FSU SLIS at iConference 2013

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Join our faculty, staff, students and alumni at iConference 2013, Ft. Worth, Texas, Feb 12-15. The School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) at the Florida State University is one of the leaders and founding members of the international iSchools organization. Here’s where we’ll be at iConference:

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Brazos I, “Sociotechnical Systems Research: Defining, Converging, and Researching as a Community,” Session Chair: Shuyuan Mary Ho

1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Bur Oak, “Help iDigBio Reveal Hidden Data: iDigBio Augmenting OCR Working Group Needs You,” Session Chair: Deborah L Paul

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Pecos II, Papers: Social Media, “Citizens’ Use of Twitter in Political Information Sharing in South Korea,” Jisue Lee & Lorri Mon 

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., West Fork I, “Experiencing Science in Informal Learning Environments – Tales from the Field,” Mega Subramaniam, Nicole Alemanne, Michelle Kazmer, & Marcia Mardis

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Brazos I & II, Social Media Expo competition presentation: Jisue Lee, Laura Spears, Nathanial Ramos, Jr.

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Rio Grande Ballroom, Poster Session:

  • Janet L Capps & Kathleen Burnett, “Project VIEWS2 – Phase 1: Innovation in Early Literacy”
  • Jinxuan Ma & Don Latham, “Interacting with Health information for Self-care: A Pilot Study Exploring Undergraduates’ Health Information Literacy”
  • Michelle M. Kazmer, Robert L. Glueckauf, Jinxuan Ma, Gabriel Schettini, Michelle Silva, “Information Behavior of Rural Dementia Caregivers Over the Course of Counseling Interventions”
  • Lisandra R. Carmichael, Charles R. McClure, Lauren M. Mandel, Marcia Mardis, “Practical Approaches and Proposed Strategies for Measuring Selected Aspects of Community-Based Broadband Deployment and Use”
  • Kathleen Burnett, Laurie J. Bonnici, “The Globalization of the iSchools Movement”
  • Shuheng Wu,  “A Model for Assessing the Quality of Gene Ontology”
  • Adam Worrall, “The Role of Digital Libraries as Boundary Objects Within & Across Communities”

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., West Fork I, “Learning Environments,” Adam Worrall

Friday, Feb. 15, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.,  Bur Oak, “Theory and the Social Nature of Information,” Adam Worrall, Nicole D. Alemanne

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Live Oak V, “Help iDigBio Reveal Hidden Data: iDigBio Augmenting OCR,” Deborah L Paul

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., West Fork II, “Connecting Government, Libraries, and Communities: Information Behavior Theory and Information Intermediaries in the Design of the LibEGov Tool,” Paul T. Jaeger

See you there!