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Fwd: Call for papers-10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD WIDE WEB APPLICATIONS
by Steve Jones 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

> CALL FOR PAPERS > > 10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD WIDE WEB APPLICATIONS > (ZA-WWW2008) > > VENUE 1: > > Cape Town (South Africa) > Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 September 2008 > > Hosted by > __ Cape Peninsula University of Technology > __ University of Cape Town > __ University of the Western Cape > > VENUE 2: > > Nairobi (Kenya) > Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 September 2008 > > Hosted by > __ African eDevelopment > __ Cape Peninsula University of Technology > __ University of Cape Town > __ University of the Western Cape > > The year 2008 sees the 10th consecutive World Wide Web Applications > Conference. To highlight this > milestone anniversary, the event will be celebrated in two places. > The programme will kick-off in Cape Town > and then continues the week after in Nairobi - reinforcing the > Conference's engagement with African Web > developments as a whole. > > Although papers will not be duplicated, both conferences will > reflect the same features and themes: > > __ Prominent keynote speakers from abroad as well as from the local > scene > __ Various appropriate and applicable programme tracks > __ Peer-reviewed scientific papers as well as invited presentations > __ Poster presentations > __ Proceedings published in electronic format > __ Selected papers published in a special 10th anniversary > conference issue of The Electronic Library: > International Journal for the Application of Technology in > Information Environments > > The Conference Programme Committee invites authors to submit > proposals of ±500 words for papers or > posters (±250 words) of their original and unpublished work, > research results innovations, ideas, and > problems or issues that require solutions from any field in which > the World Wide Web is applied or used as a > tool or system. > > Submit your abstracts at http://www.zaw3.co.za > (follow the Call for Papers link) > > Topics might relate to trends and developments over the last ten > years; for example the growing number of > "foreign" language sites; the politics of the Web; censorship and > legal issues; new methods of access and > device and network convergence; search engines and search > techniques; emerging Web technologies, > developments and trends; Web 2.0; and e-anything (government, > commerce, marketing, learning, society, > entertainment). > > Target dates: > > Peer-reviewed papers > > __ Submission of abstracts (±500 words): 31 March 2008 > __ Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 April 2008 > __ Submission of full text papers for peer-reviewing: 31 May 2008 > __ Notification of acceptance of papers: 31 July 2008 > __ Submission of updated version of accepted papers: 25 August 2008 > > Posters > > __ Submission of abstracts (±250 words): 10 August 2008 > __ Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2008 > > Further enquiries: > > Cape Town: > > Prof Pieter van Brakel > Conference Chair > Cape Peninsula University of Technology > Cape Town > > vanbrakelp(a)cput.ac.za > +21 82 966 0789 (mobile) > +27 21 469 1015 (office) > http://www.zaw3.co.za > > Nairobi: > > Mr Harry Hare > Mr Andrew Karania > Directors: African eDevelopment > Nairobi > > harry(a)africanedevelopment.org > + 254 72565004 (mobile) > andrew@ africanedevelopment.org > +254 72 270 2187 (mobile) > http://www.africanedevelopment.org/ > > Conference Secretariat: > > Elizabeth Danckwerts > Conference Secretariat > PO Box 2760 > Clareinch > 7740 > South Africa > aecon.e(a)mweb.co.za > Phone +27 21 683-5522 > Mobile +27 82 468 7504 > Fax +27 21 674 3269 > www.aecon.co.za > > > > > www.iw3c2.org > > > > > > > http://www.uwc.ac. > za/portal/public/ho > me/index.htm > http://www.uct.ac.za/ > > http://www.cput.ac.za/ >

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Re: [Air-L] have I discovered a new disease?
by nsenga＠mediom.qc.ca 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Dear Dominic and list On one side, "office design and ergonomic work guides" ("seating height and geomtery right", etc.) are all experts prescriptions to end users on how to interact with internet (computer) hardware. On the other side, there are those, apparently more and more among us now that the Internet use has become ubiquitous and (almost) universal, who utilize those kinds of equipments and, as one of the unintended and undesired outcome, experience physiological (and psychological!!) malaise, harm, "disease", ... My question then is: how come there isn't, among the Internet researchers, any interest to conduct also research on this phenomenon of fitness of internet hardware with end users, with the aim to alleviate or find a cure to the "disease" that has or is becoming a real public health menace to many currently suffering in silence? Instead of dwelling in the usual complacency of always blaming the victims (ourselves!) who do not comply with the experts prescriptions, and/or who adopt "bad" or "inappropriate" work posture and habits? Are those software on physical exercises, like the two already suggested on the list, really THE only solution? As users that we all are and for whom those equipments are made after all, shouldn't we rather be more knowledgeable in all levels of harm and threat of those equipments to our health, to our entire body and mind, and not only to arms wrists, eyes and spine? What, for example, about harm actually being caused to those in China and elsewhere dismantling electronic equipments to recuperate precious metals therein contained? Etc. Etc. With such knowledge, we (Aoir researchers and laypersons, respectively each in one's own capacity) would thus be in a position to make explicit to manufacturers and to procurement officers our requirements for ONLY those equipments that are less detrimental to our health. Regards Francois Montreal -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail

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47TH FITCE CONGRESS Liverpool September 2008
by Dominic Pinto 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Come together with communications professionals from across Europe and the wider world at the 47th European FITCE Congress in Liverpool, European Capital of Culture, 2008. Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre September 3rd - 6th 2008, Liverpool, UK The Magical Mystery Tour: Next Stop...True Convergence? Themes for the Congress: transforming lives transforming services transforming networks For more information and details of the Call for Papers see http://www.fitce08.eu/index.asp Early sponsors and partners: BT, ITP, Liverpool 08 FITCE: THE FORUM FOR EUROPEAN ICT PROFESSIONALS http://www.fitce.org

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2nd CPF: CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSAL
by Hakikur Rahman 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS: ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES <http://www.igi-pub.com/bookseries>http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman PUBLISHER: IGI Global <<http://www.igi-pub.com/>http://www.igi-global.com> LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: The AKCSN is an international book series that publishes high-quality original research about knowledge communities and social networks. This book series calls for a knowledge based perspective adopting concepts belonging to advancement on information science, knowledge communication and knowledge management pertaining to multi-disciplinary aspects. This series will cover, but not limited to knowledge management, knowledge communications, knowledge economy, information society, information dynamics, information processing, information retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots communities, developing countries, mobile computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications. To improvise the effects of information revolution and reach out to the general community, this book series will try to establish innovative model of approaches in understanding the dynamics of knowledge communication, drawing upon knowledge gains from the various branches of information science and the cognitive arena. The book series will try to provide an analytical approach to the holistic situation of the newly emerged knowledge perspectives featuring innovative models of technology transfer focusing upon the concepts of knowledge communication processes. When knowledge is a good to exchange through technological communication, then understanding of the dynamics influencing knowledge intelligibly become the premier issue to initiate high-end researches. In this context, the book series will aim to investigate which functions the knowledge-intensive services will form a major research area within the process of knowledge communication. It will also promote a systemic focus on the communication process underlying knowledge transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy. By becoming a contributor to the Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity that a few have ever gained. Your work will be showcased in a collection that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes, and a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it. As major audience of books under this book series will be comprised of academics, scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it is highly likely that your edited book will be used as guide in the national and regional development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge implementations. I welcome you to consider submitting your research to this series in hopes of providing the field of E-Government with collections of pivotal applications, methods and technologies. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh Associate Editors: Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK International Editorial Advisory Board: Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 2008 MISSION OF AKCSN: The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a multi-disciplinary international book series that aims to publish high-quality, original research about knowledge management. The AKCSN will provide an analytical approach to the holistic situation of the newly emerging knowledge dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge acquisition, knowledge communication and knowledge management focusing upon the concepts of the knowledge communities and social networks. COVERAGE of AKCSN: The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is international and focused on original research in knowledge communications, applications, management, policies and implications. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following: · Knowledge Management and Business Improvement · Knowledge as Capacity for Action · Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development · Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool · Agent-mediated Knowledge Management · The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge · Knowledge as a Competitive Force · Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments · Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets · Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge · Current State and Future Development of the Institutional Knowledge Management · Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives · Challenges of Knowledge Management · Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management · Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management · Organizational Knowledge Communication and Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management · Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences · Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and Middleware · Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis · Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC · Organizational Knowledge Communication · Communication of Knowledge in Organizations · Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social Networks · General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities · Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation · Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks · Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions · Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge Intensive Collaborative Processes · Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g., semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.) · Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks · Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems · Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments · Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks · Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool · Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions · Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication · Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures · Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks · Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks · Epistemology of Knowledge Society · Citizens eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes · eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level · Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions · Local eGovernment Interoperability and security · Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments · Introduction to Mobile Computing · Business Process Modeling · Information and Data Management · Communication and Agent Technology · Best Practices for Mobile Computing · Information Policy Overview · Communications and the Internet · Knowledge Chains · Community Practices · Learning Utilities · Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communities SUBMITTING TO AKCSN: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews and assessment of the publisher, IGI Global. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to <mailto:email@hakik.org>email(a)hakik.org by ****** NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 15, 2008 ****** PROSPECTUS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Your 5-10 page (not including your CV) book prospectus should contain the following information: 1. 3-5 SUGGESTED TITLES for your proposed publication 2. A SYNOPSIS of your proposed publication, including a concise DEFINITION of the subject area 3. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AREA 4. 5-10 INDEXING KEYWORDS for your proposed subject area 5. Overall OBJECTIVES AND MISSION of your proposed publication 6. SCHOLARLY VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION to information science, technology and management literature 7. PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT on your field of research 8. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS of your proposed publication 9. PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE for such a publication 10. POTENTIAL BENEFITS readers will gain from your proposed publication 11. EXISTING COMPETING PUBLICATIONS and their advantages and disadvantages in comparison to your proposed publication 12. TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS 13. PROJECTED TOTAL PAGE/WORD COUNT for proposed publication 14. TENTATIVE TIMETABLE for the entire project 15. POTENTIAL CHANNELS OF CALL DISTRIBUTION for the procurement of submissions and contacts (List-Servs, Universities, etc.) 16. COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS, phone, fax and e-mail information FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR 17. A COPY OF YOUR VITAE, listing education and publication records FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR ABOUT THE PUBLISHER: The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is published by IGI Global, publisher of the IGI Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Information Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Please forward proposals and submission inquiries to: Hakikur Rahman Editor-in-Chief Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series <http://www.igi-pub.com/bookseries>http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries Direct link: <http://www.igi-global.com/akcsn>www.igi-global.com/akcsn Email: <mailto:email@hakik.org>email(a)hakik.org

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CFP: Call for authors on book(s) about digital culture
by Karen Sichler 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Please distribute. If interested, please contact Dr. Kavoori listed below. CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THREE EDITED BOOKS (Edited by Andy Kavoori, Grady College, University of Georgia, Athens, GA) Book 1: Gaming: An International Communication Perspective This edited book will address Gaming (video, on-line, single/multiple player) by examining its sociological relevance from a global perspective (most current books have an American focus). Papers should examine one or more of the following topics: (a) History: Growth of gaming as a global industry, discourse and media product (b) Representation: How gaming environments construct the world (this could be for example, a textual/content analysis of games that are international in content) (c) Politics: The political universe of Games. Of special interest to the editor are case studies of Gaming and War/Terrorism (especially games like America's Army and Islamogames) (d) Theory: Stand-alone theoretical essays that frame the field of Gaming using international communication theory (for example, political economy, cultural studies, post- colonial studies, globalization theory). Please send abstracts by March 30th to akavoori(a)yahoo.com and put in the subject line "abstract for international gaming book." Book 2: The Digital Culture Reader This edited book will examine the discursive content of on-line mass mediated digital culture. Essays are invited for four sections of the book which will be focused on (a) Stand alone theoretical essays on the subject of "digital culture" defined within the fields of digital cultural studies, technology studies, sociology/anthropology, and media studies. Essays examining institutional development, historical context, and international import are especially welcome. (b) Essays on the "texts" of You Tube (b) Essays on the "texts" of My Space and Facebook and (c) Essays on the "texts" of Second Life. The methodological approach may include content, textual, rhetorical, discursive, ethnographic and other methods commonly used in digital cultural studies. Some specific questions that the textual analysis essays might address include: (1) What happens to questions of identity politics (race, class, gender and sexuality) in the constructs of Youtube, Facebook/MySpace and Second Life? Does digital culture move the debate about identity politics beyond the big four (race, gender, etc) and construct new hybrid/virtual/idiosyncratic vocabularies for the presentation of identity politics? (2) Does the digital imagination (the process of creating consumer generated content) reconfigure questions of democracy, citizenship, entertainment and representation? (3) What are the ranges of discursive constructs across cultural / national and global contexts? Studies that examine non-western digital content on the above websites are especially welcome. Please send an abstract by March 30th to akavoori(a)gmail.com and put in the subject line "abstract for digital culture book." Book 3: Journalism/Gaming: Mapping the Intersection This edited book seeks to bring together two of the most important contemporary industry trends—the rapidly changing nature of digital journalism and the world of Gaming, both centered on youth culture, practices and politics. The two industries have historically been seen as separate —with traditional mass media journalism, positioned as a place where the serious work of citizenship takes place and Gaming seen as a vehicle for consumption—and for its critics, a discursive dead end focused on violence and pleasure. Both industries have a very specific orientation youth culture—Gaming is at the heart of youth culture; traditional journalism appears to have little resonance with young people. This book takes as its goal the articulation of a theoretical, empirical and political vision that argues that Journalism and Gaming need to be engaged – that new genres, modes of participatory culture, political action and ideas about citizenship need to be strategized in order to make such a connection possible. To that end, the collection seeks essays that (a) articulate the terms, conditions and theoretical frameworks that may be usefully applied in "mapping the intersection" between Journalism and Gaming. The editor is especially interested in essays that apply theories of one field onto the other, i.e. theorists of Journalism writing essays about Gaming and theorists of Gaming examining Journalism. (b) Case studies of Games (video, on-line, single, multiplayer) where "Journalism" broadly defined is taking place—this may include studies of the use games that build on contemporary news events or use of games such as "Palestine" (c) cross-cultural and global trends in the use of Journalism/Gaming, especially as they relate to issues of media and war/Terrorism. (d) Media education projects that emphasize the connections between these two industries. Please send an abstract by March 30th to akavoori(a)hotmail.com and put in the subject line "abstract for journalism/gaming book". TIME LINE: Once abstracts have been collected, a formal proposal will be submitted to leading scholarly publishers (the editor has long-standing relations with a number of publishers and has initiated negotiations). Full papers will be sought from selected contributors once contracts have been signed (approximately, mid fall, 2008). EDITOR BIO: Anandam (Andy) Kavoori is an Associate Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. His co-edited books include The Cell Phone Reader (Peter Lang), Media, Terrorism, Theory (Rowman and Littlefield), The Global Dynamics of News (Ablex) and Global Bollywood (New York University Press). He is the author of Thinking Television (Peter Lang). Andy Kavoori, Ph.D Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 akavoori(a)uga.edu Andy Kavoori, Ph.D Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 akavoori(a)uga.edu

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cfp panel: science learning/education in virtual worlds
by Jeremy Hunsinger 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

This is one of the ideas that I've been working on for copenhagen, as it seems to be gathering a good bit of steam and funding. My perspective will be to look at the organizational and funding structures for science learning in virtual worlds, likely a network/ political economy analysis. If other people have papers or proposals, I'd love to see them so i could write up a panel. Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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panel on MMOs - seeking abstracts
by Cassandra Van Buren 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Hello AoIR, If you would like to be part of a panel on MMOs (including but not limited to World of Warcraft) for AoIR Copenhagen, please get in touch with me and send along an abstract. I already have three participants, but would like to have 1-2 more. If there is enough response, we might break the group into 2 panels. Best, Cassandra Van Buren ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-|| Cassandra Van Buren, Ph.D. New Media Studies | Department of Communication 255 S Central Campus Dr LNCO 2400 University of Utah | Salt Lake City UT 84112 USA cvb(a)utah.edu | http://web.utah.edu/newmedia/cvb/ 801.581.7268 vox | 801.585.6255 fax

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SPARC announces winners of the first annual SPARKY awards
by Jeremy Hunsinger 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Begin forwarded message: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. SPARC announces winners of the first annual SPARKY awards > (Jennifer McLennan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:34:12 -0500 > From: Jennifer McLennan <jennifer(a)arl.org> > Subject: [FC-discuss] SPARC announces winners of the first annual > SPARKY awards > To: "FreeCulture.org Discuss" <discuss(a)freeculture.org> > Message-ID: <C3BB8534.EC6A%jennifer(a)arl.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > (This release may also be viewed online at > http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/08-0122.html) > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > January 22, 2008 > > Contact: > Jennifer McLennan > (202) 296-2296 x 121 > jennifer [at] arl [dot] org > > SPARC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL SPARKY AWARDS > Short Videos Showcase Student Perspectives on Information Sharing > > Washington, DC ? January 22, 2008 ? SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing > and > Academic Resources Coalition) today announced the winners of the first > SPARKY Awards. The 2007 contest called on entrants to imaginatively > illustrate in a short video the value of sharing ideas and > information of > all kinds. > > The three winning entries offer a glimpse of student views on the > importance > of access to information, and feature an animated look at the most > basic > benefits of sharing, a film noir-style crime investigation using the > Internet, and a tongue-in-cheek documentary on Open Access. The > winners are: > > First Place > ?Share? > http://blip.tv/file/488550 > Written and directed by Habib Yazdi, University of North Carolina at > Chapel > Hill > > First Runner Up > ?Pri Vetai: Private Eye? > http://www.blip.tv/file/512440 > Directed by Tommy McCauley and Max Silver, Carleton College > > Second Runner Up > ?An Open Access Manifesto? > http://blip.tv/file/517300 > Written and directed by Romel Espinel and Josh Hadro, Pratt Institute > > ?I decided to participate in the contest because I strongly believe > in the > value of sharing ? especially with regard to information,? said > Habib Yazdi, > who is a senior communication studies major. ?Through sharing what > we have > learned we can improve the lives of those who are less privileged. > Being on > a college campus, I have really come to appreciate how many students > are > willing to share knowledge with others.? > > "Tommy and I had a lot of fun working on our film,? said Max Silver, a > freshman. Being able to access information for free has vastly changed > society, especially in the lives of students. It is important to > realize > this, and to keep moving in the same direction ? to give as many > people as > much information as possible." > > Josh Hadro, a student of library science, added, ?While the focus of > our > class was academic librarianship, Open Access was a frequently > recurring > theme in our discussions, and one to which nearly all of the > students in our > small seminar-style class were sympathetic. Romel and I especially > agreed > with this idea of the inevitable progress of the Open Access > movement, and > used the opening of the video to highlight this. We enjoyed the > thought of > the Ken Burns-esque look back at a time before Open Access was a > given.? > Their film was made as a final project for a course in scholarly > communication. > > ?Taking a look at student views on access to information through the > contest > entries was fun and enlightening,? said Heather Joseph, Executive > Director > of SPARC. ?Our winners? entertaining and thought-provoking works > will surely > stimulate others to consider the power and importance of information > sharing. Thanks to everyone who participated and to our esteemed > judges.? > > Submissions were judged by a panel that included: > > * Peter Wintonick, award-winning documentary filmmaker and principal > of > Necessary Illusions Productions Inc. > * Karen Rustad, president of Free Culture 5C and a senior at Scripps > College > majoring in media studies > * Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC > * Rick Johnson, communications consultant and founding director of > SPARC > * Jos?-Marie Griffiths, Professor & Dean at the School of > Information and > Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > * Aaron Delwiche, Assistant Professor in the Department of > Communication at > Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas > > Each of the winning entries is available under a Creative Commons use > license, which enables creators to easily mark their work with the > freedoms > they want it to carry and tells users what rights they have beyond > those > under copyright. > > For more details on the contest, including information on the 2008 > competition, please see the SPARKY Awards Web site at > http://sparkyawards.org. > > ### > > SPARC > > SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with > SPARC > Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 > academic and research libraries working to create a more open system > of > scholarly communication. SPARC is a founding member of the Alliance > for > Taxpayer Access, a coalition of patient, academic, research, and > publishing > organizations that supports open public access to the results of > federally > funded research ? including research funded by the National > Institutes of > Health. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc/. > > > -------------------------- > Jennifer McLennan > Director of Communications > SPARC > (The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition) > http://www.arl.org/sparc > (202) 296-2296 ext 121 > jennifer(a)arl.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss(a)freeculture.org > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > End of Discuss Digest, Vol 13, Issue 10 > *************************************** Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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SSRC Opportunity for STS Graduate Students: Critical Studies of S&T Policy
by Merlyna Lim 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Dear STS Graduate Students, In summer 2008, the Social Science Research Council will sponsor twelve (12) Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships in the field of Critical Studies of Science and Technology Policy, with an emphasis on comparative and international topics. These fellowships will fund participating graduate students at US universities to pursue predissertation summer research and to attend two integrated workshops designed to prepare you to learn and explore research and dissertation proposal development strategies in STS and closely related fields. Except in unique circumstances, applicants should be in their second or third year of PhD programs and must not yet have defended their dissertation prospectus prior to attending the workshops. The due date for applications is February 8, 2008, and applications must be filed through the SSRC application portal: http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/ If you have any questions, they can be directed to one of us (regarding research topics and workshop plans) or the SSRC (regarding application procedures or technical help with online applications). We are also attaching a copy of the full announcement to this email. This is a unique opportunity, and we very much hope that you will apply yourself or help us recruit an outstanding group of participants. Sincerely, Sheila Jasanoff, Professor Clark Miller, Associate Professor Harvard University Arizona State University ::: Merlyna Lim Arizona State University

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CFP: Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2008
by Jocelyn Williams 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

With apologies for cross-posting: CFP: POWER AND PLACE ANZCA08 COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE Date: 9-11 July 2008 Where: Wellington, New Zealand. Theme: Power and Place. ANZCA (Australian & New Zealand Communication Association) is an inclusive organisation and welcomes a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on communication, place, and power. See the conference website at http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/for inspiration and streams – including streams dedicated to organisational communication, gender communication, and cross-cultural communication. Who:The ANZCA08 speakers are all leading names in communication and media, and cover the spectrum of approaches to power and place: Maxwell McCombs (famous for his development of agenda setting theory, still one of the most influential theories of media effects); Jennifer Craik (internationally renowned in cultural and media theory, including globally cited work on the cultural power of fashion); Nicky Hager (has changed the face of politics in New Zealand through his investigative journalism work, and continues to hold politicians and public relations operators from all sectors of the political spectrum to account in his best-selling books); Karen Ross (widely published on gender, power, and communication, and is the foundation editor of a new journal,Communication, Culture and Critique, which will launch in March 2008). Andan opening address on issues of power and placeby Professor Ngatata Love (Professor of Business Development at Victoria University of Wellington). Professor Love has worked extensively on Māori land issues and Waitangi Tribunal cases, and is former Chief Executive of Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Māori Development). ANZCA08… Join us in Wellington for a conference that will inspire, inform, and challenge your thinking. REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN! See http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/ Jocelyn Williams Head of School, Communication Studies Unitec New Zealand Private Bag 92025 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Ph + 64 (09) 815 4321 ex 8829 Fax + 64 (09) 815 4330 http://www.communication.unitec.ac.nz ( http://www.communication.unitec.ac.nz/ ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANZCA Conference, 2008 Power & Place Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand July 9 - 11, 2008 http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz ( http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/ ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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