<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><base href="x-msg://170/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div fpstyle="1" ocsi="0" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><div><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Theme:<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Information Behavior on the Move: Information Needs, Seeking, and Use<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>in the Era of Mobile Technologies</i></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><i>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">November 2, 2013 (Saturday)</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><i>Time:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">1:30 to 6:30 pm</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><i>Location:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; ">Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><i>Keynote Speaker:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">TBA</span></p><p class="normal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">ABOUT THE 2013 SIG-USE SYMPOSIUM:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">We live in a time when mobile technologies are becoming more ubiquitous within people’s everyday lives, facilitating new forms of information seeking, sharing, creation, and re-use of information and data. Personal computer ownership has been far surpassed by mobile phone ownership and nearly equaled by smartphone ownership. In many developing countries, mobile computing has leapfrogged over personal computing in order to provide online access where none existed. Such prevalent use of cellphone and mobile technologies to access information has a significant impact on the study of information needs, seeking and use. These dramatic changes in technology preferences and use can be seen as altering the very ecology for the study of information behavior, and indeed, blur the contexts of systems and users. It can be argued that even those interactions that do not involve mobile technologies are influenced by the increasing mobility of information use.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; background-color: white; ">The 13th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">will explore the ways in which information “on the move” is transforming or changing the nature of people’s information behaviors and the ways in which people’s information behaviors are, in turn, shaping technologies, services, work and leisure. We will also consider the impact of this transformation on the general assumptions and premises informing the research domain of information behavior. In this Symposium, we will explore the above themes through a keynote speech, short presentations, and small and large-group discussions.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">1:30-1:45 Welcome and introduction</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">1:45-2:30 Keynote presentation</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">2:30-2:45 Break</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">2:45-3:20 Small group discussions</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">3:20-4:10 First round of Ignite talks</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">4:10-4:20 Break</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">4:20-5:10 Second round of Ignite talks</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">5:10-5:45 Small group discussions</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">5:45-6:15 Chatman Award research presentations by 2013 winner(s) (5 minutes), and 2012 winners, Joung Hwa “Joy” Koo, Yong Wan Cho, and Melissa Gross of Florida State University (20 minutes). Joy and her colleagues will present their research regarding the information seeking practices of North Korean refugees in South Korea, with a focus on the relationship between the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms of this population and their information needs and information-seeking behaviors. Their award-winning research project is entitled<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>“Is Ignorance Really Bliss?: Understanding the Role of Information-Seeking in Coping with Severe Traumatic Stress among Refugees.”</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This portion of the Symposium will conclude with a presentation of this year’s SIG USE awards (5 minutes).</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">6:15-6:30 Wrap-up: Large group discussion and evaluations</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; background-color: white; ">For the short presentations, we invite researchers, graduate students, and practitioners<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>submit a ONE page proposal (no more than 500 words)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in which they outline the topic and themes they would like to address during their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Ignite talk</b>. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to deliver his/her Ignite talk – 15 seconds to address each of the 20 slides they will have prepared for their talk, and will have an additional 3 minutes to take any questions that SIG-USE attendees may have. For an example of an Ignite talk, see</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRa1IPkBFbg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRa1IPkBFbg</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Proposed themes for submissions include:</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Theoretical perspectives/frameworks</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that constitute the social, cultural and technological underpinnings of information behavior “on the move”;</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">The extent to which new information and communication technologies (e.g., social media, mobile technologies) are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>revolutionary vs. evolutionary</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>within various information behavior contexts;</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">How environments in which information is literally “on the move” are providing a technological platform that facilitates the kinds of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>informal, social information sharing practices</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>desired by users;</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">How a better understanding of people’s changing information behaviors might be used to inform the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>future development</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of information and communication technologies, services, practices, management and education;</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">What innovative<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>strategies of inquiry and methods of data collection</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>might be used to systematically investigate and fully capture and map “information behavior on the move”;</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Any<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>other themes</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that relate to the Symposium topic of “information behavior on the move”.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Submission guidelines for Ignite talk proposals:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Include your name, title, and institutional affiliation at the top of your proposal</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Proposal text must not exceed 1 page (max. 500 words)</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Submit proposal in pdf format</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Name your file according to the following convention: ‘2013_SIGUSESymposium_Lastname.pdf’</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">E-mail your proposal to Beth St. Jean (<a href="mailto:bstjean@umd.edu">bstjean@umd.edu</a>) by midnight EST on<b>September 13, 2013.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please use “SIGUSE Ignite Talk Proposal” as the subject line of your e-mail.</span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -17.95pt; ">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">When you e-mail your submission, please be sure to indicate in the text of your e-mail whether or not we may post your proposal to the public SIG-USE website both before and after the Symposium is conducted.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">IMPORTANT DATES:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">September 13, 2013: Ignite talk proposals are due</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">October 4, 2013: Notification of acceptance of Ignite talk proposals</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">October 25, 2013: E-mail your slides for your Ignite talk for uploading</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; ">REGISTRATION FEES:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; ">* SIG-USE Members: $110</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; ">* ASIS&T (but not SIG-USE) Members: $120</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; ">* Non-Members: $135</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span></p><p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; ">The registration fee will cover workshop costs, wireless Internet access, and coffee breaks.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Please forward any questions that you have to Mega Subramaniam (</span><a href="mailto:mmsubram@umd.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">mmsubram@umd.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">) or Beth St. Jean (</span><a href="mailto:bstjean@umd.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">bstjean@umd.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">).</span></p><h1 style="margin-top: 24pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></h1><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Mega Subramaniam (Co-Chair), University of Maryland;</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Beth St. Jean (Co-Chair), University of Maryland;</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Isto Huvila, Åbo Akademi University, Finland;</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia, Canada;</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Pei Lei, Nanjing University, China;</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Michael Olsson, University of Technology Sydney;</span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Maria Souden, University College Dublin, Ireland<b>;</b></span></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan, University at Albany, State University of New York.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">To register for the 2013 ASIS&T Annual Meeting:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.asist.org/asist2013/register.html">http://www.asist.org/asist2013/register.html</a>(early bird registration deadline: September 2, 2013)</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">For more information about SIG-USE:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://siguse.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">http://siguse.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="normal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Hope to see you there!</span></i></p><p class="normal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span></i></p><p class="normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Mega Subramaniam & Beth St. Jean</span></p><p class="normal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">2013 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium Co-chairs</span></i></p><div><br><div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2">Mega M Subramaniam, Ph.D. <br>Assistant Professor<br>Associate Director of Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC)<br>College of Information Studies <br>University of Maryland <br>(301) 405 3406 <br><a href="mailto:mmsubram@umd.edu">mmsubram@umd.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~mmsubram/">http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~mmsubram/</a><br>Twitter: @mmsubram</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>