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Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1995 08:51:18 -0400
From: Richard Hill
The Digital Revolution: Assessing the Impact on Business, Education and Social Structures
San Diego, CA May 20 - 22, 1996
As the Industrial Revolution radically altered the means of production and transformed in the process the way people viewed their work, their societies, and each other, so too the Digital Revolution has the potential to profoundly alter the way that societies function at the global, local and personal level. From the vastness of the internet to the microchip in a greeting card, a revolution is emerging. The concept of the Digital Revolution relies on two senses of the word "revolution:" that of drastic change, but also that of motion allied with rotation. This is not the first revolution we will confront, neither is it the last.
The first suggests the upheaval we are confronting; the second is a reminder that we have been here before: other massive social changes such as the Industrial Revolution had raised equally profound questions and challenged the way that we view the world. What does it mean to participate in this Revolution? What does it mean to ignore it?
The Digital Revolution, simply put, involves both subtle as well as radical changes in the way that information is created (by anyone, for example, with a home page or e-mail account as a soapbox), stored (in media, as yet unknown in archival quality), and transmitted (more and more of it, faster and faster in numbers we struggle to comprehend).
We would like to think that the effects will be felt by everyone: and in terms of population groups this is true: young as well as old, men as well as women, any ethnic or national group you can name. No employment category (nor the unemployed) will be left out: academics, clergy, police, architects, sales clerks. But parts of these groups will be left out: and the distance between those included and those not included is widening.
Any discussion of information demands the consideration of many paradoxes. Perhaps the most important of paradox for this conference is that of information's economic nature: it is an important economic good, but also it is an essential component of all political and social interaction, especially in open, democratic societies. It is a social good that contributes to THE social good: exacerbating the distance between those that have and those that do not.
The conference is an exploration of the issues of and the effects that this Revolution is having - or will have - on the ways we conduct business, the ways that we teach, and the ways that we interact to build a social structure that forms our society. The conference seeks to identify and understand the dynamics of these changes, and to develop and debate methodologies for this assessment.
Invitation The 1996 ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, "The Digital Revolution: Assessing the Impact on Business, Education and Social Structures" is focused on the trends of the Revolution, their effects, and consequences - intended as well as not, in these particular arenas. We encourage submission of reports of specific events in the Revolution, such as the digital libraries initiatives; evaluation of tools and devices to manage, store, retrieve, and explore the products of the Revolution; and assessment of the policies and guidelines emerging to support its development. We encourage reports of research exploring the areas as noted above. We invite submission of papers, panels, tutorials, demonstrations, and other imaginative uses of the products and processes of the Revolution itself which will enable its understanding.
Any message sent to asis96@chestnut.lis.utk.edu will automatically generate an electronic version of the call and the submittal form. It is also available at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville School of Information Sciences homepage at http://pepper.lis.utk.edu/ under ASIS.
TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS
Contributed Papers The initial intent to submit should include the title and an extended outline or draft paper. Papers should address one or more of the issues outlined above. Presenters of accepted papers will be allowed 15-25 minutes for delivery. All papers will be refereed. All intents to submit papers must be received by November 15, 1995. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 15, 1995; camera ready papers will be due by February 1, 1996.
Panel, Special Interest Group, and other Presentations Individual contributions and panel discussions are welcome. All intents to organize sessions should include a description of 250 words indicating the topic and proposed speakers to address the topic, with contact information for all speakers, and an estimation of the time desired. A form for proposing panel sessions is attached. All intents to organize panel presentations and other program suggestions must be received by November 15, 1995. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 15, 1995: a final list of speakers, with complete contact information, and camera ready copy (full length if desired, or abstracts) will be due by February 1, 1996.
Two copies of your proposal and abstracts are required. A paper copy or electronic copy (encouraged, e-mail or ASCII file) should be sent to the addresses below. You will receive instructions for submission of final copy upon acceptance.
Deadlines and Submission Addresses:
Contributed Papers Proposals/Abstracts: postmarked by November 15, 1995 Finished Papers by February 15, 1996
Panel, SIG and Other Sessions Proposal/Abstracts: postmarked by November 15, 1995 Final speakers and abstract by February 1, 1996
Copy of all proposals to both addresses: Jos -Marie Griffiths Attn: ASIS 1996 Mid Year Meeting University of Tennessee at Knoxville 804 Volunteer Blvd Knoxville, TN 37996 jgriffit@utkvx.utk.edu
American Society for Information Science 1996 Mid Year Meeting 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 Silver Spring, MD 29010 (301) 495-0900 rhill@cni.org
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Richard Hill Executive Director, American Society for Information Science 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 495-0900 FAX: (301) 495-0810 rhill@cni.org ```
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