*****Second Call for Participation*****
ASIS&T 2007: Conceptualizing Social Justice in the
Information Sciences
Monday, October 22, 2007, 3:30PM
Speakers:
Elizabeth Buchanan, Director of the Center for Information
Policy Research at the School of Information Studies,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Kathryn Shaughnessy, Leader of Web 2.0 projects at St.
John's University (Title III Grant)
Kevin Rioux, Bharat Mehra, Kendra Albright (Coordinators)
will present a practical framework for social justice
research in the information sciences.
An ad hoc, informal meeting, originally coined the
"Social Justice Forum," was initiated in Austin,
TX, at the American Society for Information Science and
Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting in 2006. It brought
together people who were interested in social justice issues
as they relate to information.
The purpose of the proposed technical session is to build on
last year's Forum and bring those interested and involved in
social justice issues together for a formal exchange of
ideas and discussion of relevant issues. Among the goals of
this session are:
• To identify how principles, elements, and agendas of
social justice are (or can be) furthered via social
computing and use of information and communication
technologies;
• To build a collection of information resources that
exemplify and address issues of social justice in computing
to represent best practices, case studies, and critical
analysis in the knowledge domain;
• To promote networking among information researchers,
educators, and others engaged in social justice work in
order to create greater awareness and acknowledgment of
relevant issues and social justice leaders;
• To trace social justice work being done in various areas
associated with the information professions and social
computing to chart the boundaries and map the terrain.
Possible outcomes of this session include identifying
opportunities to contribute to special issue journals
(including the ASIS&T Bulletin), monographs, etc.;
identifying panel speakers for future conference
presentations; identifying committees and SIGs that will
represent social justice issues in professional
associations; discussing overlap with other similar themed
groups and networks; and brain-storming future actions and
activities.
The format of this technical session will include
presentations, break-out groups and the development of a
white paper that will map out future activities that will
develop social justice concepts within the information
professions.
The organizers (Kevin Rioux, Bharat Mehra, Kendra Albright)
welcome researchers and practitioners in any
information-related field to join us in this interactive,
exploratory technical session.
In order to facilitate the creation of breakout groups,
please send (to Kevin Rioux at riouxk stjohns.edu) a brief
paragraph or two describing your interest in social justice
issues as they relate to information. Formal statements are
not necessary.
Please contact Kevin Rioux, St. John's University, New York,
with questions or suggestions: riouxkstjohns.edu.
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Kevin Rioux, PhD
Assistant Professor
Library and Information Science
St. John's University, New York
riouxkstjohns.edu
718.990.1458
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2007 ASIS&T Annual Meeting
Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing
and Information Science,
October 19-24, in Milwaukee
Plenaries: Anthea Stratigos, Outsell (research and advisory
firm)
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
http://www.asis
.org/Conferences/AM07/
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