ISSOME 2011Proceedings of the ISSOME 2011
The proceedings of the ISSOME 2011 conference are out now. The ISSOME2011-proceedingson the conference web site and at issuu.com. We would like to thank you all contributors for your excellent presentations and papers you submitted for the volume.
ISSOME Conference App
The ISSOME conference app for IPhone and IPad is now available for download. Features include sharing of comments, pictures and location with the other attendees and a map with annotations for important places. Enjoy! Developed by Johannes Berg at Lumi Mobile.
There is also an Android app that can be downloaded here.
ISSOME 2011 Programme
24 August 2011
9.00-17.00 Doctoral forum – presentations of doctoral projects with discussion and feedback from senior researchers
18.00 Reception for all delegates
25 August 2011
9.00 Registration
10.00-10.15 Welcome to ISSOME
10.15-11.15 Beyond broadcast and consume: modification of provider-user information behaviours in social media space. Keynote: Professor Hazel Hall, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University.
11.15-12.45 Session 1: Libraries and social media
- Behavioural Traces and Indirect User-to-User Mediation in the Participatory Library / Lennart Björneborn
- How to study social media practises in converging library spaces. Making the case for deploying co-presence ethnography in studies of 2.0-libraries / Hanna Carlsson
- Implications of the Web 2.0 Technologies for Public Libraries intending to Facilitate Alternative Public Discourse / Leif Kajberg
- Geo-encoding of local services and information: Virtuaalipolku.fi / Samppa Rohkimainen
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Can Business Turn Social? Post-Control Society and Its Implications for Business and Management. Keynote: Professor Alf Rehn, School of Business and Economics, Åbo Akademi University.
15.00-15.45 Coffee/Tea and Doctoral forum poster session
15.45-17.15 Session 2: Use of social media
- The use of social media technologies in the work practices of information professionals / Sally Burford
- Examining the use of Internet and social media among men at military conscription age / Heidi Enwald, Noora Hirvonen and Tim Luoto
- To Inform or to Interact, that is the question: The role of Freedom of Information in Social Media Policies / Mathias Klang and Jan Nolin
- Designing Games for Testing Information Behavior Theories / J. Tuomas Harviainen
19.00 Conference banquet
26 August 2011
9.00-10.30 Session 3: Blogging and tagging
- Critical about clustering of tags: An intersectional perspective on folksonomies / Isto Huvila and Kristin Johannesson
- The creation of a personal space on the Internet: self presentation and self-disclosure in blogging / Jenny Bronstein
- On social media and document theory: an exploratory and conceptual study / Olle Sköld
- Linguistic and Cultural Differences in Content Management – Indexing and titling in multilingual and multicultural blogosphere / Susanna Nykyri
10.30-11.00 Coffee/Tea
11.00-12.30 Session 4: Education
- Writing for Wikipedia as a learning task in the school’s information literacy instruction / Eero Sormunen, Leeni Lehtio and Jannica Heinström
- The Use of Weblogs and Microblogs in LIS Online Courses: A Case Study / Lu Xiao and Diane Neal
- Teaching social media in LIS: a bridging approach / Monica Lassi and Hanna Maurin Söderholm
- A Community-based Learning Approach towards Training Librarian 2.0 / Lu Xiao
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30 Researchers and Scholarly Resources—usage patterns now and into the future. Keynote: Professor Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee.
14.30-16.00 Session 5: Similarities and differences
- Author disambiguation for enhanced science-2.0 services / Jeffrey Demaine
- A Comparison of Different User-Similarity Measures as Basis for Research and Scientific Cooperation / Tamara Heck
- WikiLeaks Comments: A Qualitative Investigation / Noa Aharony
- Looking for Love in All the Right Places: Defining Success in the World of Online Dating / Christopher Mascaro, Rachel Magee and Sean Goggins
16.00-16.30 Coffee/Tea and closing of conference
Each presentation have 20 minutes including discussions scheduled for them.
ISSOME2011 Accepted Papers
A Community-based Learning Approach towards Training Librarian 2.0
Critical about clustering of tags: An intersectional perspective on folksonomies
To Inform or to Interact, that is the question: The role of Freedom of Information in Social Media Policies
The Library on YouTube: Text Reactions to Welcome Videos
Author disambiguation for enhanced science-2.0 services
The use of social media technologies in the work practices of information professionals
Designing Games for Testing Information Behavior Theories
On social media and document theory: a exploratory and conceptual study
How to study social media practises in converging library spaces. Making the case for deploying co-presence ethnography in studies of 2.0-libraries
Geo-encoding of local services and information: Virtuaalipolku.fi
The Use of Weblogs and Microblogs in LIS Online Courses: A Case Study
A Comparison of Different User-Similarity Measures as Basis for Research and Scientific Cooperation
Young women clicks that change communication and participation patterns
Examining the use of Internet and social media among men at military conscription age
WikiLeaks Comments: A Qualitative Investigation
Looking for Love in All the Right Places: Defining Success in the World of Online Dating
Behavioural Traces and Indirect User-to-User Mediation in the Participatory Library
The creation of a personal space on the Internet: self presentation and self-disclosure in blogging
Linguistic and Cultural Differences in Content Management – INDEXING AND TITLING IN MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL BLOGOSPHERE
Writing for Wikipedia as a learning task in the school’s information literacy instruction
Teaching social media in LIS: a bridging approach
Implications of the Web 2.0 Technologies for Public Libraries intending to Facilitate Alternative Public Discourse
Registration is now open
Registration for the conference is now open. You’ll find the information here.
Turku – European capital of culture 2011
During the conference 24-26.8 there are different exhibitions and happenings all around Turku. We especially recommend the SaunaLab experience, The Cultural 2011 Tall Ships Regatta and the Future Circus Festival. Check out more events at www.turku2011.fi/en.
Student Grants
PhD students attending the Doctoral Forum can apply for grants covering part of the conference, travel, and/or accommodation expenses. ISSOME 2011 will reimburse a part of the expenses after the conference (receipts will be required).
Grant applicants are requested to submit:
- one-page explanation for a) why the applicant wants/needs to attend the ISSOME Doctoral Forum, and b) why the applicant demands funding support, and c) an estimation of the travel and accommodation expenses
- proof of PhD student status (e.g. copy of valid student ID, matriculation confirmation, written confirmation by PhD supervisor)
- optional recommendation letters (e.g. from PhD supervisors or professors from the home university)
Grant applications are accepted in the following formats: .pdf, .rtf, .doc, .docx. The applications should be sent to mari...@abo.fi no later than June 3, 2011. Notification of granted support will be sent out on June 10, 2011.
Notifications sent
The notifications of acceptance or rejection have been sent to all authors who submitted proposals for the conference. The topics of the accepted papers cover a broad variety of themes relating to social media from information literacy to information practices and knowledge organisation.
Due to many requests we are extending the abstract submission deadline for ISSOME2011 conference until the 31st March 2011.
ISSOME in Facebook and Twitter
ISSOME conference is also present in social media. You can now join the event in Facebook, and follow and discuss ISSOME in Twitter using hashtag #issome2011.
And remember. There is still a little over five weeks to submit a proposal.
