From p.goodale at sheffield.ac.uk Mon Mar 7 06:18:41 2016 From: p.goodale at sheffield.ac.uk (Paula Goodale) Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 11:18:41 +0000 Subject: [Siguse-l] CfP Accessing Cultural Heritage at Scale workshop at JCDL 2016 Message-ID: Call for Papers Workshop on Accessing Cultural Heritage at Scale (ACHS) Newark, NJ, 22-23 June, 2016 (in association with JCDL) http://achs.group.shef.ac.uk/ ***Deadline: 18th April, 2016*** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies for cross posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Aims== Accessing Cultural Heritage at Scale is a workshop collocated at the JCDL 2016 conference, to be held in Newark, NJ, USA. The workshop will take place over two half days on 22-23 June 2016. Our focus is on challenges and opportunities, current and emerging developments in the area of information access via exploration and discovery in large-scale digital libraries and collections, particularly in the cultural heritage domain. We will consider the underlying technologies which enable this access, as well as interaction functionalities, and user evaluations. Our goal is to identify the needs of providers and their users, assess the current state-of-the-art, and to identify challenges and prioritize areas of future research potential. ==Topics== The workshop is focused on all aspects of supporting access, exploration and discovery within large-scale digital libraries, especially within cultural heritage. This fits with the JCDL conference theme of 'Big Libraries, Big Data, Big Innovation' to include information access issues and solutions in cultural heritage that focus on volume, variety and velocity of library content, and also variety (complexity, diversity) of users and uses. Specifically, we invite contributions on related topics including (but not limited to): * Information discovery, exploration and serendipity * User-centered information access and evaluation * Multimedia, multilingual and exploratory Information Retrieval * Information needs and information behaviour * Information organization, ontologies * Entity-centric information access * Information extraction, content enrichment, text analytics, natural language processing * Entity-extraction and disambiguation * Metadata and linked data * Visualization of information space * User modelling and adaptation * Personalization and recommendation Contributions may include findings from completed empirical studies or work-in-progress, as well as position papers inviting discussions of emerging and future developments. ==Submissions== Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished academic research, industry papers and position papers related to the topics listed above. We invite papers in 3 formats: * full papers (8 pages) * short papers (4 pages) * posters (2 pages) Full papers will report on completed work, or work that has reached a level of maturity or important milestone. Short papers and posters will report on work-in-progress, or work that can be presented in a more concise form. Position papers are welcome in either full or short paper format. Full and short papers will be presented in the main the workshop track, and posters will be presented in a dedicated session. All paper types are welcome from both academics and practitioners. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Proceedings will be published immediately prior to the workshop via CEUR Workshop Proceedings. All papers should be written in English, prepared anonymously in the ACM Proceedings template, and submitted in PDF format, via the workshop EasyChair submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=achs20160 . ==Important dates== * Paper submissions - 18 April 2016 * Notifications - 16 May 2016 * Camera-ready copy - 31 May 2016 * Proceedings published - 7 June 2016 * Workshop (at JCDL) - 22-23 June 2016 (2x half days) ==Organising Committee== * Paul Clough (University of Sheffield, UK) * Paula Goodale (University of Sheffield, UK) * Maristella Agosti (University of Padua, Italy) * S?amus Lawless (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) ==Contact== Enquiries should be made via: Paula Goodale p dot goodale at sheffield.ac.uk -- Paula Goodale Teaching Associate Information Retrieval Research Group Information School, The University of Sheffield, Room 318, Regent Court, 211 Portobello, Sheffield, S1 4DP @PaulaGoodale www.sheffield.ac.uk/is Keep it green: do you need to print this email? 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Rong === Dear all, The *ASIS&T Publications Committee* would like to collect information about your perceptions of, and experiences with, ASIS&T publications, specifically The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (*JASIS&T*), The Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (The *Bulletin*), and The Association for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting Proceedings (The *ASIS&T Proceedings*). As an ASIS&T Publications user (author, reader, and/or reviewer), your responses are extremely important to us. We depend on your input to improve the format, content scope, publication process, and delivery mechanisms of ASIS&T publications to better serve your needs. *Those who complete this survey can be be entered into a random drawing. Ten randomly chosen respondents will be given a free book of his/her choice from the ASIS&T Online Bookstore!* Your name and contact information will not be collected from this questionnaire. If you would like to be involved in the random drawing, and/or are willing to participate in the follow-up interview, there is a separate survey for you to provide your availability and contact information. Any contact information collected for interviewing purposes will not be linked to your responses in this survey. There are a total of 37 questions (8 questions are open-ended). It took an average of 24 minutes for our pilot testers to complete this survey. Below is the link to the survey. Please complete the survey no later than *March 18, 2016. * https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASISTPubs2016 We deeply thank you for your valuable input! ASIS&T Publications Committee Rong Tang (Co-Chair) Lorraine Mon (Co-Chair) Jamshid Beheshti (Board Liaison) Julia Caffrey Samuel Chu Yuelin Li Chaoqun Ni Danielle Pollock Lu Xiao -- Rong Tang, PhD. 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Rong ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:11 AM Subject: $10,000 Human Factors Prize To: asis-l at asis.org, ia-academic at asis.org, global-ia at asis.org, siguse-l-owner at asis.org *From:* Lois Smith [mailto:lois at hfes.org ] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 15, 2016 5:23 PM *To:* saddo at asist.org *Subject:* inquiry from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society I'm writing to ask help in reaching researchers who might be interested in submitting their work for the $10,000 Human Factors Prize. Our topic this year is Big Data/Analytics related to human factors/ergonomics issues. The details about our prize may be found here: http://www.hfes.org/web/pubpages/hfprize.html Lois Smith, Communications Director Human Factors and Ergonomics Society P.O. 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URL: From rhill at asis.org Thu Mar 17 13:46:27 2016 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:46:27 -0400 Subject: [Siguse-l] DEADLINES ASIS&T AM - Copenhagen, October 14-18 -- Deadlines Message-ID: <3816-220163417174627717@LEN-dick-2011> Deadlines - Proposals Papers, April 17 Panels and Workshops, May 3 Posters, Videos and Demos, June 24 Join your colleagues from around the world at the first ASIS&T Annual Meeting outside North America ASIST AM 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14-18, 2016 PLENARY speakers, are now on the web at https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual- meeting-2016/pleanary-speakers/ Greg Welch, Florida Hospital Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation, University of Central Florida Markus Bundschus, Roche Diagnostics, Head Scientific & Business Information Services CHECK AIRFARES: Right now Norwegian Air has round trip tickets from cities in the east, west and mid America for less than $600. http://www.norwegian.com/us?gclid=COK22NSWpcsCFVBZhgodj1wAFw DEADLINES Papers, April 17 Panels and Workshops, May 3 Posters, Videos and Demos, June 24 Camera-ready accepted panels and workshop descriptions are due: 25 July 2016 Posters Submission of posters due: 24 June 2016 Notifications regarding submitted posters: 30 July 2016 Camera-ready accepted posters are due: 10 August 2016 Submission site: https://www.conftool.pro/asist2016/ Final versions of accepted workshops and tutorials must be formatted according to guidelines provided at: https://www.asist.org/files/meetings/am16/AM16-Template-proceedings.pdf . 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 rong.tang at simmons.edu Thu Mar 17 21:58:42 2016 From: rong.tang at simmons.edu (Rong Tang) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:58:42 -0400 Subject: [Siguse-l] Fwd: Final Call for Participation: Perceptions and Experiences w/ ASIS&T Publications In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, This is the final reminder of the ASIS&T Publications survey. If you have not gotten a chance to complete the survey, please take a moment to respond. The survey will be closed after *March 18, 2016*. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASISTPubs2016 Your input is very important to us. We appreciate your time and help! Rong === Dear all, The *ASIS&T Publications Committee* would like to collect information about your perceptions of, and experiences with, ASIS&T publications, specifically The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (*JASIS&T*), The Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (The *Bulletin*), and The Association for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting Proceedings (The *ASIS&T Proceedings*). As an ASIS&T Publications user (author, reader, and/or reviewer), your responses are extremely important to us. We depend on your input to improve the format, content scope, publication process, and delivery mechanisms of ASIS&T publications to better serve your needs. *Those who complete this survey can be be entered into a random drawing. Ten randomly chosen respondents will be given a free book of his/her choice from the ASIS&T Online Bookstore!* Your name and contact information will not be collected from this questionnaire. If you would like to be involved in the random drawing, and/or are willing to participate in the follow-up interview, there is a separate survey for you to provide your availability and contact information. Any contact information collected for interviewing purposes will not be linked to your responses in this survey. There are a total of 37 questions (8 questions are open-ended). It took an average of 24 minutes for our pilot testers to complete this survey. Below is the link to the survey. Please complete the survey no later than *March 18, 2016. * https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASISTPubs2016 We deeply thank you for your valuable input! ASIS&T Publications Committee Rong Tang (Co-Chair) Lorraine Mon (Co-Chair) Jamshid Beheshti (Board Liaison) Julia Caffrey Samuel Chu Yuelin Li Chaoqun Ni Danielle Pollock Lu Xiao -- Rong Tang, PhD. Associate Professor School of Library and Information Science Director, Simmons Usability Lab Simmons College rong.tang at simmons.edu 1-617-521-2880 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Fri Mar 25 09:22:13 2016 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:22:13 -0400 Subject: [Siguse-l] Survey re: ASIS&T Webinars Message-ID: <3816-220163525132213750@LEN-dick-2011> (Apologies for cross posting) The webinars by the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) connect information professionals across fields and disciplines and provide ongoing professional development and educational opportunities to both ASIS&T members and non-members. The list of the past and upcoming ASIS&T webinars can be found here: https://www.asist.org/events/webinars/. I n our continuous effort to improve the relevance and quality of the offered webinars, we are conducting this brief survey and hoping that you will take a few minutes to complete it. The survey will be open between March 24, 2016 and April 22, 2016 at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DR7CRVS. Whether or not you are an ASIS&T member and whether you have or lack the experience of attending an ASIS&T webinar, we invite you to contribute your thoughts and opinions. Thank you! *** 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