From rhill at asis.org Tue Aug 18 13:35:15 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:35:15 -0400 Subject: [Sigia-l] ASIST 2015 Annual Meeting - Reg and Program Online Message-ID: <386-220158218173515390@LEN-dick-2011> 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community November 6-10, 2015 ? Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch ? St. Louis, Missouri Program and Registration at: https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/ This year?s ASIS&T conference theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers ? including academics and practitioner researchers ? to discuss the impact of their research on industry, on government, on local/national/global community groups, on individuals, on information systems, on libraries/museums/galleries, and on other practice contexts. The theme highlights the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. 8 Preconference Workshops 40 Contributed Papers 18 Panel Discussions Plenary sessions: Aaron Doering ?Building Community Online: Connecting People, Places, and Ideas through Innovative Design.? Doerring is associate professor in the LT Media Lab at the University of Minnesota, currently holds the Bonnie Westby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education and Technology. His research involves the design, development and evaluation of online and mobile teaching environments; technology integration in K-12 settings; and the innovative use of technology to support teaching and learning. Sarah Morton ?Creating Impact: Issues, Challenges and Solutions? Morton works at the intersection of social research, policy and practice in a range of leadership roles. She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also within the University of Edinburgh, Sarah is the knowledge exchange specialist for the Centre for Community and Public Health Sciences and an impact analyst. She is a director of What Works Scotland and she is also an associate of the research unit for research utilization at the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement and was a member of the Scottish Funding Council?s working group on Knowledge Exchange and Public Policy. Sarah?s research has investigated the process assessing the impact of research on policy and practice. She has a specialty in contribution analysis and uses this approach in a variety of projects, often working with non-academic partners, and also to assess the impact of research. 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 lucarosati at gmail.com Thu Aug 27 05:51:27 2015 From: lucarosati at gmail.com (Luca Rosati) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 11:51:27 +0200 Subject: [Sigia-l] CFP: Games on Games. Game design as critical reflexive practice References: Message-ID: Dear subscribers, as the semester starts, G|A|M|E Journal (www.gamejournal.it - ISSN:2280-7705) would like to remind you about the upcoming CfP 5/2016 entitled "Games on Games. Game design as critical reflexive practice". Read it at http://www.gamejournal.it/n-52016-games-on-games-game-design-as-critical-reflexive-practice/ October 5th is the deadline for 500-words proposals for articles. Accepted complete papers will be due on February 20th, 2016. G|A|M|E also invites the submission of playable demos (same deadline: October 5th, 2015). ---------------- G|A|M|E Journal (www.gamejournal.it - ISSN:2280-7705) invites the submission of analyses and reflections about the possibility (or lack thereof) of creating playable critiques of video games and of game culture at large. With this topic, G|A|M|E aims at exploring the feasibility of a playable game criticism ? a meta-level in which playing, designing and critiquing overlap. What are the defining characteristics of Games on Games? What is the relationship between Games on Games and their precursors? What are their epistemological bases? How can we situate Games on Games in the academic world, in relation to more traditional analyses expressed in linear media? Which theoretical contributions could Games on Games offer to designers and researchers? Those who wish to contribute written essays will have to submit a 500-words abstract by October 5th, 2015. Those who wish to propose a playable game will have to send a 500-words executive brief, possibly with screenshots, diagrams and/or a playable demo, by October 5th, 2015. Notification of acceptance, for essays and games: November 5th, 2015. All accepted authors will be asked to submit the full paper and/or full game by February 20th, 2016. Those submitting a game will also need to produce an author?s statement/critical introduction to their piece (about 3000 characters). Best regards,The editors of G|A|M|E n.5/2016 Giovanni Caruso, Riccardo Fassone, Gabriele Ferri, Stefano Gualeni, Mauro Salvador From mephitis.skunk at gmail.com Mon Aug 31 07:17:28 2015 From: mephitis.skunk at gmail.com (Michael Albers) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 07:17:28 -0400 Subject: [Sigia-l] CFP - Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) Message-ID: <55E437C8.1060401@gmail.com> 5th Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) February 22-23, 2016 East Carolina University Greenville NC For the full call for papers: http://workshop.design4complexity.com/ Building on the success of the previous four conferences,the Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) explores how complex information changes how we communicate, and how those changes affect information design, information architecture, user experience, and usability. It seeks to examine how design and content choices influence behavior as people interact with complex information and how we can best design complex information systems. SCCI fosters an integrated approach to the design of complex information by bringing together members from a range of research and practitioner communities. Keynote address: Ginny Redish, Redish & Associates For more information Contact: Michael Albers (albersm at ecu.edu). Schedule 2 page proposal due: October 15, 2015 Notice of acceptance: December 1, 2015 Papers for symposium due: February 15, 2016 Symposium dates: February 22?23, 2016 -- ___________________________________ Dr. Michael J. Albers Technical and Professional Writing Department of English Mailstop 555 East Carolina University Greenville NC 27858-4353