SIG-USE News
It is our great pleasure to announce the recipient of the SIGUSE Outstanding Contribution to Information Behaviour Award, Dr. Dania Bilal. Dr. Bilal is Professor at the School of Information Sciences (SIS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research focuses on children’s cognitive and affective information behavior in using and interacting with information retrieval systems, and…
Framing Inclusion and Exclusion in Information Behavior Research and Practice Date: October 28, 2017 (Saturday) Time: 1:30 pm – 6:30 pm Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (Arlington, VA), USA Keynote: Dr. Paul T. Jaeger, College of Information Studies and the Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC), University of Maryland ABOUT THE 2017 SIG-USE SYMPOSIUM The…
Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award Recipient: Devon Greyson Affiliation: University of British Columbia Title: Evolution of Information Practices over Time Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award Recipients: Saguna Shankar, Heather O’Brien, Elissa How, Wendy Lu, Millicent Mabi, and Cecelia Rose Affiliation: University of British Columbia Title: The Role of Information in the Settlement Experiences of Refugee Students Elfreda A.…
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Karen Fisher is the 2016 recipient of the ASIS&T SIG USE Outstanding Contribution Award. Dr. Fisher is a well-known contributor in the field of Information Behavior, as well as other interdisciplinary areas. She is a strong advocate for humanitarian rights and causes, as shown through her work with…
Information Behavior in Workplaces (SIG-USE) This year’s SIG USE symposium focuses on information issues at work. It acknowledges social, individual and technological perspectives on the roles and flows that information takes as part of physical and digital work. The broad approach relates to the conference theme with a focus on information behavior (IB) or on…
Elfreda A. Chatman Research Proposal Award ($1000) Recipients: Debbie Rabina & Emily Drabinsky Affiliation: Pratt Institute Title: A Blueprint for Information Intervention for Incarcerated People Student Travel Award ($500) Recipient #1: Leslie Thomson Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Recipient #2: Sarah Chizari Affiliation: University of South Carolina Recipient #3: Danielle Pollock Affiliation: University of Tennessee Interdisciplinary…
It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr. Sanda Erdelez has been chosen as the 2015 ASIS&T SIG USE Award Winner for Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research. Dr. Erdelez’s work on opportunistic discovery of information has had an ongoing and significant impact in the field of information behaviour research. Her Information Encountering Model…
Theme: Making Research Matter: Connecting Theory and Practice Date: November 7, 2015 Time: 1:30 to 6:30 pm Location: Hyatt St Louis Keynote Speakers: Ross Todd (Rutgers University) & Safiya Noble (UCLA) About the 2015 Symposium: Research and theory development in information needs, use, and seeking are grounded in work with individuals and groups of people from a variety of practice…
SIG-USE wishes to announce its 2014 Award Winners, who will be presented with their prizes at the SIG-USE symposium to be held Saturday, November 1 at the upcoming ASIST Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. Elfreda A. Chatman Research Proposal Award ($1000) Recipient: Diane Sonnenwald Affiliation: University of Copenhagen Title: Towards a Theory of Human-Rare Book Information Behaviour Student…
Context in Information Behavior Research Date: November 1, 2014 (Saturday) Time: 1:30 to 6:30 pm Location: Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA Symposium Co-chairs: K.-Sun Kim (University of Wisconsin – Madison) & Lu Xiao (University of Western Ontario) Schedule: 1:30 – 1:45 Welcome and introduction Rong Tang (Simmons College), K.-Sun Kim (University of Wisconsin – Madison) Lu…