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Library In A Pocket: Some Prefer To Read (Some) eBooks On SmartPhones
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

NYTimes / November 18, 2009 / Library in a Pocket By MOTOKO RICH and BRAD STONE With Amazon's Kindle, readers can squeeze hundreds of books into a device that is smaller than most hardcovers. For some, that's not small enough. Many people who want to read electronic books are discovering that they can do so on the smartphones that are already in their pockets - bringing a whole new meaning to "phone book." [snip] [snip] Over the last eight months, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and a range of smaller companies have released book-reading software for the iPhone and other mobile devices. One out of every five new applications introduced for the iPhone last month was a book, according to Flurry, a research firm that studies mobile trends. All of that activity raises a question: Does the future of book reading lie in dedicated devices like the Kindle, or in more versatile gadgets like mobile phones? [snip] But there are already 84 million smartphones that can run applications in the United States alone, according to IDC, a research firm. Apple has sold more than 50 million iPhones and iPod Touches, which both run e-book software. Apple itself doesn't see the iPhone as the ultimate reading device. Next year, it is likely to further stir up the e-book market if, as expected, it introduces a tablet computer - a device bigger than a phone that will most likely run e-reader software along with other programs intended for the iPhone. People once scoffed at the idea of reading a book on a 3.5-inch mobile screen. For many readers, though, sheer convenience trumps everything else. [more] Access To An Excerpted Version Of The Article And The Original Full Text Is Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/y8t8qy3 ] EnJOY! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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Article-Level Metrics And The Evolution Of Scientific Impact / Plus +
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Colleagues/ An Important Article, But ... Not As Radical As I Would Suggest ... [:-) See The Bottom Of This Posting For My View(s) / Links /Gerry Neylon C, Wu S (2009) Article-Level Metrics and the Evolution of Scientific Impact. PLoS Biol 7(11): e1000242. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000242 / Published: November 17, 2009 [snip] "'Other Indicators of Impact' include ratings and comments, which, like page views, are immediate but may offer more insight because users are more likely to have read the article and found it compelling enough to respond. Additional other indicators are bookmarks, used by some people to keep track of articles of interest to them, and blog posts and trackbacks, which indicate where else on the Web the article has been mentioned and can be useful for linking to a broader discussion. It is clear that all of the types of data provide different dimensions, which together can give a clearer picture of an article's impact. [snip] As recently shown ... , scientific impact is not a simple concept that can be described by a single number. The key point is that journal impact factor is a very poor measure of article impact. And, obviously, the fact that an article is highly influential by any measure does not necessarily mean it should be. Many researchers will continue to rely on journals as filters, but the more you can incorporate effective filtering tools into your research process, the more you will stay up-to-date with advancing knowledge. The question is not whether you should take article-level metrics seriously but how you can use them most effectively to assist your own research endeavours. We need sophisticated metrics to ask sophisticated questions about different aspects of scientific impact and we need further research into both the most effective measurement techniques and the most effective uses of these in policy and decision making. For this reason we strongly support efforts to collect and present diverse types of article-level metrics without any initial presumptions as to which metric is most valuable. [snip] As Clay Shirky famously said ... , you can complain about information overload but the only way to deal with it is to build and use better filters. It is no longer sufficient to depend on journals as your only filter; instead, it is time to start evaluating papers on their own merits. Our only options are to publish less or to filter more effectively, and any response that favours publishing less doesn't make sense, either logistically, financially, or ethically. The issue is not how to stop people from publishing, it is how to build better filters, both systematically and individually. At the same time, we can use available tools, networks, and tools built on networks to help with this task. So in the spirit of science, let's keep learning and experimenting, and keep the practice and dissemination of science evolving for the times." >>> While These Insights and Suggestions Are An Important Contribution To The Conversation , In Many Ways The Views And Recommendations Are Far >From Radical [:-)] <<< See My Presentation Delivered At the _Workshop On Peer Review_, Trieste, Italy, May 23-24 2003 "Alternative Peer Review: Quality Management for 21st Century Scholarship" >>> See In Particular > 'Seize The E!' Section >>> "Embrace the potential of the digital environment to facilitate access, retrieval, use, _and_ navigation of electronic scholarship" >>It's A Large PPT (200+ Slides) But IMHO ... Well Worth The Experience [:-)]<< AND The Big Picture(sm): Visual Browsing in Web and non-Web Databases To ReQuote T.S. Elloit > "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge that we have lost in information?"/ T.S. Eliot / The Rock (1934) pt.1 To Quote Me > "It's Not About Publication, It's About Ideas" >> We Now Have The Computational Power To Make Real-Time Conceptual Navigation An EveryDay Occurrence <<< Full Text Of Article / PPT / and Website Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/yzoeqg9 ] !! Let Us Use It To Navigate Ideas !!! Indeed Let Us Continue "... experimenting, and keep the practice and dissemination of science evolving for the times." EnJOY! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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CFP - IFKAD TRACK ON KNOWLEDGE-BASED MODELS FOR POLICY-MAKING
by ettore bolisani 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PAPERS IFKAD - INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON KNOWLEDGE ASSET DYNAMICS Matera, Italy, 24-25 June 2010 SPECIAL MINI-TRACK ON "KNOWLEDGE-BASED MODELS FOR POLICY-MAKING" DESCRIPTION AND TOPICS To boost the economic development and help businesses and territories to face the challenges of the new economic climate, there is the need to develop analytical and prescriptive models of intellectual capital and knowledge management for their application to policy-making in the public administration. This track aims to collect contributions that shed light onto these issues. Both theoretical contributions and empirical analyses are welcome. Studies that clarify the possible links between the IC and KM literature and other relevant fields of study (e.g.: growth and development studies, regional studies, innovation management, policy-making, use of ICT in public administrations) are also appreciated. DEADLINE FOR ONLINE SUBMISSION: 30 January 2010 DETAILS AT: http://www.knowledgeasset.org/IFKAD/Tracks/tp06.asp CONTACTS: Ettore Bolisani ettore.bolisani(a)unipd.it Enrico Scarso enrico.scarso(a)unipd.it University of Padua, Italy

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CFP • Web Studies 2010. Toluca, Mexico
by Ever Reyes 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Dear all, the call for short-papers is still open for Web Studies 2010, until Nov. 27: http://webstudies.info Some updates: the net art exhibition will be held with partnership with KURATOR; papers can be considered to be published in the Journal of Mobile Multimedia; and, we have got scholarships for all authors, i.e. the conference is fee-free. Best wishes, Everardo REYES

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SSRC Dissertation Workshop on Virtual Worlds
by Tom Boellstorff 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Douglas Thomas and I have been selected to run a SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship next year on virtual worlds. It should be fun - please pass along to grad students who might be interested (as noted in the eligibility criteria, preference is for 2rd and 3rd year PhD students): http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-fellowship/ http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/subcompetitions/dpdf-fellowship/9E56E847-B2… All the best, Tom Boellstorff

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Imaging Identity symposium Canberra July 2010
by Melinda Hinkson 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

***CALL FOR PAPERS*** IMAGING IDENTITY: MEDIA, MEMORY AND VISIONS OF HUMANITY IN THE DIGITAL PRESENT A symposium hosted by the National Portrait Gallery and the Research School of Humanities, Australian National University. To be held at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 15-17 July 2010. Keynote speakers WJT Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History, University of Chicago David Elliott, Independent curator and Artistic Director of the 2010 Sydney Biennale David Marr, Journalist, author and commentator CALL FOR PAPERS Understandings of self and other occur universally through images. Traversing history and cultures, the production, presentation and apprehension of images has been essential to how we come to know ourselves and make sense of our relations with others. Images reflect different conceptions of what it is to be human and reveal continuities and discontinuities over time. At a moment of deep global uncertainty, images from the past and present provide a vital and potent medium for envisaging our collective future. This symposium is concerned with the many ways in which humanity images identity. Within this broad frame lies a more particular interest, to understand what images of personhood are and how particular kinds of images operate in diverse social contexts. Can it be said that certain image making practices are associated with particular ways of being human? Do imaging media have different effects cross-culturally? What kinds of pictures of self and other emerge from such understandings of images? Under what conditions can images produce or encourage empathy? In posing these questions we invoke debates about the efficacy, impact and agency of images. How do images mean? What does an image carry with it? In what ways do context and temporality influence our regard of images? The digital age presents both new possibilities and new challenges to the way we image identity, enabling new kinds of multi-media production and distribution, providing unprecedented access to visual information, but also carrying with it what might be perceived as a new cultural attitude to images, in which the properties of material form and particularities of context can be overlooked. This symposium seeks to explore this potent and complex set of issues around the relationship between persons and images in the present. We particularly welcome proposals that respond to the theme Imaging Identity in the following areas: The possibilities of portraiture: what can a portrait reveal about past and present understandings of the human condition? Relations between images and persons: how are these understood at the interface between the humanities, social and natural sciences? Persons and place: how is this relationship figured visually across and within cultures, and in the precariousness of the present? Empathy and conflict: how do images function as sites of contestation or reciprocal understanding between persons? Art museums and their audiences: how are these relations being reconfigured in the digital era? Seeing and temporality: does digital mediation influence the way we regard other kinds of images? If there is such as thing as an image for our times what might it look like? Conveners: Melinda Hinkson RSH, ANU melinda.hinkson(a)anu.edu.au Howard Morphy RSH, ANU howard.morphy(a)anu.edu.au Louise Doyle NPG louise.doyle(a)npg.gov.au Pamela Clelland Gray NPG pamela.gray(a)npg.gov.au Michael Desmond NPG michael.desmond(a)npg.gov.au Caroline Turner RSH, ANU caroline.turner(a)anu.edu.au Please send a 2-300 word abstract plus a 100 word biographical statement to melinda.hinkson(a)anu.edu.au by Friday 8th January 2010. ____________________________________ Melinda Hinkson School of Archaeology & Anthropology and Research School of Humanities A.D. Hope Building The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 T: +61 2 6125 8246 F: +61 2 6125 2711 W: http://arts.anu.edu.au/AandA/ http://rsh.anu.edu.au/ For information about postgraduate studies in Visual Culture Research go to: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/graduate/liberal_arts/vis_cul_research.php

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by Clarissa Smith 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Dr Clarissa Smith Programme Leader, MAs in Film, Media & Cultural Studies clarissa.smith(a)sunderland.ac.uk

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Call for MEA Convention Hosts
by Janet Sternberg 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

CALL FOR HOSTS MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION (MEA) ANNUAL CONVENTION http://www.media-ecology.org Invitation to Apply The Media Ecology Association (MEA) invites applications from institutional sites around the world willing to host the Association’s annual convention. Currently the MEA is seeking sites to host the Annual Convention for 2011 and beyond. The convention, during which approximately 150-200 members gather, is held each June. Typically the convention runs three full days, from Thursday morning to Sunday morning. The choice of weekend is generally left to the discretion of the host. (See the list of past convention sites below.) All proposals will be evaluated by the MEA Board of Directors. Board members are also available via email to answer questions. All proposals should be submitted via email to: Sheila J. Nayar, at snayar(a)greensborocollege.edu. Deadlines for Applying First preference for 2011 sites will be given to proposals received by December 15, 2009. However, all applications will be considered until a suitable site is found. Applicants interested in hosting for 2012 and beyond are encouraged to attend the 2010 MEA Convention (University of Maine, Orono, June 10-13), during which there will be ample opportunity to meet with members of the MEA Board of Directors. Guidelines for Applying In order to ease the application process, we offer some guidelines below. (We also urge applicants to read the MEA convention planning manual before writing up their proposal. The manual is available through the MEA website. There is no length requirement, but please do make proposals as comprehensive as possible. If additional information or clarification is needed, the MEA Board of Directors may contact you directly. Site Specifics 1. Do you have a specific year in mind for hosting the convention? What dates in June do you propose? Describe the specific site – i.e., city, educational institution, various buildings in which the convention would be held. 2. What is your site’s capacity? What rooms are available (e.g., classrooms for breakout sessions, meeting halls, exhibition space) and what are their capacities? What technological support is available (e.g., Internet, projectors)? 3. What is your location’s accessibility? Is it convenient for those traveling from points around the country and world? 4. Though it is not a requirement for hosting, can on-campus housing (e.g., dorm rooms, university-affiliated residences) be provided? If so, for how many and at what cost? Are nearby hotels available for members who wish to remain off campus? If so, can those hotels offer discounts to members? Can special deals with hotels be arranged? 5. Though it is not a requirement for hosting, can on-campus dining be provided? Can you provide complimentary beverages during the course of the day (e.g., coffee, water)? Can you provide complimentary breakfast? What are the potentials for your hosting/sponsoring receptions, lunches, and dinners? 6. Though it is not a requirement for hosting, are there special tours that can be offered and/or attractions that attendees might like to visit? Are there locations at which dinners/receptions might be held? What social events do you envision? Support, Funding, and Affordability 1. What kind and what level of financial support will your site provide? Are there commitments for funds for the conference? If so, are these commitments firm? 2. Are there opportunities for partnerships and sponsorships that your site can uniquely provide? 3. If possible, please provide a simple business plan that lays out estimated incoming and outgoing monies. Hosting Specifics 1. Do you have someone in mind, either from the hosting location or from another location, who can serve as Convention Coordinator? (The MEA typically pairs up a local coordinator with a co-coordinator from the Board.) 2. Are there any exceptions to the MEA Convention Planning Manual’s guidelines that need to be taken into account, in order for you to be able to host the convention in the way you would like? 3. Do you envision a particular theme for the convention? (A theme is optional, but if you wish to have one, your theme must be approved by the MEA.) Do you have any plenary speakers or particular sessions in mind? (Please note that some plenary events are determined by the Board, and all others are determined in consultation with the Board.) 4. Are there any special ways that your institution furthers the interdisciplinary and/or international nature of the Media Ecology Association? If you have not organized a conference before, think carefully about your organizational network and distribution of labor, as well as about contingency plans in the case of changes in people or funding arrangements. Past MEA Convention Sites 1st Annual Convention, Fordham University, New York, New York, June 16–17, 2000 2nd Annual Convention, New York University, New York, New York, June 15–16, 2001 3rd Annual Convention, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, New York, June 21–23, 2002 4th Annual Convention, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, June 5–8, 2003 5th Annual Convention, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, June 10–13, 2004 6th Annual Convention, Fordham University, New York, New York, June 22–26, 2005 7th Annual Convention, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, June 8–11, 2006 8th Annual Convention, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Estado de México, June 6–10, 2007 9th Annual Convention, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, June 19–22, 2008 10th Annual Convention, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18–21, 2009 11th Annual Convention, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, June 10-13, 2010 Revised 11/12/09 http://www.media-ecology.org

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CSCW 2010: registration, hotel, advance program, and keynote speakers
by Scott Counts 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Greetings CSCW researchers! The 2010 Computer Supported Cooperative Work conference is just around the corner (February 6-10, 2010) and there are a number of updates that we wanted to pass along. Importantly, registration is now open! Registration and other direct links are below and can also be found on the conference website, http://www.cscw2010.org. Please visit the site to learn more about keynote speakers Clay Shirky and Mimi Ito, get a first look at the technical program, and of course to register and book your hotel. **Registration** Online registration is now open at: https://www.regonline.com/63369_700944F **Hotel Booking Information** CSCW 2010 will be held at the Savannah Marriott Riverfront in Savannah, Georgia, USA (details at http://www.cscw2010.org/venue.php) To book online, visit the following link (or phone +1 912 233-7722), being sure to use the discount code "CSCW". http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/savrf?groupCode=acmacma&app=resvlink&… **Advance Program** Have an early look at the technical program, including Papers & Notes, Workshops, and Panels http://www.cscw2010.org/program/ **Keynote Speakers** We're excited to have Clay Shirky and Mimi Ito as our keynote speakers this year. Learn more about them here: http://www.cscw2010.org/keynotes.php. ** Reminder of conference dates: CSCW 2010 runs February 6 - 10, 2010. See you in Savannah! -- CSCW 2010 Conference Committee

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REMINDER - CALL FOR PAPERS - Networking Democracy? New Media Innovations in Participatory Politics
by Dan Mercea 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Dear all, This is a reminder about our call for papers. Apologies for cross-postings. Best regards, Dan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: “Networking Democracy? New media innovations in participatory politics” A three day Symposium to be held at Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania 25-27 June 2010 Website: http://www.brisc.info/NetDem/index.php?page=networking-democracy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic politics worldwide are increasingly being conducted and re-configured through the domain of digital communications networks. The socio-technical developments, such as Web 2.0, facilitating these media-saturated public spheres are in little doubt. What is highly contested however is the interpretation of what these profound changes offer for democratic governance in the twenty-first century. At its heart is the recognition that these new media networks are themselves the crucial site for a historical confrontation between opposing political and/or business interests and discourses intent upon forging new forms of social relations. We will address questions such as: What new forms and relations of power are produced in the digital network society? Who are the key social actors shaping the new public sphere and what are their respective strategies, framing, and repertoires of action? What is the democratic potential of Web 2.0 applications such as social networking, blogging and twittering? What empirical evidence do we have to understand and assess these developments? How is networked democracy influencing new democratic societies? What are its consequences for human rights, social sorting, migration, e-government, community politics, surveillance, protest, participation, culture, identity, mobilization, representation, nationalism, security, citizen journalism, trust, regulation, both exogenous and self-regulation and much more? Speakers include: W. Lance Bennett <http://depts.washington.edu/bennett/about.html>, University of Washington, USA Bruce Bimber <http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/faculty/bimber/>, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Donatella Della Porta <http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/PoliticalAndSocialSciences/People/P…>, European University Institute, Italy William H. Dutton <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/faculty.cfm?id=1>, Oxford Internet Institute, UK Brian Loader <http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/soci/about/s_load.htm>, University of York, UK Rodica Mocan <http://www.plaxo.com/directory/profile/141734557021/4e737db5/Rodica/Mocan>, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania We invite papers from all disciplines which have addressed these topics. The paper title, an abstract of up to 500 words, a short bio and contact details should be sent to Dan Mercea, Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, dmm505(a)york.ac.uk <mailto:dmm505@york.ac.uk> before 7 December 2009. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 15 January 2010. For more details visit http://www.brisc.info/NetDem/ The event is supported by the Center for Political Analysis <http://www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/en/index.html>and the European Studies Department <http://www.euro.ubbcluj.ro/en/> (Babeş-Bolyai University), the Science and Technology Studies Unit <http://www.york.ac.uk/res/satsu/> and the Department of Sociology <http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/soci/degrees/resscitech.htm>(University of York) Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of the international journal Information, Communication and Society <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rics> IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: 7 December 2009 Notifications of acceptance: 15 January 2010 Symposium: 25-27 June 2010 -- Dan Mercea PhD Candidate Communication Studies Department of Sociology University of York E: dmm505(a)york.ac.uk T: +44(0)1904 433578

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