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Wikimania 2007: Call for participation
by phoebe ayers 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Please circulate this call widely among wiki communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Wikimania 2007: Call for Participation == === About Wikimania === Wikimania is an annual global event devoted to Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation projects. It is a community event, which is also open to the public and to scientists. Wikimania is a place for editors and users of the Wikimedia projects around the globe (Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary, and Wikiversity) to gather, to meet each other, to exchange ideas, and to report on research and projects. This year's conference will be held from August 3-5, 2007 in Taipei, Taiwan at Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center. More information: http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page We are accepting submissions for posters, presentations, workshops, and discussion groups. We are also accepting nominations for speakers and speaker panels, and suggestions for other activities. Please note the details below and be bold in your submissions! === Important dates === * 1 March – 30 April: Submission * 1 May – 31 May: Feedback and notification of acceptance * 3 – 5 Aug 2007 : Wikimania === Conference Themes === Submissions should address one or more of the following themes: * Wikimedia Communities – Interesting projects and particularities within the communities (we explicitly invite you to present your local Wikimedia project's community!); policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multilingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. * Free Content – Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interfere with Wikimedia projects. * Technical infrastructure – Issues related to Mediawiki development and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; new ideas for development (including usable case studies from other wikis or similar projects). Your topic must be related to Wikimedia projects and its communities or to the creation of free content in general. If your topic does not cover free content creation and communities but wikis or communities in other applications then the WikiSym 2007 conference <http://www.wikisym.org/ws2007/> (October 21-23, 2007, Montreal) or a Recent Changes camp might better suit. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for * presentations (10–30 minute talks with optional short or full papers) * posters (printed presentations or visual displays that can stand on their own) * workshops (30–120 minute session with more involvement of the audience) * panels (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss on a specific subject) * Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) (45-60 minutes informal meetup of group discussion on a particular topic) * artistic artifacts (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, or other representations of some aspect of the projects) Furthermore you may leave ideas, comment, and suggestions at the public wiki page <http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Ideas>. === Guidelines === Please visit http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation for submission guidelines and a link to the submission software. Questions may be directed to cfp(a)wikimedia.org.

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TPRC 2007 Student Paper Competition
by burkx006＠umn.edu 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Of possible interest. Further information at http://www.tprc.org/TPRC07/studentpap07.htm DLB >Dear Colleague, > >The 35th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and >Internet Policy (TPRC) is seeking high-quality paper submissions by >graduate or law students. The conference will take place September >28-30, 2007 at the George Mason University Law School in Arlington, VA. >The call for papers for the student competition is attached. > >The top three student papers will receive cash awards of $1000, $500 >and $300 respectively. Award recipients will be invited to attend and >present their papers at the conference. Furthermore, one recipient per >paper will be exempt from the conference registration fee, receive free >meals at the conference, two nights* lodging at the conference hotel, >and up to $500 towards travel costs. > >Some papers submitted to the student competition but not awarded prizes >may be selected for presentation as regular TPRC papers. Two nights* >lodging at the conference hotel will be available for one author of each >of these papers. > >The competition is open to all persons who were graduate or law >students on October 1, 2006. Thus, first-year faculty members, industry, >and government professionals may be eligible. Submissions must be >endorsed by a professor. > >Please share this information with your students and encourage them to >submit a paper by the deadline of May 1, 2007 (please note that this is >after the abstract submission deadline of March 31, 2007). We would also >appreciate if you were to disseminate the call to colleagues who might >qualify or have students with an interest in information and >communications policy. > >Best regards, > > >Johannes M. Bauer >Björn Wellenius >Michigan State University >Consultant > -- Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 ********************************** voice: 612-626-8726 fax: 612-625-2011

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CFP Virtual Communities Minitrack - HICSS 41
by Karine Barzilai-Nahon 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Sorry for cross-listing CALL FOR PAPERS HICSS-41 VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES Mini-track January 7-10, 2008 Mini-Track Chairs: Karine Barzilai-Nahon <http://www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb> - University of Washington - karineb(a)u.washington.edu - [Primary Contact] Caroline Haythornthwaite <http://classweb.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/> - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - haythorn(a)uiuc.edu VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES Mini-track Description This mini-track calls for papers that address 'virtual communities' at and for work, school, home and play. Virtual communities have become a significant factor of the information society and it is important to understand them better. The range of subjects is diverse and interdisciplinary, and so are the methodologies, for example: - Social, political and economic impact of Virtual Communities - Creation and maintenance of sense of community in online venues - Design for online communities - Online communities of practice - Community-related business models, services and best practices and lessons learned Additional details on this track may be found on: http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/karineb/html/events/vc.html Important Dates: June 15, 2007: Authors submit full papers to the Peer Review System August 15, 2007: Acceptance/Rejection notices are sent to Authors via the Peer Review System. September 15, 2007: Authors submit Final Version of papers For more information visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/

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Re: [Air-l] How Much Information / Information Growth
by William Bain 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

I'm not sure this has bearing, but doing a bit of quick pre-research on the Internet brought back a reference to what Noam Chomsky's called "Plato's problem" regarding the difference between knowledge and experience. What I found is at http://www.answers.com/topic/plato-s-problem The Meno dialogue is suggested as a possible source. In general, would this be the same as the information/communication divide? Can it, I wonder, be traced to intuitive differences between connotation/denotation? sorry for all the questions. I was only going to put in 2 cents instead of 4, but, well, as often happens. Best regards, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.

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Symposium: Science Fiction, Science Faction
by Ineke Noomen 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

ANNOUNCEMENT Science Fiction, Science Faction An exploration of the visions behind the contemporary digital world. Organized by the Waag Society, Internet provider XS4ALL and the Cyberspace Salvations Research Team (University of Leiden, Erasmus University Rotterdam): In the mid-1980s, due to the rapid spread of personal and networked computing and the development of computer graphics, digital technologies seemed to change the world profoundly. Only nobody knew how. Computer designers, entrepreneurs and opinion makers put tremendous effort in envisioning and creating the kinds of futures they thought these technologies could and should bring. In this quest, many of them were inspired by science fiction. The mutual influence between science fiction and the production of techno-science is as old as science itself. From Jules Vernes From the Earth to the Moon (1865) to William Gibsons Neuromancer (1984), science fiction has provided science with possibilities for the future, and has suggested blueprints both utopian and dystopian - for an as yet nonexistent world. In 1984 William Gibson introduced the concept of cyberspace- an otherworldly space that was enclosed in a network of computers. His work, and that of other cyberpunk writers like Neal Stephenson, Vernor Vinge, Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker, greatly inspired a growing network of internet pioneers and game designers. The science fiction fantasies provided them with images of a future that was just around the corner and which they could help to build. New technologies, in turn, fed the imaginations of science fiction writers. This cross-fertilization between science fiction and science faction resulted, among others, in new understandings of user-computer interaction and in the production of online worlds such World of Warcraft and Second Life. During three evenings prominent Virtual World designers, cyberpunk writers and an editor of a cyberculture magazine will engage in a discussion about the ways in which they mutually inspired each other. They will be joined by social scientists, journalists and the audience in an exploration of the fertilization between science fiction fantasies and science factional engineering of new technologies. The speakers will look back at how new technologies and the visions, fantasies and ideologies that accompanied them helped shape the digital world we inhabit today. Insight in the process of fertilization between science fiction and science faction might not only shed light on the roots of our digital present, but also assist those who are involved in the process of finding new visions for a social and technological reality to come. Speaker schedule: March 21: Bruce Sterling (science fiction writer, design visionairy) & Peter Pels (anthropology, Leiden University) Moderator: Sally Wyatt (Virtual Knowledge Studio, president of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology) April 11: Rudy Rucker (science fiction writer, mathematics professor) RU Sirius (founder cyberculture magazine Mondo 2000) Moderator: Giselinde Kuipers (sociology, University of Amsterdam) May 2: Brenda Laurel (virtual worlds and game designer) Bruce Damer and Galen Brandt (virtual worlds developers and performers) Moderator: Christian van t Hof (Rathenau Institute) Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam Start: 19.45 uur Entrance: Free Reserve through: symposium(a)cyberspacesalvations.nl Bios: Bruce Sterling (1954) is a science fiction writer and one of the founders of the so-called cyberpunk genre. His activities are not restricted to science fiction: in 2003 he was appointed as a professor at the European Graduate School where he lectures on media and design. In 2005 he became a visionary in residence at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His most recent (non science fiction) book is Shaping Things (2005). Peter Pels (1958) is a professor in cultural anthropology at Leiden University and project leader of the Cyberspace Salvations research group. Besides his specialization in sub-Saharan Africa, he is interested in the anthropology of modernity, religion, technology and the convergence of both in, for instance, science fiction novels. Among others, he has published a book Magic and Modernity together with Birgit Meyer (ed., Stanford 2003). Rudy Rucker (1946) is both a computer scientist and a science fiction writer and, like Sterling, one of the founders of cyberpunk. Rucker lectures at San José University since 1986, worked between 1988 and 1992 at Autodesk a company specialized in Interface Technology and is mostly known for his Wetware Tetralogy: Software (1982), Wetware (1988), Freeware (1997) and Realware (2000). RU Sirius (born as Ken Goffman) is an American writer and co-founded Mondo 2000 in 1989 one of the most influential magazines in the American cyberculture of the 1990s. MONDO featured contributions of Virtual Reality pioneers (like Jaron Lanier), science fiction writers (like William Gibson and Rudy Rucker) and New Age gurus (such as Timothy Leary). Goffmans most recent book is Counterculture through the Ages (2004). Brenda Laurel works as a senior director for Sun Microsystems Labs in Menlo Park, California and teaches at the Art Center of Design in Pasadena, California. She became a designer for Atari and Activision in the 1980s, worked in the field of Virtual Reality in the 1990s and (co)founded Purple Moon a company specialized in computer games for girls. Laurel authored many books on the vision and imagination behind technology, like Computers as Theatre (1991) and Utopian Entrepreneur (2001). Bruce Damer is an engineer of virtual worlds and started Contact Consortium in the 1990s the first organization that developed avatars as digital representations of people in cyberspace. He wrote the non-fiction book Avatars (1997) and is the director of Digital Space, a 3D modeling and visualization technology company that works for NASA. Damer is an active member of CONTACT an organization of technicians, academics and science fiction writers who explore scenarios, based on contemporary, technological innovations and developments, about possible future societies. Galen Brandt is a musician and performer who has used virtual reality systems in her performances and has collaborated with artificial reality pioneer Myron Krueger in the creation of interactive worlds. Galen has written and lectured as well about Virtual Healing: the use of virtual reality for healing real world problems. For more info: www.cyberspacesalvations.nl or info(a)cyberspacesalvations.nl www.xs4all.nl www.waag.org -- Drs. Ineke Noomen (PhD Student) Department of Sociology Faculty of Social Sciences Erasmus University P.O. Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands Email: noomen(a)fsw.eur.nl --------------------------------Disclaimer-------------------------------- De informatie verzonden in dit e-mail bericht inclusief de bijlage(n) is vertrouwelijk en is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde van dit bericht. Lees verder: http://www.eur.nl/email-disclaimer The information in this e-mail message is confidential and may be legally privileged. 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Nteworked communications and access to public debate
by lisa＠global-partners.co.uk 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Dear all I’ve recently joined this mailing list and it’s great to see the wide range of subjects that people are working on. I’m currently working on a research project that’s concerned with exploring the challenges and opportunities that networked communications present for the right to freedom of expression. The website for the project is http://www.freedomofexpression.org.uk. At the moment I’m working on the following question: Do digital communications create new opportunities for the public to exchange information and ideas, and access and engage in informed public debate, even in countries where a free press does not exist? I was wondering if anyone knows of any sources of information that would be relevant to this, in particular any research that has been done around the world on how different people use new communication technologies (eg. blogging, citizen journalism, networking), the impact this has on public debate and the implications it has for ‘traditional’ or ‘mainstream’ media. Any pointers or suggestions would be much appreciated. Many thanks, Lisa -- Lisa Horner Global Partners and Associates 26 Southampton Buildings High Holborn London WC2A 1AH Phone: +44(0)207 8613960 Mobile: +44(0)7867 795859 lisa(a)global-partners.co.uk

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International Online Conference sponsored by the REAP Project, 29-31 May 07
by Janice Smith 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Apologies for multiple sightings of this message. Further info at the conference website, http://www.reap.ac.uk/eventsADLR.html <https://nemo.strath.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.reap.ac.uk/e…> International Online Conference sponsored by the REAP Project Assessment design for learner responsibility 29th to the 31st May 2007 You are invited to contribute to an innovative Online International Conference exploring the interplay between the theory and practice of assessment and feedback in HE in the digital age. We are especially interested in assessment designs that result in enhanced motivation and engagement and that help equip students to monitor and manage their own learning and feedback. How to Contribute The first way you can contribute is by submitting a short reflective case study of an implementation, design or institutional strategy for assessment or feedback. These should be submitted by 14th March 2007. All case studies that meet a minimum standard will be added, with your name attached, to a digital repository of case studies that will be one of the main conference outputs, regardless of whether you also "attend" and contribute to the conference. We aim to have this collection become an important reference point in the field for those developing both assessment theories and practices. Authors who submit more than one study, or whose study falls under more than one heading are especially welcome. A number of the cases submitted will be highlighted for discussions led by featured facilitators. So if you have a case of particular interest, then here is an opportunity to have it discussed by those at the forefront of assessment thinking and practice. The second way you might contribute is to submit a set of principles of good assessment and feedback practice to add to those we already have (see below). Again, the due date is by 14th March 2007. The third way, of course, is to participate in the conference itself and the discussions. These will be archived (with the participants' contributions identified) and form another major output of the conference. Participants should pre-register (no money involved) in the period 10-18th May 2007. Journal publications and an edited book on assessment based on the conference archive are being planned. Conference Themes This conference is being organised as part of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project (see www.reap.ac.uk <https://nemo.strath.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.reap.ac.uk/> ), a £1m initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation initiative. Focusing on assessment for learning in tertiary education the conference has three themes to be addressed through keynotes, case studies and structured discussions. 1. Assessment and the first year experience 2. Great designs for assessment 3. Institutional strategies (designs) for assessment Keynotes and Facilitators Keynote speakers leading on the three themes include: · Mantz Yorke, Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. · David Boud, Professor of Adult Education and Dean of the University Graduate School at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia · Trudy Banta, Professor of Higher Education and Vice Chancellor of Planning and Institutional Improvement at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA Conference facilitators, experts in the field of assessment and learning (e.g. Derek Rowntree, Terry Mayes), will chair online sessions where theory and practice will inform discussion and debate. Other facilitators will be announced shortly. To contribute to the REAP conference please visit the REAP website at: http://www.reap.ac.uk/eventsADLR.html <https://nemo.strath.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.reap.ac.uk/e…> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On behalf of Dr David Nicol, Director of REAP project ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan Smith Lecturer Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement University of Strathclyde Graham Hills Building 50 George Street Glasgow G1 1QE t: 0141 548 3127 f: 0141 553 2053 http://personal.strath.ac.uk/jan.smith/ <http://personal.strath.ac.uk/jan.smith/> http://www.strath.ac.uk/caple

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Re: [Air-l] Internet Research Book Reccommendations Needed
by Jess Porter 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hello Amanda: When I saw the word Springer my eyes light up. I know from that, that this is an excellant book. I am going to check int it right away. You can't beat Srpinger-Verlag for math and technical computer books. I love the Aussies; I hope all is well for you in Australia, and you are enjoying the summer. Thank You, and Regards, Jess ----- Original Message ---- From: Professor Amanda Spink <ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:24:53 PM Subject: Re: [Air-l] Internet Research Book Reccommendations Needed Our book covers doing Web search research - Spink, A., & Jansen, B. J. (2004). Web Search: Public Searching of the Web. Dordrecht: Springer. Cheers, Amanda *************************************** Amanda Spink Research Capacity Building Professor of Information Technology School of Information Systems Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus 2 George St, GPO Box 2434 Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia http://www.fit.qut.edu.au Tel: 61-7-3864-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703 Email: ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/ ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:12:07 -0800 (PST) >From: Jess Porter <vzetzy55(a)verizon.net> >Subject: [Air-l] Internet Research Book Reccommendations Needed >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Hello: > >Can someone recommend 2 or 3 good books on doing Internet Research. I checked tonight and found books with 1999, and 1998 copyrights. I want the most recent copyrights possible, 2005, 2006, 2007. The technology has to match the research techniques, and Windows 95, Google and Yahoo in 1999 are outdated. Also, the $20.00 books are no good. A good computer book usually sets you back $50-80.00. > >I have to say, I am not a research scholar, like the rest of you, but I read alot of these messages, and it is fascinating. > >You can find out all about me at: > >http://www.ecademy.com >In the top right corner search for Jess Porter > >Thanks and Regards, > >Jess > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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How Much Information / Information Growth
by Jose-Carlos Mariategui 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Dear members of Air-l: I am trying to find some reliable resources in relation to information growth. I found, for example several blogs or news about large data repositories in the world, but the information seems misleading and the modes of evaluation unclear (eg: http://www.businessintelligencelowdown.com/2007/02/top_10_largest_.html ; http://www.sci-tech-today.com/perl/story/19162.html ) Beyond the well known Lyman and Varian 2003 study ( http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/ ) does anybody knows any other recent extensive study in this area ? Thanks in advance, Jose-Carlos

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student inquiry
by Garman, Allison P. 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hello all! My name is Allison Garman, and I am a student at Tulane University. I am taking an Internet Social Networking class and was referred to you by my Professor to ask for help regarding my semester research project. I am exploring the nature of internet career sites such as careerbuilder.com and monster.com in relation to how they frame themselves, how and why people use them, and if there a sense of community that comes out of participation. Does anyone know of any literature on career web sites? Or even literature on job searches in general (via newspaper ads, etc.) would be MUCH MUCH appreciated. Please email me back at agarman(a)tulane.edu Thank you in advance! All the best, Allison Garman

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