Call for Papers

               Special Topic Issue of _JASIST_

                        Web Research

The  next  Special  Topics Issue of the _Journal of the American Society
for Information Science and Technology_ (JASIST) is scheduled to come
out in late 2001 on the topic of Web Research. The guest editor for this
special issue will be Amanda Spink of The Pennsylvania State University.

The  growth  of the World Wide Web and the explosion of Web search
engines and Web sites have broadened the scope of information science
research to include technical and cognitive aspects of human information
seeking and  searching  on the  Web.   Web  research  for information
scientists covers everything   from   systems   design   to   user
behavior. Researchers  are  developing  and  testing new Web tools, as
well as beginning to map Web size and volatility, and  model users'
interactions  with  the  Web  to  improve  Web-based retrieval.  Many
challenges that have faced information science researchers since the
1950's, such as information overload, and effective information
organization and  retrieval, are  in  sharper  focus  on the Web. The
Web also provides a growing and large user base for information science
research and  experimentation.  This  issue  of _JASIST_ seeks papers
addressing significant research questions on the nature  and problems of
Web user behavior and systems design.

Specific  topics  of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following:

       Web user modeling
       Web metrics
       Web IR
       Web systems design
       Web tools
       Evaluation of Web systems
       Web organizing schemas
       Other related topics in this area

The guest editor seeks papers that discuss research in  the broad
interdisciplinary area of Web Research. Inquiries can be made to the
guest editor at spink@ist.psu.edu.

Manuscript submissions  (four copies of full articles) should be
addressed to:

        Dr. Amanda Spink
        School of Information Sciences and Technology
        The Pennsylvania State University
        511 Rider I Building, 120 S. Burrowes St.
        University Park, PA 16801

        (814) 865-4454  Voice
        (814) 865-5604  Fax
        spink@ist.psu.edu

The  deadline  for  accepting manuscripts for consideration for
publication in this special issue is April 1, 2001.   A
select  panel  of referees  will review all manuscripts, and those
accepted  will be published  in  a  special  issue  of _JASIST_.
Original  artwork and a signed copy of the copyright release form will
be required or all accepted papers.

A copy of the call for papers will be available on the World Wide Web as
is further information about _JASIST_,  at
http://www.asis.org/.