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In the interest of facilitating interaction among like-minded professionals working on information problems around the world, we offer this page of links to societies and electronic fora that may be of interest. The list is far from complete and we welcome further links and/or descriptions to expand the list (particularly resources in languages other than English). Please send links and brief annotations (75 words or less) to us via the Contact Form, or by e-mail to icisc@neasist.org.
Information Science Research and Education
If you are looking for information about Information Science academic programs or electronic journals and newsletters, please refer to the Information research site maintained by Prof. T. Wilson: InformationR.net
- World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information Management, Information Systems, etc.
- Digital information in the Information Research field: a guide to freely accessible journals and newsletters
Also of interest may be: Academic Info - AcademicInfo is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information. Of particular interest may be the Computer Science Degrees and Resources Online
Information Science Societies & Networks, Electronic Fora, Rotating Conferences, Related Calendars, and Miscellaneous
Societies & Networks
- ABD, Association Belge de Documentation - Belgische Vereniging voor Documenatie – Belgian association of documentation
- ABECIN, Associação Brasileira de Educação em Ciência da Informação, Brazil – Brasilian Association of Education in Information Science
- ACM, Association for Computing Machinery
ACM is a co-sponsor of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, held annually in early summer, and some of the Special Interest Groups of ACM (All ACM SIGs) may be of interest to information professionals. Some sponsor regular conferences including SIGIR (Information Retrieval), and SIGCHI (Computer Human Interaction). - ADADB, Association pour le developpement des activites documentaires au Benin [Association for the development of documentary activities in Benin]
- ADBS, Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation - French association of professionals of information and documentation
- AIDA, Associazione Italiana per la Documentazione Avanzata, Italy – Italian association for advanced documentation
- AoIR, Association of Internet Researchers
- ALA, America Library Association
- ALISE, Association for Library and Information Science Education
- ANCIB, Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação, Brazil - National association for research and post-graduate studies in Information Science
- ARIA, Association Francophone de Recherche d'Information et Applications - French speaking association of Information Retrieval and Its Applications
- ARL, Association of Research Libraries
- Aardvark - Asian Resources for Librarians
- ASIS&T, Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)
ASIS&T holds its Annual Meeting in the fall (usually October) and also regularly sponsors the Information Architecture Summit (usually in March). ASIS& is also a co-sponsor of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, held annually in early summer. Other recent conferences include the European Information Architecture Summit and the conference on Digital Archives for Science and Engineering Resources (DASER). Many of the Special Interest Groups will be of interest to information professionals, and most have open listservs (All ASIS&T SIGs).- Arts & Humanities (AH)
- Bioinformatics (BIO)
- Classification Research (CR)
- Critical Issues (CRIT)
- Digital Libraries (DL)
- Education for Information Science (ED)
- History & Foundations of Information Science (HFIS)
- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Information Analysis & Evaluation (IAE)
- Information Needs, Seeking and Use (USE)
- Information Policy (IFP)
- International Information Issues (III)
- Knowledge Management (KM)
- Library Technologies (LT)
- Management (MGT)
- Medical Informatics (MED)
- Metrics (MET)
- Scientific & Technical Information Systems (STI)
- Technology, Information, & Society (TIS)
- Visualization, Images & Sound (VIS)
- ASBAD, Association senegalaise des bibliothecaires, archivistes et documentalistes [Senegalese association of librarians, archivists and documentalists]
- ASTED, Association pour l'Avancement des Sciences et des Techniques de la Documentation, Canada – Association for the advancement of documentation sciences and techniques
- CAIS, Canadian Association of Information Science – Association Canadienne des sciences de l'information
- CILIP, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
- CIRN, Community Informatics Research Network
- CNI, Coalition for Networked Information
- DGI, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswuissenschaft und Informationspraxis e.V.) - German society for Information science and practice
- EBLIDA, European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
- EUSIDIC, European Association of Information Services
- GRD, Groupe Romand de Documentation, Switzerland – Roman Group for documentation
- Grampian Information
- HID, Hrvatsko informacijsko i dokumentacijsko drustvo, Croatia – Croatian Association for information and documentation
- IADIS, International Association for Development of the Information Association
- IAI, Information Architecture Institute
- IALL, International Association of Law Libraries
- IAMCR-AIECS-AIERI, International Association for Media and Communication Research; Asociación Internacional de Estudios en Communicación Social;Association Internationale des Études et Recherches sur l´ Information et la Communication
- ICA, International Communications Association
- ICSTI, International council for scientific and technical information - Conseil scientifique pour l'information scientifique et technique
- IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE is a co-sponsor of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, held annually in early summer, and some of the Societies of IEEE (All IEEE Societies) may be of interest to information professionals. Sites include general information, publications and conference lists. - IFIP, International Federation for Information Processing
IFIP maintains Technical Committees (Aims & Scopes of the committees) and Working Groups that may be of interest:- TC 2: Software:Theory and Practice
- TC 3: Education
- TC 5: Computer Applications in Technology
- TC 8: Information Systems
- WG 8.1: Design and Evaluation of Information Systems
- WG 8.2: Interaction of Information Systems and the Organization
- WG 8.3: Decision Support Systems
- WG 8.4: E-Business: Multi-disciplinary research and practice
- WG 8.5: Information Systems in Public Administration
- WG 8.6: Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology
- TC 9: Relationship between Computers and Society
- WG 9.1: Computers and Work
- WG 9.2: Social Accountability
- WG 9.3: Home Oriented Informatics and Telematics
- WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries
- WG 9.5: Applications and Social Implications of Virtual Worlds
- WG 9.6: /11.7 Information Technology: Misuse and The Law
- WG 9.7: History of Computing
- WG 9.8: Women and Information Technology
- TC 12: Artificial Intelligence>
- TC 13: Human-Computer Interaction
- IISN, Integration and Implementation Sciences Network
- IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations
IFLA has been holding annual conferences around the world every August for over 70 years. IFLA also maintains a variety of listservs (All IFLA discussion lists). Some are closed, but open ones that may be of interest include:- Digital Libraries (DIGLIB-L)
- Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE-L)
- IFLA membership list
- Information Technology (IFLA-IT)
- Knowledge Management (KMDG-L)
- Law Libraries
- Medical Libraries (MEDLIBS)
- Regional Section: Asia & Oceania
- Social Sciences Libraries(SOC-LIB)
- Science and Technology Libraries (STL-SC)
- UNIMARC Discussion (UNIMARC-DIS)
- University and General Research Libraries (UNIVERS)
- Women's Issues (WOMENISS)
- IFIP WG 9.4 Computing & development
- INFLIBNET, Information and Library Network Centre - "A Gateway to India's Academic and Research Community"
- ILISKMA, Indian Library, Information Science & Knowledge Management Association
- INCITE, Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento da Informação Cientifica e Tecnica, Portugal - Portuguese association for the development of scientific and technical information
- ISSI, International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
- KM4DEV, Knowledge Management for Development
- LIASA, Library and Information Association of South Africa
- MISTICA, Metodología e Impacto Social de las Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación en América - Methodology and Social Impact of the Information and Comunication Technologies in America
- MLA, Medical Library Association
- NIWA, Namibian Information Workers Association
- ÖGDI, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Dokumentation & Information - Austrian Society for Documentation and Information
- SEDIC, Sociedad Española de Documentacion e Informacion Cientifica, Spain – Spanish society of documentation and scientific information
- SFSIC, Société Française des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication – French society of Information and Communication Sciences
- SKIP, Svaz knihovníku a informacních pracovníku Ceské republiky - Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic
- SLA, Special Libraries Association
- TLA, Tanzania Library Association
- TLS, Tekniska Litteratursällskapet - Swedish Society for Technical Documentation
- SVD/ASD, Schweizerische Vereingung für Dokumentation / Association Suisse de Documentation – Swiss association of documentation
- TIETOPALVELUSEURA, Finnish Society for Information Services
Electronic Fora
Many of the societies listed above (ASIS&T, IFLA, ACM, IEEE) maintain discussion lists, blogs or other electronic fora related to special interest groups. The fora below may also be of interest.
- African Network of IT Experts and Professionals (ANITEP) - List: afrik-it@listserv.heanet.ie
- AFLIB-L, African Libraries Listserv
- Online Discussion: IP, free software and patents in the African spotlight - VIRTUAL CONFERENCE/DISCUSSION: 20 July-21 August 2005, in French, Organised by: Center for International ICT Policy for West and Central Africa (CIPACO), the Collaboration for International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa, and the UK Department for International Development's Catia programme
- ALAWORLD, ALA International Relations Round Table
- Digilib India
- Evidence-Based-Libraries
- Interaction-Design.org - Site about HCI, Usability, UI Design, User Experience, Information Architecture. Includes a peer-reviewed Encyclopedia.
- IATLIS (Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science)
- www.infolibrarian.com - popular resource for information scientists/librarians in India
- India-Lis IFLA Discussion list
- JESSE
- LIBADMIN-L
- LIS-IIS
- LIS-LIRG
- NCSI (National Center for Science Information) Lis-Forum - among oldest for India
- NMLIS (New Millenium LIS Professionals)
- Pune Libraries Networking Forum (PLNF) - India
- WEB4LIB
- XML4LIB
Rotating Conferences
Many of the societies listed above have standing conferences (IFLA being perhaps among the longest running and most well known). There are other standing conferences, however, that occur regularly but whose sponsorship and location rotates.
- CATaC, biennial conference series on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication. Organizer and place rotate. Next 2006.
- ISIC, Information Seeking in Context Organizer and place rotate.
Related Calendars
In this section we offer links to calendars produced by other societies or networks in related fields. Some of the events they list may be included in the ICISC Calendar, but others may also be of interest.
- Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School - The monthly newsletter, The Filter, has a section called Conference Watch listing global events.
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - International Calendar listings based at Iowa State University.
- Calendar of Music Information Retrieval Conferences and Related Events - Conferences on music and technology
- Calendar of E-Learning Events - Principal Conferences and Activities Related to e-Learning Taking Place in Europe
- D-Lib Workshops and Conferences - Events list sponsored by D-Lib Magazine
- eGovernment Events - Sponsored by IDABC European eGovernment Services (Interoperable Delivery of services to Admiminstrations, Businesses and Services)
- eUser EU - Calendar of Events (eUser: Evidence-based support for the design and delivery of user-centred online public services)
- ERCIM Calendar Events - Events primarily in computer science, but some information science. Multiple sponsors. List maintained by European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
- GIS Development Events - Events related to GIS (Geospatial/Geographic Information Systems)
- Global Knowledge Partnership ICT4D Events Calendar - Events related to Information Communication Technologies for Development
- IFLA Journal - Each issue of the journal contains an International Calendar section with global events related to libraries.
- IP and IT Conferences - An evolving list of academic conferences and programs in intellectual property and information technology law, policy and research. Maintained by Professor Michael Madison at the University of Pittsburgh in a blog format allowing comments and offering RSS feeds.
- i4d - Information for Development - Events calendar related to information and communication technologies use in development strategies. (events are fairly computer/technology focused)
- Interaction Design Calendar - Events related to HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Information Architecture, User Experience, etc.
- Knowledge Management Resources and Links - The following calendars are linked from the list of KM resources produced by Giora Hadar and stored on the KM4DEV site:
- Ark Group Events - Mostly management, but some information management and knowledge management.
- Competia Events - Mostly competetive intelligence.
- Darwin Events - Slight technology and security focus, but range of info science events.
- E-Learning Age Events - Mostly UK workshops.
- Gurteen Knowledge Community Events Calendar- Extensive calendar of IS, KM, e-learning and internet related events.
- Information Today Calendar
- KM World Events
- Unicom Knowledge Management Events - Mostly Unicom sponsored in the UK.
- Library Related Conferences - Maintained by Marian Dworaczek at the University of Saskatchewan Library. Extensive list including many local US and Canadian events which ICISC does not cover.
- Rural Telecommunications Congress - Upcoming Events
Miscellaneous
The following are resources that may be of interest but don't fit neatly into one of the other categories
- Library and Information Sciences Journals in Spanish and Portuguese (2007) ** NOTE: This link is to an Excel file.
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by SIG/III, ASIST/EC and NEASISTLast updated: 17 January 2006
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