Workshops & Tutorials

Pre-Conference Workshops Saturday 19 October, 2019

Full conference registration is not required to attend a workshop.

9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. (FULL-DAY)

President-Elect’s International Incubator: Transformational Actions Using Information to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Bharat Mehra, University of Alabama, USA; Kendra Albright, Kent State University, USA; Jia Tina Du, University of South Australia, Australia; Clara M. Chu, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, USA

This international incubator will develop and create transformational actions using information to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Small group sessions will develop SDG information action briefs and ten action items for each of the 17 SDGs from an information perspective. Results from the pre-conference will inspire membership to act locally or globally, personally or collectively prior to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in 2020 which will focus on Information for a Sustainable World: Addressing Society’s Grand/Global Challenges. During the interactive international incubator, real-world actions will be discussed over two sessions to develop a comprehensive picture of the role of information in shaping progressive change in the world. Implications will involve transforming the diversity of professions in an emerging information advocacy role in the remaining decade to achieve the SDGs.
Members: $50 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $100 before 10/19*

Workshop: Metrics 2019: Workshop on Informetric and Scientometric Research (SIG-MET)
Philippe Mongeon, Aarhus University, Denmark; Shenmeng Xu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Timothy D. Bowman, Wayne State University, USA

This workshop will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research and applications including new theoretical approaches, indicators, and tools among young and established researchers, Ph.D. students, information professionals and librarians active in the field of informetrics and scientometrics. We want to acknowledge of the work of Timothy D. Bowman who assisted with the preparation of this workshop but is unable to attend the conference.
Members: $50 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $100 before 10/19*

SIG-MET Workshop Sponsors:

Workshop: Practical Social Informatics: Collaboration Across Fields, Sectors, and Borders (SIG-SI)
Xiaohua Zhu, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA; Theresa Anderson, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; Ian Opperman, New South Wales Data Analytics Centre, Australia; Pnina Fichman, Indiana University, USA; Shengnan Yang, Indiana University, USA; Passiona Cottee, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; Kelly Tall, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas, USA ; Jeff Allen, University of North Texas, USA; Hsia-Ching Chang, University of North Texas, USA ; Suliman Hawamdeh, University of North Texas, USA; Abebe Rorissa, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA; Shimelis Assefa,  University of Denver, USA; Rachael Fraher, New South Wales Data Analytics Centre, Australia,  Adam Worrall, University of Alberta, Canada; Lynne Bowker, University of Ottawa, Canada; Charles Senteio, Rutgers University, USA; Li-Min Huang University of Tennessee, USA;Evangelos Karapanos, Cyprus University of Technology .

The purpose of this workshop is to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the interaction of people, technology, and society, with a focus on the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT). Aligning with the theme of the Annual Meeting, the ASIS&T Special Interest Group Social Informatics (SIG SI) will hold its 15th annual research symposium, with a theme emphasizing the practices of social informatics in various collaborative settings across different fields, private and public sectors, and beyond national borders. The workshop will include a keynote speech by Dr. Ian Opperman (New South Wales Chief Data Scientist and CEO of New South Wales Data Analytics Centre) in the morning, panel and paper presentations during the day, as well as at a poster session over lunch.
Members: $240 before 10/19 | Student Members: $175 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $260 before 10/19*

9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. (HALF-DAY)

Workshop: Methods and Measures, or How Do We Study Learners and Learning with Information? (SIG-InfoLearn)
Eric Meyers, University of British Columbia, Canada; Kyle Jones, Indiana University-Indianapolis, USA; Samuel Abramovich, University at Buffalo – SUNY, USA

ASIS&T’s Special Interest Group Information and Learning Sciences (SIG InfoLearn) was launched in Spring of 2017 and since then has hosted two successful pre-conference workshops. We propose that measurement of learning is a rich area of intersection for those who focus on learning with information technologies, and will have broad appeal to the ASIS&T membership. Measurement of learning, and methods by which this is achieved, is an important aspect of work in several areas relevant to the ASIS&T community, including learning analytics, e-learning design and research, open education, and work in digital learning environments of all types. Measuring learning goes hand-in-glove with the discussion of methods, and we intend to be inclusive of quantitative and qualitative approaches. We have chosen to make our workshop proposal highly interactive, borrowing and modifying a format called “ConverStations.” Rather than keeping participants idle and listening, we seek to keep participants moving, talking, and engaging throughout the workshop. We anticipate that this format will not only make the session more generative, but also provide an innovative and replicable format for other workshops at ASIS&T.
Members: $150 before 10/19 | Student Members: $85 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $170 before 10/19*

2:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. (HALF-DAY)

Workshop: Re-Envisioning the Impact and Engagement of Information Behavior Research (SIG-USE)
Tim Gorichanaz, Drexel University, USA; Waseem Afzal, Charles Sturt University, Australia

The 19th Annual SIG-USE Research Workshop focuses on the impact and engagement of information behavior research. This workshop provides an opportunity for researchers, students, faculty, and information professionals who are interested in information behavior and practice research to discuss the impact of that work, particularly the translation of findings and discussions into professional practice in today’s “anyone, anywhere, anytime” information environment. The workshop will facilitate information exchange among scholars and information professionals, provide a place for those new to information behavior and practice to engage critically with the field, and allow both scholars and practitioners to get feedback on preliminary and ongoing work. The workshop will feature a dynamic panel, full paper sessions and posters, as well as engaging breakout discussion sessions to explore different subthemes regarding impact and engagement. We want to acknowledge of the work of Mallicent Mabi who assisted with the preparation of this workshop but is unable to attend the conference.
Members: $150 before 10/19 | Student Members: $85 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $170 before 10/19*

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Post-Conference Tutorials Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Full conference registration is not required to attend a tutorial.

9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. (FULL-DAY)

Tutorial: Information Experience Design: Activating Information Research in Practice
Kate Davis, University of Southern Queensland, Australia; Elham Sayyad-Abdi, University of the Pacific, USA

This tutorial introduces the related concepts of information experience (IX) and information experience design (IXD). Information experience explores how people engage with information in a given context, while information experience design is an approach to designing interventions to improve user experiences of information, informed by information experience research. Over the past several years, library and information organisations have adopted methodologies like design thinking to design their services, spaces, products, and programs. These methodologies put the customer at the centre of design process, but do not necessarily focus on the information component of their experience. Information experience design bridges that gap by marrying design methodologies with our disciplinary knowledge about people’s information experience to improve or enhance those experiences. Participants will leave this tutorial with knowledge of the information experience research landscape, approaches to information experience research, an information experience design toolkit, and practical experience working through a design process.
Members: $260 before 10/19  | Student Members: $210 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $295 before 10/19*

9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. (HALF-DAY)

Tutorial: Developing Successful Publications for Competitive Peer-Reviewed Forums: A Tutorial for Junior Scholars in the Information Field
Caroline Haythornthwaite, Syracuse University, USA; Sam Oh, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea; Sam Chu, University of Hong Kong, HK, Javed Mostafa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

The tutorial aims at making junior scholars, particularly those that are at PhD, postdoctoral, or at assistant professor levels, aware of the established pathways to follow to transform research ideas into peer- reviewed publications. The forum will engage at least 4-5 senior scholars from the information field to share with the participants research strategies, including some common research methodologies, and practical guidelines associated with phasing a research project properly so that resources are utilized effectively and efficiently. In addition, junior researchers are going to learn about securing research startup funding, collaboration tips, and targeting appropriate scholarly forums to incrementally develop a research project (from posters, to scaling up to conference papers, and ultimately to a journal-article level studies).
Members: $185 before 10/19 | Student Members: $140 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $205 before 10/19*

Tutorial: Creativity in Information Research: A Design Thinking Approach
Bhuva Narayan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; Edward Luca, University of Sydney Library, Australia; Indra McKie, University of Technology Sydney: UTS Library, Australia

Design Thinking is an interdisciplinary methodology that is increasingly used within organisations both large and small as a way of generating, prototyping, and testing ideas in a democratic way within teams by cutting out useless meetings and avoiding analysis paralysis. Initially used for product and service design, it is now being used by grassroots organisations and development agencies globally as a way of giving voice to all stakeholders, especially to solve so-called wicked problems, using a holistic systems thinking approach. Challenges can involve anything from societal challenges at large, to discrete user experience challenges within a specific organisational context. The Design Thinking methodology is valuable both for researchers and practitioners as it is useful not just for generating research ideas, but also for tackling human-centred challenges, be it social challenges, organisational challenges, or challenges within your specific context. Participants will work on complex human-centred challenges within real-life scenarios using stages of empathy building, problem definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing.
Members: $185 before 10/19 | Student Members: $140 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $205 before 10/19*

2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. (HALF-DAY)

Tutorial: Innovative UX Methods for Information Access Based on Interdisciplinary Approaches: Practical Lessons from Academia and Industry
Fei Yu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Qian Xu, Elon University, USA; Laura Ruel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Ryan Tyler, Optum/United Health, USA; Javed Mostafa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

User Experience (UX) designers are in high demand across diverse institutions and businesses.   A group of six experts, from academia and industry, will be conducting a tutorial on cutting-edge UX design principles and methods based on an interdisciplinary approach.   The four UX instructors representing academia are from Information Science, Media/Journalism, communications and Instructional Design respectively.  Two senior industry UX professionals from United Health/Optum and Nielsen Norman Group will also participate as instructors in this tutorial.  A broad scope of the tutorial and the primary theme of the tutorial will be improvement of interactions with information and information systems.
Members: $185 before 10/19 | Student Members: $140 before 10/19 | Non-Members: $205 before 10/19*

 *Add $25 for workshop/tutorial registrations purchased on-site.