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Reports on the international competition for research on practical applications of digital libraries in Developing countries for the year 2001. Sponsorship by American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group/International Information Issues; Qualifications of participants; List of winning papers in 2000.

The article announces the winners of the 2009 SIG/III International Paper Contest including Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Arif and Saima Kanwal. Rafiq received the first prize for his paper entitled "LIS Community's Perceptions Towards Open Source Software Adoption in Libraries" and will be given a two-year membership in the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). Arif and Kanwal were awarded the second place honors.

The article announces that Shampa Paul, Soumitra Sharma, and Rama Devi have received two-year memberships in American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) for winning the 8th International Paper Contest of Special Interest Group (SIG)/International Information Issues.

The article presents the winners of the 2006 International Paper Contests by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Special Interest Group/International Information Issues in its sixth annual competition. The winners include which were selected among 42 authors in different countries include Aditya Nugraha of Indonesia for "Desa Informasi - The Role of Digital Libraries in the Preservation and Dissemination of Indigenous Knowledge," Yashwant Kanade and K. S. Chudamani of India for "A Discourse on Promotion of Reading Habits in India" and P. Jain and Parveen Babbar of India for "Digital Library Initiatives in India." The winners will be given a two-year individual membership to ASIST.

The article introduces a series of papers related to "vocabularies in practice" taken at the 2005 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications which was held in Madrid, Spain on September 12-15, 2005. They include Douglas Tudhope and Ceri Binding, Diane Vizine-Goetz, Andrew Houghton and Eric Childress, Joseph T. Tennis, and Jane Greenberg, Bryan Heidorn and their co-authors.

Provides information how to send nominations for the Best JASIS&T Paper Award that would be given by the American Society for Information Science and Technology during the annual meeting of the society in 2004.

Reports that the John Wiley and Sons Best JASIST Paper Award from the American Society for Information Science and Technology was given to Gary Marchionini for his article "Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology," during the annual meeting of the society in 2003.

Announces the second international paper competition of the Special Interest Group/International Information Issues of the American Society for Information Science And Technology in the United States. Theme and standards of the writing contest; Award and privileges for the winners; Information regarding the submission of the manuscript.

Presents the second place awards of an international writing competition sponsored by the American Society for Information Science and Technology to Aashish Sharma and William Yurcik in the United States. Theme of the competition; Eligibility of the winners; Judges of the competition.

The article presents a call for papers for the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2006 in Austin, Texas on November 3-9, 2006.

A highlight of the 2012 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, the pre-conference session on the History of ASIS&T and Information Science and Technology Worldwide drew presenters and attendees from around the globe. The day featured papers on four historical themes, starting with the institutional roots of ASIS&T and recognizing decades of research presented in the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. The evolution of the field was apparent through a review of information revolutions prompted by the printing press, the post-World War II information crisis and the Internet, as well as through presentations on digital curation,ongoing work on relevance, sense-making theory and developments from Croatia to France.Discussion of the historical contexts of technology innovations and impacts consideredphotographic documentary techniques, binary computing and networking standards. The development of foundational ideas was explored through presentations on pioneering document indexing methods, the semantic challenge of term-oriented retrieval, early European perceptions of classification systems and the French view of communication and information science. Efforts to deepen the historical understanding of information science and technology will continue through oral history interviews, funded research and awards for outstanding papers [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) started in 2001 after being published since 1950 under two other titles. Prior bibliometric analyses of JASIS focused on author and article characteristics and trends and on geographic and keyword distributions. The current study examines article citations from 2001 through 2010, drawing on three major citation databases and readership counts. Of 1,459 articles, 14 were cited at the top of at least one database, and seven were among both the top-cited papers and those with the highest readership counts. The top-cited papers focused on the web, informetrics, link analysis, theory and knowledge management. The most often read were on the web as a topic, theory, link analysis, informetrics and databases. Though not used in this research, alternative metrics such as mention counts in social media, Slideshare, Wikipedia and ReaderMeter can complement traditional citation analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) started in 2001 after being published since 1950 under two other titles. Prior bibliometric analyses of JASIS focused on author and article characteristics and trends and on geographic and keyword distributions. The current study examines article citations from 2001 through 2010, drawing on three major citation databases and readership counts. Of 1,459 articles, 14 were cited at the top of at least one database, and seven were among both the top-cited papers and those with the highest readership counts. The top-cited papers focused on the web, informetrics, link analysis, theory and knowledge management. The most often read were on the web as a topic, theory, link analysis, informetrics and databases. Though not used in this research, alternative metrics such as mention counts in social media, Slideshare, Wikipedia and ReaderMeter can complement traditional citation analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents an excerpt from a paper awarded second place in the American Society of Information Science and Technology SIG/III 2002 International Paper Competition. Impact of information technology in widening the gap between rich and poor nations; Inadequate access to literature or information in developing countries; Emergence of electronic print archiving capabilities.

Social informatics' past, present and future were the focus of the 8th annual SIG/SI Research Symposium at the 2012 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, with presenters from Europe, Canada and the United States. Papers on the past of social informatics explored its roots in the early 1980s and its domain organization reflected through bibliometric analysis. Current research topics described the influence of information and communication technologies as a contextual element that shapes experience and social interaction, knowledge sharing across boundaries in online communities and studying subjectivity in Web 2.0 research collaborations through Q methodology. Presenters considered the future of social informatics in terms of the influence of information and communication technologies on the economic order, aspects of information practice that demand attention and topics and frameworks for further research. Best paper awards were given for studies on evolving digital rights and urban immigrants' information tactics. Through the symposium and interaction with other SIGs, researchers were encouraged to take a broad view of social informatics to better understand its lessons, influences and future directions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SIG/USE celebrated members' work and achievements in research methods at the 2012 ASIS&T Annual Meeting through a keynote speech, brief talks and awards. In her opening talk, professor Lisa Given challenged attendees to expand research methods to engage participants more fully, include qualitative findings and explore information behavior in nontraditional media. The topics of two-minute lightning talks ranged from research techniques for exploring young people's information behavior to imaging brain activity related to relevance decisions. Others addressed incorporating mobile technologies in research, collaborative search, direct interaction with participants in contrast with background server log checks and working with data collections from social Q&A sites. Following the talks, small group discussions further explored topics such as cognitive approaches, content analysis and text analytics and usability. The symposium wound to a close with the 2011 Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award presentation on information strategies of the homeless and a preview of the 2012 proposed study on refugees' information seeking. Additional awards were presented for best paper and poster to support travel and further presentations. Pertti Vakkari was recognized for outstanding contributions to information behavior research and was inducted into the SIG/USE Academy of Fellows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 23rd SIG/CR workshop on classification research featured papers, lightning talks, brief presentations of doctoral projects and two keynote talks, all exploring what's new in the field. Under the theme of new approaches with a historical focus, presenters explored novel theories, models and applications, approaches to building classificatory structures, methods and criteria for evaluation and much more. Classification theory, concepts and terminology were considered from a historical perspective, and new theories and changes in conceptualization and classification structures were raised. Modern perspectives on classification include folksonomies, personal classification practices, power structures captured through classification and the limitations of standardization. Researchers discussed cognitive processes involved in classifying, the evolution of concepts associated with terms and sources for new terms in a domain. Through the variety of presentations, it was clear that classification encompasses a broad array of topics, ultimately serving information retrieval and access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the history of the information behavior research from 1959 to 2009. It states that there are two factors that dominates the information behavior in 1959 such as its relation to the link between funding for libraries and public support and the World War II for war machines improvement. It adds that information behavior was termed user studies in 1959 to 1979 from the 13 papers presented during the International Conference on Scientific Information that reveal how information was sought and used. It notes that the driver for change in the way people think about how to look for information is the existence of the technology itself that is reflected in the subjects of information behavior research in virtually all aspects.

The article offers information about self-surveillance. Self-surveillance is essentially gathering information on an individual's physical health, mental health, personal behavior and interaction with the environment. While paper and pen are usually used for self-surveillance, many online applications have emerged over the past couple of years that allow people to collect data about themselves. It states that as data gathering has progressed and various streams of different data types have sprang up, so has the online visualization.

The article discusses the deterioration of tagging in Web development in the U.S. It states that tagging became popular in 2003 when the Web 2.0 phenomenon captured the attention of web designers, developers, information architects and entrepreneurs. However, in 2007, a number of people noticed that tagging seemed to be stuck and undeveloped. Moreover, the paper presented the blog that started the conversation about the deterioration of tagging, as well as the four trends that point toward tagging's future.

The article provides the results of the scholarly communication survey of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in the U.S. in 2007. It found out that the face of information and library science is changing. It appeared that on the average, the authors in the survey sample group published one to two papers a year. It revealed that 75.4 percent of the respondents indicated that they had good or excellent access to journal literature and 80.8 percent read the journal of the ASIS&T (JASIST). It also determined that 95.7 percent of them had at least some knowledge of open access journals.

This article describes the aims and objectives of the Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) workshops and its impact in the areas of retrieval system effectiveness, retrieval system evaluation, and support of new retrieval tasks. The first TREC workshop was held in November 1992, and there has been a workshop held annually since then. The cumulative effort represented by the TREC is significant. Approximately 250 distinct groups representing more than 20 different countries have participated in at least one TREC, thousands of individual retrieval experiments have been performed and hundreds of papers have been published in the TREC proceedings. The TREC's impact on information retrieval research has been equally significant. A variety of large test collections have been built for both traditional ad hoc retrieval and new tasks such as cross-language retrieval, speech retrieval and question answering. The TREC has standardized the evaluation methodology used to assess the quality of retrieval results and, through the large repository of retrieval runs, demonstrated both the validity and efficacy of the methodology.

Museums create, manage and preserve varied information about their collections over years of activity, as objects are considered for or used in exhibitions, publications, educational programs, marketing and other activities. This information is textual, visual and aural, and it refers to related objects, bibliographic resources and information from institutional archives. Museums are pushing this information outward in digital projects and programs, and this dynamic, often fast-paced movement has implications for information management, people, access and use. Research is available about the effectiveness of exhibition design, didactics and programming for onsite visitors to museums, however, gauging the usefulness of online public access to museum information is a relatively new area of investigation. Research of this kind is especially important now, as there may be a need for museums to shift some practices and policies for managing and communicating information. This special section presents four papers on information activity related to providing online access to museum information, primarily about collections in the arts and humanities.

Addresses the promise and challenges of designing digital information systems and libraries in the domain of flora and fauna. Moving taxonomic paper publications to electronic environment; Complementing major international initiatives; Characteristics of floras and faunas and their use.

Drawing on her archival research skills, the author took the opportunity to dig into the American Society for Information Science records (1939-1990), a special collection housed at the University of Michigan. The exploration was prompted by ASIS&T's 75th anniversary and Special Interest Group/History and Foundations of Information Science (SIG/HFIS). The archives represent the evolution of the society, starting as the American Documentation Institute. The material retrieved on the author's first visit did not correspond to the online finding aid, but subsequent inquiry found a new finding aid, which was not online, describing the collection, including expanded holdings. The ASIS&T historical records collection is open for additional deposits, including documents, personal papers, presentations, oral histories and images, with the goal of placing all materials online. It is hoped this adventure will prompt ASIS&T to become an example for implementing best practices in organizational records preservation and management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Though research papers have traditionally been presented as text, digital humanities tools bring new capabilities that can transform a presentation. Moving from a familiar written format to a digital multimedia work can be daunting, involving an unfamiliar work process. Technology options and support are available through a variety of sources, including universities, the American Studies Association's Digital Humanities Caucus and the Alliance for Digital Humanities Organizations. Choosing a presentation tool that supports desired features, such as interactive conversation, is key.While the process of developing a digital presentation can be initially challenging for an author, reproducing a traditional thesis in a dynamic format makes it more lively and engaging, collaborative and available for broader use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Building and running an information service business in non-Anglophone Europe is complicated by the multicultural environment. This paper analyzes how geopolitical and cultural factors influence the client base and service portfolio of independent information professionals (IIPs), by drawing on data from a survey of 18 entrepreneurs working in 11 countries of continental non-Anglophone Europe. These European IIPs facilitate the exchange of knowledge locally, across Europe and globally, by developing niche services that leverage language skills and local knowledge and that adapt to the impact of currencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on meetings and seminars held by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). It presents awards given to scholars and practitioners during the 2010 ASIS&T conference including the Best Conference Paper to Soo Young Rieh and Ji Yeon Yang, Best Conference Poster to Margaret E. I. Kipp and Soohyung Joo, and second honors to Justin Brinegar and Robert Capra. Project Performance Corp. senior principal Joseph A. Busch on the series of webinars that would be presented at the ASIS&T annual meetings which include the introduction to business taxonomy, practical taxonomy design, and taxonomy workshops. Meanwhile, charts that show the ASI&T members vs. nonmembers and the webinar rating are presented.

The article reports on the recent developments in managing electronic resources in libraries. Accordingly, the demand for electronic resources calls for a more integrated solution because managing and storing information in spreadsheets and paper files becomes more difficult. In response to it, several libraries developed their own electronic resource management systems including the Digital Library Federation's Electronic Resources Management Initiative, an initiative group composed of librarians directed by Tim Jewell from the University of Washington. Together, they began to develop common tools for managing the license agreements including a set of functional requirements, an entity-relationship diagram and data element dictionary.

This article focuses on the American Water Works Association (AWWA). AWWA is a non-profit membership-driven association dedicated to safe drinking water in the U.S. and abroad. Founded in 1881 with 22 members, it has grown to over 57,000 members, including 4,700 water utilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. AWWA is well known to water professionals in North America and worldwide as a leading information resource. Information circulation has been important to the everyday dealings of AWWA for over 124 years. With a complex membership structure, a vast volunteer network and more than 57,000 members, databases have also played a key role in tracking member and customer data. Ironically, however, one of the databases that will be core to the association's modem plan to rapidly deliver content to the public has been largely an after-thought during its 26-year life span. In 1997, with the traditional paper document delivery system still in place, AWWA began to publish some of its content, most notably conference proceedings, in a CD-ROM format. The ramifications of this were not completely realized at the time, and there were some growing pains, but by the time Y2K rolled around, AWWA had become primarily a PDF publisher, recognizing the obvious benefits of having its literature in electronic format.

The article focuses on selected abstract of papers, published in the October 1, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. The paper "Evolution, Continuity and Disappearance of Documents on a Specific Topic on the Web--A Longitudinal Study of "Informetrics" by J. Bar-Ilan and B.C. Peritz, analyzes the changes that occurred to a set of Web pages related to "informetrics" over a period of five years between June 1998 and June 2003. The result of the paper "Using N-grams for Arabic text searching," by S.H. Mustafa and Q.A. Al-Radaideh indicates that the digram method offers a better overall performance than trigram, in respect to conflation precision and conflation recall ratios. The fact that Arabic is an agglutinative language with a complex affix structure involving prefixes, infixes and suffixes presents a special case for testing the general assumption of this paper. The paper "Open Knowledge Management: Lessons From the Open Source Revolution," by Y. Awazu and K.C. Desouza, argues that the future of knowledge work is manifested in how open-source communities work.

The data citation panel of the March 2012 Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit targeted an issue that has eluded agreement. The practice of data citation has ranged from general acknowledgements to citing papers describing data to specifically citing the original data. A task group on data citation standards and practices, under the aegis of the International Council for Science, organized a workshop and report and will deliver the results of a survey on current practices. The group's forthcoming white paper will examine emerging proposals for standardization and best practices, tools and infrastructure to support data citation, challenges and opportunities.While panelists and attendees acknowledged the difficulty of standardization at an international level, the emergence of DataCite and ORCID for citing data and authors, respectively, are positive signs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the two winners of the 2006 New England American Association of Information Science and Technology (NEASIS&T) Best Papers in Information Science award by the NEASIS&T Chapter. Karie Kirkpatrick was awarded for her paper, "OpenCourseWare: An MIT Thing?" while Scott Salvaggio was honored for his "Enhancing a Digital Sheet Music Collection." The two winners, who are in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, will receive $750 to spend in the 2006 ASIS&T Annual Meeting.

The article describes the type of paper submissions that will be accepted by the program committee of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. There are four types of paper submissions: 1) contributed papers; 2) contributed posters and short papers; 3) symposia and panels; and, 4) pre-conference sessions. For instance, contributed papers present original, recent research and design projects, and theoretical developments or innovative practical applications providing more general insight into an area of practice.

The article reports that the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2005 Annual Meeting, zeroing in on Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together, is scheduled for October 28-November 2, 2005, in Charlotte, North Carolina. ASIS&T 2005 will focus on the diversity of perspectives and insights from all those participating in the information science and technology community, as they generate innovative ideas, define theoretical concepts or work out the nuts and bolts of implementing well-tested ideas in new ways and in new settings. A wide variety of plenary and invited speakers, moderated panels, poster sessions and refereed papers will explore this theme. Based on the suggestions received as of the deadline, conference planners anticipate an exciting schedule of contributed papers, posters and panels on many topics such as information retrieval, social informatics, human information behavior, information technology, bibliometrics, systems design and others. The ASIS&T 2005 Annual Meeting is being planned under the direction of co-chairs Michael Crandall and Barbara Wildemuth.

The article presents 2013 news on the American Society for Information Science& Technology. The society's interest group on international information issues is holding its 13th international paper competition for authors from developing countries. Society member Chirag Shah received a $273,000 grant from the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Early Careers program. Society member Tomas Lipinski was appointed director of the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University.

Sketchnoting is a graphic method for putting thoughts on paper, whether for taking notes or presenting a design process. Figures, scribbles, boxes and arrows provide the raw materials, with no need for artistic ability. Erb presents her process for sketchnoting, starting with preliminary elements to plan the sketch including title, speaker style, description of the talk and any other useful information. Content is captured as boxes holding main points, which can then be refined and connected to reflect flow and hierarchical organization. With these enhancements, the sketchnote gains focus, and personal flair can be added for visual pizazz. The process improves with practice, and the end product, mixing verbal and nonverbal, presents information in an innovative way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sketchnoting is a graphic method for putting thoughts on paper, whether for taking notes or presenting a design process. Figures, scribbles, boxes and arrows provide the raw materials, with no need for artistic ability. Erb presents her process for sketchnoting, starting with preliminary elements to plan the sketch including title, speaker style, description of the talk and any other useful information. Content is captured as boxes holding main points, which can then be refined and connected to reflect flow and hierarchical organization. With these enhancements, the sketchnote gains focus, and personal flair can be added for visual pizazz. The process improves with practice, and the end product, mixing verbal and nonverbal, presents information in an innovative way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chairs of Special Interest Group/Arts & Humanities and Special Interest Group/Visualization, Images and Sound have assembled articles that cover a range of research and projects reflecting the confluence of the two topics. Papers describe expanded access to resources in the humanities previously unavailable, leading to a digital renaissance. This access enables data mining and new insights for research and analysis, as well as enhanced possibilities for presenting results with interactive capabilities. Case studies explore information visualization technologies used to enrich a thesis presentation, cast literary analysis in a new light and reveal associations among scholars. The advantages of visualization extend to thesaurus-powered search interfaces but are shown to be an under-exploited tool for music research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers news briefs on topics about the creation of a virtual SIG by SIG/Metrics and winners of the 2010 SIG/III International Paper Contest by the American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (ASIS&T SIG/III).

The article presents tips on how to develop a best web form designs in the U.S. Accordingly, the paper suggests that Information Architects (IA) must design the questions asked on the form. It is also recommended to design a clear path on how to complete in filling the form as well as to develop a gradual engagement processes in order to gather information. It is discussed that by providing these factors, information architecture can go a long way toward making web forms more efficient and enjoyable.

The article offers information related to the reports on Graduate Information Programs and Accreditation by the Information professionals Task Force of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in the U.S. It states that the reports reviews the status of information professional programs and related accreditation activities. The report further include the news from New England ASIS&T chapter (NEASIS&T) and news from Special Interest Group/Social informatics (SIG/SI). In addition, the reports contains an announcement from Special Interest Group/Intentional Information Issues (SIG/III) related to the winners of the 2008 SIG/III International Paper Context.

The article presents information on the project of Global Information Village Plaza and SIG/III programs. The Global Information Village Plaza is an innovative and highly applauded program that was originally proposed and later run by Nadia Caidi and Michel Menou. The Global Plaza represents a welcome addition to the array of SIG/III programs, including the International Paper Contest, the InfoShare program and other technical sessions at the Annual Meetings, which all help put SIG/III in a better position to fulfill its goals. The success of the Global Plaza as well as that of other SIG/III programs is the result of the dedication of officers and members of the American Society for Information Science and Technology who work hard to make SIG/III meaningful and beneficial to so many people. Currently, SIG/III has about 150 active members from many countries, with diverse backgrounds in both academic and professional worlds.

The article focuses on the activities of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and also invites readers' suggestions for the betterment of the Society. The author says that ASIS&T Board of Directors will be exploring means to increase and better structure communication between chapters and ASIS&T headquarters and among the chapters themselves. It is anticipated that the new ASIS&T Web site structure will provide a good framework for accomplishing these goals. The Board is currently considering initiatives to target undergraduate information science and technology students as members and to increase the international presence and membership. Membership services have been expanding recently, primarily through the use of electronic, as well as paper communication. The Board believes that enhancing membership in this way will increase both the viability and visibility of the Society and also its usefulness to its members. The ASIS&T Board is in the process of developing a long-term strategic plan of development.

The article focuses on the Scholars Portal Project, a collaborative project among seven members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Fretwell-Downing Inc., evolved from discussions at the 1999 ARL/OCLC Strategic Issues Forum where the concern that libraries needed to maintain a presence on the Web was voiced. ARL subsequently established the ARL Scholars Portal Working Group and Jeny Campbell, dean of the University of Southern California Libraries, articulated the need and called for collaborative action among ARL members in his 2002 white paper. The participants have implemented ZPortal, Z2Web and several other FL products. FD is contributing development resources to enhance the products, and at the end of the project, the final products will be tested against the vision articulated by the ARL Scholars Portal Working Group. The initial focus of the project was cross-domain searching, but the participants hope to be able to link to online learning environments and digital references services.

The article focuses on the working of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the author's last column to this journal as president of this society. According to the author ASIS&T is the very best of professional association. ASIS&T membership dues have not increased since 1998. Calculating a compounded 3% cost of living increase over six years showed the dues structure to be woefully lacking. The Board unanimously voted to move the Annual Meeting Proceedings to electronic format only, beginning at the 2005 meeting. Portable electronic formats of the proceedings will be distributed at the conference and will be available to registrants prior to the meeting. Students will now receive copies of the proceedings as part of the conference registration. The new job placement service from ASIS&T is up and running, powered by Job Target. The Board unanimously voted to cease publication of Jobline in paper format. The Board requested that a line item be added and maintained in the ASIS&T budget to support the maintenance of the Digital Library.

Two plenary sessions featuring big names in the digital world will highlight a conference program focusing on Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts, at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, from November 12-17, in Providence, Rhode Island. The first of the two plenary sessions is Sunday, November 14, when J.C. Hen, principal of Joystick Nation and a noted journalist and lecturer, will discuss the application of complex systems and game design to products, services and learning systems. The second plenary session at the 2004 Annual Meeting features keynoter Tim Berners-Lee, widely regarded as the inventor of the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee currently serves as director of the World Wide Web Consortium. While the two general sessions provide a great deal of sizzle and substance to the meeting, the real meat and potatoes is contained in the six dozen or so contributed paper and panel sessions covering virtually every aspect of information science. These sessions have been sorted into seven major tracks: disciplinary issues, digital libraries, user behavior, system design. information organization, knowledge management and use, and resources and services.

Discusses the agenda for the 2003 American Society for Information Science and Technology annual meeting on October 19 to 22, 2003 in Long Beach California. Theme on humanizing information technology; Offer of panel sessions, contributed papers and poster sessions; Committee members; Program topics on user-centered design, business and management informatics, virtual reference services and information organization.

Presents abstracts on information technology, published in the February 2003 issue of the journal 'Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.' Web searching behaviors of computer users; Use of machine-readable dictionaries; Relationship between number of references and paper lengths.