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Re: [Air-L] Looking for online Internet Research Training, and or Certificati...
by RBerkman＠aol.com 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

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_Not Just Facebook: Online Social Networks For Libraries_ Il 2008 PPT NOW Available
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Colleagues/ I'm pleased to announce that a corrected/revised/expanded version of my pre-conference workshop presentation for _Internet Librarian_ 2008 is now available _Not Just Facebook: Online Social Networks For Libraries_ ABSTRACT While Bebo, Facebook, hi5, MySpace, and Orkut are among the better-known general online social networks, there is an ever-increasing number of online networks that have emerged for and within a wide variety of communities. Among many others, these include networks for academe and education (e.g., EduSpaces), people of color (e.g., Black Planet), Boomers (e.g., Boomj), business (e.g., Linked-In), LGBT groups (e.g., OUTeverywhere), religion (e.g., MyChurch), and researchers and scholars (e.g., Nature Network). This workshop provides an overview of the more significant niche online social networks, reviews their common and unique features and functionalities, and considers the potential opportunities for wider engaged library outreach to these communities. This is a LARGE Presentation (204 Slides). The First Half Is Devoted Web 2.0/SNS Background and a Review Of Facebook (Slides 1-89) The Second Half Is Devoted To Niche Online Social Networks (NSNS) (Slide 90->); The Director's Cut Version Is Accessible From [ http://tinyurl.com/5p4scp ] >>I am greatly interested in learning of Other Niche SNS<< Please Nominate Any And All As A Comment On The Blog Entry 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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It's Georgie, not Tommie
by Barry Wellman 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Mi Bad, but only one person bothered to catch me. As everyone on this list knows, it was George Eliot and not Thomas Hardy who wrote The Mill on the Floss. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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CALL FOR PAPERS
by Jesper Taekke 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

'MODERNITY 2.0': EMERGING SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACTS 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIOCYBERNETICS 'MODERNITY 2.0': EMERGING SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACTS URBINO, ITALY 29 JUNE - 5 JULY 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS In recent years, the Internet and other information and communication technologies have had great impacts on almost all aspects of human life, locally and globally. The extant of these impacts can be seen in the ubiquity of the use of the prefix 'e-', as in e-commerce, e-business, e-government, e-democracy, e-science, e-learning, e-entertainment and so on. Thanks to the cheaper prices and ease of use of these technologies, more and more people are able to access digital contents, as part of a mass audience, and more and more people are able to create and publish content off their own initiative. The Web has moved from being a one-way communication channel extending traditional media, to a complex "peer-to-peer" communication space with a blurred author/audience distinction and new ways to create, share and use knowledge in a social way. This establishes new global fora, started by a few, and sustained by millions of local acts. This change of paradigm is currently profoundly transforming most areas of our lives: our interactions with other people, our relationships, ways of gathering, creating and disseminating information, ways of developing social norms, opinions, attitudes and even legal aspects as well as ways of working and doing business. It also raises a strong need for theoretical, empirical and applied studies related to how people may interact on the Web, how they actually do so and what new possibilities and challenges are emerging in the individual, business and technology dimensions. It is not the first time in the history of social media that a new technology becomes suddenly available to a wider group of people due to a specific social, economical and historical context. The last time something similar happened, the availability and diffusion of the printing press, according to many authors, the opportunities for the rise of modern society emerged. We are probably facing a similar new extraordinary change that we can barely describe today. According to the law of accelerated return identified by Ray Kurzweil, this change is taking place at a much faster speed than before. This is a major challenge for social science in a world where 'internet time' now runs at a clock speed several orders of magnitude faster than that of academic research. In order to explore these possibilities and tackle the challenges, a more interdisciplinary scientific approach is required. The visionary founding fathers of cybernetics and systems theory urged for this new vision of the sciences as soon as they started working on teleological machines interacting with human beings during the Second World War. Not surprisingly, today, Sir Tim Berners Lee (the inventor of the World Wide Web) is developing a vision for new field of interdisciplinary study called Web Science. The goal of this conference is therefore to bring researchers and practitioners together to explore within a sociocybernetic approach the issues and challenges related to social aspects of the new communication technologies and especially the Web. Possible topics should include, but are not limited to: o Local issues with respect to a particular geographical region, political entity or cultural or ethnic group; o Global issues affecting all mankind in the 21st century; o Emerging technologies and the link between the micro and macro levels of individual actors and social institutions, respectively; o Social systems and economic models of the web; o Y Generation and participation on the web (politics, business and entertainment); o Culture, knowledge and social impact of the Semantic web; o e-Social Science; o Cyberculture, knowledge and local communities; o Teaching the digital natives in networked space; o The public/private distinction on the Internet; o Cybernetics and Web Science; o Social capital in social network sites (SNSs). Papers with a strong sociocybernetics orientation addressing other topics (conceptual, methodological, practical) are also welcomed. VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION The 9th International Conference of Sociocybernetics will take place in the Faculty of Sociology of University of Urbino "Carlo Bo". Urbino is a walled city in the Marche region in Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482. The town, nestled on a high sloping hillside, retains much of its picturesque medieval aspect, only slightly marred by the large car parks below the town. It hosts the University of Urbino, founded in 1506, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Urbino. Its best-known architectural piece is the Palazzo Ducale, rebuilt by Luciano Laurana (taken form http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbino) Urbino is located in the middle of the Apennines, 30 km from the Adriatic coast. The town can be reached directly only by car or bus, not by train. The closest towns to Urbino are Pesaro and Fano, where there are train stations; trains from Milano, Bologna or Rome stop there. The fastest way to reach Urbino is to fly to Bologna (or Ancona) and to rent a car. Most major rental companies have offices in those two cities. This will avoid waiting time for train or bus connections. Car sharing is an option to reduce costs if you travel with other colleagues (or friends). The cheapest way to reach Urbino is by bus from either Pesaro or Fano. BY AIR The closest Airports to Urbino are Ancona, Bologna, Rimini and Forlì. Please follow the links below for detailed information. ANCONA: Raffaello Sanzio Airport at Falconara Marittima http://www.ancona-airport.com 45 Km South of Pesaro Information office and bookings: Tel. +39-071-28271 Direct flights with low cost companies are available from London (www.ryanair.com ), Barcelona and Paris (www.evolavia.com ). Suggested route: From the airport take the bus to the train station in Ancona and from there take a train to Pesaro (about 30 min) and from Pesaro take the Bus (see section below) to Urbino BOLOGNA: Aereoporto G. Marconi http://www.bologna-airport.it/ Bologna is the largest international airport of the area and is only a two-hour drive from Urbino. It is served by many low cost airlines, please refer to the airport website for details. Information office and bookings: Tel. +39-051-6479615 FORLI' http://www.forliairport.com Information office and bookings: Tel. +39-0543-474991 Forlì is a very small airport, but the low cost airline Ryanair runs flights from major European cities (www.ryanair.com) Suggested route: From the airport take the bus to the train station in Forlì, from there take a train to Pesaro (about 1:20h) and from Pesaro take the Bus (see section below). RIMINI: Aeroporto Federico Fellini http://www.riminiairport.com Information office and bookings Tel. +39.0541.715711 Rimini is also a very small airport, but the low-cost airline Easyjet (www.easyjet.com) flies there. Rimini can be also useful for connections from Rome with Alitalia (www.alitalia.com) or other major European cities such as London, Amsterdam or Brussels. Suggested route: From the airport take a bus to the train station in Rimini. >From there take a train to Pesaro (about 15-20 min.) and from Pesaro take the bus (see section below). For detailed information regarding flight schedules and airlines please refer to the airport links. BY BUS Buses from Pesaro or Fano to Urbino run frequently, for schedule information please visit the website: http://www.autolineebucci.com/ There are daily buses into the Urbino-Montefeltro area from Rome (http://www.autolineebucci.com/) but they do not run on Sundays. If you are coming from Tuscany you can travel via San Sepolcro, but it is quite a lengthy trip. BY CAR >From Rome, follow the old Via Flaminia through the Scheggia Pass, using the E45 via Perugia; from Florence and Arezzo, follow the Bocca Trabaria, Bocca Serriola, Badia Tebalda or Viamaggio passes. >From Bologna take the A14 motorway and go south. Use the following exit: "Pesaro-Urbino" to reach Urbino. >From the "Pesaro-Urbino" exit you should take the SS 423 Urbinate, Urbino is 28Km from the highway exit. It will take you about 30-45 min. >From Ancona take the A14 motorway and go north. Use the following exit "Fano" to reach Urbino. >From the "Fano" exit you should take the superstrada and follow signs to Urbino. It will take you about 30-40 min. BY TRAIN The recommended stations are Pesaro (if you are traveling from the north) or Fano (if you are traveling from the south). If you are travelling from Rome, the closest station is Fossato di Vico-Gubbio which is about a two hour train ride from the capital. From Fossato, however, there are few bus connections, and taxis are quite expensive (about 65¤) so we suggest travelling to Pesaro by changing trains at the Falconara Marittima station. Important: For all information related to train schedules and costs, please visit the website: http://www.trenitalia.it ACCOMODATION A limited numbers of rooms will be available at the cost of 25 ¤ a night at the university colleges. Hotel facilities are still under negotiation. Additional information will be sent out later. CONFERENCE FEES Conference fees are for: - RC51 Non-members 100 Euro - RC51 associate members (non-ISA): 50 Euro - RC51 regular members in good standing (ISA and RC51): No fee In special cases (e.g., students) exemptions can be granted upon request. SESSIONS AND LANGUAGES The official language of the conference will be English. ABSTRACTS AND THE REVIEW PROCESS Please submit a 500 to 1000 word detailed abstract for the review process and for assignment to a particular session. In addition, 250 word regular abstracts are needed for the Conference Programme and Abstracts booklet and for publication on the RC51 website. All abstracts should be sent to the Chair of the Abstracts Committee, Michael Paetau (michael.paetau(a)sociocybernetics.eu) DEADLINES February, 1 2009: 500-1000 word detailed abstracts March, 1, 2009: Notification of acceptance May, 3, 2009: 250 word regular abstracts May, 24, 2009: Registration June, 14, 2008: Full paper CONTACTS AND INFORMATION For any further questions and information, please consult the RC51 website at http://www.unizar.es/sociocybernetics/ . You may also directly contact any of the members of the International Organizing Committee or the Coordinator of the National Organizing Committee. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair, Bernard Scott, President RC51, B.C.E.scott(a)rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk Eva Buchinger, Vice-President RC51 eva.buchinger(a)arcs.ac.at Chaime Marcuello, Secretary RC51, chaime(a)posta.unizar.es Karl-Heinz Simon simon(a)usf.uni-kassel.de Michael Paetau michael.paetau(a)sociocybernetics.eu NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair, Dr. Fabio Giglietto (Coordinator), University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", fabio.giglietto(a)uniurb.it Tel: + 39 0722 305726 Fax: + 39 0722 305727 Prof. Lella Mazzoli, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", lella.mazzoli(a)uniurb.it Prof. Giovanni Boccia Artieri, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", giovannibocciaartieri(a)uniurb.it Dr. Luca Rossi, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", luca.rossi(a)uniurb.it Please forward the Call for Papers to your friends and colleagues who may be interested in attending the conference. -- __ Chaime Marcuello Servós E.U. Estudios Sociales Universidad de Zaragoza Violante de Hungría,23 50009-Zaragoza España (voice) +34-976-76 1000 ext.4528 +34-976-76 2121 ext.4528 (Fax) +34-976-76 1920 http://www.unizar.es/geses/ http://www.unizar.es/sociocybernetics/ http://www.unizar.es/gidid/ ----------

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international survey to find out more about how scientists develop and use software in their research
by jeremy hunsinger 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

If you consider yourself a working scientist, and haven’t taken the survey yet, please take a moment and do so. If you aren’t a scientist, but know some, please pass on the link: http://softwareresearch.ca/seg/SCS/scientific-computing-survey.html Thanks!

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Researching Online Networks Using VOSON (ACSPRI Summer Program Course)
by Robert Ackland 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Dates: 19-23 January, 2009 Location: The Australian National University, Canberra Instructor: Dr Robert Ackland, The Australian National University Booking: http://acspri.org.au This course will introduce participants to approaches for conducting empirical social science research into online networks. The course will involve the use of the Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) System - web-based software that incorporates web mining, data visualisation, and more traditional empirical social science methods (e.g. social network analysis, SNA). To our knowledge, VOSON is the first web-based e-Research tool specifically designed for social science research into online networks. See http://voson.anu.edu.au for more details on the VOSON software and related research. The course will focus on two types of online networks: hyperlink networks formed by organisations (for example, social movement organisations and government departments) and networks formed by individuals using social network services (SNSs) such as Facebook. The course will mainly consist of hands-on sessions where participants will use the VOSON software. However there will also be several mini lectures introducing the key concepts and methods that underly VOSON. For more information on the course objectives and outline, please contact Robert Ackland. Please note that bookings are to be made via the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI) website (http://acspri.org.au) ------------------------------------- Dr Robert Ackland Fellow, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute College of Arts and Social Sciences The Australian National University e-mail: robert.ackland(a)anu.edu.au homepage: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/people/robert.php project site: http://voson.anu.edu.au ph./fax: +61 2 6125 0312/+61 2 6125 2992 mail: Coombs Building, 9 Canberra, ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA -------------------------------------

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classic internet history
by jeremy hunsinger 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

http://waxy.org/2008/06/the_machine_that_changed_the_world_the_world_at_you… this is the 5th of the 'the machine that changed the world' all are well worth watching for historical purposes, but this one is internet based. the internet is mentioned aorund 14.90 Jeremy Hunsinger Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Information Ethics Fellow Center for Information Policy Research () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://wiki.tmttlt.com http://www.tmttlt.com You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain

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need for a new book;-)
by Barry Wellman 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

reading the recent exchanges on Free Open Source Software, it strikes me that the time has come for a new version of the Thomas Hardy classic, The Mill on the FOSS. With the focus on a bunch of enslaved coders. Tag line: "The code may be free, but the coders aren't." Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 52, Issue 1 (Open Source Literature)
by Gabriella Coleman 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hi Angela, I would check out Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software by Chris Kelty, which is probably the most detailed treatment of Free Software to date. The history chapters are phenomenal and really provide a new way of looking at the conditions that helped give rise to F/OSS. And even better, you can do so immediately as the book can be viewed and downloaded for free here: http://twobits.net/ (it is under a CC license) and of course purchased as well (and the book can be modulated as well!) Similarly, David Berry has also provided one of the richest accounts (though focused more on political questions) in his new book: http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=211422 I am also teaching a course on hackers this semester and there are a few pieces on F/OSS on the syllabus: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/002/321/Coleman-Hackers-ILA-Fal… Though I have not had a chance to read it (but soon will), Tim Jordan raises F/OSS in relationship to hacking in his new book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hacking-Digital-Media-Technological-Determinism/dp/…) And it is also the relationship between hacking and F/OSS that I address in this article, co-written with Alex Golub http://ant.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/3/255) All best, Gabriella > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:33:59 +0200 > From: "Sharon Haleva Amir" <sharon(a)trebcon.com> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Open source literature > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Message-ID: <002701c93c2e$e28be170$0100000a@SHAmir> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" > > Hi Angela, you may want to get in touch with Dr. Gabriella Coleman from NYU. > Lately she worked on a book dealing with hackers as well as the free and > open source software. As an anthropologist she has an interest in the open > source programmers' community, their motives and aims. > This is her webpage - > http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman > Good luck, Sharon > > > Best Wishes, > Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow > )PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, > University of Haifa, ISRAEL. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Angela Adkins > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:48 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Open source literature > > Hello all, > > I have been asked for literature suggestions by a colleague with a > budding interest in research on open source, particularly in how the > community of developers/contributors maintains a collaborative > environment and in resistance to open source. I would like to help him > but alas, I am not overly familiar with specific research on that topic. > But I am always impressed at the helpfulness and willingness to share on > this list, so I thought this would be a good place to ask. Does anyone > have suggestions for good sources to get started? I would gladly pass > them along--anything would be much appreciated > > Thank you! > -- _______________________________________________ Gabriella Coleman, Assistant Professor Department of Media, Culture, & Communication New York University 239 Greene St, 7th floor NY NY 10003 http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/

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Open source literature
by Angela Adkins 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hello all, I have been asked for literature suggestions by a colleague with a budding interest in research on open source, particularly in how the community of developers/contributors maintains a collaborative environment and in resistance to open source. I would like to help him but alas, I am not overly familiar with specific research on that topic. But I am always impressed at the helpfulness and willingness to share on this list, so I thought this would be a good place to ask. Does anyone have suggestions for good sources to get started? I would gladly pass them along--anything would be much appreciated Thank you! -- Angela Adkins Department of Sociology The University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1905 Ph: (330) 234-1499 Email: ama13(a)uakron.edu

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