CALL FOR PROPOSALS: American Society for Information Science
and Technology, Pacific Northwest
Chapter (ASIS&T-PNC) 2006 Annual Meeting
MEETING TITLE: Communication, knowledge and the Web: The
evolving information landscape
MEETING LOCATION: University of Washington, Seattle
MEETING DATES: Saturday, May 6th, 2006
THEME: Recent years have seen great changes in scholarly
communication, publishing and the
dissemination of information. In the academic world, the
open access movement and the emergence of
institutional and discipline specific repositories of
publications and data has raised a number of
questions about how research is communicated and has called
into question the existing publication
model.
Similar changes have been seen outside of the academic
sphere. The increased popularity of blogs
and blogging has changed the way many users find
information. A recent Pew Internet and American
Life Project report tells us that 50% of teens have created
their own online content. Increased
use of wikipedia as a reference resource has brought about
questions about the reliability and
veracity of the information it contains. The maturation of
resource tagging tools, social
bookmarking applications, and folksonomies has has
influenced how content is organized.
Is there a unifying theme underlying these disparate trends?
Is this movement toward a more
participatory web experience changing the way people
interact with information? Is the idea of
'Web 2.0' a meaningless buzzword or is it evidence of
something bigger? Are the steps that we
information professionals should be taking to facilitate (or
to mitigate the effects of) these
changes?
PROPOSALS: Proposals for conference sessions are sought in a
wide variety of areas include, but
not limited to:
* research findings or projects exploring changes in
scholarly communication
* research findings or projects exploring the participatory
web
* case studies of new services appealing to users expecting
more interaction with information
resources
* the development of tools to help with the creation,
organization and development of community
edited or end-user developed content
* research findings that illustrate social, cultural or
political implications of this sort of
change
* usability studies of blogging, networking, bookmarking,
tagging or other 'Web 2.0' tools
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: April 7th, 2006
PROGRAM SESSION PROPOSAL FORMAT: Send a proposal for a 20 to
40 minute long conference session,
including the session title, a brief abstract outlining
session content and structure, relevant
background information for speaker(s), neand complete
contact information for the individual(s)
submitting proposals. Submissions can be sent via web form
at
htt
p://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispnc/proposal.php or via
email to: charper uroregon.edu
POSTER SESSION PROPOSAL FORMAT: Poster sessions should be
used to present concepts, ideas or
projects that are in-process. These topics can deviate from
the general meeting theme. Poster
sessions offer an informal method for the presenter and
attendees to meet and discuss current
research or projects. Poster session presenters will need to
be available to discuss their
research during a 40 minute window. To submit a poster
session, please include an abstract and
relevant background information for all speakers, including
complete contact information for each
speaker. Submissions can be sent via web form at htt
p://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispnc/proposal.php
or via email to: charperuroregon.edu
--
Corey A Harper
ASIS&T Pacific Northwest 2005-2006 Chapter Chair
Metadata Librarian - CMET Team Leader
Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon
541/346.1854
charperuoregon.edu
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