ASIST Doctoral Seminar on Research and Career Development

November 5, 2013, Salon 3, Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal

Organizers:

Barbara Wildemuth, School of Information and LIbrary Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and

Howard Rosenbaum, Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Bloomington

Purpose

The purpose of this seminar is to provide a forum in which doctoral candidates and recent doctoral graduates can discuss their research and career plans with more senior scholars. During the seminar, the junior scholars will become acquainted with more senior scholars working in related areas and will have the opportunity to interact with their peers.

Participants

The following junior researchers have been invited to participate:

• Amelia Acker, Dept of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Development and stabilization of SMS as a new electronic record (proposal)
• Sebastian Boell, School of Information Systems, Technology, and Management, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Theorizing information and information systems (dissertation)
• Erik Choi, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, Motivations and expectations for asking questions within online Q&A (proposal)
• Kaitlin Costello, School of Information & Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Information seeking and information disclosure on health forums by chronic kidney disease patients (proposal)
• Fereshteh Didegah, Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, University of Wolverhampton, Determinants of research citation impact: A combined statistical modelling (proposal)
• Rhiannon Gainor, School of Information Studies, McGill University, Measuring competitive intelligence outcomes: A case study (proposal)
• Devon Greyson, Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program, University of British Columbia, Health-related information practices and the experiences of childbearing and parenting youth (proposal)
• Grace Youngjoo Jeon, School of Information, University of Michigan, Social search using social Q&A services: Deriving benefits from interacting with crowds of unknown people (proposal)
• Christopher Leeder, School of Information, University of Michigan, Online information literacy, credibility evaluation, and metacognition skills development (proposal)
• Sherry Xie, School of LIbrary, Archival & Information Studies, University of British Columbia, The nature of record and the information management crisis in the government of Canada: A grounded theory study (dissertation)

The following senior researchers will be working with them:

• Denise Agosto, College of Computing & Informatics, Drexel University
• Kristin Eschenfelder, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison
• Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University
• Samantha Hastings, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
• Heidi Julien, Graduate School of Education, Library and Information Studies Dept, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
• Gary Marchionini, School of Information & Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Steve Sawyer, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
• Paul Solomon, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
• Dangzhi Zhao, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

Agenda

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