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Special Youth Issue of JASIS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (marykchelton)
Wed Oct 30 20:39:40 1996
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:03:37 -0600 (CST)
From: marykchelton <mchleton@cadvantage.com>
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Call for Papers
Special Topic Issue of JASIS: "Youth Issues in Information Science"
The next Special Topics issue of the Journal of the American Soceity for
Information Science (JASIS) is scheduled to come out in mid-1998 on the
topic of "Youth Issues in Information Science." The guest editors for this
special issue will be Professors Mary K. Chelton and Nancy Thomas of the
School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University.
The editors seek interdisciplinary research which examines user behavior,
mediation, information technology, and information systms from the
perspective of youth development in institutional and everyday contexts.
Naturalistic as well as experimental research is desired.
There are numerous research issues relation to youth issues in information
science. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Human and computer-assisted mediation for/by youth.
Instructional design implications of information systems and contexts for youth.
Youth affective responses to information behavior.
Youth participation in community information networks.
Youth-designed information products and systems.
Non-traditional information audiences among youth.
Hypertext approaches to information skills instruction for youth.
Relevant theoretical models of information system design and use or
instructional models for information-seeking and use based on the work of
Piaget, Vygotsky, Gilligan and Bruner.
Youth dynamics of information system use.
Design implications of youth information experiences.
Youth as expert information searchers.
Internet-based learning models for youth.
Youth creation and use of interactive information technology.
Information access issues and youth.
The guest editors seek papers that discuss research and applications in all
areas related to youth issues in information science. Inquiries can be made
to the guest editors at either cheltonm@esumail.emporia.edu or
thomasna@esumail.emporia.edu, or by calling (316) 341-5071 (Chelton) or
(316) 341-5062 (Thomas).
Manuscript submissions (four copies) should be addressed to:
Professors Mary K. Chelton and Nancy Thomas
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
1200 Commercial
Emporia, KS 66801.
Mary K. Chelton
Assistant Professor
School of Library & Information Management
Emporia State University
1200 Commercial
Emporia, KS 66801
(316) 342-9277 home
(316) 341-5071 work
e-mail: cheltonm@esumail.emporia.edu
fax: (316) 541-5233
