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website needs work
by Barry Wellman 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

I just went rambling around the AoIR website. Large chunks of it are out of date or just a stub. There is a note that there is a website working group on the site, but no mention of who they are, and the note is Iages old. This is NOT a case of I found the problem, I volunteer to fix it. Caroline Haythornthwaite and I have just spent lots and lots of time putting together the first AoIR-ICS special issue. I/we have done our share. More info on the special issue anon, when we've wrapped it up. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________

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Webology: Volume 4, Number 3, 2007
by Alireza Noruzi 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 4, No. 3 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 4, Number 3, September, 2007 TOC: http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/toc.html This issue contains: Editorial - The International Scope of Webology -- Alireza Noruzi -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/editorial13.html ----------------------------------------- Articles - Increase of Precision on the Top of the List of Retrieved Web Documents Using Global and Local Link Analysis -- Luiz Fernando de Barros Campos -- Keywords: Link analysis; HITS; PageRank; Space Vector Model; Search engines -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/a44.html - International Actions against Cybercrime: Networking Legal Systems in the Networked Crime Scene -- Xingan Li -- Keywords: Cybercrime; Legal system; International harmonization -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/a45.html - Cybercrime and the Law: An Islamic View -- Mansoor Al-A'ali -- Keywords: Computer Crime; Computer Crime Law; Texas Law; Islamic Law; Cybercrime -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/a46.html ----------------------------------------- Book Reviews - The Information Literacy Cookbook: Ingredients, recipes and tips for success -- Jane Secker, Debbi Boden & Gwyneth Price (Eds.) -- Hamid R. Jamali -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/bookreview7.html ----------------------------------------- Call for Papers: -- http://www.webology.ir/cfp.html ========================================= Best regards, Alireza Noruzi, PhD Editor-in-Chief of Webology www.webology.ir ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~

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Call for Papers - AUSWEB 2008
by Professor Amanda Spink 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Call for Submissions - AUSWEB 2008 Australasian World Wide Web Conference This announcement is the formal call for submissions for AusWeb08. Since its inception, AusWeb has been the primary forum for Australian developers, computer scientists, educators, industry, government and cultural commentators to discuss the rapidly evolving technologies and usage of the Web. In order to contextualise and broaden this discussion, submissions from authors outside Australia are most welcome. AusWeb provides an informal and supportive environment, with the programme designed to facilitate open discussion and debate. NOTE: the AusWeb series of conferences does not require exclusive assignment of copyright by authors and full papers are refereed to DEST standards. Possible Topics For AusWeb08, we are interested in receiving submissions on all aspects of the Web. The following topics are intended to provide an indication of some of the themes which have been discussed at previous AusWeb Conferences: *Web languages, standards, formats and protocols *Web-based collaboration *Web system design and evaluation *Open source software *Application of Web technologies to education and / or training *Social and / or institutional impacts of Web-based education *eCommerce / eBusiness strategies and issues *New products / services / experiences and the Web *New Media Entertainment and the Web *The impact of the Web on society and / or government *Libraries / publishing / open access and the Web *Sociological / cultural studies of the Web *The Web as an agent of transformation *Web security We are also happy to consider submission proposals that do not fit neatly into the above topics. Please note that as this is a Web conference, the submissions will need to have a strong Web component to them. Initial Submission In order to make it as easy as possible to submit to AusWeb08, you may make your initial submission in any of the following formats HTML (preferred) or Text or RTF or Word. You do not have to comply with any particular stylesheet at the initial submission phase. If accepted, you will need to supply the final version of your submission as an HTML formatted document using the AusWeb stylesheet which will be made available from the AusWeb08 server. Refereed Full Papers Refereed full papers (3,500 to 5,000 words) are designed to allow the presentation of completed research projects, reports of innovative uses of Web technologies in universities, industry, government and cultural institutions such as libraries, archives, publishers and museums, and case histories. The AusWeb conference series is designed so that refereed full papers are eligible for inclusion in an institution's DEST statistics. This is ensured by the following practices: The conference is nationally significant, and the promotional material, the speakers and attendees and the program reflect this. o Papers are independently peer reviewed on the basis of the full paper (rather than just on an abstract) and there will be clear evidence that this is the case, ranging from statements in the promotional material to referees' comments. o The full paper will be published, not an abstract or digest. o The proceedings will be available more widely than just to conference delegates on request to the conference office. Refereeing of papers will be done by members of an expert Review Panel (including international scholars) to DEST refereed conference paper standards using a two-stage double-blind review process. We will try to make this process as quick as possible so that you have as much time as possible to produce the final version of your paper (if accepted). Because the refereeing is double-blind, please ensure that author(s) name(s) or other identifying information, including obvious self-citations, do not appear on your submission to ensure anonymity.__Refereed Full Papers are to be submitted initially to the Program Chair, Joanna Richardson <j.richardson(a)griffith.edu.au> who will then redirect them to specialist track chairs as required. Decisions will be made by the Program Committee after receipt of reviewers reports. Submissions not accepted as Refereed Full Papers may be accepted as Edited Short Papers (see below). Key Refereed Full Paper Dates On or before (early submission would be appreciated) 28th January Full paper decisions: 18th February Final, formatted papers submitted to the AusWeb server: 3rd March Papers published on the Web: 17th March Posters and Edited Short Papers We are also calling for submissions to our popular Posters stream as either traditional posters, creative 'Web-based posters' or Short Edited papers (research in progress) that the author wants to present and discuss with delegates. The Poster session (usually held on the Monday afternoon of the conference) is designed to showcase the most innovative developments on the Web from Australia and around the world. Traditional posters are typically in a large display format and designed to allow the presentation of research in progress, demonstrate pre-release software or get feedback from attendees on new ideas. Web-based posters may use social-network technology to spread and communicate their message, but will need some physical presence at AusWeb! Summary details of your poster presentations (around 250 to 500 words) and edited short papers (500 to 1500 words) of work in progress will be published on the Web, in the printed proceedings and on the conference CD-ROM. Poster and short edited paper proposals are to be submitted directly to the Poster Chair, Rod Sims <rod.sims(a)faculty.capella.edu>. Acceptance decisions will be made by the Poster subcommittee. Key Poster/Short Edited Paper Dates On for before 11th February (early submissions would be appreciated) Decisions: 18th February (decision re early submissions will be made within a week of submission) Final, formatted paper details submitted to the AusWeb server: 3rd March Post Summaries (with links) and Short Edited Papers published on the Web: 17th March (Late submissions will be considered but will only be published on the Web at the time of the conference.) Best Poster and Best Paper Awards It is an AusWeb tradition to acknowledge the best paper at each conference with the Paul Thistlewaite Award. This award consists of a certificate plus a complimentary core registration at the following year's conference. The latter is made possible by our long time sponsor Explain XML Specialists http://www.explain.com.au/ and is presented by their CEO Steve Ball. We also offer a Best Poster Award which consists of a certificate and registration for a tutorial or workshop at the following year's conference (compliments of the conference series). *************************************** Amanda Spink Research Capacity Building Professor of Information Technology Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus, 2 George St, GPO Box 2434 Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia http://www.fit.qut.edu.au Tel: 61-7-3138-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703 Email: ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/

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New Book: Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age
by Christian.Fuchs＠sbg.ac.at 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Christian Fuchs (2008) Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415961327. 408 pages. Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society. More infos: http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at/i&s.html Discussion Board on Internet+Society issues: http://www.nabble.com/Internet-and-Society-f28205.html In this book, the author develops a theory that shows how Internet has changed society and society shapes the Internet. It discusses the ecology, the economy, the politics, and the culture of transnational informational capitalism. Topics addressed in the book include: self-organization in nature, self-organization in society, foundations of social theory, theory of capitalism, critical theory in the age of the Internet, transnational informational capitalism, Web 2.0, social software, ecological sustainability and ICTs, informational monopolies, strategies of accumulation related to the Internet, MySpace, YouTube, Wikipedia, Google, Open Source, Free Software, filesharing, knowledge labor, class theory, multitude and Empire (Hardt and Negri), class theory in informational capitalism, gift internet economy, commodity internet economy, gift commodity internet economy, digital divide, eParticipation, digital democracy, democratic theory, information warfare, electronic surveillance, cyberprotest, the movement for democratic globalization ("anti-globalization"), virtual communities, social networking platforms, cyberstalking, social relations online, individualization and isolation online, Internet addiction, cyberculture, cyberethics, etc. The book provides foundations for Critical Internet Research / Critical Theory in the age of informational capitalism. -- _____________________________ Univ.Ass. Dr. Christian Fuchs Assistant Professor for Internet and Society ICT&S Center - Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies & Society http://www.icts.uni-salzburg.at University of Salzburg Sigmund Haffner Gasse 18 5020 Salzburg Austria christian.fuchs(a)sbg.ac.at Phone +43 662 8044 4823 Fax +43 662 6389 4800 Information-Society-Technology: http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at http://icts.uni-salzburg.at/fuchs/ Managing Editor of tripleC - peer-reviewed open access online journal for the foundations of information science: http://triplec.uti.at New Book: Fuchs, Christian (2008) Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isb… http://www.routledge.co.uk/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?curTab…

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CFP: UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions
by Ken Friedman 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Friends, Yesterday, we sent out the CFP for the next Design Research Society international conference in Sheffield. This morning, an alert reader informed me that we set the deadline for December 2008 for a conference in July 2008. Apologies! We've extended the deadline to allow people to get abstracts in following the RAE submission in the UK. The deadline is THIS December -- 2007! We hope that you will consider joining us for what promises to be a marvelous conference. Best regards, Ken Friedman Communications Secretary Design Research Society THE 2008 DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE will be held in Sheffield, UK on 16-19 July 2008. In the tradition of our biennial conference series this will be a broad-ranging event open to all topics and disciplines relevant to designing. However we will have a conference theme which will inform the choice of keynote speakers and, we hope, stimulate debate: ******************************************************** UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions. ******************************************************** You can find out more at the conference website at </exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/>http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/ Deadline for extended abstracts is 1 December 2007 If you are considering proposing a paper please join the conference announcement mail list at </exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html

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2008 DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
by Ken Friedman 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

THE 2008 DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE will be held in Sheffield, UK on 16-19 July 2008. In the tradition of our biennial conference series this will be a broad-ranging event open to all topics and disciplines relevant to designing. However we will have a conference theme which will inform the choice of keynote speakers and, we hope, stimulate debate: ******************************************************** UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions. ******************************************************** You can find out more at the conference website at </exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/>http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/ Deadline for extended abstracts is 1 December 2008 If you are considering proposing a paper please join the conference announcement mail list at </exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html

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FW: Call for Papers - Web 2.0, teens, & libraries
by Suzana Sukovic 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

>Subject >Call for papers: Web 2.0, teenagers & libraries > >Call for papers for a special issue of Library Trends devoted to Web 2.0, >teenagers and libraries. > >This issue will explore the current use of Web 2.0 technologies in >libraries which serve teenagers, and consider how services might be >developed future to better meet the needs of a teenage audience. > >The issue will cover initiatives in all types of libraries serving >teenagers: school, public, college, university and other information >services. Contributions are welcome from researchers, library/information >practitioners and other interested parties. Suggested topics include (but >are not limited to): >Involving teenagers in the design of web 2.0 services >MySpace, Facebook and other social networking sites >The use of blogs >Security and safety issues >Getting staff - and managers - onboard >Gaming - does it have a place in libraries? >Online reading groups >Podcasting - library tours and other uses >Web 2.0 approaches to information skills >Wikis and online communities. > >Articles should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length. Author >guidelines are available at >http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/lr/notes.jsp >If you are interested in submitting an article, please email >sarahmcnicol(a)hotmail.com > >I am very happy to discuss ideas for contributions. The deadline for >submission of full articles is 18th April 2008. > >You can download the call for papers at >http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/%24CX3W6L62SPUZN3UBTELGg%3D%3D28672 > > > > > > > >- - - - - - - - >Susan L. Fensore >MLIS, 2004 >President and Webmaster, Rho Chapter, Beta Phi Mu Honor Society >http://betaphimu.slis.kent.edu/Index.htm >Reference Desk, Avon Lake Public Library >http://www.alpl.org > >sfensore(a)kent.edu or >sfensore(a)roadrunner.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >Siguse-l mailing list >Siguse-l(a)asis.org >http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/siguse-l Suzana

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lessons in second life
by Jeremy Hunsinger 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Tuesday (1:30-3pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ this week's Lessons in Second Life is brought you by: the Professors named Professor next week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: Honesty is the best Politics. Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron _______________________________________________ Slrl mailing list Slrl(a)list.academ-x.com http://list.academ-x.com/listinfo.cgi/slrl-academ-x.com

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Call for Newsletter Info
by Switzer,Jamie 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

To the AoIR Membership: The newsletter team is soliciting content for the next newsletter. Please send us any and all articles, news, upcoming events, jobs, general information, anecdotes from the conference, etc. etc. Anything you think would be of interest to the AoIR membership. Please send content direct to me at jamie.switzer(a)colostate.edu. Thank you in advance for your contributions!! JS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jamie S. Switzer Assistant Professor Department of Journalism and Technical Communication Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA 80523-1785 jamie.switzer(a)colostate.edu 970.491.2239 fax 970.491.2908

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the web is agreement!
by elw＠stderr.org 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

a very classy image on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/1805709102/ (A poster of this is going up on my wall ASAP...) --elijah

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