September 2006 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Facebook protests
by 'Gail Taylor 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

I have a Facebook account. The feeds are being sent to others who are designated as being a 'friend', as opposed to everyone who might be a member of a larger user group (i.e., University of Illinois). Individual users control this designation by choosing to accept or decline an invitation to be someone's friend. What's interesting is that the people who seem to be joining the protest groups are those who have a large number of friends (200-plus), and also those who might have accepted invitations to be friends when the other person was an acquaintance of sorts. The number of friends one has is a status symbol for some students with Facebook accounts. This information has come out in conversations with undergrad students here on campus who have accounts. I get invitations to be friends with others here at the university who do not know me, but have heard about me from one of their friends, teachers, or other connections here on campus. It also appears this practice is one that is feeding feelings related to Facebook invading a person's privacy, as opposed to reconizing this software has been enabling this process all along through search and hyperlink functions. /Gail ***************************** Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant "We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society. We have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior." -- Jerry Springer

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air-list etiquette
by andrea baker 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Reid, What are the two sentences related to the matter and what are the arguable terms? I have read the section at the link. Thanks, Andrea Baker Associate Professor of Sociology Ohio University

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Open Access
by Dr. W. Reid Cornwell 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

It turns out that I was only partly wrong. NIH as of May 2, 2005 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html While this has been stated as a request NIH has made contracts contingent on agreement with the policy. A similar policy is suspected to be implemented at key intramural research agencies such as NSF, DED, DOD DOE etc. ________________________________ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) wrc(a)tcfir.org http://tcfir.org

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open access
by Dr. W. Reid Cornwell 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Physics research promoter and publisher the American Physical Society (APS) is to extend open access to all its journals. http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2164046/aps-extends-open- access ________________________________ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) wrc(a)tcfir.org http://tcfir.org

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Re: [Air-l] on line education effectiveness
by Michel J. Menou 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

I am afraid formulating the question as "is on line education effective" or "more/les effective than F2F education" is an unfortunate simplification. Irrespective of the milieu where they take place, education or instruction can be more or less effective depending on a variety of factors, including among others instructors and learners' talents, willingness, readiness, attraction for the subject, interaction, etc. in addition to the material constraints and particular circumstances of the participants. An illustration of the above can be seen in the PhD dissertation of Andrea Brandão Lapa, A formação criticia do sujeito na educação a distança (the critical formation of the subject in distance education) IPPUR/URRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2005. In Portuguese. Michel Menou -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.3/445 - Release Date: 11/09/2006

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List etiquette
by Dr. W. Reid Cornwell 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

After a great deal of effort I was able to find a document that is titled : "AIR-1 List Etiquette" It can be found at: http://www.aoir.org/?q=node/5 Several observations: I could not find it when I logged in as an AOIR member. I received the following message despite clearly being logged in. "Access denied You are not authorized to access this page." When searching for the subject without logging in I was able to access the document. Secondly, It is not contained in the AIR-1 archives via a search "list etiquette" Third, the 2 sentences dealing with the subject contains words that are subject to personal interpretation, with the exception of the matter of forwarding personal communications to AIR-1. I suggest the ethics committee attempt to clarify the arguable terms. The adherence to the policy be a condition of acceptance to the list. Make the rules easily available and not ambiguous. It is my assumption that "access denied" is a programming issue and is not necessarily one that occurs for all members and no negative implications are implied. I actually addressed this issue generally, with Matt Allen some months ago. Reid ________________________________ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) wrc(a)tcfir.org http://tcfir.org

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proposal for an AoIR Newsletter
by O'Riordan, Kate 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Dear AoIR colleagues I'd like to float the idea of developing an AoIR newsletter. This venture would need to be a team effort and this email is primarily intended to try and sound out support for the idea, and to find out if anyone is interested in working on this. As with all AoIR activity this would be volunteer labour with the attraction of being a great experience. If you want to find out more about AoIR activities, people, resources and related events/work/issues, or if you are an expert in these areas already, this would be a great opportunity to share and develop skills, and enhance or make new connections, and I'm hoping it would also be enjoyable. I'd like to produce two issues, post them to the list, and see what the feedback is. I've got ideas for structure, content, process and resources which I'm happy to discuss further with anyone interested in helping put this together. At this point I'm looking for people from the AoIR membership to act as an editorial team for the newsletter, to input ideas for its structure and content, and to collate AoIR news - in this first and (experimental) instance this would be for 2 newsletters. The main objective is to provide something of value to AoIR, through consolidating communication and links across AoIR, and bringing together information of interest. At this point another important aim is to establish if a newsletter would in fact be useful, and what kind of format, shape and delivery would best serve AoIR - I'm approaching that question by trying it out. If you would be interested helping plan this, and in making up an editorial team, to write and edit a newsletter, and collate AoIR activity, please let me know as soon as possible, and I'll coordinate efforts, both to get an AoIR newsletter together, and to evaluate the process for the first 2 editions. In terms of time lines I'm hoping to get a first issue out soon - this autumn if at all possible. Many thanks for your time in reading this so far - please think about it and email me if you have any questions and/or interest in taking part (in the next 2 to 3 weeks please), volunteers very wellcome! All the best Kate O'Riordan

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Fwd: [Asis-l] Call for Participation in ASIS&T 2006 Workshop on North American Information Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (NAIISA)
by Jeremy Hunsinger 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Begin forwarded message: > From: K S Albright <K.Albright(a)sheffield.ac.uk> > Date: September 12, 2006 12:02:06 PM EDT > To: asis-l(a)asis.org > Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Participation in ASIS&T 2006 Workshop on > North American Information Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (NAIISA) > > Call for Participation in ASIS&T 2006 Workshop on North American > Information > Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (NAIISA) > > Monday, 6 November 2006 5:30-7:00 pm > Submit 250-word project description by September 30 > (see details below) > > Facilitators: Kendra Albright, Johannes Britz, Wallace Koehler > > Purpose > The purpose of this proposed workshop is to bring those interested and > involved in African information initiatives together for a formal > exchange of > ideas and coordination of information about projects and funding. > > Abstract > Ad hoc, informal meetings, coined the “Africa Forum,” have been > held at several > previous ASIS&T and ALISE meetings for persons interested and > involved in > information-related activities in Africa. Participants have exchanged > information on partnerships, grant-funded research, and information > needs in > the Sub-Saharan region. Existing partnerships between Emporia State > University > and Nigeria, the University of Tennessee and Makerere University, > and the > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Pretoria > (South Africa) > have raised awareness of the increasing need for LIS research in > Africa and the > exchange of information between LIS programs on both continents. > Recently, > there has been increasing interest in information initiatives in > Africa, as > evidenced by the increasing interest in the Africa Forum and the > expanding > social network of participants. Additional LIS programs and > researchers have > stated their interest in establishing academic partnerships and > developing > research collaborations. Yet, no formal mechanism exists by which > to explore > potential connections and further the development of ideas and > exchange of > knowledge, and coordinate efforts for both future projects and > funding. Several > US led African initiatives have happened in ad hoc fashion at the > risk of > resource duplication. The purpose of this proposed workshop is to > bring those > interested and involved in African information initiatives together > for a > formal exchange of ideas and coordination of information about > projects and > funding. > > Objectives > The workshop will address the following objectives: > (1) To identify persons and projects currently involved in > information-related > research and activities in Sub-Saharan Africa; > (2) To facilitate the interest of persons not currently involved in > this work > who are interested in learning about opportunities; > (3) To increase opportunities for coordination of efforts and > potential > collaboration; > (4) To identify and prioritize specific information projects that > are culturally > appropriate for the African peoples; > (5) To identify appropriate grants and the development of > applications for > initial and continued funding; > (6) To establish a formal mechanism by which to ensure continuous > networking > between scholars. > > At this workshop, participants will present their projects/research > or interests > in information related activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Formal > papers are not > expected; the focus will be on the identification and coordination > of people > and projects. Those who wish to participate should submit a 250 > word abstract > to Kendra Albright (albright(a)utk.edu) or Johannes Britz > (britz(a)sois.uwm.edu) by > September 30, 2006 with a description of their research/project (i.e., > research/project title, time span of research/project, research > question, > country of study, user population, theory, and methodology) or area > (s) of > interest. > > Speaker Biographies: > > Kendra Albright (University of Sheffield) > Kendra Albright is Lecturer the University of Sheffield. Her areas > of teaching > and research interest include the role of information in the > reduction of > HIV/AIDS in Africa, the effects of information and communication > technologies > (ICTs) on development, information policy, and business > intelligence. She holds > a Ph.D. in Communications with concentrations in Information > Science and > Information Economics, a M.S. in Library Science, and a B.S. in Human > Development. She has over seventeen years of professional > experience in science > and business research libraries and private information research and > consulting. > > Johannes Britz (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee) > Johannes Britz is a native South African and moved to the United > States first > and a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > and then as > Dean of the School of Information Studies (2005) at the same > institution. Prior > to this Johannes has been 16 years at the University of Pretoria > South Africa. > He specializes in the information ethics and has a special interest in > information poverty and social justice - in particular to the African > continent. He has done consultation work for amongst others the > Namibian as > well as South African governments and act also as a consultant for > the European > Union on a South African project. > > Wallace Koehler (Valdosta State University) > Wallace Koehler is a professor and director of the Master of > Library and > Information Program at Valdosta State University. He holds the > Ph.D. in > international relations and the MS in information science. He has > served as > External Examiner to the East African School of Library and > Information Science > at Makerere University in Uganda. His research interests include > information > ethics, professional associations, and web- and bibliometrics. > > QUESTIONS: All questions should be sent to Kendra Albright > (k.albright(a)sheffield.ac.uk) > > -- > Dr Kendra Albright > Department of Information Studies > University of Sheffield > Email: k.albright(a)sheffield.ac.uk > > ____ > ________________________________________ > Asis-l mailing list > Asis-l(a)asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l Jeremy Hunsinger School of Library and Information Science Pratt Institute () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Positions in New Media at Quinnipiac
by Alex Halavais 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi! There have been bunch notes out on the list recruiting faculty. I joined the faculty at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut earlier this year. I was looking for an opportunity to move from an Research 1 to a school that balances research with a dedication to teaching. Admittedly, I've only been here for a little while, but I've been very impressed with what I've seen. We have a great group of students, and despite being a large "small" school (we have the largest undergraduate program in the state, I believe), class sizes remain small, and support of faculty for teaching and research is excellent. Perhaps best of all, there is a strong entrepreneurial spirit on the campus, and the university is attracting some outstanding faculty. I suspect that if you haven't heard of Quinnipiac in the past, that will be changing. The School of Communication is hiring four tenure-track faculty this year, and will be continuing to add faculty in the coming years. We are looking for someone who can mix an online media production background with strong theory and research and teach in our MS in Interactive Communication. In particular, if you work in social computing it would be great to have you up here. Please don't hesitate to drop me a note, and I am happy to respond to any questions candidly. Thanks, Alex ---- Assistant or Associate Professor INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION The Quinnipiac University School of Communications seeks a full-time, tenure track assistant or associate professor in interactive communications to start August 2007. The School of Communications prepares students to produce and critically analyze content in the areas of news, public relations, entertainment and on-line media. The ideal candidate will make substantial contributions to an innovative Master's program in interactive communications, including supervision of graduate student theses and creative projects. Teaching responsibilities will also include courses at the undergraduate level in media production. We seek applicants who are engaged in research addressing emerging media and who are qualified to teach in areas of the curriculum beyond production. Professional experience and advanced degree required. Applicants should submit cover letter, curriculum vitae, sample publications or creative works, names and contact information for three references to Dr. Raymond Foery, Chair, Department of Media Studies and Media Production, Quinnipiac University, SB-MCM, 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518 or via email: Raymond.Foery(a)quinnipiac.edu. Final consideration of candidates will begin November 1, 2006 and continue until position is filled. -- -- // // This email is // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais // Social Architect // http://alex.halavais.net //

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Assistant Professor in Digital Media Production
by Bunz, Ulla 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Assistant Professor in Digital Media Production August 28, 2006 http://comm.fsu.edu/employment.php Job Description: The Department of Communication at Florida State University is seeking a tenure track Assistant Professor who can serve our digital media production program, beginning August 2007. Applicants should be able to work in a variety of production settings including field, studio and/or on-line, working with students to create entertainment and/or public affairs programming and media products that can be distributed across a variety of media platforms. Experience with digital video cameras, lighting and audio equipment as well as post-production software including AVID and/or Final Cut Pro is necessary. Familiarity with Aftereffects, Pro Tools, Lightwave, and DVD authoring programs as well as podcasting and streaming video is a plus. Applicants that have research-based interests in digital media and/or issues of technology-mediated communication in addition to the production skills listed above are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates will be expected to teach two courses a semester, serve our theory and research based graduate program and have a defined program of research and/or creative production. The Department of Communication currently serves a select group of undergraduate Media Production majors as well as graduate students in a Communication and Media Studies Masters and a Doctoral program in Communication. Applicants will also serve our new Graduate Certificate in Digital Video, a four course program open to graduate students from across the university. Candidates should have completed a Ph.D. by the Fall of 2007. For more information about the department see: http://comm.fsu.edu/ Application information Candidates should apply online at jobs.fsu.edu (keyword: media production, job ID 20437). Please send electronic copies of a cover letter, vita, and the names and contact information for 3 references to the following email address: DC.JobApplications(a)comm.fsu.edu Review of applications will begin October 15th and continue until the position is filled. Andy Opel, Ph.D. Digital Media Search Committee Chair Department of Communication University Center, Building C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-2664 DC.JobApplications(a)comm.fsu.edu Florida State University offers great opportunities for development, competitive salary, collegial environment, and strong growth potential. The Florida State University is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in hiring and is a Public Records Agency. --- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz(a)fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 -----------------------------------------------

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