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Call for Participation
EVALUATING AND USING NETWORKED INFORMATION
RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ASIS 1999 Mid-Year Conference
May 24 -26, 1999, Pasadena, California

[Please see the complete Call for Participation at
<http://www.asis.org/Conferences/my99call.html>
or contact asis@asis.org.]

Program Chairs: Charles McClure, Syracuse University.
                                 cmcclure@mailbox.syr.edu
                                John Carlo Bertot, State University of New York.
                                                   at Albany.
jcbertot@cnsunix.albany.edu

        Access to and use of networked information resources and
services over the Internet continues to explode with new and innovative
applications as well as in new and unforeseen applications.  The
development and provision of these innovative services is hindered by our
limited knowledge of users and uses of networks, as well as by the lack of
ongoing evaluation and assessment of networked resources.  To a large
degree, there is limited knowledge about users and uses of the network,
nor is there much ongoing evaluation and assessment of networked
information services and resources.  Thus, the primary goals of the
conference are to:
                * Identify what we know and don't know about use and
evaluation of networked resources and services.
                * Propose strategies to improve our knowledge about use and
evaluation of networked resources and services.
                * Provide a forum for attendees to share their knowledge, offer
viewpoints, and debate different opinions regarding the use and evaluation
of networked resources and services.

        Together, the increased use and provision of networks and
networked information services, creates the need for understanding the
dimensions of electronic networks and the information services provided
over such networks.  This conference concentrates on exploring the
various aspects of electronic network and networked information services
to begin to develop the means through which to measure, assess, and
classify electronic networking activities.
        We invite papers on a variety of topics broadly related to
Evaluating and Using Networked Information Resources and Services,
including (but not limited to) the following general topics:
        * Use                   * Evaluation
        * Measurement   * Theory
        * Technology            * Social Implications and Impacts
        * Education             * Policy

        We encourage submissions across the commercial, public, academic, and
governmental sectors.  Further, we encourage submissions
from National, organizational, and individual perspectives.  While the
program committee encourages submissions of empirical studies, we also
encourage "opinion pieces," policy analyses, "best practice" reports, and
conceptual papers.  Persons considering submissions in areas related to,
but not specifically mentioned in, the above topics should discuss them
with the conference Chairpersons for additional guidance.
        To offer the most current information to conference attendees,
initial submissions will first be comprised of abstracts of no more than
250 words and are due November 1, 1998.
        Practitioners are especially encouraged to submit abstracts and
proposals for papers and sessions related to "best practices," case studies,
and current activities related to use and evaluation of networked
information services and resources.  All conference attendees are asked to
bring examples of user/use studies, and evaluation efforts that have been
conducted in your organization. Other "handouts" that describe efforts to
conduct use and user studies and evaluation efforts, data collection
techniques and instruments, and other related items are also important
information for attendees. Display tables will be made available for
conference attendees to provide copies of such information.

TYPES OF SUBMISSION:
        Contributed papers, technical session panels, and other
presentations can be developed by individuals , by ASIS Special Interest
Group (SIG), by collaboration among two or more SIGs, and/or other
organizations and individuals within or outside the ASIS community. To
submit a proposal, send the title and a 250 word description, and the other
required information (see forms at
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/sig-form.html#panels or
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/papers.html#infoform) to my99@www.asis.org
or to the address below.
        Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged and should be
submitted to my99@www.asis.org.  If electronic submission is not
possible, two paper copies should be sent as follows:
                Richard Hill
                ASIS Mid Year ‘99
                8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501
                Silver Spring, MD 20910

Program Chairs:
Charles McClure, Syracuse University.  cmcclure@mailbox.syr.edu
John Carlo Bertot, University at Albany, State University of New York.
Jcbertot@cnsunix.albany.edu

Program Committee:
Michael Crandall, Boeing Company; Paul Kantor, Rutgers University;
Carol A. Hert, Indiana University; and Geoffrey Ford, University of
Bristol

Richard Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501
Silver Spring, MD  20910
http://www.asis.org
rhill@asis.org