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> Från: "Annie T. Chen" <atchen at uw.edu>
> Ämne: SIG-USE Symposium Call for Papers and Free Student Registration
> Datum: 2 augusti 2020 01:39:50 EEST
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> Call for Papers: 20th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium (Deadline: Aug. 15th, 2020, note opportunity for waiver of symposium registration for students)
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> About the 2020 SIG-USE Symposium
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> The 20th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium focuses on the grant challenges in information behavior and information practices research. This symposium is an opportunity for researchers, students, faculty and information professionals who are interested in information behavior and information practices research to discuss the grand challenges of theory development in these areas. The symposium will facilitate information exchange among scholars and information professionals, provide a place for those new to information behavior and practices to engage critically with the field, and allow both scholars and practitioners to get feedback on preliminary and ongoing work. The symposium will feature a dynamic panel, full paper presentations, and poster session to explore different development and challenges in information behavior and practices research. The symposium also offers an unique mini-workshop for authors who are interested in submitting their works to the JASIST special issue on Information Behavior and Information Practices Theory.
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> About the 2020 SIG-USE theme
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> There are several challenges to the development and application of theory in the field(s) of information behavior and information practices. While there is a long and rich tradition of creating models and frameworks in information behavior (e.g., Case & Given, 2016a; Ellis, 1993; Godbold, 2006; McKenzie, 2003; Wilson, 1999), this has not been the case with the development of theories. This is not to say that that theoretical work has not happened, as evidenced by work such as Chatman (1999), Dervin (1998), Savolainen (2008), as well as the collection of theories published in the book Theories of Information Behavior (Fisher, Erdelez, & McKechnie, 2005). However, criticism remains that there is a lack of cohesive theory and/or that theory borrowed from other fields may be treated in shallow ways. Deficiency in theoretical development has contributed to a lack of shared definition and boundaries of the field, evident in the split between information behavior and information practices research (e.g. Savolainen & Wilson, 2009).
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> As a relatively young field – originating in the late 1970s and early 1980s (Ellis, 2011) – an important step in the evolution of information behavior and information practices is the continued development of its own theory, as well as the systematic incorporation of relevant theories from related fields. This special issue proposes to continue and extend the work begun in Theories of Information Behavior (Fisher et al., 2005), a book composed of the contributions from the participants of the 2003 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium.
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> We invite considerations regarding questions and grand challenges of information behavior and information practices theories, including, but not limited to:
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> theoretical explorations of the field of information behavior and information practices;
> expansion and evolution of information behavior and information practices theories;
> examination of the current use of information behavior and information practices theories;
> development of new theories that advance information behavior and information practices;
> examination of models and their relation to information behavior and information practices theory;
> systematic approaches to incorporating well-established theories from other fields.
> Intended Audience
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> This symposium is intended for researchers and practitioners of all levels of experience and all backgrounds who are interested in the theoretical development in information behavior and practices research. It is open to both members and non-members of SIG-USE.
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> Workshop Format
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> The symposium is designed to encourage discussions on the grant challenges in information behavior theory research. The symposium will facilitate information exchange among scholars and information professionals, provide a place for those new to information behavior and practice to engage critically with the field, and allow both scholars and practitioners to get feedback on preliminary and ongoing work. As a conference workshop, the symposium will take place over a half day. It will consist of a panel discussion, full paper presentations, poster presentations, JASIST special issue mini-workshop session, and awards presentations.
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> Panel
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> The symposium will begin with a panel discussion, which will give a dynamic and multifaceted look at the challenges in information behavior and information practices research. Panelists are yet to be determined, but they will be experienced information behavior researchers and/or practitioners who have grappled with theoretical exploration in information behavior and practices research.
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> Full Papers
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> There will be two paper sessions to address the challenges and opportunities of theory development in information behavior and information practices research. Each session will present three papers. The Elfreda Chatman award presentation will be scheduled to be the first paper presentation in Session I. Presenters will be allowed 15 minutes for presentation plus 5 minutes of Q&A. Papers will be clustered by theme. After each paper session there will be a 15-minute breakout session to facilitate interaction among attendees. The two paper sessions will be moderated by SIG-USE symposium co-chairs and members.
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> Posters
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> The symposium will include posters, which will present preliminary or ongoing work of less depth than the papers. We especially welcome preliminary empirical works that employ, test, or extend existing information behavior and information practices theories. While the posters will be on display throughout the symposium, presenters will have the opportunity to engage in conversations with other symposium participants during a 30-minute poster session.
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> Submission Guidelines
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> * Please submit an anonymized Word or PDF file via email to siguse2020 at gmail.com <mailto:siguse2020 at gmail.com>. Please include author information in your email (authors' names, institutions, and the corresponding author's email address). Do not include any author names on the paper.
> * Submission is in Word or PDF format (as email attachment) with the filename in the format of "2020_SIGUSESymposium_FirstAuthorLastname_SubmissionType (full paper or poster)".
> * Length: Full paper: 2,500-6,000 words, including title, abstract (no more than 200 words) and keywords (no more than five keywords); Poster: 500 words or fewer
> * Submissions are to be double-spaced in 12-point type, Times New Roman font, with 1" margins on all sides of the paper. All citations and references must be in APA format.
> * Although the main focus of this year's SIG-USE symposium is on theory, we welcome empirical papers/posters that report findings about information needs, seeking, and use.
> * We also welcome reports on preliminary and works-in-progress.
> * Symposium registration will be waived for up to 20 students, with authors given priority. Please write to Drs. Jiqun Liu (jl2033 at scarletmail.rutgers.edu <mailto:jl2033 at scarletmail.rutgers.edu>) and Xiaofeng Li (xli at clarion.edu <mailto:xli at clarion.edu>) expressing interest.
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> * The deadline for submission is August 15, 2020. We will send out notifications of acceptance for this deadline by September 13.
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> JASIST Special Issue Mini-Workshop
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> The symposium will offer a unique opportunity for contributors to engage in an informal conversation to get feedback from the guest editors of the JASIST special issue on Information Behavior and Information Practices Theory. Attendees who are interested in turning their work into special issue submissions are encouraged to submit their preliminary work as full paper to the symposium and participate in the mini-workshop. More information about the JASIST Special Issue can be found here:www.asist.org/2020/02/25/ <http://www.asist.org/2020/02/25/>....
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> Awards
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> The symposium will conclude with the announcement of SIG-USE award recipients. Notably, the symposium will include a 15-minute presentation from the recipient of last year's Elfreda A. Chatman Research Proposal Award.
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> Schedule
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> 13:00-13:05 Welcome and overview
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> 13:05-13:55 Panel discussion
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> 13:55-14:55 Paper presentations I
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> (Elfreda Chatman award presentation as the first paper presentation in this session)
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> 14:55-15:20 Poster session/break
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> 15:20-16:20 Paper presentations II
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> 16:20-16:40 Award presentations and closing
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> 16:40-17:00 JASIST special issue mini-workshop
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> About SIG-USE
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> SIG-USE, the ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Information Needs, Seeking and Use, wishes to promote holistic, contextual studies of human information-related behavior and practices, and to consider how research findings can be applied to the provision of information services and to the design of information systems. SIG-USE members are concerned with people's behavioral and cognitive activities, as well as their affective states, as they interact with information all along the information–communication chain. These concerns include, but are not limited to:
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> the generation and recognition of information needs
> the seeking (and non-seeking) of information
> the exploration of information sources available in a given context or situation
> the retrieval of information from available information sources
> the uses that are made (and not) of information
> the sharing of information with others
> the management of personal information
> 2020 Symposium Co-Chairs
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> Please don't hesitate to contact the Symposium Co-Chairs with any questions you may have. We hope to see you on Zoom.
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> Xiaofeng Li - xli at clarion.edu <mailto:xli at clarion.edu>
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> Jiqun Liu - jl2033 at scarletmail.rutgers.edu <mailto:jl2033 at scarletmail.rutgers.edu>
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> URL to the CFP here:
> https://www.asist.org/sig/siguse/sig-use-annual-symposium/?fbclid=IwAR2uAWZ7lUKQNX9a9EAqqjuYymUEC6VT31HILxS4h7jd6k-8HikSfQG5fGE <https://www.asist.org/sig/siguse/sig-use-annual-symposium/?fbclid=IwAR2uAWZ7lUKQNX9a9EAqqjuYymUEC6VT31HILxS4h7jd6k-8HikSfQG5fGE>
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