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FGCT 2018
by ijwa＠dline.info 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Call For Papers Seventh International Conference on Future Generation Communication Technologies (FGCT 2018) Luton, UK August 20-22, 2018 http://www.socio.org.uk/fgct Technically co-sponsored by UK & RI IEEE In the last decade, a number of newer communication technologies have been evolved, which have a significant impact on the technology, as a whole. The impact ranges from incremental applications to dramatical breakthrough in the society. Users rely heavily on broadcast technology, social media, mobile devices, video games and other innovations to enrich the learning and adoption process. The Seventh International Conference on Future Generation Communication Technologies (FGCT 2018) conference is designed for teachers, administrators, practitioners, researchers and scientists in the development arenas. It aims to provide discussions and simulations in the communication technology at the broad level and broadcasting technology and related technologies at the micro level. Through a set of research papers, using innovative and interactive approach, participants can expect to share a set of research that will prepare them to apply new technologies to their work in teaching, research and educational development amid this rapidly evolving landscape. Topics discussed in this platform are not limited to- Emerging cellular and new network architectures for 5G New antenna and RF technology for 5G wireless Modulation algorithms Circuits, software and systems for 5G Convergence of multi-modes, multi-bands, multi-standards and multi- applications in 5G systems Cognitive radio and collaborative transmissions in 5G Computing and processing platform for 5G Programming models and development tools to enable 5G systems Small cells and heterogeneous networks Metrics and Evaluation of 5G systems Standardization of 5G Deployment options such as small cells, eICIC, MIMO and CoMP LTE/WiFi interworking, carrier aggregation, dual connectivity C-RAN, D-RAN, mmWave, Massive MIMO and ultra-low latency Higher protocol layers Latency and traffic scheduling Broadcast technology Future Internet and networking architectures Future mobile communications Mobile Web Technology Mobile TV and multimedia phones Communication Security, Trust, Protocols and Applications Communication Interfaces Communication Modelling Satellite and space communications Communication software Future Generation Communication Networks Communication Network Security Communication Data Grids Collaborative Communication Technology Intelligence for future communication systems Forthcoming optical communication systems Communication Technology for Elearning, Egovernment, Ebusiness Games and games designing Social technology devises, tools and applications Crowdsourcing and Human Computation Human-computer communication Pervasive Computing Grid, crowd sourcing and cloud computing Hypermedia systems Software and technologies for E-communication Intelligent Systems for E-communication Future Cloud for Communication Future warehousing Future communication for healthcare and medical devices applications Future communication for Mechatronic applications All presented papers in the conference will be published in the proceedings of the conference and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference will have workshops on specific themes, industrial presentation, invited talks and collaborative discussion forums. The selected papers after extension and modification will be published in many peer reviewed and indexed journals. Important Dates Submission of Papers: June 10, 2018 Notification of Acceptance: July 08, 2018 Camera Ready: August 05, 2018 Registration: August 05, 2018 Conference Dates: August 20-22, 2018 Programme Committee General Chair Ezendu Ariwa, Univeristy of Warwick, UK Programme Chairs Yong Yue, University of Bedfordshire, UK Adrian FLOREA, Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania Submissions at-http://www.socio.org.uk/fgct/paper-submission/ contact: fgct(a)socio.org.uk ---------------------------------

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Emerging Scholar Research Grant for Mobile Com. at ICA
by Rich Ling 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Dear all, I am attaching the call for proposals for the 2018 Emerging Scholar research grant for the Mobile Communication Interest Group at ICA. If you are interested, please apply. http://www.icahdq.org/members/group_content_view.asp?group=186115&id=656262 -- Rich L.

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New book: Authors, Users, and Pirates: Copyright Law and Subjectivity
by James Meese 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

*Apologies for cross-posting* Dear colleagues, Just writing to let you know that my forthcoming monograph is available for pre-order. http://bit.ly/2n6FfoK (MIT Press) http://bit.ly/2DDg7jG (Book Depository) http://amzn.to/2Dxfpk0 (Amazon) The book covers major debates around copyright and digital media including YouTube monetisation, ownership of Instagram photos and the SOPA/PIPA protests. It also analyses recent cases from the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada around copyright infringement and digital distribution. I¹ve tried to make it an accessible read with limited legalese so sections could potentially function as an introduction to copyright law for students. Best wishes, James ___ Authors, Users, and Pirates: Copyright Law and Subjectivity In current debates over copyright law, the author, the user, and the pirate are almost always invoked. Some in the creative industries call for more legal protection for authors; activists and academics promote user rights and user-generated content; and online pirates openly challenge the strict enforcement of copyright law. In this book, James Meese offers a new way to think about these three central subjects of copyright law, proposing a relational framework that encompasses all three. Meese views authors, users, and pirates as interconnected subjects, analyzing them as a relational triad. He argues that addressing the relationships among the three subjects will shed light on how the key conceptual underpinnings of copyright law are justified in practice. Meese presents a series of historical and contemporary examples, from nineteenth-century cases of book abridgement to recent controversies over the reuse of Instagram photos. He not only considers the author, user, and pirate in terms of copyright law, but also explores the experiential element of subjectivity - how people understand and construct their own subjectivity in relation to these three subject positions. Meese maps the emergence of the author, user, and pirate over the first two centuries of copyright¹s existence; describes how regulation and technological limitations turned people from creators to consumers; considers relational authorship; explores practices in sampling, music licensing, and contemporary art; examines provisions in copyright law for user-generated content; and reimagines the pirate as an innovator. ‹ James Meese Lecturer and Discipline Head Digital and Social Media School of Communication Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences T. +61 (02) 9514 2955 PO Box 123. Broadway NSW 2007 Australia UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018): First Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

**** FIRST CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS **** (Papers, Tutorial/Workshop Proposals, Posters, Demos, PhD cons) The 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018) Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 10-13 December, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… CloudCom is the premier conference on Cloud Computing worldwide, attracting researchers, developers, users, students and practitioners from the fields of big data, systems architecture, services research, virtualization, security and privacy, high performance computing, always with an emphasis on how to build cloud computing platforms with real impact. The conference is co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is steered by the Cloud Computing Association, and draws on the excellence of its world-class Program Committee and its participants. CloudCom 2018 will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus between 10-13 December, 2018. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest of CloudCom 2018 are grouped into four tracks: · Architecture, Storage and Virtualization · Cloud Services and Applications · Security, Privacy and Trust · Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud The (non-exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows: Track 1: Architecture, Storage and Virtualization Chairs: Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Intercloud architecture models · Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, unikernels and microservices · Cloud services delivery models, campus integration & ìlast mileî issues · Virtualization technology and enablers (network virtualization, software-defined networking) · Networking technologies · Cloud system design with FPGAs, GPUs, APUs · Storage & file systems · Scalability & performance · Resource provisioning, monitoring, management & maintenance · Operational, economic & business models · Green data centers · Computational resources, storage & network virtualization · Resource monitoring · Virtual desktops · Resilience, fault tolerance, disaster recovery · Modeling & performance evaluation · Disaster recovery · Energy efficiency Track 2: Cloud Services and Applications Chairs: Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy, Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universitaí di Napoli, Italy · XaaS (everything as a service including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) · Cloud services models & frameworks · Service deployment and orchestration in the Cloud · Cloud service management · Cloud workflow management · Cloud services reference models & standardization · Cloud-powered services design · Cloud elasticity · Machine learning and systems interactions · Data management applications & services · Service for computing-intensive applications · Mining and analytics · Data-provisioning services · Cloud programming models, benchmarks, and tools · Cloud-based services & protocols · Fault-tolerance & availability of cloud services and applications · Application development and debugging tools · Business models & economics of cloud services Track 3: Security, Privacy and Trust Chairs: Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway, Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Accountability & audit · Authentication & authorization · Cloud integrity · Blockchain Cloud services · Cryptography in the Cloud · Hypervisor security · Identity management & security as a service · Prevention of data loss or leakage · Secure, interoperable identity management · Trust & credential management · Trust models for cloud services · Usable security Risk management in cloud computing environments · Privacy policy framework for clouds · Privacy-preserving data mining for clouds · Information sharing and data protection in the cloud · Cryptographic protocols against internal attacks in clouds · Privacy protection in cloud platforms · Energy/cost/efficiency of security in clouds Track 4: Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud Chairs: Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain, Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Cloudlet-enabled applications · Distributed Cloud Infrastructure · Foundations and principles of distributed cloud computing · Architectural models, prototype implementations and applications · Cloud brokers and coordination across multiple resource managers · Interoperability and mobility · Software infrastructure for cloudlets · Dynamic resource, service and context management on edge computing · Fog Computing · IoT cloud architectures & models · Cloud-based context-aware IoT · Economics and pricing · Experience with and performance evaluation of existing deployments and measurements (public, private, hybrid, federated environments) PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Authors must submit their papers by the deadline indicated below, using the EasyChair submission system: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Only PDF files will be accepted. Manuscripts need to be prepared according to the IEEE CS format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…) All regular paper submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of 8 pages. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three experts. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and present the paper. The conference proceedings of CloudCom 2018 will be published by IEEE Conference Publishing Service with ISBN and ISSN, and submitted to IEEE Xplore and indexing services such as Ei Compendex. Distinguished papers will be recommended for fast-track publication in the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing or invited to be included within a number of special issues in prestigious international journals. CALL FOR TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS IEEE CloudCom 2018 is soliciting proposals for full-day / half-day workshops and Tutorials to be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018. For more information on the tutorials and workshops and for the complete Call for Tutorial and Workshop Proposals, please see the conference website. CALL FOR POSTERS, DEMOS & SHORT PAPERS (Late-breaking Results) Authors are invited to submit their research work as a poster, demo or short paper (late-breaking results) to the CloudCom 2018 conference. For the complete Call for Call for Posters, Demos & Short Papers (Late-breaking Results) please see the conference website. CALL FOR PH.D. CONSORTIUM A Ph.D. consortium will be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018 in Nicosia, Cyprus. For the complete Call for Ph.D. consortium, please see the conference website. IMPORTANT DATES · Workshop Proposals Due: 30 April 2018 · Tutorial Proposals Due: 30 June 2018 · Regular Papers Due: 15 June 2018 · Ph.D. Consortium Papers Due: 31 August 2018 · Short Papers, Posters and Demos Due: 31 August 2018 · Notification of Paper Acceptance: 14 September 2018 · Camera Ready: 08 October 2018 · Author Registration: 15 October 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus PROGRAM CHAIRS · George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Sebastien Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg PROGRAM TRACK CHAIRS · Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain · Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil · Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway · Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universitaí di Napoli, Italy · Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS · Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy · Dimitrios Tsoumakos, Ionian University, Greece PH.D. COMSORTIUM CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMO CHAIR · Ioannis Konstantinou, NTUA, Greece PUBLICITY CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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ECfP: The politics of metadata in participatory approaches: Opportunities, practices, and conflicts (DHN 2018)
by Karin Hansson 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Extended call for proposals Workshop at the conference Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries March 7, 2018 at the University of Helsinki This workshop seeks to expand critical perspectives on metadata in relation to public cultural heritage image collections online. In our image-saturated time, the definition of therticipatory online practices such as crowdsourcing enable cultural heritage institutions to accelerate the development of digi also be seen as platforms for audience engagement, creating a deep connection to cultural heritage through online collaboration. Furthermore, open data and enhanced standards enabling interoperability might support new forms of collaboration between institutions, researchers, and the general public. However, these participatory open science practices create new challenges due to the character of the networked publics involved and the established structures between and within institutions, but also new opportunities and practices when it comes to understanding and defining our shared images. Therefore, critical perspectives on metadata in relation to photographic collections online are vital. This calls for an interdisciplinary approach in the intersection between computer science, image studies, and cultural studies. For this workshop, therefore, we invite participants to look more closely at different types of participatory practices online in relation to the cultural heritage domain, and at different levels of interaction. Possible sites of analysis could be the interaction between participants, the participation in the work by different stakeholders, the potentially privileged levels of interaction with the metadata, or tensions in the agency of the participants in relation to the task. This half-day workshop explores the topics in mini presentations and brainstorming sessions, and will result in a research agenda for addressing these questions. The position-paper should be 2-4 pages and using the Springer LNCS templates. Send submissions and inquiries to the following email address: politics-of-metadata(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:politics-of-metadata@googlegroups.com> Extended deadline is Thursday, February 8, 2018. For more information visit the website: http://politicsofmetadata.blogs.dsv.su.se/

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[JVWR] Call for Editors: Assembled 2018 a quick turnaround issue
by Tzafnat Shpak 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Call for editors for the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Call for Editors Assembled 2018 Greetings, Call for Editors Assembled 2018 February 4th 2018 We are looking for a *prime guest editor* (with potentially 1-2 co-editors) to manage the process for 2018. There are 10 candidate manuscripts (out of 20), which will yield 5-6 papers for publication. This is a great opportunity to influence the state of our field, to experience yourself with online publishing procedures, and get the credit on our website. You will: - Coordinate the reviewers of these 10 papers. - Use our publication system -- extensively. (be also versed in Google docs, Skype, and other current tools.) - Be a deadline-targeted & taking-charge person. - Work as a single editor or add one co-editor. - Able to write a short intro including your view/vision/insight on the field. - Get the academic credit as an editor. Please reply by *February 10, 2018*, to info(a)jvwresearch.org <info@jvwresearch?subject=Editor%20for%20Assembled%202016> with an academic CV and a cover letter listing your motivation and publishing/editing experience. *Publication:* April 2018 If you have colleagues who may be interested in becoming an editor or a co-editor, please feel free to forward this call further. Looking forward to hearing from you, *Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan* Editor in Chief JVWR - The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research [image: JVWR Call For Editors Assembled 2018] <https://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> <https://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> <https://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> <https://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> *Copyright © 2018 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, All rights reserved.*

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Critical Digital and Social Media Studies - Call for Book Proposals, deadline approaching
by Christian Fuchs 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

REMINDER - 2018 CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: CRITICAL DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES Submission Deadline: Monday 12 February 2017 23:00 BST by e-mail to Andrew Lockett (University of Westminster Press Manager) at A.Lockett(a)westminster.ac.uk For fullest series details and proposal guidelines see https://uwestminsterpress.blog Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is an established book series edited by Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press (UWP). We invite submissions of book proposals that fall into the scope of the series. CALL DETAILS After the publication of five titles in the series we invite submission of book proposals (adhering to the guidelines set out below) as one document with one full chapter for books in the range of 35,000-80,000 words. The books in the series are published online in an open access format available online without payment using a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC-ND) and simultaneously as affordable paperbacks. We are able to publish a number of books in the call without any book processing charges thanks to generous support by the University of Westminster that covers these fees. Potential authors are welcome to contact the series editor outside of the initial time frame of this call for book proposals but should note that priority for funding support for suitable projects will be given to those proposals meeting the deadline. There is a preference for the submission of proposals for books whose writing can be finished and that can be submitted to UWP within the next 6-15 months. In the event of a surplus of strong proposals preference will be given to single-authored book proposals over edited volumes. We welcome submissions of a book outline proposal with (exactly one) sample chapter submitted as one single Word or PDF document. We can only accept suggestions for books written in English. TOPICS Example topics that the book series is interested in include: the political economy of digital and social media; digital and informational capitalism; digital labour; ideology critique in the age of social media; new developments of critical theory in the age of digital and social media; critical studies of advertising and consumer culture online; critical social media research methods; critical digital and social media ethics; working class struggles in the age of social media; the relationship of class, gender and race in the context of digital and social media; the critical analysis of the implications of big data, cloud computing, digital positivism, the Internet of things, predictive online analytics, the sharing economy, location- based data and mobile media, etc.; the role of classical critical theories for studying digital and social media; alternative social media and Internet platforms; the public sphere in the age of digital media; the critical study of the Internet economy; critical perspectives on digital democracy; critical case studies of online prosumption; public service digital and social media; commons-based digital and social media; subjectivity, consciousness, affects, worldviews and moral values in the age of digital and social media; digital art and culture in the context of critical theory; environmental and ecological aspects of digital capitalism and digital consumer culture. PUBLISHED TITLES CRITICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATION: LUKÁCS, ADORNO, MARCUSE, HONNETH AND HABERMAS IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA Christian Fuchs, Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Westminster https://doi.org/10.16997/book1 KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL CAPITALISM: AN INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE MATERIALISM Mariano Zukerfeld (CONICET), Argentina. https://doi.org/10.16997/book3 POLITICIZING DIGITAL SPACE: THEORY, THE INTERNET, AND RENEWING DEMOCRACY Trevor Smith Carleton University Ottowa. https://doi.org/10.16997/book5 CAPITAL, STATE, EMPIRE: THE NEW AMERICAN WAY OF DIGITAL WARFARE Scott Timcke, University of the West Indies, at St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago. https://doi.org/10.16997/book6 THE SPECTACLE 2.0: READING DEBORD IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL CAPITALISM Edited by Marco Briziarelli, University of New Mexico and Emiliana Armano, the State University of Milan. https://doi.org/10.16997/book11

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British Library PhD Research Placements: Call for Applications
by Mia 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Two placement posts, Exploring our ‘Endangered Archives’ Projects in Africa <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> and Playbills in context: linked open data for historical playbills <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> are based in the Digital Scholarship department and might be particularly suitable for students working in Air-L related fields. Best regards, Mia https://www.bl.uk/news/2018/january/phd-research-placements-2018 A PhD research placement at the British Library provides the chance to experience research in a different environment to that of a university, to engage with a range of research users and audiences, to gain insights into different potential postdoctoral career paths, and to make a tangible contribution to the purposes and programmes of a national library and major cultural organisation. The PhD research placement scheme provides opportunities for PhD students to apply and enhance research, communications and analytical skills and expertise outside of Higher Education as part of their wider research training and professional development. Examples of previous BL PhD research placements and their outcomes <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> . *Current opportunities* A broad range of research placement opportunities have been identified by the Library for 2018-19 (click on the links below to view placement project profiles) - Afrikaans literature <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Investigating Anne McLaren’s Notebooks <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Art, Poetry and Politics – Contemporary British Artists’ Books <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Exploring music archives of 20th-century British composers <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Unlocking Charles I’s Vision of Rome <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Exploring our ‘Endangered Archives’ Projects in Africa <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - First World War French posters <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Examining the role of internal engagement and communications in the British Library <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Visualising a future for Midland Road and Euston Road <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - North American Migrant Narratives <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Playbills in context: linked open data for historical playbills <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Policy development with the British Library <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Political cartoons in India in the 1930s and 1940s <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Virus checking in long-term digital collection management and digital preservation <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - William Blake at the British Library <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> - Telling the Stories of the Treasures of the British Library <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> *How to apply* Please refer to the application guidelines and email the completed application form and a CV to Research.Development(a)bl.uk Application guidelines (PDF) <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> Application form <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.res…> (Word) Please note that all applications must be approved by the applicant’s PhD supervisor and Graduate Tutor (or equivalent senior academic manager). The application deadline is 4pm on *19 February 2018* *Eligibility* - Open to all PhD students, as long as they have the support of their PhD supervisor and their Graduate Tutor (or equivalent) - International students are eligible if they have the right to study in the UK *Funding* The British Library PhD research placement scheme has been developed in consultation with UK Research Funders, universities and Doctoral Training Partnerships. The research placements offered through the scheme are opportunities for current PhD students to apply and enhance research skills and expertise outside of Higher Education as part of their wider research training and professional development. They are training and development opportunities to be undertaken within this specific context – and are therefore different to the paid internships or other fixed-term posts that the Library may occasionally make available. See the Application Guidelines for further details and background. Please note that – unlike for an internship or a fixed-term post – the British Library is unable to provide stipends or payment to PhD placement students. It is therefore essential that applicants to the placement scheme obtain the support of their PhD supervisor and Graduate Tutor (or someone in an equivalent senior academic management role) in advance and that, as part of their process, they consult their HEI to ascertain what funding is available to support them. After the interview stage, students who have been offered a placement and are not able to cover the costs through funding from their university or other sources may apply to the Library’s PhD Placement Travel Fund to request help to cover day-to-day commuting expenses or one-off relocation travel costs only. Please note that this Fund is limited and the success of an application to it cannot be guaranteed. To support self-funded and part-time students, most placements can be done on a part-time basis, with some remote working also sometimes possible – see the individual projects for details. *Any questions?* Contact Research.Development(a)bl.uk for all queries or to be added to our placement scheme mailing list. -------------------------------------------- http://openobjects.org.uk/ http://twitter.com/mia_out Check out my book! http://bit.ly/CrowdsourcingOurCulturalHeritage P.S. I mostly use this address for list mail and don't check it daily

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Fwd: VB: 4 yr fully-funded PhD position in Information Studies, Lund University, Sweden
by Jutta Haider 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

4 year fully-funded PhD position in Information Studies (Library and Information Science) at Lund University, Sweden. We are seeking applications for the position of one doctoral student in Information Studies at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden to start 1st September 2018. The PhD program is located at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Humanities. The research environment is dynamic and growing with well-established national and international contacts. A Swedish PhD education lasts four years full-time. It is fully funded including wages, social security and entitlement to benefits. Link to position opening https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what: job/jobID:190100/ Link to further information for applicants: http://www.kultur. lu.se/en/research/forskarutbildning/information-about-vacant-phd-positions- 2018/information-studies-information-for-applicants-to-phd-position/ If you are interested, please contact me for more information: olof.sundin(a)kultur.lu.se Best wishes, Olof .............................. Olof Sundin Professor in Information Studies Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences Lund University, Sweden Tel: +46 46 2220966 <+46%2046%20222%2009%2066> email:olof.sundin@kultur.lu.se Home page: http://www.kultur.lu.se/en/the-department/staff/OlofSundin/ ..............................

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new issue of Javnost + ess(ay) of possible interest
by Charles M. Ess 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Dear AoIRists, As part of a forthcoming special double issue of _Javnost-The Public_, I contributed an essay that is now available online: Democracy and the Internet: A Retrospective doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2017.1418820 a free e-print is available to 50 folk: <http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SDZdtuqpPUpcgxVGwUZG/full> A million thanks to the million or so colleagues and good friends who have made all of this possible. cheers, - charles -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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