[CFP] 26th CAIS Conference (1999.06.9-11: Sherbrooke, Quebec)

[Terry Kuny]

              Call for Papers


       26th Annual Conference of the
Canadian Association for Information Science /
Association canadienne des sciences de l'information
              June 9-–11, 1999
   Université de Sherbrooke (http://www.usherb.ca)
  Sherbrooke, Québec (http://www.sders.com/tourism/)

     (watch for more information soon at
http://tornade.ere.umontreal.ca/~turner/english/cais1999.html)



Theme: Information science: Where has it been, where is it going?


For more than a quarter century, information scientists have met at the
CAIS conference to discuss the access, retrieval, production,
organization, distribution, value, use and management of information.
>From those early days of examining computational ways of manipulating
information through to investigations of information as communication,
CAIS has provided a forum for presentation, discussion and debate. At
its last conference before the year 2000, CAIS 1999 continues this
tradition.

CAIS 1999 will be held at the Université de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke,
Québec, located 150 km south of Montréal and 450 km north of Boston.
CAIS will be meeting with the 1999 Congress of the Social Sciences and
Humanities  (CSSH) and will offer exceptional opportunities for creative
contacts and fruitful discussion between delegates and members of the
approximately 80 learned societies that will meet concurrently.

We seek submissions related to any aspect of information science,
particularly those which exemplify the leading edge of our discipline.
Submissions must include a title and a 500 word extended abstract of the
proposed paper. The name(s) of the author(s), complete mailing and
e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers should be included on a
separate sheet. Abstracts will be refereed. Final papers will be
published in the proceedings and presented at the conference. Papers may
be in English or French. Preference will be given to papers that report
research or debate underlying methodological/philosophical issues,
rather than those that report on plans yet to be implemented. Deadline
for abstracts is January 15, 1999. Approval will be made by February 15,
1998. Final papers (3000-4000 words) must be received in camera-ready
form on paper by April 16, 1999.
 
Doctoral candidates are especially invited to submit to the conference.
CAIS will be awarding a full conference registration and one-year
membership to the best student submission. Student submissions must be
single-authored, and proof of student status must be included with the
submission.

Initial submissions in print, fax, or included in an e-mail message
bearing the subject “CAIS 1999 proposal” should be sent to:

James M Turner
CAIS 1999 Program Chair
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information
Université de Montréal
CP 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, QC  CAN  H3C 3J7
	Voice:	+1 514 343 2454
	Fax:	+1 514 343 5753
	e-mail:	james.turner at umontreal.ca
	Web:	http://tornade.ere.umontreal.ca/~turner



The CAIS 1999 Programme Committee

Ethel Auster, University of Toronto
France Bouthillier, McGill University
Grant Campbell, University of Western Ontario
Joan Cherry, University of Toronto
Clare Beghtol, University of Toronto
Jamshid Beheshti, McGill University
Pierrette Bergeron, Université de Montréal
Timothy Craven, University of Western Ontario
Bernd Frohmann, University of Western Ontario
Gilles Deschatelets, Université de Montréal
Wendy Duff, University of Toronto
Lynne Howarth, University of Toronto
Yves Marcoux, Université de Montréal
Lynne McKechnie, University of Western Ontario
Gillian Mitchell, University of Western Ontario
Kirsti Nilsen, University of Western Ontario
Hope Olson, University of Alberta
Alvin Schrader, University of Alberta
Susie Stephenson, University of British Columbia
Albert Tabah, Université de Montréal
Elaine Toms, Dalhousie University
Dietmar Wolfram, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee