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Reminder: LIT 2009, LNBIP proceedings, deadline: 1 Feb 2009
by Dominik Flejter 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

*************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************************************************************************** 2nd Workshop on Legal Informatics and Legal Information Technology (LIT 2009) in conjunction with 12th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2009) Poznan, Poland April 27 or 28, 2009 http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/12th_bis/wscfp.php?i=34&ws=lit2009 *************************************************************************** Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2009 *************************************************************************** The Legal Informatics and Legal Information Technology workshop weld as part of the 12th International Conference on Business Information Systems. The BIS Conference is held annually and is a leading world conference in the area of Business Information Systems. Submissions are rigorously refereed. Accepted papers are published in the Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing Series. After a long hiatus, the domain of Law and Information Technology is finally receiving much attention, not only from researchers, but also from practitioners. Hence there is a need for forums that discuss new research and innovative applications in Law and Information Technology. The workshop is receptive to all papers dealing with any topic in the interdisciplinary domain of Law and Information Technology. TOPICS OF INTEREST * Automated semantic indexing, information extraction and categorization of legal documents * Computational models for legal reasoning * Information Technology and Dispute Resolution * Information Technology and Crime Prevention * Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Law * Knowledge management in the legal domain * Legal argumentation * Legal discourse modeling and legal reasoning * Legal electronic agents * Legal Expert Systems * Legal ontologies and their creation and use * Legal reasoning and its computer representation * Natural language processing in law * Online Dispute Resolution * Question answering retrieval in law and governmental services * Risk management in law * Semantic Web technologies for law and e-government * Specialized knowledge representation and logics for law * Text mining and knowledge extraction in law SUBMISSION * Long papers: max. 12 pages * Work-in-progress reports: max. 6 pages * Demo papers: max. 4 pages Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to Springer LNBIP template available from http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-487211-0. Submission system is available at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lit2009. Papers approved for presentation at LIT 2009 will be published in BIS 2009 workshop proceedings, as a volume in Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series. WORKSHOP FORMAT All authors of accepted papers as well as other participants will be asked to read accepted papers abstracts before the workshop (papers will be available on-line in advance) to facilitate discussion. Workshop participants will be also invited to take part in the BIS conference and other BIS workshops. IMPORTANT DATES * February 1, 2009 - submission deadline for papers * February 22, 2009 - notification of acceptance/rejection * March 15, 2009 - submission of final papers * April 27 or 28, 2009 - the workshop ORGANIZERS * Poznan University of Economics, Department of Information Systems (http://kie.ae.poznan.pl/) CHAIRS * Piotr Stolarski * Tadeusz Tomaszewski PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be extended) * Emilia Bellucci, Victoria University, Australia * Tania Cristina D'Agostini Bueno, Presidente da Diretoria Executiva IJURIS, Brasil * Hugo Hoeschl, IJURIS Research Group, Brasil * Arno Lodder, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands * Rafal Morek, University of Warsaw, Poland * Erich Schweighofer, University of Vienna, Austria, Austria * Piotr Stolarski, Poznan University of Economics, Poland * Andrew Stranieri, University of Ballarat, Australia * Tadeusz Tomaszewski, Poznan University of Economics, Poland *************************************************************************** -- Dominik Flejter < http://dominik.flejter.net/ > Poznan University of Economics Department of Information Systems < http://www.kie.ae.poznan.pl/ > BIS 2009 Organizing Committee

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2nd Call For Papers EGOV09 Linz/Austria
by Hans J. Scholl 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Apologies for Double Postings Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals Eighth international EGOV conference 2009, Linz (Austria), August 30 - September 3, 2009 The international EGOV conference annually presents the state of e-Government and e-Governance research and practice. Thereby, the conference provides important guidance in this fast-moving domain of study. http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009/call-for-papers The EGOV conference brings together leading researchers and professionals from all over the globe and from many disciplines. Over the years, the interest has increased tremendously. The 2008 conference attracted some 130 participants from more than 30 countries from all over the world including developing countries, with 32 contributions in outstanding research, 25 contributions in ongoing research, 10 projects contributions and 5 workshops. Also, 10 PhD papers were accepted and presented at the doctoral colloquium preceding the conference. Every year the EGOV Conference proves its capacity to serve as a platform for academics and professionals and as an important ground for networking in the community. Organizational and user-related issues long discussed among researchers have finally gained influence on practice. Conversely, e-Government practice has influenced and inspired e-Government research. A wide range of topics has received scholarly attention. In recent years, the assessment of e-Government efforts, the prospects of e-Government as a research discipline, and the role of information and communication technology for development rank among the top topics on the research agenda. These themes will also be well-received contributions at EGOV 2009. The eighth EGOV conference includes, but is not limited to the following topics around e-Government and e-Governance and other fields of ICT application in the public sector: - Research theories and frameworks for public sector modernization with the support of ICT - Research methods, method integration and techniques - Analyzing and assessing contemporary research in e-Government and e-Governance - Designing systems for the public sector: innovative cases and systems - Studying ICT usage, acceptance and performance of technology-supported public sector activities: methods and contemporary case analyses - Future directions in research and practice of ICT in the public sector - Innovation management, change management and complexity management in shaping public sector advancements - Transformation, customer-driven public sector reengineering and change management - Mass collaboration of stakeholders in government modernization: participative governance, simulation, animation, gaming and policy modeling - New ways of innovative developments: crowd sourcing, grid computing, social software etc. - Economics, evaluation and stakeholders - Theories, concepts and solutions to deal with specific challenging topics in the application field: complexity, system dynamics, evolution, change management, mobile technologies, information preservation, trust and privacy, information management, ICT4D, information quality, adaptability and agility, integration and interoperation, systems and enterprise architecture, domain-specific social networking cases and solutions, semantic technologies, etc. - Crises management, emergency and disaster response, public-private cooperation, transnational government - Education, training courses, and curricula The EGOV Conference Series hosts four distinct formats of contributions: Scientific papers (distinguished between completed research and ongoing research); project presentations, and workshops. These formats encourage scientific rigor and discussions of the state of the art in the study domain, but also welcome innovative research in progress, and studies of practical e-Government or e-Governance projects, as well as system implementation. We seek innovative and rigorous contributions. Accepted papers of high-quality, completed research will be published in Springer Os Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS.) Ongoing research and project papers will be published in the Trauner (Linz) proceedings. Read more in the submission guidelines and review criteria The conference will again host a PhD student colloquium providing doctoral students with an international forum for presenting their work, networking opportunities and cross-disciplinary inspiration. Read more about the PhD Colloquium ... Submission of papers: February 28, 2009 Submission of workshop/panel proposals: April 15, 2009 Submissions to PhD colloquium: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance for papers: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/PhD submissions: May 15, 2009 Camera-ready papers due: Papers in LNCS proceedings: May 31, 2009 Papers in Trauner Druck proceedings: June 15, 2009 For 2009, EGOV will be first time co-located with ePart, the new International Conference on e-Participation, which will be dedicated to topics on e-Participation and e-Democracy. ePart will be parallel to EGOV at the conference venue. To submit a paper to EGOV, please consult www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009 <http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009> . To submit a paper to ePart, please consult www.demo-net.org/epart/. The deadline for contributions in the categories completed research, ongoing research, projects and cases, and issues of general development is 28th February 2009. Workshops, panels and PhD proposals may be submitted until the 15th April 2009. We would appreciate if you could spread the word about the open calls and open submission system to your colleagues, collaborators and communities. Dr. Hans J (Jochen) Scholl, MBA Associate Professor The Information School University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Suite 310C Box 352840 Seattle, WA 98195-2840, USA Skype: jochenscholl Phone: (206) 616-2543 Fax: (206) 616-3152 Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl

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CfP Digital Cities ( TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS, Special Issue)
by Hans J. Scholl 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Social Impacts of New Technologies, by ELSEVIER Call for Papers Special Issue on Digital Cities Aims and Scope During the last years, extensive broadband network infrastructures are being constructed in more and more cities worldwide, offering high-speed connectivity to public organizations, businesses and citizens, that allow the deployment of highly useful applications and electronic services. These e-services aim at both economic objectives (such as enhanced competitiveness and growth) and social objectives (such as higher quality of life, better services to various groups, social networking and inclusion, environmental protection). It is important to analyze systematically these Odigital cities¹ projects (usually including both network infrastructures and applications/e-services). Gaining knowledge from them is going to be useful for improving both design and implementation of future attempts, and also public policy making in this area. In particular, it is important to gain a deeper understanding of the main motivation and objectives of these projects, the main difficulties and challenges they faced, the business models they adopted and the role of both public organizations and private companies, and assess their social, economic and other city/municipality-related impact and value. This Special Issue of the OTelematics and Informatics¹ solicits original high-quality papers investigating the above issues of digital cities, with main emphasis on the following topics: - Motivation and objectives for developing broadband infrastructures and applications/e-services on them - Detailed analysis of such broadband infrastructures or electronic service development projects in municipal contexts - Adoption of applications / e-services by the public and factors affecting it - Main challenges and difficulties faced during digital cities projects - Reports on achievements, current situation analysis of digital cities projects - Mobile applications and field force automation in government based on broadband infrastructures - Assessment of social, economic and other city-related impacts of such projects - Decision-making tools and models for assisting elected representatives and city officials in Odigital planning and management¹ - Approaches for managing digital transformation and policy support for municipalities - Business models, role of public companies and private organizations (such as municipalities and government) - Projects and initiatives specifically targeting e-Inclusion or minimization of Digital Divides, at municipal level - Specific applications and lessons learnt in developing countries or regions - Future, forward looking approaches and initiatives for digital cities Submissions Authors are invited to prepare original manuscripts of 5000 to 6000 words (excluding references), adopting the guidelines defined in the website of OTelematics and Informatics¹ (www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/703) Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All submitted papers will be refereed through a peer review process. All papers should be submitted via the Journal's online submission and peer-review systems (http://www.ees.elsevier.com/tele) Please follow the instructions given on this site. Schedule * Submission deadline: March 31, 2009 * Completion of first review: May 31, 2009 * Revisions deadline: June 30, 2009 * Final decisions notification: July 15, 2009 * Final manuscripts deadline: July 30, 2009 Guest Editors Assistant Prof.. Euripidis Loukis University of the Aegean, Greece Email: eloukis(a)aegean.gr Dr Yannis Charalabidis National Technical University of Athens, Greece Email: yannisx(a)epu.ntua.gr Associate Prof. H. Jochen Scholl University of Washington, Information School, USA Email: jscholl(a)u.washington.edu

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New Book: Powerscape of Internet Governance
by Holly Kruse 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Forwarded on request. Holly ---------------------------------- From: "Antonova, Slavka" <S.Antonova(a)massey.ac.nz> Date: Wed, January 14, 2009 6:28 pm To: "holly(a)aoir.org" <holly(a)aoir.org> Dear colleagues, I'm delighted to announce the publishing of my book Powerscape of Internet Governance. How was global multistakeholderism invented in ICANN? by the German publisher VDM Verlag. Author: Slavka Antonova Paperback: 348 pages Publisher: VDM Verlag (December 23, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 3639106148 ISBN-13: 978-3639106145 The book is available through major online retailers: www.amazon.com<http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?field-author=&field-title=&fi eld-subject=&field-asin=&field-publisher=VDM+Verlag+Dr+M%FCller&field-bindin g=&rank=+salesrank&field-dateop=before&field-datemod=0&field-dateyear=2009&s earch-alias=stripbooks&mysubmitbutton1.x=0&mysubmitbutton1.y=0> www.amazon.co.uk<http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?field-author=&field-title =&field-subject=&field-asin=&field-publisher=VDM+Verlag&field-binding=&rank= +salesrank&field-dateop=before&field-datemod=0&field-dateyear=2009&search-al ias=stripbooks&mysubmitbutton1.x=0&mysubmitbutton1.y=0> amazon.de (ger. Titles)<http://www.amazon.de/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5% D1&search-alias=stripbooks&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=&field- title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=VDM+Verlag+Dr.+M%FCller&node=&url=&field- binding=&field-dateop=&field-datemod=&field-dateyear=&emi=&sort=relevanceran k&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=48&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=13> amazon.de (engl. Titles)<http://www.amazon.de/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_english_books/?__mk_de_DE= %C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&search-alias=english-books&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field -author=&field-title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=VDM+Verlag+Dr.+M%FCller&no de=&url=&field-binding=&field-subject=&field-browse=&field-dateop=&field-dat emod=&field-dateyear=&emi=&sort=relevancerank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=69&Adv -Srch-Books-Submit.y=14> www.barnesandnoble.com<http://www.barnesandnoble.com> www.abebooks.com<http://www.abebooks.com> Just type "powerscape of Internet governance" on one of the above websites and you'll be provided with the book's details. If you would like to review the book for an academic journal, please contact Ms Esther von Krosigk: e.vonkrosigk(a)vdm-publishing.com<mailto:e.vonkrosigk@vdm-publishing.com> for a review copy. I'll appreciate if you drop a line to me as well. Regards, Slavka Dr. Slavka Antonova Senior Lecturer Dept. of Management & Int. Business Massey University Auckland Ph.: 064 (0)9 414-0800 ext. 9240 s.antonova(a)massey.ac.nz<mailto:s.antonova@massey.ac.nz> Skype: slavka.antonova

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Peter Kollock, RIP
by Barry Wellman 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

>From Marc Smith's Connected Action Blog Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ My friend, colleague and teacher Peter Kollock January 13th, 2009 by Marc Smith I share the loss of Peter Kollock with the many people who knew him. Peter died Saturday after a motorcycle accident near his home. Many people in the social sciences and beyond have been influenced by Peter's works of scholarship, teaching, mentorship, entreprenurship and friendship. Peter had a big impact on his many students at UCLA and the larger academic community that built on his scholarship. A lecture from Peter was a great thing that left his audiences feeling both smarter and challenged with a whole new landscape of choices. Peter brought many people to a better appreciation of the issues of cooperation and conflict, collective action and common goods, of trust and deception in risky transactions. He made it clear how most of our biggest challenges on this planet are cooperation dilemmas. He gave many of his students the inspiration to think that conflicts could be resolved and cooperation sustained by leveraging insights from studies of these situations. His was the only class I ever took that proved mathematically that it paid to be good to other people, even if there were short term costs. He saw early on the importance of communication networks to change the landscape of cooperation and collective action. His scholarship extended to the very real world of high tech entrepreneurship- building tools for markets on the Internet. My thoughts are with his family and friends who appreciate the great presence Peter had. I am shocked by his loss and will miss him deeply. http://www.connectedaction.net/2009/01/13/my-friend-colleague-and-teacher-p…

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Call for ASIS&T panelists on Library 2.0
by Michael Zimmer 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Dear colleagues, and apologies for the cross-posting: I would like to propose a panel discussion for the ASIS&T 2009 Annual Meeting (November 6-11, 2009, Vancouver) on issues/challenges related to implementing Library 2.0 services. Topics might include: * Measuring patron needs * Technological constraints * Staffing * Cost * IP/copyright concerns * Privacy and data retention policies [my focus] * Sustainability & scalability * Impact on nature/culture of the library Please e-mail me off-list (zimmerm(a)uwm.edu) if you're interested in participating. Conference and submission details: <http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM09/am09cfp.html > Thanks, Michael Zimmer -- 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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Berkman Center Report: Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Colleagues/ A Major Report Officially Released Today by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard /Gerry _Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies_ Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States Published January 14, 2009 Authored by John Palfrey, Dena Sacco, danah boyd, Laura DeBonis, Internet Safety Technical Task Force The Internet Safety Technical Task Force was a group of Internet businesses, non-profit organizations, academics, and technology companies that joined together to identify effective tools and technologies to create a safer environment on the Internet for youth. It was created in February 2008 in accordance with the "Joint Statement on Key Principles of Social Networking Safety" announced in January 2008 by the Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking and MySpace. The Task Force was directed by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. It submitted its Final Report to the Attorneys General in December, 2008. Download the Final Report * Executive Summary (51KB PDF) * Full Report, including Executive Summary and Appendices (2.7MB PDF) * Appendix A: Joint Statement on Key Principles of Social Networking Safety (400KB PDF) * Appendix B: Task Force Project Plan (50KB PDF) * Appendix C: Literature Review from the Research Advisory Board (266KB PDF) * Appendix D: Report of the Technology Advisory Board and Exhibits (419KB PDF) * Appendix E: Submissions from Social Network Sites (1MB PDF) * Appendix F: Statements from Members of the Task Force (600KB PDF) Links to The Report and Its Sections, a Navigable Document Version, and News Coverage Are Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/972x6g ] Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu <mailto:gerrymck@iastate.edu> There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ <http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/> ]

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ASIS&T Annual CFP � deadline extended
by Richard Hill 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Because of holidays for Martin Luther King Day and the Inauguration, we are extending the deadline for summitting drafts of full papers of contributed papers, and proposals for technical sessions/panels, and pre-conference sessions from January 21, 2009 to January 28, 2009 Complete call is at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM09/am09cfp.html Meeting: Thriving on Diversity - Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World ASIS&T 2009 Annual Meeting November 6-11, 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada ! Dick Hill Richard Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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Re: [Air-L] Social Engineering
by Murray Turoff 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

A bit of shaggy dog response here! I have not heard the term social engineering for a decade or more. I think it had a political rough time at one time when one of the administrations in the US felt no one should try to change the social system especially in education. All of us who designed computer mediated communication systems tended to believe we were really designing social systems and it was expressed in some early papers. Let me give very a very early simple example or two. Our first messages systems at OEP and at NJIT had their own internal message systems and we designed them to provide notifications of delivery when someone actually displayed the text of a message they received by printing it out on their terminal which was usually thermal paper. So you knew when someone received your message. Some individual users claimed this was an invasion of privacy. However, since the message system was part of a group communication systems and we were trying to foster group collaboration and cohesion our position was that we were making the choice that benefited the group and not the one which might be felt benefited the individual. This was before the days of browsers and unfortunately we can not any longer detect the actual display of a message. Of course we were also dealing with much slower baud rates in those days which were about at reading speed or less. Displaying membership list which indicated the amount of material individuals contributed to the group was also considered a violation of individual privacy but once again we felt it was important to encouraging participation. We also gave signals when members of group logged on so they could chat when they wanted to. This was back in 1971. A lot of interface design functionality choices affect the group atmosphere and so it is always social engineering that a designer of CMC is doing and hopefully consciously. I used to give an exercise in my interface course for the students to design a dictatorship CMC systems which generates a lot of interesting design choices. A good friend of mine in those days was a social engineer, Sam Schelee. In the Delphi Method book from 1975 (free on my website) there is a chapter on the philosophy of Delphi design and Sam did a wonderful chapter explaining "negotiated reality" as a design principle and how one designed Delphis can be based upon that philosophy (Heidigger) for that form of communications. A lot of illustrations in that chapter that are worth looking at. In fact that book has a lot of CMC designs that have never been implemented yet on computers but where successful in paper and pencil forms of group communications. The other chapter in the philosophy section explains the design of Inquiry Systems based upon C. West Churchman's approach using the scientific philosophies-Leibnitz, Lock, Kant, Hegel and Singer. Negotiated reality is not considered scientific; however, it is the philosophy behind advertisements, marketing, labor management negotiations, international treaties, and other such things. Those are all forms of social engineering. Sam was also an ethnomethodolgist. That is a person who always faces the back in an elevator among other things. That is good training for a social engineer. Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:21:16 +0100 From: "Stephan Humer" <stephan.humer(a)web.de> Subject: [Air-L] Social Engineering/Social Hacking anyone? To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Hello everybody. Social Engineering is one of my research topics, but unfortunately a neglected one. It would be great to change this situation, so I?d love to get in touch with people who are also working on Social Engineering/Social Hacking issues. Are there any researchers out there who?d like to connect? Are there any research projects I can?t afford to miss? Thanks a lot in advance! Best -- Dr. Stephan G. Humer Research Director, Digital Class University of the Arts Berlin humer(a)udk-berlin.de - stephan(a)humer.de Phone: +49 (0)176 6719 3413 - www.humer.de

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Cryptically titled book
by Christine Hine 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

I am mailing with a piece of fairly shameless self-promotion - and a question attached. This is the first anniversary of publication of a book which I now totally wish I had called something different and more obvious. I think the book has relevance to some of the AOIR community, and I'm hoping some list members might be able to help me with a question that it leaves me considering. The book is Systematics as Cyberscience: Computers, Change and Continuity in Science (MIT Press, 2008, by Christine Hine )http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11472 . The book happens to be about biologists, but my main aim was to try and look at the specificity of the Internet to particular circumstances of use, and this domain of science is one site to work through that more general argument. I wanted to see how a particular set of people were negotiating a prevailing political climate of belief in the transformative beneficial capacities of new technologies. To do this study I looked at the development of the policy context, and also tried to engage with the embedding of the Internet into an existing set of communication practices, an institutional structure and a material culture. It's this last bit that leaves me with my current question as I'm working with some of the data that didn't make it into the book. Can anyone suggest to me other recent studies which look at shifts from working with material objects to working with their virtual counterparts? I'm thinking, for example, of interviews I have with someone studying classification of fish, who now often turns to an image which preserves living colour, rather than a preserved specimen which is the "actual" fish, but is now often deemed less satisfactory than the image. I have interviews with people who work with pressed plant specimens, negotiating whether to request specimens on loan or work with images online - and sometimes yearning for the days when they were given good quality colour prints to work with rather than being expected to work off the screen. I'm interested in the transformation of practices of working with material objects as virtual versions come along, and the accompanying respecification of the objects themselves. Can anyone think of parallel examples in other fields of working practice - and recommend published studies that describe them? Maybe there are examples from medicine - anywhere else? Any studies describing the working practices of artists in digital media? Best wishes, Christine Christine Hine Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK c.hine(a)surrey.ac.uk http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/christine_hine.htm

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