This year for the first time, ASIS&T will host both a Blog and a
Wiki, dedicated to the ASIST 2005 conference. You've heard lots about
blogs and wikis in recent years, including at ASIS&T. You may already
be a frequent user of them. This year we hope you will participate by
viewing or contributing to one or both of them. Our goal is to facilitate
all types of communication related to the conference: writing your thoughts
about the conference, discussing papers, planning birds of a feather dinner
outings, finding out about things to see in Charlotte, etc. We welcome
all participation, and your feedback, so that we can continue to improve
your ability to communicate with your colleagues. The blog and the wiki
will be available before, during and after the conference. Their home
page web addresses are below, and they are also linked off of the ASIST
program website. Please try them!
ASIS&T 2005 Blog: http://asist2005.neasist.org
Sponsor: ASIST and New England Chapter of ASIS&T (NEASIST)
Editor: Beatrice Pulliam, Providence College, Chair-Elect, New England
Chapter
Description: The chief goals of the ASIS&T blog
are to publish timely information about conference session discussions,
highlights, and other ASIS&&T Annual activities (SIG Dinners and
Meetings, SIGCON, etc.), to provide a central portal of resources to assist
attendees in maximizing their conference experience, and to reinvigorate
the community of practice of information sharing among member colleagues!
We are inviting attendees-first-timers and long-standing members alike-to
contribute to the conference blog. Those interested in blogging from the
ASIS&T blog should contact asistblog@neasist.org or track down Beatrice
Pulliam at the conference. Entries will be listed in reverse chronological
order, and organized by "categories" to help readers to quickly
locate content of interest. All blog posts are open for commenting by
meeting attendees and readers experiencing the conference virtually.
ASIS&T 2005 Wiki: http://ils.unc.edu/asist2005/wiki/
Sponsor: ASIST and UNC School of Information and Library Science
Editors/Developers: Brad Hemminger & Jackson Fox, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Description: The goal of the ASIS&T Wiki is to provide
a shared online space for people to interact about the conference program
and activities, in hopes of enriching attendee's experiences, as well
as providing lasting value in comments and reviews. The wiki's structure
follows that of the conference program. Each activity or listing in the
conference program web pages has its own wiki link, which takes you to
the wiki page specific to that program activity. Wiki's by design allow
everyone to add comments by editing "community" pages. Thus,
anyone can contribute to a page.
Examples:
Ask a question or comment on a paper: You can ask questions or add comments
on a conference paper: before the conference so that the author can take
it into consideration, during the conference like a blogger, or afterwards,
to keep the conversation going. All the questions and comments are consolidated
on the wiki page for that paper, making it easy to review everything relevant
to that paper.
Suggest a Birds of a Feather dinner outing: Post a notice in the Birds
of a Feather area for a topic. Solicit people to attend. They can sign
themselves up online. Negotiate where and when to meet online. Share information
about activities in Charlotte: Post information about fun things to do
in the Charlotte area. Look over what others have suggested.
