[NORSLIS] Call for participation: NORSLIS research course on
Information access in context
Pertti Vakkari
pertti.vakkari at uta.fi
Fri Dec 16 15:01:39 GMT 2005
Dear doctoral students,
NORSLIS research course on INFORMATION ACESS IN CONTEXT will be held at
University of Tampere on May 8-12, 2006.
Purpose of the course:
Actors’ context influences significantly on their ways of interacting
with information and information systems. Tasks performed by actors are
main factors shaping their information needs, search goals and actions
and the use of the information found. Tasks of human actors vary from
work tasks to leisure time activities. Also organizational factors like
provision of access mechanisms or information resources may influence on
how actors interact with information.
The course focuses on how various contextual factors, tasks in
particular, are associated with human information behavior (information
needs, searching and use) and how information behavior in task
performance can be supported by creating tools for information access
and use. These tools range from supporting articulation of information
needs via improving retrieval methods and results to enhancing use of
information in documents found.
The course consists of senior researchers’ lectures and doctoral
students’ reports on their research work for feed back. The students are
required to acquaint themselves of literature in the reading list provided.
NORSLIS will cover the travel and accomodation costs including meals of
participants.
You can find more detailed information about the course at
http://www.norslis.net/2006/norslisinformationaccessincontext.htm
The deadline for applications is March 1.
Have a relaxing Christmas time!
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Pertti Vakkari,
Professor
Department of Information Studies
FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
Street Address: Kanslerinrinne 1, A-building
tel: + 358-3-3551 6968 (office) mobile: + 358-50-528 8354
fax: + 358-3-3551 6560 (office)
email: pertti.vakkari at uta.fi
http://www.info.uta.fi/vakkari/vakkari.html
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