Call for Papers

38th Annual Conference
Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
June 2 - 4, 2010

Information Science: Synergy through Diversity


With focus on innovative research and on information science as an evolving field, the conference will provide information scientists with a forum for presentation on four areas that form the conference program theme:

We are seeking submissions that address any aspects of the following:

  • Knowledge and Information Management (e.g. Knowledge Management, Competitive Intelligence, Economic Intelligence)
  • Social networking and user participation in knowledge structure (e.g. Web 2.0, folksonomies, ontologies)
  • Information Organization (e.g. cataloguing and classification, Informetrics, Records Management, metadata)
  • Human-Information Interaction (HII) (e.g. information retrieval, interface design, information architecture, user studies, information behaviour, information literacy)


Important Dates

  • Proposals Due - CLOSED
  • Notice of Acceptance - February 26, 2010
  • Extended Abstract Submitted - April 16, 2010
  • First day of the Conference - June 2, 2010

Co-Chairs of the CAIS/ACSI Conference 2010

Dr. Valerie Nesset
vmnesset@buffalo.edu
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Library and Information Studies
544 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
Tel : +1.716.645.1485
Fax: + 1.716.645.3775

Dr. Elaine Ménard
elaine.menard@mcgill.ca
McGill University
School of Information Studies
3459 McTavish, MS72C, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1Y1 Canada
Tel: +1.514.398.3363
Fax: +1.514.398.7193

Dr. Sabine Mas
sabine.mas@umontreal.ca
Université de Montréal
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7 Canada
Tel : +1.514. 343.2245
Fax : +1.514.343.5753

Registration

The conference will take place as part of the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University. Registration should be done online through the Congress Website (http://www.fedcan.virtuo.ca/congress2010/)