From gbnewby@UXH.CSO.UIUC.EDU Fri Mar 25 07:37:00 PST 1994 Article: 11276 of sci.virtual-worlds Path: news.u.washington.edu!scivw From: "Gregory B. Newby" Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: CFP: JASIS special issue Date: 21 Mar 1994 15:35:21 GMT Organization: None given Lines: 115 Approved: scivw@u.washington.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <2mkerp$p73@news.u.washington.edu> Reply-To: "Gregory B. Newby" NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu Originator: scivw@stein2.u.washington.edu Revised Call for Papers Special Topics Issue of JASIS: Visualization and Virtual Reality in Information Science In the April, 1992 issue of JASIS, an Editorial was run that announced a new series of special topic issues. In the June, 1993 issue of JASIS, we issued a call for papers for the fourth such issue, to be on the topic of "Virtual Reality and Information Science." We are revising that call for papers by announcing that this special topics issue, which will be scheduled to come out in early 1995, will be on the broader topic of Visualization and Virtual Reality in Information Science. The guest editors for this special issue will be Professor Greg Newby of the University of Illinois and Professor Robert Korfhage of the University of Pittsburgh. Data visualization has become an accepted way to present massive amounts of scientific data for interpretation. Visualization is also at the heart of many virtual reality (VR) systems. With the advent of very large on-line text databases, and the increased interest in image databases, visual interfaces for information retrieval systems are beginning to surface. While direct presentation of text is important in the final stages of the information retrieval process, such a presentation is severely limiting in the earlier stages, when hundreds or thousands of documents are still under consideration for retrieval. Representing this large number of documents in a graphical or visual form, which shows some or the structure within the database, is an increasingly appealing approach to browsing and retrieval. The concepts and promise of virtual reality (VR) has grabbed the interest of many scholars. Information scientists have much to offer this fledgling area for human-computer interaction, including the potential for leading VR towards applications which offer truly new methods for interacting with information, not just an advanced interface. VR technologies may enable solutions to some of the problems of information systems, or perhaps bring about new research directions. Together, Visualization and Virtual Reality represent advances in interfaces for information systems, and also present new challenges and opportunities for the storage, representation, and retrieval of information. Papers are solicited on topics including, but not limited to, the following as they relate to visualization and/or to VR: - blending the visual interface with the retrieval system - visual (graphical) representation of documents - integration of images and other non-textual data into the interface - the utility of a visual interface: retrieval versus browsing - methods of representing structural relationships within the database - the user and the "feel" of the interface - specific visual interface systems -- design, experience, and evaluation - methods of comparing textual and visual interfaces for effectiveness - information system applications - interface issues - cognitive aspects of virtual reality - visual rendering of information - spatial aspects of information - performance issues for virtual reality environments - evaluation of virtual information systems - user issues - the role of information science in virtual reality research - multimedia virtual information systems - public access to virtual reality tools - the use of virtual reality in public information systems and libraries - virtual reality in the classroom - development methods While research articles are of primary interest, scholarly essays on these topics will be considered. General introductions to the topics of visualization and of virtual reality are probably not appropriate, but topical issues as they relate to information science areas are. Four copies of submitted manuscripts should be sent to: Professor Greg Newby Graduate School of Library and Information Science 501 E. Daniel Street University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL, 61820-6212 USA Voice: +1-217-244-7365 Fax: +1-217-244-3302 Email: gbnewby@uiuc.edu Manuscripts must be submitted in hardcopy (i.e., paper) form to the address above. Inquiries may be directed by voice, fax, or email to Professor Newby, or to: Professor Robert Korfhage Department of Information Science 737 LIS Building University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA Voice: +1-412-624-9420 or +1-412-421-1428 Fax: +1-412-624-5231 Email: korfhage@lis.pitt.edu The deadline for accepting manuscripts for consideration for publication is October 31, 1994. All manuscripts will be reviewed by a select panel of referees, and those accepted will be published in a special issue of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS). Original artwork and a signed copy of the copyright release form will be required for all accepted papers. -------- Kraft, Donald H., "A Call for Action in Response to Happy Days," Editorial, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 43, no. 3, April, 1992, p. 203