i³ 2009: Information: Interactions and Impact – Call for Papers

Following the success of the first Information: Interactions and
Impact (i³) International Conference, (Aberdeen 2007), the second i³
conference will take place at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen,
on 22-25 June 2009. Our conference website is now live at
http://www.i3conference2009.org.uk , and conference booking will open
on 19th January.

i3 is concerned with the quality and effectiveness of the interaction
between people and information and how this interaction can bring
about change in individuals, organisations, communities and society.
The conference will look beyond the issues of use and accessibility of
technology to questions about the way people interact with the
information and knowledge content of today's systems and services, and
how this might ultimately affect the impact of that information on
individuals, organisations and communities.

Call for Submissions

We invite the submission of high quality papers that report original
research or critically discuss underlying methodological issues
associated with the main themes of the conference. Papers may reflect
ongoing or completed research studies and should not have been
previously published or be currently under consideration for
publication elsewhere. We would particularly welcome papers which
address two or more of the following conference themes:

• the quality and effectiveness of user/information interactions (e.g.
information literacy);
• patterns of information behaviour in different contexts;
• impact of information or information services on people,
organisations, communities and society (e.g. social, learning,
cultural and economic outcomes of engagement with information);
• more effective decision making.

Submissions are invited for:
• Full papers; (40 minutes duration -35 minutes with 5 minutes for questions);
• Short papers (15 minutes duration);
• Posters; and
• Round table discussions (60-80 minutes duration).

Authors who are accepted to give full papers at i3 are also invited to
submit a full paper for publication in a special issue for the journal
Libri.

Submissions will be anonymously reviewed by two members of an
international programme committee specialising in one or more of the
conference research streams. Notification of acceptance will be
emailed to authors and will also include the comments of the
reviewers. A list of titles of accepted papers and posters will be
published on the i3 website.

Full details of the requirements and instructions for submission can
be found at http://www.i3conference2009.org.uk/call09.htm . The
deadline for receipt of abstracts is 6th February 2009.

For any further information please see
http://www.i3conference2009.org.uk, or contact the conference team at
i3information@rgu.ac.uk.