Join us as Professor Peter Ingwersen gives his talk on the Laboratory IR tradition (the Cranfield Framework) in light of the Integrated Cognitive IR Research Framework. These frameworks are analyzed in relation to several interactive IR models. The Integrated Cognitive IR Framework will be discussed, in particular with respect to central variables and functionality.
Each year, the Los Angeles Chapter of American Society for Information Science and Technology presents its Contributions to Information Science Award (CISTA) to one or more individuals who have made significant contribution to the field. Recipients are those individuals who are recognized by their colleagues as exceptional leaders whose dedication, commitment and vision inspire others, or whose singular contribution to the field of information science has been particularly significant.
LACASIS' 2002 Contribution to Information Science Award (CTISA) Recipient, Tefko Savacevic, Ph.D., Professor II, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, will speak on "Human Information Behavior In Digital Libraries."
The 2001 Contributions to Information Science Award dinner was held Tuesday, November 11, 2001 at the UCLA Faculty Center. Elaine Svenonius, Professor Emerita, was this year's award recipient.
LACASIS held its Contributions to Information Science Award Program on October 19, 2000 at the UCLA Faculty Center. Dr. Michael Buckland, winner of this year's award, spoke on the topic, "Who Was Goldberg? A Forgotten Pioneer of Information Science."
The 1999 Contributions to Information Science Award Dinner was held at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Culver City on October 27, 1999. The year's awardee was Dr. José-Marie Griffiths. The title of her presentation was Back to the Future: Science and Theory for Information Professionals in the Next Millennium.
LACASIS hosted its annual awards dinner on November 10. The guest of honor was 1998 recipient of the Contributions to Information Science Award Seymour Lubetzky. The Margaret McKinley Scholarship Award was presented to 1998 winner Holly Ying. The dinner was held at the UCLA Faculty Center.
LACASIS hosted its annual awards dinner on November 11, 1997. The guest of honor was 1997 recipient of the Contributions to Information Science Award Dr. Christine Borgman. Her talk that evening was entitled, "Access to information in the networked world: Some reflections from the research front." The dinner was held at the Olympic Collection in Pasadena.
Please join us as we present the 1996 LACASIS Contributions To Information Science Award to Barbara Quint. Editor-in-chief of Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals, Ms. Quint is internationally known in the online industry. She was the principal speaker for the evening.
2009 CISTA Award Recipient & Featured Speaker Professor Dagobert Soergel of the College of Information Studies, University of Maryland will give his talk on "The task-centric revolution. Weaving information into workflows." Systems should be centered around tasks, not applications. This talk will present ideas and techniques towards the design of task-centric systems.
Please join us for an evening with one of the most celebrated scholars in the field of human-computer interaction and digital libraries, Dr. Gary Marchionini from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science.
