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Articles on the philosophy of value
by Marius Johannessen 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

I'm writing a paper on the value of enterprise portals in government, and want to include a brief section discussing the term "value". But I have a hard time finding good articles through my university's library resources, so I'm posting here to see if anyone can help me. If you happen to have written something on the value of government portals, that would of course be welcome as well. regards, Marius Johannessen master's student information systems University of Agder

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New book on personal Digital Storytelling
by Knut Lundby 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

Dear Colleagues, you may be interested in this new book on personal Digital Storytelling: "Digital Storytelling, Mediatized Stories: Self-representations in New Media" Edited by Knut Lundby (Peter Lang) Recent years have seen amateur personal stories, focusing on "me" flourish on social networking sites and in digital storytelling workshops. The resulting digital stories could be called "mediatized stories." This book deals with these self-representational stories, aiming to understand the transformations in the age-old practice of storytelling that have become possible with the new, digital media. Among the contributors to this volume are Nick Couldry, Kirsten Drotner, Nancy Thumim, David Gauntlett, James V. Wertsch, Ola Erstad, Glynda A. Hull and John Hartley. The book draws upon the "Mediatized Stories" project www.intermedia.uio.no/mediatized/ and also relates to the research on digital storytelling at QUT in Australia www.cci.edu.au Says Charles Ess, AoIR president: "Contributors address current discussions concerning media and identity, the democratizing potential of new media, as well as significant debates regarding how we best theorize 'media' and 'mediatization'. This is a 'must-read' collection for anyone interested in global perspectives on narrative, new media, and the larger impacts and potentials of digital technologies on both our individual and collective lives as de facto global citizens." www.intermedia.uio.no/mediatized/publications www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=310273&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1 Best wishes Knut Lundby ______________________________ Project leader MEDIATIZED STORIES www.intermedia.uio.no/mediatized/

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Launch of NS2: Niche Social network Sites Blog | Facebook Group
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Colleagues/ With the increasing number of Niche Social Network Sites (NS2), I have decided to create a separate blog devoted to NS2s. NS2 is "devoted to **documenting** the variety of online social network sites and services established to facilitate networking among communities with focused interests or purpose" and is [ http://nichesocialnetworksites.blogspot.com/ ] A Feedburner webfeed is available at [ http://feeds.feedburner.com/NS2NicheSocialNetworkSites ] A companion Facebook Global Group (Open To All) has also been created; One can join the group at [ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33724644068 ] >>The Facebook is devoted to **discussing** issues related to Niche Social Network Sites<< NS2 will profile ***non-Library and non-Educational*** online social networks sites/news/publications/etc. It has been seeded with recent posting to the Friends blog [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/ ] BTW: I've been invited to contribute detailed profiles of Niche Social Network Sites to _Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professional_ [ http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.asp ] and will be submitting 2,000-2,500 word contributions over the coming months/years ... I expect that the first profile will be published in a Spring Issue [?] BTW-2: I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All Niche Social Network Sites for NS2, as well as suggestions of NS2 Genres / Types / Categories (e.g. Military, Women, Librarians), and would appreciate any recommendations (as comments on the Blog Entry @[ http://tinyurl.com/64yk8s ]) and/or on the Facebook Discussion Board. BTW-3: For Examples of Niche Social Network Sites, Please See My IL 2008 presentation (Slides 90 ->) [ http://tinyurl.com/6ayxoq ] and/or a related Friends blog entry [ http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq ]. Thanks! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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internet and parental monitoring literature?
by Magdi Vanya 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

I am a research scientist working on a study of how families try to prevent adolescent drug and alcohol abuse. One aspect of our study investigates parents' use of technology (cell phones, internet) in monitoring or tracking their teen's behavior. I am wondering if you could perhaps point me to sources that address this. Thanks in advance, Magdi

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Position: Lectureship in Internet Studies Curtin University
by Matthew Allen 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Dear all We are currently seeking a lecturer to join the Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. The appointment is for three years fixed-term. Applications are open for a two-week period. Please visit http://jobs.curtin.edu.au/search/positionview.cfm?positionid=15684 Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor and Head of Department, Internet Studies School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://netstudies.curtin.edu.au <http://netstudies.curtin.edu.au/> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Immediate Past President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>

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convergence
by Sabryna Cornish 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi all--I am teaching a graduate course on media convergence. I have a good idea for readings for the course, but wanted some suggestions from list serv members about what they might require graduate students to read. I am purposely not including a description of the course to see what list serv members think about when they consider the term media convergence. I will say this is a theoretically based course. Thanks in advance for any help! Sabryna Sabryna Cornish Assistant professor of journalism Department of communication Northern Illinois University

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3CMedia: Making Links
by Marcus Foth 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication The Making Links 2007 Special Issue is now available online at: http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/3c_issue4/ This issue of 3CMedia continues a dialogue about the raison d’être for community organisations (including community media organisations) in times of participatory culture, media convergence and Web 2.0. Do the affordances of these socio-cultural and technical trends render the third sector less significant or even obsolete as some commentators speculate? This issue of 3CMedia has been edited by Marcus Foth and brings together research papers that explore new opportunities opened up to community sector organisations by emerging technologies. It features articles based on papers presented at the 2007 Making Links conference held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Sydney in October, 2007. Originating in community health networks, the Making Links conference series now targets the whole community and non-profit sector. The fifth Making Links conference will take place this year at The University of Melbourne from 11th to 13th November, with conference themes of community, responsibility and sustainability (see http://www.makinglinks.org.au/) . The Making Links issue of 3CMedia includes papers by Atari Metcalf, Christine Satchell, Ali Asghar Kia, Danny Butt, Edwina Luck and Elizabeth Buchanan. For full abstracts see: http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/3c_issue4/ 3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication is a free, scholarly e-journal and is published by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. See: http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/ for further details. Thanks! Christina Spurgeon Editor 3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication Senior Lecturer, Journalism, Media & Communication Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia Tel: + 61 7 31388184 Fax: + 61 7 31388195 Email: c.spurgeon(a)qut.edu.au -- 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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Late Breaking News: Businesses Embracing Online Social Networks
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Colleagues/ Within the past week or so I have discovered three (3) major reports/studies on the adoption of Online Social Networks by Businesses; These have been profiled in my Friends blog and are available individually at: [1] AMI Partners Study: Small Businesses Embrace Social Networking In The U.S. <http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/11/ami-partners-study-sma ll-businesses.html> New York, New York-November 3, 2008-More than 600,000 small businesses (SBs, or companies with up to 99 employees) in the United States will deploy integrated social networking services in the next 12 months-up from about 300,000 currently, according to the latest study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc. [ http://tinyurl.com/6yo8az ] [2] Harnessing the Power and Potential of Social Networks <http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/10/harnessing-power-and-p otential-of.html> This report will help you: - Make use of social networks in your own organization for internal and customer-facing applications - Explore the key characteristics of successful social networking sites - Determine which approach to take when creating your social network - Consider new value-added features and services that will be competitive differentiators for your social network - Gain an understanding of the staggering valuation of sites such as Facebook - Create a trusted social network environment - Identify some of the privacy and security problems encountered by users - Appreciate the draw of social networks for the individual, including the desire to develop ones own social capital for personal and professional goals - Leverage social network analysis and the 'social graph' - Identify how IT can help address the risks and challenges of social networks [ http://tinyurl.com/6ynb7j ] [3] Network Citizens: Power And Responsibility At Work Bringing together in-depth case studies of six organisations, Network Citizens maps the key fault-lines that people and organisations will have to address in the future world of work. Not doing so puts at risk the very qualities we had invested in them: openness, innovation, collaboration and meritocracy. Since networks can act for good or ill, incubating the talents and ideas of the many, or promoting the interests of the few, the need for a new set of responsibilities is growing. If we are network members, we must be network citizens, too. [ http://tinyurl.com/6rks5d ] If (More) Businesses Recognize The Benefits Of Online Social Networks, Why Not (More) Libraries? Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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Looking for online Internet Research Training, and or Certification in Internet Research
by Jess Porter 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hello: I just finished 23 years in computer science, and in a few years am looking to do some Internet research from home. I have done lots of research over the Internet over the last 23 years, but have no formal training. I am looking for online college courses or a certification program on Internet researching, to learn all the tools and techniques. I did scour the Internet before coming here, but found very little. It could be I wasn't using the correct key words (?) Also any good book recommendations would be much appreciated. Thank You and Regards to all, Jess 11 years in Apple and 12 years in Microsoft. It was a Great career. jessp509(a)gmail.com

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CFP: The Ethics of Information Organization
by Michael Zimmer 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

* Conference announcement & Call for papers * (apologies for cross-posting) The Ethics of Information Organization May 22-23, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Information organization (IO), like other major functions of the information profession, faces many ethical challenges. In the IO literature, ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, for example, the role of national and international IO standards, providing subject access to information, deprofessionalization and outsourcing of IO, education of IO professionals, and the effects of globalization. These issues, and others like them, have serious implications for quality and equity in information access. The Center for Information Policy Research and the Information Organization Research Group at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee join in presenting this conference to address the ethics of information organization. The themes of the conference may include, but are not limited to, ethical aspects of and approaches to: * The role of standards in IO * Subject access to information * Description and Metadata * Folksonomies and social tagging as IO * Day-to-day practice in IO * Professionalism and IO * Education for IO * Culture and IO * Economic, social and political factors in IO * International, multicultural and multilingual aspects of IO The keynote speakers will be: * Clare Beghtol, Professor, University of Toronto, Canada * José Augusto Chaves Guimarães, Professor, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil * Janet Swan Hill, Professor, Associate Director for Technical Services, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries, USA We invite interested participants to submit proposals for papers to include: name(s) of presenter(s), title(s), affiliation(s), contact information and abstracts of 300-500 words. Presentations will be 30 minutes. Time will be set aside for questions as well as broader discussion. All abstracts will be published on the Web site of the UW- Milwaukee Center for Information Policy Research. Full papers will be further reviewed for publication in a special issue of Cataloging and Classification Quarterly. Abstracts due: January 1, 2009 Notification of acceptance by: February 1, 2009 Full papers due: April 3, 2009 Submit proposals electronically to: Hur-Li Lee, Chair of the Program Committee (hurli(a)uwm.edu) Program Committee: * Grant Campbell, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Allyson Carlyle, Associate Professor, University of Washington * Clara M. Chu, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles * Edwin Michael Cortez, Professor/Director, University of Tennessee * Birger Hjørland, Professor, The Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark * Hur-Li Lee (Chair) Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee * Steven J. Miller, Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee * Hope A. Olson, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee * Sandra Roe, Editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly , Bibliographic Services Librarian, Milner Library, Illinois State University * Richard P. Smiraglia, Professor, Long Island University * Michael Zimmer, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Sponsors: * Center for Information Policy Research, UW-Milwaukee * Information Organization Research Group at UW-Milwaukee * University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries * Milwaukee Public Libraries -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Associate, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org

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