[Students-l] Students and Chapters! 2012 Pre-Conference on the History of ASIST and Information Science and Technology

[Sarah Buchanan]

Dear Student Chapter leaders, members, and participants,

Has your ASIST Student Chapter been active for a few years or more? Are you
interested in learning and sharing its history?

I'd like to encourage you to consider submitting an abstract for the
upcoming 2012 Pre-Conference on the History of ASIST and Information
Science and Technology, on your Chapter's activities.   We would welcome
your insights on student contributions, leadership, technologies, and many
other themes relevant to the work of ASIST Student Chapters. Since 1964
(Columbia, Drexel, Rutgers), Student Chapters have been creating activities
waiting to be shared with members and participants at this fall's
Pre-Conference, to be held prior to the ASIST Annual Meeting this October
in Baltimore, Maryland.

For inspiration, please see the great website of the ASIS&T UW Student
Chapter: http://students.washington.edu/asis/about/ , and a work on
NJ-ASIST from 2006:
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/105074 . Brief
submissions from Chapters were also collected in the June/July 1988 issue
(14.5) of the Bulletin of ASIS.

Abstracts of max. 1000 words are due March 1. Please see below for details,
and I look forward to hearing from you!


Sincerely,
Sarah Buchanan
sarahab at ucla.edu

Chair, Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS&T, 2011-12, and member of the ASIST 75th
Anniversary Task Force
Archivist, Librarian, The Meadows School, Las Vegas, Nev.
Archivist, The Neon Museum  |  http://neonmuseum.org

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Pre-Conference on the History of ASIST and Information Science and
Technology
Call for Papers

The 75th Anniversary Task Force of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology (ASIST) announces a call for papers for the 2012
Pre-Conference on the history of ASIST and the history of information
science and technology. The Pre-Conference will be held immediately prior
to the 2012 Annual Meeting of ASIST, Oct. 26-31, 2012, in Baltimore,
Maryland.

This conference will explore the 75 year history of ASIST and the longer
history of information science and technology worldwide. Abstracts of
papers (maximum 1,000 words) not previously published or submitted
elsewhere should be submitted by March  1, 2012 and authors of tentatively
accepted papers will be promptly notified. Full acceptance of papers will
be based on receipt of the complete paper, which should be received no
later than June 1, 2012. Alternative presentations, such as videos,
posters, exhibits, and demonstration of historical information
technologies, are also encouraged.  All submissions will be refereed by a
panel of experts and all accepted papers will be published as a Web-based
publication prior to the conference. Submissions by students and authors
outside the U.S. are particularly encouraged.

Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
--The development of ASIST (and its predecessors, the American
Documentation Institute, the American Society for Information Science) as a
professional organization and scholarly society in context with its times,
relationships with competing or affiliated organizations, major
contributions and influences on the study of information science worldwide,
forces shaping the research agenda and scope of the field, roles and
contributions of specific individuals or groups within and outside of
ASIST, and related issues.
--The development of the foundational ideas and theories of information
science and its earlier name, documentation.
--The evolution of the multifaceted and multiple-named field referred to as
information science with a focus on what the past says about the future of
information science research and development.
--The historical contexts of major technological innovations and the
impacts they have had on societies, organizations, governments, or
individuals worldwide.
--The role of government (nationally or internationally) in influencing the
development of information science and technology, with particular
attention to the support of research and development of information
policies.
-- The development of information science education and its relationships
with other fields of study, such as Library Science, Informatics, Archival
Science, Museum Studies, and related specializations (such as information
ethics, information architecture, geographic information systems or medical
informatics).

For more information and questions about this call for papers contact
Robert V. Williams at bobwill at sc.edu or call 803-777-2324.

Submit abstract (maximum of 1,000 words) electronically to the following
site, completing the required contact information:
http://www.softconf.com/asist2/Hist_Pre_Con/
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