ASIS&T annual meeting pre‐conference activities: Information behavior on the move: 2013 ASIS&T SIG/USE research symposium. Issue 3 (February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Agosto, Denise E.; Mon, Lorri; Tang, Rong
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 40:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 32
• Publication Date: 2014-02
• Subjects: Information science -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/bult.2014.1720400309
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-9223

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</bold> </p> <p>The 13th Annual SIG/USE Research Symposium focused on ways mobile technologies have influenced information needs, seeking and use. In her keynote address, Caroline Haythornthwaite framed movement as changing contributorship, interactions and participation in multiple knowledge communities. A series of Ignite talks on the common theme of mobility followed, with topics ranging from mobile phones as the preferred Internet access device, credibility of mobile applications and online resources and public libraries' use of social media and mobile applications to mobile apps promoting health information literacy and supporting teleworking. Small groups brainstormed on opportunities, challenges and research ideas inspired by the theme. Annual SIG/USE awards recognized scholars for innovative work on topics including refugees' information seeking, factors influencing scholars' data sharing and drawings as visual representations of information. The symposium closed with encouragement to consider how information on the move influences perspectives and research into information behavior.</p> </abstract>