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REMINDER> 15 March deadline for e-Research 08 conference in Oxford
by Eric T. Meyer 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

We would like to remind you that abstracts of papers, panels, workshops, or other sessions proposed for the Oxford e-Research Conference 2008 are due March 15, and encourage you to participate. Those who wish to propose a paper should submit a paper abstract up to 1000 words, although drafts of proposed papers will also be reviewed. Proposals for a workshop or panel session should define the focus and proposed title, provide an outline of topics likely to be covered, and describe the proposed format, audience, and any special requirements. All proposals should include the name of the authors or contributors, their affiliations, where applicable, and indicate who will present the paper or chair the proposed panel. Send all proposals and abstracts to: <mailto:eresearch@oii.ox.ac.uk> eresearch(a)oii.ox.ac.uk About the conference: This multi-disciplinary, international conference on e-Research will be held at the University of Oxford from 11-13 September 2008. It is being organized by a consortium of research projects in association with the journal Information Communication and Society (iCS). The Oxford e-Research Conference 08 seeks to stimulate and inform multi-disciplinary research on the development, use and implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs), like the Internet, in shaping research across the disciplines. It will bring together academics and practitioners involved in key e-Research projects around the world to examine new developments in the technology and organization of e-research, and to critically examine studies of the social shaping and role of the Internet, Web and the Grid in the research process across the disciplines. The conference seeks to facilitate scholarly communication and publication on this topic, and help foster a broader public understanding of the significance of this area to the sciences and humanities as well as to the public at large. More details: <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/eresearch08/> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/eresearch08/ Eric T. Meyer, Ph.D. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK e-mail: eric.meyer(a)oii.ox.ac.uk Web: http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/meyer/

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Re: [Air-L] Online research ethics
by Jankowski 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

There is much literature emerging about online research ethics. In addition to the URLs and titles already mentioned, please see: "Research ethics in a virtual world. Guidelines and illustrations," by Nicholas W. Jankowski and Martine van Selm (2007). In Nico Carpentier, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Maren Hartmann, Peeter Vihalemm, Bart Cammaerts, and Hannu Nieminen (eds.) Media technologies and democracy in an enlarged Europe. The intellectual work of the 2007 European media and communication doctoral summer school. Tartu: University of Tartu Press. Available for free at: <http://www.researchingcommunication.eu/reco_book3.pdf>http://www.researchingcommunication.eu/reco_book3.pdf. Nick Jankowski At 01:52 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote: >You may want to consider what has been published on the subject. The >two references I know of off the top of my head that are decent and >will help you think through the issues are: >1) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7321/1103 >2) www.apa.org/science/apainternetresearch.pdf

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Top ten web apps
by mhward 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

This has just come to my notice: http://webappcharts.com/ A few of you (and you know who you are) might be interested that the knitting and crochet site, Ravelry, less than a year old but with 100,000 registered users, half of whom access the site at least once a week, is number five. M-H

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Companion to Digital Humanities
by Barry Wellman 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

I note that our esteemed leader, Charles Ess, has a chapter in here, plus many other valuable looking pieces. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________ To find out more about a particular title, download sample chapters or order examination copies online* click on "more information". A Companion to Digital Humanities Edited by: Susan Schreibman(University of Maryland), Ray Siemens(University of Victoria, Canada) and John Unsworth(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing. More Information http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405103213 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Air-L] IP/Gender 4/4/08
by burkx006＠umn.edu 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Of possible interest. DLB On Mar 5 2008, Sean Flynn wrote: > American University Washington College of Law's Program on Information > Justice and Intellectual Property; Journal of Gender, Social Policy and > the Law; and Women and the Law Program present the Fifth Annual Symposium > on IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections. The symposium explores the rich > intersection of intellectual property law and feminist theory. > >April 4, 2008 > >10am-4pm > >American University Washington College of Law > >4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW * Washington, DC 20016 > >Room 528 > > This year's symposium will feature presentations by Anita Allen, Rebecca > Tushnet, Olufunmilayo Arewa, Séverine Dusollier, Kevin Collins, Ian Kerr, > Laurence Rassel, Debora Halbert, Kevin Jerome Greene and Francesca Coppa. > > A full listing of paper topics and commenters, webcast address, > registration and travel information, and copies of published symposium > papers from prior years is available at > http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/ipgender.cfm. > > We encourage you to register at > http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm > if you plan to attend so that we may accurately gauge demand for the > complimentary lunch we will serve to all attendees. > > -- Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 ********************************** voice: 612-626-8726 fax: 612-625-2011

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CFP: HICSS 42 : Social Networks and Virtual Worlds for Work, Learning, and Play
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

I'd like to encourage AoIRers to consider this HICSS minitrack I am chairing. I think it is well suited to the interests of us all on this list. Please contact me or any of my co-organizers if you have questions about this minitrack. Full papers due June 15th. (Please note HICSS does not extend deadlines). ----------- Call for Papers *Social Networks and Virtual Worlds for Work, Learning, and Play* Minitrack in the *Internet and the Digital Economy Track* Forty-Second Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-42). Our online ways and means of connecting with others and maintaining ties for everyday life, community, work, learning and play are changing dramatically with the increasing adoption and use of social networking applications such as Facebook, MySpace, etc., immersive worlds such as Second Life, and more comprehensive online support environments such as collaboratories, virtual communities, and online communities of practice. These new settings provide the infrastructure for new patterns of connectivity, new ways of working, learning and playing with known and unknown others, locally and globally distributed, with common and diverse cultural experiences. This minitrack for HICSS 42 calls for papers that address the design, analysis, theory, review, experiments and/or observation of social networks, virtual communities, and virtual worlds in the contexts of work, school, home, community, and play. Papers from all methodological approaches are welcome, including design and user studies, quantitative and qualitative research, and theoretical work. Interdisciplinary work is particularly encouraged. All papers should be well grounded in the literature, present original work, and make a substantial addition to the literature in this area. Examples of topics for this minitrack include, but are not limited to the following: • Online communities: organizational, group and individual behavior • Design for online networks and communities • E-learning: structures, implementation, and practices • Interaction between the off-line and online community • Online gaming: design, economics, behavior • Collaborative work, learning or gaming online • Peer-to-peer or mobile services for virtual communities • Case studies and topologies of online communities • Theoretical models of virtual worlds • Business and organizational models of virtual worlds • Economic behaviors in virtual worlds, and game economies • Synergies and conflicts between real and virtual worlds • Identity in virtual worlds • Interface design for social networking, virtual worlds, virtual communities • Social networking agents • Anti-social behavior, online addiction, predatory behavior online • Legal and ethical issues of virtual worlds • Privacy and security issues in online networks IMPORTANT DATES: Abstracts (optional): April 15, 2008 Full Paper Submission: June 15, 2008 All papers must conform to HICSS formatting standards: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_42/authorinstruction.htm Please contact any of the organizers with questions about submissions to this minitrack. Abstracts may be sent to any of the organizers. Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn(a)uiuc.edu) Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Karine Barzilai-Nahon (karineb(a)u.washington.edu) The Information School, University of Washington Paul Benjamin Lowry (Paul.Lowry.PhD(a)gmail.com) Information Systems Department, Kevin Rollins Center for e-Business, Marriott School, Brigham Young Ian MacInnes (IMacInne(a)syr.edu) School of Information Studies, Syracuse University ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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FW: 'Digital Ontario' A symposium Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 - Thursday, March 6th, 2008
by Michael Gurstein 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Very short notice I know... MG "What is Community Informatics? (and Why Does It Matter)", (Polimetrica. Milan), 2007 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00012372/01/WHAT_IS_COMMUNITY_INFORMATICS_r eading.pdf ------------------------------------------------- 'Digital Ontario' A symposium that examines governance, leadership, civic engagement, strategic partnerships for development in a digital era Date: Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 - Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Place: Delta Guelph Hotel and Conference Centre, 50 Stone Road West, Guelph and The Arboretum, The University of Guelph The goal of the meeting is to bring together academics and practitioners to explore the capacity of Ontario society to adapt to the digital era and benefit from the expansion of broadband. The proposed event has the following specific objectives: Provide a forum for those leading broadband initiatives to present their experiences and ideas for the future Engage in thematic discussions about specific strategies for broadband enabled development and address digital divide issues Invite local, national and international experts and practitioners with substantive knowledge of ICTs for development to discuss strategic directions. The themes of this symposium emerged from discussions among academicians, researchers, policy makers, service providers and representatives of civil society organizations. These discussions included several forums such as the December 2006 meeting "Toward a Broadband Research Agenda for Ontario: Urban, Rural and Remote Contexts" at the University of Toronto. The province will provide an overview of this work and seek input on future directions for enabling a digital Ontario. http://kmdi.utoronto.ca/broadband/programs/default.html www.uoguelph.ca/snowden

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TVO The Agenda tonight
by Nancy Baym 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Canadians may want to watch TVO's The Agenda tonight where there will be a panel discussion about online socializing.

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call for papers for a special issue on consumption and Web 2.0
by davidgbeer＠aol.com 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Dear Colleagues, We are in the processes of putting together a special issue of the Journal of Consumer Culture on the various aspects of consumption and Web 2.0.?If any colleagues have a paper that they think would be suitable and they would like?it to be considered?then please forward?it to us by the end of April 2008. If you have any questions about the special issue or if you intend to submit a paper then please feel free to get in touch, the contact details are below. Many thanks, David Beer (d.beer(a)yorksj.ac.uk) Roger Burrows (rjb7(a)york.ac.uk) ________________________________________________________________________ AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now.

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Invitation to 6th Annual Workshop on Open and User Innovation - HBS & MIT - August 4-6, 2008
by Karim R. Lakhani 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Dear All, I am pleased to let you know that Carliss Baldwin, Stefan Thomke, Eric von Hippel and I are hosting a workshop on open and user innovation at HBS in early August. The details for the conference are here http://userinnovation.mit.edu/conf08/attendee/new - we encourage your participation by submitting an abstract or paper for presentation on issues related to open and user innovation. I am sure many members of this list are researching related topics. PhD students may be interested in a special one day pre-meeting on August 3. Details are here http://userinnovation.mit.edu/conf08/student/new We look forward to your interest in the workshop. Best Karim -- Karim R. Lakhani Assistant Professor & Richard Hodgson Fellow | Harvard Business School Faculty Fellow | Berkman Center - Harvard Law School +1-617-495-6741 http://spoudaiospaizen.net/

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