IST23: Information Science Trends 2023: Information Science Perspectives to Documenting Processes and Practices Hybrid Uppsala, Sweden, June 20-21, 2023 |
Conference website | https://www.abm.uu.se/research/Ongoing+Research+Projects/capture/events/conference--information-science-perspectives-to-documenting-processes-and-practices/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ist23 |
Submission deadline | April 25, 2023 |
The European Chapter (EC) and European Student Chapter (ESC) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), and the ERC-funded research project CAPTURE seek your contributions to a joint in-person and online conference on Information Science Perspectives to Documenting Processes and Practices in Uppsala/online June 20-21, 2023, 09.00-16.00pm (CET) each day.
THE BASICS!
Conference date: Tuesday 20th June to Wednesday 21st, 2023, 09:00-16.00 CET (which is e.g. 08:00-15:00 BST, 03:00 - 10:00 EST, your time zone).
In-person sessions in Uppsala, Sweden: 20 June 09:00-12:00 CET and 21 June 13:00-16:00 CET
Online sessions: 20 June 13:00-16;00 CET and 21 June 09:00-12:00 CET with in-person attendance in Uppsala
Deadline for submitting proposals (abstract of 400-750 words): 31st March 2023.
Submissions: At EasyChair including uploading a completed abstract template.
Registration: At the ASIS&T web. We invite researchers, practitioners and students to submit abstracts for talks (15 minutes presentation + discussion time). Students can also submit proposals for posters (10 minute presentation of their poster). We welcome proposals both from ASIS&T members, and from non-members. The revised abstracts will be published on Zenodo, an online repository for research outputs. Each conference day will consist of a keynote, online talks with discussions, opportunities for networking, and a student poster session.
KEYNOTES
Adrian Currie and Kirsten Walsh: The Philosophy of History Meets Archival Practice
June 20, 2023, on-site in Uppsala, 9:00 (CET)
Abstract: Reading the philosophy of history, you might well get the impression that history is produced and shaped by historians. But historians can only work with the texts that are available to them: what has been recorded, retained and curated—in other words, archived. Traditionally philosophers of history have paid a lot of attention to historiography, without having much to say about the other things historians do, nor other actors involved in the construction of historical knowledge. In effect, rendering those involved in designing, implementing and maintaining archives invisible. Nevertheless, discovery and evidence in history is very-often conducted in intimate and iterative contact with various archives and other repositories. And so, decisions about what documents and records to keep as well as how to categorize and store them make a critical difference to which histories are told and how. As such, a philosophy of history requires a philosophy of the archive. No doubt this comes as no surprise to practitioners of information science, and so, in some sense, we are preaching to the choir. As consumers and theorisers of archival material, we imagine we have much to learn from an audience of practitioners. And so, we’ll start with a brief case study: the construction of the archive of the Royal Society of London. This archival project began with the very inception of the Society (in the early 1660s). It did not simply function to provision data for the various natural philosophical activities the Society undertook—epistemic agendas—but also to further various political and moral agendas, as well as providing a central institutional fulcrum serving to centralize the Society’s power. We then use this case to highlight some important issues underwriting a philosophy of the archive: what is the relationship between archival data and its use by historians as evidence? What (if any) expertise might archivists claim relating to the significance of particular texts, or to their organization in repositories? To what extent do those decisions constrain and decide the direction of research in historiography and (for the Royal Society) natural philosophy? And what role do archives play in disputes about history?
Adrian Currie is primarily interested in how scientists successfully generate knowledge in tricky circumstances: where evidence is thin on the ground, targets are highly complex and obstinate, and our knowledge is limited. This has led him to examine the historical sciences – geology, palaeontology and archaeology – and to argue that the messy, opportunistic (‘methodologically omnivorous’) and disunified nature of these sciences often underwrites their success. His interest in knowledge-production has also led him to think about the natures of, and relationships between, scientific tools such as experiments, models and observations, as well as in comparative methods in biology. He also has an interest in how we organize scientific communities, particularly regarding scientific creativity.
Kirsten Walsh is a Philosophy Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology (SPA) at the University of Exeter, UK. She completed her PhD in 2015 at the University of Otago in New Zealand, focusing on the scientific methodology of Isaac Newton. Before moving to Exeter, she spent two years as an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Nottingham (2016-2018). Kirsten is interested in Isaac Newton’s methodology in both historical and philosophical contexts. She asks, how ought we understand his scientific achievements and what are the upshots for theoretical accounts of science? Her approach incorporates the tools and ideas of contemporary philosophy of science, balanced with a sensitivity to historical context. This gives her research a distinctive reach into both contemporary issues in the philosophy of science and to the history of ideas.
Olivier Le Deuff: Hyperdocumentation: what are the limits for documenting processes and practices?
June 21, 2023, online, 9:00 (CET)
Abstract: Nowadays, we are observing a shift from the search for information to the search for attention in documentary practices, a consequence of the progressive expansion of the social web, which allows everyone to disseminate documents from the personal sphere. The self-documentary practices that take place on social networks in various forms are in fact proof of the formation of a new documentary regime, that of a hyperdocumentation whose content exploits to the maximum the potentialities of the indexing of knowledge and especially those of the indexing of existences. Documentary practices are increasingly observed outside libraries and scientific and technical information environments. They concern more and more people who are not information specialists. In this context, the concept of hyperdocumentation created by the Belgian bibliographer Paul Otlet opens interesting perspectives. Otlet described hyperdocumentation as the ultimate stage of documentation as the possibility of documenting all the senses and recording all the knowledge of the world. The aim of the keynote is to show the current relevance of the concept of hyperdocumentation and the associated epistemological, technical and ethical issues. It will look at both the historical context surrounding Paul Otlet and current hyperdocumentary devices.
Olivier Le Deuff is an assistant professor in information science and communication studies at Bordeaux Montaigne University and at IUT Bordeaux Montaigne. He is particularly interested in the field of documentation and digital information in the digital humanities. He is the author of several books, essays and short stories, including Digital Humanities: History and Development and Hyperdocumentation, and the blog Le Guide des Egarés.
THE PROGRAMME
The purpose of the hybrid format is to enable as wide participation as possible, across geographical boundaries and for researchers and practitioners alike, in the information science community.Each of the conference days will consist of an onsite half-day, also broadcasted online, and an online only half-day. A physical space that can be used to join the online sessions will be provided to onsite participants in Uppsala. Presentations will be recorded and made available for the registered participants.For those attending online, there will be networking opportunities between sessions. Those attending in Uppsala will be offered additional social events in the evening of June 20th and 21st.
Tuesday, 20 June
- 09:00-12:00, on-site keynote, paper/poster session, in-person (open to off-site participation online)
- 12:00-13:00, lunch, in-person
- 13:00-16:00, opening panel, paper/poster session, ONLINE only
- 18.30 Conference dinner, including guided your, at Uppsala Castle, in-person
Wednesday, 21 June
- 08:00-09:00, wake up event - morning coffee and on-site poster session, in-person
- 09:00-12:00, online keynote and paper/poster session continues, ONLINE only
- 12:00-13:00, lunch, in-person
- 13:00-16:00, paper/poster session continues, closing session, in-person (open to off-site participation online)
- 16.30-18.00, Wine social at the Department of ALM, in person
SUBMISSIONS
IST 2023 focuses on processes and practices in information science and accepts submissions within information science/studies (broadly construed) covering research (completed or in progress), practical projects or examples, and conceptual work. “Processes and practices” is a theme open to your interpretation, but this gives some ideas about what we have in mind:=> documenting processes and practices, such as
- research,
- work, such as:
- analysis,
- coding or programming (e.g. Knowledge Organisation System (KOS)),
- procedures of care, e.g. care of children, elderly care, medical care, therapeutics, care of participants and customers
- leisure, e. g. sef-tracking behaviors, personal memory making
- …
=> for different purposes
- data reuse
- modeling and prognostics
- information management
- enabling cooperative and collaborative work, e.g. aligning care processes
- personal information management (PIM)
- digital library development
- data/research impact evaluations
- information seeking and use
- …
=> from different perspectives
- Information behaviour and practices (e.g. practices of documenting practices and processes; implications to IBP etc.)
- Data, information and knowledge management, including actions taken to meet Open Science objectives and FAIR data management
- (Information) literacies (e.g. competences of documenting and understanding documentation etc.)
- …
=> ethical aspects of documenting practices and processes
- ethical considerations in the reuse of data
- ethical data governance
- …
We interpret Information Science broadly to include all kinds of information experience and information behaviour, information retrieval, data science, information literacy, information organisation, and ways of knowing. If you are not sure whether your idea fits in with our theme do please email the conference co-chairs (see emails below).
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
For both presentations and posters, we request an informative, structured abstract (400-750 words including references in APA format, and written in English). You will find our template at https://tinyurl.com/IST23cfp. You must submit via Easychair.. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. All presenters must be registered for the conference (see below. Submissions are due on: 31st March 2023.If your submissions is accepted, we require you to upload your abstract with a CC-BY 4.0 International License at Zenodo (community: Information Science Trends - ASIS&T European Chapter Series)
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS
You may submit proposals for presentations (presentation of 15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions). Please submit your abstract and choose the submission type “presentation” in the submission form. The conference will be a hybrid event. Multimodal presentations, as well as traditional presentations, are welcome, as long as they fit in the time limit. Please indicate whether you will be attending on site or online only.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
Students may either submit presentation proposals (see above) and/or posters. All posters will be entered in a Best Poster competition. Posters will be judged by the conference committee based on clarity of communication and innovative presentation. Poster can be presented online or in-person. Students are defined as BA/BSc, MA/MSc, or PhD students within Information Science (including related areas such as Data Science and Information Management). Please submit an informative, structured abstract and choose the submission type “poster” in the submission form. The conference will be a hybrid event. Please indicate whether you will be attending on site or online only. Presenters of the posters at the conference may use a pdf, a video (playable from a publicly-accessible platform such as Youtube) or a very short slide show. You need to verify your status and name your supervisors/course leader.
ATTENDANCE
You may attend the conference in-person or online. In-person sessions will be broadcasted for online delegates. All online sessions will be ONLINE only, however, with an opportunity to participate from the conference site. For those attending in-person there will be additional networking events. Participation is not restricted to those presenting. If you do not want to present your work, you may want to join and listen to the talks.
Attend online
The fees are: ASIS&T members: no charge (but registration still required). Student non-members: US $10; Other non-members: US $25. Register here (if you are an ASIS&T member, log into the ASIS&T website to enable your discount).
Attend in-person
Registration costs for attending in-person are:Members: US $200Non-members: US $225
FOR MORE INFORMATION
We are happy to answer any questions you might have regarding this event. Please send an email to one of the IST conference co-chairsDr Sophie Rutter, s.rutter@sheffield.ac.uk, (EU Chapter chair)Sheila Webber, s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk, (EU Chapter past-chair)Dr Yuhua Wang, yuhua.wang@mmu.ac.uk, (EU Chapter chair-elect)Professor Isto Huvila, isto.huvila@abm.uu.se, (CAPTURE Project)Dr Lisa Andersson, lisa.andersson@abm.uu.se, (CAPTURE project, EU Chapter treasurer)
THE INFORMATION SCIENCE TRENDS (IST) CONFERENCE SERIES
The event is part of the series on Information Science Trends (IST). The events focus on current research topics, including invited speakers from research and industry. Our first event in Hamburg (April, 2019) focused on the topic Search Engines and Information Retrieval. Our second, online, event focused on Health Information Behaviour (June, 2020), our third on Information Science Research During COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Opportunities (June 2021), and our fourth on Untold Stories (June 2022); The latter 3 conferences were each awarded the ASIS&T Chapter Event of the Year. Our events provide an opportunity to network and share ideas and interests from the different fields of information science and related disciplines.
THE CAPTURE PROJECT
CApturing Paradata for documenTing data creation and Use for the REsearch of the future (CAPTURE)We might have enough data about data, but not a good enough understanding of how the data came about. CAPTURE investigates what information about the creation and use of research data (that is, paradata) is needed and how to capture enough of that information to make the data reusable in the future. The wickedness of the problem lies in the practical impossibility of documenting and keeping everything, and the difficulty to determine how to capture just enough.The empirical focus of CAPTURE is archaeological and cultural heritage data, which stands out by its extreme heterogeneity and rapid accumulation due to the scale of ongoing development-led archaeological fieldwork. Within and beyond this specific context, CAPTURE develops an in-depth understanding of how paradata is being created and used today and elicits methods for capturing paradata. CAPTURE tests new methods in field trials and synthesises the findings in a reference model to inform the capturing of paradata. Enabling data-intensive research using heterogeneous research data stemming from diverse origins.The project is directed by Professor Isto Huvila.
More information about the project.
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme grant agreement No 818210.