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Re: [Air-l] Call for Papers: First International Conference on ICT and Development
by Miraj Khaled 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear Ned Rossiter: As you presumed I am only the messenger. I was also a bit perplexed about their claim of being 1st conference on ICT4D. Now that we are on the subject i was wondering which might be the 1st "original" full-fledged conference on ICT and Development issues. miraj --- air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:18:07 +0100 > From: Ned Rossiter <n.rossiter(a)ulster.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Call for Papers: First > International Conference on ICT and > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Cc: mecCSA(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK, ictd2006(a)yahoo.com > Miraj and conference organisers -- it's quite > stunning to see this > completely incorrect claim of being the first > international conference > on ict4d. > > Does NWICO ring a bell? If not, then surely WSIS > would count as a > series of international fora concerned with ict's > and development. > > on a much smaller scale, though nonetheless > international in scope, the > Berkeley conference organisers (and others) might be > interested in > incommunicado.05: information technology for > everybody else, running in > Amsterdam next week: > http://incommunicado.info/conference > > incommunicado is just one of many international > conferences over the > years looking at issues around ict4d. > > I'd suggest a little modesty and basic research is > in order on the part > of organisers of the event below. > > Ned > (my apologies in advance, Miraj, if you're just the > messenger of this > cfp) > > On 11 Jun 2005, at 08:53, Miraj Khaled wrote: > > > fyi. > > /// > > miraj > > > > > > ===================== > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > ===================== > > > > First International Conference on Information and > > Communication Technologies and Development > (ICTD2006) > > > > May 25-26, 2006 > > Berkeley, California, U.S.A. > > http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006 > > > > The past decade has witnessed an explosion in > projects > > that apply information and > > communication technologies (ICT) to support > > socio-economic development. > > Every sector is involved governments, academia, > > small start-ups, large > > corporations, inter-governmental organizations, > and > > non-profits and non- > > governmental organizations. In spite of the > > tremendous energy and resources > > behind these projects, scientifically sound > research > > in this space is just beginning to > > emerge. What is the actual impact of ICT > projects? > > What novel technology is > > required to meet development needs? What > > methodologies lead to success or > > failure of a project? > > > > The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a > forum > > for academic researchers > > working with ICT applied to development. The > > conference will be scientifically > > rigorous and multi-disciplinary papers reporting > > high-quality original research are > > solicited. Submitted papers will be subjected to > > double-blind peer review, and a full > > proceedings will be published at the time of the > > conference. (Best papers, as > > selected by a subset of the program committee, > will be > > published in a special > > edition of the journal, Information Technologies > and > > International Development.) > > > > The conference will bring together researchers in > both > > the social and technical sciences, with > anticipated > > representation from anthropology, sociology, > > economics, political science, > > computer science, electrical engineering, > industrial > > design, and so on. We expect > > this to be the first of an ongoing series of > > conferences to occur every one or two > > years, and moving from country to country. > > > > For the purposes of this conference, the term > ICT > > will comprise computing > > devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), > > technologies for voice and data > > connectivity, the Internet, and related > technologies. > > Application domains include, > > but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, > > healthcare, poverty alleviation, > > general communication, and governance. Papers > > considering novel design, new > > technology, project assessment, policy impact, > > content, social issues around ICT > > for development, and so forth will be considered. > > Well-presented negative results > > from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn > are > > also sought. > > > > Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on > > website): > > > > * Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit: > > October 21, 2005 > > * Deadline for full paper submissions: > December, > > 2005 > > * Notification to authors: January, 2006 > > * Deadline for camera-ready copy: March, 2006 > > * Conference dates: May 25-26, 2006 > > > > Only original, unpublished papers in English will > be > > considered. Reviews will be double blind. > Abstracts > > will facilitate the review process, and should be > > 200-400 words in length. > > > > For further information, please see the conference > > website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006. > > Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006(a)yahoo.com. > > > > Organizers: > > > > Honorary Chairs: VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu > Planning > > Commission) and Ken > > Keniston (MIT) > > > > Chairs: Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC > > Berkeley) > > > > Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley), > > Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT- > > Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama > (MSR > > India) > > > > Sponsors: MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley. We are > > seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel > grants. > > Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. 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Re: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 11, Issue 12
by Miraj Khaled 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear Ned Rossiter: As you presumed I am only the messenger. I was also a bit perplexed about their claim of being 1st conference on ICT4D. Now that we are on the subject i was wondering which might be the 1st "original" full-fledged conference on ICT and Development issues. miraj --- air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:18:07 +0100 > From: Ned Rossiter <n.rossiter(a)ulster.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Call for Papers: First > International Conference on ICT and > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Cc: mecCSA(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK, ictd2006(a)yahoo.com > Miraj and conference organisers -- it's quite > stunning to see this > completely incorrect claim of being the first > international conference > on ict4d. > > Does NWICO ring a bell? If not, then surely WSIS > would count as a > series of international fora concerned with ict's > and development. > > on a much smaller scale, though nonetheless > international in scope, the > Berkeley conference organisers (and others) might be > interested in > incommunicado.05: information technology for > everybody else, running in > Amsterdam next week: > http://incommunicado.info/conference > > incommunicado is just one of many international > conferences over the > years looking at issues around ict4d. > > I'd suggest a little modesty and basic research is > in order on the part > of organisers of the event below. > > Ned > (my apologies in advance, Miraj, if you're just the > messenger of this > cfp) > > On 11 Jun 2005, at 08:53, Miraj Khaled wrote: > > > fyi. > > /// > > miraj > > > > > > ===================== > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > ===================== > > > > First International Conference on Information and > > Communication Technologies and Development > (ICTD2006) > > > > May 25-26, 2006 > > Berkeley, California, U.S.A. > > http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006 > > > > The past decade has witnessed an explosion in > projects > > that apply information and > > communication technologies (ICT) to support > > socio-economic development. > > Every sector is involved governments, academia, > > small start-ups, large > > corporations, inter-governmental organizations, > and > > non-profits and non- > > governmental organizations. In spite of the > > tremendous energy and resources > > behind these projects, scientifically sound > research > > in this space is just beginning to > > emerge. What is the actual impact of ICT > projects? > > What novel technology is > > required to meet development needs? What > > methodologies lead to success or > > failure of a project? > > > > The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a > forum > > for academic researchers > > working with ICT applied to development. The > > conference will be scientifically > > rigorous and multi-disciplinary papers reporting > > high-quality original research are > > solicited. Submitted papers will be subjected to > > double-blind peer review, and a full > > proceedings will be published at the time of the > > conference. (Best papers, as > > selected by a subset of the program committee, > will be > > published in a special > > edition of the journal, Information Technologies > and > > International Development.) > > > > The conference will bring together researchers in > both > > the social and technical sciences, with > anticipated > > representation from anthropology, sociology, > > economics, political science, > > computer science, electrical engineering, > industrial > > design, and so on. We expect > > this to be the first of an ongoing series of > > conferences to occur every one or two > > years, and moving from country to country. > > > > For the purposes of this conference, the term > ICT > > will comprise computing > > devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), > > technologies for voice and data > > connectivity, the Internet, and related > technologies. > > Application domains include, > > but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, > > healthcare, poverty alleviation, > > general communication, and governance. Papers > > considering novel design, new > > technology, project assessment, policy impact, > > content, social issues around ICT > > for development, and so forth will be considered. > > Well-presented negative results > > from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn > are > > also sought. > > > > Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on > > website): > > > > * Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit: > > October 21, 2005 > > * Deadline for full paper submissions: > December, > > 2005 > > * Notification to authors: January, 2006 > > * Deadline for camera-ready copy: March, 2006 > > * Conference dates: May 25-26, 2006 > > > > Only original, unpublished papers in English will > be > > considered. Reviews will be double blind. > Abstracts > > will facilitate the review process, and should be > > 200-400 words in length. > > > > For further information, please see the conference > > website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006. > > Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006(a)yahoo.com. > > > > Organizers: > > > > Honorary Chairs: VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu > Planning > > Commission) and Ken > > Keniston (MIT) > > > > Chairs: Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC > > Berkeley) > > > > Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley), > > Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT- > > Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama > (MSR > > India) > > > > Sponsors: MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley. We are > > seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel > grants. > > Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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IPDC/Unesco Prize in Rural Communications
by Jeremy Hunsinger 12 Jun '05

12 Jun '05

Perhaps some people on Air-l know of people or projects that might be nominated. information is at the following urls: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- URL_ID=13521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- URL_ID=13521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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european blogosherics
by Jeremy Hunsinger 12 Jun '05

12 Jun '05

for those of you working in the blog domain, you may find this wiki project interesting: http://www.socialtext.net/loicwiki/index.cgi? the_european_blogosphere&login=user37898 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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Call for Papers: First International Conference on ICT and Development (ICTD2006)
by Miraj Khaled 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

fyi. /// miraj ===================== CALL FOR PAPERS ===================== First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2006) May 25-26, 2006 Berkeley, California, U.S.A. http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006 The past decade has witnessed an explosion in projects that apply information and communication technologies (ICT) to support socio-economic development. Every sector is involved governments, academia, small start-ups, large corporations, inter-governmental organizations, and non-profits and non- governmental organizations. In spite of the tremendous energy and resources behind these projects, scientifically sound research in this space is just beginning to emerge. What is the actual impact of ICT projects? What novel technology is required to meet development needs? What methodologies lead to success or failure of a project? The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a forum for academic researchers working with ICT applied to development. The conference will be scientifically rigorous and multi-disciplinary papers reporting high-quality original research are solicited. Submitted papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review, and a full proceedings will be published at the time of the conference. (Best papers, as selected by a subset of the program committee, will be published in a special edition of the journal, Information Technologies and International Development.) The conference will bring together researchers in both the social and technical sciences, with anticipated representation from anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, computer science, electrical engineering, industrial design, and so on. We expect this to be the first of an ongoing series of conferences to occur every one or two years, and moving from country to country. For the purposes of this conference, the term ICT will comprise computing devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), technologies for voice and data connectivity, the Internet, and related technologies. Application domains include, but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, healthcare, poverty alleviation, general communication, and governance. Papers considering novel design, new technology, project assessment, policy impact, content, social issues around ICT for development, and so forth will be considered. Well-presented negative results from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought. Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on website): * Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit: October 21, 2005 * Deadline for full paper submissions: December, 2005 * Notification to authors: January, 2006 * Deadline for camera-ready copy: March, 2006 * Conference dates: May 25-26, 2006 Only original, unpublished papers in English will be considered. Reviews will be double blind. Abstracts will facilitate the review process, and should be 200-400 words in length. For further information, please see the conference website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006. Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006(a)yahoo.com. Organizers: Honorary Chairs: VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu Planning Commission) and Ken Keniston (MIT) Chairs: Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC Berkeley) Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley), Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT- Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama (MSR India) Sponsors: MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley. We are seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel grants. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://mail.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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AoIR elections and membership
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

I just want to remind everyone that AoIR Elections are occurring soon, and that the discussion is occurring now at http:// forums.aoir.org , while anyone can participate in the forums, much like air-l, only members can participate in the election. As such, I encourage everyone to join AoIR, directions for joining are at http:// www.aoir.org/?q=node/112 . AoIR is managed by members and governed by members, on a volunteer and election basis, so joining and participating benefits everyone, because it lets the executive committee know what you want from AoIR. (not to mention the other members benefits such as reduced conference fees, reduced journal and book prices, etc. etc.) jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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OII Cybersafety conference registration opens
by Vicki Nash 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

Dear colleagues, I'm pleased to announce that registration for the Oxford Internet Institute's September conference 'Safety and Security in a Networked World: balancing cyber-rights and responsibilities' has now opened. Details of the programme and the registration form can be found at www.oii.ox.ac.uk/cybersafety best Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 3JS www.oii.ox.ac.uk

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NERDI LECTURE IN AMSTERDAM
by Paul Wouters 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

Researching blogs and blogging research: synergies of colliding worlds Lecture/debate on weblogs and the different shapes and colours of academic blogging*By Lilia Efimova**Tuesday June 21 at 14.00 hrs.ISHSS Building, room D (1st Floor)Free entrancePrins Hendrikkade 189-B 1011 TD Amsterdam The Netherlands For a researcher who starts studying weblogs getting hands-on experience in blogging may be a natural step, either as part of learning about new phenomenon, as a way to engage in conversations with other weblog researchers or as a conscious choice for participatory research methods. In either case the lines between the "blogger who does research" and the "researcher who blogs" are getting blurred. In this presentation Lilia Efimova will provide an overview of the weblog research field and talk about the different shapes and colours of academic blogging. *Organised by Networked Research and Digital Information (Nerdi), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences www.nerdi.knaw.nl **Lilia Efimova works as PhD researcher at the Telematica Institute: http://www.telin.nl. Research weblog: http://blog.mathemagenic.com Paul WoutersDr. P. F. Wouters Programme Leader Networked Research and Digital Information (Nerdi) NIWI-KNAW The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences PO Box 95110 1090 HC Amsterdam The Netherlands T 3120 4628654 F 3120 6658013 http://www.nerdi.knaw.nl paul.wouters(a)niwi.knaw.nl

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Re: [air-l] Software to store webpages
by Dan L Burk 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

I'm not sure if Laura is still monitoring air-l after being "graced" with the administrative burden as Head of her department. I know a fair bit about the "Cyberliteracy" story, but will wait a little in case Laura is around to recount the story first-hand. DLB On 9 Jun 2005, Kirsten A. Foot wrote: > In Dan Burk's last post regarding Laura Gurak's appendix on fair use, he > wrote: > > >Laura was graced with a publisher who was willing to back her principled > stance <snip> Having said that, I think we also need to recognize that there > is something of a chicken-and-egg problem involved; publishers and > universities are more likely to back the fair use of authors and researchers > if we demand that they do so. Consequently, someone has to be willing to > take the initial > risk of asserting fair use. I would hope that the research community would > be willing to step forward and take that initial risk, but it's necessary > to understand the potential downside before doing so. > > My sentiments exactly, Dan. When *Cyberliteracy* came out I expressed > appreciation personally to Laura for doing just that (as I'm sure Dan did). > Laura-- if you're reading this-- could you give us some of the background on > how Yale Press came to publish the appendix on fair use? Were you 'graced' or > did you make the inclusion of that appendix a condition of publication for > you in selecting a publisher? > > This is a timely conversation, as Steve Schneider and I are currently > involved in negotiating a book contract with an academic press (the name of > which I will not disclose at this time) for a book that uses many archival > Web objects-- all duly attributed (to the author/producer), located (with > original & archival URLs), dated (time-stamped when collected). We have sent > the press a copy of Laura's appendix, and have made it clear that it is a > high priority to us to employ the model she used of *not* seeking permissions > from > > > ************************************* > Kirsten A. Foot, PhD > Assistant Professor, Communication > Co-Director, WebArchivist.org > University of Washington > Box 353740 > Seattle, WA 98195-3740 > 206-543-4837 > kfoot(a)u.washington.edu > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.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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Re: [air-l] Software to store webpages
by Kirsten A. Foot 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

In Dan Burk's last post regarding Laura Gurak's appendix on fair use, he wrote: >Laura was graced with a publisher who was willing to back her principled stance <snip> Having said that, I think we also need to recognize that there is something of a chicken-and-egg problem involved; publishers and universities are more likely to back the fair use of authors and researchers if we demand that they do so. Consequently, someone has to be willing to take the initial risk of asserting fair use. I would hope that the research community would be willing to step forward and take that initial risk, but it's necessary to understand the potential downside before doing so. My sentiments exactly, Dan. When *Cyberliteracy* came out I expressed appreciation personally to Laura for doing just that (as I'm sure Dan did). Laura-- if you're reading this-- could you give us some of the background on how Yale Press came to publish the appendix on fair use? Were you 'graced' or did you make the inclusion of that appendix a condition of publication for you in selecting a publisher? This is a timely conversation, as Steve Schneider and I are currently involved in negotiating a book contract with an academic press (the name of which I will not disclose at this time) for a book that uses many archival Web objects-- all duly attributed (to the author/producer), located (with original & archival URLs), dated (time-stamped when collected). We have sent the press a copy of Laura's appendix, and have made it clear that it is a high priority to us to employ the model she used of *not* seeking permissions from site producers to display archival impressions of their publicly posted Web objects as a matter of principle, in order to exercise (and thereby strengthen-through-use) the fair use doctrine. Initial verbal indications from the editor have been positive, but we want this understanding to be formalized in the contract, and we'd like to include a similar type of statement about fair use in the book itself (citing Laura & Yale Press, of course). As we wait for a response, it would be great to learn about similar negotiations anyone else has had with publishers. -Kirsten ************************************* Kirsten A. Foot, PhD Assistant Professor, Communication Co-Director, WebArchivist.org University of Washington Box 353740 Seattle, WA 98195-3740 206-543-4837 kfoot(a)u.washington.edu

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