[Libs-Or] Reminder: ASIS&T-Pacific Northwest Chapter 2006 Annual Meeting Call for Proposals (Due 7 April)

[Corey Harper]

Apologies for cross-posting.

Reminder - ASIS&T Pacific Northwest Chapter 2006 Annual Meeting 
proposals due in one week.

Please consider submitting a proposal, either through the web form 
(http://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispnc/proposal.php) or via email to 
charper at uoregon.edu

Thanks,

Corey A Harper
2005-2006 ASIS&T Pacific Northwest Chapter Chair

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: ASIS&T-Pacific Northwest Chapter 2006 Annual Meeting Call for 
Proposals (Due 7 April)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:23:53 -0800
From: Corey Harper <charper at uoregon.edu>
To: asist-pnw at asis.org

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: American Society for Information Science and
Technology, Pacific Northwest Chapter (ASIS&T-PNC) 2006 Annual Meeting

MEETING TITLE: Communication, knowledge and the Web: The evolving
information landscape

MEETING LOCATION: University of Washington, Seattle

MEETING DATES: Saturday, May 6th, 2006

THEME: Recent years have seen great changes in scholarly communication,
publishing and the dissemination of information. In the academic world,
the open access movement and the emergence of institutional and
discipline specific repositories of publications and data has raised a
number of questions about how research is communicated and has called
into question the existing publication model.

Similar changes have been seen outside of the academic sphere. The
increased popularity of blogs and blogging has changed the way many
users find information. A recent Pew Internet and American Life Project
report tells us that 50% of teens have created their own online content.
Increased use of wikipedia as a reference resource has brought about
questions about the reliability and veracity of the information it
contains. The maturation of resource tagging tools, social bookmarking
applications, and folksonomies has has influenced how content is organized.

Is there a unifying theme underlying these disparate trends? Is this
movement toward a more participatory web experience changing the way
people interact with information? Is the idea of 'Web 2.0' a meaningless
buzzword or is it evidence of something bigger? Are the steps that we
information professionals should be taking to facilitate (or to mitigate
the effects of) these changes?

PROPOSALS: Proposals for conference sessions are sought in a wide
variety of areas include, but not limited to:

* research findings or projects exploring changes in scholarly communication
* research findings or projects exploring the participatory web
* case studies of new services appealing to users expecting more
interaction with information resources
* the development of tools to help with the creation, organization and
development of community edited or end-user developed content
* research findings that illustrate social, cultural or political
implications of this sort of change
* usability studies of blogging, networking, bookmarking, tagging or
other 'Web 2.0' tools

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: April 7th, 2006

PROGRAM SESSION PROPOSAL FORMAT: Send a proposal for a 20 to 40 minute
long conference session, including the session title, a brief abstract
outlining session content and structure, relevant background information
for speaker(s), neand complete contact information for the individual(s)
submitting proposals. Submissions can be sent via web form at
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispnc/proposal.php or via email to:
charper at uroregon.edu

POSTER SESSION PROPOSAL FORMAT: Poster sessions should be used to
present concepts, ideas or projects that are in-process. These topics
can deviate from the general meeting theme. Poster sessions offer an
informal method for the presenter and attendees to meet and discuss
current research or projects. Poster session presenters will need to be
available to discuss their research during a 40 minute window. To submit
a poster session, please include an abstract and relevant background
information for all speakers, including complete contact information for
each speaker. Submissions can be sent via web form at
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispnc/proposal.php or via email to:
charper at uroregon.edu

-- 
Corey A Harper
ASIS&T Pacific Northwest 2005-2006 Chapter Chair
Metadata Librarian - CMET Team Leader
Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon
541/346.1854
charper at uoregon.edu


-- 
Corey A Harper
Metadata Librarian - CMET Team Leader
Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon
541/346.1854
charper at uoregon.edu