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Re: [Air-L] Fwd: [BUSLIB-L] Top 50 or so Social Networking Sites -Ranked SUMM...
by RBerkman＠aol.com 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Sorry DeNel and list members--this didn't appear in the original forward, Bob Hello Bob, can you please send this to me again? I didn't see anything in the body of your note. Thank you. DeNel Rehberg Sedo, PhD Associate Professor MSVU 166 Bedford Hwy, Seton Annex #30 Halifax, NS B3M 2J6 Canada (Interesting information from BUSLIB, a top quality business librarians listserv I subscribe to) Bob Berkman Associate Professor Media Studies The New School Many thanks to Trish Webster and Jason Sokoloff for help in locating rankings/analysis of Social Networking sites/Web 2.0 firms. Compete ranks the top 25 social networking sites by visit: http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/ Clickz also has analysis and rankings: http://www.clickz.com/3635292 Analyst David Shore of Research Capital produces a Web 2.0 weekly report. Excellent detailed information and analysis. Thanks very much for all the help. Paula Maloney

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SMEs and social media
by Daria Santucci 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Dear all, I'm a looking for info on Small and Medium Enterprises' use of social media. Do you have any research to recommend as well as best practices to suggest as case studies? Many thanks, Daria -- Daria Santucci Professor of Web communication Semiotics Ph.D. in Political Science University of Torino, Italy twitter dariatweet skype dariaonline

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Cyberscience 1.2
by Nentwich, Michael 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Dear colleagues, my working paper dealing with the question "Cyberscience 2.0 or 1.2? The Web 2.0 and Science" has just appeared: http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ita/ita-manuscript/ita_09_02.pdf It is written in German though. I am working on an English version, the preliminary abstract reads: Author: Michael Nentwich Title: Cyberscience 2.0 or 1.2? Web 2.0 and Science Keywords: Cyberscience, Web 2.0, social media, Twitter, Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, social bookmarking, social tagging Abstract: This contribution focuses on the possible impact of Web 2.0 on science and research. In the introduction, I describe the notions "Cyberscience" and "Web 2.0" and their relation to each other. In the main part, I analyse typical Web 2.0 services from the perspective of use in academia: social network services, virtual worlds, Wikipedia, (micro-)blogging and social tagging. On this basis I ask the question how functional Web 2.0 tools would be for research praxis and which potential consequences of their hypothetical universal usage we may have to expect. I come to a cautious and reserved conclusion: Given the early stage of usage - many services only exist for less than three years and are not fully discovered by scientists - an assessment of the potentials is barely feasible. However, there are a few weighty arguments that speak against rapid diffusion (lack of time, of incentives, low benefit expectations etc.). While the first steps on the path of developing cyberscience further have been taken, the potential impact on science seem not to go beyond what has already been discussed in advance of the Web 2.0 hype. Using the software jargon, Web 2.0 lets us expect an "update to Cyberscience 1.2", rather than a "new release to Cyberscience 2.0". If you happen to work on this issue, too, I am looking forward to your feedback or any hints to published articles on that matter. Many thanks in advance! Best wishes, Michael Nentwich *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* PD Dr. Michael NENTWICH Director Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-1030 Vienna, Strohgasse 45/5 Tel. +43 1 51581 6583 Fax. +43 1 7109883 mailto:mnent@oeaw.ac.at Personal homepage: http://eiop.or.at/mn/ Institute: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail, thank you! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge
by jeremy hunsinger 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

> > > ENGLISH ? CATALAN ? CASTELLANO > > (Please help to spread) > > A broad coalition from over 20 countries, of hundreds of thousands of > citizens, users, consumers, organizations, artists, hackers, members of > the free culture movement, economists, lawyers, teachers, students, > researchers, scientists, activists, workers, unemployed, entrepreneurs, > creators? has come together to campaign and organise for respect and the > fullfilling of the rights of citizens and artists in the digital era. > > The action started with the celebration of a First International Forum > on free culture and access to knowledge (October 29 to November 1 > Barcelona) and continuous with the international launching of the > "Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge". > > The Charter constitutes the beginning of an unprecedented offensive of > civil society in defense of the fundamental rights in response to the > pressure of the lobbies of the culture industry and lobbies for the > privatization of education and knowledge on the national parliaments, > and particularly European Parliament. > > Citizens of the digital era stand up to full fill the potential of the > digital era in the increasing freedom, justice and rewarding for all. > > We invite all citizens to make this Charter theirs, spread it and > practice it. > > We invite all the governments, multinationals and institutions urgently > to listen to it, understand it and enforce it. > > See the Charter at: > > http://fcforum.net/ Download the Charter at: > http://fcforum.net/files/CHARTER_short.pdf > > CASTELLANO > > Una coalici?n inclusiva proveniente de m?s de 20 pa?ses de cientos de > miles de ciudadanos/as, usuarios/an, consumidores/as, organizaciones, > artistas, hackers, miembros del movimiento de cultura libre, > economistas, abogados/as, profesores/as, estudiantes, investigadores/as, > cient?ficos/as, activistas, trabajadores/as, desempleados/as, > emprendedores/as, creadores/as... se ha unido para defender y poner en > practica los derechos de la ciudadania y los y las artistas en la era > digital. > > La acci?n empez? con la celebraci?n del Primer Foro Internacional de > cultura y acceso al conocimiento (Del 29 de Octubre al 1 de Noviembre de > 2009) y continua con la difusi?n de la Carta del foro de cultura de > Barcelona por la innovaci?n, la creatividad y el acceso al > conocimiento. > > La Carta constitute el inicio de una ofensiva sin precedentes de la > sociedad civil en defensa de los derechos fundamentales en respuesta a > la presi?n de los lobbies de la industria cultural y lobbies por la > privatizaci?n de la educaci?n y el conocimiento sobre parlamentos > nacionales y en particular sobre el Parlamento Europeo. > > La ciudadania se levanta para desarrollar el potencial de la era > digital. Que las nuevas tecnologias sirvan para aumentar la libertad y > la justicia para la toda humanidad, no para aumentar solo el beneficio > de unos pocos. > > Invitamos a toda la ciudadan?a a hacer suya esta Carta, difundirla, > organizarse y ponerla en pr?ctica. > > Invitamos a todos los gobiernos, multinacionales e instituciones a > escucharla urgentemente, entenderla y aplicarla. > > Consulta la Carta en: http://fcforum.net/es En formato .pdf en: > http://fcforum.net/files/carta-castellano.corta.pdf > > CATAL? > > Una coalici? inclusiva provinent de m?s de 20 pa?sos de centenars de > milers de ciutadans/as, usuaris/ies, consumidors/es, organitzacions, > artistes, hackers, membres del moviment de cultura lliure, economistes, > advocats, professors/es, estudiants, investigadors/es, cient?fics/es, > activistes, treballadors/es, aturats/es, emprenedors/es, creadors/es... > s'ha unit per a defensar i posar en practica els drets de la ciutadania > i els i les artistes en l'era digital. > > L'acci? va comen?ar amb la celebraci? del Primer Forum Internacional de > cultura lliure i access al coneixement (29 Octubre - 1 Novembre 2009) i > continua amb la difusi? de la ?Carta del f?rum de cultura de Barcelona > per la innovaci?, la creativitat i l'acc?s al coneixement?. > > La Carta ?s l'inici d'una ofensiva sense precedents de la societat civil > en defensa dels drets fonamentals en resposta a la pressi? dels lobbies > de la ind?stria cultural i lobbies per la privatitzaci? de l'educaci? i > el coneixement sobre parlaments nacionals i en particular sobre el > Parlament Europeu. > > La ciutadania s'al?a per a desenvolupar el potencial de l'era digital. > Que les noves tecnologias servisquen per a augmentar la llibertat i la > just?cia per a la tota humanitat, no per a augmentar solament el > benefici d'uns pocs. > > Convidem a tota la ciutadania a fer seva aquesta Carta, difondre-la, > organitzar-se i posar-la en pr?ctica. > > Convidem a tots els governs, multinacionals i institucions a escoltar-la > urgentment, entendre-la i aplicar-la. > > Consulta la Carta en: http://fcforum.net/ > > > ???`?.(*?.?(`?.? ?.??)?.?*).??`?? > ????*???? Mayo Fuster Morell ?.?.?*?`?? > ???`?.(?.??(?.?* *?.?)`?.?).??`?? > > Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info > European University Institute - Phd Candidate > School of information Berkeley Visiting researcher > Phone Italy: 0039-3345440747 or 0039-0558409982 > Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748 > E-mail: mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu > Skype: mayoneti > Identi.ca: Mayo > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime(a)kein.org

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Fwd: CFP: Edited Collection "Computer-Mediated Communication across Cultures: International Interactions in Online Environments"
by martine courant rife 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

One of the co-editors of this proposed edited collection asked me to forward the CFP - so here it is.>> Call for Chapter Proposal – Submission Deadline Nov. 30, 2009 For the Edited Collection Computer-Mediated Communication across Cultures: International Interactions in Online Environments Edited by Kirk St.Amant, East Carolina University and Sigrid Kelsey, Louisiana State University To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=742 OVERVIEW OF THIS EDITED COLLECTION International online access has grown rapidly in recent years with the number of global Internet users currently at just over one billion. This increased global access, however, brings with it a variety of new conditions and concerns that could markedly affect international interactions in online environments. Differences in language, cultural communication expectations, laws, and software standards are but some of the factors individuals need to consider when using online media to interact with individuals from different countries and cultures. This collection will address these issues by exploring the various aspects that could affect communication and comprehension in international online interactions. The primary objective of this text is to provide readers with in-depth information on the various linguistic, cultural, technological, legal, and other factors that affect interactions in online exchanges. Through examining such topics, this collection would help readers make more effective decisions related to the uses and design of online media when interacting with individuals from other cultures. This primary objective would also accomplish two secondary, but equally important, objectives: • The collection would provide readers with the foundational knowledge needed to communicate effectively with individuals from other countries and cultures via online media. • The collection would provide readers with the knowledge needed to create effective online materials for users (clients, students, colleagues, etc.) from other countries and cultures. RECOMMENDED TOPICS Prospective subject areas and specific topics for this publication include, but are not limited to, the following: • The Growth of Global Online Access • Language, Culture, and Online Communication • Technology, Compatibility, and International Online Discourse • Law, Policy, and International Internet Use • Markets, Economics, and International E-commerce • Globalization, Education, and Online Environments • Perspectives on the Future of Global Cyberspace PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Prospective authors are invited to submit chapter proposals of 200-500 words on or before November 30, 2009. In their proposal, prospective authors should clearly explain: • The purpose and the contents of their proposed chapter • How their proposed chapter relates to the overall objectives of the book Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal and sent chapter organization guidelines by December 15, 2009. Drafts of chapters will be due by March 15, 2010. Please send inquiries or submit material electronically (Rich Text files) to the editor at kirk.stamant(a)gmail.com -- Martine Courant Rife, JD, PhD Professor, Writing Program Lansing Community College Communication Department Arts & Sciences Building, 211G, 517/4839906 martinerife(a)gmail.com http://www.martinecourantrife.com/ *** Editor, Intellectual Property Committee/Caucus NCTE Newsletter

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Update: The End of the Virtual - Publication
by Richard Rogers 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Dear all, Many of you requested the publication, _The End of Virtual_, published by Amsterdam University Press. I have accommodated all the requests made so far for the gratis copies. I have exhausted all of the stock I have. For those individuals interested in the publication as well as libraries, please order online from Amsterdam University Press. R. Rogers (2009). The End of the Virtual: Digital Methods. Amsterdam: AUP. Order here: http://tinyurl.com/yb8vwlc Sincerely Richard Rogers Prof. dr. Richard Rogers Chair, New Media & Digital Culture University of Amsterdam http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/r.a.rogers/ Director, Digital Methods Initiative http://www.digitalmethods.net Director, Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam http://www.govcom.org/

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IJEE Special Issue > Mobile Technologies In Engineering Education > I
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Colleagues/ A(Nother) Major/Major WeekEnd Discovery BTW-1A > I Am Greatly Interested In Past / Present / Future Mobile Learning Initiatives (and Any Associated Literature / Documentation) In Any Other SciTechMed Field ; Please Add Your Candidate(s) As A Comment On The Blog Posting. Thanks A Million ! /Gerry Mobile Technologies In Engineering Education (I) / International Journal Of Engineering Education (IJEE) / Volume 23 / Number 3 / 2007 > Nan-Shing Chen, Kinshuk, Yi-Hung Wang / Cyber Schooling Framework: Improving Mobility and Situated Learning > Ricardo Valdivia and Miguel Nussbaum / Face-to-Face Collaborative Learning in Computer Science Classes > Jonathan Hey, Jaspal Sandhu, Catherine Newman, Jui-Shan Hsu, Charlotte Daniels, Esha Datta and Alice Agogino / Designing Mobile Digital Library Services for Pre-engineering and Technology Literacy > Roberto Barchino, Jose Gutierrez, Salvador Oton and Lourdes Jimenez / Experiences in Applying Mobile Technologies in an E-Learning System > Ferran Naya,Manuel Contero and Nuria Aleixos / The Mobile Drawing Assistant > Sabbir Kazi / MILE: Mobile Intelligent Learning Environment â€“ A Conceptual Framework for mLearning > Richard Devon, Sven Bilen, Andras Gordon, Hien Nguyen, Charles Cox / Â Rapid and Flexible Graphical Communication for Conceptual Design > Mia Markey, Archie Holmes, Thomas Edgar, Kathy Schmidt / Student-driven Learning in Integrated Lecture-lab Classroom Environments: the Role of Mobile Computing > Angel Valera, Martin Weiss, Marina Vales and Jose Luis Diez / Control of Mobile Robots using Mobile Technologies > Mustafa Inceoglu, Â Birol Ciloglugil and Korhan Karabulut / MOGRAPH: Mobile Graph Algorithms Library for Engineering Students Links To Full Abstracts / Full Text For Each Available From [ http://tinyurl.com/ycprxzp ] !!! Thanks To My ISU Colleague / Dr. Jacob Schroeder / For The Original HeadsUp !!! BTW-1B > Of Course I Will Continue My Search In The Usual/Unusual Suspect Databases But Would Appreciate Learning Of Projects/ Literature Of Which **You** Are Aware BTW-2 > I Will Blog And Post _Mobile Technologies In Engineering Education > II_ Later Today / Tomorrow. BTW-3 > While the __International Journal Of Engineering Education_ Is Indexed In A Number Of The Usual A&I Suspects As Well Quite A Number Of Unusual A&I Suspects, It Only Has A Few Years Coverage (1990s) in Ei Compendex [?] Although Compendex Does Cover A Number Of Other Engineering Education Journals More Comprehensively [Odd-1] / In addition IJEE Is Ranked 11th In The EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES Category In Journal Citation Reports (JCR) [Odd-2] Regards /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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tweetin on a jet plane
by Rhiannon Bury 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Apropos our recent conversation. Enjoy if you haven't seen this one already. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UieFk6yq74w

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Contact at Technorati
by Lois Scheidt 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Does anyone on the list have a personal contact at Technorati? I'm trying ot find out some information about their most recent State of the Blogosphere report and would like to trade email with someone in the know. Thanks Lois -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com

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Re: [Air-L] special issue on camera phone and image sharing/distribution in an age of social media
by Larissa Hjorth 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hi all For those interested in camera phone and image sharing/distribution in an age of social media you might wish to look at the following special issue of Knowledge, Technology & Policy (2009) 22. Authors include Barbara Scifo, Dong-Hoo Lee, Bo Gai, Minhee Son, Amparo Lasén and Edgar Gómez-Cruz. Unfortunately you need to make sure your library has free access to springerlink (currently there are about 3,500 library network members): http://www.springerlink.com/content/g774w88j3361/?p=7f24b75f88d94c58bf9d0f6… Thanks Larissa

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