TEFKO 2010: Join us in New Brunswick NJ!
7 – 8 November 2010
A celebration of Research on the Occasion of Professor Tefko Saracevic’s 80th Birthday !!
The TEFKO 2010 conference honors our colleague and friend, Professor Tefko Saracevic, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. What better way to celebrate than with a research conference? Tefko has made a fundamental, profound and broad-ranging contribution to information science and to librarianship, and is among the most cited researchers in our field. This conference aims to gather Tefko’s students, his co-authors, his collaborators, and his friends. The conference will comprise a few invited talks and many contributed papers.
REGISTRATION:
Registration for the meals is now closed. The conference sessions are open if you would like to attend.
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CONFERENCE FORMAT: Below is a general outline of the conference events. A detailed schedule will follow
| Session Date | Cost | Description of event |
| 12 pm: Sunday, November 7 OPENING Location: School of Communication & Information 4 Huntington Street 2nd Floor, Student Lounge | $12* | Lunch & Registration |
| 1:30 : Sunday, November 7: SESSION 1: THE PREGNANT PAST Location: Alexander Library Scholarly Communication Center 4th Floor | No Fee | Invited talks, Papers and critical discussions of historical and foundational issues in Information Science Keynote speaker: Peter Ingwersen Other speakers include Trudi Bellardo Hahn, Bella Hass Weinberg, Yeulin Li, Ying Zhang, Paul Kantor and others! |
| 6 pm: Sunday, November 7: BANQUET Location: The Rutgers Club 199 College Avenue | $30* | Dinner, Cash Bar |
| 8:30-9:15: Monday, November 8: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Location: Alexander Library Scholarly Communication Center 4th Floor | $10* | Breakfast |
| 9:30 Monday, November 8: SESSION 2: THE AMAZING PRESENT Location: Alexander Library Scholarly Communication Center 4th Floor | No Fee | The talks will focus on contemporary approaches to information science, scientific analyses, and evaluation studies and examination of the interaction between knowledge technology and people. Keynote speaker: Gary Marchionini Other speakers include Xiaojun Yuan, Arthur Taylor, Jeonghyun Kim, and others! |
| 11:45 Monday, November 8: LUNCH Location: Alexander Library Scholarly Communication Center 4th Floor | $12* | Lunch served outside of SCC |
| 1 pm-2:30 pm: Monday, November 8: SESSION 3: THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE Location: Alexander Library Scholarly Communication Center 4th Floor | No Fee | THE FUTURE: Talks and provocative discussions of the future orientation of information science: Keynote comments: Michael Lesk. Speakers include Jim Jansen & Nina Wacholder |
* Please register for all meals separately