[Siguse-l] SIG-USE 2017 Symposium Call for Participation

[Leslie Thomson]

2017 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Call for Participation:
Framing Inclusion and Exclusion in Information Behavior Research and Practice

Date: October 28, 2017 (Saturday)

Time: 1:30 pm ? 6:30 pm

Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (Arlington, VA), USA

Keynote: Dr. Paul T. Jaeger, College of Information Studies and the  
Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC), University of Maryland

ABOUT THE 2017 SIG-USE SYMPOSIUM
The 17th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium focuses on the theme of  
inclusion and exclusion. This theme acknowledges that advances in  
information and communication technology?such as the Internet, social  
media, and mobile devices?have afforded individuals and communities  
new ways of connecting with one another and of accessing vast  
quantities of information, but that many individuals and groups still  
remain at the periphery of the information society. These groups  
include, but are not limited to: older persons, geographically or  
socially isolated persons, migrant persons, disabled persons,  
economically disadvantaged and displaced persons, global youth, and  
others who are often considered at-risk and vulnerable. While some  
scholars have considered these populations and their information  
behavior and practices, the aims of this Symposium are to strengthen  
and build the community of scholars and information professionals who  
critically consider issues related to inclusion and exclusion in their  
work. It also aims to provide an opportunity for scholars and  
professionals to reflect and gain feedback on their ongoing studies,  
to take in new perspectives, and to engage in theoretical debates.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
SIG-USE Symposium organizers invite poster (~500-word abstract) and  
short paper (<2000-word abstract) contributions that describe  
completed research and research-in-progress, and that showcase  
empirical, conceptual, theoretical, and methodological findings or  
rich practice cases and demonstrations, from researchers, graduate  
students, and practitioners. To read the SIG-USE Symposium?s full Call  
For Participation, please visit:  
https://siguse.wordpress.com/category/siguse-symposium/.

Poster and short paper abstracts should adhere to the following guidelines:
?	Be submitted as two versions: the first should include (a) name(s),  
title, and institutional affiliation(s) at the top; the second should  
be blinded to facilitate review, and not include name(s), titles, or  
affiliation(s). ?
?	Be submitted as two .pdf files, named according to the following  
conventions: ?2017_SIGUSESym_####_Lastname.pdf? and  
?2017_SIGUSESym_####_Blinded.pdf? (where ?####? is a 4- or 5-digit  
number of your choosing, to avoid multiple files with identical  
names). ?
?	Be e-mailed to Leslie Thomson (lethomso at ad.unc.edu) by midnight EST  
on September 5, 2017. ?

Accepted documents will be circulated prior to and following the  
Symposium, when possible. Please indicate in the text of the  
submission ?e-mail whether or not we may post the abstract to the  
public SIG-USE website before and after the Symposium is held.

To register for the 2017 ASIS&T Annual Meeting and the SIG-USE  
Symposium, visit: https://www.asist.org/product/am17regform/ (early  
bird deadline September 15, 2017). For more information about SIG-USE  
or this event, visit: http://siguse.wordpress.com/.

Neither submission nor acceptance of an abstract are requirements for  
registration at the SIG-USE Symposium.


We hope to see you there!


Leslie Thomson
lethomso at ad.unc.edu
Chi Young Oh
jcoh at umd.edu
Stan Karanasios
stan.karanasios at rmit.edu.au
2017 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Co-chairs