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Storytelling is an essential part of human history and culture, a powerful tool for learning, sense making and knowledge transmission. A tale may be a narrative account of an event, asserted fact, or circumstance; a cautionary fable used to educate; a boast of one's accomplishments. At its most basic level, stories comprise a succession of events, and storytelling is the activity of relaying those events through personal communication or artefacts such as movies, novels, reports. Increasingly, our tales are encoded, distributed, appreciated and preserved in digital media: the emails, texts, tweets and status updates that comprise our everyday stories.
We construct narratives around and through the information products and applications we use on a daily basis. As researchers, we attempt to capture these stories in order to inform the design, evaluation, and use of information systems and resources, As library and information professionals, we use stories to understand and engage our communities in our services and organizations.
Our conference theme, Tales from the Edge: Narrative Voices in Information Research and Practice, reflects both the geographic location of our host city, Victoria, British Columbia, as well as our intention to showcase leading edge research and practice. As narrative is critical to the development of meaning, delegates to the conference are encouraged to surface their subjectivities and give voice not only to their users or participants, but to themselves. Each scholar has a unique story to tell the Information Science field and profession. Our theme supports diverse approaches to inquiry, and seeks to recognize not only research that pushes the boundaries of the field, but also those voices residing at the margins of research and practice.
We seek papers and presentations that address this broad theme, but also pose the following questions for consideration:
- How is technology affecting the way we analyze personal and social narratives?
- What methods do we use to capture our users' and participants' stories?
- How can we better represent marginalized voices in our research?
- What new techniques allow us to tell stories with data?
- How do we use narrative to bridge the divide between research and practice?
- What is the researcher's role as raconteur?
We welcome studies that explore any of these issues, or analyses that more broadly address the theme of narrative at the boundaries.
Call for proposals. We welcome proposals for CAIS/ACSI 2013. Proposals may be submitted in English or French. The conference committee strongly encourages submissions from professional and academic researchers.
Types of submissions
Papers: 20-minute oral presentations of completed or well-developed projects on topics suitable for publication in scholarly and professional journals. Proposals that report on completed or ongoing research will be given preference. Diverse perspectives (theoretical and applied) and methodologies are welcomed. Proposals should be in the form of an extended abstract (approximately 1000-1500 words excluding references), reporting on research projects, theoretical developments or innovative practical applications.
Posters: Visual presentations of completed or well-developed projects on topics suitable for publication in scholarly and professional journals. Proposals that report on completed or ongoing research will be given preference. Diverse perspectives (theoretical and applied) and methodologies are welcomed. Proposals should be in the form of a short abstract (with a limit of 750 words excluding references), reporting on research projects, theoretical developments or innovative practical applications.
Alternative Events: Presentations of completed or nascent research, issues in research or practice, or work that does not lend itself to presentation in paper form may be submitted as an alternative event. The assumption is that these events are highly interactive or participatory in nature, including but not limited to:
Panels: Panels presenting topics for discussion such as successful practitioner/academic collaborations, research challenges, emerging trends, and contrasting viewpoints from experts in complementary professional areas are welcome. Ignite Talks: A collection of short presentations (25 slides, 20 seconds each) on a theme with ample time for audience questions and discussion. Fishbowl Conversations: A highly participatory conversation initially led by a set of speakers who yield the floor to audience members after introducing a topic and their perspective or related research. Proposals for alternative events should be in the form of an extended abstract (approximately 1000-1500 words excluding references), providing an overview of the issues, projects, or viewpoints to be presented. Submissions must also include title, names and affiliations of all participants (including moderator, speakers, reactors, etc.).
Student- and Practitioner-to-CAIS/ACSI Awards
Papers submitted by graduate students and by practitioners will be considered for these awards. The awards include a monetary prize as well as publication of the full manuscript in the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science / La Revue Canadienne des Sciences de L'information et de Bibliothéconomie. Students and practitioners should submit full paper by April 15th to be considered for this award. Details of the award, including previous winners, can be found at the CAIS/ACSI website.
Submission Deadline for all proposals is January 14, 2013.
Proposals should be submitted via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=caisacsi2013. Further instructions and guidelines will be available by on the conference website at http://www.diigubc.ca/cais-acsi.
Conference proposals will be refereed by the Programme Committee. Authors will be notified of the Committee’s decision no later than February 25th, 2013. All presenters must register for the conference. Abstracts will be published on the CAIS/ACSI Website once registration has taken place. Final versions must be submitted no later than April 15th, 2013.
Participants are also encouraged to submit full papers to the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science /La Revue Canadienne des Sciences de L'information et de Bibliothéconomie.
For further information, please contact one of the CAIS/ACSI 2013 Conference Co-chairs.
Kristin Hodgins
Local Arrangements Chair
Attorney General Law Library
Ministry of Justice
PO Box 9280 Stn Prov Govt
2nd Floor, 1001 Douglas St
Victoria, BC V8W 9J7
P: 250-356-8490
E: kristin.hodgins@gov.bc.ca
Eric Meyers
Conference Co-Chair
Assistant Professor
iSchool, University of British Columbia
1961 East Mall, Suite 470
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
P: 604-827-3945
E: Eric.Meyers@ubc.ca
Heather O'Brien
Conference Co-Chair
Assistant Professor
iSchool, University of British Columbia
1961 East Mall, Suite 470
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
P: 604-822-6365
E: h.obrien@ubc.ca
The conference will take place as part of the 2013 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC. Registration will be available online through the Congress website (http://congress2013.ca).
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