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Assistant Needed for AOIR Conference
by Orion Anderson 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

BOOK EXHIBIT ASSISTANT NEEDED: PART TIME: October 17 (Wednesday)- October 20 (Saturday). PLEASE TELL ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT THIS POSITION. FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNET Researchers October 17 through October 20, Vancouver, BC, Canada LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE is organizing and managing the BOOK EXHIBIT for the upcoming HBES MEETING beginning Wednesday, October 17 through Saturday, October 20 at the Simon Fraser University. One experienced LSS staff person will be on-site throughout to manage the display (Richard Klein). However, the conference will be a substantial one and the book exhibit will be large (over 200 titles in the display). WE SEEK TO HIRE AN INDIVIDUAL TO ASSIST RICHARD KLEIN WITH MANAGING THE BOOK EXHIBIT. This is a PAYING POSITION (or the person can receive part of their payment by selecting books that remain at the end of the conference). The person will assist with the set-up of the display (on Wednesday) as well as with writing up orders during the course of the conference. The job is not difficult, but is fairly intense. We wish to hire someone with business experience. There will be time to go to sessions when you are not working at the book exhibit. If you think you are suitable for this position and are enthusiastic about it (or know someone who is), please have them contact me ASAP at 718-393-1081 or send an e-mail to rakoenigsberg(a)earthlink.net Please provide a telephone number and the best time to call to discuss the position. Thanks very much. Best regards, Richard Koenigsberg, Ph. D. Director, LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE P. S. To get a sense of what we do, please visit the LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE BOOK EXHIBIT'S WEBSITE at http://www.libraryofsocialscience.com/ P. P. S. We may be able to provide lodging at the Ramada Downtown Vancouver. __________________________________________

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Help the AoIR Newsletter!
by Kathleen O'Riordan 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

The AoIR newsletter is looking for your input! 1) Firstly we are looking for volunteers to report back on the upcoming conference in Vancouver - this is to go in the December edition of the Newsletter. If you are going to be blogging the conference please send us your blog links - if you would be prepared to send us your photos or write up a report on some of the sessions please let us know! We would love to be able to have your input, and to help circulate your material, to keep people updated on conference activities, highlights and news. Join the news team: 2) We are also looking for volunteers to join the newsletter team to help the existing team with commissioning articles, writing copy, compiling events and publications, collecting news on recent doctorate completion, and general AoIR news and achievements. We publish in December and June and we are looking for further input to help us develop this service. Please contact me directly if you are interested in either of these ways of contributing - we would love to have your input! Many thanks Kate Dr Kate O'Riordan Department of Media and Film EDB University of Sussex Falmer Brighton UK BN1 9RG Tel: 00 44 (0) 1273 876730 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mediastudies/profile30746.html

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lessons in second life
by Jeremy Hunsinger 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

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 sponsored by the Consortium for Surrealist Learning Environments next weeks Lessons in Second Life is to be sponsored by the Non- technical Solutions to Supposedly Technical Problems Consultancy's Pebcac Task Force jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Faculty Positions, University of Colorado
by Janice Peck 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Please feel free to circulate and redistribute....apologies for cross posting... Janice Peck School of Journalism & Mass Communication University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- School of Journalism & Mass Communication University of Colorado at Boulder Assistant/Associate Professor in Digital Communication & New Media The School of Journalism & Mass Communication seeks candidates with primary interests in the area of journalism and news media who are well-versed in and equipped to teach multimedia/online/digital news production, dissemination and uses. Those interests would be demonstrated in both the person’s teaching assignments and research/ creative work. We seek to educate students to value the traditions of a free and responsible media that support a democratic society, and to become ethical and productive members of the news media and their communities. We also seek to engage our scholarly communities as well as our constituent industries, whose leaders tell us they look increasingly to the academy for help in coping with this fast- changing news environment. This colleague will teach two courses per semester in the newsgathering and media studies sequences at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and serve on graduate committees. For this position a Ph.D. is preferred and professional experience in journalism with a new media emphasis is highly desired. Candidates holding a master’s degree with extensive professional experience in digital media will be considered. Any candidate appointed will have demonstrated an ability to think through larger conceptual issues raised by digital media and have a clear agenda for peer-reviewed research publications and/or juried creative production that can lead to tenure. We hope to hire at the assistant professor level, but associate rank will be considered. Appointment will begin in August 2008. For more details, go to: www.colorado.edu/journalism. Please submit a cover letter, resume and the names and contact information of three references at www.jobsatcu.com and refer to posting number 802090. Application review will start Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, and will continue until the position is filled. Professor Michael Tracey is Search Chair. Assistant/Associate Professor in Environmental Journalism The School of Journalism & Mass Communication seeks candidates with an active program of research or creative work in the public communication of environmental issues. The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in our nationally recognized Center for Environmental Journalism (CEJ), which offers interdisciplinary graduate level courses as well as programs to help professional journalists understand and communicate the scientific, political, economic and social underpinnings of environmental issues. The candidate’s research could be in areas such as environmental science, climate change or risk communication. This colleague will teach two courses per semester — conceptual and skills courses in the newsgathering and media studies sequences at both the undergraduate and graduate levels — and will serve on graduate thesis committees. Candidates must have a Ph.D. and professional experience is also highly valued. We hope to hire at the assistant professor level, but associate rank will be considered. Appointment will begin in August 2008. For more details, go to: www.colorado.edu/journalism. Please submit a cover letter, resume and the names and contact information of three references, at www.jobsatcu.com and refer to posting number 802088. Application review will start Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, and will continue until the position is filled. Professor Len Ackland is Search Chair. The University of Colorado is committed to diversity in education and employment.

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digital media/game studies job
by qCentral/Mary L. Gray 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Hi there, *Please* circulate (and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or folks to recommend for the position). best, Mary ________________________ Mary L. Gray, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Culture Affiliate Faculty Gender Studies Department and American Studies Program Indiana University 800 East 3rd Street Bloomington, IN 47405 ph. 812/855.4379 fx. 812/855.6014 email: mLg(a)indiana.edu http://www.indiana.edu/~qcentral ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- Assistant Professor in Digital Media Studies The Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in digital media studies to begin Fall 2008. We seek an individual with expertise in critical approaches to digital media to join an innovative, interdisciplinary program that includes media studies, ethnography and performance studies, and rhetoric and public culture. While we invite candidates from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, we encourage applicants involved in research on the cultural, political, and communicative aspects of online games and in the broader field of digital game studies. Research may involve the formal qualities of digital games, their social and political dimensions, as well as questions of genre, narrative, and history. Applicants should be prepared to discuss the role that digital media play in shaping perceptions of history and culture, in forging individual and collective identities, and in mediating social change. Applicants are expected to have a strong research agenda and a commitment to excellence in teaching. Preference will be given to candidates who have their Ph.D. in hand by the date of appointment. Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin on November 16, 2007. Address applications to: Christopher Anderson, Chair, Digital Media Studies Search, Department of Communication and Culture, 800 East Third St., Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405. Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. We are especially interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of scholars, including women, members of racial and ethnic minorities, and disabled individuals.

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[bms-rc33] Meeting - Computer Safety, Reliability & Security (18-21 Sep, Nuremberg DE) (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

fyi 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 _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:00:44 +0200 From: Karl.Vanmeter(a)ens.fr Reply-To: bms-rc33(a)services.cnrs.fr, Karl.Vanmeter(a)ens.fr To: bms-rc33(a)services.cnrs.fr Cc: karama.kanoun(a)laas.fr Subject: [bms-rc33] Meeting - Computer Safety, Reliability & Security (18-21 Sep, Nuremberg DE) Thanks to Karama Kanoun [see-sic] <see-sic(a)laas.fr> SAFECOMP 2007 26th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security 18 - 21 September 2007, Nuremberg, Germany Dear Colleagues, on behalf of EWICS TC 7, the European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems, Technical Committee on Reliability, Safety and Security, it is my pleasure to announce Safecomp 2007. Further information is available on the Conference website: www.safecomp.org I am looking forward to welcoming many old friends and new colleagues to Franconia! Best regards Francesca Saglietti (Programme Chair) Department of Software Engineering University of Erlangen-Nuremberg >> BMS 2007 subscriptions: individuals, 34 euros; organizations, 67 euros << *************************************************************************** * * Karl M. van Meter BMS, Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique * vanmeter(a)ens.fr (Bulletin of Sociological Methodology) * tel/fax 33 (0)1 40 51 85 19 bms-aims(a)orange.fr * http://www.cmh.pro.ens.fr/bms/Welcome.htm * distribution list bms-rc33(a)services.cnrs.fr * CMH-CNRS-ENS-EHESS RC33, Research Committee Logic & * 48 boulevard Jourdan Methodology of the International * 75014 Paris, France Sociological Association (ISA) * ***************************************************************************

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Tenure-Track Position at Colorado State University
by Switzer,Jamie 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Technology and Communication Policy Department of Journalism and Technical Communication Colorado State University Technology and communication policy tenure-track appointment in the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication. Ph.D. in communication, journalism/mass communication, policy, or related field, or J.D., is required, as is professional experience in one or more of the department’s teaching areas. Demonstrated research interest in technology and communication policy, law, and/or regulation is required. Previous college teaching experience is preferred. Potential for external funding is a plus. Candidates who can advance the Department’s commitment to diversity and multiculturalism through teaching, research, and service are encouraged to apply. Begins August 18, 2008. Apply by November 15, 2007 for full consideration. Send cover letter outlining qualifications, c.v., sample publications, and a list of four references to Search Committee Chair, C225 Clark, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785. (970)491-6310. Electronic submissions are not acceptable. For more information on the position, visit http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/TJ/. This is an “open” search: once the search committee has identified semi-finalists, departmental faculty will have access to those files, including letters of recommendation. Colorado State University is an EO/AA employer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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New Early registration Date - 2007 ASIS&T Annual - Oct 21-24, Milwaukee
by Richard Hill 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

By request, and because of the short time between Labor Day and the early cut off date, we have made the deadline for registering and getting the early rate September 21, 2007 2007 ASIS&T Annual Meeting October 21-24, 2007 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/ Come to Milwaukee, expand and enrich your network by Joining Research and Practice Register now before early rates expire on Friday, September 21, 2007 Web 2.0 and social computing are changing the way people use information for work, play, research, and everyday activities. Sponsored by ASIS&T, the premier society for information science, the 2007 Annual Meeting is devoted to the discussion of Social Computing and Information Science. More than sixty sessions of contributed papers, panel discussions, poster sessions, etc. have been planned. They will address a wide variety of topics, ranging from tagging, online communities, information seeking behavior, web log and transaction log analysis to research directions, education, and ethical practice for information professionals in the new world of social computing. Two plenary sessions have been planned. On Monday morning, Ms. Anthea Stratigos, co-founder and CEO of Outsell, the leading research and advisory firm focusing on information and publishing industry, will address the overall trends, impact of social computing and web 2.0 to the information industry. On Wednesday, Dr. Clifford Lynch, Director of Coalition of Networked Information and long time member and former President of ASIS&T, will tie everything together, and discuss what these all meant to information science and information professionals. Exciting Pre-Conference Seminars: Friday, October 19 * Research Into Practice: Studying Producers and Consumers in Social Computing Environments * Making D Space Your Own * Taxonomies in Search * Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Social Web, Social Computing and the Social Analysis of Computing Sa turday, Oct. 20 Saturday, October 20 * 18th Annual SIG CR Classification Research Workshop * Social Information Architecture * 7th SIG USE Symposium: Mobility and Social Networks in Information Behavior * RSS 2.0 for Current Awareness and Alerts: A Hands-On "Getting Started" Experience Sunday, October 21 * Information Architecture 3.0 Special Conference Hotel Room Rates $124 single/double, $144 triple, $164 quad. Rates are good until September 27, 2007. Contact the hotel directly to make your hotel reservations and ask for the ASIS&T rate (code JIST). ASIS&T AM07 Conference Hotel Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Tel: (414) 276-1234 Fax: (414) 276-6338 For more information about the meeting or hotel, please visit our site http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/ Dick Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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International Journal of Design - CFP - Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design
by ken.friedman＠bi.no 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

CALL FOR PAPERS A Special Issue on "Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design" The notion of interaction design has become an indispensable aspect of product design and development, especially for those products with embedded information technologies. While traditional industrial design focuses on a product's functionality and its physical features, interaction design focuses on the interactive experience of users. Since products are becoming more pervasively and more tightly interwoven with our daily activities, design calls for a deeper understanding of the diverse perspectives of product use. Culture has been considered to play a critical role for users in their understanding, acceptance, positioning, and use of an artifact. The quality of an interactive experience is produced in a particular cultural context and is determined or evaluated in that context. Yet, when it comes to incorporating cultural factors effectively in design practice, knowledge is insufficient at all levels -- conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and practical. Cultural factors need to be integrated in the design process in order to achieve the high quality of product interaction that enables our experience with a product to be effective and enjoyable. For this special issue of the International Journal of Design, we are seeking papers that present breakthroughs in conceptual, theoretical, methodological and practical research that enhance the formalization of design knowledge with regard to the "cultural aspects of interaction design." In particular, these contributions should focus on representing cultural factors in describable, operable, and usable forms of design knowledge with relevance to interaction design. The following topics are of particular interest, covering fundamental and contemporary issues in this domain: - Conceptual framework of cultural factors in interaction design - Acquisition and representation methods for cultural factors in design - Formal models of cultural factors in interaction design - Planning, design, and evaluation methods that involve cultural perspectives - Cultural aspects of interaction methods and languages - Assessment of the cultural effects of new interactive products - Cultural factors in Kansei/emotional/affective aspects of interaction - Cultural contexts of interaction design for ambient intelligence environments - Cultural factors related to usability Schedule: Full Paper Due: 28 February 2008 Notification of Acceptance: 30 April 2008 Final Version of Paper Due: 31 May 2008 Special Issue Publication Date: 1 August 2008 Submission of Papers: Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines found at www.ijdesign.org/authorGuidelines Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A double-blind review process will be employed for this special issue. Manuscripts should be sent through the on-line system at www.ijdesign.org/submissions Authors should choose "Special Issue on Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design" as the Journal Section when submitting papers. Special Issue Editors: Keiichi Sato Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Tel: 312-595-4912 E-mail: sato(a)id.iit.edu Kuohsiang Chen Department and Institute of Industrial Design National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Tel: +886 6-2757575, ext. 54335 E-mail: kchen(a)mail.ncku.edu.tw

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quotations on line
by Barry Wellman 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

I yet again ran into frustration trying to find the source (publication, date) for a quotation. Finding the quote is easy. In this case: Gene Fowler, "Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until little drops of blood form on your forehead."* But when was it uttered or written. The many quotation pages on the web seem Never to give sources. (Methinks, many just copy from each other.) They seem to be aimed at giving sound-bytes to speakers, bloggers, etc. Barlett's QUotations was sterling on this in print days. Does it still exist? Any other advice? *A cognitive psych research question: is writing easier with screens and word processing than in the old days of blank pages, pens and typewriters? 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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