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Revised Conference Program
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

A revised copy of the AoIR conference program is online at http://people.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/AoIR-Program-2005-Aug31.doc Thanks to all who have volunteered as chairs. I am very pleased to report that we have only a few slots left. These are being assigned across the last set of volunteers. Thanks all for the updating. Please continue to send errors to me to the end of this week, after which I will consider the details to be correct for printing. See you all very soon in Chicago. /Caroline ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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CFP: Conference on the Impact of Internet on the Mass Media in Europe, Delphi, Greece, April 26-28, 2006
by mboudour＠upatras.gr 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

FYI --Moses Boudourides Call For Papers COST-A20 Conference The Impact of Internet on the Mass Media in Europe Delphi, Greece, April 26-28, 2006 http://www.cost-a20.wb.st/ Media and the wider sector of communication are changing under the impact of the Internet. The changes affect all aspects of the communication process, audiences, media and information producers and, inevitably, the role of the media in society. The aim of this conference is to analyze systematically the new phenomena and the dynamics of change of the European media landscape. It will be held at Delphi, Greece, from April 26 to April 28, 2006. Hosted by the European Cultural Centre of Delphi and Panteion University, Department of Communication, Media and Culture, the conference is an activity of COST Action 20, opened to all researchers interested on the issue. What is COST Action A 20? COST Action A 20 is a wide European network of researchers, which reaches 22 countries, investigating the effects of the Internet on mass media industries. The Action, called "The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe", wants to generate a detailed scientific knowledge of the European dimensions of such important social phenomenon, which will provide the basis for further research, teaching and exploitation.

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Listserv on Ideologies of War and Terror
by Orion Anderson 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

IDEOLOGIES OF WAR AND TERROR: Join the Listserv Send an e-mail to: oanderson(a)ideologiesofwar.com Acts of war and terror-forms of behavior-are generated by beliefs and ideologies. What logic contained within an ideology can dictate a willingness to die and kill? How do ideologies function to allow desires and fantasies of group members to become articulated as dimensions of society? What are the psychological sources of our attraction to ideologies and how may we account for the passion with which they are embraced? Individual acts of violence are considered "criminal." Acts of violence committed by societal groups-nations and civilizations-on the other hand, often are glorified and imbued with a sense of goodness. What transformative power of ideologies converts murderous acts into forms of virtue? This listserv invites scholars and thinkers to explore these issues in a spirit of serious, dispassionate inquiry. To join the listserv, please contact Orion Anderson at oanderson(a)ideologiesofwar.com To join the listserv, IDEOLOGIES OF WAR AND TERROR Send an e-mail to Orion Anderson at o <mailto:oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com> anderson(a)ideologiesofwar.com _____ E-mail: oanderson(a)ideologiesofwar.com Web: http://ideologiesofwar.com/

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Social Capital, QoL & ICT - Results Conference on 29-30 September 2005
by Ben Anderson 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

There are a few places left. Venue = Paris, France. > Date: 31 August 2005 08:38:43 BDT > Subject: Invitation to the SOCQUIT Results Conference on 29-30 > September 2 005 > > > Invitation to the SOCQUIT Results Conference on 29-30 September 2005 > > Information- and Communication Technologies are changing the > society and the everyday life in Europe. ICT policy and industry > often assume that this development will provide important > opportunities to increase quality of life and improve social > relationships. The EU project SOCQUIT (Social Capital, Quality of > Life and IST) analyses the effects of ICT on social capital and > quality of life. > http://www.socquit.net > The SOCQUIT consortium with the kind support of France Télécom R&D > have organised a mini-conference "Social Capital and Quality of > Life in the Information Society", where the SOCQUIT results will be > presented, and discussions will be held with stakeholders on social > capital and quality of life. The conference will take place on 29 > and 30 September 2005 in Paris, France. > About the program: > At this conference experts from within and outside the SOCQUIT project > will show the recent insights about social capital and quality of life > and the way this is influenced by ICT. The opportunities and > threats of > ICTs will be discussed based on empirical results from four case- > studies > carried out by SOCQUIT: > * employment > * the ageing society > * local ICT initiatives > * migrants. > The implications of the results will be discussed together with > European > policy makers as well as with representatives from the ICT industry. > SOCQUIT will also demonstrate its decision support tool enclosing the > SOCQUIT findings and recommendations. This tool facilitates the use of > the SOCQUIT results by policy makers. > Time and venue: > The conference will start Thursday 29 September at 9h00 and will end > Friday 30 September at 13h00. The venue of the conference is: > Groupe Scolaire Saint-Nicolas > 6, rue Vaudétard > 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux > Registration: > There are no costs involved for attending the conference, but as the > number of available seats is limited, registration is required. The > registration form is available on the conference Website. > http://www.eurescom.de/socquit/socquit-conference.htm > If you wish to participate, please fill this in and send it as soon > as possible to Marian Nieuwenhout, mentioning "SOCQUIT conference". > Please register here: > e-mail: marian.nieuwenhout(a)tno.nl > fax: +31 15 285 7382 > phone: +31 15 285 7157 > Information about the conference and travel can be found at: > http://www.eurescom.de/socquit/socquit-conference.htm > We are looking forward to meet you in Paris in September! > Kind regards

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7 New Papers on opensource.mit.edu|freesoftware.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Hi All, Please find below new papers on our website. Tx Karim Paper 1 Author: Andres Guadamuz-Gonzalez Title: Viral Contracts or Unenforceable Documents? Contractual Validity of Copyleft Licenses http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/guadamuz.pdf Abstract: This paper asks the question of whether copyleft free software licences constitute valid legal contracts, in particular with regards to the fact that it may create obligations through a distribution chain. There is increasing interest about the non-proprietary licence model expressed in popular documents such as the General Public Licence (GPL), but not enough work has been done in asking perhaps the most important question of all: are these contracts enforceable? Is there really a viral transmission of obligations? To do this the GPL licence will be analysed to try to determine whether or not the terms included are contractually valid. Paper 2 Author Luthiger Stoll, Benno Title: Fun and Software Development https://www.foss.ethz.ch/people/lbenno/BLuthiger_Fun_SoftwareDevel_OSS2005.… Abstract This study gathered 1330 answers about fun and software development from open source developers as well as 114 answers from programmers working in commercial software projects. The analysis of these data proves that fun plays an important role when software developers decide to get engaged in an open source project. Moreover, the comparison of the answers gives evidence for the hypothesis that programming in an open source project is significantly more fun compared to the same activity under commercial conditions. The reasons for this fact are that open source projects are able to attract software developers with a credible project vision and t Paper 3 Authors Stefano Comino, Fabio M. Manenti, Marialaura Parisi Title: From Planning to Mature: on the Determinants of Open Source Take Off http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/Comino_Manenti_Parisi.pdf ABSTRACT In this paper we use data from SourceForge.net, the largest open source projects repository, to estimate the main determinants of the progress in the development of a stable and mature code of a software. We find that the less restrictive the licensing terms the larger the likelihood of reaching an advanced development status and that this effect is even stronger for newer projects. We also find that projects geared towards system administrators appear to be the more successful ones. The determinants of projects' development stage change with the age of the project in many dimensions, i.e. licensing terms, software audience and contents, thus supporting the common perception of opens source as a very dynamic phenomenon. The data seem to suggest that open source is evolving towards more commercial applications. Paper 4 Author Chance, Tom Title: The Hacker Ethic and Meaningful Work http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/chance.pdf Abstract This paper begins with the following proposition: given that we spend a large proportion of our time working, a just society will provide or encourage meaningful work. Hackers have created and broadened spaces where working life can unfold freely, so a proper analysis of the Hacker Ethic ought to be of concern both to philosophers interested in meaningful work, and to academics researching hackers and the free software community. I proceed by first developing an understanding of the Hacker Ethic that highlights a central concern of my essay, that of orientations that I characterise as self-indulgent and social placing conflicting obligations upon individuals. Using Marx's conception of alienated as a basis, I go on to show how the Hacker Ethic can to an extent overcome these conflicts by developing a more rounded understanding of the ethic. Finally I raise some concerns for the underdeveloped field of the philosophy of hacking and free software that are particularly pertinent to the paper. Paper 5 Author Krzysztof Klincewicz Title: Innovativeness of open source software projects http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/klincewicz.pdf Abstract: The paper addresses an ongoing debate about the innovativeness of open source projects and critically evaluates the innovative potential of 500 most active projects registered by SourceForge.net. The analysis is based on a proposed framework, distinguishing between radical inventions, technology / platform modifications, and marketing innovations. Research findings include relatively low levels of technical newness in the studies sample, alongside high interest of developers and users in the innovative projects. The article discusses the underlying mechanisms, restricting innovativeness of community-driven open source efforts, and postulates the establishment of an institution of “idea brokers”, playing roles corresponding to venture capitalists in the commercial software domain. Paper 6 Author: Yuwei Lin Title: A Techno-Feminist Perspective on the Free/Libre Open Source Software Development http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lin5.pdf Compressed abstract: This paper tries to analyse the FLOSS development from a "techno-feminist" perspective (Wajcman 2004). Staying away from a reductionism that simplifies the gender issue in the FLOSS community to the level of a fight between men and women, the issues I attempt to address include not only the inequality that women face in computing, but also other inequalities that other users face mainly emerging from the power relationships between expert and lay (namely, developer and user) in software design. Instead of splitting women and men in the FLOSS development, this analysis helps motivate both men and women to work together, reduce the gender gap, and improve the disadvantaged statuses of women and a wider users community in the FLOSS development. -- Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan | The Boston Consulting Group Mobile: +1 (617) 851-1224 http://spoudaiospaizen.net http://web.mit.edu/lakhani/www | http://opensource.mit.edu My *new* book: http://tinyurl.com/cjxj6

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DOCAM '05 last chance for proposals tomorrow, 8-31 !
by Niels Windfeld Lund 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

The Document Academy Invites: PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS AT DOCAM 05 October 07-09th, 2005 South Hall School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley The third annual meeting of The Document Academy on: Exploring the Nature and Role of Documents An International Conference on Document Research and Development in Sciences, Arts and Business DOCAM 05 is the third Annual meeting of the Document Academy, a loosely coupled international network of scholars, artists, professionals in various fields interested in the exploration of the document as a useful approach, concept and tool in Sciences, Arts, Business and Society in general. The aim of The Document Academy is to create a space for experimental and critical research on documents in a wide sense drawing on traditions and experiences around the world. It is organized and cosponsored by The Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromsoe, Norway and The School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley. A preliminary program is available online on the site of The Document Academy at http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/ Call for proposals of papers, presentations and demonstrations: Scholars, developers, artists and practitioners working with document research and development are invited to submit proposals for papers or other kinds of presentation for seminars and workshops AS SOON AS POSSIBLE and not later than by August 31 2005. We apologize for the all too late announcement. We welcome especially proposals for three kinds of papers and presentations : I. General papers for plenary sessions on: - DOCUMENT THEORY (Technical, Social and Cultural approaches, multi- and interdisciplinary theoretical work, conceptual problems etc.) - DOCUMENT HISTORY (Documentary traditions, future and emergent kinds of documents) - DOCUMENTS IN SOCIETY(The role of documents in society, documents in Every Day life) Each author or group of authors presenting a paper will have 30 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for discussion. A full paper of no more than 7000 words should be delivered to the chair no later than November 1st 2005 in a pdf-format. II. Papers (theoretical and empirical) and other kinds of presentations (demonstrations, exhibits or posters) for parallel workshops in: - DOCUMENTS IN THE ARTS (Literature, Visual arts, Music,Dance, Opera, Multi media Art etc.) - DOCUMENTS IN HEALTH CARE (Electronic Health Record, Doc.management in Health sectorCSCW etc.) - DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT (Doc. management in public sector, business, science etc) The workshops will be organized in different ways, but in general there will be given appr. 30 minutes to each presentation including discussions. If special equipment and software is needed to be at disposal, please mention it as specific as possible in the proposal and we will do our best to meet the needs. ( OBS: Proposals for alternative workshops are welcome). Please send a message as soon as possible to niels.windfeld.lund(a)hum.uit.no describing the theme, organisation and practical arrangements and suggestions for a responsible chairperson.) III. Proposals for presentation of Ph.d. or M.A. projects There will be a special session for Ph.d. and MA projects with 15 minutes oral presentation , 5 minutes comment from commentator and 10 minutes open discussion. There is room for 6 projects in total. Ph.d. projects will be given priority. Conference language(-s): The main language of DOCAM is English, but we also invite papers and presentations in French, German and Spanish, if the abstract and the oral presentation are made in English. Proposals for all kinds of presentations should include: - Description: - a short verbal description of the work to be presented at maximum 500-1000 words - description of how the work would be presented (verbal presentation, powerpoint, video, performance, demonstration, exhibit etc. and equipment needs) - names of all contributors, - address, including email contacts and URL - up to 5 keywords. Proposal should be submitted electronically in PDF format to niels.windfeld.lund(a)hum.uit.no as soon as possible and at the latest August 31rd 2005. All reception of proposals will be confirmed within one week. The review process will work continously untill September 15. Accepted contributions will be notified within 2 weeks after receiving a proposal. Publication of presentations: All accepted papers and presentations will be published in a Open Archive on the website of The Document Academy. NOTE: DUE TO THE SLOWLY, BUT STEADILY GROWING INTEREST IN THE DOCAM-MEETINGS,IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ALL PROPOSALS OF ACCEPTABLE QUALITY CAN BE ACCOMODATED. PROPOSALS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF SCHOLARLY AND/OR INNOVATIVE QUALITY, RELEVANCE FOR THE CONFERENCE THEME AND THE NEED FOR A BALANCED PROGRAM. THE NUMBER OF PARALLEL SESSIONS MIGHT BE INCREASED TO ACCOMODATE ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS OF HIGH QUALITY. The papers selected for presentation last year is available at the DOCAM '04 program http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/events/docam/04/program.html. More information can be obtained by contacting the chair of The Document Academy, Niels Windfeld Lund, professor, Documentation Studies Institute of Culture and Literature HUM-FAK, University of Tromsoe Breivika, N-9037 Tromsoe, Norway tlf. +47-77646284, fax + 47-77644239 email: niels.windfeld.lund(a)hum.uit.no currently, The Academic year 05-06 Visiting professor School of Information Management and Systems University of California, Berkeley nwlund(a)sims.berkeley.edu

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Re: [Air-l] AoIR 6.0 Chicago 2005 Early Registration Extended to Sept. 2
by Andrew Herman 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Good news! Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> sjones(a)uic.edu 08/26/05 5:01 PM >>> Due to the crash of the server hosting the registration website, the deadline for early registration for AoIR 6.0 in Chicago has been extended to Friday, September 2, 2005. Registration will be available, but not at the reduced rate, after September 2, and it will be available on site also. The online registration website is at https://www.conted.vt.edu/ssl/aoir/index.lasso. With apologies for the problems the registration website has experienced during the past 24 hours and any inconvenience it may have caused, Sj _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Event - Open Source Software for Local Communities and Democracy - 15 Sep 2005 - Amsterdam
by Steven Clift 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

To: do-wire(a)lists.umn.edu Subject: Event - Open Source Software for Local Communities and Democracy - 15 Sep 2005 - Amsterdam Join us in Amsterdam next month. If you can't make it, check out the links (including webcasts) below for more information. Steven Clift http://dowire.org ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Steven Lenos (IPP) <s.lenos(a)publiek-politiek.nl> Subject: 14 september: Steven Clift @ Amsterdam, on Open source Software for Local Communities and Democracy Date sent: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:51:02 +0200 Opportunity for people who are interested in using open source Internet technology to strengthen local communities and revitalise democray. Only 30 people can attend the meeting, so don't hesitate to reply if you want to come! Steven Lenos, s.lenos(a)publiek-politiek.nl Steven Clift on Open Source E-Democracy and Local Issues Forums Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 Time: 09:30 - 11.30 Place: Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP), Prinsengracht 911-915, 1017KD Amsterdam (http://www.publiek-politiek.nl/39) RSVP to: s.lenos(a)publiek-politiek.nl Steven Clift, Board Chair of E-Democracy.Org and international expert on the use of the Internet in democracy, will present on Local Issues Forums and GroupServer. GroupServer is a new open source online group tool that combines e- mail lists and web forums. By hosting the new UK-based local Issues Forums in Brighton & Hove and Newham, E-Democracy.Org is opening a new path toward open source collaboration among e-democracy initiatives around the world. Issues Forum evolved from the world's first election-oriented website in 1994, Minnesota E-Democracy. Today E-Democracy.Org hosts citizen- based local forums in Minnesota and England. They are effectively designed to have an agenda- setting impact on local communities. Those attending this free session are asked to download and review the Issues Forum Guidebook <http://e-democracy.org/uk/guide.pdf> before the session. More documents and multimedia are available <http://e-democracy.org/uk>. Whether you want to create an Issues Forum in your local community or are interested in applying lessons related to online facilitation of political discussions to your own projects, this session will have value to you. If you are mostly interested in the open source aspects, details on GroupServer should also be reviewed before the session <http://e-democracy.org/groupserver>. This two hour session will include an overview of Issues Forum, a tour of GroupServer, and a discussion of the potential for open source collaboration in e-democracy projects around the world. This presentation builds on a similar event in London from June (audio webcast available): http://www.dowire.org/wiki/Issues_forum_event Steven Lenos Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP) kantoor 020-5217643 mobiel 06-55337370 www.publiek-politiek.nl Ook van het IPP: www.stemwijzer.nl en www.jeugdparticipatie.info ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: clift(a)publicus.net Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift UK Office Hours - 1pm - 11pm - - T: 0870.340.1266 Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org Steven Clift - http://publicus.net - Reply to: clift(a)publicus.net Join DoWire: http://dowire.org E-Democracy: http://e-democracy.org

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Human Communication & Technology
by Bunz, Ulla 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

The Human Communication and Technology Division of the National Communication Association does research on the theory, application, and pedagogy of various communication technologies, including computer-mediated communication systems and other means of technologically-mediated human communication. As the annual conference in Boston approaches, we are seeking to expand our growing membership. If you are interested in joining the Human Communication and Technology Division, you may select HCTD as a membership affiliation when you join or renew membership in the National Communication Association. Logon to http://www.natcom.org to join or renew your membership. You can also add HCTD to your current affiliations by going to our division website at http://www.hctd.org. This additional affiliation is only $5. Please contact either Ulla Bunz (ubunz(a)fsu.edu) or Nanette Hogg (hoggn(a)unk.edu) for more membership information. We hope you will join us in Boston where HCTD has an interesting and diverse program scheduled for NCA (November 17-20). Our business meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 19, 3:30-4:45 pm in the Suffolk Room of the Marriott Hotel. Please stop by and introduce yourself. We look forward to meeting you. --- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication 356 Diffenbaugh Building Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ulla.bunz(a)comm.fsu.edu -----------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Renewed Call for Proposed Papers on Cybersecurity and Public Policy
by Dan L Burk 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Of possible interest. DLB On 28 Aug 2005, InSITeS News wrote: > > Renewed Call for Proposed Papers on Cybersecurity and Public Policy: > Manuscripts Due October 1, 2006 > > I/S, a new journal published jointly by the Center for Interdisciplinary > Law and Policy Studies of the Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law > and the Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society > (InSITeS) at Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III School for > Public Policy and Management, is planning to devote its Winter 2006 issue > to research on cybersecurity and public policy. L. Jean Camp, as guest > editor, will be contributing an introductory essay to the issue. > > Contributions from all disciplines are welcome, although our goal is to > have the maximum effect on regulators, legislators, and other public policy > makers in the field of computer security. (We are thus not focusing on > "policy" in the sense of "institutional policy," for example, how firms > should respond to the economics of cybersecurity and information > protection.) It will be important to place your expert insights into a > clear enough context to render your ideas accessible to an informed, but > non-specialist public policy audience. > > Proposals should offer original work that has not and will not be > previously published in another venue, although it may be based on > previously published research findings. The work should not simply offer > the author's opinion, but should shed significant light on the topic > presented through the rigorous presentation and analysis of evidence. We > envision that completed articles should be roughly 10,000 words each, > exclusive of references (but including textual footnotes). (Proposals for > shorter, less formal essays, of no more than 5,000 words, that represent > advocacy or more preliminary analysis, are also welcome.) > > Please forward proposals as soon as possible to Sol Bermann, Managing > Editor of I/S, at bermann.1(a)osu.edu. The proposal need not be longer than > 1-3 pages, but should indicate whether a completed manuscript could be > ready by October 1. > > Because you may not have dealt previously with law journals or, if you > have, you may have dealt with law journals edited entirely by students, > some information about our publication process may be helpful. First, > initial manuscripts will be submitted to at least one peer reviewer, whose > comments we will expect authors to take into account in refining their > work. Actual text editing, however, will be handled by law students. > Second, our authors retain the copyrights to their work. You would be > giving us a free, perpetual, nonexclusive license to publish your work, but > we would not control your right to disseminate it in other forums in the > future. For more information about I/S, see http://www.is-journal.org. > Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011

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