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CALL FOR PAPERS: Festschrift for Rob Kling organized for by Roberta Lamb, Steve Sawyer & Eleanor Wynn for Information Technology & People http://www.emeraldinsight.com/itp.htm

A Festschrift is a volume of writings in tribute or memorial to a scholar. We offer this Festschrift to honor Rob Kling's legacy, and to celebrate his life and scholarship in a special issue of Information Technology & People. Rob was a regular contributor to the journal and a member of the editorial board since 1986.

For this special issue, we seek papers that highlight, extend, and critically examine the concepts and issues of social informatics. The papers will continue the vitality of the field he helped to shape and maintain the energy that Rob brought to this work and to society. Contributions submitted to the Festschrift should provide compelling, empirically and conceptually grounded insights that advance our understanding of social and organizational informatics and reflect the frameworks Rob fostered. Social Informatics (SI) research examines social aspects of computerization: the cyclical influence of information technology on societies and organizations, and of institutions on the construction of information technologies. These themes are variously labeled * social impacts of computing, * social analysis of computing, * studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC), * information policy, * computers and society.

We solicit submissions that reflect the breadth of Rob's work. Submitted papers should be about 7500 words and should be submitted to <http://www.itandpeople.org> To make the scope of this special issue consistent with the editorial mission of Information Technology & People, we seek papers that emphasize organizational studies, although topics like the impact of institutional computing on social issues will fit.

In addition to peer reviewed content, we will invite some of Rob's close colleagues for essays (about 1500 words, inclusive) that describe his intellectual breadth and impact. Rob's passing leaves both a legacy and an opportunity to continue the directions that he began. The invited papers are meant to be retrospective, while submitted papers will showcase the continuing growth of Social Informatics.

Important Dates:

12 January, 2004 manuscripts due 5 April, 2004 authors notified 12 July 2004 revised papers due 14 October, 2004 final copy due December, 2004 Festschrift edition published

Organizers:

Roberta Lamb, Assistant Professor, CITRE Director Information Technology Management College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii, Manoa 2404 Maile Way, E601-C, Honolulu, HI 96822 rlamb@hawaii.edu <mailto:rlamb@hawaii.edu>

Steve Sawyer, Associate Professor School of Information Sciences & Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 USA sawyer@ist.psu.edu <mailto:sawyer@ist.psu.edu>

Eleanor Wynn, Program Manager IT Innovation Intel Corporation 2111 NE 25th Avenue Hillsboro OR 97124 eleanor.wynn@intel.com <mailto:eleanor.wynn@intel.com>

Eleanor Wynn

Co-Editor-in-Chief Information Technology & People http://www.emeraldinsight.com/itp.htm http://itandpeople.org/

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