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ISIC 2004 in Dublin, Ireland offers researchers and practitioners the opportunity to hear results of the latest research in the field of information seeking, to debate methodological issues, and to discuss emerging and further areas of research.
Themes of the conference include the following:
- Theories and models of information seeking.
- Research approaches and methodologies, including ethnomethodology.
- Information seeking and use in specific contexts e.g., health care, education, etc.
- Organizational structures and processes and information seeking and use -
The impact of structures and processes on the information seeking behaviour of organizational members, and the relationship of information seeking behaviour to work tasks and their complexity.
- Information behaviour in everyday life, including its role in community activities and processes, as well as the role of the Web in supporting such behaviour and the development of virtual communities.
e.g., information seeking to support citizenship, parenting, career development, etc.
- Integrating studies on information seeking and retrieval.
e.g., research into the relationship between information searching and retrieval and the broader field of information seeking, including the role of Web-based searching in the overall information seeking process; task-based information searching etc.
- Information use - the nature of information and how information is used to help solve an original problem or satisfy an initial need.
- Information communities, including virtual communities.
Deadlines:
February 15, 2004 - Submission date for papers for review.
April 1, 2004 - Notification of acceptance of papers.
July 1, 2004 - Submission date for final versions of accepted papers.
All participants in previous ISIC Conferences are welcome to join the conference in Dublin in 2004, as are other researchers from information-related fields.
For further information about ISIC 2004 and submission of papers, visit the conference web site at www.ucd.ie/~isic2004.
Conference Contact:
Dr. Crystal Fulton
Department of Library and Information Studies
University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4
Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 716 7593
Fax: +353 1 716 1161
Email: isic2004@ucd.ie
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