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by Laura Pasquini 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

*Hello,* * * *I am writing with regards to the following announcement for a new open, online student-lead journal being produced from my department at the University of North Texas and I am fortunate to be an editor for this coming year. * CALL FOR PAPERS: LPQ, VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 ** The Center for Knowledge Solutions at the Department of Learning Technologies, University of North Texas is proud to announce the first Call for Papers for the inaugural issue of the Learning and Performance Quarterly (LPQ) journal: http://bit.ly/LPquarterly <http://bit.ly/LPquarterly> The Learning and Performance Quarterly (LPQ) is currently accepting submissions for the inaugural issue. We will be welcoming any article submissions that detail the definition, history and evolution of learning and performance in its broadly conceived terms including instructional design, performance improvement, learning innovations, training and development and educational technology for both public and private sectors: http://bit.ly/LPQv1i1. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, February 10, 2012. For detailed submission guidelines and instructions on how to make a submission, please visit Author Guidelines<http://www.d2bb.net/ojs/index.php/LPQ/about/submissions#authorGuidelines>( http://www.d2bb.net/ojs/index.php/LPQ/about/submissions#authorGuidelines) Editors Laura Pasquini and Jeff Allen will gladly answer any questions or concerns regarding submissions via e-mail: LPquarterly(a)gmail.com. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please forward this message to other colleagues and researchers who might be interested in publishing for the Learning and Performance Quarterly journal. Thank you. Kind regards, Laura A. Pasquini, M.S. Ed. Doctoral Student - Department of Learning Technologies, College of Information http://www.unt.edu/ T: 940.369.7637 F: 940.565.4993

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Media systems in South Asia
by nareshchandra 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Hi all, I am a research student at The Robert Gordon University in Scotland. I am currently investigating the practice of citizen journalism in South Asia, mainly the SAARC countries. Does anybody know about upcoming events on citizen journalism from the region this year? Thanks in advance. regards, -naresh -- *Disclaimer(s): * This e-mail or any documents attached with it may be highly private and confidential, and therefore this e-mail should not be handled by the person other than the rightful recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender at rainareshchandra(a)gmail.com. Thank you for your co-operation.

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Journal of Information Policy
by Richard Taylor 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Colleagues, With apologies for cross-postings. The Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org) is celebrating one year online! The recent posting of Eli Noam article "Let Them Eat Cellphones: Why Mobile Wireless is No Solution for Broadband" (http://jip.vmhost.psu.edu/ojs/index.php/jip/article/view/64/43) marked the completion of the first volume of the Journal of Information Policy, a publication of the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, supported by a generous grant made by the Ford Foundation. Since its launch on February 17, 2011 the Journal has published 16 peer-reviewed research articles, 5 essays, 2 conference reports, and 6 book reviews, for a total of 485 pages. Authors span the globe, coming from 10 countries, with 39 reviewers from 13 countries. Involvement in the Journal reflects its original goals: among the authors are some of the leading scholars in information policy studies as well as a number of up and coming new voices; it is a diverse slate of scholars; and while the topics covered are timely, all papers were subjected to a rigorous double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers. So far, 32 articles have been submitted for peer review and some are still making their way through the process. In its first year, the Journal's workshops have drawn growing attention and have been conducted with a growing network of collaborators, for which we are grateful: The New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University and the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The Journal's online presence has contributed to its near-immediate recognition as a respected outlet for information policy scholarship. By the end of December, its website had 2,855 unique visitors from 75 countries, with 20,861 page views and 2,725 downloads. We have just signed an agreement with Proquest to carry the Journal's papers in its database. This early recognition by a respected database adds to the other indexing services through which interested parties can search for the Journal's articles: CrossRef, DOAJ and LOCKSS. Perhaps most gratifying has been the Journal's recognition as one of two outlets for selected papers coming out of TPRC, a partnership to continue in 2012. Speaking of the future, we are currently heavily involved in the process of putting together a special issue on "New Media, New ICTs and Democracy," and the special TPRC issue. We are looking forward to the workshop and subsequent issue on "The End of the Telephone System," which will be our third issue for 2012, to be published in the fall. We encourage all to submit timely studies on information policy to the Journal through our online submission system (www.jip-online.org) Best wishes, Amit M. Schejter and Richard D. Taylor, Editors Benjamin W. Cramer, Managing Editor

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Extension CFP: 2012 Digital Government Society Conference
by Andrea Kavanaugh 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Dear Colleagues: We have received numerous requests from authors to extend the due date for papers and panels for the 2012 Digital Government Society conference (details and CFP below). We are therefore extending the deadline by one week. Please do submit your papers by the new dates so that we can meet conference deadlines. We look forward to receiving your paper and panel submissions by no later than Friday, February 3, 2012. CFP The 2012 Digital Government Society Conference (dg.o 2012) marks the 13th annual conference, and will take place at the University of Maryland College Park June 4-7, 2012. The conference will bring together e-Government researchers and practitioners to explore cutting edge research and best practices regarding e-Government initiatives. Accepted papers are published in the ACM Proceedings Digital Library, and selected papers will appear in leading journals such as Government Information Quarterly; Transforming Government: People, Process, and Policy; Information Policy; and the International Journal of E-Planning Research. Each year the conference combines: Presentations of effective partnerships and collaborations among government professionals and agencies, university researchers, relevant businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the practice of e-Government. Presentations and discussions on new research on e-Government as an interdisciplinary domain that lies at the intersections of information technology research, social and behavioral science research, and the challenges and missions of government. Practice regarding e-Government projects, implementations, and initiatives that bring together the research and practitioner communities, demonstrate the effectiveness and/or challenges of e-Government, and offer best practices. Governments today face unprecedented opportunities and challenges. New technologies provide governments with the opportunity to redefine the relationship between government and the public that they serve, create innovative public services, provide customer-focused services, encourage transparency, promote participatory democracy, facilitate the co-design of services, form new partnerships in service delivery, streamline operations and reduce costs, and build trust in government. But harnessing and implementing technologies effectively raise a number of policy, technology, and governance challenges. This year, the conference program will focus on the ways governments and the e-Government research community can work collaboratively to leverage information and communication technologies as part of innovative and dynamic approaches to creating and implementing high quality, efficient, and effective e-Government. Research, practice, and collaboration submissions addressing this theme could include but are not limited to: social media and public participation in digital government; effective use of social media by governments; crowd sourcing for government decision making; transformative government; open and transparent government; models of collaboration among government, industry, NGOs, and citizens; data integration, visualizations, and analytics for government decision making; agile and flexible government; financial/economic/social policy making; government productivity and effectiveness; service quality and customer-centric e-Government; social and health infrastructure; global government collaboration models and practices; infrastructure for data sharing among government agencies; computing infrastructure models, cyber-security and project management; IT-enabled government management and operations, and interest in program execution; IT and tools to support government security; and methods to measure and evaluate success in e-Government. In addition, we welcome submissions from the broader domain of e-Government research. We invite completed research papers, papers describing management and practice, policy, and case studies, student research papers, on-going research posters, and live demonstrations that demonstrate the use of technology to promote innovative e-Government services. We particularly encourage submissions on interdisciplinary and crosscutting topics. We also encourage the submission of suggestions for panels, and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. More specific conference details are below. Kind regards, John Carlo Bertot, Conference Chair Luis Luna Reyes and Sehl Mellouli, Program Chairs Jing Zhang and Soon Ae Chun, Workshop and Tutorials Chairs Teresa Harrison, Panel Chair Gabriel Puron Cid, Poster and Demo Chair Sharon Dawes, Björn Niehaves, and Jochen Scholl, Doctoral Colloquium Chairs 13th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2012) Bridging Research and Practice University of Maryland, College Park MD Monday– Thursday, June 4-7, 2012 Website: http://dgo2012.dgsna.org General inquiries: dgo2012(a)easychair.org Paper submissions: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2012 Doctoral Colloquium information: http://www.dgo2012.dgsna.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1… Important Dates: February 3, 2012 Papers, workshop, tutorial, and panel proposals due March 1, 2012 Doctoral colloquium papers due March 11, 2012 Paper, doctoral colloquium, workshop, tutorial, and panel acceptance notifications Mar 18, 2012 Poster and demo proposals due Mar 30, 2012 Camera-ready manuscripts due April 1, 2012 Doctoral colloquium acceptance notifications April 6, 2012 Poster and demo acceptance notifications May 4, 2012 Early registration closes Jun 4-7, 2012 dg.o 2012 conference ************************************************************************* John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D. Professor and Co-Director Information Policy & Access Center College of Information Studies University of Maryland 4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing College Park, MD 20742 Email: jbertot(a)umd.edu Web (Bertot): http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~jbertot/ Web (Center): http://ipac.umd.edu Phone: 301.405.3267 Fax: 301.314.9145 Editor, Library Quarterly (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/lq/current) Editor, Government Information Quarterly (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf/)

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Call for Participation: IIPC web archiving conference
by Taylor, Nicholas A. 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Call for participation: Please respond by February 28, 2012 The Broad Value of Web Archives: Demonstrated Use Libraries, archives, and other organizations have been systematically collecting web archives for over 10 years, namely in the service of cultural heritage. Content archived from the web has a multitude of uses. Commercial web archiving services are emerging to meet legal and business requirements. Data is scraped from the web and analyzed for media or academic research. Any topic can be studied on the internet and content published on the web in any given day is a unique reflection of the world. Experts from around the world will gather in Washington, DC to hold an open conference to explore the broad value of web archives. The conference is sponsored by the International Internet Preservation Consortium, which is holding its General Assembly at the Library of Congress. The IIPC is seeking presentations from a wide variety of organizations from sectors that are saving and using archival content from the web. The goal is to expose the audience to how rich and valuable the web is as a resource and reveal some unexpected uses for web archives. Possible topics include: * web archives used in legal discovery or for legal compliance * web archives in personal collections, i.e. personal archiving * web archives used in data mining * web archives for legal deposit * web archives used in corporate or organizational archives * web archives used for game or community preservation * citizen archivists and crowdsourcing for web archives * projects that use old web content that was not harvested through Heritrix If you are interested in participating in this conference, please send a short paragraph or two describing the project you would like to present to Abigail Potter, IIPC Communications Officer, abpo(a)loc.gov by February 28, 2012. The agenda for the conference will be announced by March 15, 2012. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Abigail at the above email address.

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Call for participation - IIPC web archiving confernce
by Potter, Abigail 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Call for participation: Please respond by February 28, 2012 The Broad Value of Web Archives: Demonstrated Use Libraries, archives and other organizations have been systematically collecting web archives for over 10 years, namely in the service of cultural heritage. Content archived from the web has a multitude of uses. Commercial web archiving services are emerging to meet legal and business requirements. Data is scraped from the web and analyzed for media or academic research. Any topic can be studied on the internet and content published on the web in any given day is unique reflection of the world. Experts from around the world will gather in Washington, DC to hold an open conference to explore the broad value of web archives. The conference is sponsored by the International Internet Preservation Consortium which is holding its General Assembly at the Library of Congress. The IIPC is seeking presentations from a wide variety of organizations from sectors that are saving and using archival content from the web. The goal is to expose the audience to how rich and valuable the web is as a resource and reveal some unexpected uses for web archives. Possible topics include: * web archives used in legal discovery or for legal compliance * web archives in personal collections, i.e. personal archiving * web archives used in data mining * web archives for legal deposit * web archives used in corporate or organizational archives * web archives used for game or community preservation * citizen archivists and crowdsourcing for web archives * projects that use old web content that was not harvested through Heritrix If you are interested in participating in this conference please send a short paragraph or two describing the project you would like to present to Abigail Potter, IIPC Communications Officer, abpo(a)loc.gov<mailto:abpo@loc.gov> by February 28, 2012. The agenda for the conference will be announced by March 15, 2012. If you have any questions about the event please contact Abigail at the above email address.

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Feminst review launch - re blogging
by Kate O'Riordan 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view<http://links.info.palgrave.com/servlet/MailView?ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMx…>. [The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online] You are warmly invited to the feminist review launch event for Issue 99: Media Transformations Wednesday 15th February 2012 Silverstone Building Room 309 - University of Sussex<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=11&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTM…> Chaired by issue editors Lizzie Thynne and Nadje Al-Ali, this launch event for the latest special issue of Feminist Review<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=1&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTMS…> includes a discussion between Sima Shakhsari (University of Houston, Texas) and Gholam Khiabany (Sussex) on 'Gender and neo-liberal entrepreneurship in blogs from the Iranian diaspora.' Discussion begins at 2.45 pm preceded by lunch at 1pm and a screening of Blogger's War (Dir. Farid Haerinejad, CBC, 2005) at 1:45pm. We are delighted to offer Shaktari's controversial article from this special issue, 'Weblogistan goes to war: representational practices, gendered soldiers and neoliberal entrepreneurship in diaspora'<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=13&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTM…> to read and download FOR FREE from the Feminist Review website until the end of January 2012. This event is supported by Feminist Review and the Sussex Centres for Material Digital Culture and for Life History and Life Writing Research. This event is FREE to attend, but please register with Sarah Maddox at S.Maddox(a)sussex.ac.uk<mailto:s.maddox@sussex.ac.uk?subject=Feminist%20Review%20launch>. Yours sincerely, [SMcsignature] Samantha MacIntosh 01256 302667 s.macintosh(a)palgrave.com<mailto:s.macintosh@palgrave.com?subject=Feminist%20Review> [Feminist Review]<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=9&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTMS…> [Subscribe]<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=14&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTM…> [Sign up for e-alerts]<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=15&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTM…> [Library Recommendation]<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=3&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTMS…> [Feminist Review on Facebook] <http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=8&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTMS…> Introducing Palgrave Connect - offering access to over7,000 ebooks in the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business. Click here to view our online demo today<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=4&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTMS…> [Palgrave Macmillan symbol] If you prefer not to receive e-mail updates from Palgrave Macmillan click here to opt out.<http://links.info.palgrave.com/servlet/OneClickOptOutServlet?m=38553012&r=M…> Alternatively, please write to Customer Services, Palgrave Macmillan, Brunel Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. This e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or one of its agents. Please note that neither Macmillan Publshers Limited nor any of its agents accept any responsibility for viruses that may be contained in this e-mail or its attachments and it is your responsibility to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any). No contracts may be concluded on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Ltd or its agents by means of e-mail communication. Macmillan Publishers Limited Registered in England and Wales with registered number 785998 Registered Office Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS Contact us<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=6&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTMS…> Privacy<http://links.info.palgrave.com/ctt?kn=10&ms=Mzg1NTMwMTIS1&r=MTU0NDMxNTczNTM…>

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connexions journal: submission of manuscripts for Issue 1(1) – just 5 days left!
by rosario durao 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

My apologies for cross-postings __________________________ Dear Colleague, Just 5 days left, and *connexions* is looking forward to receiving your 400-500 word position papers and literature reviews for its inaugural issue on *International Professional Communication: yesterday ‹ today › tomorrow*. Your contribution as a practicing professional, academic, or student is vitally important - you will be charting the field of international professional communication! To participate, please send your manuscripts to editor(a)connexionsjournal.org, until* January 31, 2012*. The Call for Papers is available *online*<http://connexionsjournal.org/call-for-papers/> . Thank you, Rosário Durão Editor editor(a)connexionsjournal.org connexionsjournal.org ***********************************

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Fwd: [ciresearchers] FW: 40th Annual TPRC Call for Papers Announcement
by gene loeb 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hi all, just forwarding this interesting conference. Gene ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: gene loeb <geneloeb(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:17 PM Subject: Fwd: [ciresearchers] FW: 40th Annual TPRC Call for Papers Announcement To: Maiga Chang <Maiga.Chang(a)gmail.com> Maiga, Is this something that would interest you? us. Gene ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: michael gurstein <gurstein(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:42 AM Subject: [ciresearchers] FW: 40th Annual TPRC Call for Papers Announcement To: ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net, cracin-canada(a)vancouvercommunity.net, ci-research-sa(a)vcn.bc.ca Cc: pierredv(a)hotmail.com ** ** ** *From:* TPRC [mailto:verinder@erols.com] *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:11 AM *To:* 'Laura Verinder' *Subject:* 40th Annual TPRC Call for Papers Announcement**** ** ** TPRC, the 40th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, is an annual conference on communication, information and internet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinary researchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. Its purpose is to present original research relevant to policy making, share information about areas where research is needed, and engage in discussion on current policy issues. The conference program consists of presentations selected from submitted paper abstracts, student papers, and proposals for panels, tutorials, and demonstrations.**** ** ** TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers, proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations, and student papers for presentation at the 2012 conference, to be held September 21-23, 2012 at the George Mason University Law School, in Arlington, Virginia. These presentations should report current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy. **** ** ** Contributions may be from any disciplinary perspective – the sole criterion is research quality. Topic areas in previous conferences have included competition, antitrust, and other market issues; broadband deployment and adoption; spectrum and wireless application policy; media, old and new; intellectual property, technology, and Internet law; privacy, security, identity and trust; governance and institutions; innovation and entrepreneurship; and distributional outcomes and social goals.**** ** ** Submission opens on March 1, 2012 at http://www.tprc.org. The deadlines are:**** ** ** March 31, 2012: Main conference abstracts, and proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations. Acceptances/rejections will be provided by May 31, 2012. Complete papers for accepted abstracts will be due to TPRC on August 15, 2012. **** ** ** April 30, 2012: Student papers. The student paper competition requires submission of completed papers rather than abstracts. Acceptances/rejections will be provided by June 30, 2012. **** ** ** Details about submission requirements and review criteria can be found on these web pages:**** ** ** Conference Papers<http://www.tprcweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210> **** Panels and Tutorials<http://www.tprcweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211> **** Demonstrations<http://www.tprcweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=212> **** Student Paper Competition<http://www.tprcweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=213> **** ** ** The journals Telecommunications Policy and Journal on Information Policy will both invite papers for special issues from this year’s conference. **** ** ** Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors:**** * * *Host: *George Mason University School of Law**** *Platinum: *Comcast**** *Gold: *U.S. Telecom Association; Google**** *Silver: *Time Warner Cable**** *Bronze: *Georgetown U./Communication, Culture & Technology Program; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; Sprint**** ** ** *Academic: *The Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at Michigan State University <http://www.quello.msu.edu>; The Public Policy Research Center at the University of Florida<http://bear.warrington.ufl.edu/centers/pprc/>; The Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida<http://warrington.ufl.edu/purc/>; Syracuse University School of Information Studies; University of Pennsylvania Law School - Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition* *** ** ** *Contributing Sponsor: *The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies* *** ** ** Please address inquiries to info(a)tprc.org.**** ** **

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Histories of Public Service Broadcasters on the Web
by Niels Brügger 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

NEW EDITED VOLUME Histories of Public Service Broadcasters on the Web Burns, Maureen / Brügger, Niels (eds.), Peter Lang, New York, 2012 This edited volume details multiple and dynamic histories of relations between public service broadcasters and the World Wide Web. What does it mean to be a national broadcaster in a global communications environment? What are the commercial and public service pressures that were brought to bear when public service broadcasters implemented web services? How did «one-to-many» broadcasters adapt to the «many-to-many» medium of the internet? The thematic organisation of this collection addresses such major issues, while each chapter offers a particular historical account of relations between public service broadcasters and the World Wide Web. Read more about the volume at Peter Lang's website: www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seite… Best, Niels Brügger NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Research Department of Information and Media Studies Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark

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