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Posting abstracts to AoIR
by Hans Klein 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

I am grateful that Jay Hauben posted the abstract of Ronda Hauben's recent article. In general, I think it would be good if people on this list would announce their articles as they are published. Too often articles disappear down a black hole. By announcing them, there is greater chance of their reaching interested readers. Would other welcome other such posts? Or would it be seen as an act of immodesty? (Truth in advertising: I have a recent article that I would announce.) Hans =========================================== Message: 2 Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 21:00:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Jay Hauben <jrh29(a)columbia.edu> To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Usenet Archives and the search engine at google.com Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Hi, Posting on Usenet has always been freely done as contibuting to the common wealth. It has also always been expected that posts were part of ongoing discussions and would expire in some finite time at every newsfeed site. The archiving of Usenet posts and the "ownership" of such archives by commercial entitites raises many questions. An article addressing some of these questions in the context of google.com appears in the current issue of the journal Science Studies 15:1(2002), 61-68. "Commodifying Usenet and the Usenet Archive or Continuing the Online Cooperative Usenet Culture?" by Ronda Hauben http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/usenetstts.pdf Abstract This article explores the conflict between the cooperative online culture of users who have created Usenet and the corporate commodification of Usenet posts by companies archiving the posts. The clash of decision- making processes is presented thorough the details of how Usenet users choose to petition a company to provide protection for the public archives it had collected. The company disregarded the petition and the archives were sold to another company. The new company has begun to put its own copyright symbol on the posts in its archives. How will such a commodification affect the cooperative nature of Usenet itself and the continuing vitality of Usenet's cooperative culture The article explores this culture clash and considers possible consequences. http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/usenetstts.pdf Take care. Jay

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CHI 2003 Call for Participation
by Tom Erickson 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

CHI 2003 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, http://www.chi2003.org April 5-10, 2003, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA You are invited to participate by submitting a paper, demonstration, design and usability report or proposing a panel, workshop or tutorial. You can volunteer to help with mentoring and reviewing. Your organisation can also recruit at, exhibit at and sponsor CHI. Students can volunteer to help on-site at CHI 2003. CHIkids offers opportunities for working with children. The Interactionary lets design and usability professionals compete against other design teams. CHI 2003 will focus on communicating via interactive digital media. Three special areas support this theme: mass communication and interaction, e-learning, and emotion. Submissions on the conference theme and the special areas are particularly welcome. The development consortium will address challenges for CHI posed by mass communication via interactive digital media. Visit http://www.chi2003.org and find out how to participate in the leading international forum for the exchange of ideas and information about computer-human interaction (CHI). Submission Deadlines: July 29, 2002 Tutorial Proposals September 16, 2002 Paper Abstracts (mandatory) September 23, 2002 Paper Submissions Also due September 23, 2002 Proposals for Design and Usability, Demonstrations, Development Consortium, Panels, Workshops December 6, 2002 Interactionary Proposals January 3, 2003 Short talks, Interactive Posters, Student Posters, Doctoral Consortium, Special Interest Group Proposals CHI 2003 is an annual conference sponsored by ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI). ###

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RE: [Air-l] webdiaries studies
by Frank Schaap 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Lefèbvre wrote: > as Belgian teacher of psychopedagogy, I'm finalizing a complementary cursus in Educational Science. Therefore, I would like to get some more studies on webdiaries. Although a lot of works exist on online social relationships, I have found only two studies specifically on webdiaries (+1 in French): > -Biggs SMA, 2000. "Charlotte's web": how one woman weaves positive relationships on the net. CyberPsychology and Behavior 3: 655-663. I just read this article and I'm a bit puzzled by what you mean by "webdiaries". The article deals with how for one participant/interviewee her online experiences turned out to be "transformational" on a personal level; the author focuses mainly on the psychological aspects of the "relationship with the self" and "relationships with others." The article mentions that the participant kept a diary, but most of the data seems to come from the interviews. There is no mention that this diary is any different from a 'normal' paper-based diary... indeed, it may well have been a paper-based diary. When you wrote "webdiaries" I though you were talking about diaries kept online, on the web. Which leads me back to your intriguing sounding research... what is a "webdiary" for you? Frank.

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Re:
by Reymers, Kurt 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Joao, Thanks so much for sharing this link. Unfortunately the zip (windows) program download link (yahoo2mbox.pl.zip) leads to a 404 cul de sac. I've alerted the site maintainer of the error. I'm working with several USENET and YAHOO group message sets, looking at the development of online community in relation to specific belief sets. I'd enjoy hearing how you conduct your research, i.e. operationalize your data, what software you use, variables and their measures, your underlying logic of presentation, and any other facets. Feel free to write me personally or address the group, as I'm sure there are many others seeking shared knowledge in this budding exploratory research field. - Kurt Reymers University at Buffalo, PhD Candidate reymers(a)buffalo.edu SUNY Morrisville, Webmaster reymerke(a)morrisville.edu -----Original Message----- From: jvc(a)mit.edu Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:25:23 -0400 To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] research on yahoo groups Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Hi Everyone, I am doing research on a newsgroup hosted by yahoo groups that has more than 10 000 messages. Because it's based on "yahoo groups" there is no easy way to get all the messages in a file (as one could do for a USENET group). After much toil, I found a program that does it. Here's the link http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/yahoo2mbox.html Hope this is useful Joao

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Usenet Archives and the search engine at google.com
by Jay Hauben 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

Hi, Posting on Usenet has always been freely done as contibuting to the common wealth. It has also always been expected that posts were part of ongoing discussions and would expire in some finite time at every newsfeed site. The archiving of Usenet posts and the "ownership" of such archives by commercial entitites raises many questions. An article addressing some of these questions in the context of google.com appears in the current issue of the journal Science Studies 15:1(2002), 61-68. "Commodifying Usenet and the Usenet Archive or Continuing the Online Cooperative Usenet Culture?" by Ronda Hauben http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/usenetstts.pdf Abstract This article explores the conflict between the cooperative online culture of users who have created Usenet and the corporate commodification of Usenet posts by companies archiving the posts. The clash of decision- making processes is presented thorough the details of how Usenet users choose to petition a company to provide protection for the public archives it had collected. The company disregarded the petition and the archives were sold to another company. The new company has begun to put its own copyright symbol on the posts in its archives. How will such a commodification affect the cooperative nature of Usenet itself and the continuing vitality of Usenet's cooperative culture The article explores this culture clash and considers possible consequences. http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/usenetstts.pdf Take care. Jay

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Air-l digest, Vol 1 #457 - 2 msgs
by msrdssg＠fs1.ec.man.ac.uk 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

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Fwd: (SeWeb) WWW2003 CALL FOR PAPERS (apologies for duplicates)
by jeremy hunsinger 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

Begin forwarded message: > From: www2003(a)cs.man.ac.uk > Date: Tue Jul 30, 2002 06:58:00 AM US/Eastern > To: horrocks(a)cs.man.ac.uk > Subject: (SeWeb) WWW2003 CALL FOR PAPERS (apologies for duplicates) > > > WWW2003 CALL FOR PAPERS > The Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference > > =09 May 20-24, 2003, Budapest, Hungary > =09 http://www2003.org/ > > =09 Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2002 > > The International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) and the > Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of > Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) cordially invite you to participate in the > Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference on May 20-24, 2003, in > Budapest, Hungary. > > International researchers, technologists, and leaders from academia, > industry, and government will gather at WWW2003 to define, refine, > present, demonstrate, and discuss the latest ideas and developments. > > The technical program will include refereed paper presentations, > alternate track presentations (see below), plenary sessions, panels, > and poster sessions. Tutorials and workshops will precede the main > program, and a Developers Day will follow, which will be devoted to > in-depth technical sessions designed specifically for web developers. > > Hungary is situated at the heart of Europe, and has the fastest > growing economy in the region, especially with respect to information > technology and telecommunication. Budapest is one of the most > beautiful capitals of the world, and is easy to reach by air or on > ground. The warm hospitality of the people, excellent food, reliable > and frequent public transportation, vivid cultural life, and rich > museums attract millions of visitors every year. Hungary has a > visitor-friendly visa policy, economically priced services and goods, > and a pleasant climate, making it one of the most popular meeting > venues worldwide. > > IMPORTANT DATES > > *** Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2002 *** > Author notification (papers): January 31, 2003 > Final papers due: February 28, 2003 > > Poster submission deadline: January 15, 2003 > Author notification (posters): February 28, 2003 > > Tutorial/workshop proposals deadline: October 15, 2002 > Panel proposals deadline: November 15, 2002 > Industrial track deadline: March 15, 2003 > Developers Day deadline: March 15, 2003 > > Conference: May 20-24, 2003 > > REFEREED PAPERS TRACK > > WWW2003 seeks original papers describing research in all areas of the > web. Papers should not have been published or be in submission at > another conference or journal. Topics include but are not limited to: > > * Applications > * Browsers and User Interfaces > * Electronic Commerce > * Hypermedia > * Mobility and Wireless Access > * Multimedia > * Performance and Reliability > * Search and Data Mining > * Security and Privacy =20 > * Semantic Web > * Web Engineering [New for WWW2003] > > Submissions should present original reports of substantive new > work. Papers should properly place the work within the field, cite > related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work > and its contribution to the field. Papers will be peer-reviewed by at > least 3 reviewers from an International Program Committee. Accepted > papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the > Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and will also be accessible > to the general public via http://www2003.org/. Authors are not > required to transfer copyright. Papers must be submitted > electronically in PDF format, and must be formatted using the ACM > proceedings format. Detailed formatting requirements will be available > on http://www2003.org/. The official language of the conference is > English. Inquiries can be sent to www2003-pc-chairs(a)necmail.com. > > ALTERNATE TRACKS > > Alternate tracks include a combination of peer-reviewed papers and > invited presentations. Formatting and publication details will be > available on http://www2003.org/. > > * Education > * Global Community > * Industrial Track > * Practice & Experience > * Web Services [New for WWW2003] > * W3C Track (latest news and views from the World Wide Web Consortium) > * Panels > > Inquiries can be sent to www2003-pc-chairs(a)necmail.com. > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS > > Yih-Farn Robin Chen, AT&T Labs - Research, chen(a)research.att.com > L=E1szl=F3 Kov=E1cs, MTA SZTAKI, laszlo.kovacs(a)sztaki.hu > Steve Lawrence, NEC Research Institute, lawrence-www(a)necmail.com > > POSTERS > > Posters provide a forum for late-breaking research, and facilitate > feedback in an informal setting. Posters are peer-reviewed. Formatting > and publication details will be available on http://www2003.org/. > > The poster area provides an opportunity for researchers and > practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent web-related > research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal > setting. It gives conference attendees a way to learn about innovative > works in progress in a timely and informal manner. Inquiries can be sen= > t > to king(a)cse.cuhk.edu.hk. > > TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS > > A program of tutorials will cover topics of current interest to web > design, development, services, operation, use, and evaluation. These > half and full-day sessions will be led by internationally recognized > experts and experienced instructors using prepared content. > > Workshops provide an opportunity for researchers, designers, leaders, > and practitioners to explore current web R&D issues through a more > focused and in-depth manner than is possible in a traditional > conference session. Participants typically present position statements > and hold in-depth discussions with their peers within the workshop > setting. > > Inquiries about the WWW2003 tutorials and workshops can be sent to > bieber(a)oak.njit.edu. > > DEVELOPERS DAY > > Developers Day (D-Day) will be devoted to the interests of web > developers, and will offer in-depth discussions of technologies and > tools at the forefront of the web. This day-long program will consist > of several parallel streams focused on specific content areas. D-Day > sessions are designed to be timely and state-of-the-art. Inquiries > about the WWW2003 Developers Day can be sent to ivan(a)w3.org. > > REFEREED TRACK AREA CHAIRS > > Applications:=09 > Vice Chair: Fred Douglis, IBM Research, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Maarten van Steen, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands > > Browsers and UI: > Vice Chair: Marc Najork, Microsoft Research, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Juliana Freire, Bell Labs, USA > > E-commerce: > Vice Chair: Michael Wellman, University of Michigan, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: John Riedl, University of Minnesota, USA > > Hypermedia: > Vice Chair: m.c. schraefel, University of Toronto, Canada > Deputy Vice Chair: Peter N=FCrnberg, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmar= > k > > Mobility and Wireless Access: > Vice Chair: Minoru Etoh, NTT DoCoMo, Japan > Deputy Vice Chair: Sarolta Dibuz, Ericsson, Hungary > > Multimedia: > Vice Chair: James Wang, Penn State University, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Eric Chang, Microsoft Research, China > > Performance and Reliability: > Vice Chair: Craig E. Wills, WPI, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Mike Dahlin, UT Austin, USA > > Search and Data Mining: > Vice Chair: Soumen Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Technology, India > Deputy Vice Chair: Prabhakar Raghavan, Verity, USA > > Security and Privacy: > Vice Chair: Avi Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft, USA > > Semantic Web: > Vice Chair: Ian Horrocks, University of Manchester, UK > Deputy Vice Chair: Brian McBride, HP, Bristol, UK > > Web Engineering: > Vice Chair: Martin Gaedke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany > Deputy Vice Chair: Daniel Schwabe, Pontifical Catholic University of Ri= > o de Janeiro, Brazil > > ALTERNATE TRACK CHAIRS > > Education: > Co-Chair: Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands > Co-Chair: Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany > > Global Communities: > Co-Chair: David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK > Co-Chair: Liddy Nevile, University of Melbourne, Australia > > Industrial Track: > Chair: Mario Jeckle, DaimlerChrysler, Germany > Deputy Chair: Mary Ellen Zurko, IBM Software Group > > Practice & Experience: > Chair: Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA > Deputy Chair: Krishna Kant, Intel > > Web Services: > Chair: Steve Vinoski, IONA Technologies, USA > Deputy Chair: Francisco (Paco) Curbera, IBM Research, USA > > W3C: > Chair: Marie-Claire Forgue, France > > Panels: > Chair: Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK > Deputy Chair: Bernard Horan, Sun Microsystems Ltd, UK > > TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS > > Michael Bieber, New Jersey Institute of Technology, bieber(a)oak.njit.edu= > > Beatrix Toth, MTA SZTAKI, Beatrix.Toth(a)ella.hu > > POSTER CO-CHAIRS > > Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, king(a)cse.cuhk.edu.hk > Tamas Maray, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, maray(a)fsz.bme.h= > u > > DEVELOPERS DAY CO-CHAIRS > > Ivan Herman, W3C, ivan(a)w3.org > J=E1nos Sz=E9l, M=C1V Informatics, janos_szel(a)freemail.hu > > CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS > > Gusztav Hencsey, MTA SZTAKI, hencsey(a)sztaki.hu > Bebo White, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, bebo(a)slac.stanford.edu > > IW3C2 LIAISON TO WWW2003 > > Ivan Herman, W3C, ivan(a)w3.org > > IW3C2 LIAISON TO THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE > > Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA, aruni(a)us.ibm.com > > CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS > > International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), http://www.i= > w3c2.org/ > > Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of > Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), http://www.sztaki.hu/ > > CONFERENCE PARTNER > > International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 6.4 > on Internet Applications Engineering (IFIP WG 6.4) > > General questions about WWW2003 may be sent to info(a)www2003.org > > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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webdiaries studies
by P&F Lefèbvre-Munaut 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

Hello, as Belgian teacher of psychopedagogy, I'm finalizing a complementary cursus in Educational Science. Therefore, I would like to get some more studies on webdiaries. Although a lot of works exist on online social relationships, I have found only two studies specifically on webdiaries (+1 in French): -Biggs SMA, 2000. "Charlotte's web": how one woman weaves positive relationships on the net. CyberPsychology and Behavior 3: 655-663. -Kawaura Y, Kawakami Y and Yamashita K, 1998. Keeping a diary in cyberspace. Japanese Psychological Research 40: 234-245. -Lejeune Ph, 2000. "Cher écran..." Journal personnel, ordinateur, internet. Seuil ed., Paris, France. Thank you very much for any help, Lefèbvre Pascal Licencié en Commucations Sociales

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email legalities
by Gina Neff 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

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Air-l digest, Vol 1 #455 - 6 msgs
by msrdssg＠fs1.ec.man.ac.uk 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

Sarah Green currently checks her email approximately once per week. Apologies in advance for any delays in response. For urgent queries, please call +44 (0)161 275 4000 Sarah

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