From arth@tc.umn.edu Tue Apr 9 15:35:51 2002 From: arth@tc.umn.edu (Janet M. Arth) Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 09:35:51 -0500 Subject: [Siglan-l] CREN TechTalks Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020409093023.028f0e30@arth.email.umn.edu> FYI -- If your organization is a CREN member, you might want to look at the audio webcasts TechTalk series they offer. The website is: http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/calendar.html Recently audio-archived presentations include topics such as collaborative technologies and copyright. The next presentation, on 4/18/2002, is titled "Using Digital Certificates to Authorize Campus and Resource Service." Good tidings, Janet Janet M. Arth Systems Librarian/MnLINK Implementation University Libraries 453 O. Meredith Wilson Library 309-19th Avenue South University of Minnesota phone: 612/624-9860 Minneapolis, MN 55455 email: arth@tc.umn.edu From akio@cin.nihon-u.ac.jp Wed Apr 10 05:26:05 2002 From: akio@cin.nihon-u.ac.jp (MIYAMOTO Akio) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:26:05 +0900 Subject: [Siglan-l] (no subject) Message-ID: <000d01c1e047$d76eb0a0$9ae12b85@cin.nihonu.ac.jp> DQo= From arth@tc.umn.edu Wed Apr 24 18:27:43 2002 From: arth@tc.umn.edu (Janet M. Arth) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 12:27:43 -0500 Subject: [SigLAN-L] 13th ASIS&T SIG/CR Workshop - Call for papers and participation Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020424122208.035485c0@arth.email.umn.edu> Please excuse any duplication of this announcement, it is being sent to multiple e-mail distribution lists.

The CFP can also be found at: http://www.isc= hool.washington.edu/mai/sigcr/cfp.htm

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13th ASIS&T SIG/CR Workshop

"Reconceptualizing Classification Research"

Call for papers and participation

The American Society for Information Science & Technology (http://www.asis.org/)  (ASIS&T), Special Interest Group on Classification Research is pleased to announce its thirteenth workshop to take place on Sunday November 17, 2002 at the Annual Meeting of ASIS&T (http://www.as= is.org/Conferences/AM2002/index.html), Philadelphia, PA.

 This year's workshop i= s a departure from those of previous years.  We feel that instead of presenting and discussing current work, perhaps it is a good time to step back and take a more reflective view.  Thus, the aim of this year's workshop will be to identify and articulate research questions and research agendas that could form the core of classification research in the next decade.  The underlying assumption is that this is an exciting time for classification research, but that the classification-research community needs to revisit the current state of knowledge in order to identify potentially productive directions for future research and future collaborations with other areas of information science.  In short, we need to ask ourselves, where are we now, and what needs to be done?  The outcomes of this workshop could be the formation of a committee or several subcommittees focused on specific areas, recommendations for future directions, or a joint paper on the status and future of classification research.


Anyone with an interest in helping to shape the future of classification research is encouraged to participate in the workshop.  You are asked to submit a position paper in which you outline your view of the present status of classification research and what you consider to be the most important and promising future research agendas.  Your paper can be about classification research in general, or some more specific segment of the field.  The focus of the paper should not be on answers, but rather on researchable areas that need exploration.  The target audience for the workshop is both researchers and practitioners who are interested in taking part in forming the future research agendas for classification research.

Participants are invited to submit a full position paper, of no more than 2000 words, by July 15, 2002.  Submitted papers will be accepted for presentation at the workshop on the basis of their originality, relevance, and capacity for stimulating discussion.

Accepted position papers will be made available to all participants, online, four weeks before the workshop. Participants are expected to read the position papers in advance so that they can be actively involved in discussion at the workshop.  The exact structure of the workshop will depend to some extent on the topics and themes of accepted position papers, but it is envisaged that presenters will each have a short period in which to present their paper, and that presentations will be followed by extended discussion. It is also intended that participants in each session will work towards reaching a consensus on the recommendation of appropriate further action (e.g., writing a joint paper, forming a committee, etc.).  Our hope is that the workshop will generate specific interest groups, and that participants will find a way to contribute to any endeavor emerging as a result.

Important dates:

July 15, 2002 - Full position papers due.  Each paper should be no more than 2000 words and follow the guidelines specified here:
www.ischoo= l.washington.edu/mai/sigcr/instruc.htm

Sept. 1, 2001 - Notification of acceptance.  Reviewer comments and suggestions for revisions will be provided.

Oct. 1, 2002 - Final position papers due.

Oct. 15, 2002 - Position papers will be made available online.

Nov. 17, 2002 - Day of workshop.

Workshop chairs:
Clare Beghtol
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto
beghtol@fis.utoronto.ca
 
Jonathan Furner
Department of Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
jfurner@ucla.edu

Barbara Kwasnik 
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
Bkwasnik@syr.edu

Jens-Erik Mai *
The Information School
University of Washington
jemai@u.washington.edu

      *Please send all correspondence to Jens-Erik Mai

Program committee:
Hanne Albrechtsen, Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark
Jack Andersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
Elisabeth Davenport, Napier University, Scotland 
Jane Greenberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edie Rasmussen, University of Pittsburgh 
Paul Solomon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Jens-Erik Mai
Assistant Professor
The Information School
University of Washington
Mary Gates Hall
Box 352840
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
Phone: 206 616 2541
Fax: 206 616 3152
E-mail: jemai@u.washington.edu
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