by August 19, 2016) Enhancing lives through Information and Technology A Combined SIG-SI and SIG-USE Full-Day Workshop: The Social Informatics of Work and Play (SIG-SI): Morning Information Behavior in Workplaces (SIG-USE): Afternoon ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark October 15, 2016 Organizers Katriina Bystr?m, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Katriina.Bystrom at hioa.no Pnina Fichman, Indiana University, Bloomington, fichman at indiana.edu Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia, Luanne.Freund at ubc.ca Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University, Bloomington, hrosenba at indiana.edu Join us at ASIS&T in Copenhagen for a full-day pre-conference workshop to explore the ways in which our uses of information and technologies improve our work and social lives. Two vital and dynamic SIGs are joining forces for a workshop that will provide two interesting and complementary perspectives in the conference theme. In the morning session, SIG-SI will bring a perspective that focuses on the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) in work and play across all areas of ASIS&T. In the afternoon session, SIG-USE will focus on information related activities from different research perspectives and explores the significance of information seeking and use on our lives. Submissions may include empirical, critical, conceptual and theoretical papers and posters, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. The combined workshop will allow networking between members of both SIGs during the day. MORNING: The Social Informatics of Work and Play (SIG SI) This year?s conference theme is ?creating knowledge, enhancing lives through information & technology.? This is a particularly apposite theme for SIG-SI, because the social impacts of ICT and the complex relations among people, technologies, and the contexts of ICT design, implementation, and use have long been core concerns of social informatics. The SIG-SI morning session, our 12th annual gathering at ASIS&T annual meetings, will bring a critical perspective that focuses on the social aspects of ICT that cuts across all areas of ASIS&T This year, we are particularly interested in papers that investigate the social informatics of work and play. We define ?social? broadly to include critical and historical approaches as well as contemporary social analysis. We also define ?technology? broadly to include traditional technologies (e.g., paper, books, etc.), state-of-the-art computer systems, and mobile and pervasive devices. Submissions may include papers and posters that explore the ways in which people?s uses of ICT affect their practices and behaviors while at work, play, and engaged in their social lives. We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the Symposium?s theme, but are also soliciting research on other related social informatics topics. We encourage all scholars interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. Some of the questions we ask include: ? What are the impacts of ICT on people?s practices and behaviors while at work, play, and engaged in their social lives? ? What are some of the ways our work and play practices shape the design and development of ICT? ? What are the ways ICT positively and negatively impact organizations, work, play, and social life? ? What kinds of theoretical and methodological frameworks are best suited for studying the mutual shaping of ICT and practices and behaviors while at work and play? The schedule for the morning session of the symposium will involve the presentations of papers, a panel of distinguished scholars, and the best social informatics paper awards for 2015. We expect an engaging discussion with lively interactions with the audience. SIG-SI symposium chairs Pnina Fichman, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Eric Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, UK Adam Worrall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada AFTERNOON: Information Behavior in Workplaces (SIG-USE) This year?s SIG USE symposium focuses on information issues at work. It acknowledges social, individual and technological perspectives on the roles and flows that information takes as part of physical and digital work. The broad approach relates to the conference theme with a focus on information behavior (IB) or on information practices (IP) in connection to workplaces. Earlier generations were accustomed to stable and localized work; now work activities and contexts have and are radically changing. During their work life, people may experience several career changes, are expected to learn new skills and adapt to new ideas as well as manage the increasingly fluid boundaries between work and leisure. Moreover, much of information and data are internetworked and accessible simultaneously by multiple mobile devices supporting networked communities anyplace, anywhere, anytime. This challenges both the creation and consumption of information used for work ? or at work; it also affects how, when and where people work, as well as their productivity, collegiality and innovativeness. Despite, or perhaps due to, the advances in technology, today?s workplaces remain challenged by how to create, discover, share, value and enhance information and knowledge at and for work; and, how to design and manage the systems that support these functions, which are so critical to organizationally effective and individually rewarding work. The issues are many, from the consequences of new devices that are stretching the ways that an organization works, to the efficacy dynamics (stress, motivation, collaboration, productivity, age, etc.) and to the new skills and expertise required to work in such changing and changeable environments. Information is indispensable in many, if not all, workplace activities; as a resource for getting work done as well as for learning, managing change, developing and maintaining processes and creating professional networks. Specific issues to be addressed depend on the interest of the participants and the issues they bring into the workshop. Welcome topics include: ? Critical cultural information behavior ? how do we infuse our workplaces and practices with diversity and social justice sensibilities? ? Collaborative IB; virtual team ? Digital workplaces, peopleless offices & officeless people - what happens when the physical workplace dissolves? ? Everyday Life Information (in the workplace) ? Frameworks for understanding IB/IP in work settings ? IB/IP and workplace or information systems design ? Organizational behaviour research - what can we learn from this field of research that is relevant to IB/IP? ? Organizational information genres ? Personal Information Management (in the workplace) ? The blurring of lines between personal and professional in digital information use in the workplace ? The impact of mobile devices on IB/IP in the workplace ? Workplace culture, diversity and inclusion - how these shape and are shaped by information behaviour (IB)/information practices (IP)? ? and any other work-related informational topics We aim to an interactive workshop to enable the fullest exchange of ideas amongst attendees. For this reason, we encourage participants to submit; even if participation without a paper/poster is an eligible option. The workshop features a keynote by Professor Hazel Hall (preliminarily confirmed), presentation of selected papers, a joint poster session between the SIGs, and roundtable discussions based on short papers and posters by participants. Documentation: short papers and posters are shared digitally among the participants. Roundtable discussions are documented by a designated person in each group and collated by symposium chairs to a short summary that is made available for the participants afterwards. SIG-USE symposium chairs David Allen, Leeds University, UK Katriina Bystr?m, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Nicole A. Cooke, The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Luanne Freund, University of British Columbia, Canada TENTATIVE SCHEDULE SI ? opening keynote: 8.30-9.00 Paper presentations: 9.00-10.30 Break 10.30-10.45 Panel: 10.45-11.45 SIG SI paper awards: 11.45-12.15 SI- closing discussion and remarks: 12.15-12.45 Joint lunch featuring a joint poster session: 12.45-13.45 (to be determined) USE ? opening keynote: 13.45-14.45 Short Paper Session: 14.45-15.45 Break 15.45-16.00 Roundtable discussions based on papers & posters: 16.00-17.30 SIG USE Awards 17.30-17.45 USE - closing remarks: 17.45-18.00 CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS FOR BOTH SIGS Submit a short paper (2000 words) or poster (500 words) by August 19, 2016. SIG-SI: Please send your submission as a PDF file to: hrosenba at indiana.edu SIG-USE: Please send your submission as a PDF-file to: katriina.bystrom at hioa.no Acceptance announcements made by August 31, 2016 in time for conference early registration (ends Sept. 2, 2016). FEES Members ? SIG-SI session: $100 - $120 after Sept. 2, 2016 Members ? SIG-USE session: $100 - $120 after Sept. 2, 2016 Members ? attending both SIG-SI and SIG-SI sessions: $180 - $200 after Sept. 2, 2016 Non-members ? SIG-SI Session: $120 - $140, after Sept. 2, 2016 Non-members ? SIG-USE Session: $120 - $140, after Sept. 2, 2016 Non-members ? attending both SIG-SI and SIG-SI sessions: $230 - $250 after Sept. 2, 2016 Kyungwon Koh, Ph.D. ASIS&T SIG USE Communications Officer Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Studies The University of Oklahoma http://slis.ou.edu/kyungwonkoh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The journal publishes research and practice which explores the digital information supply chain ie transport, flows, tracking, exchange and sharing, including within and between libraries. It is also interested in digital information capture, packaging and storage by 'collectors' of all kinds. Information is widely defined, including but not limited to: *Records *Documents *Learning objects *Visual and sound files *Data and metadata and *User-generated content. Further enquiries can be directed to Dr. Wu He (whe at odu.edu) at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA. To submit your paper, please go to the journal website at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/ilds Wu He, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Information Technology Department of Information Technology & Decision Sciences Strome College of Business Constant Hall 2022 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 757-683-5008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nadia.caidi at utoronto.ca Wed Aug 24 11:11:00 2016 From: nadia.caidi at utoronto.ca (Nadia Caidi) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:11:00 -0400 Subject: [Siguse-l] Faculty Position in Information/Social Work at the Univ. of Toronto Message-ID: Apologies for duplication. Assistant Professor ? Social Work and Information The Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) and the Faculty of Information (iSchool) at the University of Toronto invite applications for a tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position will be held 51% at the FIFSW and 49% at the iSchool. Appointments will begin July 1, 2017. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP. Candidates are expected to have a program of research and experience especially focused on big data from a quantitative or qualitative angle, analyzing both the challenges and opportunities of big data for social justice. Areas of specific interest can include the use and impact of big data for social service and child welfare agencies, youth service agencies, public libraries, archives and information centres, and for vulnerable citizens and marginalized communities, including older adults, indigenous, and immigrant communities. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: big data and society, data and information and communication technology use, infrastructure and platform studies, ethics of algorithms, data and discrimination, data and human rights, data and social inclusion, privacy and data, and disability studies in information studies and social work. Theoretical and methodological approaches to research should be commensurate with applicants? teaching and fields of expertise. The Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work pursues excellence in the development and testing of new knowledge that will have an impact on social work direct practice and social policy, as well as social work education. Our commitment to social justice means that we look for creative solutions to social problems at the local, national and international level. We are proud of our record as one of North America?s pre-eminent Social Work Faculties, offering programs at the MSW, PhD, and post-MSW diploma levels. The Faculty is involved in several collaborative programs and joint degrees that provide many opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration including Health Administration; Addiction Studies; Aging and the Life Course; Asia Pacific Studies; Bioethics; Child Welfare; Community Development; Ethnic and Pluralism Studies; Health Care, Technology and Place; Health Services and Policy Research; Human Development; Sexual Diversity; Women and Gender Studies; and Women?s Health. Faculty website: http://wvvw.socialwork.utoronto.ca. The iSchool at the University of Toronto educates the next generation of professional and academic leaders in Information to transform society through collaboration, innovation and knowledge creation. The Faculty believes that society's information practices are being reconfigured and transformed by material shifts in information infrastructures and by political and cultural shifts in our attitudes toward information as a social phenomenon, accompanied by ethical challenges. The Faculty of Information provides a context in which to work in an emerging interdisciplinary environment with close ties to a range of collaborative programs including Knowledge Media Design and Book History and Print Culture. The Faculty is also home to the Digital Curation Institute. Faculty website: http://wvvw.ischool.utoronto.ca Candidates must have a PhD in social work, information or a related field by the time of appointment or shortly thereafter; an active research program that contributes especially to information studies affecting social work; social work practice experience; an emerging reputation in research with demonstrated ability to attract external research funding; and publications in high quality peer reviewed journals. Evidence of excellence in teaching (including a teaching dossier outlining experience and accomplishments) is also required. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The application deadline is February 28, 2017. All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the link below. Applications should include a cover letter, full curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy), a brief outline of current and proposed future research interests and two samples of published work. All application materials should be submitted through the University of Toronto?s online application system. If you have questions about this position, please contact socialwork.admin at utoronto.ca. Please combine attachments into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. Applicants should also ask three referees to send letters directly to the Faculty via e-mail to socialwork.admin at utoronto.ca. Applications without references will not be considered. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. 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CHIIR is the pre-eminent forum for the presentation and discussion of research related to the user-centered aspects of information interaction and information retrieval, including human involvement in search activities, information seeking and use in context, and the design of interactive systems. Many areas of interest for CHIIR have traditionally been covered under "Users and interactive IR" at the SIGIR Conference, and at the HCIR and IIiX conferences, which have merged to form the CHIIR conference. Conference Scope and Topics Users are central to the design, evaluation, and use of information retrieval systems. We invite submissions on user-centered approaches to information retrieval, access, and use, including studies of interactive systems, novel interaction paradigms, new evaluation methods, and a range of related areas. We are particularly interested in papers in the following areas: * Information seeking, search and retrieval, including task-based and exploratory search * Interaction techniques for information retrieval and discovery * Online information-seeking behavior, including log analysis of search and browsing * Modeling and simulation of information interaction * Search user interfaces, including those for specialized tasks, populations and domains * Information use, including measures of use and sensemaking * Field and case studies relevant to information retrieval and access * User-centered evaluation methods and measures, including measures of user experience and performance, experiment and search task design, eye-tracking and physiological approaches, data analysis methods, and usability * Context-aware and personalized search, contextual features and analysis for information interaction * Collaborative information seeking and social search, including social utility and network analysis for information interaction * Information visualization and visual analytics, search result presentation * User-centered work in other areas of information retrieval Contribution Types Full papers: We are looking for high quality original research of relevance to CHIIR as full paper submissions (10 pages). We expect submissions to contain a rigorous evaluation of any proposed findings, using techniques such as laboratory studies, field experiments, in situ observational studies, crowdsourcing, simulations of search behavior, and log analysis. Authors should describe their methods and techniques in enough detail to allow for replication and reuse. Short Papers: Short papers (4 pages) should also be original, high-quality submissions, like full papers, but based upon a smaller, concise contribution. These may present work in progress, late-breaking results, reports on projects or applications, or demos. Accepted short papers will be published as part of the proceedings, but will also be presented as posters during the poster reception at the conference. Perspectives Papers: a special category of full papers (10 pages) that present novel ideas or insights concerning approaches, key challenges, or methodological issues that have the potential to inspire substantive discussion and lead to significant advances in the field. These papers should not consist primarily of literature reviews or the presentation of stand-alone studies, but may take the form of: * reflections upon the body of research, considering how the field, the theories, the models, and the methods have developed; * discussion of the implications of research findings on users in the real world; * proposals for and discussions of theories or models of information-interaction; or * critical, provocative, and creative contributions to stir debate and discussion. Workshops: We encourage prospective workshop organizers to submit proposals for highly interactive workshops (either full-day or half-day) that fall within the scope of the conference. We are particularly interested in workshops that bridge multiple approaches or present new perspectives on user-centred aspects of information interaction and information retrieval. Workshops will be held on the last day of the conference. Application instructions are available on the conference web page at http://sigir.org/chiir2017/ Tutorials: Proposals will be considered for full day or half day tutorials. Tutorials may cover material either at an introductory level (introducing new areas of research or practice to attendees) or in depth (advancing the understanding of attendees with basic familiarity of the area). Application instructions will be available on the conference web page at http://sigir.org/chiir2017/ Doctoral Consortium: We invite doctoral students to submit applications for a supervisory seminar, to present and discuss their research with senior researchers and other doctoral students. The consortium will take place on the first day of the conference. Application instructions are available on the conference web page at http://sigir.org/chiir2017/ Conditions * CHIIR submissions should be original, high quality research that has not been published previously and are not under review for another conference or journal. * An international program committee will review all submissions. * All reviews will be double-blind so submissions should be made anonymous when submitted. * Full papers and Perspectives papers will be up to 10 pages in length, while short papers will be up to 4 pages. * All submissions should be formatted using the ACM Conference style (for LaTeX or Word). Submissions should be made in PDF. * All accepted submissions will be made available in the ACM Digital Library as part of the CHIIR series. Important dates 6 Sept 2016 - Full papers and Perspectives papers due 15 Sept 2016 - Short papers, Workshop and Tutorial proposals and Doctoral consortium submissions due 20 Oct 2016 - Workshop notifications 13 Nov 2016 - All other notifications 7-11 March 2017 - CHIIR Conference -- Nils Pharo Professor Institutt for arkiv-, bibliotek- og informasjonsfag H?gskolen i Oslo og Akershus