[Sigvis-l] CFP History and Foundations of Information Science

[Shawne Miksa]

Please excuse any cross-postings:

ASIS&T SIG/HFIS -- the American Society for Information Science and =
Technology's Special Interest Group on the History and Foundations of  =
Information Science -- invites proposals for special and technical panel =
sessions at the society's next annual conference.

The deadline for submission of proposals to SIG/HFIS is ***January 10,  =
2004***
Proposals are invited both for full sessions, and for  individuals' =
participation in sessions.

ASIS&T 2004 will be held in Providence, RI, on November 13-18, 2004. The =
conference theme is "Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and =
Conflicts," and a full call for papers will be available shortly at =
http://www.asis.org/.=20

The conference committee accepts submissions of four major types: =
contributed papers; posters; proposals for special or technical panel =
sessions; and preconference sessions, which may be submitted through a =
sponsoring SIG.

Proposals for SIG/HFIS-sponsored special or technical panel sessions are =
invited in any area of historical or theoretical interest, including (but =
in no sense limited to) the following:

-	application of fuzzy sets theory in information science
-	effect of immigration on the field
-	history of visualization of information (possibly co-sponsor with =
SIG/VIS)
-	tribute to Patrick Wilson (possibly co-sponsor with SIG/CR)
-	the unit of analysis: document, work, record?
-	pioneering women in information science, part II
-	methodological blindness-the object of study, methodological =
commitments, tangible outcomes=85
-	influence of outside theorists on information science, e.g., =
Foucault, Durkheim, etc. (possibly co-sponsor
               with SIG/USE and SIG/CR)
-	the concept of information community (see attached discussion)

Proposals should be submitted by email to smiksa@unt.edu  no later than =
January 10, 2003, and should include the following:

-	a title;
-	your name, address, telephone, fax, and email address;
-	names and affiliations of presenters and any other session =
participants (moderators, reactors, etc.) besides
               yourself;=20
-	a 500-word descriptive abstract of the session, or (if the =
proposal is for a single individual's participation in
               a session) a 100-word abstract of your proposed contribution=
.

Notification of acceptance of technical panel sessions will be made by the =
ASIS&T conference committee by April 2, 2004. Camera-ready copy of a =
two-page description of the session will then be due by June 1, 2004.

Alternative panel formats--such as one structured as a debate--are =
welcomed.=20


SIG/HFIS encourages and supports work on the history and theoretical =
development of information science. It serves as a forum for the interactio=
n of all fields of study that have the potential for increasing the =
understanding of the history, theories, fundamental concepts, and models =
of information science, with the ultimate aim of improving information =
systems and services. The range of topics of interest to SIG/HFIS members =
is  very broad: the group embraces philosophical, semiological, mathematica=
l, physical, biological, psychological and sociological disciplines, and =
its members take historiographical, social, cultural, critical, and =
scientific approaches (among others) to the study of people, events, =
documents,  and ideas.

Shawne Miksa
Chair, SIG/HFIS (2003-04)

Assistant Professor; School of Library and Information Sciences, University=
 of North Texas, P.O. Box  311068, Denton, TX, 76203-1068, office: =
940-565-3560, fax: 940-565-3101; smiksa@unt.edu=20