OSRA promotes research and application of information technology in the end-user environment to support work processes, improve employee performance, and enhance overall organizational effectiveness in direct support of goals and strategies. OSRA is a special interest group (SIG) of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). For more information on AIS, click the link at left.

Latest OSRA News

OSRA in San Francisco: Register Now!

The final program for AMCIS 2009 has been completed. To register for the conference, to see the entire AMCIS program, or to see detailed information on the OSRA panels and papers, click on "OSRA Conference" at left. Our panels are:

• Implementing and Supporting End-user Technologies, chaired by Bob Brookshire
• Knowledge Management and Work Group Collaboration, chaired by Richard Boateng
• Applications of Web 2.0 and Virtual Technologies in the Workplace, chaired by Lynn Keane
• Innovation and Business Process Transformation, chaired by Betty Regan, and

All the panels will be held on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, in Sierra Suite E in the San Francisco Marriott. The OSRA business meeting will be Friday at 6:00 PM.

OSRA in Paris: Proceedings and Pictures

The SIG-OSRA workshop in Paris was a great success! Click on "OSRA Conference" at right to see the proceedings and a link to pictures from the conference.

ITL&PJ Call for Papers

The Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal invites you to contribute to a special issue that will feature articles related to key issues and challenges of service learning in information technology (IT) courses. Service learning is used here as a general term for learning strategies involving community‐based activities that are integrated with academic course objectives. Information technology can be addressed as support for service learning activities, the focus of service learning, or service learning implementation in the IT curriculum. (Click here for more information.)

OSRA in Toronto: Panels and Papers

OSRA's panels at the Toronto AMCIS meeting were a great success—one of the papers won the prize for best conference paper! The paper was titled, "They Call For Help, But Don't Always Listen: The Development of the User-Help Desk Knowledge Application Model," by C. Carr, P. Bateman and S. Navlakha. (Click here for a link to the paper.)

OSRA Journal Online

Volume 24 Number 2 of the Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal is now available online. Please click on "OSRA Journal" at left to see it.

Message from President Roger Yin

The OSRA Executive Board is pleased to announce that OSRA has officially become a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Association for Information Systems. OSRA has a proud 25-year history of serving the needs of professionals in the field of end-user and organizational information systems and education. As the IS field continues to evolve, we believe that affiliation with AIS will greatly strengthen OSRA to fulfill its mission and provide continued leadership in promoting research, education, and professional practice in end-user systems. (Click here for more.)

Election Results

The results of the election for OSRA officers are in. The officers for 2009-09 will be:

President: Roger Yin, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Executive VP: Betty Regan, Morehead State University
Treasurer: Mindy McCannon, Northwester Technical College
VP Professional Studies: Dan Norris, University of South Carolina
VP Research: Lynn Bacon Keane, University of South Carolina
VP Membership: Betty Regan, Morehead State University
VP Publications: Susan Feather-Gannon, Pace University

Curriculum Available

The 2004 Organizational and End-user Information Systems curriculum is available here. Click on "Curriculum" to see it.