[NORSLIS] ISIC2008 Call for papers

[Pertti Vakkari]

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ISIC 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite the submission of papers in the field of human information  
behaviour research from participants in previous ISIC Conferences and  
other researchers from information-related fields for presentation at  
the Information Seeking in Context Conference to be held in Vilnius,  
Lithuania on September 17-20, 2008.  Papers should draw upon the  
theoretical and empirical literature of information behaviour: those  
that seek to link that literature with related topics such as  
information literacy, information retrieval, and information system  
design should have information seeking or searching at the core of  
their presentation.

We also invite doctoral students to submit an application for  
participation in the Doctoral Workshop held in conjunction with the  
Conference on 18 September. We especially welcome submissions from  
researchers and doctoral students based in the Eastern Europe.

Themes of the conference include the following:
1. Theories and models of information seeking and searching:  
particular theoretical frameworks that are currently of interest  
include (but are not restricted to) social network theory, actor  
network theory, cultural-historical activity theory, genre theory, etc.
2. Research approaches and methodologies, both interpretative and  
positivist, employing either qualitative or quantitative methods.
3. Information seeking, searching and use in specific contexts, e.g.,  
health care, education, business, industry, the public services and  
government, the emergency services, etc.
4. Organizational structures and processes and information seeking,  
searching and use.
5. Information seeking and searching in the context of the World Wide  
Web, including the relationship of information seeking to  
participation in virtual social networks.
6. Information behaviour in everyday life; in communities both real  
and virtual, including its role in indigenous communities.
7. Integrating studies on information seeking and interactive retrieval.
8. Information use: the nature of information and how information is  
used to help solve problems, aid decision making or satisfy an initial  
need
9. Information seeking and information requirements - integrating  
information science and information systems.
Authors should indicate which of these themes their paper addresses.
For the 2008 Conference we shall be particularly interested in papers  
in any of these areas that address the connection between information  
research and information practice.
  Paper preparation and submission deadline February 1, 2008 Please,  
submit a prepared paper in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .rtf files)  
to: isic2008 at kf.vu.lt
The conference Website at http://www.kf.vu.lt/~isic2008/?page_id=4 is  
in the course of development.