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2018 SIG-USE Symposium Paper Presentations

2018 SIG-USE Symposium Paper Presentations Check out the slides for the paper presentations for the 2018 SIG-USE Symposium! Waseem Afzal, Advancing Information Behavior Research: An Examination of “Flow” and “Derivatives” Xiaofeng Li, Embodied Information Practices Among Young People at Library Makerspaces Bharat Mehra, Everette Scott Sikes, & Vandana Singh, Information Technology Use Behaviors of Community-Engaged Rural Librarians: A…

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2018 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium

2018 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium 2018 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium: Moving Toward the Future of Information Behavior Research and Practice Update: View the paper presentations given at the 2018 symposium Date: November 10, 2018 (Saturday) Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Location: Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada About the 2018 SIG-USE Symposium The 18th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium…

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2017–2018 SIG-USE Officers

2017–2018 SIG-USE Officers We are pleased to announce our 2017 – 2018 SIG-USE officers: Beth St. Jean, Chair, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Studies (https://ischool.umd.edu/), the Assistant Director of the Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC) (http://ipac.umd.edu/), and an affiliate faculty member of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy (http://sph.umd.edu/center/hchl), all at the University…

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2018 Symposium Theme and Committee

2018 Symposium Theme and Committee We are very pleased to introduce our 2017–2018 SIG-USE Symposium Committee Co-Chairs and our ASIS&T New Leader. They have already been working hard to plan our upcoming ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium, which will take place (pending acceptance) on Saturday, November 10, in Vancouver, Canada, right at the start of the 81st ASIS&T…

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2017 ASIS&T SIGUSE Awards Winners

2017 ASIS&T SIGUSE Awards Winners Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award Recipient: Eric Forcier Affiliation: Swinburne University of Technology Title: Re(a)d Wedding: A Case Study Exploring Everyday Information Behaviors of the Transmedia Fan Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award Recipients: Devon Greyson, Beth Clark, and Elizabeth Saewyc Affiliation: University of British Columbia Title: Information Needs, Seeking, and Assessment of Parents of Gender…

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2017 SIGUSE Symposium Abstracts

2017 SIGUSE Symposium Abstracts Check out the amazing paper and poster abstracts for the 2017 SIGUSE Symposium! Papers Making for Graphicacy and Media and Information Literacy with People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired (Abigale Stangl & Tom Yeh) More than Accessibility: Social and Critical Frameworks for Exploring Marginalization of People with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Amelia N. Gibson…

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Learning from our Members: Findings from the SIGUSE Member Survey

Learning from our Members: Findings from the SIGUSE Member Survey n autumn 2016, the Special Interest Group Information Seeking and Use (SIGUSE) developed and administered a member survey. We wish to thank everyone who responded on a range of issues, including the SIGUSE Symposium held annually at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, awards, prospects for continuing…

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2017 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium

2017 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium 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…

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