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2022 ASIS&T SIG-USE Award Winners

By SIG-USE Webmaster | December 14, 2022 | Comments Off on 2022 ASIS&T SIG-USE Award Winners

Congratulations to all 2022 ASIS&T SIG-USE Award winners! Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research Award Recipient: Jenna Hartel Affiliation: University of Toronto Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award Title: From Communities of Practice to Smart and Connected Communities: Information Sharing Practices Among Social Service Providers, Authors: Stephen C. Slota, Ishan Nigam, Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Sherri…

2022-2023 SIG-USE Officers and Chairs

By SIG-USE Webmaster | December 14, 2022 | Comments Off on 2022-2023 SIG-USE Officers and Chairs

Annie T. Chen, Chair,  atchen@uw.edu Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan, Chair Elect, xyuan@albany.edu Melissa Ocepek, Immediate Past Chair, mgocepek@illinois.edu Chiyoung Oh, Treasurer, coh@csu.edu Ophelia Morey, Secretary, otmorey@buffalo.edu Lo Lee,  Communications Officer, lololee@umich.edu Xiaofeng Li, Webmaster, xli@pennwest.edu Nathan Davis, Recruitment/Membership Officer, nathandavis@utexas.edu 2022-2023 SIG-USE Awards Committee: Saira Hanif Soroya, saira.im@pu.edu.pk Md. Anwarul Islam, anwar81du@gmail.com Iulian Vamanu, iulian-vamanu@uiowa.edu Hengyi…

ASIS&T SIG-USE and SIG-VIS invite you to a joint social hour over Zoom on April 5, 2022

By SIG-VIS Webmaster | March 30, 2022 | Comments Off on ASIS&T SIG-USE and SIG-VIS invite you to a joint social hour over Zoom on April 5, 2022

Anyone is welcome to join,…

2021-2022 SIG-USE Officers and Chairs :

By SIG-USE Webmaster | December 12, 2021 | Comments Off on 2021-2022 SIG-USE Officers and Chairs :

●  Melissa Ocepek, Chair.  mgocepek@illinois.edu  ●  Annie Chen, Chair Elect, atchen@uw.edu  ●  Yan Zhang, Immediate Past Chair, yanz@utexas.edu  ●  Chiyoung Oh, Treasurer, coh@csu.edu  ●  Yuan Li, Secretary, yuanli@live.unc.edu  ●  Subaveerapandiyan, A., Communications Officer, subaveerapandiyan@gmail.com  ●  Tathagata Dhar, Webmaster, tdtathagata@gmail.com  ●  Nathan Davis, Recruitment/Membership Officer, nathandavis@utexas.edu  2021-2022 SIG-USE Awards Committee: ●  Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan, Co-Chair, xyuan@albany.edu …

Deadline Extended for JASIS&T Special Issue on Information Behaviour & Information Practices Theory

By SIG-USE Webmaster | June 24, 2020 | Comments Off on Deadline Extended for JASIS&T Special Issue on Information Behaviour & Information Practices Theory

Paper submission due date: March 1, 2021 (extended due to COVID-19) Note: please do not submit until after February 1, 2021 – the manuscripts will not be reviewed until after the submission deadline passes

SIG USE Early Career Best Paper Award

By SIG-USE Webmaster | May 29, 2020 | Comments Off on SIG USE Early Career Best Paper Award

SIG USE Early Career Best Paper Award The SIG USE Early Career Best Paper Award was established in 2020 and is administered by the SIG USE Awards Committee. It is sponsored by SIG USE. Nature of the Award 1.1 The award shall consist of a Certificate for the winning author (and each co-author) and a…

JASIS&T Special Issue on Information Behaviour & Information Practices Theory: Call for Papers

By SIG-USE Webmaster | February 25, 2020 | Comments Off on JASIS&T Special Issue on Information Behaviour & Information Practices Theory: Call for Papers

Background There are several challenges to the development and application of theory in the field(s) of information behaviour and information practices. While there is a long and rich tradition of creating models and frameworks in information behaviour (e.g., Case & Given, 2016a; Ellis, 1993; Godbold, 2006; McKenzie, 2003; Wilson, 1999), this has not been the…

2019 ASIS&T SIG-USE Award Winners

By SIG-USE Webmaster | December 14, 2019 | Comments Off on 2019 ASIS&T SIG-USE Award Winners

Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research Award Soo Young Rieh (University of Texas at Austin) Elfreda A. Chatman Research Proposal Award Leslie Thomson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Amy Vanscoy (University of Buffalo), & Jenna Hartel (University of Toronto) “Information and the Lens of Leisure: Needs, Practices, and Resources Over the Serious Leisure…

2019 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium

By SIG-USE Webmaster | June 8, 2019 | Comments Off on 2019 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium

2019 ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium: Re-envisioning the Impact and Engagement of Information Behavior Research Date: October 19, 2019 (Saturday) Time: 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Location: M10 (Level 1), Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne, Australia About the 2019 SIG-USE Symposium The 19th Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium focuses on the impact and engagement of information behavior research. This symposium is…

Recent Awards and Honors

By SIG-USE Webmaster | March 25, 2019 | Comments Off on Recent Awards and Honors

Members of SIG USE have received numerous honors from ASIS&T over the years. At the 2018 Annual Meeting, Sarah Polkinghorne (Swinburne University of Technology) won the Clarivate Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship and received a New Leader award. Additionally, Crystal Fulton (University College Dublin) received the Clarivate Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award, and Devon Greyson (University of British Columbia) received the James…