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When: Wed May 22, 2013 12am to Thu May 23, 2013 11:59pm  EDT

Where: University of Maryland, College Park
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: HCIL's 30th Annual Symposium May 22, 2013, and May 23, 2013 HCIL's 30th Annual Symposium will highlight the cutting-edge research being conducted in the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland. The Symposium will take place on Wednesday, May 22nd and Thursday, May 23rd and will feature parallel sessions of talks, tutorials and workshops on both days as well as posters, demos and videos of our work. For more information, please visit http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/soh/.

When: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10am to 11am  EDT

Where: 4113 Hornbake Building, South Wing
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: TITLE: From Someone Who Has Been There: Information Seeking in Mentoring ABSTRACT: For tenure-track faculty, mentoring can be an important source of information needed for success in their new career and institution. Although information behavior is central to the mentoring relationship, mentoring has not yet been looked at through an information behavior lens. This study sought to begin to fill this gap by investigating mentees’ perceptions regarding how mentees and mentors share information, what motivates mentees to seek information, what barriers exist to their information seeking, and what contributes to a successful mentoring relationship. Data were collected using a Web survey and follow-up interviews, both of which explored the mentoring experiences of tenure-track faculty at a major mid-Atlantic research university. Study findings suggest that the information seeking of mentees is akin to browsing in a document collection, that mentees’ information needs are fluid and highly contextualized, and that there are affective barriers to information seeking within the context of the mentoring relationship. COMMITTEE: Dr. Beth St. Jean, College of Information Studies (Chair) Dr. Diane Barlow, College of Information Studies Dr. Paul Jaeger, College of Information Studies

When: Tue Apr 23, 2013 7pm to Tue Apr 23, 2013 8pm  EDT

Where: Online using Adobe Connect
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The Lilead Project team will hold its first Webinar to discuss preliminary findings from its national study of school district library supervisors. The survey findings offer a revealing glimpse at the job titles, education, major roles and responsibilities, and the challenges faced by the individuals in these positions. This national study, carried out by researchers at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies, represents the first of its kind since the late 1960s. It will provide important baseline information for future research in the profession. To participate in the Webinar, please register here: http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/zcc12qe4UOeiXe, and you will receive detailed information on how to join the Adobe Connect session.

When: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9am to 10am  EDT

Where: Room 2116 Hornbake South Wing
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Chad Doran will present and defend his dissertation proposal, titled "Examination of the Management of Social Media Records at a Federal Executive Agency," on April 22nd at 9:00 AM in Room 2116 Hornbake South Wing. All are welcome to attend the public presentation and ask questions. Abstract: Maintaining and preserving records has long been regarded as essential to the functioning of government and to related open government initiatives in particular. However, the literature identifies specific technology and policy-related challenges of managing social media records. While there exists, in the literature, a limited examination, via interviews, on the management of social media content in the federal agencies, a close analysis is needed to identify how social media records are being managed in practice. This study will provide an in-depth analysis of this issue within a federal executive agency, utilizing a mixed-methods approach consisting of survey administration, document review, and follow-up interviews. This study will present theoretical as well as practical implications. On the theoretical level, the study is expected to contribute to records management theory, application of information models, and the definition of the record in the social media environment. On the practical level, this research will provide recommendations to industry and federal agencies for the development of standards, guidance, and technologies for the management and preservation of social media records. Dissertation proposal committee: Chair: John Bertot, iSchool Co-chair: Michael Kurtz, iSchool Katie Shilton, iSchool Ricki Punzalan, iSchool Dean's Representative: Kate Stewart, School of Business

When: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:30pm to 7:30pm  EDT

Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Panelists Include: •Kristopher Turner - Kristopher Turner is the Managing Coordinator of Youth Programs for The Village Place, small non-profit organization working with at-risk youth in Baltimore City. Mr. Turner is currently the Ready By 21 Coordinator for the Family League of Baltimore City. •Amy Cheney - Amy Cheney was part of the foundation of a new organization called Library Services for Youth in Custody. Amy is chairing the book award committee, In the Margins, and she is a really strong advocate for library services for incarcerated youth. Amy is located in Austin, TX. •Micki Freeney - Micki Freeney is Coordinator of Youth Services for the DC Public Library. Micki spent thirty-seven years in the PG County Memorial Library System (MD) from which she retired as the director in July 2008. An active member of the Association for Library Service to Children, she has served on the Caldecott, Newbery, and Sibert Award Committees, and she co-edited First Steps to Literacy for the ALA division. •Joseph Richardson - Joseph Richardson is an Associate Professor in the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Maryland and is the Director of the Young African-American Males in Maryland-Violence Intervention Program. His research primarily focuses on three areas: 1) violence and trauma among young African-American men; 2) HIV risk behaviors among correctional populations;3) parenting strategies for low-income African-American male youth.

When: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:30pm to 5:15pm  EDT

Where: 2116 Hornbake Building, South Wing
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: On Wednesday, April 10th from 4:30-5:15 pm in Hornbake 2116 Dr. Jane Zhang, a member of the faculty at the Catholic University School of Library and Information Science and representative for the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA), will be coming to UMD for an information session on the certified archivist exam. If anyone is thinking about taking it either this year or in the future, I definitely recommend coming! If 5 or more people are interested in taking a test in any one location, ACA will set up and proctor a test. That means - if 5 or more people want to take the exam at College Park or in DC, you can arrange to take it here instead of having to schlep to the SAA annual conference in New Orleans!! The info session will be a great time to learn about the exam, form study groups, and potentially arrange to have a test proctored locally.

When: Fri May 17, 2013 12pm to 2pm  EDT

Where: CASCI CSCW Paper Workshop
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This paper development workshop, presented by CASCI, will help CSCE submitters prepare their papers (due May 31, 2013) for CSCW (ACM’s conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing), held in Baltimore, MD. To participate you will need to (a) provide a draft of your paper by Monday, May 13th and (b) be willing to prepare feedback on at least one other paper during the week of May 13-17th. If you are expecting (hoping?) to submit a paper to CSCW 2014 and would like to participate in the CASCI CSCW Paper Development Workshop please let us know by sending a quick note to bsbutler@umd.edu (this is not a commitment – just an expression of interest so we can plan appropriately). When: Friday, May 17th, 12-2pm Where: 2116 Hornbake (Paper Drafts due by Monday, May 13th) more info at: http://casci.umd.edu/2013/03/casci-cscw-2014-paper-development-workshop

When: Tue May 7, 2013 12pm to 1pm  EDT

Where: 2116 Hornbake
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Shannon Lantzy of UMD's Robert H. Smith School of Business will present Naive or Savvy: How Credible Are Online Reviews for Credence Services? When: Tuesday, May 7th, 12-1 pm Where: 2116 Hornbake

When: Tue Apr 9, 2013 12pm to 1pm  EDT

Where: Hornbake 2116
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Jimmy Lin (UMD) will lead a discussion about Hadoop and Big Data. Specifically the focus will be on helping us understand the capabilities that Hadoop provides and brainstorming ways that it could be used for computational social and design science. When: Tuesday, April 9th, 12-1 pm Where: Hornbake 2116

When: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12pm to 1pm  EDT

Where: 2116 Hornbake, University of Maryland, College Park
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Jessica Vitak of UMD's iSchool presents Being "Friends" in the Facebook Age: Examining Social Media's Role in the Relationship Maintenance Process When: Tuesday, April 23rd, 12-1 pm Where: 2116 Hornbake, University of Maryland, College Park

When: Tue Apr 16, 2013 2pm to 3pm  EDT

Where: 2119 Hornbake Building, University of Maryland, College Park
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: David Ayman Shamma is research scientist at Yahoo! Labs where he heads the Human-Computer Interaction Research group and is the lead scientist at Flickr. During this sixth lecture in the HCIL Distinguished Lecturer Series, he will be discussing research in "trace data:" the trace information left behind by human actions and interactions. He will look at the motivations behind such actions through three areas of inquiry: genre classification, topic prediction, and event detection, as well as how understanding these motivations can influence future data solutions and online experiences. The lecture will take place Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 2pm in 2119 Hornbake Building, University of Maryland-College Park. For more information, email the UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab at: hcil-info@cs.umd.edu.

When: Tue Apr 2, 2013 4:30pm to 5:30pm  EDT

Where: 4th floor lounge, Hornbake, South Wing
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Meet with Dr. Valerii Pavlovich Leonov, Director of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

When: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10am to 1:30pm  EDT

Who: Ischool UMD
Event Status: confirmed

When: Thu Apr 4, 2013 2pm to 4pm  EDT

Where: HBK 2116
Event Status: confirmed

When: Tue Mar 12, 2013 4pm to 6pm  EDT

Where: HBK 2116
Event Status: confirmed

When: Thu Apr 4, 2013 6pm to 7pm  EDT

Where: Online via Adobe Connect: http://umdischool.adobeconnect.com/field_study_spr13_2/
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: So you're registered for field study... Join us for an information session where you'll learn about the requirements for field study, documentation that you'll need to complete, and learn about how to find a field study placement site. To connect to the virtual listening session, please use the following link: http://umdischool.adobeconnect.com/field_study_spr13_2/ Please be sure to run the system test to ensure compatibility with your computer: https://umdischool.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Adobe Connect tutorials are available at: https://na7cps.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/startmain.htm

When: Tue Apr 2, 2013 6pm to 7pm  EDT

Where: Online via Adobe Connect: http://umdischool.adobeconnect.com/field_study_spr13_1/
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: So you're registered for field study... Join us for an information session where you'll learn about the requirements for field study, documentation that you'll need to complete, and learn about how to find a field study placement site. To connect to the virtual listening session, please use the following link: http://umdischool.adobeconnect.com/field_study_spr13_1/ Please be sure to run the system test to ensure compatibility with your computer: https://umdischool.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Adobe Connect tutorials are available at: https://na7cps.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/startmain.htm

When: Fri Mar 15, 2013 12pm to 1pm  EDT

Where: Hornbake, Room TBD
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Dr. Sean Goggins, assistant professor at Drexel University, will speak on Group Informatics Infrastructure & Data at this Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information (CASCI) event. For more information, visit CASCI online at casci.umd.edu or contact Brian Butler at bsbutler@umd.edu.

When: Tue Mar 5, 2013 12pm to 1pm  EST

Where: Hornbake, South Wing, Rm 2116
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: UMD's Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information (CASCI) is hosting this lunch from noon to 1 p.m. in Hornbake (South Wing) Room 2116. Focusing on Mapping the Community Studies Space, CASCI members will discuss the venues (journals, conferences, listservs, etc.), seminal papers, people and institutions important to researchers in the fields of technology, information and organization. For more information on CASCI, visit its website at casci.umd.edu or contact Brian Butler at bsbutler@umd.edu.

When: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11am to 1pm  EST

Where: Hornbake (South Wing) Room 2119
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Kalev Leetaru, Ph.D student at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, will be presenting his talk, Using “Big Data” To Understand the World Around Us: Towards Realtime Modeling, Monitoring, and Forecasting Global Society through Information Production and Consumption. More information can be found here: http://mim.umd.edu/2013/02/talk-by-kalev-leetaru-on-using-big-data-to-understand-the-world-around-us/