Hey, Gerry, have you contacted the people in the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (http://arst.jmccw.org/) about these interests? I think you'd get a lot of help and interest from those folks. --Christian Nelson On Feb 10, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Gerry Mckiernan wrote:

***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***

Colleagues/

I Need To Tap The Wisdom-Of-The-Web ...

I am interested in the Similarities / Differences of the following related Web-phenomena:

=Online Communities

=Online Social Networks

=Virtual Communities of Practice

I am also interested in Any and All Significant ***Examples*** And/ Or ***Research*** about

...

...

Virtual Communities of Practice<<

...

...

Online Communities<<

[I Have Online Social Networks More/Less Covered[:-)]

BTW: I am aware of the Most Excellent Work of danah boyd [ http:// www.danah.org/ ]

===NOTE: I am particularly interested in examples/research in Science / Technology 'Communities' [especially Chemistry / Physics ] ===

---IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE COMMENT ON THE BLOG ENTRY AT---

[ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/02/ similaritiesdifferences-of-communities.html ]

I Will Post A Summary Later This Month

Thanks!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu

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