1996 Annual Meeting Activities |
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1996 Annual Meeting SIG/HFIS Session Descriptions |
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Theories of Information Science (SIGs/HFIS
and ED)
This session will provide a forum and a showcase for advances in theoretical work within information science. Three theoretical papers will be presented on a functional theory of information retrieval; semeiotics and information science; and information science as a rhetorical construct.
Christian Plaunt and Michael Buckland, University of California at Berkeley Jean Umiker-Sebeok, Indiana University Martha M. Smith, Indiana University South Bend Moderator: Michael Buckland, University of California at Berkeley |
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Theory Under Construction: Rethinking
Frameworks for Scholarly and Scientific Communication in the Age of the
Internet (SIG/HFIS)
This panel examines issues of how speed-of-light communication might impact our theoretical understanding of scientific communication.
Linda Schamber, University of North Texas Judy Bateman, University of North Texas Steven L. MacCall, University of North Texas Moderator: Robert V. Williams, University of South Carolina |
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Browsing Online and in the Stacks: What Is
It and How Can It Be Facilitated? (SIGs/CR, HCI and HFIS)
Four speakers will address the questions of what browsing is, how it can be studied and what we hope to learn from such study. After the presentations, attendees will be encouraged to contribute to the debate.
Shan-Ju Chang, National Taiwan University Sharon (Shay) L. Baker, University of Iowa Dee Michel, University of Wisconsin-Madison Gary Marchionini, University of Maryland Moderator: Dee Michel, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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History of Information Science: Reminiscences
and Assessments (SIGs/HFIS and ED)
This session continues the on-going work of the sponsoring SIGs to the work being done in the history of information science. This year's program is a combination of presentations that focus on describing and assessing the work of specific companies, individuals, schools and the federal government in the development of information science and technology.
Colin Burke, University of Maryland-Baltimore Donald W. King Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University Charlotte Mooers, daughter of Watson Davis and wife of Calvin Mooers, and Miles Davis, son of Watson Davis Moderator: Robert V. Williams, University of South Carolina |
Last updated: 5/19/99
Created by Dr. Steven L. MacCall
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