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Last CFP: Social Data on the Web (SDoW2009) workshop
by Uldis Bojars 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Please forward to colleagues who may be interested. More info at: http://sdow.semanticweb.org/2009/ *** Submissions deadline : August 10th *** CALL FOR PAPERS: SDoW2009 ==================================================================== 2nd International Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2009) October 25, 2009 co-located with ISWC-2009 Westfields Conference Center, near Washington, DC., USA Paper submission: August 10, 2009 http://sdow.semanticweb.org/2009/ ==================================================================== The 2nd International Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2009), co-located with the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2009), aims to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners involved in semantically-enhancing social media websites, as well as academics researching more formal aspect of these interactions between the Semantic Web and Social Web. Important dates --------------- * Submission deadline: Aug 10, 2009 * Notification of acceptance: Sep 04, 2009 * Camera-ready paper submission: Oct 02, 2009 * Camera-ready proceedings: Oct 09, 2009 * Workshop: Oct 25, 2009 Description ----------- Since its first steps in 2001, many research issues have been tackled by the Semantic Web community such as data formalism for knowledge representation, data querying and scalability, or reasoning and inferencing. More recently, Web 2.0 offered new perspectives regarding information sharing, annotation, and social networking on the Web. It opens new research areas for the Semantic Web which has an important role to play to lead to the emergence of a Social Semantic Web that should provide novel services to end-users, combining the best of both Semantic Web and Web 2.0 worlds. To achieve this goal, various tasks and features are needed from data modelling and lightweight ontologies, to knowledge and social networks portability as well as ways to interlink data between Social Media websites, levering proprietary data silos to a Giant Global Graph. Following the successful SDoW2008 workshop at ISWC2008, SDoW2009 aims to bring together Semantic Web experts and Web 2.0 practitioners and users to discuss the application of semantic technologies to data from the Social Web. Topics of interest ------------------ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Applications and tools using Social Semantic Web technologies * Creating RDF-based knowledge using social media services * Data Portability and Social Network Portability * Emerging semantic platforms for the Social Web * Enriching Social Web with semantic data - RDFa, microformats and other approaches * Linked Data on the Social Web - providing linked data from social media sites * Mining and analysis of Social Data * Ontologies for the Social Web - developing, using and extending lightweight ontologies/vocabularies for social media sites * Querying and mining social semantic data * Policies, authentication, security, and trust within collaborative scenarios * Producing Semantic Web data from social software applications * Reasoning for Social Web applications * Semantic blogging, wikis and social networks * Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) * Social and semantic bookmarking, tagging and annotation * Using Semantic Web technologies for Social Data integration Submissions ----------- The following types of contributions are welcomed: * Full technical papers, up to 12 pages. * Short technical papers and position papers, up to 6 pages. * Posters and Demos, 2-3 pages with a description of the application, ideally accompanied with a link to an online demo. Workshop Chairs --------------- * John Breslin, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland * Uldis Bojārs, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland * Alexandre Passant, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland * Sergio Fernández, Fundación CTIC, Spain Program Committee ----------------- * Alessandra Toninelli, Università di Bologna, Italy * Chris Bizer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany * Dan Brickley, FOAF project & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands * Denny Vrandecic, DFKI, University of Karlsruhe, Germany * Diego Berrueta, Fundación CTIC, Spain * Eric Prud'hommeaux, MIT, USA / W3C, USA * Fabien Gandon, INRIA, France * Frederick Giasson, Zitgist, Canada * Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes, DFKI Knowledge Management Lab, Germany * Harry Halpin, University of Edinburgh, UK * Hideaki Takeda, National Institute of Informatics, Japan * Hugh Glaser, University of Southampton, UK * Jie Bao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA * Jose E. Labra, University of Oviedo, Spain * Josephine Griffith, NUI Galway, Ireland * Kotaro Nakayama, The University of Tokyo, Japan * Li Ding, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA * Libby Miller, BBC, UK * Olaf Hartig, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany * Mark Greaves, Vulcan Inc., USA * Marta Sabou, KMi, The Open University, UK * Masahide Kanzaki, Keio University, Japan * Matthew Rowe, University of Sheffield, UK * Meena Nagarajan, Wright State University, USA * Michael Hausenblas, DERI, NUI Galway Ireland * Richard Cyganiak, DERI, NUI Galway Ireland * Sebastien Dietzold, Universität Leipzig, Germany * Sofia Angeletou, KMi, The Open University, UK * Sören Auer, Universität Leipzig, Germany * Susie M. Stephens, Eli Lilly, USA * Stefan Decker, DERI, NUI Galway Ireland * Steve Harris, Garlik, UK * Valdis Krebs, orgnet.com, USA * Yves Raimond, BBC, UK -- Uldis Bojars [ http://sioc-project.org/ | http://captsolo.net/ ]

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Online activities of Canadian boomers and seniors/Les activités en ligne des baby-boomers et des aînés canadien
by Peter Timusk 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

I pleased to offer my first published paper and it is from Statistics Canada where I work. An English message will follow Les activités en ligne des baby-boomers et des aînés canadiens par Ben Veenhof et Peter Timusk Date de diffusion : Le 6 août 2009 Dans le présent article, nous examinons comment les aînés (les 65 ans ou plus) utilisent Internet, comparativement aux baby-boomers (les 45 à 64 ans ou les aînés de demain). Nous examinons comment l’écart entre leurs taux d’utilisation se rétrécit et décrivons les différences quant à leurs types d’activités en ligne et à leur intensité d’utilisation. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/11-008-x2009002-fra.htm Online activities of Canadian boomers and seniors by Ben Veenhof and Peter Timusk Release date: August 6, 2009 This article looks at how Canadian seniors (those aged 65 and older) use the Internet compared with baby boomers (those aged 45 to 64 – the seniors of tomorrow). It examines the closing gap between Internet use rates of seniors and boomers, and describes differences in the types of online activities, as well as in the intensity of Internet use. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/11-008-x2009002-eng.htm Peter Timusk, B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa. just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week. kiitos paljon, merci, thank you and muchas gracias for reading.

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internet researcher's fantasy football league
by jeremy hunsinger 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

If you would like to participate in the Internet Researcher's fantasy football (american tackle football) league, drop me a note off list. Last year, we had a great time and this year, I expect more fun:) We use yahoo leagues for this. it is free. I think this is the 4th year that we've had a league going... :) If you are into it, or just want to give it a try, drop me a note. Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://wiki.tmttlt.com http://www.tmttlt.com Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student. -George Iles

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Internet Research Group of Otago (IRGO) - unConference 1.0 > call for submissions
by Andrew Long 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Dear Subscribers - IRGO is pleased to be hosting the inaugural IRGO unConference on the 23rd and 24th of November 2009 at the Centre for Innovation, University of Otago, Dunedin (New Zealand). The topic of the unConference is "New Zealand's Digital Futures." Our opening address will be by Professor Greg Hearn, Director of the Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation at QUT. Our closing speaker will be announced shortly. The unConference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners from around the region to discuss the future of the internet from multiple perspectives. In particular, the conference will focus around three key questions. Firstly, what might be possible for the future internet of the region? Secondly, what will citizens want from the internet in the future (two, five, ten years ahead)? And thirdly, what potential internet problems or issues will we have to navigate in the immediate future? As this is an unConference, the direction of the discussion is up to you. We are using a submission system where people can suggest topics for panels, nominate panelists, and even vote topics up or down. The final list of topics will be decided by popular vote -- and you do not need to be a registered attendee to vote! We will be making conference artifacts available online, so anyone interested can nominate and vote on topics. Finally, thanks to University of Otago, registration is FREE. However, places are limited, so please register ASAP to confirm your place. For general information on the conference: http://irgo.otago.ac.nz/glance.html To connect to the submissions system: http://irgo.otago.ac.nz/submissions.html For registration: http://irgo.otago.ac.nz/registration.html Please feel free to forward to any interested colleagues. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us through the website or via email: irgo(a)otago.ac.nz We look forward to seeing you in November the IRGO steering committee http://irgo.otago.ac.nz ________________________________________________________________ http://andrew-long.name | Department of Information Science | School of Business University of Otago | NZ | +64 3 479 8319 | mailto:along@infoscience.otago.ac.nz

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CfP: PRism special issue - Online social networks, communication practice, and public relations
by Erika Pearson 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Call for Papers: Online social networks, communication practice, and public relations The social networking emerging online is now seen as one of the defining characteristics of Web 2.0 and beyond. From virtual worlds to microblogging, individuals and groups are forming diverse and sometimes apparently novel ways of building and maintaining social bonds. These mediated exchanges between individuals and groups who may never physically meet challenge our current understandings of friendship, communication, and belonging. For communication and public relations scholars and practitioners, such interactions pose a number of significant questions. How do researchers explore the nebulous social connections people forge in online spaces? How do we re-evaluate what it means to be an individual and part of a group in this context? Do these new channels of communication change the way we present ourselves and our ideas? This special 2010 edition of PRism online public relations and communication journal (http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/prism_on-line_journ.html ) seeks papers which discuss and explore ways in which to approach, study, and account for the diversity of online social experience, particularly in regard to communication practice and issues of public relations. Possible topics include: * methodological frameworks for studying online social behaviours * theory building (normative or critical) regarding the social web as part of communications or public relations practice * ways of conceptualizing the online self and society, such as; performance, identity, network theory, and their implications for organisational communication and public relations * issues and ethics in online data collection on social networking sites * case studies exploring the impact of multimodal (online/ offline) social ties in research * opinion pieces on using social networks in public relations * critically informed speculation on the future of communication practice in social media (beyond ‘Web3’) * multimedia submissions on a related topic Papers are welcome from all disciplinary areas. Full papers will be due by Friday 5th of February, 2009 and will be peer reviewed. Academic papers should be 5,000 words and practitioner papers between 2,500-3,000 words maximum. Style should follow house guidelines:http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/fileadmin/Praxis/Files/Journal_Files/Prism_House_Style.pdf See also the PRism submission guidelines at:http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/sub_guide.html Enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Erika Pearson (erika.pearson(a)otago.ac.nz ). Erika Pearson Department of Media, Film and Communication University of Otago PO Box 56 Dunedin 9054 New Zealand Ph: 64 3 479 8680 Fax: 64 3 479 3932 PS In celebration of this upcoming special issue on social media, PRism is now on Twitter... see http://twitter.com/prism_journal You can sign up there for RSS feed so that whenever we load an article or review to the journal you’ll get a brief (140-character) message explaining what’s new.

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New Additions To The Mobile Libraries Blog | July/August 2009
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Colleagues/ It May Be Shark Week On The Discovery Channel, But Here At The _Mobile Libraries_ Blog ... It's E-Book Week (More And Less) ... [:-) /Gerry >>>R ead An E-Book Week | March 8-14 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ktzbzd >>> Sony Cuts Prices on E-Books / Introduces New Readers http://tinyurl.com/mu8fq8 >>> Twitter Biomedical Journals http://tinyurl.com/nlf7kn >>> dMob Mobile Metrics Report: June 2009 http://tinyurl.com/nuyqk9 >>>EQ > A Campus-Wide E-Textbook Initiative http://tinyurl.com/lu46tj >>> MobilizedTV: Content On Mobile Devices http://tinyurl.com/l8d23u >>> CaseWesternReserveUniversity Students To Use Kindle For TextBooks / Fall 2009 http://tinyurl.com/nqm3jg >>>SEFLIN 2009 Conference > New Technologies: Libraries & Beyond Conferencee > July 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/lbvmox >>> Libraries Lending ... Kindles http://tinyurl.com/l75y29 >>> Mobile Devices Within Instruction Free Webinar / August 19 2009 http://tinyurl.com/l59fk7 >>> No Shelf Required: A Moderated Discussion Of eBook Issues http://tinyurl.com/ny62b2 >>> Annals of Reading > A New Page > Can The Kindle Really Improve On The Book? http://preview.tinyurl.com/ml6hya >>> eBook Reading Devices: A LibGuide http://tinyurl.com/nas6rf >>> ALA [2009] Poster Session: Mobilizing to Support Mobile Users http://tinyurl.com/nac88g >>> CDC Mobile - m.cdc.gov http://tinyurl.com/l9b5vx >>> Mobile Devices in Health Care: Smartphones and PDAs http://tinyurl.com/kw996y >>> Mobile Services In Libraries / Call For Submissions / Reference Services Review http://tinyurl.com/l7e8o3 >>> Thomson Reuters' Mobile Strategy http://tinyurl.com/mjfhdn Happy Wednesday / Thursday ... /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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AoIR 10 Registration is Open!
by Elizabeth A Buchanan 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the registration for AoIR 10 in Milwaukee is now open. Please see http://ir10.aoir.org/?page_id=6 If you have any questions, please let me know. We are looking forward to seeing you soon-- Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Buchanan, Ph.D. Director, Center for Information Policy Research School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Co-Chair, Local Conference Committee AoIR 10: Internet Critical http://ir10.aoir.org/

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Vacancies at Manchester Metropolitan University
by DEIRDRE HYNES 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Apologies for cross posting! Dear all, The Department of Information and Communications would like to draw your attention to 4 fractional posts available at MMU: Lecturer Communications Media (0.5 fte) Lecturer Digital Libraries (0.2 fte) ( https://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk/mmujobsite/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyUID=0000000… ) Lecturer Information Studies (0.6 fte) ( https://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk/mmujobsite/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyUID=0000000… ) Lecturer Libraries & Social Inclusion (0.2 fte) ( https://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk/mmujobsite/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyUID=0000000… ) https://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk/mmujobsite/ http://www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/infocomms/ Department background: The Department of Information and Communications has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. We offer a choice of routes for undergraduate study including Information Management, Information and Communications, Librarianship, Digital Media and Communications and Web Development. There are Masters courses in Information Management, Library and Information Management and Informatics. We also offer doctoral research opportunities. The Faculty offers a wide range of programmes at diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels in humanities, law and social science, attracting more than 5,000 students from a diverse range of backgrounds. It has strong links with the community and has an active programme of research across its disciplines. The Department of Information and Communications is based in the Geoffrey Manton Building, where it has excellent facilities. The Department is expanding its teaching and research in the area of Communications Media and wishes to appoint a 0.5 lecturer who can teach in this area and contribute to research in communications media or social informatics. You will work alongside existing staff within our innovative interdisciplinary department and help lead research and teaching developments amongst a vibrant group. You should hold a PhD or equivalent professional experience in an appropriate subject, with a record of research outputs and have experience of Higher Education. For an informal discussion regarding the post please contact: Dr. Seamus Simpson, Acting Head of Department of Information and Communications (s.simpson(a)mmu.ac.uk) or Professor Dick Hartley (r.j.hartley(a)mmu.ac.uk) Contact Details: Contact Name: Melanie Barratt ( mailto:m.barratt@mmu.ac.uk ) Contact Number: 0161 2476455 Dr. Deirdre Hynes Department of Information and Communications Manchester Metropolitan University Geoffrey Manton Building Rosamond Street West Off Oxford Road MANCHESTER M15 6LL 0161 2474608 "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University's email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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The IV Congress of CyberSociety launches its call for papers. (until September 15th)
by Josep Vives 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

The call for papers of the Fourth Congress of CyberSociety (First Living Congress!) is up and running. This is one of the crucial stages of this fourth edition of the Congress, the largest online Congress of the world. # SEND YOUR PAPER (our your video, or your potcast, or...) There are more than 40 working groups, organized around 6 thematic areas: education, culture, politics, economics, and science communication. This year's conference theme is: "Analog Crisis, Digital Future". The discussion phase of online communications will take place between the 12 and 29 of November. You can see more information about call for papers here: http://www.cibersociedad.net/congres2009/en/estatic/llamada-a-comunicacione… Until September 15 you can send your communications. Write your paper (our your video, or your potcast, or...), send it in, and let’s share our knowledge!. # SPREAD THE WORLD If you want to help spread the word, you can find badges and banners to copy and paste on our blog: http://tinyurl.com/kj82kw You can also follow the Congress using Twitter: http://twitter.com/IVcibercongreso # PREVIOUS CONGRESS: Open Knowlegde. Free Society (2006) http://www.cibersociedad.net/congres2006/comuns/index.php?llengua=en Towards what knowledge society? (2004) http://www.cibersociedad.net/congres2004/index_en.html -- ------------------------------------------------- Josep Vives Jounou http://josepvives.cat josep.vives(a)gmail.com http://www.cibersociedad.net jvives(a)cibersociedad.net -------------------------------------------------

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Quick AoIR 10 Reminder
by Elizabeth A Buchanan 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Hi, everyone, Just a reminder to book your hotel reservations as soon as possible to ensure the discounted conference rate ($125/night). Also, please remember if you need any nights surrounding the actual conference dates, I can assist you in getting the discounted fee--just let me know . All details are located at http://ir10.aoir.org/?page_id=5 or, go to http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/MKEMHHF-AOIR-20091007/index… Best, e. Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Ph.D. Director, Center for Information Policy Research School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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