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Engage your community in issues that matter
by david silver 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Dear air'ers, We are trying to distribute our message to all librarians in all countries. Please consider forwarding this email below to any and all librarians you know -- librarians at your local public library, librarians who work at your community college, college, or university, librarians you know who live overseas, etc. And if you blog, please consider blogging this. Thank you, david silver *** [ PLEASE forward this message to a LIBRARIAN near you ] The September Project ( http://www.theseptemberproject.org ) is a grassroots effort to encourage public events on freedom, democracy, and citizenship in libraries on or around September 11. September Project events are activities of reflection, discussion, and dialogue about the meaning of freedom, the role of information in promoting active citizenship, and the importance of literacy in making sense of the world around us. Events take place on September 11, on the weekend of September 11, or throughout the month of September. In other words, whenever it works best for your library and community. Libraries around the world are collaborating with organizations to host public and campus events, such as: displays about human rights and historical documents; talks and performances about freedom and cultural difference; and film screenings about issues that matter. Over 100 examples of events can be found at: http://www.theseptemberproject.org/pastevents.htm For events tailored to a more academic audience, please visit: http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/events/theseptemberproject Currently, over 160 public, academic, school, and institute libraries in 13 countries are participating. Participating countries include: Bangladesh, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Nepal, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, the US, and Venezuela. You can view a map of all participating venues here: http://www.drizzle.com/%7Eklockner/cgi-bin/tsp/2005/map.cgi If you plan to offer programs that explore these ideas, please sign up. Signing up takes a moment and places your library on the map of participants. Please visit: http://www.drizzle.com/~klockner/cgi-bin/tsp/2005/venue.cgi I hope you and your colleagues will consider participating in this project, and please let me know if you have any questions and suggestions. Respectfully, david silver www.theseptemberproject.org English: http://www.theseptemberproject.org/tsp.pdf Espanol: http://www.theseptemberproject.org/tspespanol.pdf [ if you blog, please consider blogging this ] [ if you belong to other lists, please forward ] *** Que esta haciendo tu biblioteca el 11 de Septiembre 2005? El dia 11 de Septiembre, o cerca de esta fecha, gente en muchos paises alrededor del mundo se reunieran en espacios publicos como las bibliotecas para compartir y discutir asuntos que son de vital importancia en el mundo que hoy vivimos. Vecinos de distintas areas participaran en foros publicos, representaciones artisticas, y otras expresiones creativas de temas como democracia, ciudadania, y libertad. Las bibliotecas proveen el perfecto espacio para unir y atraer gente: Son espacios libres, publicos, y existen en muchas partes del mundo. Su participación es gratis. Por favor visite: http://www.septemberproject.org Consulta la lista de bibliotecas participantes; Comparte ideas para eventos; Inscribe a tu biblioteca. Esta cerrada en Domingo? No hay ninguna actividad planeada? Muchas bibliotecas estan planeando eventos para el fin de semana del 11 de septiembre y durante todo el mes de septiembre. Algunas bibliotecas en universidades y escuelas estan incluso organizando eventos y presentando exhibiciones que continuan hasta el siguiente periodo academico. El Proyecto Septiembre 11 es una iniciativa de base que tiene como proposito fomentar eventos publicos en todas las comunidades el dia 11 de Septiembre. Para mayor informacion por favor contacte a: info(a)theseptemberproject.org Espanol: http://www.theseptemberproject.org/tspespanol.pdf English: http://www.theseptemberproject.org/tsp.pdf

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International Calendar of Information Science Conferences]
by Michel J. Menou 24 Jul '05

24 Jul '05

** Please excuse duplicate postings ** The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG/III), the European (ASIST/EC) and the New England (NEASIST) chapters of ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science & Technology) are pleased to announce: The International Calendar of Information Science Conferences (ICISC) http://icisc.neasist.org/ This centralized, master calendar of relevant conferences being held around the world serves three primary purposes: - to help information science researchers and practitioners (and their colleagues in related disciplines) to discover which conferences are planned that might fulfill their need to communicate their knowledge and experience and learn from others; and, - to help conference organizers avoid time or topic conflicts, or coordinate with other groups, leading to more interaction and coherence among professional groups; and, - to contribute to facilitating interaction among like-minded professionals working on information problems around the globe. This calendar is meant as a cooperative venture. Any organization or conference organizer is cordially invited to submit relevant conferences, either confirmed or planned, to the ICISC Calendar. Detailed instructions for registering a conference directly, through a submission form, or by Email can be found on the Web site. The site is moderated and the sponsoring organizations reserve the right to discard entries that would not be deemed appropriate. The calendar is in English at the moment. We hope that more languages and/or mirror sites could be added in the future. Announcements can be passed in any language that can be presented in Latin characters, provided an English translation of at least the conference place and title is also included. In addition to the dynamic and searchable calendar available for viewing in both block and list style, there is a "Quick Calendar" listing all the events on a static HTML web page useful for printing, or for those with slower internet connections. ICISC further offers the option to subscribe to an RSS feed to keep up to date on the latest additions. The web site further includes lists of electronic fora, societies, networks, and rotating conferences in Information science. Suggestions of relevant entries will be most welcome. We hope that you will find this calendar useful from an organizational and/or individual stand point. We encourage you to contribute to the calendar and offer your suggestions. Be sure to subscribe to the RSS/XML feed to stay up to date on new additions to the calendar. Your colleagues from, SIG/III (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) ASIST/EC (http://www.asis.org/Chapters/europe/About.htm) NEASIST (http://www.neasist.org/) International Calendar of Information Science Conferences (ICISC) http://icisc.neasist.org/ Contact: icisc(a)neasist.org -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22/07/2005

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Re: Young Islamists, ICTs & participation
by m.pregowski＠uw.edu.pl 24 Jul '05

24 Jul '05

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Fwd: Participation in EFF 15th's Anniversary Blog-a-thon
by Dan L Burk 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

Of interest. DLB On 22 Jul 2005, Jason Schultz wrote: > * EFF Announces "EFF15 Blog-a-thon" � Blog for Freedom! > > > For the past 15 years, EFF has been fighting to preserve > > the constitutional right to freedom of expression on the > > Internet. In the last few years, we've seen an explosion > > of expression as new web publishing tools emerged, > > providing countless netizens with their own personal First > > Amendment machines. This month is our 15th anniversary > > and to celebrate, we're putting these publishing tools > > front and center. We're holding an EFF15 Blog-a-thon > > where you're invited to blog about your personal > > experiences fighting for freedom online � a project to > > celebrate new publishing tools, attract new EFF members, > > and mark our 15th all at once. > > > > We want to hear about your "click moment" � the very > > first step you to took to stand up for your digital > > rights - whether it was blogging about an issue you > > care about, participating in a demonstration, writing > > your representatives, or getting involved with EFF. > > > > As a thank you, we've enlisted an independent panel of > > judges to choose from among your posts for "Most > > Inspirational," "Most Humorous," and "Best Overall." > > At the end of the Blog-a-thon, we'll announce the > > names of the three bloggers with the best posts on our > > website and in EFFector. We'll also publish the three > > best posts on our site and send the authors a blogging > > "kit" as an extra thank you: an EFF bloggers' rights > > T-shirt, special EFF-branded blogger pajama pants, a > > pound of coffee, and a pair of fuzzy slippers! > > > > Follow the links below for details on how to participate > > and watch the Blog-a-thon - and for extra inspiration, > > check out the posts by EFF staff members and interns > > describing their first steps in fighting for online > > freedom: > > > > Join the EFF15 Blog-a-thon: > > <http://www.eff.org/bloggers/eff15> > > > > Deep Links - EFF15: > > <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/cat_eff15.php> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Jason M. Schultz (415) 436-9333 x 112 > Staff Attorney jason(a)eff.org > Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org > > Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011

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[Fwd: [ciresearchers] Roundtable workshop: "Supporting community through ICT" held at the Open University, UK, 02 -03 June 2005 -- wiki is now online]
by Michel J. Menou 22 Jul '05

22 Jul '05

Apologies for multiple postings Dear colleagues (and please forward) The wiki documenting the roundtable workshop: Supporting community through ICT" held at the Open University, UK, 02 -03 June 2005 is now online: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/events/ci2005/ We built the wiki during the event, and have since been adding additional texts, photos, and videos. We'd welcome your visits and feedback. Nineteen people came together from Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and the UK. During the workshop, this wiki was used to document the sessions, and since then participants have been revisiting the site to engage in ongoing discussion, and formulating propositions to take forward ideas and practice. You will find a considerable amount of documentation on the site. Please feel free to contribute (contact Mark Gaved - m.b.gaved(a)open.ac.uk for a password). We hope that the wiki and the workshop are a contribution to the development of a deeper understanding of the use of qualitative methodology/ies in conjunction with community-focussed uses of information and communication technologies. Other activities are planned to progress the outcomes of the workshop, including a special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics, and events at the Monash University Centre, Prato (Italy), in the second week of October 2006. Details about both activities will be posted. We look forward to your participation in an exciting new development. Larry Stillman, Mark Gaved, Peter Day ********************** Larry Stillman Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University www.ccnr.net www.webstylus.net 03 9903 1801 fax 9903 2564 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.14/48 - Release Date: 13/07/2005 -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.14/48 - Release Date: 13/07/2005

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Mário José Lopes Guimarães Jr.
by Christine Hine 22 Jul '05

22 Jul '05

It is with great sadness that I announce to the Internet research community the loss of one of its own. Mário José Lopes Guimarães Jr. had been a doctoral student at Brunel University in the UK since 2000. On 29 April 2005, shortly after submitting his thesis, Mário was tragically killed in a road accident. In recognition of his work, a posthumous doctorate was awarded by Brunel University at a graduation ceremony last week. Many people may have met Mário at AoIR conferences and virtual methods seminars. He was a passionate scholar and a vibrant and lovely person. There is a tribute to him on the Anthropology Matters web site at http://www.anthropologymatters.com/mario_tribute.htm Mário had been working on a multi-sited ethnography of avatars in development and in use. As an anthropologist influenced by science and technology studies, he was interested to explore the socio-cultural processes that bring these technologies of embodiment into being. Too little of Mário's work was published, but some can be accessed via his web site at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~hspgmjg/home.html. There is also an online paper on the practicalities of ethnography in virtual worlds at http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/virtualmethods/doingonlineethnography.pdf and a chapter on "Doing anthropology in cyberspace" in C. Hine (ed.) Virtual Methods (Berg, 2005). If you read portuguese, there is an article on his recent work at http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-71832004000100006&script=sci_a bstract&tlng=en and you may also be interested in his Brazilian web site at http://www.cfh.ufsc.br/~guima/ In sadness, but also in celebration of a life well-lived, Christine Christine Hine Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK c.hine(a)surrey.ac.uk http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/christine_hine.htm

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tech & society course outline
by Barry Wellman 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Re the inquiry about course outlines for AoIR stuff: Tracy Kennedy and I taught an advanced undergrad Sept > April course in Technology and Society 2004-2005. The syllabus is at: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/courses/soc356-04.html We're doing it again this year, but haven't finished revised syllabus. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________

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Antw: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 12, Issue 18
by Carl-Markus Piswanger 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

I am out of office - for urgent requests please call +43 (0)664 8340264 (Mailbox and Callback). I will be back on August 1. Carl-Markus Piswanger

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Roommate finder
by Suely Fragoso 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Dear colleagues Do you intend to set up a 'room mate finder' service as in 2003? It was a great idea and I am certain that it would help AoIR to meet the minimum occupancy in the Marriot this time. Thanks Sue Dra. Suely Fragoso Coordenadora Executiva PPG Ciências da Comunicação UNISINOS <suely(a)unisinos.br> >>> sjones(a)uic.edu 07/21/05 12:17 PM >>> I write to remind you that online registration is now open for the sixth annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers to be held in Chicago October 6 - 9, 2005 (with pre-conference workshops held on October 5, 2005) at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile hotel. To register for the conference and workshops go to: https://www.conted.vt.edu/ssl/aoir/index.lasso You will be able to pay the registration fees by credit card or by check. You can also at this time register for the conference banquet (taking place on Friday, October 7, at the Mid-America Club, on the 80th (top) floor of the Aon Center, Chicago's second tallest building, and the conference brunch (taking place on Sunday, October 9). [Vegetarian options will be available at both meals.] You may also register for a historical tour of Chicago's "L" elevated train (taking place on Saturday morning, October 8). Join others in an AoIR-only L car for a tour of some of the L system's oldest routes with the Chicago Transit Authority's historian. A link to online hotel registration is provided on the site after you have clicked the "submit" button and sent in your registration. We have negotiated the best possible rate from the hotel and encourage you to book a room early. As is the case with most all hotel-based conferences we have to meet the minimum occupancy with which we are able to use the hotel's meeting rooms and if we do not meet that occupancy rate then we'll have to increase the registration fees, to cover the additional meeting room cost. The direct link is: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/chidt? groupCode=airaira&app=resvlink By using that url you should receive the AoIR group rate of $155 USD per night for accommodations during the conference. I am also delighted to be able to announce our keynote speakers for this year's conference and to share information about their presentations. Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology and a member of the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics will give a speech titled "Youthful experts? A critical appraisal of children and young peoples' emerging internet literacy." Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, is another keynote speaker. Her speech is titled "Digital formations: The intersection of technical and social logics in electronic space." And our third keynote speaker is Ang, Peng Hwa, Professor of Media Management and Law at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, who will give a speech titled "The UN and Internet Governance: Fears, Hopes and Possibilities." I appreciate everyone's support of the conference and of AoIR and look forward to seeing you in Chicago in October! Sj _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org(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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AoIR 6.0 Chicago 2005 Keynote Information & Registration Reminder
by Steve Jones 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

I write to remind you that online registration is now open for the sixth annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers to be held in Chicago October 6 - 9, 2005 (with pre-conference workshops held on October 5, 2005) at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile hotel. To register for the conference and workshops go to: https://www.conted.vt.edu/ssl/aoir/index.lasso You will be able to pay the registration fees by credit card or by check. You can also at this time register for the conference banquet (taking place on Friday, October 7, at the Mid-America Club, on the 80th (top) floor of the Aon Center, Chicago's second tallest building, and the conference brunch (taking place on Sunday, October 9). [Vegetarian options will be available at both meals.] You may also register for a historical tour of Chicago's "L" elevated train (taking place on Saturday morning, October 8). Join others in an AoIR-only L car for a tour of some of the L system's oldest routes with the Chicago Transit Authority's historian. A link to online hotel registration is provided on the site after you have clicked the "submit" button and sent in your registration. We have negotiated the best possible rate from the hotel and encourage you to book a room early. As is the case with most all hotel-based conferences we have to meet the minimum occupancy with which we are able to use the hotel's meeting rooms and if we do not meet that occupancy rate then we'll have to increase the registration fees, to cover the additional meeting room cost. The direct link is: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/chidt? groupCode=airaira&app=resvlink By using that url you should receive the AoIR group rate of $155 USD per night for accommodations during the conference. I am also delighted to be able to announce our keynote speakers for this year's conference and to share information about their presentations. Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology and a member of the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics will give a speech titled "Youthful experts? A critical appraisal of children and young peoples' emerging internet literacy." Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, is another keynote speaker. Her speech is titled "Digital formations: The intersection of technical and social logics in electronic space." And our third keynote speaker is Ang, Peng Hwa, Professor of Media Management and Law at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, who will give a speech titled "The UN and Internet Governance: Fears, Hopes and Possibilities." I appreciate everyone's support of the conference and of AoIR and look forward to seeing you in Chicago in October! Sj

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