[Sigia-l] Extended Hotel & Regustration Deadlines for ASIS&T 2015 AM

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St. Louis Hyatt and ASIS&T are extending the cut off dates for discounts =
until OCTOBER 23.

Rooms were tight and people were having problems.  But rooms blocked for =
the potential World Series games have opened up so we are able to make th=
is effort to help you save.

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2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Techno=
logy --
Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community

November 6-10, 2015 - Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch - St. Louis, Mi=
ssouri

Program and Registration at:
 https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/

The 2015 ASIS&T conference theme provides an opportunity for information =
science researchers =96including academics and practitioner=96 to discuss=
 the impact of their research on industry, on government, on local/nation=
al/global community groups, on individuals, on information systems, on cu=
ltural institutions, and on other practice contexts. The theme highlights=
 the introduction of a new conference focus on Applied Research, which re=
cognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, =
and/or connected to, information practice contexts.=20

8 Preconference Workshops
40 Contributed Papers
18 Panel Discussions

Plenary sessions:
Aaron Doering  -Building Community Online: Connecting People, Places, and=
 Ideas through Innovative Design-  Doering is associate professor in the =
LT Media Lab at the University of Minnesota, currently holds the Bonnie W=
estby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education and Technology. His research inv=
olves the design, development and evaluation of online and mobile teachin=
g environments; technology integration in K-12 settings; and the innovati=
ve use of technology to support teaching and learning.

Sarah Morton  -Creating Impact: Issues, Challenges and Solutions-  Morton=
 works at the intersection of social research, policy and practice in a r=
ange of leadership roles. She is co-director of the Centre for Research o=
n Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also wit=
hin the University of Edinburgh, Sarah is the knowledge exchange speciali=
st for the Centre for Community and Public Health Sciences and an impact =
analyst. She is a director of What Works Scotland and she is also an asso=
ciate of the research unit for research utilization at the National Coord=
inating Centre for Public Engagement and was a member of the Scottish Fun=
ding Council working group on Knowledge Exchange and Public Policy. Her r=
esearch has investigated the process assessing the impact of research on =
policy and practice. She has a specialty in contribution analysis and use=
s this approach in a variety of projects, often working with non-academic=
 partners, and also to assess the impact of research.=20



Richard Hill
Executive Director
Association for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
FAX: (301) 495-0810
(301) 495-0900



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