[Asis-l] SIG-MED Seeks Program Proposals

[Theodore Morris]

(Sent to multiple lists; please pardon duplications)


ASIST SIG-MED

    --the Medical Informatics Special Interest Group of the
      American Society for Information Science and Technology--

seeks program support for possible SIG-MED sponsored sessions
at the ASIST Annual Meeting, November 13-18, 2004, in Providence, RI.

Please indicate your interest to SIG-MED by Tuesday, January 27th.
See contact information below.



Under the overall conference theme of "Managing and Enhancing Information:
Cultures and Conflicts," SIG-MED is considering proposing programs on such
topics as

- Bioinformatics/Information Science: A domain analysis

- Applied Computational Biology: How does it draw from and
      contribute to Information Science theories and applications?

- Medical Informatics Tools, e.g.

      - EMBASE vs. MEDLINE: Their potentially different perspectives
          on what constitutes Medical Informatics.

      - Updating the BIOSIS taxonomy

      - MeSH and/or UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
          developments

- Biotechnology Tools: Integration with traditional information resources

- Are We in the Post-Mendelian Age while We Think We're in a
      Post-Genomic Age? What do we know vs. how do we try to learn
      about the world

- Ethical implications of genomics information projects, developments,
      and applications

- What's New in Sequencing Technology and Applications for Extracting
      Meaning therefrom?


SIG-MED invites proposals for SIG-sponsored special or technical panel
sessions in any of these or related areas. If you or your colleagues
are interested in presenting in any of these areas, please submit a
brief statement of your proposed panel contribution (ca. 100 words),
or a 500-word abstract of a proposed paper, to Theodore Morris,
SIG-MED Chair-Elect, Kent State University School of Library and
Information Science, Columbus Program, 124 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack
Rd., Columbus, OH  43210.

Include a proposed title, plus the name, address, telephone, fax,
e-mail, and affiliation of all proposed participants.

Electronic submissions and further inquiries are invited; send to
tamorris at kent.edu, or contact Dr. Morris at 614-292-7746.

Please indicate your interest and provide your proposal documentation
soon. SIG-MED must have your materials by January 27th, 2004.

Thank you for your interest!

Theodore Allan (Ted) Morris, PhD          | tamorris at kent.edu
Asst. Prof., Columbus Pgm., Kent State U. | wb8vnv at hotmail.com
   School of Library & Information Science | "Hey, TED!!"
124 Mount Hall - 1050 Carmack Rd.         |    Voice       Fax
Columbus, OH 43210                        | 614-292-7746, -3618
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