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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DGI-CONFERENCE 2012 - EUROPEAN AFTERNOON</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>22 March 2012</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB SCIENCE</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Web as a Living Space</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Co-located with the 2nd DGI-Conference and 64. Annual Meeting</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 22 and 23, 2012</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and with DIATA12 - Düsseldorf Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twitter Analysis, March 21, 2012 (<a href="http://www.nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/diata12">http://www.nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/diata12</a>) </span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Düsseldorf/Germany</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>View the complete conference programme at: <a href="http://dgi-info.informationsassistent.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=288&Itemid=122">http://dgi-info.informationsassistent.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=288&Itemid=122</a> </span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Register here: <a href="http://dgi-info.informationsassistent.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=302&Itemid=129">http://dgi-info.informationsassistent.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=302&Itemid=129</a> </span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Twitter hashtag: #dgi2012</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We are happy to announce following keynotes:</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>* Dame Wendy Hall (University of Southampton & Web Science Trust): <b>T</b>he Development of Web Science: Research, Education and Diversity </span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>* Imogen Levy (Westminster Abbey): How Westminster Abbey created world-wide audience engagement around the royal wedding with online and social media.</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Topical foci of the European Afternoon are:</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>* Social Media Platforms & Models</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>* E-Learning & Knowledge Distribution</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>* Politics 2.0</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The upcoming DGI-Conference, hosted by the German Society of Information Science and Information Practice, will take place on March 22nd and 23rd in Düsseldorf, Germany. DGI-Conference continues the long tradition of annual meetings by the DGI, being held regularly since its foundation in 1948. This time, the conference topic is “Social Media & Web Science”.</span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>While the presentations of the main conference will be held in German, there is also a special research track in English language. This “European Afternoon” will take place on March 22nd. We would like to welcome researchers and practitioners interested in the social dimensions of Web developments and information technologies, e.g. from the fields of information science, library and documentation science, computer science, digital humanities, linguistics, psychology, political science, law and economics.</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Previous to the main conference, the #DIATA12 workshop (Düsseldorf Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twitter Analysis) will be held on March 21st, 2012. There a no registration fees for #DIATA12, but a registration via email is required. Details can be found at http://nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/en/diata12.</span><span lang=EN-US><br><br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PROGRAMME CHAIRS</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Katrin Weller & Isabella Peters (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf)</span><br><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ORGANISER</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>und Informationspraxis e.V. (DGI) /</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>German Society of Information Science and Information Practice</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Windmühlstraße 3</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fon +49 (0)69 430313</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax +49 (0)69 4909096</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>e-mail: mail@dgi-info.de</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>www.dgi-info.de</span><br><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CONTACT</span><br><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Nadja Strein</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>