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CfP: Making Links 2009 - Sustaining Communities in Tough Times
by Marcus Foth 20 May '09

20 May '09

MAKING LINKS 2009 Sustaining Communities in Tough Times 17 - 18 November 2009 University of Melbourne http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ Call for papers Two major challenges face the world today: the global economic crisis and environmental sustainability. Both are already having an impact on peoples’ lives and livelihoods. Community organisations have already expressed concern that the most vulnerable in our societies will be hardest hit. Community organisations also face the challenge of keeping their operations going in tough financial times, and at the same time trying to be part of the environmental solution, rather than part of the problem. Making Links Conference 2009 asks: how are non-profit organisations meeting these twin challenges? We are seeking presentations that address issues such as: • Technology as a tool to improve communication, increase productivity and retain staff • Disaster response / management / relief • Financing your organisation and its programs in tight economic times • Engaging with communities online • Green ICT projects (from recycling computers to green design to green office to campaigning and more) • Corporate social responsibility - building partnerships to support our communities • Strengthening marginalised communities and constituencies • Research supporting action • The rapidly changing interface of online communication • Community arts and media Making Links is a peer-based conference. We invite you to present a paper on your learning and experiences with ICT, your projects, case studies or research, or lead a practical workshop that introduces useful tools and concepts. The structure of the conference will be based on: • Case studies • Practical workshops • Panel discussions • Networking opportunities • Film festival • Social and satellite events Submit a proposal online at: http://www.makinglinks.org.au/papers.shtml Who should attend? The conference attracts delegates and presenters from many fields including health, environment, education, charities, business, government, philanthropy, human services and non-profits working with marginalised groups (e.g. e.g. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse, youth at risk, unemployed, rural and remote, disability). Registrations open 10 June. Keep up to date To keep in touch, sign up for Making Links updates at http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ and join our Facebook group to find out what's going on, contribute ideas, etc., at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7075421142 -- Dr Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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Submissions for mGovernment. mDevelopment and mSociety Conferences
by Prof. I Kushchu 19 May '09

19 May '09

Dear Colleagues, Submission deadline to Mobile Life 2009 conferences is approaching fast. The organization committee is looking for -- research submissions, -- practice talk proposals, and proposals for special sessions, workshop and tutorials -- demos of mobile devices, content, applications and services as well as posters and company showcases. Online submissions are now open. An early draft program is also posted: -- 6 plenary talks -- 27 separate sessions -- 3 interaction sessions for demos and exhibitions Please see the brief info below and visit the conferences web site for more www.m4life.org Looking forward to your research submissions... Cheers Kushchu --------------- mLife 2009: Three Conferences and Exhibitions ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2 - 3 - 4 September 2009, Barcelona, Spain, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.m4life.org conf(a)mlife.org -- mSOCIETY 2009: The 2nd International Conference on Mobile Society -- EURO mGOV 2009: The 4th European Conference on Mobile Government -- mDEVELOPMENT 2009: The 1st Int. Conference on Mobile Development Practice talk proposals :as soon as possible Research Paper Submission dead line : 10th of June 2009 mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in, and shape the development of the social impact of the mobile revolution. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed about cutting edge applications, services, Covering all aspects of mobile business, mobile society, m/e- government and mDevelopment. mLife Organisation invites research, practice and policy presentations; exhibitions and demos; tutorials and special sessions. For more on submissions please visit: http://www.m4life.org ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853

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Julian Dibbell to Speak in 2009 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture
by Sarina Chen 19 May '09

19 May '09

Julian Dibbell, author of Play Money: or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot (Basic, 2006), and My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World (Henry Holt, 1999), will speak in the Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series during the 2009 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), on Friday, May 23, 2009, at 4:30 pm, in Ohio State Room, in Downtown Chicago Marriott. Dibbell’s lecture is entitled, “Kittens, Kittens, and the Crisis of Online-Cultural Propriety: An Exercise in Memetic Literacy. The Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series is sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (http://www.cccsir.org ) and supported by the International Communication Association (ICA, http://www.icahdq.org ). The lecture series is designed to bring leading Internet thinkers to the ICA Conference to promote Internet research to foster collaborations with communication researchers. For questions and comments about this event, please contact Shing-Ling Sarina Chen at sarina.chen(a)uni.edu .

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Extended Deadline - Summer School on Virtual World Research from July 10-19 in Bremen, Germany
by kerstin Radde-Antweiler 19 May '09

19 May '09

Dear List-members, we have extended the deadline for application for this year's Summer School "How Virtual is reality?" (http://how-virtual-is-reality.eu/) held in Bremen (Germany) from July 10 to July 19. We will accept applications until June 7th from anyone interested in doing academic reseach in Internet phenomena / Virtual Worlds. The course is mainly addressed to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. As a cooperative effort of the University of Bremen and Jacobs-University (Bremen) the summer course will broach the issue of the relevance of new environments such as "Second Life" and "World of Warcraft" for contemporary culture and social life with a special focus on rituals and religions. Instructed by more than 10 international teachers, the participants in the Summer School will explore the interdisciplinary study of practical methods and theoretical approaches for the scientific handling of ritual and media. The media will not only objects of methodological, theoretical and practical research but will also serve as platform for academic discussion and teaching. Summer School participants will be able to design and perform research projects on religion both on and within virtual worlds. Please forward this information to everyone who might be interested in the course. A banner and a poster are available on the "Media" section of the website. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Simone Heidbrink, organizers -- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dr. phil. Dipl. Theol. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler Universität Bremen - FB 9 - Institut für Religions- wissenschaft und-pädagogik Badgasteiner Str. 1/SPT D-28359 Bremen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> T. +49 (0)421 218 67911 F. +49 (0)421 218 4577

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text, readers, p.s.
by Barry Wellman 19 May '09

19 May '09

Realize the story needs some add-ons. a. I find that my newbie Master's students, unless extremely well trained as undergrads, also are making the transition between the "right answer" and thinking critically. b. One reason why internet stuff is becoming routinized is that it is now the great majority of the North American young adult population. So no "gee whiz" (altho possibilities always changing) and less early adopter extra-special smartness. The institutional of the Internet -- and of Internet studies. Just my .02. YMMV. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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texts, readers
by Barry Wellman 18 May '09

18 May '09

1. The discussion re textbooks hits home an important difference between grad students -- let's look critically at multiple points of view and different pieces of evidence -- and undergrads -- tell us what the right answer is. 2. Having said that, I find that my third-year students ("juniors" and "seniors' to the 'Mericans) are happy with a set of article readings (online), as long as (a) there ain't too many (3/week seems ok) and (b) my ppt lectures serve as the integrating "textbook". 3. Looking back to 1962, I had a similar experience when I entered my senior year at Lafayette, a good undergrad US college. It was only in the honors history seminar that I received pre-grad school training about not looking for "the right answer" but evaluating different points of view and evidence. So everything old may be new again. 4. I AM intrigued by the list members who say students are less excited and knowledgeable about the Internet. OT1H, my course enrollment was up this year (but that may be because folks had a schedule opening). OTOH, students were generally less excited and less knowledgeable. I hadn't thought about it before, but my hunch is that the list members were right in saying the Internet has become blase -- reminds me of when I couldn't talk about the telephone as being important in the 1970s-1980s when it hugely was. (And perhaps still is.) 5. Anyway, I know of 3 nice books in our area that are coming along: a. Paul Levinson b. Nancy Baym (she's been tweeting about it) c. Lee Rainie & me. Ad astra! Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Adam Greenfield at HCSNet Workshop, 13/14 July, QUT Brisbane
by Marcus Foth 18 May '09

18 May '09

Second Call for Papers From Social Butterfly to Urban Citizen - A HCSNet Workshop on Social and Mobile Technology to Support Civic Engagement Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane June 19, 2009 Workshop position papers (300-500 words) due June 26, 2009 Author notifications sent July 13/14, 2009 Workshop http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/node/2943 Keynote Speaker We are pleased to announce Adam Greenfield, author of 'Everyware' and Head of Design Direction for User Interface and Services at Nokia in Helsinki, as the keynote speaker for this workshop. His talk "The city is here for you to use" will give us a preview of the ideas in his forthcoming new book. Workshop Theme This workshop brings together people from a diverse range of disciplines to discuss social and mobile technologies and how they can be studied, designed and developed further to support local participation and civic engagement in urban environments. Web applications such as blogs, wikis, video and photo sharing sites, and social networking systems have been termed ‘Web 2.0’ to highlight an arguably more open, collaborative, personalisable, and therefore more participatory internet experience than what had previously been possible. Giving rise to a culture of participation, an increasing number of these social applications are now available on mobile phones where they take advantage of device-specific features such as sensors, location and context awareness. This workshop will make a contribution towards exploring and better understanding the opportunities and challenges provided by tools, interfaces, methods and practices of social and mobile technology that enable participation and engagement. It will bring together a group of academics and practitioners from a diverse range of disciplines such as computing and engineering, social sciences, digital media and human-computer interaction to critically examine a range of applications of social and mobile technology, such as social networking, mobile interaction, wikis (eg., futuremelbourne.com.au), twitter, blogging, virtual worlds (eg, hub2.org) and their impact to foster community activism, civic engagement and cultural citizenship. This workshop will be held back-to-back with an ARC Cultural Research Network (CRN) workshop on the 11th and 12th of July 2009 at QUT titled, “Unboxing the iPhone: The Circuits of Digital Culture,” organised by Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess and Ingrid Richardson, supported by the CRN’s Cultural Technologies Node. This will provide opportunities to exchange ideas and experiences. http://www.uq.edu.au/crn/activities/glamm-iphone.html The workshop is also very timely in that it coincides with the six week residency of Prof. Carlo Ratti, Director of the SENSEable City Lab at MIT, and the 2009 inaugural Queensland Innovator in Residence: http://yearofcreativity.deta.qld.gov.au/innovator.html Audience We hope to attract a multidisciplinary range of HCSnet members and colleagues working in areas such as user experience design, human- computer interaction, digital media, social sciences and computing and engineering. The topic and themes to be explored are timely, relevant and significant to the research work of many academics in Australia and overseas who are looking at ways to help engender a culture of local and national participation and engagement. Many colleagues find that the underlying systems architecture and principles that have given rise to participatory culture in many social and lifestyle domains should be examined with a view to reappropriate them to foster civic engagement and a revival of citizenship. Event Format The workshop will be held over two days, on Mon 13th and Tue 14th July 2009, at the Creative Industries Precinct of Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. Participants will be given the opportunity to present their work with a view to stimulate an informed debate. The workshop will allow plenty of time for both breakout and plenary discussions. Submissions We are calling for 300-500 word position statements expressing the interest in the workshop or abstracts of proposed presentations from prospective participants. Queries can be sent via email to Marcus Foth at m.foth [AT] qut.edu.au. Please submit your abstract online by Fri 19 June 2009 at http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/node/add/submission/2943 This workshop is free for anyone who has been HCSNet Member for 2 months prior to the workshop. Non-members need to pay $100 registration fee for this workshop via the online facility. Please register online by Fri 3 July 2009 at http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/events/register/2943 Travel Bursaries HCSNet will fund a number of travel bursaries of $300 each to help cover the costs of travel and accommodation for participants from outside the Brisbane and South East Queensland area. HCSNet has also approved a Student Support Grant to enable students to participate. The provision of a submission as described above is a prerequisite for funding. If not all participants can be covered, funding grants will be allocated based on the relevance of your abstract to the workshop theme; also, students and early career researchers will have priority. Organisers Dr Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology Dr Martin Gibbs, University of Melbourne Dr Christine Satchell, Queensland University of Technology -- Dr Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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SciTechMed Journals/Publications On Twitter ?
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 18 May '09

18 May '09

Colleagues/ I Am Most Interested In Any and/or All *Journals (or Journal Publishers)* That Have Incorporated Twitter (or Other Micro-Blogging Service(s)) ... / I Am Particularly Interested In Any and/or All Initiatives In Which Tweets Have Been Incorporated / Integrated _Within_ The Journal and/or Journal Article Content(s) ... / I Have Done A Preliminary Search Of Various Twitter Directories >>> But Find Next To Nothing ... [?] BTW-1: I've Discovered That A Surprising Number Of >>>Monograph Publishers - Newspapers - Magazines - Other Media Do Twitter / Tweet ... BTW-2: I Am Acquainted With Bill Drew's Most Excellent Compendium Of "Library Vendors Using Social Software" and _Science_ ... Please Post Any/All Journal Titles As A Comment On The Blog Entry At [ http://tinyurl.com/pro8yj ] Thanks A Million ! /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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Mobile MEDLINE (+): PubMed On Tap Upgrade Now
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 18 May '09

18 May '09

Colleagues/ PubMed On Tap is an application for your iPhone or iPod Touch that lets you search PubMed while on the go >>> Specifics * Specify fields and search mode, using AND, OR, and NOT logic operato * Specify option to find only articles with Full Text or Free Full Text * E-mail the results as formatted text or an RIS tagged record, ready to be imported into reference management applications like Bookends and EndNote * EZproxy support * Link to Full Text articles that open in Safari or Internal Web Browser (requires access privileges) * Internal Web Browser / Landscape view * Remember/recall recent searches * Navigation between references in the formatted view * Order full-text copies of articles using Loansome Doc Ordering System Format: Software / Date: Mar 2009 / Version: 1.3.1 / License: Purchase / Price: $2.99 / Platform: Mobile / System Req: iPhone or iPod touch / Links to the iTunes Download Link AND Other Screen Prints Are Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/pv9yy5 ] !! Thanks To The Distant Librarian For The Original HeadsUp !! NOTE>>> I Am Also Interested In Other Mobile Apps That Provide Access To Medline/PubMed (and/or PubMed Central) <<< NOTE || Please Post As Comment To The Associated Blog Entry At [ http://tinyurl.com/pv9yy5 ] Happy Monday ! Regards, /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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Textbook Suggestion Needed
by Ted Coopman 18 May '09

18 May '09

All, I am teaching an upper division Internet Communication (theory) course online in the fall and am interested in suggestions for a basic textbook/reader. In the past I have used Thurlow, C., Lengel, L., & Tomic, A. (2004). Computer-mediated communication: Social interaction and the internet. London: Sage. My students did not like it very much (typical), but the main issue now is that it is dated. This is same issue with Castells' Internet Galaxy. I have considered going with journal articles, but I generally like to have a foundation text as well that lays out the basics; history, culture, CMC, basic theory, etc. I teach at a California State University campus with a slighty older student population who may not have the best skills but do have plenty of life experience. Straight forward language and pragmatics are a plus. Ideally any text would be broad and include both social scientific and cultural perspectives. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -TED -- Ted M. Coopman Ph.D. Lecturer Department of Communication Studies Department of Television, Radio, Film, & Theatre San Jose State University

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