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Personal E-reputation (inquiry)
by ????? ?????? 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Aoir's, I am a student at Bar Ilan University (Israel) looking for resources on e-reputation, especially in online discussions. I thought I might find in this list some research on this subject. Thank you, Yohanan Ouaknine MA student, Information studies, BIU

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International Conf on Weblogs & Social Media (ICWSM-11) Call for Papers
by danah boyd 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Preliminary Call for Papers ICWSM 2011 Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-11) July 17-21 2011 • Barcelona, Spain Collocated with IJCAI-11 Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICWSM 2011, will be held on July 17-21, 2011 in Barcelona (Spain) and will be collocated with IJCAI 2011. The International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media is a unique forum that brings together researchers from the disciplines in computer science, linguistics, communication, and the social sciences. The broad goal of ICWSM is to increase understanding of social media in all its incarnations. Submissions describing research that blends social science and technology are especially encouraged. Though this conference is relatively new, it has become one of the premier venues for social scientists and technologists to gather and discuss cutting-edge research in Social Media. This is largely due to a typical acceptance rate of 20% for full-length research papers and support from Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). For ICWSM 2011, in addition to the usual program of contributed technical talks, tutorials and invited presentations, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent social scientists and technologists. This year, for the first time, we will be expanding our workshop program and are planning an additional workshop day in addition to the usual tutorial and main conference. We have a received a number of exciting workshop proposals already and are looking forward to receiving many more. Also, since we will be collocating with IJCAI (for more details on IJCAI 2011 see http://ijcai-11.iiia.csic.es/) there will be opportunities to connect with people in that community both formally and informally (joint social event is in the planning!). DISCIPLINES • Computational Linguistics/NLP • Text Mining/Data Mining • Psychology • Sociology (including Social Network Analysis) • Anthropology, Communications, Media Studies • Visualization • Political Science • Computational Social Science • HCI • Economics • Graph theory, concrete analysis and simulation of graphical models MEDIA • Weblogs, including comments • Social Networking Sites • Microblogs • Wikis (wikipedia) • Forums, usenet • Community media sites: youtube, flickr TOPICS INCLUDE • Psychological, personality-based and ethnographic studies of social media • Analyzing the relationship between social media and mainstream media • Qualitative and quantitative studies of social media • Centrality/influence of social media publications and authors • Ranking/relevance of blogs; web page ranking based on blogs • Social network analysis; communities identification; expertise and authority discovery; collaborative filtering • Trust; reputation; recommendation systems • Human computer interaction; social media tools; navigation and visualization • Subjectivity in textual data; sentiment analysis; polarity/opinion identification and extraction • Text categorization; topic recognition; demographic/gender/age identification • Trend identification and tracking; time series forecasting; measuring predictability of phenomena based on social media • New social media applications; interfaces; interaction techniques KEYNOTES Sinan Aral, Stern Business School, NYU Manuel Castells University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication [Tentative] SUBMISSION People interested in participating should submit through the ICWSM-11 website a technical paper (up to 8 pages, not including references), poster or demo description (up to 4 pages) by the deadlines given above (Midnight PST). Papers must be must be formatted in AAAI two-column, camera-ready style (see the AAAI author instructions page athttp://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php) Details for the submission procedure will appear at the conference website:http://icwsm.org in December 2010. SUBMISSIONS TO OTHER CONFERENCES OR JOURNALS ICWSM-11 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or conference. This restriction does not apply to submissions for workshops and other venues with a limited audience. REGISTRATION All accepted papers and extended abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author must register for the conference by the deadline for camera-ready copy submission. In addition, the registered author must attend the conference to present the paper in person. PUBLICATION All accepted papers and abstracts will be allocated eight (8) pages in the conference proceedings. Authors will be required to transfer copyright of their paper to AAAI. DATA CHALLENGE ICWSM-11 will once again hold a data challenge featuring a freely-available dataset and a half-day workshop at the conference. Details will be posted on the conference website. CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://www.icwsm.org/2011/ For general information regarding ICWSM-11, please write to icwsm11(a)aaai.org. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chairs Nicolas Nicolov (Microsoft) James G. Shanahan (Independent Consultant) Program Committee Area Chairs Lada Adamic (University of Michigan) Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Yahoo Research) Scott Counts (Microsoft Research) Local Chairs Alex Jaimes (Yahoo! Labs) Ricard Ruiz de Querol, (Barcelona Media Innovation Centre) Sponsorship Chairs Ron Kass (Pidgin Technologies) Data Challenge Chair Ian Soboroff Demo Chair Ido Guy (IBM Reseach) Publicity Chairs danah boyd (Microsoft Research) Tutorial Chair John Breslin (NUI Galway) Webmaster Ritesh Agrawal (AT&T Interactive) Webdesigner Disco Gerdes (Mutual Mobile) VENUE Barcelona, Spain STUDENT AWARDS We will be providing a limited number of student awards to help cover the cost of travel, subsistence, and registration to the ICWSM 2011 conference. Details will be posted on the conference website. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission: January 31, 2011 Full Paper Submission: February 7, 2011 Notification of Acceptance March 18, 2011 Camera Ready Due: April 4, 2011 Conference, Barcelona, July 17-20, 2011 Data Workshop Paper Submission: March 22, 2011 Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification: April 8, 2011 Tutorial Proposal Submission: February 18, 2011 Tutorial Acceptance: March 4, 2011 Workshop Proposal Submission: January 7, 2011 Workshop Acceptance: January 18, 2011 Workshop Paper Submission: March 22, 2011 Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification: April 8, 2011

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Online research and Human Research Ethics
by Kirsty Young 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hello I am currently writing a chapter to contribute to a book focused on ethics and adolescents and my focus is research of online spaces. I am also a representative on my University's Human Research Ethics Committee, a committee which seeks guidance on the appropriate evaluation of research applications investigating online spaces. As the ethical issues surrounding online research are of continued debate I wondered if anyone may be able to share their current institutional/organisational guidelines on these issues and/or recent research or discussion papers. I am particularly interested in guidelines/papers prepared post-2008. If not already established, I would be happy to set up a resource space for us to collate and access emerging knowledge in this area. Kind regards Kirsty Dr Kirsty Young (PhD) Senior Lecturer Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences University of Technology Sydney PO Box 222 Lindfield NSW 2070 http://kirstyyoung.squarespace.com 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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CFP: Personal Digital Archiving 2011
by Smiljana Antonijevic 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Call for Participation Personal Digital Archiving 2011 February 24 & 25, 2011 The Internet Archive, San Francisco http://personalarchiving.com We are pleased to announce that the Personal Digital Archiving 2011 Conference is now open for participation. We welcome proposals for session topics and speakers, as well as volunteers to help us organize and serve on site. Conference sessions will be selected by an international peer review panel that includes: Ben Gross, Highlands Group Brewster Kahle, The Internet Archive Cal Lee, University of North Carolina Cathy Marshall, Microsoft Research Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Elizabeth Churchill, Yahoo! Research Jeff Ubois, The Bassetti Foundation Jeremy John, The British Library Relevant themes include but are not limited to family photographs and home movies; personal health and financial data; interface design for archives; scrap booking; social network data; institutional practices; genealogy; email, blogs and other correspondence; and funding models. Conference presentations will be 15-20 minutes in length. If you wish to submit an abstract for the conference, please email topics(a)personalarchiving.com with: * title of your project, paper or presentation * a 150-300 word abstract * a brief biography (a few sentences) Deadline for abstracts: 24 December, 2010. Notification of acceptance: 5 January, 2011. Late submissions will be considered on an individual basis. ---- Topics for discussion >From family photographs and personal papers to health and financial information, vital personal records are becoming digital. Creation and capture of digital information has become a part of the daily routine for hundreds of millions of people. But what are the long-term prospects for this data? The combination of new capture devices (more than 1 billion camera phones will be sold in 2010) and new types of media are reshaping both our personal and collective memories. Personal collections are growing in size and complexity. As these collections spread across different media (including film and paper!), we are redrawing the lines between personal and professional data, and published and unpublished information. For individuals, institutions, investors, entrepreneurs, and funding agencies thinking about how best to address these issues, Personal Digital Archiving 2011 will clarify the technical, social, economic questions around personal archiving. Presentations will include contemporary solutions to archiving problems that attendees may replicate for their own collections, and address questions such as • What new social norms around preservation, access, and disclosure are emerging? • Do libraries, museums, and archives have a new responsibility to collect digital personal materials? • What is the relationship of personal health information and quantified self data to personal archives? • How can we cope with the intersection between personal data and collective or social data that is personal? • How can we manage the shift from simple text-based data to rich media such as movies in personal collections? • What tools and services are needed to better enable self-archiving? • What are viable existing economic models that can support personal archives? What new economic models should we evaluate? • What are the long-term rights management issues? Are there unrecognized stakeholders we should begin to account for now? • Can we better anticipate (and measure) losses of personal material? • What are the options for cultural heritage institutions that want to preserve the personal collections of citizens and scholars, creators and actors? • What are the projects we can commit to in the coming year? Whether the answers to these questions are framed in terms of personal archiving, lifestreams, personal digital heritage, preserving digital lives, scrapbooking, or managing intellectual estates, they present major challenges for both individuals and institutions: data loss is a nearly universal experience, whether it is due to hardware failure, obsolescence, user error, lack of institutional support, or any one of many other reasons. Some of these losses may not matter; but the early work of the Nobel prize winners of the 2030s is likely to be digital today, and therefore at risk in ways that previous scientific and literary creations were not. And it isn’t just Nobel winners that matter: the lives of all of us will be preserved in ways not previously possible. Background In February, 2010, more than 60 people met at the Internet Archive to explore common concerns about personal digital archiving. Attendees included representatives from UC Berkeley, Stanford, UNC, UT Austin, the University of Illinois, and Oxford University; Microsoft, Yahoo (Labs, and Flickr), Google, and Amazon (S3); the Smithsonian, the Magnes Museum; Xerox PARC; the Center for Home Movies, the California Digital Library, Family Search, and the Coalition for Networked Information. Support was provided by the Internet Archive, the Bassetti Foundation, and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. Videos of the 2010 conference sessions are up at http://www.personalarchiving.com/conference2010/, and detailed notes on the conference are at http://www.personalarchiving.com/2010/02/conference-notes/ . Several projects discussed in 2010 have progressed, and we'll have some reports on these: - a showcase of interface designs for personal collections - cost modeling for personal archives - guidelines for AV archives interested in preserving amateur film - small scale endowments for storage that can allow individuals to preserve their materials inside leading institutions The conference fee is $95 for attendees from non-commercial institutions and $195 for attendees from commercial organizations. Scholarships and early bird discounts are available. Registration and other conference information is available at http://personalarchiving.com.

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Sharqiyya - a new E-journal - Volume 1, No. 1
by Shai Zohar 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Dear Colleague, The Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel (MEISAI) and the Middle East and African History Department at Tel Aviv University are happy to launch a new E-Journal for Middle Eastern Studies, called Sharqiyya. We plan to publish the the E-Journal twice a year; the first issue can already be downloaded from the following link: Edited by graduate students and supervised by faculty, Sharqiyya is a somewhat different kind of publication, featuring 3-4 articles per issue (about 3,000 words each), plus sections on the Internet, cinema, satire, and poetics. In the words of the Editors: Sharqiyya is unique in that it draws on contributions by faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars, who all share a passion for Middle Eastern histories and cultures, and whose work is informed by first-hand knowledge of the region's languages and sources. The Editorial Board invites contributors from around the world and the MENA region to offer us short articles in English for publication in Sharqiyya. All submissions must be sent to the Editors by email at sharqiya(a)post.tau.ac.il. Please feel free to comment or make suggestions in order to improve the journal. Link to the download page: http://www.meisai.org.il/content/view/94/102/

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Call for Papers: Gender, Sexuality, Information: A Reader
by Becca Dean 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

*Call for Papers Gender, Sexuality, Information: A Reader* While information needs and behavior have become a central research concern in library and information studies, the particularities of gender and sexuality have yet to be centered in the field. Bringing queer and feminist theories into conversation with current LIS research, Gender, Sexuality, Information: A Reader addresses this gap, gathering existing research along with new scholarship on the intersection of gender and sexuality and information use. Contributors address a range of concerns, including paradigms of information needs and behavior research, methodological challenges, and current approaches to assessing and meeting LGBTQ and women's information needs. Responding to emergent critiques of positivism and behaviorism in LIS scholarship, this collection also seeks to trouble what we think we mean when we talk about gender and sex, as well as "information" and "behavior," as settled, stable constructs. *Critical and Interdisciplinary Focus* Current work in disciplines as diverse as legal theory, literary criticism, design, anthropology, and technology studies exercise a profound impact on LIS research. At the same time, the somewhat nebulous sub-disciplines within our field, such as information seeking behavior, information structures, archival studies, museology, information retrieval, and information policy, have been connected by researchers in new and innovative ways. LIS scholarship has also sought in recent years to challenge traditional approaches and suggest new directions for research into the purposes, practices, phenomenon, and organization of information. This reader serves as a comprehensive multidisciplinary anthology where different epistemologies and methodologies meet. It offers a timely and reasoned contribution to feminist and queer LIS research and promotes perspectives that can serve the cause of social justice. *Possible topics* Manuscripts can cover a range of topics, both professional and theoretical. The editors strongly encourage submissions concerning the intersection of gender and sexuality with race, ethnicity, religion, and socio-economics. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: cataloging and classification, assessing user needs, information behavior, alternative social science methods, records management, preservation, documentation, oral history, collection development, curatorship, digital libraries and archives, Internet studies, human-computer interaction, sexual health, sex positive perspectives, activist or oppositional new media, informatics, queer or feminist zines, web design and digital aesthetics, computer coding, digital humanities, censorship and intellectual freedom, information technology policy, children and young adult services, international and comparative LIS issues, grant writing, administration and management, and history of the book and publishing. *Submission Guidelines* The editors encourage practitioners, activists, and both established and emerging scholars to submit manuscripts by September 1, 2011. Manuscripts should rage from 5,000-8,000 words and use the Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago University Press, 2010). Manuscripts should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) to gsireader.submissions(a)gmail.com. *About the editors* Rebecca Dean and Patrick Keilty are PhD candidates in information studies with a concentration in women's studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. *Contact* UCLA Department of Information Studies GSE&IS Building, Box 951520 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520 Phone: (310) 825-8799 Dean's email: becdean[at]gmail[dot]com Keilty's email: pkeilty[at]gmail[dot]com For more information, please visit http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/fliers/gender_reader.pdf. -- REBECCA DEAN PhD Candidate | Department of Information Studies, UCLA | 213.810.6740 | becdean(a)gmail.com

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Fw: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Talk about the Surveillance State Going to New Extremes. Well, the Ring is Kinda Subversive. This is Not a Hoaz: one of my Oldest and Dearest Friends received this. 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 _______________________________________________________________________ From: Kelly Christ To: Kelly Christ Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:38 PM Subject: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers Dear Opera League Volunteers, We are so grateful for the efforts and passion that you put forth as you spread your love and knowledge of opera, especially to children and youth. In order to continue this outreach to young people, LA Opera now requires that any volunteer who works with children or youth on behalf of LA Opera or the Opera League gets fingerprinted and TB-tested whether you work with children at schools, in the community or here at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. To this purpose, we are having a fingerprinting vendor come to campus on Monday, November 29th from 9:30-11:30am in Rehearsal Room 2 on the 4th floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Even if you have fingerprints on file with another agency, you must be fingerprinted again for our programs. The cost to the volunteer is $71 and you can pay at that time by cash, money orders, cashier checks or business checks payable to Federal Fingerprinting, Inc. They do not accept personal checks or credit cards. At this time, you will need to fill out the attached "Live Scan Form" (copies will be available in the rehearsal room). You will also need to bring a valid government-issued ID. To participate in the fingerprinting service, please RSVP to Kelly Christ in Human Resources by email (kchrist(a)laopera.com) or telephone (213.972.3140) by Wednesday, November 24th at 12 noon. We have also made contact with US Healthworks who will be providing TB skin tests at the cost of $20 to volunteers. To get TB tested you can visit any of their Los Angeles area clinics. You just need to walk-in during that clinic's regular hours and present them with the attached "US Healthworks TB Authorization Form." They will give you the test and require that you visit them again in 3 days time for a reading. The US Healthworks downtown clinic is located at 1313 West 8th Street Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90017. They are open from Monday through Friday from 7:00am - 4:00pm and on Saturday from 7:00am - 1:00pm. If necessary, you can reach them at (213) 401-1970. Please note that there may be a clinic closer to your home. To find a clinic near you, you can visit their website at www.ushealthworks.com. Next click, "Find a Medical Center" and select "California" from the drop-down menu. You can then enter your address and click "Search." Now click on the location nearest to you and their address, office hours, contact numbers and more information will be at your fingertips. You may also visit your own doctor for a TB test. Be sure to send written evidence that you tested negative to LA Opera's Human Resources Department (Attn: Kelly Christ, LA Opera, 135 North Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012). If you tested negative within the past six months, you may send that written evidence to LA Opera HR instead. Please note that if you choose not to get fingerprinted or TB tested you can still volunteer for many LA Opera and Opera League activities. However, as of December 1st, 2010, LA Opera and the Opera League will only assign volunteers to make school visits or participate in other activities involving children to those volunteers who have completed these new requirements. You will be eligible for assignments involving children as soon as: a.. You have been fingerprinted by our vendor (and cleared with California's Dept. of Justice and the FBI) b.. AND you have provided LA Opera's HR department with proof of a negative TB test If you are not able to complete these tasks before December 1st, you will be eligible to volunteer in activities involving children just as soon as these tasks are finalized. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Christ in LA Opera Human Resources by email (kchrist(a)laopera.com) or telephone (213.972.3140). Thanks again for giving so much of your time, energy and spirit to young people on behalf of LA Opera! Best, Kelly Kelly Christ Human Resources and Operations Administrator 135 North Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 T: 213 972 3140 | F: 213 972 3082 | W: www.laopera.com

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Re: [Air-L] Fw: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers (fwd)
by Monica Murero 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Most of our '800 Italian Opera masterpieces are pretty "revolutionary" indeed :-) I think that identifying people lecturing to kids is a correct practice for crime prevention etc. That said, Health-tests and body scan for security purposes, fingerprints vendors etc. are growing "new" businesses these days. I wonder about TB skin test and fingerprints requirements -- these sound even more extreme when one reads them from Europe ! Talking about effectiveness of measures, a positive TB skin scan does not mean anything - most medical doctors are TB+ - only a chest X-ray determine current TB activity. What if a volunteer expert on Opera would have lectured in a virtual environment, accessing kids' profile information ? What measures would be required to lecture to kids in an online Opera class? Monica -------- Monica Murero , Ph.D. AoIR Exec, 2003-2009; AoIR Treasurer, 2005-2009 AoIR Lifetime Member Director E-Life International Institute Associate Professor in Politics of e-Government and in Sociology of New Technology University Federico II, Italy Consultant, World Health Organization http://it.linkedin.com/pub/monica-murero-ph-d/16/52/606 Il giorno 20/nov/10, alle ore 19:08, Barry Wellman ha scritto: > Don't understand how lecturing to a classroom of kids for an hour on > Tosca is working in close proximity. > Although Tosca is subversive. As is Nabucco. > > 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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U. of Illinois Digital Divide TV Nov 20-27
by Brian Zelip 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

[please post] The digital divide is not binary, but complex, and many sectors in society need to be heard from in order to understand this phenomenon to overcome it. Eight lectures examining digital divides in college sports, social work, the unemployment line, libraries, broadband, neighborhoods and more will be streaming online starting November 20 and ending with an 8-hour marathon on November 27. Each lecture is an hour long. Stream the lectures at http://www.media.illinois.edu/service/ui7live.html SAT NOV 20 9am: DIGITAL DIVIDES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, presented by members of the Univ of Illinois Football Video Team 10am: HISTORICAL DIGITAL DIVIDES: DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR THE EARLY PLATO COMPUTER SYSTEM, presented by Dr. Peter Braunfeldt , Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Univ of Illinois SUN NOV 21 1pm: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, presented by Adrian Kok, Associate Professor of Social Work, Dominican University, Chicago 2pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY, presented by Deb Aggertt, Reference Outreach Coordinator, Illinois State Library MON NOV 22 10pm: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, presented by Adrian Kok, Associate Professor of Social Work, Dominican University, Chicago TUE NOV 23 11am: DIGITAL DIVIDES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, presented by members of the Univ of Illinois Football Video Team 12pm: HISTORICAL DIGITAL DIVIDES: DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR THE EARLY PLATO COMPUTER SYSTEM, presented by Dr. Peter Braunfeldt , Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Univ of Illinois WED NOV 24 6am: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY, presented by Deb Aggertt, Reference Outreach Coordinator, Illinois State Library SAT NOV 27 (LECTURE MARATHON) 4pm:BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE U. OF ILLINOIS LIBRARIES, presented by Beth Sandore, Assoc Univ Librarian for IT Planning and Policy, Assoc Dean of Libraries, and Professor of Library Administration, Univ of Illinois 5pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG THE UNEMPLOYED, presented by Brian Bell, Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant Coordinator, Computer Science and Information Technology Dept, Parkland College 6pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDES IN ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES: LITERACY, LIFE SKILLS AND DIGITAL INCLUSION, presented by Frances Roehm, SkokieNet Librarian and Community Liaison, Skokie Public Library 7pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITH FEDERAL BTOP BROADBAND CONSTRUCTION: UC2B, presented by Mike Smeltzer, Director of Networking and Acting Director of Physical Infrastructure, Univ of Illinois 8pm: DIGITAL DIVIDES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, presented by members of the Univ of Illinois Football Video Team 9pm: HISTORICAL DIGITAL DIVIDES: DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR THE EARLY PLATO COMPUTER SYSTEM, presented by Dr. Peter Braunfeldt , Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Univ of Illinois 10pm: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, presented by Adrian Kok, Associate Professor of Social Work, Dominican University, Chicago 11pm: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY, presented by Deb Aggertt, Reference Outreach Coordinator, Illinois State Library The lectures are a part of the Third Annual Digital Divide Lecture Series sponsored by the Community Informatics Research Lab at Univ of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Access the series archive anytime for further video, audio and presentation slides at http://groups.lis.illinois.edu/digitaldivide/GSLIS-allVideo.html. --- Community Informatics Research Lab Graduate School of Library & Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign office: 217-244-8203 cell: 419-377-5200

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Re: [Air-L] [CITASA] Fw: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

these are about volunteers who come in and give a one-hour lecture about Trovatore, etc. Not continuing, intimate relationships. Are body scans next? Bureaucrats Run Wild While CYA -- new movie title. 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 _______________________________________________________________________ On Sat, 20 Nov 2010, Maria Tucker wrote: > Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:23:25 -0500 > From: Maria Tucker <tuckerm(a)umich.edu> > To: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > Cc: communication and information technology section asa > <citasa(a)list.citasa.org>, aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org>, > Steve Mann <mann(a)eecg.toronto.edu>, jason nolan <jason(a)jasonnolan.net>, > "Mann, Steve -- Steve Mann" <hydraulophone(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CITASA] Fw: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers (fwd) > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:34:07 -0500, Barry WellmaearSear All > > This is standard practice for working with minors in California. I am > currently the Director of the Draper Center for Community Partnerships at > Pomona College (small liberal arts) in Claremont CA and the hundreds > students who work in schools must have a TB test and Live Scan as well. smh > > Happy Saturday! > Maria > > <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> wrote: >> Talk about the Surveillance State Going to New Extremes. >> Well, the Ring is Kinda Subversive. >> >> This is Not a Hoaz: one of my Oldest and Dearest Friends received this. >> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> From: Kelly Christ >> To: Kelly Christ >> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:38 PM >> Subject: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers >> >> >> Dear Opera League Volunteers, >> >> >> >> We are so grateful for the efforts and passion that you put forth as > you >> spread your love and knowledge of opera, especially to children and >> youth. In order to continue this outreach to young people, LA Opera > now >> requires that any volunteer who works with children or youth on behalf >> of LA Opera or the Opera League gets fingerprinted and TB-tested > whether >> you work with children at schools, in the community or here at the >> Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. >> >> >> >> To this purpose, we are having a fingerprinting vendor come to campus > on >> Monday, November 29th from 9:30-11:30am in Rehearsal Room 2 on the 4th >> floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Even if you have fingerprints > on >> file with another agency, you must be fingerprinted again for our >> programs. The cost to the volunteer is $71 and you can pay at that > time >> by cash, money orders, cashier checks or business checks payable to >> Federal Fingerprinting, Inc. They do not accept personal checks or >> credit cards. At this time, you will need to fill out the attached > "Live >> Scan Form" (copies will be available in the rehearsal room). You will >> also need to bring a valid government-issued ID. To participate in the >> fingerprinting service, please RSVP to Kelly Christ in Human Resources >> by email (kchrist(a)laopera.com) or telephone (213.972.3140) by > Wednesday, >> November 24th at 12 noon. >> >> >> >> We have also made contact with US Healthworks who will be providing TB >> skin tests at the cost of $20 to volunteers. To get TB tested you can >> visit any of their Los Angeles area clinics. You just need to walk-in >> during that clinic's regular hours and present them with the attached >> "US Healthworks TB Authorization Form." They will give you the test > and >> require that you visit them again in 3 days time for a reading. >> >> >> >> The US Healthworks downtown clinic is located at 1313 West 8th Street >> Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90017. They are open from Monday through >> Friday from 7:00am - 4:00pm and on Saturday from 7:00am - 1:00pm. If >> necessary, you can reach them at (213) 401-1970. >> >> >> >> Please note that there may be a clinic closer to your home. To find a >> clinic near you, you can visit their website at www.ushealthworks.com. >> Next click, "Find a Medical Center" and select "California" from the >> drop-down menu. You can then enter your address and click "Search." > Now >> click on the location nearest to you and their address, office hours, >> contact numbers and more information will be at your fingertips. >> >> >> >> You may also visit your own doctor for a TB test. Be sure to send >> written evidence that you tested negative to LA Opera's Human > Resources >> Department (Attn: Kelly Christ, LA Opera, 135 North Grand Ave, Los >> Angeles, CA 90012). If you tested negative within the past six months, >> you may send that written evidence to LA Opera HR instead. >> >> >> >> Please note that if you choose not to get fingerprinted or TB tested > you >> can still volunteer for many LA Opera and Opera League activities. >> However, as of December 1st, 2010, LA Opera and the Opera League will >> only assign volunteers to make school visits or participate in other >> activities involving children to those volunteers who have completed >> these new requirements. You will be eligible for assignments involving >> children as soon as: >> >> >> >> a.. You have been fingerprinted by our vendor (and cleared with >> California's Dept. of Justice and the FBI) >> b.. AND you have provided LA Opera's HR department with proof of a >> negative TB test >> >> >> If you are not able to complete these tasks before December 1st, you >> will be eligible to volunteer in activities involving children just as >> soon as these tasks are finalized. >> >> >> >> If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Christ in LA Opera > Human >> Resources by email (kchrist(a)laopera.com) or telephone (213.972.3140). >> >> >> >> Thanks again for giving so much of your time, energy and spirit to > young >> people on behalf of LA Opera! >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> >> >> Kelly >> >> >> >> Kelly Christ >> >> Human Resources and Operations Administrator >> >> 135 North Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 >> >> T: 213 972 3140 | F: 213 972 3082 | W: www.laopera.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CITASA mailing list >> CITASA(a)list.citasa.org >> http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org > >

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