[NORSLIS] Call for participation: NORSLIS research course on Information access in context

[Pertti Vakkari]

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!

-- 
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