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SIG-InfoLearn Paper Competition

June 4, 2023

Overview The ASIS&T Information and Learning Sciences SIG invites students, emerging, and established scholars to participate in the SIG’s first ever paper competition. The SIG provides these awards to support scholarship and practice, encourage participation, and bring new perspectives and voices to the SIG. Three awards (described below) are available for different types of papers.…

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Webinar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Privacy: The Role of Contextual Integrity in Supporting Diverse Inquiries and Contextual Practice

May 4, 2021

SIG IEP is sponsoring a webinar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Privacy: The Role of Contextual Integrity in Supporting Diverse Inquiries and Contextual Practice on May 6, 2021, from 2 to 3:30 EDT. Speakers: Kirsten Martin; Helen Nissenbaum; Yan Shvartzshnaider; Elana Zeide. Moderators: Madelyn R. Sanfilippo and Awa Zhu For registration information, please use the link above.

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2020 – 2021 SIG IEP Officers

February 8, 2021

Co-chairs: Awa Zhu & Madelyn R. Sanfilippo Secretary: Aidah Larsen Treasurer: Muhammad Yousuf Ali  Communications Officer: Adaora C. Obuezie 

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2019-2020 SIG Officers

December 1, 2019

Chair, Abigail L. Phillips, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Xiaohua (Awa) Zhu, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Kenneth Haggerty, Ph.D User Interfaces Librarian, Assistant Professor, University of Memphis Christy Thomas, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee (Originally posted 12/1/2019; updated 5/4/2021)

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2018-2019 SIG Officers and Plans for 2018-2019

December 2, 2018

Welcome our new SIG IEP Officers: Kenneth Haggerty is moving from Chair-elect to Chair as Emad has stepped down as Chair due to a new professional opportunity! Congratulations to Emad on his new position with Indeed.com and to Kevin to being the new Chair of SIG IEP. Abby Phillips is the new Chair-Elect, moving up…

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Last Day to Submit: The 14th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: Sociotechnical perspective on ethics and governance of emerging information technologies

August 29, 2018

CFP: easychair.org/cfp/sigsiiepsm2018 The emergence and fast-paced development of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and embedded and ubiquitous computing present myriad forms of opportunities and challenges. For example, the increasing role of AI in autonomous systems (e.g., self-driving cars or production robots) and the role of social media in…

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REMINDER: CFP: ASIS&T 2018 SIG SI, IEP, SM Workshop: The 14th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: Sociotechnical perspective on ethics and governance of emerging information technologies

July 30, 2018

ASIST Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Vancouver Vancouver, Canada, November 10, 2018 The emergence and fast-paced development of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and embedded and ubiquitous computing present myriad forms of opportunities and challenges. For example, the increasing role of AI in autonomous systems (e.g., self-driving cars…

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The 14th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium Workshop

May 22, 2018

The emergence and fast-paced development of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and embedded and ubiquitous computing present myriad forms of opportunities and challenges. For example, the increasing role of AI in autonomous systems (e.g., self-driving cars or production robots) and the role of social media in disseminating…

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The New Information State: Workshop Schedule

September 11, 2017

SIG Information Ethics & Policy 1/2 Day Workshop  October 28, 2017 from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Abstract: In today’s milieu of fake news, misinformation, and generalized distrust of institutions, information ethics and policy affects everyone, across different information science research areas. In this workshop, we will analyze these changes to the informational state and…

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SIG IEP Workshop: The New Information State

July 1, 2017

Call for Participation: The New Information State: How Information Ethics and Policy Affects Everyone, sponsored by SIG-IEP,  ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Crystal City, Virginia Date: October 28, 2017 Abstract: In today’s milieu of fake news, misinformation, and generalized distrust of institutions, information ethics and policy affects everyone, across different information science research areas. In this workshop, we will analyze these…

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