February 2007 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

student inquiry
by Garman, Allison P. 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hello all! My name is Allison Garman, and I am a student at Tulane University. I am taking an Internet Social Networking class and was referred to you by my Professor to ask for help regarding my semester research project. I am exploring the nature of internet career sites such as careerbuilder.com and monster.com in relation to how they frame themselves, how and why people use them, and if there a sense of community that comes out of participation. Does anyone know of any literature on career web sites? Or even literature on job searches in general (via newspaper ads, etc.) would be MUCH MUCH appreciated. Please email me back at agarman(a)tulane.edu Thank you in advance! All the best, Allison Garman

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Call for Abstracts
by Lorraine Buis 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We are seeking abstracts for additional participants in a workshop titled "Past, Present, and Future Impacts of Communication Technologies on Healthcare Communities" to be presented at the 3rd International Conference on Communities and Technologies Conference at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI from June 28-30, 2007. This workshop is devoted to the use and impact of communication technologies in healthcare communities. In the course of the last two decades, we have seen incredible advancements in the use of communication technologies within the healthcare industry. These technologies have enormous potential to enhance many different sectors within the healthcare community such as promoting patient data availability and access to healthcare providers as well as improving the care of specialized communities of individuals including those with low literacy as well as remote/underserved groups in developing countries. This workshop is devoted to exploring the applications of communication technology in healthcare that have the potential to build and enhance communities of healthcare providers and patients. In addition to exploring different applications, we will also focus on reviews of pertinent research findings, culminating in an interactive discussion between workshop participants focused on setting an agenda for future research that will help to improve the delivery of care and health related information to these specialized communities. Themes of the Workshop: 1. Applications of current communication technologies in healthcare such as telemedicine and eHealth endeavors, including specialized telemedicine programs, electronic medical records, online health information for low literate populations, the use of online support groups, etc. 2. Pertinent findings from research conducted on the use of communication technologies in healthcare. Topics include efficacy of technologies, patient and provider acceptance, and possible and realized barriers to implementation and adoption. 3. Determining the future of the use of communication technologies in healthcare communities. This theme will be addressed through an interactive discussion between presenters and workshop participants with the goal in mind of setting a research agenda for future applications that will help improve the delivery of care and health-related information to specialized communities. Abstracts should be sent to Lorraine Buis, workshop coordinator, at buisl AT msu DOT edu by midnight, March 30, 2007. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words long and should be focused on communication technologies in healthcare and their impact on one or more healthcare communities. A review panel will identify appropriate participants for this workshop and notify the authors of their acceptance. Abstracts will be judged on the appropriateness in regards to the identified workshop topic as well as quality of work. For more information, please visit the workshop description and call for abstracts at https://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/cct2007/page4c.html or contact Lorraine Buis directly at buisl AT msu DOT edu.

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Japanese suicide reference
by Jerald Block 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Regarding Japanese suicide attempts and computers...two references that may help: Alao AO, et. al. Cybersuicide: Review On the Role of the Internet on Suicide.Cyberpsych Behav. 2006:9;489-493. General review, not specific to Japan Hikikomori - a Japanese mental illness that often leads to suicide attempts and is related to computer use. Tamaki Saito is the Japanese expert on this. If you want help, I'd be glad to lend a hand. Jerald Block, MD Board-certified Psychiatrist jblock(a)aracnet.com 503-241-4882 ============================================================================ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:31:09 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Helland <c_hella(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Air-l] Information about online suicide pacts To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <20070116233109.69146.qmail(a)web52308.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii I'm wondering if anyone knows of any studies or ongoing research concerning online suicide pacts in Japan. The suicide rate in Japan is almost 20 times higher than their murder rate (one of the highest in the world)--and there appears to be "a frightening increase in the number of group suicides arranged over the Internet through chat rooms dedicated to discussing suicide." Any help researching this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Chris Helland Christopher Helland, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Sociology of Religion Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology Dalhousie University 6135 University Avenue, Rm. 1128 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4P9 Tel: (902) 494-6757 Fax:(902) 494-2897 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~chelland/index.html

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Kelvin Grove Urban Village design competition
by Marcus Foth 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

[Sorry, we had a glitch with the web page in January. If the page didn't load when you first tried, please try again now. It's all sorted and online now. Thanks. marcus] Kelvin Grove Urban Village design competition The Kelvin Grove Urban Village Project Team is conducting a design competition, seeking ideas and proposals for an installation (or multiple / distributed installations) at the Kelvin Grove Urban Village that will “display visual evidence of connectivity within the community”. This competition aims to attract students and professionals who have an interest in the visual and multimedia applications of Information and Communication Technology. The competition has two streams. The student stream is available for full-time or part-time Australian secondary or tertiary students and offers a prize of AUD 2,000. The open stream is available for everyone including businesses and offers a prize of AUD 5,000. The indicative budget for creation and installation is AUD 40,000. The competition commences on 1 January 2007 and closes on 31 May 2007. For further details or to obtain an entry form visit the Kelvin Grove Urban Village website. http://www.kgurbanvillage.com.au/news/design_comp/ Please consider entering this competition and please distribute widely. Thank you. Dr Marcus Foth Kelvin Grove Urban Village Information and Communication Technology Committee -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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Re: [Air-l] Internet Research Book Reccommendations Needed
by Professor Amanda Spink 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Our book covers doing Web search research - Spink, A., & Jansen, B. J. (2004). Web Search: Public Searching of the Web. Dordrecht: Springer. Cheers, Amanda *************************************** Amanda Spink Research Capacity Building Professor of Information Technology School of Information Systems Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus 2 George St, GPO Box 2434 Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia http://www.fit.qut.edu.au Tel: 61-7-3864-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703 Email: ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/ ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:12:07 -0800 (PST) >From: Jess Porter <vzetzy55(a)verizon.net> >Subject: [Air-l] Internet Research Book Reccommendations Needed >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Hello: > >Can someone recommend 2 or 3 good books on doing Internet Research. I checked tonight and found books with 1999, and 1998 copyrights. I want the most recent copyrights possible, 2005, 2006, 2007. The technology has to match the research techniques, and Windows 95, Google and Yahoo in 1999 are outdated. Also, the $20.00 books are no good. A good computer book usually sets you back $50-80.00. > >I have to say, I am not a research scholar, like the rest of you, but I read alot of these messages, and it is fascinating. > >You can find out all about me at: > >http://www.ecademy.com >In the top right corner search for Jess Porter > >Thanks and Regards, > >Jess > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The air-l(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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Internet Research Book Reccommendations Needed
by Jess Porter 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hello: Can someone recommend 2 or 3 good books on doing Internet Research. I checked tonight and found books with 1999, and 1998 copyrights. I want the most recent copyrights possible, 2005, 2006, 2007. The technology has to match the research techniques, and Windows 95, Google and Yahoo in 1999 are outdated. Also, the $20.00 books are no good. A good computer book usually sets you back $50-80.00. I have to say, I am not a research scholar, like the rest of you, but I read alot of these messages, and it is fascinating. You can find out all about me at: http://www.ecademy.com In the top right corner search for Jess Porter Thanks and Regards, Jess

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CFP Digital Divide Minitrack - HICSS 41
by Karine Barzilai-Nahon 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Sorry for cross-posting CFP HICSS-41 2008 DIGITAL DIVIDE Mini-track January 7-10, 2008 Mini-Track Chairs: Karine Barzilai-Nahon <http://www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb> - University of Washington - karineb(a)u.washington.edu - [Primary Contact] Narcyz Roztocki <http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~roztockn/> - State University of New York at New Paltz - roztockn(a)newpaltz.edu Additional details on this track may be found on: http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/karineb/html/events/dd.html Mini-track Description: The mini-track calls for papers that study the digital divide in different levels, methods and perspectives. Possible investigations of the digital divide may focus on international, national, local, sector, communal, and individual level. Both empirical and theoretical papers are invited. Potential contributions include, but are not limited to the following: Conceptualization and theory of digital divide, digital spectrum and eInclusion Socio-demographic factors- gender, age, education, income, ethnic diversity, race diversity, language diversity, religiosity Social and governmental support - for example the use of supportive initiatives, policy and applications to bridge the gap, or how society and community impact eInclusion Access and technology - infrastructure factors Affordability Use - skills, frequency and time, locus, autonomy of use, what do users do online and for what purpose Accessibility focusing mainly in populations with special needs Measurements index - e-readiness, DiDix and more Comparative analysis of policy Comparative cross-country or cross-region research Country or region specific case studies Important Dates: June 15, 2007: Authors submit full papers to the Peer Review System August 15, 2007: Acceptance/Rejection notices are sent to Authors via the Peer Review System. September 15, 2007: Authors submit Final Version of papers This minitrack is part of the Digital Media track. For more information about HICSS - http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/

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PICTURES OF BOOKS MADE WITH PAPYRUS PLANTS, CODEX AND VELLUMU
by olalekan olagunju 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Fellow Researchers Good day to you all, I am currently facilitating on Book Review on Radio [Eko 89.75 F.M.] here in Nigeria. I need help regarding sources of pictures of books made with papyrus plants, codex and vellum. Olalekan Olagunju Lagos State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Department Alausa, Ikeja. --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.

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Special issue of Cybermetrics
by Isidro F. Aguillo 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Cybermetrics, the electronic journal devoted to the quantitative analysis of the scientific and scholarly communication in the Internet has published a special issue titled devoted to: “What does the Web represent? From virtual ethnography to web indicators” edited by Andrea Scharnhorst, Peter van den Besselaar and Paul Wouters: Vol. 10 (2006): Issue 1 http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/vol10iss1.html What does the Web represent? From virtual ethnography to web indicators Andrea Scharnhorst, Peter van den Besselaar, Paul Wouters http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1p0.html Analyzing hyperlinks networks: The meaning of hyperlink based indicators of knowledge production Gaston Heimeriks & Peter Van den Besselaar http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1p1.html Studying the Scholarly web: How disciplinary culture shapes online representations Jenny Fry http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1p2.html Operationalising “Websites”: lexically, semantically or topologically? Viv Cothey, Isidro Aguillo, Natalia Arroyo http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1p3.html Linking shallow, linking deep. How scientific intermediaries use the Web for their network of collaborators Eleftheria Vasileiadou, Peter van den Besselaar http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1p4.html Textured Connectivity: an ethnographic approach to understanding the timescape of hyperlinks Anne Beaulieu, Elena Simakova http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1p5.html Web indicators - a new generation of S&T indicators? Andrea Scharnhorst, Paul Wouters http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1p6.html What do hyperlinks mean: the value of hyperlink-networks as indicators of knowledge production Viv Cothey http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1c1.html Discussion to the article by Jenny Fry Eleftheria Vasileiadou http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1c2.html Discussion of “Operationalising “Websites”: lexically, semantically or topologically?” Gaston Heimeriks http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1c3.html Discussion to the article by Eleftheria Vasileiadou & Peter van den Besselaar Anne Beaulieu http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1c4.html Discussion to the article by Anne Beaulieu & Elena Simakova Jenny Fry http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1c5.html Hybrid spaces - some comments on the article by Andrea Scharnhorst and Paul Wouters Peter van den Besselaar http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v10i1c6.html -- *************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo isidro(a)cindoc.csic.es Ph:(+34) 91-5635482 ext. 313 Cybermetrics Lab CINDOC-CSIC Joaquin Costa, 22 28002 Madrid. SPAIN http://www.webometrics.info http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics http://internetlab.cindoc.csic.es ****************************************

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Fwd: An Academic Tool of Possible Interest
by Samita Nandy 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Semenov Alexander <semenoffalex(a)googlemail.com> Date: Feb 24, 2007 7:48 AM Subject: Re: An Academic Tool of Possible Interest To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Cc: jeremy.depauw(a)gmail.com, thomas.nicolai(a)unisg.ch, samitanandy(a)gmail.com, intellagirl(a)gmail.com, typewritermark(a)gmail.com There is another one useful on-line service for scientific bibliographies - CiteULike (http://www.citeulike.org/) Roughly I can name the following advantages of this service: 1. It doesn't depend on browser, as it's on-line service, not application. 2. It allows to share your bibliography on-line. 3. It fully "recognizes" reference format of several important on-line libraries (Science, Jstor, Scopus, etc.) 4. Exports your bibliography to BibTeX/Endnote formats. 5. Has "watchlists". Alexander Semenov.

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