Colleagues/ As You May / May Not Know, OCLC in January 2009 announced its WorldCat Mobile Project "to make collections from libraries visible through mobile devices. The WorldCat Mobile pilot allows users to search for and find books and other materials available in libraries near them through a Web application they can access from a PDA or smartphone." " Advanced global positioning capabilities found in many smartphones and PDAs make it possible for users to find local library materials no matter where they happen to be. Users can even get a Google Maps view of the library location along with detailed driving instructions if the mobile device supports the application." The pilot will gather data to inform and help shape future mobile access to WorldCat.org. The pilot is now available in the United States and Canada and is expected to last six months." Yesterday I profiled The WorldCat Mobile Project in the _Mobile Libraries_ blog at [ http://tinyurl.com/deuncp ] In addition to a brief overview of the project, the profile includes appropriate links, including one to an impressive A/V demo ... BTW: Don't Forget To Join The Mobile Libraries Facebook Group At [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71487458021 ] AND/OR Subscribe To The _Mobile Libraries_ Blog At [ http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MobileLibraries ] Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]
Call for papers: Luhmann and media Special issue of MedieKultur. Journal of communication and media research. Guest editors: Jesper Tække and Michael Paulsen Submission deadline: February the 1st 2010 Publication date: December the 1st 2010 Niklas Luhmann has created a richly faceted and non deterministic communication sociological theory about media, which opens for analysis adequate to understanding contemporary interactions, organizations and society. In his early main work Social Systems from 1984 Luhmann works with three different types of media, language, distribution media and symbolically generalized communication media, which evolutionary developed makes probable that communication will succeeds. In his late main work Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft from 1997, as well as in many other books and articles, Luhmann also works with a general and abstract concept of media, which not only logically and theoretical explains the three former types of media, but also can explain many other phenomena in the contemporary society. In this issue we would like to investigate Luhmann and the media. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): a.. Discussions of Luhmann's theory of media in comparison with other media theories. b.. Applied studies using Luhmanns theory of media in regard to: Interaction media, for instance mobile phones, Messenger, e-mail, Mass media, for instance newspapers, TV, radio, WWW, Web 2.0 media, for instance You Tube, Wikipedia, Face Book. c.. Studies of the use of Media in Education, Organizations, Art etc. d.. Studies of Media in a historical and/or social evolutionary perspective. INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING? Papers must be original contributions, not previously published or submitted to other journals. Papers must be submitted electronically, and authors are able to follow each step of the review process (double-blind peer review procedure). We welcome articles in English, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. Links: 1. MedieKultur: http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/index 2. Information about font, line spacing, number of pages etc: http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/about/submissions#onlin... 3. Where to upload the articel: http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/user or, http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/information/authors (You have to register first) 4. Jesper Taekke: http://www.jespertaekke.dk/ Best Regards Jesper --- Jesper Tække Assistant Professor, PhD Information and Media Studies Aarhus University http://www.jespertaekke.dk imvjet@hum.au.dk
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McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]