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SIG-SI annual business meeting will be held on October 30

The SIG-SI annual business meeting will be held on Friday, October 30, at 15:30 – 17:00 (UTC). (Check for your local time zone here.) All current and potential SIG-SI members are encouraged to attend the meeting and offer input into future directions and activities of the SIG for the 2020-2021 year. The meeting will be hosted…

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The 16th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium

Sociotechnical Change Agents: ICTs, Sustainability, and Global Challenges Aligning with the theme of the 2020 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Special Interest Group Social Informatics (SIG SI) will hold its 16th annual symposium in conjunction with SIG Social Media (SIG SM) and SIG Information Ethics and Policy (SIG IEP), allowing for ASIS&T members to better discuss how…

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A Welcome Message from the SIG-SI Chair, Rachel Simons

Dear SIG-SI members, Welcome to 2020, the year of the rat and the beginning of a new decade! Your leadership team is looking forward to planning engaging events and facilitating exciting opportunities for SIG-SI in this new year.  As the current SIG-SI chair, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and the rest…

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Winners of the 2019-2020 SIG SI officer election

Congratulations to all of the winners of our officer election for the upcoming 2019-2020 year. We thank our officers for their continued service, and welcome new officers to the SIG. We will also transition our Chair-elect, Rachel Simons, to chair for the upcoming year. Chair-elect:Colin RhinesmithKolina Koltai Secretary:Lingzi Hong: Communications officer:Ana RoeschleyNishad Thalhath Social Chair:Catherine…

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Schedule for the 15th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium

Practical Social Informatics: Collaboration across Fields, Sectors, and Borders The 15th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium Pre-conference Workshop at ASIS&T 82th Annual Meeting October 19th, 2019 Schedule at a Glance Time Event Moderators 09:00 – 10:00 Welcome Keynote Theresa Anderson Ian Opperman 10:00 – 10:30 Panel I Theresa Anderson and Passiona Cottee 10:30 – 11:00…

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Winners of the ASIS&T SIG SI Social Informatics Best Paper Award 2019

Winners of the ASIS&T SIG SI Social Informatics Best Paper Award 2019 It is my pleasure, as the Awards Coordinator for the ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI), to be able to announce the winners of the 2019 ASIS&T SIG SI Social Informatics Best Paper Award. Out of eight nominated papers, each received two…

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2019 Social Informatics Best Paper Awards – Call for Nominations

2019 Social Informatics Best Paper Awards – Call for Nominations The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI) is issuing a call for nominations for the 2019 Annual Social Informatics Best Paper Awards, with nominations due by July 10. Self-nominations are welcome and the nomination process is quite short, as detailed below. Winners are also invited to present their work during SIG…

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Call for Papers for 2019 ASIS&T SIG Research Symposium

Call for Papers for 2019 ASIS&T SIG Research Symposium ASIST Annual Meeting 2019 Melbourne, Australia, October 19, 2019 We invite you to submit to our 15th SIG Research Symposium. We are particularly interested in collaborative work that explores the human and social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) in professional or practical settings and any work…

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