***Apologies for Cross-posting*** Some list members may find the following of interest: Following the success of the first Information: Interactions and Impact (i³) International Conference, (Aberdeen 2007), the second i³ conference will take place at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, on 22-25 June 2009. Our conference website is now live at http://www.i3conference2009.org.uk , and conference booking will open on 19th January. i3 is concerned with the quality and effectiveness of the interaction between people and information and how this interaction can bring about change in individuals, organisations, communities and society. The conference 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. Call for Submissions We invite the submission of high quality papers that report original research or critically discuss underlying methodological issues associated with the main themes of the conference. Papers may reflect ongoing or completed research studies and should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. We would particularly welcome papers which address two or more of the following conference themes: • the quality and effectiveness of user/information interactions (e.g. information literacy); • patterns of information behaviour in different contexts; • impact of information or information services on people, organisations, communities and society (e.g. social, learning, cultural and economic outcomes of engagement with information); • more effective decision making. Submissions are invited for: • Full papers; (40 minutes duration -35 minutes with 5 minutes for questions); • Short papers (15 minutes duration); • Posters; and • Round table discussions (60-80 minutes duration). Authors who are accepted to give full papers at i3 are also invited to submit a full paper for publication in a special issue for the journal Libri. Submissions will be anonymously reviewed by two members of an international programme committee specialising in one or more of the conference research streams. Notification of acceptance will be emailed to authors and will also include the comments of the reviewers. A list of titles of accepted papers and posters will be published on the i3 website. Full details of the requirements and instructions for submission can be found at http://www.i3conference2009.org.uk/call09.htm . The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 6th February 2009. For any further information please see http://www.i3conference2009.org.uk, or contact the conference team at i3information@rgu.ac.uk. Dorothy Williams, i³ Conference Director Kate Friday Research Student Department of Information Management Aberdeen Business School The Robert Gordon University Garthdee Road ABERDEEN AB10 7QE Tel. (01224) 263967 prs.friday@rgu.ac.uk klfriday@googlemail.com