Monthly Archives: August 2007

The social web, social computing and the social analysis of

Call for papers and participation: 3rd Annual Social Informatics
Research Symposium: The social web, social computing and the social analysis of
computing (SIG SI)

Friday October 19th, 1-6pm; Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Wisconsin

The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to
disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates
the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT)
across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs.

The symposium defines “social” broadly to include critical and
historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis; and, it defines
“technology” broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as
well as state of the art computer systems This year’s theme is “The
social web: Web 2.0, social computing and the social analysis of computing”

We are pleased to announce that the keynote will be given by Dr.
Alice Robbin, Director of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics and Associate
Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana
University. Her topic will be “Planning the Future of Social Informatics in ASIST.” Dr
Robbin will lead a lively discussion focusing on

~Funding opportunities for research on the social impacts of technology
~How social informatics reseachers in library and information science
and related disciplines might collaborate in the development of
innovative research proposals

Call for papers and posters:

Submit a short paper (3000 words) or poster (1000 words) by August 31,2007

Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as
well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations.

Acceptance announcements made by September 10, in time for conference
early registration (ends Sept 14th).
Tentative Schedule

Paper presentations: 1-2:30 pm
Break: 2:30-2:45 (with poster viewing)
Paper presentations: 2:45-4:15
Poster 15 minute madness: 4:15 to 4:30
Break: 4:30-4:45 (with poster viewing)
Closing Keynote Discussion: 4:45-6:00 pm

For further information and instructions for submitting papers and posters
see: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/eschenfelder/web/si2007.

Kristin Eschenfelder
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
eschenfelder@wisc.edu
1-608-263-2105
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen

Howard Rosenbaum
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
hrosenba@indiana.edu
812 855 3250

Off-Campus Library Services

The Call for Participation of the Thirteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference is now available on the conference web site at http://ocls.cmich.edu/conference/call.htm The conference will be held in the Hilton Salt Lake City Center April 23-26, 2008.

Faculty, librarians, administrators, staff and students who have an interest in or are working with students who take classes at a distance from campus are welcome to present a proposal for this conference. The five subject tracks below offer a framework for the conference. Select a track relating to your topic and send in your proposal. The conference offers an audience who understands and responds to your presentation and publication in the Journal of Library Administration.

Research- Surveys, assessment, statistics, theories, overviews

Teaching and learning- Methods, strategies, models, one-on-one, classroom

Electronic information and delivery- E-books, databases, web technology, virtual reference

Collaboration- Librarian, faculty, consortia, or other

Administration and support services- Program development, ILL, document delivery, reference management systems, collection development, budgets, staffing

Additional information about formats, submission requirements, timelines and evaluation criteria are available on the web site.

For more updates about events at the conference or if your e-mail has changed subscribe to the Conference Listserv

To subscribe go to this address:

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Connie Hildebrand

Conference Coordinator

Off-Campus Library Services Conference

April 23-26, 2008, Salt Lake City, Utah

989-774-6080

connie.hildebrand@cmich.edu

http://ocls.cmich.edu/conference