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Call for Chapter Proposals -- Edited Collection on Open Source Software
by St-Amant, Kirk 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Call for Chapters - Submission Deadline Oct. 1, 2005 For the Edited Collection Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives Edited by Kirk St.Amant and Brian Still, Texas Tech University INTRODUCTION The decision to purchase or to use a particular software product can be the choice that results in the success or the failure of an organization. For this reason, decision makers at different levels and in a variety of fields need to understand the factors that contribute to the effective adoption and use of software products. Open source software (OSS) is increasingly viewed as a viable option that can allow a variety or public and private organizations to achieve their desired goals. OSS adoption and use, however, is complicated by the social agendas and the economic goals many individuals attach to the use of OSS materials. OBJECTIVE OF THE BOOK The purpose of this handbook is to provide readers with a foundational understanding of the origins, operating principles, legalities, social factors, and economic forces that affect the uses of OSS. For this reason, the proposed handbook would focus on areas and concepts essential to understanding when and how various organizations should adopt OSS. Chapters would present short (3,500-5,000 word), focused perspectives on a particular aspect of OSS adoption and/or use. Such perspectives would be designed to help businesspersons, researchers, and other decision makers make more informed choices that would facilitate the ease and effectiveness with which their organization used or interacted with OSS products. TARGET AUDIENCE The target audience for this handbook would be five groups that would use this text for a variety of reasons. * Executives, manager, and administrators in business, government, and education, and academia * Researchers investigating the history, uses, and perspectives (social and economic) related to OSS * Librarians working for corporate, government, or educational organizations * Graduate instructors and graduate students in MIS, MBA, and PhD programs * Individuals in organizations that have adopted or are considering adopting OSS for certain activities RECOMMENDED TOPICS Prospective subject areas and specific topics for this publication include, but are not limited to, the following The Hacker Movement & the Evolution of Open Source Software: Early Ideas to Current Practices * The Origins of the Hacker Movement * Who is an OSS Developer and What is OSS Culture? * The Browser Wars and the Birth of Mozilla Benefits and Limitations: Comparing Open Source Software to Proprietary Software Products * Overview of Differences Between Open Source Software and Proprietary Software * Forking Code and Product Development * Providing Customer Service in a Not-for-Profit Environment Tools and Technologies: Selecting the Right Software for the Job * Content Management and Programs for Organizing Information * Desktop Publishing: Is OSS a viable alternative to Windows? * How to evaluate OSS in terms of staffing requirements, customer support, long-term viability Business Models and Open Source Software: Balancing Profits with Ideals * Red Hat: Providing Support and Making Money * Selling the Server: Apache and the Business of Providing Online Access * The Penguin Business: Linus Torvalds and the Rise of Linux Licensing: Examining the Agreements that Make Use Possible * Copyleft, OSS Licenses, and the Concept of Ownership * Licensing Choices: Benefits and Limitations of OSS Licenses * Licensing and Product Development: What Does the User Need to Know? The (Il)Legalities of Open Source Software: Code, Copyright, and Cryptography * Ripping multimedia: The Copyright Problems Related to OSS Use * Privacy, Security, and Surveillance: Cryptography and Government Control * Whose Code is it Anyway? Reflections on Microsoft vs. the SCO Group Going Global: The International Spread of Open Source Software Use * The EU's Adoption of OSS: A Model for the Future? * Culture and Coding: Can We Create International Standards for OSS Use? * Wiring the World: The Role of OSS in Shrinking the Global Digital Divide Open Source and Education: Expanding Pedagogical Practices * Uses of Drupal to Enhance Learning * Claroline and the Packaging of Distance Education for Online Students * Blogging as Educational Activity Government Applications of Open Source Software * Examining OSS Use at the Federal and the Local Levels * Getting the Word Out: Government Uses of OSS to Interact with Citizens * The Security Factor: National Defense, OSS, and Terrorist Networks Expanding the Uses of Open Source Software: Perspectives for the Future * Shifting the Model: Will OSS Become a For-Profit Industry? * Development Practices: How Will the Code Be Created? * Culture and Code: Projections on OSS and Global Computer Use A more comprehensive list of topics of interest to the editors can also be provided upon request. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Prospective authors are invited to submit chapter proposals (one, single-spaced page maximum) on or before October 1, 2005. In their proposal, prospective authors should clearly explain * The purpose and the contents of their proposed chapter * How their proposed chapter relates to the overall objectives of the book Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal and sent chapter organization guidelines by October 30, 2005. Drafts of chapters will be due by February 15, 2006. Please send inquiries or submit material electronically (Rich Text files) to both editors at kirk.st-amant(a)ttu.edu and brian.still(a)ttu.edu This book is tentatively scheduled for publishing by Idea Group Reference (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) <www.idea-group.com> in Spring 2007.

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Fwd: CFP - Blogging colloquium
by Dan L Burk 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Of possible interest. DLB > Boston University > Journal of Science and Technology Law > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > Personal Presses? The Legal Realities Behind the Blogging Revolution > > A Colloquium on Blogging > > February 11, 2006 > > "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of > the press..." > > Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law announces a > Colloquium, to be held February 11, 2006, to consider the legal > complexities facing the growing blogging community. Our goal is to > collect a body of scholarship on the legal issues bloggers face in order > to provide courts with some guidance as cases are litigated in these > areas. We therefore welcome submissions from a broad and diverse range > of voices and research areas: practitioners, judges, activists, and > academics. > > Some questions to consider: > ? Are bloggers journalists? If so, what liabilities and privileges do > they have? > ? How do intellectual property laws affect what bloggers can or cannot=20 > post? > ? What are the ethical issues bloggers need to consider? > ? Can bloggers be fired for blogging? > ? How does the First Amendment apply to blogging? > ? How do jurisdictional boundaries, international and domestic, affect > the legal issues potentially raised by blogging? > ? How do any of these issues change with the introduction of > syndication, inline advertisements or tip jars, podcasting, or multiple > authors on a single blog? > > Paper proposals should include an abstract of no more than 1200 words, > as well as the author's curriculum vitae. Please send proposals via > e-mail in Word document format to jstl(a)bu.edu by September 10, 2005. > Your subject line should read: Colloquium Paper Proposal: [Title]. The > Journal will announce its decisions by October 1, 2005. Papers from the > Colloquium will be published in Volume 12 of the Boston University > Journal of Science and Technology Law. > > > > 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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moderate dataset of internet scam messages available... (this is not an internet scam!)
by Ronald E. Rice 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Dr. Gerber has a moderate collection of Internet scam messages, and wanted to know if anyone might be interested in having them for analysis, etc. Otherwise, he's getting ready to delete this file. Please send replies of interest to Dr. Mike Gerber, Professor of Education, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, UCalifornia Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, mgerber(a)education.ucsb.edu; http://education.ucsb.edu/people/gerber.html What I've been collecting are emails delivered to my normal university account since July 10, 2002 (the last was July 28, 2005). I believe there are 127 separate emails. There are occasional duplications of nominal sender and message, sometimes duplications of message with different nominal senders. Most claim to be from Africans, some claim to be from Europeans, and occasionally some claim to be from someone in North America. All are confidence schemes related to large amounts of money that have come into the possession of the sender. Some relate either to lottery winnings received by the sender or to claims that the recipient has won a lottery. I quote one exactly below as an example. So, that's it. If you know someone who wants them, I'm happy to send them on even though I imagine anyone using email has probably seen dozens of these. I imagine some scholar out there thinks they are interesting too. Best wishes, Mike Gerber GGSE ===================== Here's a verbatim quote from a sample taken at random that seems modal to me. "From;Mr.William Tambo Calabar Nigeria Alternative Eami::(williamtambo2@fastermail.com) Dear My name is MR.William Tambo.I am the Chief finacial to Mr.Charles Taylor,the ex-president of libera who is presestiy on exile in Nigeria.We are here in Nigeria together.As his private financil controller,I have access to his finacial records more then any of his family members Mr Charles Taylor has over $10 billion dollares outside his hom country libera and his family members or people around him are not aware of this with his present notion of arrest and following his resyticted movement and the recent prociamation by Zurich authority, the U.N war crimes courtand the America Government,have agreed that all Bank account belonging to Charles Taylor should be reported/frozen There fore I want to use this opportunity to make good money for myseif.I have worked for him for over 15years and Ihave nothing show for it. I am only leaving on his fake promises and hope presently, I have complete information to authorize with document for collecting/receivvng $250milliom from one of his financial sources in South Africa. And I need i your assistance in receiving the fund in Europe on my brhalf. Charles T aylor has prepared himself legally and secretly arranged with Top most Government agents to transfer the fund as at when instructed. In light of the above,if I get a positive response from you, then I WILL immediately forward you the complete information that enable us claim the fund as the receiver authorized by Charles Taylor Have a nice day. Regards Mr.William Tambo. Alternative Email:(williamtambo2@fastermail.com)" ================================================================

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SV: [Air-l] CFP: proposed edited collection REMOTE RELATIONSHIPS IN ASMALL WORLD
by tom-erik.julsrud＠telenor.com 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Dear Fiona! I am a PhD student doing social network analysis of distributed communitites in a Nordic telecom company. My focus is on how the employees manage to develop social ties in a highly distributed aorganization, and how they invoke communication media to support this. I am doing quantitative as well as qualitative studies of four communitites this autumn, and it is possible for me to have a chapter ready in february next year. I recently found out about your collection, and would be very interested in contributing to your collection if there is still time. Are you interested in receiving my abstract, or is it too late? Best regards > Tom Erik Julsrud > Studio Apertura, University of Trondheim > NORWAY > > Phone : +47 913 00 828 > E-mail: tom-erik.julsrud(a)telenor.com -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org]På vegne av Attwood, Fiona Sendt: 21. april 2005 12:37 Til: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org Emne: [Air-l] CFP: proposed edited collection REMOTE RELATIONSHIPS IN ASMALL WORLD CFP: proposed edited collection REMOTE RELATIONSHIPS IN A SMALL WORLD We are seeking contributions for this proposed edited collection. Rather than producing more speculative work, we wish to focus on empirical data collected online about the intricate, intimate virtual ways that people forge connections. The three sections will be: Love & Sex; Work & Education; and Methods & Ethics. Chapters should be empirically based, 8000 words in length, and written in an accessible style suitable for an interested, intelligent general audience as well as for an academic readership in gender/cultural/media studies, sociology/anthropology, and new media. Deadline for abstracts Friday May 8th. Deadline for completed chapters February 14th 2006. Please send abstracts of up to 250 words (attached as a .doc or .rtf file) and including a brief bio or CV to: Feona Attwood, Sheffield Hallam University, UK f.attwood(a)shu.ac.uk and Dr Samantha Holland, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK s.holland(a)leedsmet.ac.uk _______________________________________________ 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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Call for participation: UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2005
by Jeremy Hunsinger 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

Call for participation: UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2005 Young artists from around the world are invited to take part in this year’s award devoted to the theme of “Cities and creative media”. Organized in collaboration with Art Center Nabi, the Award would be delivered to non-realized project proposals in order to embrace a wider audience of creators, who have the innovative artistic ideas but not necessarily the means. The call specifically aims at encouraging young emerging artists to cultivate new forms of expressions using new media and technology in reflecting on how urban spaces and city environments could be transformed into creative outlets. The submission deadline is 14 September 2005. All project proposals should be submitted online at the official website of submission (http://www.nabi.or.kr/unesco_award) where participants will also be able to find further detailed information (description of sub-themes, general guidelines, submission criteria, etc). All submissions should be in English. The total prize money is US $10,000, which would be divided into and given to more than one laureate, in some cases a group of artists. In addition, the Nabi center (Seoul, Republic of Korea) is organizing a “special honorary mention” category to the Award, targeting realized projects that could be re-embodied within the urban context of the city Seoul. The award-winning projects would be selected by an international jury, assembled on this occasion representing the five geo-cultural regions (Africa, Arab States, Asia/Pacific, Europe/North America, and Latin America/Caribbean). For more information, contact: unesco_award(a)nabi.or.kr digiarts(a)unesco.org UNESCO DigiArts portal: http://portal.unesco.org/digiarts Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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Re: [Air-l] conference registration
by Suely Fragoso 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

Darren I had the same problem yesterday, so I copied the URL from the page (Ctrl+C) and pasted it on the browser's address bar. It worked, so it means it is a problem in the link, the address is correct Cheers Sue Dra. Suely Fragoso Coordenadora Executiva PPG Ciências da Comunicação UNISINOS <suely(a)unisinos.br> >>> derwoodpurcell(a)netscape.net 08/12/05 6:48 PM >>> HELP! When I click on the registration link on the AOIR.org site, I get the same page, and then when I fill out the info at the bottom of that page, no screen pops up to request registration fees be paid. I am clearly missing something. If anyone can help me navigate this, please email directly to dpurcell(a)gcn.ou.edu. Thanks, Darren Purcell Dept. of Geography University of Oklahoma __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp _______________________________________________ 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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conference registration
by derwoodpurcell＠netscape.net 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

HELP! When I click on the registration link on the AOIR.org site, I get the same page, and then when I fill out the info at the bottom of that page, no screen pops up to request registration fees be paid. I am clearly missing something. If anyone can help me navigate this, please email directly to dpurcell(a)gcn.ou.edu. Thanks, Darren Purcell Dept. of Geography University of Oklahoma __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

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White Paper 2004 for Korean IT sector
by HangRyeol Na 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Dear all, Please be advised that White Paper 2004 for Korean IT sector is just released. You can download it from the link below. http://www.kisdi.re.kr/download/request/WHITEPAPER2004.pdf The link will be valid only for one week, due to the storage limit. It is produced by KISDI, and sponsored by MIC (Ministry of Information and Communication, Republic of Korea). I hope it will be of any interest. ----------------------------------- Hang Ryeol Na Senior Researcher APII Cooperation Center, International IT Cooperation Division, Korea Information Strategy Development Institute (KISDI) Tel: +82-2-570-4473 Fax: +82-2-570-4419 E-mail: john(a)kisdi.re.kr

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ASSETS 2005 registration
by Emilie MARQUOIS-OGEZ 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

It's time to register for Assets 2005 October 9-12 2005 Baltimore, Maryland, USA For information about the technical program, registration, or housing se e: http://www.acm.org/sigaccess/assets05/ ASSETS 2005 is a technical forum for presenting and disseminating innovative research results that address the use of computing and information technologies to help persons with disabilities. The conference's scope spans special needs associated with speech, motor, hearing, and vision impairments; cognitive limitations; and emotional an d learning disabilities. Researchers and developers, from both academia an d industry, are invited to meet to exchange ideas and present reports on n ew hardware and/or software advances related to these areas. ---------------------------------------------- Emilie Marquois-Ogez Doctorante en informatique France Telecom R&D 38-40, rue du Général Leclerc 92794 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex France Equipes de recherche : - TECH/EASY/DIAG (France Telecom R&D) - Systèmes à objets coopératifs (IRIT - UT1) Tél. : +33 (01) 45 29 45 28 Fax : +33 (01) 45 29 69 26 Page Web : http://www.univ-tlse1.fr/ceriss/soc/perso/marquois/ Emilie%20MARQUOIS.html

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Citation Style Query (Threaded Discussion Groups)
by Andrew Herman 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Friends- I am currently putting the finishing touches on a journal manuscript and need to know the "correct" style for citing on-line discussion group posts. This is terra incognita for the editors and I suspect I can be creative in this regard. However, I would appreciate it if anyone out there in AOIR land has any experience with this issue, both in terms of bibliography as well as in text citation and quotes. Thanks, Andrew Herman Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693

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