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AIS SIGHCI Position Paper
Dennis F. Galletta
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
galletta@katz.pitt.edu(412) 648-1699

Ping Zhang
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
pzhang@syr.edu(315) 443-5617

ABSTRACT

Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588
fnah@unlnotes.unl.edu(402) 472-6060

Before solutions are suggested, it is important to identify as
many problems as possible and take a closer look at them.
Later in this position paper, a summary of the problems andtheir potential solutions is presented.

The upcoming ACM SIGCHI Development Consortium is
aimed at meeting the needs of multidisciplinary professionals
that must choose among a variety of professional associations
and their events. The position of AIS’ (Association for
Information Systems) SIGHCI is that the main problem liesin the deep chasms that separate the literatures of the related
disciplines, and the solution is to provide an umbrellaorganization that enables a more organized federation of
disciplines, groups, and associations. Problems identified
include differences in terminology, competition for scarce
resources, differences in how publications in various outlets
are valued, and confusion about where should be the “home”
for HCI/CHI majors. Suggestions include developing aframework for a federation, negotiating sharedunderstandings about publication outlets, and coordinating
information about meetings and other events.

THE PROBLEMS & POTENTIAL SOLUTIONSEach of the potential problem areas identified will now be
described in more detail, and potential solutions offered.
Differences in Terminology

Terminology has caused some confusion and problems.
Grudin (2005, 1993) reveals that even basic terms such as“users” and “implementation” differ among disciplines. To aperson in MIS, the home discipline of AIS’ SIGHCI, users
could include managers who may never touch a keyboard but
use the results from printed or screen output. In contrast, theclassic CHI perspective would limit the term to apply only tothe person who has direct interaction with a computer.
Likewise, for MIS researchers, implementation is a stage of
deployment of code that is either packaged or custom-coded.
In contrast, Grudin reports that CHI researchers would
consider implementation to be the process of coding (as in“implementing” an algorithm). Grudin offers a long list ofother major terms as further examples: task, application,system, and evaluation. Such differences in major terms
present difficulties in communication among disciplines.

Author Keywords

HCI, multidisciplinary, professional associations, special
interest groups, publications.
ACM Classification Keywords

Ergonomics (H.5.2), Human Factors (H.1.2)
INTRODUCTION

Human-Computer Interaction research, practice, and teachingare performed by a variety of academics and practitioners
who represent a variety of disciplines. Some of theadvantages of the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, andapproaches include the potential for triangulation in researchand practice; integration of a variety of ideas and expertise in
the process of systems design, development, deployment, andutilization; and the chance to build a very large communityand set of resources from those developed by each discipline,
organization, and association.

The terminology problem is not to be taken lightly.
Publications will either be inconsistent with the treatment in
the home discipline of the researcher, or with other papers inthe same publication. Practitioners will encounter confusionas they try to describe or coordinate their activities. In
general, the terminology problem may prevent crossfertilization of research ideas and results, and widen thedisciplinary gaps.
We suggest that such differences in terminology be
acknowledged by authors in publications, and an inventory oftroublesome terms be documented, defined and madeavailable to all parties. Perhaps some notation such as asymbol can be used to flag which version of a term is in use,such as “user1” or “implementation*” with an accompanying
glossary.

Unfortunately, the variety also presents problems that, if not
resolved, can hinder the advancement of knowledge. These
problems include differences in terminology, competition for
scarce resources (such as membership dues, researchcontributions, and/or conference attendance), differences in
how publications in various outlets are valued, and confusion
about the best “home” for students.

Competition for Scarce Resources

These days we are faced with more new journals andconferences than ever, and we face a staggering array of
resources for researchers. While increased communication by
itself would not be expected to have any ill effects, there is a

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natural limitation in the amount of resources that members
can devote on a continuous basis.

approaches, but also to implement them (in both the coding
and deployment sense of the word).

Examples help to illustrate the problem. Multiple special
interest groups in multiple associations demand dues
payments and stretch our limited attention. Multiple journals
in each discipline present difficulties in making a final choice
for an outlet. The large number of tracks in contemporary
conferences and trade shows make it difficult to decide
which sessions to attend. Multiply this problem with a large
number of such events, and again by several disciplines, andthe problem can grow exponentially.

Information scientists have as their core concern theinformation content of a system. Their value system dictatesthat the goal is to provide information that meets a variety ofcriteria needed for a human consumer. Cognitive elements
are of paramount concern, as user understanding is a largepart of any usability formula.
Psychologists bring to the table theoretical and practicalmodels to explain behavior that has roots in both cognition
and affect. The age of the field itself, along with richresources from many sub-fields provides perhaps the richest
literature resource.

One way to solve this problem would be to provide a singular“filter” to evaluate the opportunities. It would serve as aquality and content signal, and would require an organized“federation” composed of the various disciplines. Such afederation could simultaneously seek to solve terminology
difficulties and prioritize the opportunities based on the goalsof the attendee or contributor. Its role would be evaluative
rather than controlling.

Researchers in Business Administration provide anorganizational context that enriches our understanding of theuser’s task. Without this understanding, an enormous amountof resources can be spent on projects that are unnecessary orotherwise unimportant. The business sub-field called“Management Information Systems” provides an importantorganizational context for housing the central concepts ofproject management, requirements determination, andsystems analysis.

Disparities in the Value of Research Outlets

Widely varying evaluations of journal outlets seem to reveal
alarmingly different value systems in universities and firms.
Disciplinary differences compound the problem.

Which is the proper home? It is our belief that there is not
one singular home for the field, as it is too large to be
captured in its entirety. We believe that the solution is foreach program to clarify its own particular focus, and to be
subjected to a market test as students filter into the various
programs. The important adjustment here is to provide
transparency in the bias of each program, in accordance withthe resources offered by each. This approach also allows
programs to be multidisciplinary in nature, providing newopportunities to study, for example, psychological issues
along with business context, as has been done by Davis andcolleagues (Davis, 1989; Venkatash, 2003).

Such variation grows beyond journal and conference titles.
Some researchers in HCI consider an entire category—journals—“largely irrelevant” (Grudin, 2005) while
conferences are valued. In contrast, MIS researchers revere
journal publications and discount conference proceedings
even with rigorous acceptance rates.
Disparities in valuing outlets will lead to confusion about
what to read and where to contribute original work. It will
ultimately limit our ability to provide a consistent andcoherent theme throughout our work.
The solution, again, is to organize the variety of disciplines
into a more cohesive whole, expanding the notion of a filter
presented above. The relative value of conferences versus
journals should be discussed and negotiated explicitly.

Synthesis

Table 1 summarizes our tentative list of problems andsolutions.
Problem
Differences in
Terminology
Competition for
Scarce Resources
Confusion in
Publication
Outlets

Where Should be the “Home” for HCI Majors

As an additional concern, academic institutions have the needto choose among several alternatives to locate the “home” formajors in the new federated structure.
Current obvious candidates for housing HCI majors include
computer science, information science, psychology, andbusiness administration. A persuasive argument can be madefor each alternative.

Unclear “home”
for the field

Computer science researchers have a long tradition ofworking in HCI. Their capabilities include being able to build
systems and analyze their efficacy. Their powerful technicalcontext allows them not only to imagine a host of possible

Proposed Solution
Inventory of terms and symbolism
for identification of meaning
Federation of HCI to provide
filtration and prioritization
Federation of HCI to provide
filtration and prioritization
Rather than try to move programs,
provide greater transparency(reveal biases)

Table 1. Tentative List of Problems and Solutions

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REFERENCES

3. Davis, F. D. (1989) “Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Easeof Use and User Acceptance of Information Technology.”
MIS Quarterly 13, 3, 319-340.

1. Grudin, J. (forthcoming in 2005) “Human Factors, CHI
and MIS,” in P. Zhang & D. Galletta (Eds.) HumanComputer Interaction in Management Information Systems:
Foundations (Volume I), M. E. Sharpe Inc.

4. Venkatesh, R., Morris, M.G., Davis, G.B., and Davis, F.D.
(2003), “User Acceptance of Information Technology:
Toward A Unified View,” MIS Quarterly, 27, 3, 425-478.

2. Grudin, J. (1993) Interface: An evolving concept.
Communications of the ACM, 36, 4, 110-119.

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Special Interest Group on
Human-Computer Interaction
http://melody.syr.edu/hci

AN INTRODUCTION
7/2001- 12/2004

SIGHCI Officers

INTRODUCTION TO AIS SIGHCI(http://melody.syr.edu/hci)
SIGHCI is the Special Interest Group on HumanComputer Interaction affiliated with the Association for
Information Systems (AIS). Ping Zhang and Fiona FuiHoon Nah prepared a proposal that was approved by the
AIS council in Spring 2001. SIGHCI was one of the firstsix SIGs announced in ISWORLD in July 2001.
1. MISSION & TOPICSSIGHCI provides a forum for AIS members to discuss,develop, and promote a range of issues related to thehistory, reference disciplines, theories, practice,methodologies and techniques, new developments, andapplications of the interaction between humans,
information, technologies, and tasks, especially in thebusiness, managerial, organizational, and culturalcontexts.
SIGHCI’s mission is twofold:• To facilitate the exchange, development,
communication, and dissemination of information
among AIS members;• To promote research related to human-computerinteraction within business, managerial, andorganizational contexts among AIS members and to
the larger community of practitioners and scholars.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, thefollowing:• The behavioral, cognitive, motivational, andaffective aspects of human/technology interaction• User task analysis and modeling• Digital documents/genres and human information
seeking behavior• User interface design and evaluation for B2B, B2C,C2C commerce, mobile commerce, e-marketplaceand supply chain management, group collaboration,negotiation and auction, enterprise systems,
intranets, and extranets• Integrated and/or innovative approaches, guidelines,
and standards for analysis, design, and developmentof interactive devices and systems• Design of computer interfaces for single-user orcollaborative decision support, including design ofstandard computer interfaces, as well as design forsmall-screen mobile devices and pervasive
computing• Development and applications of multi-dimensional
information visualizations

AIS SIGHCI Introduction: 7/2001 – 12/2004• Usability engineering metrics and methods for userinterface assessment and evaluation• Usability studies for end-user computing in work or
non-work environment, especially in the Internet era• Information technology acceptance and diffusion
issues from cognitive, affective, motivational,
cultural, and user interface design perspectives• The impact of interfaces/information technology on
attitudes, behavior, performance, perception, andproductivity• Issues in software learning and training, including
perceptual, cognitive, and motivational aspects oflearning• Gender and technology• Issues (such as accessibility) related to the elderly,
young, and special needs populations• Issues in teaching HCI courses
2. GOVERNANCE & OFFICERS
During the initial stage of establishment (July 2001 to
December 2003), the chair and executive vice chair
governed SIGHCI with the assistance of the otherofficers and under the guidance of the advisory board.
The bylaws, approved by AIS council in December
2003, guide the operation of SIGHCI starting January
2004. The following is the first SIGHCI office and theappointment duration. The second (new) office follows
and is in place since July 2004.
First SIGHCI Office (July 2001-June 2004)
Advisory Board (formed 10/02)
Izak Benbasat, UBC (10/02-6/04)
Jane Carey, ASU, West (10/02-6/04)
Fred Davis, U. Arkansas (10/02-6/04)
Dennis Galletta, U. Pittsburgh (10/02-6/04)
Sirkka Jarvenpaa, U. Texas, Austin (6/03-6/04)
Diane Strong, WPI (10/02-6/04)
Chair
Ping Zhang, Syracuse U. (7/01-6/04)
Executive Vice Chair & Secretary
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Nebraska-Lincoln (7/01-6/04)
Treasurer
Diana Gant, Syracuse U. (1/03-1/04)
Vice Chair for Conference Planning
Scott McCoy, College. William & Mary (7/03-6/04)
Vice Chair for Membership
Tom Roberts, Kansas U. (8/03-6/04)
Vice Chair for Research Resources
Richard Downing, Rockhurst U. (6/03-6/04)
Vice Chair for Teaching Resources
Jinwoo Kim, Yonsei U. (6/03-6/04)
Newsletter Editor
Na (Lina) Li, Syracuse U. (5/03-6/04)

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Second SIGHCI Office (July 2004-June 2005)
Advisory Board
Izak Benbasat, UBC
Jane Carey, ASU, WestFred Davis, U. Arkansas
Dennis Galletta, U. Pittsburgh
Sirkka Jarvenpaa, U. Texas, Austin
Diane Strong, WPI
Jane Webster, Queen’s U.
Chair
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Nebraska-Lincoln
Past Chair
Ping Zhang, Syracuse U.
Chair-Elect
Scott McCoy, College of William & Mary
Conference Planning Chair
Mun Yi, U. South Carolina
Conference Planning Chair-Elect
Andrea Houston, Louisiana State U.
Secretary and Treasurer
Matt Germonprez, Case Western Reserve U.
Vice Chair for Membership
Tom Roberts, Kansas U.
Vice Chair for Research Resources
Richard Downing, Rockhurst U.
Vice Chair for Teaching Resources
Jinwoo Kim, Yonsei U.
Newsletter Editor
Na (Lina) Li, Syracuse U.
WebmasterGilbert Karuga, Kansas U.
Listserv Manager
Ping Zhang, Syracuse U.
3. ACTIVITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Since its inception in July 2001, SIGHCI has undergone
significant and steady development, which is madepossible by the collaborative efforts of many individuals– specifically, the guidance and support from a numberof senior MIS scholars, the high level of interest andsupport from enthusiastic SIG members, and the hard
work of the organizing team. In this limited space, wereport a condensed version of some activities andaccomplishments (up to December 2004).
3.1. Identity and Community Building
In the proposal for establishing SIGHCI, we stated that
one of the motivations for establishing the SIG on HCI
within AIS was to build a community of scholars who
can share common interests and appreciate each other’swork. Our membership has grown rapidly over a periodof two years (AIS opened the SIG memberships in2002). Here is a series of snapshots of the membershipdata over the years: 64 by Nov. 2002, 73 by Feb. 2003,
186 by June 2003, 292 by May 2004, and 352 by Nov.
2004. Members represent academic (faculty and doctoral
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students) and a variety of industry and service sectors.
The membership has a global impact representing over
30 countries and six continents. Our discussion listserv is
open to non-members as well and has 430+ subscribers(as of Dec. 2004) from all over the world.
3.2. Communications and OutreachIn order to promote the awareness of SIGHCI, to extend
the identity and reputation of SIGHCI, and to promotedialogs with the MIS community and other related
external parties, four levels of communications havebeen rigorously designed and implemented: SIG-widecommunication, promotion of HCI in the MIS
community, dialog with other HCI associations, andconnections with industry.
(i) Establish SIG-wide communication on areas ofmutual interests including research, teaching, community
building, and other related discussions. This includes
providing specific services such as website, listserv,
newsletters, member directory, and conference meetings.
The rest of the report provides more details on these
services.
(ii) Promote HCI as an important sub-discipline within
the MIS discipline. Specific methods are conference
minitracks, tracks, panels, tutorials, and workshops at all
major AIS regional and international conferences such as
AMCIS, PACIS, ECIS, and ICIS, and theme articles andjournal special issues in top ranked IS journals. Detailsof these events are presented later.
(iii) Dialog with other global HCI associations andcommunities. Efforts include (1) sending information
about SIGHCI to related listservs, organizations,
websites, magazines, etc., (2) helping disseminate
information about other related associations to ourmembers via SIGHCI newsletters, website, and listserv,(3) publishing special issues in journals that have highvisibility to these associations (such as IJHCS –International Journal of Human Computer Studies, BIT –Behaviour & Information Technology, IJHCI –International Journal of Human Computer Interaction,
whose readership includes the ACM SIGCHI communityand Human Factors and Ergonomics community), and(4) organizing panels that involve people from closely
related disciplines (e.g., the panel on “Finding Common
Ground on HCI Research in Multiple Disciplines” at the
2nd pre-ICIS workshop in 2003). One of the goals of theCommon Ground panel at the 2nd workshop was toestablish a greater level of communication with otherassociations and disciplines to develop greater synergy.
Panelists represented a variety of views from different
disciplines and associations including Psychology,
Information Science, Computer Science, SIGCHI,
Information Systems in an Engineering school, and MIS
in B-Schools.

1(iv) Establish connection with people in the industry. A
number of measures have been set to achieve this goal.
(1) The “Industry Voice” section in our newsletter has
published several voices in the past newsletter issues. (2)The second panel at the 2nd annual workshop in 2003
strived to bridge academia and industry research interests
in HCI where academia and industry people share theirviews and perspectives, and explore collaboration
opportunities. (3) The workshops and minitrack/tracks
have benefited from the industry’s perspectives by
having reviewers from the industry.
3.3. SIGHCI Sponsored Conferences/Meetings
SIGHCI has been participating in two main conferences
on a regular basis, AMCIS (Americas Conferences on
Information Systems) and ICIS (International
Conferences on Information Systems), both of which areorganized and sponsored by AIS. The characteristics ofthese SIGHCI-organized meetings are consistent withthose of AMCIS and ICIS. At AMCIS, the HCI trackfacilitates broad participation, and strive s to be
encouraging and inclusive ; thus it has a relatively lenient
acceptance rate around 67%. At pre-ICIS workshops, we
solicit rigorous research studies that are theoreticallysound and methodologically solid, thus the acceptance
rate is much lower. So far, these meetings included peer
reviewed research papers, panel debates/discussions,tutorials, and invited speakers. Starting from 2003, thepre-ICIS HCI workshops award one best paper and one
best reviewer at each meeting. Starting from 2005,
SIGHCI organizes a HCI track at the Pacific Asia
Conferences on Information Systems (PACIS), andstarting from 2006, a HCI track at European Conferenceon Information Systems (ECIS). Thus SIGHCI covers all
the three regional conferences of AIS: AMCIS, PACIS,
and ECIS. Besides the pre-ICIS workshops, a number of
HCI track at ICIS is being planned. Table 1 summarizes
the conferences/meetings that have happened so far.
Table 1. Summary of Meeti ngs
AMCIS 2002, Dallas, TX
FormatMinitrack (2nd largest at
AMCIS)
ChairsZhang, Nah, S. Davis# Submissions27# Accepted
18
Acceptance Rate67%
# of Final Sessions
6
Special event
1 Panel
AMCIS 2003, Tampa, FL.
FormatMinitrack (largest)
ChairsNah, Zhang# Submissions40# Accepted
24 regulars, 3 round tables
Acceptance Rate68%
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Table 1. Summary of Meeti ngs# of Final Sessions
10
Special event(s)1 panel, 1 round table
AMCIS 2004, New York City, NY
FormatTrack with 7 minitracks
Chairs
McCoy, Nah, Zhang
Acceptance Rate
~67% as required by
AMCIS# of Final Sessions
16
Special events
1 tutorial, businessmeeting
Pre-ICIS 2002, Barcelona, Spain
FormatWorkshop (1 day)
Chair
Zhang
Program Chairs
Nah, S. Davis
Local Committee
Juristo, Ferre
Advisors
Benbasat, Carey, F. Davis,
Galletta, Strong, Whinston# Program
25
Committee (PC)# Submissions16# Accepted8
Acceptance Rate
50%
# Participants
42
Special event
4 invited presentations
Pre-ICIS 2003, Seattle, WA
FormatWorkshop (2 days)
ChairsZhang, Lazar, McCoy
Program Chair
Nah
Local CommitteeHess, Jeff Kim
Advisors
Benbasat, F. Davis,
Galletta, Jarvenpaa,
Webster, Zwass# PC/reviewers
60# Submissions42# Accepted
17
Acceptance Rate
40%
# Participants
80
Special events
1 best paper award, 1 best
reviewer award, 2 panels,
1 reception, SIG executive
meeting
Pre-ICIS 2004, Washington, DC
FormatWorkshop (2 days)
Chairs
McCoy, Hess
Program Chairs
Nah, Yi, Houston
Local Committee
Everard, Jones
Advisors
Benbasat, Carey, Galletta,
Jarvenpaa, Zhang, Zwass# PC/reviewers
88# Submissions28# Accepted172Table 1. Summary of Meeti ngs
Acceptance Rate
61%
# Participants
85
Special events
1 best paper award, 1 best
reviewer award, 1 panel
on publishing HCI
research in top MIS
journals, 1 reception
3.4. Special Issues of Refereed Academic Journals
To date, SIGHCI has sponsored six special issues of top
MIS and HCI academic journals based on expansions of
the best complete research papers from six SIGHCI
sponsored meetings. We hope to make this a tradition for
all SIGHCI meetings. Table 2 is a list of the journals andspecial issues generated since the first SIGHCI meetingin 2002.
Table 2. Summary of Journal Special Issues
JournalBased on
Editors
StatusIJHCS
AMCIS 2002
Zhang,
Oct. 2003
DillonMay-June,
BIT
AMCIS 2003
Zhang,
2004
Nah,
PreeceIn progress
IJHCI
AMCIS 2004
Nah,
Zhang,McCoy
JAIS
Pre-ICIS 2002 Benbasat, Jan. &Jarvenpaa, March,
Zhang
2004
JMIS
Pre-ICIS 2003 Benbasat, In progress
Zhang,Nah
JAIS
Pre-ICIS 2004
Planning

Table 3. Panels, Round Tables, Tutorial
Event
Key ParticipantsMethodology” ***Panel: “HCI Research
PreCzerwinski,
Transfer to Practice:
ICIS
Ratner, Benbasat,
Better Together”
2003
Santhanam, Todd
PreGalletta, Lazar,
Panel: “Finding
ICIS
Common Ground
Olson, Te’eni,
Among HCI Reference 2003
Tremaine, Webster
Disciplines”
Panel: “Publishing
PreGalletta,
HCI Research in IS
ICIS
Kemerer (ISR),
Journals”
2004
Weber (MISQ),
Zwass (JMIS)* Published in CAIS 02; ** Published in CAIS 04;*** Under review at CAIS
3.6. Establishment of the Bylaws
The Bylaws of AIS SIGHCI were developed during Fall
2003. They were approved by the SIGHCI advisoryboard and the SIGHCI officers on December 12, 2003,
and approved by the AIS council on December 17, 2003.
They became effective January 2004.
3.7. First El ection of SIGHCI
Dennis Galletta and Jane Carey were appointed as thenominating/election committee by SIGHCI Chair Ping
Zhang to help administer the first SIGHCI election forthe positions of SIG Chair-Elect, Conference Planning
Chair, and Conference Planning Chair-Elect. The
election was completed in time for the new SIGHCI
office to take effect on July 1, 2004. Vice-Chair Fiona
Nah becomes the Chair for the new term. The ChairElect this year will be Chair for the next term. The new
office (July 1, 2004–June 30, 2005) is listed in Section 2.

3.5. HCI Panels, Round Table, Tutorial and Papers
SIGHCI has organized five panels, one round table, andone tutorial at the six meetings. Table 3 summarizes theevents, chairs (underlined) and corresponding papers
generated (marked with *).
Table 3. Panels, Round Tables, Tutorial
Event
Key Participants
Panel: “The Role of
AMCIS Zhang, Benbasat,
HCI Research in the
2002
Carey, F. Davis,
MIS Discipline” *Galletta, Strong
Panel: “The Role of
AMCIS Carey, Galletta,
HCI in the IS
2003
Kim, Te’eni,
Curricula” **Wildermuth, Zhang
Round Table for
AMCIS F. Davis, Guo, Sun,doctoral papers
2003
Zhou
Tutorial: “Integrating
AMCIS Zhang, Carey,
HCI Development into 2004
Te’eni, Tremaine
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4. SERVICES TO MEMBERS & COMMUNITIES
4.1. SIGHCI Website (http://melody.syr.edu/hci)
Created on 10/15/2001 by Ping Zhang, the website is the
hub for information related to SIGHCI. It is updated
frequently to reflect timely information that may be ofinterest to SIG members, scholars and practitioners atlarge. One can find information about every aspect of
SIGHCI, including the mission, bylaws, membership,listserv, conferences, news, photo gallery, HCI related
journals, research resources, teaching resources, other
HCI associations, and SIG officers and contacts.
4.2. Listserv
Established in July 2001 at Syracuse University, the list
is used for SIGHCI members and other interested people
to exchange information and discuss interesting issues.
3An archive of past postings was set up in January 2002.
A policy of list use was established in December 2002 by
Ping Zhang and Fiona Nah, and is available from thelistserv page.

centers, funding sources, SIG sponsored journal issues
and papers, HCI journals, and other HCI associations.

4.3. Member Directory

Jinwoo Kim, VC for Teaching, announced the website ofteaching resources on 1/13/2004. It includes syllabi,cases project materials, textbooks, and other relatedteaching materials. It also has a search function tofacilitate easy retrieval of information from the website.

The AIS SIGHCI Member Directory contains members’
contact information, academic record, teaching interests,
research interests, on-going projects and publications. It
is meant for members to get to know one another,exchange common interests in teaching and research, andto find possible collaborators. Murali Mohan Katna
Munuswamy, a graduate student in Information
Management major at School of Information Studies,
Syracuse University, implemented the first directoryunder the supervision of Ping Zhang. It had been
available online since 12/4/2002. A team under thesupervision of VC for Membership, Tom Roberts, hasdeveloped the 2nd version of the member directory thathas been running since June 2004

4.7. Teaching Resources Website

5. FINANCIAL MATTERS
AIS office maintains all accounting information of
SIGHCI. The main incomes and expenses are listed inTable 4. Over the last three years and up to April 2004,
SIGHCI has made a surplus of $7,656. We are grateful toour sponsors, Syracuse University School of Information
Studies and University of Washington Information
School for the last two workshops.
Table 4. Financial Data

4.4. Newsletters
The 1st newsletter (v1n1) was published in November
2002 and was designed by Ping Zhang. Na (Lina) Li was
appointed as the newsletter editor in May 2003 andedited the 2nd newsletter (v2n1) in July 2003, the 3rd(v2n2) in November 2003, 4th (v3n1) in July 2004, and5th in November 2004. There are two newsletter issues ineach year/volume, published in July (before AMCIS in
August) and November (before ICIS in December)respectively. Starting from the July 2004 issue (v3n1), a
new section is created to publish short essays/
opinions/research studies. These papers will be editorial
reviewed. Newsletter items should be sent to thenewsletter editor by early June for the July/no.1 issue
and early October for the November/no.2 issue. All
newsletters are available online at the SIGHCI website
free of charge.
4.5. Photo Gallery
To preserve the excitement and memory of SIGHCI
activities (including meetings and other social events),
this gallery website collects and stores the true moments
captured by SIGHCI members. Ping Zhang set up thegallery on 9/28/2002 and edited photo pages for AMCIS
02, 03, and pre-ICIS 02. Traci Hess from Washington
State University contributed to the organization of thegallery pages for the pre-ICIS 03 workshop.
4.6. Research Resources Website
Rick Downing, VC for Research, launched the website
on 7/15/2003. The website provides information on
Internet resources, relevant conferences, research

AIS SIGHCI Introduction: 7/2001 – 12/2004

Yr 1
7/014/02
IncomeStartup Fund
Membership
Workshop Regis.
Sponsorship
Expenses
Newsletters
Workshop Cost
Workshop Regis. Fee
BalanceYr 2
5/024/03

Yr 3
5/034/04

1,528
3,175
4,154

1,920
9,315
2,000

4,000
3,448
12,490
6,154

591
7,071
250
945

2,246
7,964
315
2,711

2,837
15,034
565
7,656

4,000

4,000

Total

6. LOOKING FORWARD
It has been exciting and rewarding years since theinception of SIGHCI. On behalf of the entire SIGHCI
office, we want to thank everyone who contributed to
SIGHCI in various ways. SIGHCI would not be where it
is now without the advisors’ strong support andguidance, officers’ creative and diligent work, members’
enthusiastic reaction and participation, AIS office’s
cooperation and support, journal editors’ strong beliefs inus, many individuals’ candid assistance in reviewing,sponsoring, and several other capacities.
SIGHCI is well on its way to be a great intellectualforum for scholars with broad interest in humaninteraction with technologies. We firmly believe that
SIGHCI will be even better and more exciting in the
future. We enthusiastically call more people to join us
and play important roles in SIGHCI related activities andevents.

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