We invite the submission of papers in the field of human information behaviour research from participants in previous ISIC Conferences and other researchers from information-related fields for presentation at the Information Seeking in Context Conference to be held in Sydney on 19-21 July, 2006. We also invite doctoral students to submit an application for participation in the Doctoral Workshop held in conjunction with the Conference on 18 July. We especially welcome submissions from researchers and doctoral students based in the Southern Hemisphere.
Themes of the conference include the following:
- Theories and models of information seeking
- Research approaches and methodologies, both interpretive and positivist
- Information seeking and use in specific contexts e.g., health care, education, business, etc.
- Organizational structures and processes and information seeking and use
- Information behaviour in everyday life; in communities both real and virtual, including the role of indigenous knowledge.
- Integrating studies on information seeking and retrieval
- Information use, the nature of information and how information is used to help solve an original problem or satisfy an initial need
Paper Preparation and Submission (deadline January 31, 2006)
