i3 2015 - Interactions and Impact (i?) International Conference

I3 aims to bring together academic and practitioner researchers with an interest in:
the quality and effectiveness of user/information interactions (e.g. information literacies);
patterns of information behaviour in different contexts (e.g. creativity, ethics, surveillance, ownership, information recycling/reuse);
the social, cultural and economic impacts of engagement with information, including the assessment of value and impact;
the value of information and knowledge as enablers of resilience and change in organisations and communities.
The conference focuses on the quality and effectiveness of the interaction between people and information and how this interaction can bring about change. i3 will look beyond the issues of use and accessibility of technology to questions about the way people interact with the information and knowledge content of today's systems and services, and how this might ultimately affect the impact of that information on individuals, organisations and communities. Research questions may include, but are not restricted to the following:
How much do we know about the impact of information behaviours and capabilities on the quality and effectiveness of learning, knowledge building and sharing, decision-making and problem solving, creativity, democracy?
How do information behaviours and literacies contribute to the economic or social value of information assets or the intellectual capital of an organisation?
How do/can organisations and communities harness their information assets to meet challenges, solve problems, survive and thrive?
Is there a connection between information and inspiration?
How well do our models and pedagogies for information literacy relate to real-world information contexts in workplace, community, education or home environments?
Are new information environments changing the way people seek and use information?
What are the methodological challenges of addressing such issues?
The growing research bases which inform our understanding of information behaviours, literacies and impacts have developed along their own distinctive lines. Yet all have a common interest in understanding the information user suggesting that there should be value in dialogue and collaboration across these lines of research in order to more fully understand the complex nature of human/information interaction. In encouraging that dialogue, i3 seeks to influence the development of research towards a fuller understanding of the role of information in a complex, fast-moving information society.