The social web, social computing and the social analysis of

Call for papers and participation: 3rd Annual Social Informatics
Research Symposium: The social web, social computing and the social analysis of
computing (SIG SI)

Friday October 19th, 1-6pm; Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Wisconsin

The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to
disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates
the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT)
across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs.

The symposium defines "social" broadly to include critical and
historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis; and, it defines
"technology" broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as
well as state of the art computer systems This year's theme is "The
social web: Web 2.0, social computing and the social analysis of computing"

We are pleased to announce that the keynote will be given by Dr.
Alice Robbin, Director of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics and Associate
Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana
University. Her topic will be "Planning the Future of Social Informatics in ASIST." Dr
Robbin will lead a lively discussion focusing on

~Funding opportunities for research on the social impacts of technology
~How social informatics reseachers in library and information science
and related disciplines might collaborate in the development of
innovative research proposals

Call for papers and posters:

Submit a short paper (3000 words) or poster (1000 words) by August 31,2007

Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as
well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations.

Acceptance announcements made by September 10, in time for conference
early registration (ends Sept 14th).
Tentative Schedule

Paper presentations: 1-2:30 pm
Break: 2:30-2:45 (with poster viewing)
Paper presentations: 2:45-4:15
Poster 15 minute madness: 4:15 to 4:30
Break: 4:30-4:45 (with poster viewing)
Closing Keynote Discussion: 4:45-6:00 pm

For further information and instructions for submitting papers and posters
see: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/eschenfelder/web/si2007.

Kristin Eschenfelder
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
eschenfelder@wisc.edu
1-608-263-2105
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen

Howard Rosenbaum
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
hrosenba@indiana.edu
812 855 3250