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mass mailing software
by Tery G 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Hi all, My school is participating in a research study that will involve sending email messages to our incoming freshmen (500-600 students). I'm in the process of setting up a mailman email list on dreamhost, which is our usual provider, but it just occurred to me that they might not allow adding so many names to a list in just a day or two. I've found in the past that dreamhost is incredibly rule-bound; if their in-house rules say something, nothing, no matter how logical and legitimate, will get them to make an exception. If I run into that problem, does anyone know of software or a service I can have ready as a backup? I have the technical background to install software on the server, so that's not a problem. Price, of course, is a problem. Whatever I use has to be free or cheap. Thanks in advance for all help. Best, Tery Griffin

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self help and psychology online: Truth, Lies, and Trust on the Internet
by Peter Timusk 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Has anyone else read? Truth, Lies, and Trust on the Internet Joinson/Whitty Psychology Press (2008), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 176 pages I am wondering where the studies are at these days concerning the effectiveness of online self help for psychological problems? I am a consumer of psychiatry and an ex-patient. 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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Volunteer to Review InSITE Conference Submissions / Call For Participation
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

Colleagues/ Posted on Behalf of Eli Cohen / Informing Science Institute/ [ http://informingscience.org/ ] /Gerry *** Please Post and Share with Colleagues *** Please Volunteer to Review Conference Submissions during December for the InSITE 2010 Conference [ http://2010.informingscience.org/ ] The Informing Science + IT Education (InSITE) Conference brings together colleagues from diverse fields to share their solutions to common problems. Papers are submitted during November for review during December and early January. The conference takes place in June. Please volunteer your expertise as a paper reviewer for the Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Sign up online at http://InSITE.nu/volunteer.html Reviewers receive a reduction in their conference registration fee, are acknowledged online and in the printed material, and receive the warm, fuzzy feeling of gratitude. This conference is in three parts. It takes place June 17 - 24, 2010 in Bari and Cassino, Italy with onsite visits to various universities and places of interest. Its website is http://InSITE.nu <http://insite.nu/> or http://2010.InformingScience.org <http://2010.informingscience.org/> . Will you review papers on three or more of the following topics? Call For Participation [ http://2010.informingscience.org/ ] Technology Enhanced Learning Environments (TeLE) Includes e-Learning, m-Learning, d-Learning and all other methods of using technology to enhance learning, such as the following: Assessment, Evaluation, and Security Issues in Technology Enhanced Learning , Course Design & Pedagogy for Technology Enhanced Learning, Cultural, Social, & Political Issues in Technology Enhanced Learning, Issues in the Storage and Use of Learning Objects, Platforms for Technology Enhanced Learning, Research Regarding Technology Enhanced Learning, Technology Enhanced Classrooms, Virtual Communities, OTHER Issues Related to Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning Informing Science and IT Education: Includes issues regarding informing systems and the teaching of IT, such as the following: Art & Design as Elements of Informing (media, graphics, packaging, performing arts), Collaborative Work / Working Together / Teams, Control, Audit, and Security, Curriculum Issues, Decision Making / Business Intelligence (DM/BI), Doctoral Studies (theory, practice, innovation, and research), E-Commerce and Commerce, Educational Assessment & Evaluation, Emerging Technologies, Ethical, Social, Cultural, Legal, and Philosophical Issues, History / Social Sciences, Image / Vision / Graphics, Info & Knowledge Mgmt / Organizational Learning, Issues related to Computer Science, Instructional Design / How to Teach / New Ways to Teach, Journalism / Public Relations / Communications, Library / Information Science, Mathematical & Statistical Issues, Media & Information Literacy , Medical / Health / Biological Informing Systems, Misinformation, Disinformation, & Bias in Informing Systems, Networks and Telecommunication, Organizational Issues, Project Management & Practice, Psychological Aspects / HCI / Usability Issues, Public, Governmental, Community, and Political Issues, Research Methods, Robotics (Informing non-humans), Systems Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Assessment, Teaching Cases, Training for the Teaching of Information Technology, Visualization of Information, Web / XML / Internet /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu <mailto:gerrymck@iastate.edu> There Are No Answers, 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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"M Is For Service: Current Mobile Trends in Libraries"
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Colleagues/ I am pleased to announce the availability of my PPT for the morning keynote presentation I gave earlier today (July 30 2009 / 11 AM - Noon (EDT) at the _Handheld Librarian Online Conference_ > "M Is For Service: Current Mobile Trends in Libraries" _Outline_ The Context Definitions Mobile Services Library Sources / Resources / Services Challenges/Opportunities Key Works My presentation as well as links to the Twitter HashTag Posts, Event Tracker,and the conference site are available from [ http://tinyurl.com/nz78ms <http://tinyurl.com/nz78ms> ] BTW-1: This Is A LARGE Presentation (160+ Slides) BTW-II: I Will Post Links To Other HHL09 Presentations As Time Permits ... Other Examples Of Mobile Sources / Resources / Services Are Of Great Interest; Please Post As A Comment On The Blog Entry. Thanks A Million ! Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu <mailto:gerrymck@iastate.edu> There Are No Answers, 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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research on older people's use of social networking sites
by Virpi Ylanne 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

I wonder if anyone on this site is doing research on older people's (60+ yrs) use of social networking sites (e.g. facebook, myspace), or if you know of any such work. If so, I'd like to hear from you. with best wishes, Dr Virpi Ylanne Centre for Language and Communication Cardiff University, Wales, UK ylanne(a)cf.ac.uk

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Graduation Announcement
by John Laprise 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you on the AOIR listserv who have supported my work over the past six years. My dissertation "White House Computer Adoption and Information Policy 1969-1979" has been accepted by my committee and Northwestern University. Interested parties may email me for a copy of the abstract and/or dissertation. Best regards, John P. Laprise Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies School of Communication Northwestern University in Qatar

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Mobile Life 2009 Conferences - preliminary program
by Prof. I. Kushchu 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues The preliminary detailed program for Mobile Life Conferences (mGOVERNMENT, mSOCIETY and mDEVELOPMENT) to beheld in Barcelona 2-4 September is now posted on the conference web site: http://www.m4life.org Key speakers include: -- Serge Ferre, NOKIA, Vice President Corporate and Head of EU Representation -- Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, Deutsche Telekom - Board Member of T-Mobile Germany and T-Home. -- Evelyne Rys, CISCO, Sales and Business Development Manager, EMEA Public Sector Vertical, Cisco Systems -- Ken Banks, Kiwanja Net -- Micheal Bull, Professor, University Sussex SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Only two days left to submit proposals to speak, to present demos at the interactive practice sessions. Please download the call and follow the instructions in the Call for practice talk, panels, workshop, demos and exhibitions: http://www.m4life.org/newdocuments/practicecall.pdf BACKGROUND: mLife Events form A Platform for Socially Responsible Organizations in Mobile Value Chain The influences of mobile technologies range from personal relations to interaction in society, and from the transformation of the public sector to the dynamics of economic development. mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in, and shape the development of the social impact of the mobile revolution. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed in order to reach their goals. The three conferences will cover all aspects of mobile life, technology, services, implementation as they relate to individuals, society, economies and governments. ORGANIZERS and SUPPORTERS: mLIfe Events are organized by the MObile Government Consortium Int, and Barcelona City Council and Sponsored / Supported by CISCO, BlackBerry and SPIDER ONLINE REGISTRATIONs and for further information please refer to the http://www.m4life.org/ or email conf(a)m4life.org Regards Kushchu ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853

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Need advice on webcrawler
by Brenda L Battleson 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hello all, I'm hoping that some of you expert data miners can give me some advice on software (preferably shareware) that can be used to search online news sites for specific topic-related keywords. These will not be limited to English language although at this time we are limiting to western alphabets. (We plan to expand once we fine-tune retrieval methods.) We've used Google alerts in the past, for testing purposes though there are limitations as to what we can retrieve due to Google's built-in "parameters". We want to pull in everything related to physical and mental disabilities from tv & news sites, news-related blogs, health agency websites, etc. We'll filter out the "junk" later. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. As I mentioned "free" would be ideal but I'll consider reasonably priced commercial products as well. (I'm a librarian, not a hedge fund manager, after all ;-) ) Thanks in advance for your help. -Brenda -- Brenda L. Battleson University at Buffalo Central Technical Services 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 USA Ph: +1-716-645-2305 ext.225 Fax: +1-716-645-5955 Email: blb(a)buffalo.edu * *

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CFP: 2nd international workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2009)
by Uldis Bojars 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

*** Submissions deadline extended until August 10th *** CALL FOR PAPERS: SDoW2009 ==================================================================== 2nd International Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2009) October 25, 2009 collocated 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 * 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

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CFP: E-waste management in the IV Congress of CyberSociety 2009
by Dani Matielo 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

IV Congress of CyberSociety 2009 12-29 November 2009 Online Congress The Observatory for CyberSociety <http://www.cibersociedad.net/> and CitiLab-Cornellà <http://www.citilab.eu/> organized the IV Congress of CyberSociety, a Living Congress that is taking place in different phases, and whose period of discussion of online communication will take place between 12 and 29 November 2009. The conference this year is structured around six broad themes, grouping them in various working groups with specific themes: - Education - Politics - Communication - Science and Research - Economy - Culture Here you can find a list with all the Working Groups of the Congress: http://www.cibersociedad.net/congres2009/en/gts/ Communications or "papers" are at the core of the Congress. Therefore, they must be framed and appeal directly to the issues presented by any of the Working Groups. This year, it was included the possibility of communication in different formats (text, audio, video or slide show). The working languages of the Congress and the ones in which the organization will accept submissions are: English, Catalan, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese. The organization of the conference will provide an automatic translation system for all web submissions. ===E-waste management Working Group=== The development of the CyberSociety and its intensive use of technology is also associated with a huge production of electronic equipment: from personal computers and mobile phones to the major data centers which constitute the complex physical network of Internet, production and consumption of electronic devices play a central role in the economy of the Information Society. E-waste is the general label given to all kinds of waste generated from electrical and electronic equipment. With the exponential rise in the production and consumption of such devices, the amount of e-waste generated each year has become an issue which also grows bigger with the rapid spread of the use technology in the different aspects of our everyday life. There are different issues which call for attention regarding e-waste management, along all stages of the electronic devices' production cycle, from design and development, through consumption and use, up to recycling and disposal. Regarding the topic of consumption, for example, a point to be explored is the concept of "obsolescence" and the roles of mass media and the industry of electronics in the construction of consumers' "need" to constantly change their laptops, mobiles, cameras and other equipments. Another issue is how to properly dispose e-waste, since it can not be discarded alongside household garbage because of the large amount of toxic substances present in these devices which can severely pollute the environment. Also, electronic products contain huge amounts of applied knowledge, and to simply throw them away is a loss of all this knowledge. Furthermore, one of the still unresolved problems related to the egalitarian dissemination of access to computers and the Internet among disadvantaged groups, specially in developing countries, is the impossibility of many people and associations to afford the prices of the devices. The high cost of some of the equipment, services and appliances is still a key factor for the existence of the "digital divide" which could also be addressed by the use of supposedly obsolete technologies. Thus it is clear that the issue of what to do with e-waste touches many issues that need to be discussed and disseminated, from a technical point of view of how to make the process more sustainable and cause as less impact as possible to the environment, to the different strategies of appropriation, re-signification and reuse of e-waste. In this context, our proposal for this working group is to discuss the different issues related to electronic waste, through reflection on data and case studies about how communities, NGOs, companies and governments are dealing with the problem, the different strategies and public policies on the issue, and possible environmental and social solutions. We encourage communications in video format (surveys, documentaries etc) and text (articles, reports etc). We also plan to organize remote round-tables using video-conference technology. If you are interested in participating, please contact the coordinators of the WG. The coordinators of this WG are part of the projects obsoletos.org from Spain, lixoeletronico.org from Brazil and the MetaReciclagem network http://rede.metareciclagem.org ===Requirements .=== http://www.cibersociedad.net/congres2009/en/estatic/bases-para-la-presentac… ===Key dates=== Submission deadline: September 15, 2009 Online discussion period: 12-29 November 2009 -- Daniela de Carvalho Matielo WebLab.tk http:// <http://weblab.tk/>www.dacamat.com.br | http://weblab.tk | http://lixoeletronico.org ASSINE O MANIFESTO DO LIXO ELETRÔNICO http://lixoeletronico.org/manifesto "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say an uncommon-place thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles." ~ Jack Kerouac

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