Call for Papers
Everything changes, everything stays the same?
Understanding Information Spaces
15th International Symposium of Information Science
13.-15. March 2017
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Organized by: Berlin School of Library and Information Science,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
The 15th International Symposium on Information Science (ISI 2017) will be held at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in March 2017. The organizers invite submissions addressing the overall conference theme of “Everything changes, everything stays the same? - Understanding Information Spaces.”
With the ongoing digitization and virtualization of goods, services and living environments, information science reflects on the potential changes within the information society. While some parts of the community proclaim a revolutionary shift not only in the way we approach information and information systems, but also in the way society constitutes itself, others state that while the applications and interfaces adapt to advances in information technology, the underlying principles for human interactions with information remain the same. At ISI 2017, we invite contributions on the development of innovative information spaces and services, on analyses of human-computer interactions in physical or virtual information spaces and on the role of information science and its research endeavors.
Papers and other submissions on the following topics, but also those which cover any subject in the broader field of information science including neighboring disciplines such as archival science, computer science, economics, law, library science, linguistics political science and administration, psychology or social science invited:
Designing information spaces:
- Digital collections - big data, small data
- Domain-specific information systems
- Information infrastructures
- Information organization and access
- Multimedia
- Social web, collaborative media
- User interfaces
- Virtual research environments
- Visualization
Analyzing information spaces:
- Information behavior
- Information literacy
- Metrics & altmetrics
- Quality management and evaluation
- User & usability studies
Impact of information spaces on research and society:
- Digital humanities
- E-Learning, E-Science
- E-Society, E-Culture, E-Commerce
- Globalization of information processes
- Information professions and professionalization
- Internationalization of information and knowledge
- Open access, open education, open innovation, open source
The conference language is English and English submissions are expected. The conference tool EasyChair will be used for all submission types unless otherwise specified. A style sheet and guidelines for submissions will be provided. Students and doctoral students are encouraged to present their research in special sessions. The following types of contributions may be submitted:
- Long papers (10-12 pages)
- Short papers (3-5 pages)
- Posters (1- 2 pages)
- Panel suggestions (1-2 pages)
- Student session
- Doctoral Session
There is also a special call for the Gerhard Lustig Master Thesis Award.
1. & 2. Long and short papers
Paper contributions have to be original unpublished works. Peer reviewing will be provided by at least two members of the programme committee.
- Deadline for short and long papers:
November 1, 2016Extended: November 18, 2016 - Notification of acceptance: mid-December 2016
- Deadline for revised manuscripts: mid-January 15, 2017
3. Poster
Ongoing research can be demonstrated with a poster. The poster will be shown and can be commented on in the entrance area of the conference site. Poster authors should submit a short summary of the poster for review (maximum length of 2 pages).
- Deadline for poster summaries:
November 15, 2016Extended: November 18, 2016 - Notification of acceptance: mid-December 2016
- Deadline for revised poster summaries: mid-January 2017
4. Panel suggestions
Panels discuss trending topics with a group of experts in a semi-informal manner. The panel proposal submission should include the topic of the panel, a short description of its objectives, the name of the panel chair and potential participants (in general, between four and six people). Panels should not extend 90 minutes at the conference.
- Deadline for panel suggestions:
November 1, 2016Extended: November 18, 2016 - Notification of acceptance of panels: mid-December 2016
- Deadline for panel summaries: mid-January 2017
5. Student session
Students of information science and related disciplines are encouraged to present their point of view, research projects or work in progress. The student submissions may be presented at a separate session or as a poster at the poster session. Student authors should submit a short summary of their presentation or poster and indicate their presentation preference (maximum length of 2 pages).
- Deadline for student summaries:
November 30, 2016Extended: December 22, 2016 - Notification of acceptance: early January 2017
- Deadline for revised student summaries: mid-January 2017
- Support for Swiss students: Inficon will support the travel costs of accepted Swiss student contributors in the student session.
6. Doctoral research session
Doctoral students are encouraged to present their research in a special doctoral research session, with short student presentations (10-15 minutes) and discussions. Doctoral students submit a summary of their ongoing dissertation research (length 3-5 pages) for review.
- Deadline for thesis summaries:
November 30, 2016Extended: December 12, 2016 - Notification of acceptance: early January 2017
- Deadline for revised thesis summaries: mid-January 2017
Gerhard Lustig Award for the best Master Thesis in Information Science 2015–2016
All institutions with study programmes relating to the information sciences (in the broader sense) are invited to submit master theses which have been finished (approved) in 2015 or 2016 for the Gerhard Lustig Award. The participating master theses are proposed by their supervising professors. Only one entry may be submitted per institution. The nomination will be in form of an extended abstract of the thesis of up to 1500 words (including title, figures, and references).
A jury will select approximately six theses from those submitted for presentation at a special session at ISI 2017. Among these six theses, the best three students will be awarded on the basis of the quality of their master thesis and their presentation.
- Deadline for Gerhard Lustig Award nominations:
November 30, 2016Extended: December 12, 2016 - Notification of acceptance for Gerhard Lustig thesis presentation: early January 2017
Author Guidelines
Authors are expected to use the Word template template_isi_2017.docx for posters, papers, student presentations and doctoral thesis presentations.The conference tool is EasyChair and propsols can be submitted via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isi2017. Proposals will be reviewed by the ISI 2017 programme committee.
Programme and conference management
Please direct all inquiries to:- Prof. Vivien Petras, PhD
- Berlin School of Library and Information Science
- Humboldt University Berlin
- Dorotheenstr. 26, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Tel: +49 30 2093-4325
- vivien.petras@ibi.hu-berlin.de
- www.ibi.hu-berlin.de
Last modified: December 6th, 2016