From srichards at lac-group.com Fri Aug 1 12:01:51 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 16:01:51 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Temporary Research Librarian / Los Angeles, CA Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . . . LAC Group seeks a full-time, Temporary Research Librarian for our client, a prestigious international law firm in Los Angeles (Open to New York City office as well). The desired candidate needs to be skilled in providing strong research expertise to support the firm's practice areas. This assignment starts August 18th and will last for approximately 5 weeks. Responsibilities: * As part of a firm-wide research team, provide substantive research expertise to support the firm's practice areas and business development efforts, including strategic research related to markets, industries, and competitors; * Proactively and independently assess research requests and ensure that research meets stated and anticipated needs; * Conduct in-depth legal and business research using a variety of databases and resources. Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Master's degree in Library Science or Information Science is required; * Ability to "hit the ground running" and conduct in-depth legal and business research in a fast paced environment; * Substantive knowledge of the legal materials and databases; * Excellent communication skills including strong writing skills is required; * Ability to effectively apply independent judgment and have a strong sense of urgency and professional dedication; * Strong planning and organizational skills, including demonstrated ability to manage workloads effectively and meet all stated deadlines; To Apply: http://goo.gl/nwRvnT LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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The report will outline the steps necessary to save space, locate materials more easily, and enable other staff to find materials more easily. Qualifications: * At least two (2) years of experience working with the collections of a major research library with more than a million volumes * Experience working with the many stack maintenance activities * Possesses the ability to train and review the work of others * Have good interpersonal skills * Have both written and oral communication skill Apply at: http://goo.gl/OJV4A6 LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. LAC Group is a premier provider of recruiting and consultancy services for information professionals at U.S. and global organizations including fortune 100 companies, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, large academic institutions and prominent government agencies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From h.partridge at qut.edu.au Sun Aug 3 19:43:33 2014 From: h.partridge at qut.edu.au (Helen Partridge) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 23:43:33 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for contributions opens for the 8th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice conference In-Reply-To: <400384d0-5acd-41e5-a935-2a64beb30a69@googlegroups.com> References: <400384d0-5acd-41e5-a935-2a64beb30a69@googlegroups.com> Message-ID: The International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice conference is returning to Brisbane in July 2015 and we are calling for submissions of abstracts for papers and posters. The conference theme - ?Evidence and practice: Working together? reflects the focus on narrowing the gap between practice and evidence and in promoting evidence-based practice in all parts of the information profession. Submissions close 13 October 2014. Find out more by visiting the eblip8.info website, emailing eblip8.abstracts at qut.edu.au or following us on Twitter @eblip8. Dr Helen Partridge | Adjunct Professor, Information Studies Group Science and Engineering Faculty | Queensland University of Technology Y Block Level 7 Gardens Point Campus ph 3138 9047 | skype partridh | twitter @partridh | email h.partridge at qut.edu.au web http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Partridge,_Helen.html For information about QUT?s Information Studies Group please contact qut.isg at qut.edu.au or follow us Twitter @qutisg CRICOS No 00213J -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hiris at uwm.edu Wed Aug 6 16:13:08 2014 From: hiris at uwm.edu (Iris Xie) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 20:13:08 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Please register (free): ASIS&T Leadership Development Program: Different paths to ASIS&T leadership In-Reply-To: <1407178505044.16395@uwm.edu> References: <1407178505044.16395@uwm.edu> Message-ID: <1407355982499.1654@uwm.edu> ________________________________ ASIS&T Leadership Development Program Different paths to ASIS&T leadership: Perspectives from award-winning ASIS&T leaders ASIS&T Annual Meeting November 2, 2014, 5:30?7:00 pm Seattle, WA The ASIS&T Leadership Committee is pleased to offer Different paths to ASIS&T leadership: Perspectives from award-winning ASIS&T leaders as part of the ASIS&T Leadership Development Program at the Annual Meeting. The main functions of the Leadership Development Committee are to identify and recruit individuals to be potential leaders serving in various ASIS&T positions; design, develop and implement training and development activities to enhance the skills and abilities of current and potential ASIS&T leaders; and identify and/or develop logical development paths for volunteer leaders to make use of experience gained in previous positions. The ASIS&T Leadership Committee invited four panelists representing different categories of ASIS&T award winning leaders to discuss their paths to ASIS&T leadership. In particular, they will share their motivations and experiences related to taking different leadership roles in ASIS&T, promoting their chapters, SIGs and other ASIS&T activities, how they benefit from their leadership positions professionally or personally, how their organizations benefit from their leadership positions, their problems they have encountered, and how they overcome these problems. The Leadership Program will consist of the following: * Introduction of ASIS&T Leadership Development Program by Iris Xie, Chair of the ASIS&T Leadership Committee (5 minutes) * Panel Presentation (40 minutes) * Sam Hastings, Watson Davis Award winner * Sarah A Buchanan, SIG Award winner, past Chair of the History & Foundation of Information Science, Chapter Member of the Year Award winner, past Chair of Los Angeles Chapter * Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan, Chapter of the Year Award winner 2011-2013, past-Chair of the Europe Chapter, Chair-elect SIG H-FIS * Anne Pepitone, Student Chapter of the Year Award winner, Chair of the Student Chapter of Simmons College * A small group discussion session (25 minutes) * Discussion and review (20 minutes) Discussion questions: * What motivated you to volunteer in a leadership position in ASIS&T? What path did you take to a leadership role? * What to do when you take a leadership role? What makes a successful leader? How would you lead a SIG/Chapter/Committee if a troublesome member is in the group? * How to recruit team members effectively to get the work of the SIG/Chapter/Committee completed? What strategies have you tried towards recruiting new members to ASIS&T? What would convince a member to serve as an officer? * How would you approach succession planning for leaders of a SIG/Chapter/Committee? What types of feasible year-long programming would you like to see or host in an ASIS&T SIG/Chapter/Committee? * What are some methods by which a SIG/Chapter/Committee can better collaborate with each other? * How can you balance demands at you job with commitment to professional service? How do you know when to say yes and when to say no to a leadership opportunity? * What benefits or rewards professionally or personally has volunteering brought you? This workshop is free to ASIS&T attendees. Registration is required to ensure sufficient materials for the hands-on exercise. Please register for the program on the conference registration form. Short Biography Sarah A. Buchanan is a doctoral student in Information Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Information, where her research interests include archival arrangement and description, museum archaeology, and digital classics. She joined ASIS&T as a member of the Student Chapter at UCLA in 2008, and that year wrote about the chapter's focus on informatics for the Bulletin of ASIS&T. Drawing on research interests in digital humanities, she participated in a panel at ASIS&T 2010 and served as Chair of SIG AH (Arts & Humanities) in 2010-2012. As Chair (2011-12) of the Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS&T (LACASIS&T), Sarah helped plan its 50th anniversary program in June 2011 and conducted archival research on the chapter's history. This research received the ASIS&T History Fund Research Paper Award and was later published in JASIST, 62.11. Sarah also received the 2011 Chapter Member of the Year award. She expanded upon this research in a contributed report on "Histories of ASIS&T Chapters and SIGs" as a member of the ASIS&T 75th Anniversary Task Force. Sarah served as Chair (2012-13) of SIG HFIS (History & Foundations of Information Science) as a new doctoral student and was honored to accept the SIG of the Year award on its behalf at ASIS&T 2013. Sam Hastings joined the faculty at the University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science as director and professor in August 2006. Sam's research interests in the retrieval of digital images, cultural heritage, telecommunications and evaluation of networked information services influence how she views the changing roles for information professionals. "Without library and information scientists, there is little hope that people will be able to find the information and knowledge needed to flourish in the digital environment." Her current research in partnership with IMLS focuses on preparing Ph.D.'s for leadership roles in libraries, archives, and museums. She served as president of the American Society for Information Science and Technology in 2004 and served five years as the acquisitions editor for the ASIS&T Monograph series, published by Information Today, Inc. Recently she launched a new annual review for Cultural Heritage Informatics with editor Charles Harmon of Rowan Littlefield. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan is a Full Professor at Aix-Marseille University?France in the School of Communication and Journalism (http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/). She has been a member of the SIG H-FIS since 2009 and currently its Chair-elect as well as having been past Chair of the European chapter of the ASIS&T. She has authored more than 60 publications including a book on the History and Theories of Information Science (published in French in 2012) and co-edited a chapter book on Theories of Information, Communication & Knowledge (Springer, 2013). Anne Pepitone has been Chair of the Simmons ASIS&T student chapter since 2013 where she has been instrumental in planning events, webinars, as well as networking opportunities for the Simmons GSLIS community. In her spare time, she has served as the Dean's Fellow for Instructional Technologies for over two years at Simmons GSLIS where she helps faculty, staff, and students implement new technology apps and tools in their research, teaching and learning experiences. Iris Xie Chair, ASIST Leadership Committee ************************************************* Iris Xie, Ph.D. Director of Ph.D. Program & Professor School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Phone:(414)229-6835 Fax:(414)229-6699 https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/hiris/www/index.html ************************************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecorrado at ecorrado.us Wed Aug 6 11:02:50 2014 From: ecorrado at ecorrado.us (Edward M. Corrado) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 11:02:50 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?q?August_15_=E2=80=93_Early_Bird_deadline_for_Li?= =?utf-8?q?brary_Research_Seminar_VI?= Message-ID: Register for the Library Research Seminar VI before August 15 and save! Details and online registration at http://www.library.illinois.edu/lrs6 The Sixth Library Research Seminar will take place in Urbana, IL, October 7-9. With the theme of ?The Engaged Librarian,? LRS VI focuses on how collaboration and cross-disciplinary research can create new knowledge and chart a course for partnerships with deep and lasting impact. Highlights: - Opening keynote by Barbara J. Ford, ?Bridging the Global Research Divide: Access, Equity and Social Responsibility? - A stimulating mix of over sixty juried papers, panels, workshops, and posters that will inform, inspire, and engage participants. The tentative program at http://www.library.illinois.edu/lrs6 reflects the exciting diversity of topics and methods that will be shared. - Opportunities to enjoy conversations with faculty and graduate students from library schools and iSchools; academic, public and school librarians; IMLS program staff; and non-librarian research partners. Library Research Seminar, held every 3 to 4 years, is a unique conference that spotlights high-quality research and innovative programs that advance the practice of librarianship. LRS VI is jointly hosted by the University Library and the Graduate School of Library & Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and ALA?s Library Research Round Table. Questions? Email LRSVI at library.illinois.edu. Posted by the Library Research Round Table (LRRT). Follow us on Twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kskim at slis.wisc.edu Tue Aug 5 21:12:21 2014 From: kskim at slis.wisc.edu (K.-Sun Kim) Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 20:12:21 -0500 Subject: [Asis-l] 2014 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium: Call for Participation In-Reply-To: <7740a2c98002f.53e180d1@slis.wisc.edu> References: <76d0b08082a33.53e17fe1@slis.wisc.edu> <7710907f8638e.53e18060@slis.wisc.edu> <76e08e8e8081f.53e18097@slis.wisc.edu> <7740a2c98002f.53e180d1@slis.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <76d0923384944.53e13aa5@slis.wisc.edu> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION All the interested researchers, graduate students, and information professionals are invited to submit a proposal for a short presentation (i.e., approximately 5-8 minutes in the form of lightning talks) at the 2014 SIG-USE Symposium. Proposals for lightning talks should be one to two pages long (500-1000 words) and outline the topic and themes that will be addressed during the talk. Proposed topics must be relevant to the Symposium theme - "Context in information behavior research" (See below). ABOUT THE 2014 SIG-USE SYMPOSIUM: Theme: "Context in Information Behavior Research" Date: November 1, 2014 (Saturday) Time: 1:30 to 6:30 pm Location: Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA The importance of context in human information behavior research has been well established. Nonetheless, it has been observed that although contextual aspects are included in most research, they tend to serve as the backdrop of a study, and not as its focus. Stronger emphasis on context will enhance our understanding of information behavior. The purpose of this symposium is to explore the role and impact of context, aiming to advance scholarship and knowledge concerning this key component of information behavior research. This symposium will focus on themes including, but not limited to: ? Conceptual and theoretical aspects: Focusing on the conceptual and theoretical understanding of context in information behavior research, papers may explore questions such as the following: What does ?context? really mean? What is the nature of context in the research frameworks of information behavior studies (e.g., as the background/setting, the explanatory factor, the manipulation condition, or the outcome variable of a research study)? How are relationships between individuals, groups, and contexts surrounding the information behavior conceptualized? To what extent and in what way do variables representing features at broader levels of aggregation (e.g., group level, organizational level, societal level) affect the information behavior of an individual? What philosophical and theoretical perspectives and frameworks can be used to study contexts? ? Methodological aspects: From the research method perspective, papers may examine issues such as: What factors need to be considered when selecting methods and/or instruments for studies of various contexts? What are the methodological challenges and opportunities of studying information behavior in a particular context? ? Context-related research: With strong focus on contexts, papers may probe questions such as: What is the typical information behavior in a particular context? How different is the information behavior in one context from the other? How does the context factor interact with other factors (e.g., user characteristics)? ? Meta-analysis of context-related research: Context-related research may be analyzed to explore questions such as: What kinds of research have been done in relation to contexts? How do different aspects of context impact different LIS areas (e.g., information literacy, design of information systems/services, etc.) and in what way? SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR LIGHTNING TALK PROPOSALS: - Author?s name, title, and institutional affiliation should be included at the top of the proposal. - Proposal text must be 500-1000 words. - Submission should be in pdf or doc format. The file should be named as ?2014_SIGUSEsympo_FirstAuthor'sLastName". - Submission should be done by sending your draft to?sigusesym2014 at gmail.com?(Subject: SIGUSE_FirstAuthor?sLastname). A proposal should be submitted by midnight Hawaii Time on September 1, 2014. - Accepted submissions will be made available through the public SIG-USE website both before and after the Symposium. - Accepted submissions may be invited for publication in the next volume of the SIG USE/ASIS&T Monograph Series. - If there are still open spaces available, the symposium will be open to ASIS&T attendees who do not have a Lightning talk. Registration is still required. IMPORTANT DATES: September 1, 2014: Submission due date for extended abstracts or position papers September 20, 2014: Notification of acceptance October 25, 2014: Submission due date for Lightning talk slides REGISTRATION FEES: * SIG-USE Members: $90 * ASIS&T (but not SIG-USE) Members: $100 * Non-Members: $120 The registration fee will cover workshop costs, wireless Internet access, and coffee breaks. Workshop Planning Committee Members: Lu Xiao (Co-Chair), University of Western Ontario K.-Sun Kim (Co-Chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison Nicole Cooke, University of Illinois Nicole Gaston, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Amelia Gibson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Nanyang Technological University Sue Yeon Syn, Catholic University of America Pertti Vakkari, University of Tampere For more information about SIG-USE: http://siguse.wordpress.com/ Please forward any questions that you have to Lu Xiao (lxiao24 at uwo.ca) or K.-Sun Kim (kskim at slis.wisc.edu). Lu Xiao & K.-Sun Kim 2014 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Co-chairs -- Kyung-Sun Kim Professor School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison 4217 H.C. White Hall 600 N. Park St. Madison WI 53706 Phone: (608)263-2941 Fax: (608)263-4849 E-mail: kskim at slis.wisc.edu From pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Wed Aug 6 09:01:53 2014 From: pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de (Sebastian Hellmann) Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:01:53 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] Fellow ticket discount for the SEMANTiCS conference Leipzig Message-ID: <53E22741.7060702@informatik.uni-leipzig.de> Dear colleagues and fellow enthusiast of the semantic web, we are pleased to announce that the SEMANTiCS conference on Sep 4-5, 2014 in Leipzig, will become a major industry conference on semantic web and linked data applications in Europe. With partners such as PoolParty, STI2, Eccenca, IntraFind, LOD2 Project, MarkLogic, Ontos and Wolters Kluwer as well as more than 50% of our currently registered attendees being from the industry sector, SEMANTiCS has lifted the primarily academic topic of semantic web to the next level of business application. From our keynote speakers Sofia Angeletou (BBC), Thomas Kelly (Cognizant), Phil Archer (W3C) and Orri Erling (OpenLink) to 40+ speakers on 5 parallel tracks and special events like the vocabulary carnival, H2020 networking event and conference dinner, SEMANTiCS offers a wide variety of industry insights and networking chances. You can see our programm here: http://www.semantics.cc/programme/ Hence, this year's SEMANTiCS conference is your chance to get in touch with potential business clients and industry partners to push your own projects and developments in the semantic web sector. You can still submit to the Vocabulary Carnival: http://www.semantics.cc/vocarnival/ as well as the H2020 networking session. Furthermore, we will collect and print your H2020 organisation profile description in the program guide, so you can be approached at the conference for potential projects. Being a fellow enthusiast in this future-defining field, we'd like to offer you a special discount of 20% on your ticket to the conference. Simply go to www.semantics.cc/registration/discount and claim your discount with the following promo code: ?semantic-web-fellow? This offer is valid until 15th of August. For further information on the programme and our keynote speaker, please visit www.semantics.cc Feel free to forward this email to any interested fellow. See you in Leipzig, Sebastian Hellmann on behalf of the all conference committee members -- Sebastian Hellmann AKSW/NLP2RDF research group Insitute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) and DBpedia Association Events: * *Sept. 1-5, 2014* Conference Week in Leipzig, including ** *Sept 2nd*, MLODE 2014 ** *Sept 3rd*, 2nd DBpedia Community Meeting ** *Sept 4th-5th*, SEMANTiCS (formerly i-SEMANTICS) Venha para a Alemanha como PhD: http://bis.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/csf Projects: http://dbpedia.org, http://nlp2rdf.org, http://linguistics.okfn.org, https://www.w3.org/community/ld4lt Homepage: http://aksw.org/SebastianHellmann Research Group: http://aksw.org Thesis: http://tinyurl.com/sh-thesis-summary http://tinyurl.com/sh-thesis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marialemos72 at gmail.com Thu Aug 7 19:33:15 2014 From: marialemos72 at gmail.com (ML) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 00:33:15 +0100 Subject: [Asis-l] [WorldCIST'15]: Call for Workshops Proposals - Proceedings by Springer Message-ID: <201408072333.s77NX9Vw001652@smtp2.dei.uc.pt> ------ WorldCIST'15 - 3rd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies Ponta Delgada, S?o Miguel, Azores *, Portugal 1st-3rd of April 2015. http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist15/ ------ * Azores is ranked as the second most beautiful archipelago in the world by National Geographic. ------------ WORKSHOP FORMAT The Information Systems and Technologies research and industrial community is invited to submit proposals of Workshops for WorldCIST'15 ? 3rd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies to be held at S?o Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 1st-3rd of April 2015. Workshops should focus on a specific scientific subject on the scope of WorldCIST'15 but not directly included on the main conference areas. Each workshop will be coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, two researchers in the field, preferably from different institutions and different countries. The organizers should create an international Program Committee for the Workshop, with recognized researchers within the specific Workshop scientific area. Each workshop should have at least 10 submissions and 5 accepted papers in order to be conducted at WorldCIST'15. The selection of Workshops will be performed by WorldCIST'15 Conference/Workshop Chairs. Workshops full and short papers will be published in the conference main proceedings in specific Workshop chapters published by Springer in a book of the AISC series. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by ISI Thomson, SCOPUS, DBLP, EI-Compendex among several other scientific databases. Extended versions of best selected papers will be published in journals indexed by ISI and SCOPUS. Detailed and up-to-date information may be found at WorldCIST'15 website: http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist15/ WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION The Organizing Committee of each Workshop will be responsible for: - Producing and distributing the Workshop Call for Papers (CFP); - Coordinating the review and selection process for the papers submitted to the Workshop, as Workshop chairs (on the paper submission system installed for all the Workshops); - Delivering the final versions of the papers accepted for the Workshop in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by WorldCIST'15 organizers; - Coordinating and chairing the Workshop sessions at the conference. WorldCIST'15 organizers reserve the right to cancel any Workshop if deadlines are missed or if the number of registered attendees is too low to support the costs associated with the Workshop. PROPOSAL CONTENT Workshop proposals should contain the following information: - Workshop title; - Brief description of the specific scientific scope of the Workshop; - List of topics of interest (max 15 topics); - Reasons the Workshop should be held within WorldCIST?15; - Name, postal address, phone and email of all the members of the Workshop Organizing Committee; - Proposal for the Workshop Program Committee (Names and affiliations). Proposals should be submitted electronically by email to worldcist at gmail.com (cc: lpreis at dsi.uminho.pt), in PDF, (in English), by September 15, 2014. IMPORTANT DATES - Deadline for Workshop proposals: September 15, 2014 - Notification of Workshop acceptance: September 25, 2014 - Deadline for paper submission: November 30, 2014 - Notification of paper acceptance: December 28, 2014 - Deadline for final versions and conference registration: January 06, 2015 - Conference dates: April 01-03, 2015 CHAIR Luis Paulo Reis, University of Minho Regards, WorldCIST'15 Organizing Committee http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist15/ From srichards at lac-group.com Fri Aug 8 12:44:00 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 16:44:00 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Loose-Leaf Filer / Atlanta, GA Message-ID: Apologies for the cross postings . . LAC Group seeks experienced part-time Loose-Leaf Filer on behalf of our client, a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, GA. 8 to 10 hours a week. Responsibilities: * Organize and file all loose-leaf supplements (e.g. CCH, BNA, Lexis, RIA, West, DJ, etc.) pocket parts, newsletters, journals and periodicals * General clerical tasks (e.g. bar-coding, re-shelving) related to managing physical collections * Updating client integrated library system (ILS) to reflect added holdings Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree from an accredited academic institution * Minimum two years of law firm experience performing required duties * Proven ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced legal environment * Excellent oral and written communication skills * Client-focused service orientation For immediate consideration, apply at: http://goo.gl/bT17lQ LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer who values diversity in the workplace. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Responsibilities: * As part of a firm-wide research team, provide substantive research expertise to support the firm's practice areas and business development efforts, including strategic research related to markets, industries, and competitors; * Proactively and independently assess research requests and ensure that research meets stated and anticipated needs; * Conduct in-depth legal and business research using a variety of databases and resources. Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Master's degree in Library Science or Information Science is required; * Ability to "hit the ground running" and conduct in-depth legal and business research in a fast paced environment; * Substantive knowledge of the legal materials and databases; * Excellent communication skills including strong writing skills is required; * Ability to effectively apply independent judgment and have a strong sense of urgency and professional dedication; * Strong planning and organizational skills, including demonstrated ability to manage workloads effectively and meet all stated deadlines; Apply at: http://goo.gl/uCvQat LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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This is the link to the job posting: https://www.nyucareers.com/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp , job # 20096847 *Posting Details* *Job Work Location:* US *Position Title:* Data Curator *Compensation Grade:* Band 52T *Posting Date:* 07-28-2014 *Posting Number:* 20096847 *SupOrg - Division Equivalent:* US1016 - CUSP *FT/PT:* FT *Unit Specific Text:* *Position Summary:* The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) at New York University seeks a Data Curator: an information scientist who will work with faculty, researchers, and students in applied urban science to acquire and organize data related to New York City. CUSP is a dynamic research and academic center that requires a Data Curator to manage data ingest and access workflows, to catalog data using and maintaining controlled vocabularies, and to provide reference and data services to faculty, researchers, and students. The Data Curator will manage the Data Lifecycle from beginning to end to ensure that CUSP data is indexed, curated, and stored within the CUSP Data Warehouse for discovery and access. Strategy must be employed to scale for both data volume and data access growth. . *Qualifications/Required Education:* Bachelor's degree *Preferred Education:* Master of Library or Information Science *Required Experience:* 3-5 years experience in a related field, such as applied science, metadata schema design and management, taxonomy management, or equivalent education and experience; relevant experience in research data management as a researcher, research data manager, research data repository manager , or in similar roles. Demonstrated experience in consulting with faculty or researchers regarding technology or metadata creation; Demonstrated understanding of the research and data lifecycle. Demonstrated experience in curating and handling large data sets with particular understanding of requirements for longer term digital archiving. Understanding of database systems, XML, RDF, scientific metadata standards, API development, and related technologies; as well as protocols such as OAI-PMH. Experience with ontologies and metadata issues related to the discovery of academic or data resources. Experience constructing and maintaining a controlled vocabulary. *Preferred Experience:* Professional data archive, repository, or warehouse experience.. Professional computer programming experience. Professional data management experience. Professional experience working within academia. *Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:*(include unique competencies, certification, licenses, etc.): Working knowledge of data management, including metadata, data retrieval and research data use, format migration, preservation; High-level interpersonal, consultation and reference skills, including evidence of the ability to collaborate and liaise effectively with a diverse range of faculty, researchers, and students. Highly developed organizational and analytical skills with demonstrable ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, to set priorities, show initiative and balance the demands of working in a rapidly changing environment. Awareness of issues related to data curation, data citation, data ethics, metadata, and data privacy. *Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:*(include unique competencies, certification, licenses, etc.): Familiarity with current efforts in annotation standards. Familiarity with video data and/or sensor data. Familiarity with data management technologies such as XML, SQL, MySQL, unix filesystems. Ability to use XSLT, Python (or other programming language) and some relevant programming experience is highly desirable. Metadata editing software. Familiar with data warehouse architecture and workflows and ability to systematize workflows. *Special Instructions to Applicants:* *Projected Position Start Date:* *Quicklink for Posting:* www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=58926 *Searchable Job:* Yes -- *Erica M. Johns* Data Curator Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) New York University 1 MetroTech Center, 19th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: (646) 997-0584 Email: erica.johns at nyu.edu Web: www.cusp.nyu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Joy.Davidson at glasgow.ac.uk Tue Aug 12 07:51:35 2014 From: Joy.Davidson at glasgow.ac.uk (Joy Davidson) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:51:35 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] 4C Project release 'Curation Costs Exchange' beta - supporting smarter investments by comparing digital curation costs In-Reply-To: References: <70e42dc11e7c4a74b7e68892d6bbdc74@winhexbeeu17.win.mail> Message-ID: The 4C project is delighted to announce that the beta version of the 'Curation Costs Exchange' (CCEx) website has been released. Helping organisations to make smarter investments in digital curation by enabling knowledge transfer and cost comparisons between organisations of all types, the CCEx is an online community platform for the exchange of curation cost information. "The value we can all derive from the CCEx depends entirely on the willingness of organisations to share their cost data, and on their understanding of the benefits that sharing will bring about," observes Alex Thirifays of the Danish National Archive (DNA). "The more costs are shared, the more we can all learn about making smarter investments in digital curation." A crowd-sourced driven database and library of curation cost information, the CCEx uses the costs data it gathers to provide automatic generation of results for the purposes of self-assessment, cost comparisons with peers and insights into the financial accounting and activity costs of other organisations; supporting the 4C Project's vision of creating a better understanding of digital curation costs through collaboration. Beta testing will take place between the 12th August and 15th September and will involve invited testers, but the 4C Project welcomes feedback from all users. "Anyone with an interest in or a need for a deeper understanding of the costs of preserving your digital material can try out the CCEx and let us know what they think," encourages Luis Faria of KEEP Solutions in Portugal who has led the team charged with developing the CCEx. All comments and any cost data shared with the 4C project will be treated confidentially and will be used solely for the purposes of refining the performance of the CCEx. In order to take part in the CCEx beta-testing, visit www.curationexchange.org and get started. All the best, Joy Joy Davidson Associate Director Digital Curation Centre (DCC) HATII, University of Glasgow 11 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QJ Tel: 0141 330 8592 Email: joy.davidson at glasgow.ac.uk http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.gla.ac.uk/hatii -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kamps at uva.nl Tue Aug 12 03:43:12 2014 From: kamps at uva.nl (Jaap Kamps) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:43:12 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP CIKM'14 Workshop on Exploiting Semantic Annotations: Due August 15 Message-ID: <53E9C590.1080101@uva.nl> Seventh Workshop on Exploiting Semantic Annotations for Information Retrieval (ESAIR'14) CIKM 2014, November 7, Shanghai http://staff.science.uva.nl/~kamps/esair14/ Executive summary: - Still want attend CIKM in Shanghai? Or make your trip more valuable? Submit a short paper to the ESAIR workshop! - Submissions due: August 15 (UTC-12 is fine). - Open for submissions at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esair2014 * Final Call for Papers There is an increasing amount of structure on the Web as a result of modern Web languages, micro-formats and linked data, user tagging and annotation, and emerging robust NLP tools. These meaningful, semantic, annotations hold the promise to significantly enhance information access, by increasing the depth of analysis of today's systems. Currently, we have only started exploring the possibilities and only begin to understand how these valuable semantic cues can be put to fruitful use. To complicate matters, standard text search excels at shallow information needs expressed by short keyword queries, and here semantic annotation contributes very little, if anything. The main remaining challenge is on the user's side, and a more dynamic approach is emerging by exploiting new forms of query autosuggest. The potential of rich document annotations can only be realized if matched by more articulate queries exploiting these powerful retrieval cues. How can the query suggestion paradigm be used to encourage searcher to articulate longer queries, with concepts and relations linking their statement of request to existing semantic models? How do entity results and social network data in ?graph search? change the classic division between searchers and information and lead to extreme personalization -- are you the query? How to leverage transaction logs and recommendation, and how adaptive should we make the system? What are the privacy ramifications and the UX aspects -- how to avoid creeping out users? * Many Open Questions The Workshop will bring together researchers working with semantic annotations, its use cases, its sources (authoring to NLP tools), its users, and its use in DB, IR, KM, or Web research, and work together on a range of open questions: - Application/Use Case: What are use cases that make obvious the need for semantic annotation of information? What tasks cannot be solved by document retrieval using the traditional bag-of-words? What is keeping searchers from exploring these powerful search request? What impact has the web of data with more and more information in preprocessed form? - Annotations: What types of annotation are available? Are there crucial differences between author-, software-, user-, and machine-generated annotations? Do we annotate types/classes/categories ("person") or instances ("Albert Einstein")? How similar or different are linked data and annotated text? What are the limitations of the current annotations schemes, and how to overcome them? - Rich Context: Do we annotate text? Or also search requests and interactions, and their broader context? Besides personalization and geo-positional information, mobiles have a wide and growing range of locational, mechanical and even biometrical sensor data available to them. Can kick-start the query by inferring task and situational context in the mobile use case? - (Un)certainty: How should we interpret the annotations? Can we reliably link textual annotations to known entity catalogs? Can expect a messy world to be captured in a clean set of meaningful categories? Or is all information fundamentally uncertain and only partly known? How can we fruitfully combine information retrieval and semantic web approaches? These and other related questions will be discussed at this open format workshop -- the aim is to provide paths for further research to change the way we understand information access today! * We Need Your Help! Help us shape the future of information access by increasing the depth of analysis of today's systems: - Submit a short 2+1-page research or position paper explaining your key wishes or key points, - and take actively part in the discussion at the Workshop. What's a 2+1 page paper? We like short and focused contributions highlighting your main point, claim, observation, finding, experiment, project, etc, (roughly 2 pages of mainly text) but we also like clear tables, graphs, and full citations (that's the "+1" page). So your submission can up three pages, as long as max. 2 of them are narrative text. The deadline is Friday August 15, 2014, further submission details are on http://staff.science.uva.nl/~kamps/esair14/ We are looking forward to a productive, stimulating and fruitful workshop day in the tradition of previous ESAIR workshops -- come join the discussion! Omar Alonso, Microsoft Jaap Kamps, University of Amsterdam Jussi Karlgren, Gavagai & KTH Stockholm From niso-announce at niso.org Mon Aug 11 13:37:08 2014 From: niso-announce at niso.org (NISO) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:37:08 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Input Requested for NISO Altmetrics Initiative project - help us set priorities Message-ID: <004a01cfb58a$e29e6760$a7db3620$@org> Following the close of the comment period for the NISO draft white paper summarizing Phase I of its Alternative Assessment Metrics (Altmetrics) Project, NISO is making available a survey inviting the community to provide input as to what action items in the realm of alternative assessment are most important for NISO to work on in its upcoming Phase II. The survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/niso-altmetrics. All are invited to provide input through August 29. The NISO white paper, available at http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/13295/niso_altmetrics_whi te_paper_draft_v4.pdf, summarizes community input to development of potential standards and recommended practices for research assessment metrics. The Initiative was launched in July 2013, with a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to study, propose, and develop community-based standards or recommended practices for alternative metrics. In Phase 1 of the project, three in-person meetings were held and 30 in-person interviews conducted to collect input from all relevant stakeholders, including researchers, librarians, university administrators, scientific research funders, and publishers. The draft white paper is the summary of the findings from those meetings and interviews, along with the identification of potential action items for further work in Phase II of the project. More than 250 ideas were generated by participants in the meetings and interviews, and NISO condensed these to 25 action items in nine categories: definitions, research outputs, discovery, research evaluation, data quality and gaming, grouping and aggregation, context, stakeholders' perspectives, and adoption. The NISO Altmetrics Project webpage (www.niso.org/topics/tl/altmetrics_initiative) provides links to detailed output documents and recordings from each of the meetings and related information resources. Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization hodgsonca at verizon.net 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From agreenwood at utpress.utoronto.ca Thu Aug 14 13:49:02 2014 From: agreenwood at utpress.utoronto.ca (Greenwood, Audrey) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:49:02 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Summer issue of The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science is now available on Project MUSE Message-ID: Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science Volume 38, Number 2, June/juin 2014 http://bit.ly/CJILS382 This issue contains: New Immigrants' Perceptions and Awareness of Public Library Services / L'opinion des nouveaux immigrants et leur sensibilisation aux services des biblioth?ques publiques Katherine van der Linden, Joan Bartlett, Jamshid Beheshti http://bit.ly/CJILS382a Although numerous articles and books offer advice on serving immigrant populations in public libraries, little research has been conducted which asks immigrants directly about their needs and experiences. This paper reports the results of three focus groups which took place with a total of 14 different individuals who moved to Canada in the past 10 years from countries in Asia, Central America, and Africa. Focus group discussions found that the participants appreciate the library system but were largely unaware of the range of library services available. Bien que de nombreux livres et articles offrent des conseils concernant le service des populations immigr?es dans les biblioth?ques publiques, tr?s peu de recherches ont ?t? men?es s'enqu?rant directement aupr?s des immigr?s de leurs besoins et de leur exp?rience. Cet article pr?sente les r?sultats obtenus dans trois groupes de discussion qui ont eu lieu avec un total de quatorze personnes diff?rentes install?es au Canada au cours des dix derni?res ann?es en provenance de pays en Asie, en Am?rique centrale et en Afrique. Les groupes de discussion ont constat? que les participants appr?ciaient le r?seau des biblioth?ques, mais qu'ils ?taient loin d'?tre au courant de la gamme des services offerts dans les biblioth?ques. La place du livre num?rique dans les biblioth?ques publiques fran?aises : ?tat des lieux et prospective / The Situation of Digital Books in French Libraries: Current Status and Prospective Hans Dillaerts, Beno?t Epron http://bit.ly/CJILS382b L'offre commerciale de livres num?riques port?e par les ?diteurs fran?ais est aujourd'hui absente des collections des biblioth?ques publiques. Peu de biblioth?ques publiques disposent aujourd'hui en effet d'une offre de livres num?riques satisfaisante. Cet article a comme objectif d'analyser plus pr?cis?ment le contexte fran?ais qui est marqu? par le d?ploiement d'un projet d'exp?rimentation d'un service de pr?t du livre num?rique (le projet PNB). En plus d'identifier les freins au d?veloppement du pr?t du livre num?rique, nous mettons ici en avant un certain nombre de facteurs cl?s de r?ussite pour l'int?gration progressive du livre num?rique dans les collections des biblioth?ques. The current commercial production of digital books by French publishers is not made available in public libraries. Few public libraries hold a satisfactory number of digital books in their collections. This article aims to analyze more precisely the French context, where an experiment with a loan service of digital books (PNB: Pr?t num?rique en biblioth?que) is being conducted at present. Obstacles to the development of a public e-book lending service in France are identified, as well as some key factors for the successful progressive integration of digital books in library collections. "Pure Delight and Professional Development": The Reading Practices and Library Use of an Active Poetry Community / ? Pures d?lices ? et d?veloppement professionnel : Les pratiques de lecture d'une communaut? active de po?sie et la fr?quentation de la biblioth?que Carey Toane, Paulette M. Rothbauer http://bit.ly/CJILS382c This paper reports the findings of an online survey designed to explore the reading practices, library habits, and book acquisition of adult members of an active poetry community (n = 32) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Findings show the close relationship between poetry reading and poetry writing and the tight interweaving of poetry throughout the working and personal lives of respondents. Reading and finding out about poetry are also highly social in nature with a clear reliance on the poetry community rather than the public library. Our findings have implications for the roles of reading institutions such as bookstores, libraries, and publishers, as well as for collection development and readers' advisory services to specialized reading communities. Cet article pr?sente les r?sultats d'un sondage en ligne visant ? explorer les pratiques de lecture, les habitudes en biblioth?que et les acquisitions de livres des membres adultes d'une communaut? de po?sie tr?s active (n = 32), au Toronto, Ontario, au Canada. Les r?sultats montrent l'?troitesse des liens entre la lecture et l'?criture de po?sie et l'?troite imbrication de la po?sie dans tous les aspects de la vie professionnelle et de la vie personnelle des r?pondants. La lecture et les d?couvertes po?tiques sont ?galement des activit?s de nature tr?s sociale, marqu?es par une d?pendance claire ? l'?gard de la communaut? de po?sie plut?t que de la biblioth?que publique. Nos r?sultats ont des implications concernant le r?le des institutions vou?es ? la lecture comme les librairies, les biblioth?ques et les ?diteurs, ainsi que pour le d?veloppement des collections et les services consultatifs de lecteurs aux communaut?s de lecture sp?cialis?s. A Preliminary Study of the Relationship between the h-Index and Excess Citations / ?tude pr?liminaire de la relation entre l'indice de Hirsch (indice-h) et les citations exc?dentaires Xiaoyuan Yuan, Weina Hua, Ronald Rousseau, Fred Y. Ye http://bit.ly/CJILS382d This article presents a study of the average number of excess citations of papers in the h-core, denoted as e2/h and the ratio between the e-area and the h-area, denoted as e2/h2. Real-world citation data from different countries are studied. It is found that at the country level, a small set of publications generate a disproportionately large amount of citations. Although different countries have different e2/h2 values in different fields, average e2/h2 values are all above 1. The e2/h values vary widely between fields, reflecting the general citation density in these fields. For cumulative data e2/h2 and e2/h values each converge quickly. Neither a shifted Zipf nor an exponential model could fit the data. Cet article pr?sente une ?tude du nombre moyen de citations exc?dentaires d'articles dans le core-h, not? e2/h et le rapport entre la zone-e et la zone-h, not? e2/h2. Les donn?es ?tudi?es sont des donn?es de citations de pays du monde r?el. On constate qu'au niveau des pays, un petit groupe de publications g?n?re un montant disproportionn? de citations. Bien que diff?rents pays aient des valeurs e2/h2 diff?rentes dans diff?rents domaines, les valeurs moyennes e2/h2 sont toutes sup?rieures ? l'unit?. Les valeurs e2/h varient consid?rablement suivant les domaines, ce qui refl?te la densit? g?n?rale de citation dans ces domaines. Pour les donn?es cumulatives, chacune des valeurs e2/h2 et e2/h converge rapidement. Aucun mod?le zipfien d?cal? ou exponentiel ne correspond aux donn?es. 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URL: From ku26 at drexel.edu Fri Aug 15 12:03:04 2014 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:03:04 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] 2nd CfP and scholarship announcement Message-ID: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294EA314E562@MB1.drexel.edu> In addition to posting the 2nd CfP for ASIS&T SIG-IFP/SIG-III workshop; I want to announce three scholarship opportunities. We are pleased to offer 2 workshop fee waivers to current students working in the areas of information policy, information ethics, legal issues of information, surveillance studies etc. We will also offer 1 workshop fee waiver to a professional in the field. This individual should be working outside of the university. These awards will be based on reviews of submitted extended abstracts or position papers by the workshop planning committee: due September 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ASIS&T SIG-IFP / SIG-III joint sponsored workshop: "Trust in the Age of Data (big or small)" https://www.asis.org/asist2014/seminars_workshops_Information_Policy.html Date: October 31, 2014 (Friday) Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm Location: Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: We plan this workshop as an interactive event focused around the scholarship of trust. This is an opportunity for scholars to fine-tune position papers and works-in-progress as they are informed via the workshop discussions and activities, and brainstorm about methodological approaches to studying trust in the context of government and corporate use of big data, emerging technologies, and globalized infrastructures. Participants who do not present a work-in-progress or position paper, but are in attendance as a general workshop participant, will have the opportunity to further develop ideas and interests that are related to information policy, ethics, and trust. This workshop will enable participants to engage, challenge, support, and encourage each other on questions such as: the importance of trust; theorizing the concept of trust; conceptualizing trust around a set of relationships; understanding trust in the relationship between citizens and the state; reconciling trust with NSA (and other agency) surveillance; trust in international or intra-national state to state relationships; and trust in other communities, including between and among dominant and underrepresented groups in society. We will address questions such as: ? How are researchers conceptualizing trust in the age of data? ? How can scholars investigate infrastructures of trust? ? Are understandings of trust shifting? If so, with what consequences, in which contexts? ? When is trust justified? When is it not justified? Should decision-makers focus on and build trustworthiness rather than (mere) trust? ? What are the economic, political and legal implications of trust in the age of data (big and small)? ? How does policy design build/undermine trust? ? What are the ethics of trust in the age of data? This workshop aims to bring together scholars from across the information science fields (LIS, Archives, Museums, HCI, Law, Policy) to lend their respective lens?s to a critical exploration of trust. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: All interested researchers, graduate students, and information professionals are invited to submit a proposal for: 1) works-in-progress research papers, 2) short position statements and/or short information policy/trust scenarios (e.g., critical reflection on policies already in place or developing new policy), 3) abstracts describing possible existing or novel methodological approaches to researching the relationships between data and trust in a range of contexts. IMPORTANT DATES: September 1, 2014: Submission due date for extended abstracts or position papers September 20, 2014: Notification of acceptance October 15, 2014: Submit presentations (drafts, outlines, slides, etc.) REGISTRATION FEES: https://www.asis.org/asist2014/seminars_workshops_Information_Policy.html Fees Early-bird: SIG/IFP or SIG/III Members $190, Members $200, Non-members $220 Regular: SIG/IFP or SIG/III Members $210, Members $220, Non-members $240 The registration fee will cover workshop costs, wireless Internet access, lunch and coffee breaks. WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Kristene Unsworth, Drexel University; Lisa P. Nathan, University of British Columbia; Alan Rubel, University of Wisconsin; Bryce Clayton Newell, University of Washington; Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Shaffer, University of British Columbia; Adam D. Moore, University of Washington; Heather MacNeil, University of Toronto Please forward any questions that you have to Kris Unsworth (unsworth at drexel.edu) or Bryce Newell (bcnewell at uw.edu). Kristene Unsworth 2014 SIG-IFP chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srichards at lac-group.com Fri Aug 15 12:35:37 2014 From: srichards at lac-group.com (Suzanne Richards) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:35:37 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Job Posting / Catalogers / Denver, CO Message-ID: Apologies for the cross posting . . . . . LAC Group is seeking two Catalogers for a long-term government contract working with a prestigious federal agency located in Denver, CO, subject to award. This is a full-time, 40-hour per week position which includes a full benefits package. Responsibilities: * Search uncatalogued publications in the local EOS.Web catalog and OCLC WorldCat to determine library holdings, duplication, digitization status, and other information required prior to cataloging. * Search selected items in the Access database used as an inventory of digitized publications. * Update records in EOS.Web catalog to correct or add to records, such as adding digitization information, including all #856 fields with URL information for links to documents in Internet Archive and other sources. * Coordinate as needed and update status with library staff regarding cataloging and digitization support. * Document recommendations for any new or revised procedures as well as decisions regarding the approval or rejection of each. * Edit/add, produce, and export OCLC-MARC records to import into the local catalog (EOS.Web). * Produce spine labels and process cataloged print and publications by attaching the labels and property stamping. Qualifications: * At least two (2) years of cataloging and metadata experience. * Experience working with AARC2, OCLC-MARC and LC Classification standards and with Dublin Core is required. * Familiarity with quality control standards. * Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with others. * Excellent written and oral communication skills. For immediate consideration: http://goo.gl/dmbna2 LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. LAC Group is a premier provider of recruiting and consultancy services for information professionals at U.S. and global organizations including fortune 100 companies, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, large academic institutions and prominent government agencies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-lyon3.fr Tue Aug 19 14:01:01 2014 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-lyon3.fr (Fidelia Ibekwe) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:01:01 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] =?utf-8?q?CFP=3A_Open_data=2C_big_data=3A_what_values?= =?utf-8?b?4oCL4oCLLCB3aGF0IGNoYWxsZW5nZXM/?= Message-ID: <53F390DD.4010007@univ-lyon3.fr> Symposium: Digital Document & Society - May 2015 - CNAM & ESI Open data, big data: what values??, what challenges? http://docsoc2015.sciencesconf.org/ *May 4 - 5, 2015* *_Location:_*School of Information Sciences (ESI) Rabat, Morocco www.ischool.ma _www.esi.ac.ma_ *Important dates* May 15, 2014: Call for submission of abstracts August 25, 2014: Deadline for abstract submission October 6, 2014: Communication of abstract acceptance or rejection January 5, 2015: Deadline for full papers (for accepted abstracts) March 9, 2015: Return of revised papers March 25, 2015: Final acceptance of papers *Call for Papers* ** The evolution of networks towards an ?Internet of Things? urges us to examine the current buzz about "Big Data" stirring the sectors of business, government and science at the moment. As such, the ?Internet of Things? stands for a generalized interconnection that turns network users? services and behaviors of Internet data providers and, generally speaking, a series of technological developments related to the computational capabilities that deal with information over its entire processing chain. "Big Data" has been a buzzword for the last three years. It is often considered as a "gold mine" giving value to a "global ocean data", and shows the awareness of the rapid expansion of a new universe consisting of data processing resulting in a profitable Eldorado. "Big Data" also refers to the massive exploitation of informational data produced or generated online within legal frameworks that are still being defined and negotiated. The term "Big Data" is frequently associated with "Open Data", at least in the public sphere. With academic research, the movement of open access to scientific results ? whether text or data ? is consistent with the major issue of unlimited data exploration and interconnection at the heart of the promises put forward by data mining. Democracies have also jumped on the bandwagon of the ?Open? phenomenon and have built a renewed access to public data, reflecting the values ?? of transparency, citizen participation, support for economic innovation, etc. 2009 was a starting point, with the launch of _data.gov_, by US President Obama?s Open Government. Moreover, with encouragement from the European Union, it was translated in France into an "open platform of the French public data", _data.gouv.fr, still being expanded today_. The same applies in the case of Morocco through its platform dedicated to public data (_data.gov.ma_). In this respect, France ranks 10th out of 77 countries in the 2013 barometer of Open Data Institute, and Morocco ranks 40th. Another phenomenon, not least important in terms of proliferation, regards the release of data by users themselves on social networking services, blogs, websites of sharing videos, images, texts ... potentially exploitable for marketing purposes or by any other services which activities are based on making predictions. Within companies, many projects which aims range from simple performance optimization to a deep transformation of business models are emerging. Data visualization is an issue associated with the efficiency of control. The possibility of decision making in real time and the idea of enriching usual data with new sources of finer granularity allow for the adjustment of an ongoing relationship with the customer to design products and services refined according to profile and needs. Indeed, there are numerous opportunities related to the access to huge volumes of data from different fields such as health, safety, environment, urban planning, media, employment and other areas that have a deep impact on the structure of a society and even international relations. A form of "value creation" ? a concept we aim to interrogate - seems to emerge through the approaches of these different areas, raising issues of innovation and new economic opportunities. The availability of massive data leads to evaluate different metrics such as unprecedented data correlations and the development of "predictive" models. For research, the challenge is to build, share and verify additional scientific evidence, to reuse data and extract new hypotheses. However, even if many stakeholders acclaim Open Data and Big Data are admitted by, we should still consider their stakes as critical issues, given their cross-cutting properties, magnitude, and potential social impact. One of the main issues central to the debate is the protection of personal data. Whether actual information about an individual (their identity, the results of their work, their preferences, their behavior, their past, their real-time needs, their health or banking data...), or virtual information related to their digital shadow. The notions of property and privacy remain at stake. Discussions and reflections on the legal, citizen and commercial levels currently stir the debates in France including through the intermediary of the CNIL (National Commission for Computers and Liberties), but also at the level of the European Union, through the on-going development of a new directive for the harmonization of practices.For its part, Morocco works to achieve the completion of the first investigations to ensure the protection of personal data by the CNDP under Article 24 of the new Constitution which guarantees the right to privacy and confidentiality of communications. Making data anonymous does not seem to be a sufficient solution today. Whether it is a technological breakthrough, as suggested by some stakeholders? discourse promoting a new ecosystem, an innovation in terms of economic and social models, an evolution in the performance of existing tools or a simple fashion effect, this transverse phenomenon is at the heart of a number of research papers not only in information and communication sciences but also in management sciences, IT, social sciences and, more generally, sciences with quantitative experiments that involve significant data volumes such as genomics, meteorology, epidemiology, criminology, etc. Various issues regarding information and communication sciences need to be put into perspective. This fifth conference on "The Digital Document and Society" fosters not only comments and feedback from experiences but also theoretical reflections and reviews on models that "Big Data" raises, particularly those that renew the field of information and communication sciences. 1) Technical issues related to structuring and constructing knowledge: In order to be analyzable, reusable, combinable and aggregated, data must be structured. Strengthening the convergence systems for the identification of documentary resources with those of the web and the creation of metadata schemas promote interoperability and calculations on data. Case studies describing the lessons learned could be interesting from both public institutions and businesses. Regarding the construction of knowledge, what kind of knowledge is likely to be built by the crossing of data? 2) Societal issues related to the use of "Big Data": We ask if the strategies of opening and sharing data may pave the way to renewing a form of dictatorship of transparency by claiming a "culture change" based on leaving behind the protection of personal data. Both behaviors developed by users in the exploitation of their data and regulations/legislation to be considered should be studied. 3) Industrial and professional issues: One may wonder about the profile of organizations that are already taking advantage of this opening, the weight of web giants in the redistribution of value. Specific skills seem necessary to process data: is there a general acculturation to data mining? What specializations are there for "new" jobs such as data-journalists or data-scientists? 4) Epistemological issues related to the renewal of analysis frameworks and interpretation, new metrics, and new business models will also be put into focus. Symposium topics include, but are not limited to: ?New roles for librarians (data scientist, digital curation librarian, data manager...) ?Data- journalism ?"Big Data" applications, particularly in the field of competitive intelligence ?Big Data and Open Government ?Big Data and open science : impact on scientific research ?Legal framework for Big Data (Protection of personal data, copyright?) ?User behavior facing open data and big data ?Informational Ethics ?Innovation in services and open data ?Data-vizualisation ?Emerging Trends in Information Science induced by Big Data ?Adaptation of norms and standards (taxonomies , metadata schemas ... ) ?Management of data (ILS, institutional repositories, e-learning platforms) ?Big data and business management functions ?Epistemology of big data ... 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Proposals for lightning talks should be one to two pages long (500-1000 words) and outline the topic and themes that will be addressed during the talk. Proposed topics must be relevant to the Symposium theme - "Context in information behavior research" (See below). ABOUT THE 2014 SIG-USE SYMPOSIUM: Theme: "Context in Information Behavior Research" Date: November 1, 2014 (Saturday) Time: 1:30 to 6:30 pm Location: Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Johnson, Professor and former Dean of the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky The importance of context in human information behavior research has been well established. Nonetheless, it has been observed that although contextual aspects are included in most research, they tend to serve as the backdrop of a study, and not as its focus. Stronger emphasis on context will enhance our understanding of information behavior. The purpose of this symposium is to explore the role and impact of context, aiming to advance scholarship and knowledge concerning this key component of information behavior research. This symposium will focus on themes including, but not limited to: ? Conceptual and theoretical aspects: Focusing on the conceptual and theoretical understanding of context in information behavior research, papers may explore questions such as the following: What does ?context? really mean? What is the nature of context in the research frameworks of information behavior studies (e.g., as the background/setting, the explanatory factor, the manipulation condition, or the outcome variable of a research study)? How are relationships between individuals, groups, and contexts surrounding the information behavior conceptualized? To what extent and in what way do variables representing features at broader levels of aggregation (e.g., group level, organizational level, societal level) affect the information behavior of an individual? What philosophical and theoretical perspectives and frameworks can be used to study contexts? ? Methodological aspects: From the research method perspective, papers may examine issues such as: What factors need to be considered when selecting methods and/or instruments for studies of various contexts? What are the methodological challenges and opportunities of studying information behavior in a particular context? ? Context-related research: With strong focus on contexts, papers may probe questions such as: What is the typical information behavior in a particular context? How different is the information behavior in one context from the other? How does the context factor interact with other factors (e.g., user characteristics)? ? Meta-analysis of context-related research: Context-related research may be analyzed to explore questions such as: What kinds of research have been done in relation to contexts? How do different aspects of context impact different LIS areas (e.g., information literacy, design of information systems/services, etc.) and in what way? SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR LIGHTNING TALK PROPOSALS: - Author?s name, title, and institutional affiliation should be included at the top of the proposal. - Proposal text must be 500-1000 words. - Submission should be in pdf or doc format. The file should be named as ?2014_SIGUSEsympo_FirstAuthor'sLastName". - Submission should be done by sending your proposal to?sigusesym2014 at gmail.com?(Subject: SIGUSE_FirstAuthor?sLastname). A proposal should be submitted by midnight Hawaii Time on September 1, 2014. - Accepted submissions will be made available through the public SIG-USE website both before and after the Symposium. - Accepted submissions may be invited for publication in the next volume of the SIG USE/ASIS&T Monograph Series. - If there are still open spaces available, the symposium will be open to ASIS&T attendees who do not have a Lightning talk. Registration is still required. IMPORTANT DATES: September 1, 2014: Submission due date for extended abstracts or position papers September 20, 2014: Notification of acceptance October 25, 2014: Submission due date for Lightning talk slides REGISTRATION FEES: * SIG-USE Members: $90 * ASIS&T (but not SIG-USE) Members: $100 * Non-Members: $120 Workshop Planning Committee Members: Lu Xiao (Co-Chair), University of Western Ontario K.-Sun Kim (Co-Chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison Nicole Cooke, University of Illinois Nicole Gaston, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Amelia Gibson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Nanyang Technological University Sue Yeon Syn, Catholic University of America Pertti Vakkari, University of Tampere For more information about SIG-USE: http://siguse.wordpress.com/ Please forward any questions that you have to Lu Xiao (lxiao24 at uwo.ca) or K.-Sun Kim (kskim at slis.wisc.edu). Lu Xiao & K.-Sun Kim 2014 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Co-chairs -- K.-Sun Kim Professor School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison 4217 H.C. White Hall 600 N. Park St. Madison WI 53706 Phone: (608)263-2941 Fax: (608)263-4849 E-mail: kskim at slis.wisc.edu From niso-announce at niso.org Tue Aug 19 10:04:54 2014 From: niso-announce at niso.org (NISO) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:04:54 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] NISO In-Person Forum: Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform: Challenges and Opportunities (also available via livestream) Message-ID: <004a01cfbbb6$8e3d55a0$aab800e0$@org> NISO In-Person Forum: Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform: Challenges and Opportunities DATE: October 21 - 22, 2014 LOCATION: University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Gleacher Center Livestream option also available for remote attendance (all in-person and remote registrants receive access to the recorded version) EVENT WEBSITE: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/forum_2014/ ABOUT THE FORUM Web technologies have changed, and continue to change, the way that content is delivered to libraries and to users. Currently e-journals are delivered through platforms but the final object is still often a PDF file. E-books are generally delivered as a downloadable file to a stand-alone e-reader. However, with the advent of the Open Web Platform using standards such as HTML5, we are looking at a new era of separating the content from the container. The web as a distribution platform offers many new opportunities for more utilization of multimedia and streaming media, embedding of apps, increased linkages and interoperability between related content, greater interactivity with content, social sharing of user-generated content related to a "publication," text mining, and much more that hasn't even been imagined yet. TOPICS & SPEAKERS (Detailed agenda available at: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/forum_2014/agenda_chicago/) Day 1 * Keynote Speaker - Timo Hannay, Managing Director, Digital Science * History and Legacy Systems - Bruce Rosenblum, CEO, Inera, Inc. * Production and Implementation - Barry Bealer, RSi Content Solutions * Current Implementations Looking Towards Next Generation Systems - Jake Zarnegar, Silverchair * Next Generation Systems Gregg Gordon, President and CEO, Social Science Research Network (SSRN) IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, SVP, Journal and Data Solutions, Elsevier * Future Work Alberto Pepe, Associate Research Scientist at Harvard University and Co-founder of Authorea Maryann Martone, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego Day 2 * Panel discussion: What Librarians want in a Discovery Platform - Moderated by Sommer Browning, Discovery Access Librarian, University of Denver * Retooling Metadata Around Linked Data Principles John Mark Ockerbloom, Digital Library Architect and Planner, University of Pennsylvania Jeff Penka, Director of Channel and Product Development, Zepheira * Educational Publishing, Platform Providers, and E-Reserves - Speaker TBA * Closing Address: Looking Toward the Future - R. David Lankes, author of The Atlas of New Librarianship, professor and Dean's Scholar for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies; Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse REGISTRATION & INFORMATION Discounts for both in-person and livestream are available to NISO and SSP (Society for Scholarly Publishing) members and for students. An early bird registration discount for in-person attendees is available through October 7, 2014. There are separate registration links on the webpage for in-person and live streaming registrations. Live streaming registration is per site (access for one computer). All registrants, in-person and livestream, will receive access to the recorded version of the forum for one year. Visit the event webpage for more information and to register: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/forum_2014/. If you have additional questions about the forum or the livestream, please contact nisohq at niso.org. Note: Live streaming success is dependent on many factors, some of which are outside NISO's control. We are not anticipating any particular issues with the live streaming technology for this event, but if problems occur and the Forum is inaccessible for the streaming attendee(s), we will communicate a schedule for refunds, based on the circumstances. Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Library intends to use this information to assist with the further development and/or refinement of its digital preservation educational programs and initiatives. Any organization in the United States and territories engaged in the preservation of digital content is invited to complete the survey, and thank you for your participation. All the best, Barrie Howard IT Project Manager Library of Congress (LM 630) 101 Independence Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20540-1300 bhow at loc.gov +1-202-707-1830 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fcunning at kent.edu Thu Aug 21 08:32:33 2014 From: fcunning at kent.edu (Cunningham, Flo) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:32:33 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] CFP: 5th annual conference on information and religion Message-ID: <8e5cc02a8fd34c9c8654fc4df42a393c@BLUPR0801MB577.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> Please excuse multiple listings. The Center for the Study of Information and Religion in Kent State's School of Library and Information Science welcomes abstracts for consideration for its fifth annual Conference on Information and Religion, scheduled for June 4 and 5, 2015, at Kent State University. The conference theme is "New Technologies and Religious Communities." David Michels, Head of Public Services at the Sir James Dunn Law Library, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, will present the keynote address. Technology offers new resources that impact preaching by integrating multimedia in worship, expanding outreach through streaming services and podcasts, and providing live feedback through tools such as Twitter/chat. The life of religious communities is also impacted by new communication technologies that blur the boundaries of local and remote participation and challenge traditional ideas of koinonia. Our keynote speaker and participants will explore these issues and others. This call for proposals seeks original contributions in all areas related to information and religion. The conference theme invites participants to share their work in a variety of areas that might be called intersections of technology with religion and information. Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to the following: * Uses of information technology and/or social media in preaching, ministry and the life of the religious community as a whole - including (but not limited to) worship, children's and youth ministries, organizational management, record-keeping, operation of religious libraries; * Privacy and security issues in information management or social media applications for religious organizations; * Uses of information by members of religious communities * Uses of information to add value to membership in a religious organization; * The application of information science/management principles for efficient, timely, and accurate research; * Dissemination of information by religious organizations; * Auto-ethnography as a research method in religious organizations; * The use of investigative or observational research and its impact on the religious service; * Information in its application to clergy and congregations as communities of practice. Prospective participants are encouraged to submit abstracts that report on recent research and scholarship. Contributions to this call for papers should not have been previously published. There are no restrictions on research methodology. Deadlines: Oct. 1, 2014: Deadline to submit abstracts - Click on the "Submit Event" link on the left side of this page. Nov. 15, 2014: Notification of acceptance May 1, 2015: Deadline to submit final, completed papers in order for them to be considered for publication in ASIR: Advances in the Study of Information and Religion. Papers must be in proper APA style. Additional details regarding submission of full papers will be sent to those whose abstracts are accepted for conference presentation. Once selected, presenters are responsible for their own expenses related to the conference, including but not limited to registration fees, lodging, transportation and meals. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. For more information, please contact Dr. Don Wicks (dwicks at kent.edu), Director of CSIR, or Dr. Dan Roland (droland1 at kent.edu), CSIR Primary Researcher. All the best, Flo <~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~>~<~> Flo Cunningham Marketing Communications and Public Relations Specialist School of Library and Information Science Kent State University 330-672-0003 fcunning at kent.edu www.kent.edu/slis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ksuslis Twitter: @KentStateSLIS I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. -- Jorge Luis Borges -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Active research within the school spans a number of areas: * human information interaction * the design of digital systems and environments * user engagement and the user experience * measurement and evaluation in library and information science * values in design / multi-lifespan information system design * knowledge organization * visual analytics The University of British Columbia is one of the top 40 research universities in the world. The campus is surrounded by ocean and mountains in Vancouver, Canada, one of the world's most beautiful and culturally-diverse cities.The iSchool has much to offer its doctoral students: high academic standards, an excellent reputation, funding and travel opportunities, small cohorts, one-on-one mentoring, and an open and engaged faculty. To learn more about the PhD program, see our website: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/programs/phd.htmor be in touch by email to request further information. iSchool Student Services Coordinator - Dan Slessor: ischool.ssc at ubc.ca Chair, Doctoral Studies - Dr. Luanne Freund, Associate Professor: luanne.freund at ubc.ca -- Luanne Freund Associate Professor Chair, Doctoral Studies School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) University of British Columbia Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Suite 470- 1961 East Mall, Rm 485 Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Tel: 604-822-0825 Fax: 604-822-6006 E-mail: luanne.freund at ubc.ca Website: http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/lfreund -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Responsibilities: * Interact with customers to answer questions, provide information about the library's collections, content, programs, services, and databases; where appropriate, will refer customers to the appropriate program specialists for in-depth responses. * Provides specific support for a variety of the library's portal systems; routine responses will be prepared for frequently asked questions and reviewed by program specialists. * Builds a knowledge base of answers to questions. Regularly consults the knowledge base to ensure a consistency and standards in customer responses, and work efficiency. * Assist program specialists with maintaining specialized portals and Web interfaces for databases. This includes reviewing, refreshing, and repairing links to external resources. Adding content, including user guides and aids. * Draft user guides and aids; these tools will be reviewed by program specialists. * Staffs the Service Desk or the D.C. Reference Center based on an assigned schedule (majority of schedule to be worked in Beltsville). * Assist with system tests of prototype data portals and other applications; provide feedback on usability for user interfaces; and other services as needed. Requirements * Must have a Masters of Library Science degree or MLIS with training in the environmental, ecological, or agricultural sciences. * At least three years' experience with the issues and resources related to natural resources and the environment. * Experience with database searching, reference interviewing (in-person and over email), MARC or MODS metadata schema, and experience with modern applications and web tools such as Word, PowerPoint, Drupal XML, or similar. * Must have the skills and ability to research and respond to a wide range of requests for information for diverse and wide-ranging projects. * Should be familiar with library databases such as AGRICOLA and the technical language of the environmental, ecological, and agricultural sciences. Apply at: http://goo.gl/CjZzrd LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values diversity in the workforce. 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Algorithms have assumed that one person is reviewing the results, and user interfaces have supported the needs of individual searchers. CIS - also referred to as collaborative information retrieval and collaborative search - focuses on the notion that information seeking is not always a solitary activity, and that people working in collaboration to perform information-seeking tasks should be studied and supported. CIS occurs in many contexts, including healthcare, business intelligence, technical fields, strategic research, information analysis, planning tasks, and everyday activities such as shopping and travel. While the submission could be a synthesis of some of the prior works, it should not be published before. Manuscripts may describe research, experiences, and software tools/algorithms/architectures focused on support for collaborative information seeking. Specific topics include ? CIS theories and models; ? Design experiences of CIS systems; ? User Interfaces for CIS systems and tools; ? CIS applications and use cases in different domains, such as e-learning environments, healthcare, office work, and intelligence analysis; ? Approaches for incorporating CIS with social search; ? Issues related to collaborators? awareness of actions, Team/group aspects and participants? roles; ? Evaluation measures for CIS systems; ? Methodologies for studying CIS; and ? Software tools and algorithms to support collaborative search. All chapter submissions are subject to double peer review based on both technical merit and relevance to Springer CSCW book series readership. Accepted chapters will be professionally edited for content and style. Direct inquiries to the guest editors: Dr. Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, Sweden, (preben at dsv.su.se) Dr. Chirag Shah, Rutgers University, USA; (chirags at rutgers.edu) and Dr. Claus-Peter Klas, GESIS, Germany (Claus-Peter.Klas at gesis.org) Timeline: ? Chapter submission: October 15, 2014 (submission information at http://collab.infoseeking.org/cisbook2015/) ? Decision: December 15, 2014 ? Final chapter: January 15, 2015 Editors of the book: Dr. Preben Hansen Associate Professor Department of Computer and Systems Sciences Stockholm University, Sweden Dr. Chirag Shah Assistant Professor School of Communication & Information (SC&I) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA Dr. Claus-Peter Klas GESIS - Leibniz-Institut for Social Sciences Wissenstechnologien fur Sozialwissenschaften (WTS), Germany ********** Chirag Shah, PhD Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science Rutgers University 4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901 p. (848) 932-8807 f. (732) 932-6916 http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~chirags -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dirk.lewandowski at haw-hamburg.de Tue Aug 26 10:48:36 2014 From: dirk.lewandowski at haw-hamburg.de (Dirk Lewandowski) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:48:36 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Papers/Abstracts: ASIST Workshop on Understanding Web search engine users Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute widely! Call for Papers Understanding Web search engine users Workshop at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) October 31, 2014, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ Organized by Shari Thurow, Founder and SEO Director, Omni Marketing Interactive, USA Dirk Lewandowski, Professor, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Matt Wallaert, Behavioral Scientist, Microsoft, USA INTRODUCTION Many researchers are interested in internet search behaviour, both as a primary action and as a secondary source of data that reflects the what, how, and why of information seeking. But despite that interest, we still lack a systematic research agenda on search engine use and searcher behaviours, perhaps because the potential for the data is so broad and the fields of study being applied so vast that it is difficult to coordinate and discuss across disciplines. Consequently, researchers usually focus on the methods popular in their fields, but are unaware of other methodological approaches and/or software tools that could help them achieve their research goals. Thus, by collaborating across disciplines, there is substantial opportunity to introduce new methods and research questions to investigators who are working along similar lines but without awareness of each other. GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOME The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers from academia and industry, who are interested in understanding search engine use, both as a primary and secondary source to reflect on user behaviour. We are interested in discussing methods and results in various areas, aiming for establishing a research agenda for information science researchers interested in Web searching. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Theories of Web search engine user behaviours * Evaluating search engine user interfaces * Information retrieval evaluation methods applied to Web search engines * Query log analysis * Eye-tracking research * User guidance in the search process * Incorporating user behaviours into search engine optimization techniques * Usability and user experience in Web searching * Using and sharing information found through search engines * Understanding user behaviours through triangulation of methods (e.g., transaction-log analysis, lab-based studies, online questionnaires, diary studies) TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS The workshop invites short research papers and position papers, as well. We also welcome overviews of relevant research done within a research group over the last few years. Accepted submissions will be presented in a 20-minute presentation. At least one presenter must be present at the event and register for the workshop. Extended abstracts and presentations will be made available on the workshop website. There will be no formal workshop proceedings. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts (approx. 1,500 words) including references. HOW TO SUBMIT Please send your extended abstracts to the workshop organizers: sthurow at search-usability.com dirk.lewandowski at haw-hamburg.de matt.wallaert at microsoft.com IMPORTANT DATES Paper deadline: 15 September 2014 Notification of acceptance: 22 September 2014 Workshop: 31 October 2014 -- Prof. Dr. Dirk Lewandowski Hochschule f?r Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) Fakult?t Design Medien Information Department Information Finkenau 35 D - 22081 Hamburg Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 40-42875 3621 Fax: + 49 (0) 3222-1445 301 Skype: dirk.lewandowski Twitter: @Dirk_Lew http://www.searchstudies.org/dirk ********* Editor, Aslib Journal of Information Management (previously: ASLIB Proceedings) http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ajim ********* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Wed Aug 27 09:55:18 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:55:18 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting now open Message-ID: <385-220148327135518734@LEN-dick-2011> ASIST 2014 Annual Meeting See http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ for full information and to register October 31-November 5, 2014, Seattle, WA Come to Seattle for the 77th ASIS&T Annual Meeting. The theme for this year?s conference is Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities - we chose this theme to celebrate the breadth of information science, its historical roots, its user-centeredness, and its unique aim of bringing people together around ideas, thoughts, and the exchange of information and knowledge. The program includes 42 papers, 26 panels, 102 posters, 12 workshops, and many opportunities for socializing at receptions. All in all this conference is packed with intellectually stimulating sessions, lots of opportunities to network and meet new people, and engage in the health and well-being of this wonderful association. We are delighted to present two excellent and accomplished keynote speakers: Kris M. Kutchera is Vice President, Information Technology for the Alaska Air Group Alessandro Acquisti is Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From mcmason at umd.edu Tue Aug 26 15:03:07 2014 From: mcmason at umd.edu (Mary E. Carroll-Mason) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:03:07 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Maryland's iSchool Announces Inaugural MLS Advisory Board Message-ID: Maryland's iSchool Announces Inaugural MLS Advisory Board The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, Maryland's iSchool, is pleased to announce the formation of the inaugural Advisory Board for the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree program. The Board comprises 17 leaders and students in the information professions who will guide the future development of the iSchool's MLS program. ? The context in which library, archive, and information professionals reside has changed significantly - and so too must the preparation that MLS programs provide. As part of a year-long initiative with the iSchool's community, the Board's first task will be to engage in a strategic "re-envisioning the MLS" discussion. "The University of Maryland's iSchool is taking a leadership role in redefining MLS education, and the new Advisory Board will be a key part of the process," says John Bertot, director of the MLS program. "We cannot be more pleased to be able to work with such leaders in the field as we consider the future of MLS programs in general and our program in particular." Serving three-year terms, the members of the Board will: **Provide insights on how the MLS program can enhance the impact of its services on various stakeholder groups; **Provide advice and counsel on strategy, issues, and trends affecting the future of the MLS Program; **Strengthen relationships with libraries, archives, industry, and other key information community partners; **Provide input for assessing the progress of the MLS program; **Provide a vital link to the community of practice for faculty and students to facilitate research, inform teaching, and further develop public service skills; **Support the fundraising efforts to support the MLS program; and **Identify the necessary entry-level skills, attitudes and knowledge competencies as well as performance levels for target occupations. "This new Advisory Board is an exciting milestone in MLS education at the iSchool," says Dean Jennifer Preece. "We are honored to be partnering with such a distinguished group of individuals within the information professions." 2014-2017 Advisory Board Members Tahirah Akbar-Williams Education and Information Studies Librarian; McKeldin Library, University of Maryland Brenda Anderson Elementary Integrated Curriculum Specialist; Montgomery County Public Schools R. Joseph Anderson Director, Niels Bohr Library and Archives; American Institute of Physics Jay Bansbach Program Specialist, School Libraries; Instructional Technology and School Libraries; Division of Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability; Maryland State Department of Education Sue Baughman Deputy Executive Director; Association of Research Libraries Valerie Gross President and CEO; Howard County Public Library Lucy Holman Director, Langsdale Library; University of Baltimore Naomi House Founder; I Need a Library Job (INALJ) Alan Inouye Director, Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP); American Library Association Erica Karmes Jesonis Manager, Web Services & Graphic Design; Cecil County Public Library Irene Padilla Assistant State Superintendent for Library Development and Services; Maryland State Department of Education Katherine Simpson Director of Strategy and Communication; American University Library Lissa Snyders MLS Candidate; University of Maryland iSchool Pat Steele Dean of Libraries; University of Maryland Maureen Sullivan Immediate Past President, American Library Association; Maureen Sullivan Associates Joe Thompson Senior Administrator, Public Services; Harford County Public Library Paul Wester Chief Records Officer for the Federal Government; National Archives and Records Administration Mary Carroll-Mason Communications Coordinator College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool University of Maryland 4105J Hornbake Building College Park, MD 20742 mcmason at umd.edu (301) 405-1260 ischool.umd.edu Twitter: @I_UMD From kimsch at illinois.edu Tue Aug 26 13:30:04 2014 From: kimsch at illinois.edu (Schmidt, Kimberly Rae) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:30:04 +0000 Subject: [Asis-l] Research News from GSLIS at Illinois Message-ID: FEATURES Putting documentary films in ConText Assistant Professor Jana Diesner and her multidisciplinary team have combined natural language processing, social network analysis, and data visualization methods in a new tool, ConText, to measure the effectiveness of social justice documentaries like never before. Read more. How making makes a difference: Makerspaces in public libraries The supportive, informal environment found in makerspaces has made these community-based labs a popular new tool for learning and doing. Often in partnership with public libraries, makerspaces are popping up all over the country. Read more. GSLIS faculty, students work to create data literate citizenry As data becomes more accessible and the tools to use and explore it become more common, the need for a data literate citizenry is growing. Three GSLIS faculty members are investigating these issues and ways of growing data literacy. Read more. NEWS Lud?scher joins GSLIS faculty Professor Bertram Lud?scher will join our faculty in Fall 2014. Lud?scher is a leading figure in data and knowledge management, focusing on the modeling, design, and optimization of scientific workflows as well as provenance, data integration, and knowledge representation. Read more. Hoiem joins GSLIS faculty This fall GSLIS will welcome Elizabeth Hoiem as an assistant professor. She will teach and conduct research in youth services. Specifically, Hoiem explores the history of technological innovations in children's literature?from early children's books and toys to contemporary applications of digital pedagogy?and looks at modern technology through a historical lens. Read more. HathiTrust Research Center awarded grant from NEH Professor and Associate Dean for Research J. Stephen Downie will direct ?Exploring the Billions and Billions of Words in the HathiTrust Corpus with Bookworm: HathiTrust + Bookworm,? a new project funded the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more. JASIST publishes Mak's 'Archaeology of a Digitization' Associate Professor Bonnie Mak proposes a new approach to analyzing databases and other digitized resources in her most recent JASIST publication, "Archaeology of a Digitization." Read more. Tilley speaks at Comic-Con International: San Diego Associate Professor Carol Tilley spoke on her comics history research at Comic-Con International in San Diego in July, and has received recent press coverage for her work in several interviews and in the documentary ?Diagram for Delinquents.? Read more. La Barre named to BRAJIS editorial board Associate Professor Kathryn La Barre has been appointed to the editorial board of BRAJIS, theBrazilian Journal of Information Science. Read more. McDowell delivers invited talk at IFLA symposium Kate McDowell, assistant dean for student affairs and associate professor, discussed planning and implementation of the Closing the App Gap grant in an invited talk delivered at the International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults. Read more. Six from GSLIS lead Chinese American Librarians Association in a global virtual conference Six members of the GSLIS community and of the Midwest chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) participated in a global exchange via CALA Midwest?s first virtual annual conference. Read more. CIRSS faculty, staff travel to Oxford for digital humanities workshop GSLIS faculty and staff collaborated with the Oxford e-Research Centre to organize and lead a five-day workshop, Data Curation and Access for the Digital Humanities, as part of the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School. Read more. Black speaks on information history at UW-Milwaukee Professor Alistair Black gave an invited talk at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies as part of the school?s Social Studies of Information Research Group speaker series. Read more. Cooke speaks at diversity and fluency conferences, PhD colloquium Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke spoke at three events in April, discussing topics from social justice to the roles of LIS faculty. Read more. FTRF, GSLIS to collaborate on intellectual freedom course The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) and GSLIS will offer an online graduate-level course on intellectual freedom this fall for library and information science students around the country. Read more. Rayward edits Information Beyond Borders Professor Emeritus W. Boyd Rayward has assembled a collection of essays by international scholars exploring the globalization of culture and information in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in his new book. Read more. Smith, partners examine future of LIS education Linda C. Smith, professor and associate dean for academic programs, will serve as a partner on an IMLS planning grant that will look at the future of library and information science education. Read more. Bonn named editor of Journal of Electronic Publishing Maria Bonn, senior lecturer, has assumed the role of editor for the Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP). Read more. Mak delivers invited talk, leads seminar at Haverford College Assistant Professor Bonnie Mak visited Haverford College in March, where she delivered an invited talk to launch the Haverford College Libraries? Texts and Technologies Lecture Series. Read more. INSPIRE supports research collaborations with Swedish scholars Two research projects at GSLIS have received support from the Illinois-Sweden Program for Educational and Research Exchange (INSPIRE) program, allowing research to be conducted in collaboration with researchers in Sweden. 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The following submissions are invited: Papers: Due Friday, September 5, 2014, midnight PDT Workshops: Due Friday, September 26, 2014, midnight PDT Doctoral Colloquium: Due Friday, September 26, 2014, midnight PDT Posters: Due Friday, October 10, 2014, midnight PDT Interactive Sessions: Due Friday, October 10, 2014, midnight PDT Social Media Expo: Commitment letter due October 14, 2014; student team submissions due December 15, 2014. Dissertation Award: Due Wednesday, October 15, 2014, midnight PDT iConference 2015 takes place March 24-27 in Newport Beach, CA. It is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at University of California, Irvine. The Champion Sponsor is Microsoft Research. All information researchers and scholars are welcome?affiliation with an iSchool is not required. 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URL: From acocciol at pratt.edu Fri Aug 29 11:27:15 2014 From: acocciol at pratt.edu (Anthony Cocciolo) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:27:15 -0400 Subject: [Asis-l] Job posting: Digital Asset Management Instructor, New York City Message-ID: *(Please excuse any cross-posting)* *Visiting Assistant/Associate/Full Professor* School of Information and Library Science, Pratt Institute The School of Information and Library Science at Pratt Institute is seeking an instructor for a 3-credit course titled ?Digital Asset Management.? Building on Pratt SILS?s strengths in cultural informatics, the course should address digital asset management from the lens of the cultural heritage sector, which includes libraries, archives and museums. The faculty member will lead the development of the course as well as teach it throughout the Spring semester (three-hour class one evening per week for 15 weeks, January through May). The course will teach the emerging area of digital asset management in both theory and practice, and make connections to related areas such as Records Management, Content Management and Knowledge Management. Requirements: - Masters degree in relevant area (preferably a MSLIS) or earned doctorate. - 2-5 years of work experience in the area of digital asset management or relevant field. - Teaching experience is preferred. Courses are taught in-person at the Pratt Manhattan Campus at 144 W. 14th St. and 7th Avenue. Please send resume and cover letter via email to Dr. Anthony Cocciolo at acocciol at pratt.edu. More information on Pratt SILS can be found at http://www.pratt.edu/sils/ PRATT INSTITUTE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND RECOGNIZES AND VALUES THE BENEFITS OF A DIVERSE WORKFORCE. -- Anthony Cocciolo, Ed.D. 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It represents a randomly chosen subset the content available at Jamendo that is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa), where user-supplied data has tagged a track with 1 or more genre categories. For more details about usage of this dataset, see the LICENSE.txt file contained in the downloaded files. The dataset contains the MP3 tracks and the metadata the Jamendo site publishes on the respective items (represented in JSON format), retrieved using the site's API (6th Aug 2014). The dataset is available both zipped up and as a tar-ball(you only need one of these); however, at 60+ Gb it is a non-trival size of file to download over the web, and so we suggest you install a Download Manager extension to your browser if you do not already have one and make use of that. In a test using the DownThemAll! extension to Firefox, downloading the dataset between University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Waikato University in New Zealand took a little under 2 hours. You need to register to download the main dataset. If you have already submitted something to MIREX, your previous registration should still work. Once registered, you can download the data and explore the GC14UX set up. At the GC14UX site, a demo version of the evaluation system also available under the "Evaluator Login" option. Please do explore it. Data available after logging in: http://www.music-ir.org/mirex/gc14ux/ Informetric profile of the selected tracks: http://www.music-ir.org/mirex/wiki/2014:GC14UX:JSON_Metadata Information about GC14UX: http://www.music-ir.org/mirex/wiki/2014:GC14UX Submission deadline (updated): 28 September 2014 Cheers and thanks, Stephen ********************************************************** "Research funding makes the world a better place" ********************************************************** J. Stephen Downie, PhD Associate Dean for Research Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Vox/Voicemail] (217) 649-3839 From pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Wed Aug 27 11:48:33 2014 From: pr-aksw at informatik.uni-leipzig.de (Agata Filipowska) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:48:33 +0200 Subject: [Asis-l] SEMANTiCS 2014 - Networking for Funding (till Sept. 3rd, 10 am) Message-ID: <53FDFDD1.1090801@informatik.uni-leipzig.de> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: