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Searching the normal family
by Patrícia Dias da Silva 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Long time lurker and learner, this time I couldn't help commenting. Even as a strong consumer of tv series, I'm sorry I can't be much of help. All the difficulties you are facing and the fact that I can't think of any show which fits your criteria made me think I'm finding your search maybe even more interesting than your initial project. There has been a lot of talk about the invasion of television by the anti-hero (House, Dexter...), but not a lot about how former strong normative models - "the normal family" - are disappearing. And I honestly wonder how to compare the families in Happy Days with today's families... Best of luck on your research and I hope we can soon hear some more about it... Patrícia Dias da Silva PhD Candidate Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:31:04 -0400 > Subject: [Air-L] TV help wanted > I'm writing a big piece in which a part is familistic comparing TV shows > of the 1950s-1970s (Father Knows Best > Happy Days) to more networked > family shows of today, in which household members go their separate ways, > but are linked by ICTs and mobiles. I can think of modern shows like > Seinfeld and Sex and the City, but they have only single folks. Can anyway > cite decent networked family shows. Possibly Hannah Montana, altho I'd > like one with traditional mom & dad & 1 plus kid. > > > 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 > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:44:57 -0400 > Subject: [Air-L] clarification > I'm looking for mainstream (HBO, Showtime, USA ok) dramas/comedies where > husband, wife, 1+ kids go their separate ways -- with a lot of > communication via ICTs and mobile phones. > > Not Dexter (which someone suggested) > No Secret Life of an American teen (minor channel; pregnancy of 15 year > old not really mainstream). > > Possibly Desperate Housewives (which I rarely watch), but don't HWs mostly > stay home in daytime, and don't go off to paid work. Do they use ICTs and > mobile? > > Thanks, > 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 > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Soon Wan Ting" <wtsoon(a)nus.edu.sg> > To: "Barry Wellman" <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca>, "aoir list" <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:03:34 +0800 > Subject: Re: [Air-L] clarification > > How about Lipstick Jungle by NBC Universal? Caught only two episodes > but it kind of suit your description - high power women with families > working in NYC, juggling career, husbands and kids, with lots of > communication via blackberries and mobile phones etc. > _________________________________________________________________ > > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Barry Wellman > Sent: Mon 9/14/2009 9:44 AM > To: aoir list > Subject: [Air-L] clarification > > I'm looking for mainstream (HBO, Showtime, USA ok) dramas/comedies > where > husband, wife, 1+ kids go their separate ways -- with a lot of > communication via ICTs and mobile phones. > Not Dexter (which someone suggested) > No Secret Life of an American teen (minor channel; pregnancy of 15 > year > old not really mainstream). > Possibly Desperate Housewives (which I rarely watch), but don't HWs > mostly > stay home in daytime, and don't go off to paid work. Do they use ICTs > and > mobile? > Thanks, > 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 > [1]http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman > fax:+1-416-978-3963 > Updating history: > [2]http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php > _____________________________________________________________________ > __ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > [3]http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > [4]http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > Join the Association of Inter > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:15:59 -0400 > Subject: [Air-L] can't get no satisfaction > I want to thank everyone for sending me sitcom suggestions for a modern > family where husband and wife work, kids are relatively normal, and > everyone uses ICTs and cellphones. However, I have been unable to find one > that fit my specs, perhaps due to the fact that I never watch TV before 10PM. > > Seventh Heaven -- wife doesn't work. > Beverly Hills 90210 -- mostly pre cell phone era. Doesn't really focus on > parents. > Big Love -- 4 Wives is not the American norm (at least at 1 time) > Gossip Girl -- not intact families. > Vampires not normative, except in movies & TV. > > I keep hoping that Carrie and Samantha will get married; Miranda will > reconnect with Steve, and all 4 Sex & the City ladies will come back in 15 > years. > > Any more help would be appreciated. > 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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Creative Commons Publishes Study of “Noncommercial Use”
by Richard Forno 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Creative Commons Publishes Study of “Noncommercial Use” Mike Linksvayer, September 14th, 2009 San Francisco, California, USA — September 14, 2009 http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/17721 Creative Commons announces the publication of Defining “Noncommercial”: A Study of How the Online Population Understands “Noncommercial Use.” The report details the results of a research study launched in September 2008 to explore differences between commercial and noncommercial uses of content found online, as those uses are understood by various communities and in connection with a wide variety of content. Generous support for the study was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The study investigated understandings of noncommercial use and the Creative Commons “NC” license term through online surveys of content creators and users in the U.S., open access polls of global “Creative Commons Friends and Family,” interviews with thought leaders, and focus groups with participants from around the world who create and use a wide variety of online content and media. The research behind Defining “Noncommercial” was conducted by Netpop Research, under advisement from academics and a working group consisting of several Creative Commons jurisdiction project members as well as Creative Commons staff and board members. Creative Commons provides free copyright licenses to creators who want to grant the public certain permissions to use their works, in advance and without the need for one-to-one contact between the user and the creator. “Noncommercial” or “NC” is one of four license terms that creators may choose to apply to CC-licensed content. Creative Commons noncommercial licenses preclude use of a work “in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.” The majority of respondents (87% of creators, 85% of users) replied that the definition was “essentially the same as” (43% of creators, 42% of users) or “different from but still compatible with” (44% of creators, 43% of users) theirs. Only 7% of creators and 11% of users replied that the term was “different from and incompatible with” their definition. Other highlights from the study include the rating by content creators and users of different uses of online content as either “commercial” or “noncommercial” on a scale of 1-100, where 1 is “definitely noncommercial” and 100 is “definitely commercial.” On this scale, creators and users (84.6 and 82.6, respectively) both rate uses in connection with online advertising generally as “commercial.” However, more specific use cases revealed that many interpretations are fact- specific. For example, creators and users gave the specific use case “not-for-profit organization uses work on its site, organization makes enough money from ads to cover hosting costs” ratings of 59.2 and 71.7, respectively. On the same scale, creators and users (89.4 and 91.7, respectively) both rate uses in which money is made as being commercial, yet again those ratings are lower in use cases specifying cost recovery or use by not-for-profits. Finally, both groups rate “personal or private” use as noncommercial, though creators did so less strongly than users (24.3 and 16.0, respectively, on the same scale). In open access polls, CC’s global network of “friends and family” rate some uses differently from the U.S. online population—although direct empirical comparisons may not be drawn from these data. For example, creators and users in these polls rate uses by not-for-profit organizations with advertisements as a means of cost recovery at 35.7 and 40.3, respectively—somewhat more noncommercial. They also rate “personal or private” use as strongly noncommercial—8.2 and 7.8, respectively—again on a scale of 1-100 where 1 is “definitely noncommercial” and 100 is “definitely commercial.” “As more people have begun to make, share, and use content online, the question of what constitutes a ‘commercial use’ versus a ‘noncommercial use’ has become increasingly important to understand,” said Josh Crandall, President of Netpop Research. “With this study, we were particularly interested to see that—contrary to what many might believe—there is little variation between creators and users in the perceived ‘commerciality’ of particular uses of copyrighted content. Furthermore, where they do differ, users tend to have a more conservative outlook than creators. This study provides useful data and perspectives—from both members of the general public and people who work closely in the world of copyright—that can help people begin to think more clearly about the issue.” The study report and its associated data are available at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Defining_Noncommercial , where members of the public can contribute feedback about the report. Defining “Noncommercial” is published under a Creative Commons Attribution license, and the research data is available under a CC0 public domain waiver. “We’re excited that the results of this important project will be available for all kinds of uses—including commercial use—by anyone,” said Joi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons. “We encourage researchers and our community to use what we’ve done and expand this investigation further, building upon the data we collected and incorporating more perspectives from Creative Commons adopters worldwide.” In the next years, possibly as soon as 2010, Creative Commons expects to formally launch a multi-year, international process for producing the next version (4.0) of the six main Creative Commons licenses. This process will include examination of whether the noncommercial definition included in licenses with the NC term should be modified or if other means of clarifying noncommercial use under the CC licenses should be pursued. The results of Defining “Noncommercial” and subsequent research will be an important thread informing this process. About Creative Commons Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works, whether owned or in the public domain. Through its free copyright licenses, Creative Commons offers authors, artists, scientists, and educators the choice of a flexible range of protections and freedoms that build upon the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright to enable a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach. Creative Commons was built with and is sustained by the generous support of organizations including the Center for the Public Domain, Google, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation, Omidyar Network, Red Hat, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, as well as members of the public. For more information about supporting Creative Commons, please contact development(a)creativecommons.org . About Netpop Research, LLC Netpop Research, LLC is a San Francisco-based strategic market research firm that specializes in online media, digital entertainment and user-generated content trends. Netpop Research has fielded numerous studies for major profit and nonprofit entities, and is the creator of the Netpop tracking study of Internet usage among broadband consumers in the United States and China. Contact Mike Linksvayer Vice President Creative Commons ml(a)creativecommons.org +1 415 369 8480 Press Kit http://creativecommons.org/about/press/

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MindTrek 2009 conference - register today!
by Helja Franssila 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hi, today is the last day to register to the MindTrek 2009 Conference, 30.9.-2.10.2009 in Tampere, Finland. Register here: http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/registration See the programme details of the MindTrek 2009 main conference: http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/programme See the programme details of Academic MindTrek 2009 conference: http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/academic/programme BR, Heljä Franssila Academic MindTrek 2009 co-chair -- Heljä Franssila project manager Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media (INFIM) University of Tampere Finland GSM +358 50 5749725 http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/infim/

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Re: [Air-L] Measuring Interactivity
by Umar Ruhi 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hi Katie, I'm familiar with the following studies that have devised and used an Interactivity scale for website interactions - you will probably need to adapt/modify for relevance to your study's context: Liu, Y. (2003). Developing a scale to measure the interactivity of websites. Journal of Advertising Research, 43(02), 207-216. Song, J. H., & Zinkhan, G. M. (2008). Determinants of perceived web site interactivity. Journal of Marketing, 72(2), 99-113. I've also recently come across some metrics based on web logs data that have been purported to measure interactivity of web 2.0 widgets and social media applications but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for. Regards, Umar Ruhi ---------- Umar Ruhi Lecturer - Information Systems & e-Business Technologies Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa Website: http://www.umar.biz ---------- ----------Katie Retzinger Wrote---------- Message: 11 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:38:37 -0400 From: "Retzinger, Katie L." <kretzing(a)odu.edu> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Measuring Interactivity Message-ID: <76E9E8307713AE44B502B5F65901418561D193CEE3(a)SIMBA.ts.odu.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello-- I am a PhD student at Old Dominion University in Virginia, and I am getting ready to start working on my dissertation. I am planning on studying interactivity in online worlds--specifically Second Life. I was wondering if anyone that is doing research that looks at interactivity has found a method for measuring how interactive an experience in an online world is or is not interactive, or if you know of other sources/studies that have measured levels interactivity that would be useful as well. Thanks for your help-- Katie Retzinger ------------------------------

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Re: [Air-L] Measuring Interactivity
by Denise N. Rall 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Smiljana Atonijevic She presented on this topic at the last AoIR meeting in Copenhagen. I imagine her webpage will have further details of her publications. Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Mobile +(61) (0)438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Join the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Internet Research 10.0, October 7-11, Milwaukee, WI, USA --- On Tue, 15/9/09, Retzinger, Katie L. <kretzing(a)odu.edu> wrote: > From: Retzinger, Katie L. <kretzing(a)odu.edu> > Subject: [Air-L] Measuring Interactivity > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Received: Tuesday, 15 September, 2009, 3:38 AM > Hello-- > > I am a PhD student at Old Dominion University in Virginia, > and I am getting ready to start working on my dissertation. > I am planning on studying interactivity in online > worlds--specifically Second Life. I was wondering if anyone > that is doing research that looks at interactivity has found > a method for measuring how interactive an experience in an > online world is or is not interactive, or if you know of > other sources/studies that have measured levels > interactivity that would be useful as well. Thanks for your > help-- > > Katie Retzinger > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > __________________________________________________________________________________ Get more done like never before with Yahoo!7 Mail. Learn more: http://au.overview.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Air-L] Using brick-space measures- Online Education Beats the Classroom
by William Brantley 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

Steve brings up a good point here. During the timespan of the metastudy (1996 to 2008), Internet technology has changed greatly while traditional classroom technology has changed little. In fact, the biggest change in f2f teaching has been the increasing use of PowerPoint which probably diminished classroom interaction thus leading to less student engagement. As Steve pointed out, the new media became less like the old media and developed methods to better engage the student. Leaving out the differences in innovation makes for an unfair comparison. To me, whether online or f2f is better is a false dilemma. Online technology is valuable as a content delivery system but it is the conversations with peers and the teacher that turns information into knowledge. As I read the report, I see it as evidence that a blended learning approach is the most effective (http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/07/01/meta-analysis-is-blended-learning…) And that fits in with my experience as both a traditional instructor and online instructor. This is an interesting study but I think the debate should be more about how learning itself has changed rather than the learnings tools have changed. Bill Brantley Credentials: http://www.linkedin.com/in/billbrantley --------------------------------------- Original E-mail From: Steve Cavrak <Steve.Cavrak(a)Uvm.Edu> Date: 08/20/2009 08:00 AM To: tom abeles <tabeles(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Using brick-space measures- Online Education Beats the Classroom On Aug 19, 2009, at 2:56 PM, tom abeles wrote: > Has anyone suggested that the brick and click comparisons may be > measuring the wrong variables. with the changing nature of knowledge > and knowledge acquisition? In other words are the studies measuring > what could be measured using an old lens and the easiest variables > to assess, like the drunk looking for keys where the light is rather > than in the dark where they were dropped? >From my reading, the (meta) study was of 99 cases of a course that had two sections - an online section and a non-online section. So yes, they were measuring by the old standard, and yes, the new approach did old things better than the old way. In someway, it addresses faculty's apprehension of "doing worse" rather "doing better." (It also illustrates the first law of "new media" - the first content of new media is old media. Once faculty get comfortable with the newer format, often they get quite innovative. And yes, as iTunes U and YouTube show, often they fossilize their old methods. Steve _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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beverly hills; TX football
by Barry Wellman 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

A bunch of folks have suggested (Beverly Hills) 90210. Someone else suggested Friday Night Lights. Thx. 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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New Positions open at University of Texas - Austin
by Gil De Zuniga, Homero 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

Hola all ~ There are few of open positions in the College of Communication at University of Texas - Austin, particularly within the School of Journalism. Please feel free to distribute this information widely. Best, HGZ Homero Gil de Zuniga Assistant Professor Director, Center for Journalism & Communication Research School of Journalism College of Communication University of Texas - Austin www.utexas.edu Voice (512) 471 6323 Fax (512) 471 7979 Open Positions The College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin seeks to fill three important positions to strengthen its role as the most comprehensive programs of its kind-and one of the nation's foremost institutions for the study of journalism, communication studies, advertising, and radio-television-film. Director, School of Journalism ----------------------------------------------------- The School of Journalism is seeking a new director, with an outstanding reputation in either the professional or academic area of journalism. The director will provide vision and intellectual leadership for a program and field in transition, as journalism education adapts to these changes. Thus, a background in both the profession and experience with university life is preferred. Graduates of the program have won 18 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding in 1914. The School has 850 undergraduates and 120 graduate students in the master's and doctoral programs and offers a comprehensive range of journalism professional training, including programs in print, multimedia, broadcast, and photojournalism. The School has a strong tradition of close relations with the profession and seeks a director who will maintain and expand these ties, working closely with the dean of the College on alumni relations and fundraising for the School. The new director will be appointed as a full professor with tenure and hold the G.B. Dealey Professorship. Screening of applicants will begin November 1, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should provide a statement of interest in the position, a complete vita and at least three references to: Prof. Tracy Dahlby, Director and Search Committee Chair; School of Journalism; University of Texas at Austin; 1 University Station A1000; Austin, TX 78712-0113. Faculty posting number: 09091000001. 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Successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in a relevant academic field, a well-established program of nationally recognized research and publication, a commitment to classroom teaching, and record of mentoring doctoral-level graduate students. Other desirable qualifications include the ability to work collaboratively within the School and College, but also with scholars in other disciplines on campus and internationally. Screening of applicants will begin October 15, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. Send vita, names and contact information of three references, and a statement of interest in the position to: Prof. Maxwell McCombs, Search Committee Chair; School of Journalism; University of Texas at Austin; 1 University Station A1000; Austin, TX 78712-0113. Faculty posting number 09052700001. Director, Texas Program in Sports & Media ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The College seeks a leader for a newly developed Sports and Media Program, intended to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and research on sports, media and culture. The program will build on existing College strengths in entertainment studies, film, television, new media format, and journalism. One of the nation's best athletic programs at the University of Texas as well as nearby professional sports franchises provide valuable potential partnerships for the program. The Director will teach one or two courses a year in the general area of sports and media with a concurrent appointment as senior lecturer, oversee a small administrative staff, and help build a program endowment. Oversee development of an Olympic archive, organize an annual symposium on sports and public policy, and provide long-term planning for the Program. Work with faculty members in the College and across campus, generate local and national publicity for the program, and serve as its main ambassador and fund-raiser. Required: Bachelor's degree. Ten years of experience in the general area of sports and media. Applicants must have a broad vision of the intersection of sports and media in society, well-established relationships with media personnel, and in-depth knowledge of intercollegiate and professional sports. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Preferred: Master's degree. More than 10 years of experience in the general area of sports and media. Experience with start-up operations including concept-design, budgetary oversight, and employee supervision. Screening of applicants will begin November 16, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. Go to http://utdirect.utexas.edu/pnjobs/ for complete description and to apply for posting number 09-09-11-01-0379. 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Berkman Center Lecture / Webcast > Transforming Scholarly Communication | September 18 2009 |
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

Colleagues/ Mark Your Calendar(s) / This Friday ! /Gerry Lee Dirks / Director, Education & Scholarly Communication / Microsoft External Research Friday/ September 18, 1:15pm / Pound Hall Room 100 (Map) / Free and Open to the Public / In the future, frontier research in many fields will increasingly require the collaboration of globally distributed groups of researchers needing access to distributed computing, data resources and support for remote access to expensive, multi-national specialized facilities such as telescopes and accelerators or specialist data archives. There is also a general belief that an important road to innovation will be provided by multi-disciplinary and collaborative research - from bio-informatics and earth systems science to social science and archeology. There will also be an explosion in the amount of research data collected in the next decade - petabytes will be common in many fields. These future research requirements constitute the 'eResearch' agenda. Powerful software services will be widely deployed on top of the academic research networks to form the necessary 'Cyberinfrastructure' to provide a collaborative research environment for the global academic community. The difficulties in combining data and information from distributed sources, the multi-disciplinary nature of research and collaboration, and the need to move to present researchers with tooling that enable them to express what they want to do rather than how to do it highlight the need for an ecosystem of Semantic Computing technologies. Such technologies will further facilitate information sharing and discovery, will enable reasoning over information, and will allow us to start thinking about knowledge and how it can be handled by computers.This talk will review the elements of this vision and explain the need for semantic-oriented computing by exploring eResearch projects that have successfully applied relevant technologies - and anticipated impact on scholarly communication as we know it today. It will also suggest that a software + service model with scientific services delivered from the cloud will become an increasingly accepted model for research. About Lee Lee Dirks is the Director of Education & Scholarly Communications in Microsoft's External Research division, where he manages a variety of research programs related to open access to research data, interoperability of archives and repositories, preservation of digital information as well as the application of new technologies to facilitate teaching and learning in higher education.An 20-year veteran across multiple information management fields, [more] Links To In Person Registration Form / Webcast Site Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/r66jaj ] !!! Thanks To Peter Suber / SPARC Open Access Forum / For The HeadsUp !!! BTW: Do Consider Following Me On Twitter GMcKBlogs /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Are No Answers, 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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big love - 1 (correction)
by Barry Wellman 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

Sorry, The protagonist of Big Love only has 3 wives (so far). 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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