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Play to Learn: Gaming in Libraries

Posted on January 23, 2014 | Leave a comment

To All:

 

The Teaching, Learning & Technology (TL&T) Roundtable of the Pennsylvania Library Association is planning its Spring program, “Play to Learn: Gaming in Libraries,” on Friday, March 28, 2014, at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg. We invite proposals for Lightning Round talks on any aspect of gaming, games, or gamification in libraries. Modern board games, strategy games, apps, video games–the possibilities are endless for games in libraries. Public, school, and academic librarians are encouraged to submit a proposal relating to any aspect of games in libraries, such as:

  •          Managing a game collection
  •          Using games to promote library resources
  •          Teaching information literacy using games
  •          Lessons learned in using games in libraries
  •          Gamifying the library experience
  •          Hosting game events in libraries: strategies for success

 

AUDIENCE: Public, school, and academic librarians. Proposals that are of broad interest are encouraged, from both PaLA members and non-members.

 

FORMAT: Short talk of approximately 8 minutes’ duration followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience. Computer, Internet access, and projection equipment provided.

 

LINK TO PROPOSAL FORM:  http://goo.gl/lWf4Fb

 

DEADLINE: February 14, 2014. We will notify submitters within two weeks after the deadline.

 

NOTE: The workshop registration will be open soon at a projected cost of $25 for PaLA members and $35 for non-PaLA members.

 

QUESTIONS: Contact Erin Burns, Reference Librarian, Penn State Shenango at emb28@psu.edu or Hilary Westgate, Information Literacy Librarian, Misericordia University at hwestgat@misericordia.edu

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EBSS RESEARCH FORUM

Posted on January 22, 2014 | Leave a comment

The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Research Committee is holding its 8th Annual Research Poster Forum during the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The Research Forum and reception follows the announcement and speech of the 2014 award winner for APA Excellence in Librarianship, and will take place on the afternoon of Saturday June 28, 2014.

 

The Forum seeks to provide beginning and established researchers an opportunity to present research in progress, receive collaborative feedback on their work and recommendations for future publishing.  Research / Posters will be simultaneously presented and discussed in small informal groups.   Attendees at the forum will find an arena for discussion and networking with their colleagues interested in research related issues and trends in the profession.  The committee will use a blind review process. 

 

Proposals are due February 14, 2014.

 

SELECTION CRITERIA

Proposals will be evaluated based on the extent to which they:

 

1.       Measure and/or investigate library and information aspects in the fields of communication, psychology, social work and/or education.

2.       Represent the current interests of the membership of EBSS. 

3.       Represent an original research project.

4.       Show evidence of carefully planned research design and thoughtful analysis.

5.       Clearly identify what stage of the project has been completed and estimate a timeline for the remainder of the project.

 

Note:  Research that has been previously published or accepted for publication by December 1, 2013 will not be considered.

 

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

 

1.       Format: Proposals should be 250-350 words, double spaced, 12 pt. font, one inch margins.

 

2.       The first page should include:

–          Date of Submission

–          Name of applicant(s) institution(s)

–          Applicant address(es)

–          Phone number(s)

–          E-mail address(es)

–          Title of the proposal

 

3.       Subsequent page(s) should include: 

–          Title of the proposal

–          Statement of the research question(s)

–          Research goals and objectives

–          Description of the methodology

–          Discussion and/or conclusions

 

Please email submissions to Benjamin Andrus bandrus@binghamton.edu by Friday, February 14, 2014.

 

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Engaging the Next Generation of Civic Leaders: Resources, Programs, and Partnerships

Posted on January 16, 2014 | Leave a comment

Proposals are now being accepted for 45-90 minute educational sessions for an upcoming one-day conference:  Engaging the Next Generation of Civic Leaders: Resources, Programs, and Partnerships brought to you by the PA Forward Civic & Social Literacy Committee.

About the Event:
PA Forward Civic and Social Literacy Committee will present a one-day conference entitled Engaging the Next Generation of Civic Leaders: Resources, Programs, and Partnerships on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle.

 

This event will feature a keynote address, a wide selection of adult learning sessions, and networking opportunities. The event is designed to inspire attendees with resources, program ideas, and partnership opportunities that can be used to help build the capacity of Pennsylvania communities.  Attendees will learn more about engaging the next generation of civic leaders by providing resources and bringing people together to discuss, plan, and implement ideas that will build community volunteerism and civic engagement. 

Our partners have a desire to reach and inspire young adults, especially those in late teens and early twenties in order to build future leaders who will continue a tradition of civic and social engagement in government, non-profit, and community service agencies. 

Attendees will include educators, librarians, and staff, trustees, and volunteers for community, government, and nonprofit organizations all across PA.

Session Proposal Guidelines:
Proposals are requested for 45-90 minute educational sessions on topics relevant to the conference theme of building capacity in your community for the next generation of civic leaders.  Examples of workshop ideas may include:   

●      Grassroots civic engagement: How to engage older teens and young adults (15-30) in community volunteerism and leadership

●      Understanding aspects of government: the judiciary, jury duty, elections, being a candidate, what a county commissioner does, what a mayor does, etc.

●      Recruiting volunteers for your leadership board

●      Role of technology in civic engagement: Build community through social media and website content and tools

●      Libraries as community conveners with space and resources

●      Working on an election campaign or running for office

●      How lobbyists do their jobs

●      Media and the 1st Amendment Freedoms

●      Building organizational capacity through partnerships

 

Criteria for evaluating proposals:

●      The content of the proposed program is relevant to the theme: “Engaging the Next Generation of Civic Leaders:  Resources, Programs and Partnerships.”

●      The presentation meets adult learning needs.  Presentations that are not “lecture only” and include elements of interaction with the audience are encouraged.

●      Information presented will create learning extensions for the participants. What can the audience adapt or apply to their community and situation?

●      Proposal is well organized, clear, and concise.


To provide maximum sharing of ideas, the Proposal Review Committee may choose to combine some presentations and may ask presenters to participate in a lightning round format (5 – 10 minute presentations), a panel discussion, or a roundtable discussion.

Proposal Deadline:
Please submit your proposal by February 14, 2014. Presenters will be notified by March 1, 2014.

Submit your proposal online at: www.tinyurl.com/CivicLiteracyPresentation

 

More about PA Forward and Civic and Social Literacy

PA Forward, a Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) initiative, supports libraries in helping Pennsylvanians improve their essential literacy skills. PA Forward focuses on five literacies essential to success in the 21st century: Basic, Information, Civic & Social, Health, and Financial. PA Forward Civic & Social Literacy Committee brings libraries together with partner organizations to increase civic engagement in our communities to power Pennsylvania’s progress. Members of the Civic & Social Literacy Committee include representatives from academic and public libraries and the following PA Forward partners: 

●      Judicial Independence Commission Of The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania

●      Pennsylvania Department Of State

●      County Commissioners Association Of Pennsylvania

●      Pennsylvania Municipal League

●      Pennsylvania Newsmedia Association

●      State YMCA Of Pennsylvania, Inc. 

●      Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Vision for Civic & Social Literacy: We envision a Pennsylvania where all citizens have the knowledge and skills to participate in and contribute effectively to their communities.

Questions? 
Please contact Laura Ax-Fultz at lja10@psu.edu or Carrie Cleary at ladyccleary@gmail.com. 

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Library Leadership & Management special issue on Leading libraries today: challenges and opportunities

Posted on January 16, 2014 | Leave a comment

This is a call for articles for a special themed issue of LLAMA’s Library Leadership & Management journal on the topic: 

Leading libraries today:  challenges and opportunities

Deadline for proposals to the editor is February 3, 2014; accepted proposals/draft chapters will be due to the editor by August 1, 2014.  LL&M is a peer-reviewed journal; all draft chapters will go through this process.  Please send a title, 100 word abstract, and contact information to the editor, Dr. Brad Eden, brad.eden@valpo.edu, by the February 3 deadline.  Accepted peer-reviewed articles will be published in the v. 29, no. 1 (November 2014) issue of LL&M.  For any questions, please contact the editor.

Library Leadership & Management (LL&M) is the open access journal of the Library Leadership and Management Association. LL&M focuses on assisting library administrators and managers at all levels as they deal with day-to-day challenges. In-depth articles address a wide variety of management issues and highlight examples of successful management methods used in libraries. Features include interviews with prominent practitioners in libraries and related fields, and columns with practical advice on managing libraries.  For more information, go to http://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/about.

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BULLETIN OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON LEARNING TECHNOLOGY Special Theme: Cloud-based Learning and Assessment

Posted on January 16, 2014 | Leave a comment

(ISSN 2306-0212)
http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/bulletin
publication of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning
Technology (TCLT)

* Special Theme: Cloud-based Learning and Assessment
* Deadline for submission: Feb 7, 2014.

The Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology (former
Learning Technology Newsletter) aims at publishing and disseminating current
research about new and emerging learning technologies as well as their
design, usage, application, and evaluation in different contexts of
technology enhanced learning.

The special theme of this issue will focus on topics related to cloud-based
learning and assessment, including (but not limited to) research on
concepts, design and practical applications of technologies, systems and
tools for cloud-based learning and assessment; case studies and exploratory
studies on cloud-based learning and assessment; and evaluations of
technologies, systems and tools for cloud-based learning and assessment.

Articles that are not in the area of the special theme are most welcome as
well and will be published in the regular article section. The Bulletin of
the Technical Committee on Learning Technology invites short articles, case
studies, and project reports for the April issue. This issue will be
published in Volume 16, Issue 1.

** The bulletin is of non-refereed nature though the articles will be
selected and edited by the Editors. **

Submission procedure:

1. Authors have to follow the IEEE author guidelines when preparing their
articles (please see http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/authors-guidelines for
further information)

2. The articles in the bulletin are limited to 4 pages. Over-length articles
will not be published.

3. The manuscripts should be either in Word or RTF format. Any figures used
in the contributions would be required separately in a graphic format (gif
or jpeg). The figures should also be embedded in the text at appropriate
places.

4. Please send the manuscripts by email to karagian@uth.gr and
sabineg@athabascau.ca (Subject: Bulletin of TCLT Submission).

5. In the email, please state clearly that the manuscript is original
material that has not been published, and is not being considered for
publication elsewhere.

For further information please see http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/bulletin.

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Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference

Posted on January 16, 2014 | Leave a comment

JUNE 11th-14th 2014  Juni na Uni 2014. – Hotel “Opal” Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Conference website: http://conference.bibliotekabihac.com/

Call for Papers

Theme: Embracing relentless change: Information literacy and lifelong learning in a digital age:

For all who are engaged in learning in this information rich society the challenge to achieve information literacy is vital in capitalising on the diverse and often overwhelming range of information choices with which we are continually faced. This is confounded further by the rise of digital and social media tools which doubtless have brought with them some stunning innovations and some colossal challenges. Information Literacy can help us discover, critically evaluate and generate new information to cradle these new diverse digital media

forms which are as inspiring and transformational as they are formidable and at times impenetrable. Information literacy and lifelong learning are vital for active participation of individuals everywhere in social, cultural and political contexts- in the Western Balkans, in Europe and indeed worldwide. They enable us to learn how to learn. They are crucial in helping us realise educational and professional goals and aspirations. Harnessed together Information literacy and lifelong learning help us successfully survive and compete in the 21st century- in this digital age, a time of relentless change.

 Main Themes and Topics: Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference.

A. Information literacy in the modern world

· information literacies (media literacy, digital literacy, visual literacy, financial literacy, health

literacy, cyber wellness)

· Information Literacy and academic libraries

· Information literacy and adult education

· Information literacy and blended learning

· Information literacy and distance learning

· Information literacy and public libraries

· Information literacy and the knowledge economy

· Information Literacy in the modern world (e.g. web 2.0 ; web 3.0 ; mobile technologies ;

YouTube, trends, emerging technologies and innovation; growth of digital resources;

gaming and application software (apps); digital reference tools; tiered reference services).

· The future of information literacy

· Workplace information literacy

B. Librarians as support to the lifelong learning process

· Digital empowerment and reference work

· Information Literacy across the disciplines

· Information literacy and digital preservation

· Information Literacy and online learning (e.g. self-paced IL modules)

· Information Literacy and Virtual Learning Environments

· Innovative IL approaches

· Instructional design and performance for information literacy (e.g. teaching practice,

session design, lesson plans, self-paced student modules)

· Integrating information literacy into the curriculum

· Putting information literacy theory into practice

· Supporting users need through library 2.0 and beyond

· Student engagement with Information Literacy

 C. Media and information literacy – theoretical approaches (standards, assessment,

collaboration, etc.)

· Information literacy and Artificial intelligence

· Information Literacy and information behaviour

· Information literacy and reference services: cyber reference services, virtual reference

services, mobile reference services, expert crowd sourcing, global reference volunteers

· Information literacy cultural and contextual approaches

· Information literacy evaluation and assessment

· Information literacy in different cultures and countries

· Information literacy project management

· Information literacy theory (models, standards, indicators, Moscow Declaration etc.)

· Measuring in information literacy instruction assessment

D. New aspects of education/strategic planning, policy, and advocacy for information literacy

in a digital age

· Branding, promotion and marketing for information literacy

· Cross -sectorial; and interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships for information literacy

· Information literacy policies and development

· Leadership and Governance for information literacy

· Strategic planning for IL

· Strategies in e-learning to promote self-directed and sustainable learning in the area of

information literacy skills.

 Paper submission:

Submissions in any of the following forms are accepted:

· Full paper to be published in conference proceedings

· Presentation

· Roundtable discussion

· Poster session

· Train-the-trainers workshop

· PechaKucha

Papers submission dateline: Friday 16 May 2014

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline May 16, 2014

Notification of acceptance May 31, 2014

Dissemination of final programme June 03, 2014

Deadline for authors to submit slides June 05, 2014

For further information: please see the Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference website for additional details at: http://conference.bibliotekabihac.com/

Please note: all expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by the Conference Committee, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.

 

 

 

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Queer Intimacies

Posted on January 15, 2014 | Leave a comment

The Seventh Annual DC Queer Studies Symposium
University of Maryland, College Park

Friday, April 25, 2014
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Deadline for submission of materials: February 3, 2014
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Same-sex lovers touch. Or build a network of ties and commitments based on something other than biological kinship. These are queer intimacies. Trans people navigate a labyrinth of state regulations and religio-cultural codes concerning proper gender conduct in order to craft livable lives. Young LGBT African-American activists take to the streets, the pews, and their kitchen tables to organize support in the black community for a referendum affirming the right to same-sex marriage. These close encounters of bodies, church, community, and state are also queer intimacies.

DC Queer Studies invites proposals for presentations at QUEER INTIMACIES, the 7th Annual DC Queer Studies Symposium at the University of Maryland. The symposium will be a daylong series of conversations in critical queer and gender studies focused on what is happening to queer intimacy as the legal and social status of LGBT people and same-sex relationships undergoes change, in the US and throughout the world. Events will include concurrent paper sessions, a buffet lunch, and an evening reception. The day will culminate with the keynote address by Katherine M. Franke, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School. She was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2011-2012. She has written numerous articles on the curious role the right to marry plays in larger civil-rights struggles and is completing a book, Wedlocked: How Ex-Slaves and Gay People Thought Marriage Would Set Them Free.

In recognition of the multifaceted aspects and meanings of queer intimacies, we invite papers that explore the topic from a range of perspectives and disciplines. We also encourage proposals that address any of the following (or related) points of contact with this year’s theme:

•       Queer Erotics:  sex, desire, lust, and pleasure; unsettling and re-writing sexual and bodily identities; bodies and behaviors; HIV/AIDS; queer sexual subcultures; asexuality; art

•       Queer Formations:  reconsidering what is sexy and sexualizable; meanings and possibilities of family; thinking about and beyond monogamy; queer parenting/parenting queerly; ally activism

•       Forced Intimacy:  uneasy collaborations and tensions between people and the state (poverty; incarceration; military; schools; marriage; immigration); public safety and policing; queer sexual violence; mandating equality through legislation

•       Communities/Technologies of intimacy:  intimacy in a digital age; online queer grassroots organizing; grindr; tumblr; chat rooms; live webcam videos

•       Revolutions/Resistances:  practicing radical love as activism; queer kiss-ins; passing, pride, and in/visibility; sexual rights movements

Proposals for 15-minute presentations should include name, affiliation, e-mail address, title of paper, a 250-word abstract, and a 1-2 page CV. Please send materials by e-mail attachment (Word or PDF only) by February 3, 2014 to lgbts-dcqueers@umd.edu<mailto:lgbts-dcqueers@umd.edu>. Put “Submission for Queer Intimacies” in the subject line of your message. For more information, contact JV Sapinoso at sapinoso@umd.edu<mailto:sapinoso@umd.edu>. Selected participants will be notified by March 7, 2014.

DC Queer Studies is a group of faculty from schools in the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area formed in 2006 to discuss new works in the field and to exchange, support, and cultivate new ways of engaging with LGBT/Queer/Sexuality Studies across the disciplines and across institutions. The DC Queer Studies Symposium is hosted and sponsored by the University of Maryland and co-sponsored by American University, George Mason University, Georgetown University, and the George Washington University. See http://www.lgbts.umd.edu for details.

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7th PALOMA STATEWIDE CONFERENCE

Posted on January 15, 2014 | Leave a comment
Join the Pennsylvania Association of Liaisons and Officers of Multicultural Affairs for its 7th statewide conference for professionals. The conference will be held from July 16-18, 2014 at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PALOMA is the leading voice for diversity in higher education for professionals in Pennsylvania. The theme of the conference is Diversity in Retrospect: Understanding our Past to Create our Future. 

Civil Rights milestones, like the recent commemoration of the March on Washington and the upcoming anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, inspire contemporary optimism toward achieving equality. But ongoing concerns about access to college for historically underprivileged communities, and the vulnerability of diversity affairs, remind us that higher education still strives to fulfill its promise as a social equalizer. 2014’s theme, Diversity in Retrospect: Understanding Our Past to Create Our Future, provides opportunities for higher education professionals, from academic and student affairs, to reflect on the historical victories and ongoing challenges that define multicultural educational efforts in multiple sectors of higher education.

 

Conference Keynoters: 

  • Dr. Jennifer DeCoste, Chief Diversity Officer,  University of Wisconsin-Platteville  
  • Dr. Lisa Jo Epstein, Theatre of the Oppressed Facilitator   

Proposal Presentation Topic Areas:

  • Recruitment and Retention – Faculty, Students, and Administrators
  • Community Relations and Outreach
  • Academic Affairs, Curriculum, and Teaching
  • Student Leadership Development, Student Activities and Residential Life
  • Social Identity and Intergroup Relations
  • Affirmative Action, Compliance and Equal Opportunity
  • Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
  • Institutional Structures, Committees and Decision-Making
  • Intercultural and Intracultural Programming
  • Professional Development and Training
  • Bias, Harassment, Hate and Violence
  • Ally Development, Training, and Programming

 
Presentation Proposal Information:
  • The presentation proposal deadline is March 4, 2014. All presentation must be submitted online.
  • Accepted presenters will be notified by March 18, 2014.
  • For additional information, please visit the conference website by clicking  here. 

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The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances special issue on The new paradigm: innovative experiments in funding 21st-century libraries

Posted on January 15, 2014 | Leave a comment

The Bottom Line:  Managing Library Finances (TBL) is actively seeking submissions, especially related to a special issue titled The new paradigm:  innovative experiments in funding 21st-century libraries.  TBL is an editor-reviewed journal.

An established print and online journal, The Bottom Line‘s major focus is on library finances, library development activities, dealing with library budgets and personnel, and changes in libraries due to economic challenges.  The journal is especially interested in articles on the topics below from archives, museums, and other information organizations as well.

Published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited, the journal is interested in articles of varying lengths, opinion pieces and case studies.  The editor will work with authors that are new to LIS publishing, and those who are seeking outlets for reporting on practical uses of budgets and finances in libraries.

Submissions particularly welcome in the following areas (for example):

•       Library changes and challenges from recent economic turmoil
•       Case studies on library budgeting and finances
•       Case studies on library development activities
•       Downsizing and reorganization of libraries
•       Library budgets and finances from an administrator’s perspective (high-level or middle management)
•       Library budgets and finances from a staff perspective
•       Innovative ways to raise money and awareness of library activities and mission
•       Thought-provoking opinions related to library budgets and finances

Go to www.emeraldinsight.com/bl.htm to see past tables of contents and sample articles.

I look forward to hearing from you

Regards

Dr Brad Eden, Editor
Dean of Library Services
Valparaiso University
brad.eden@valpo.edu

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Structure, Mechanics, and Practical Uses of the Hidden Web

Posted on January 14, 2014 | Leave a comment

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: January 30, 2014

Structure, Mechanics, and Practical Uses of the Hidden Web

A book edited by Dr. Shalin Hai-Jew

                                                                     (Kansas State University, USA)                     

 

To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/18XFbLg

 

For release in the Advances in Web Technologies and Engineering (AWTE) Book Series

The Advances in Web Technologies and Engineering (AWTE) Book Series seeks to create a stage where comprehensive publications are distributed for the objective of bettering and expanding the field of web systems, knowledge capture, and communication technologies. The series will provide researchers and practitioners with solutions for improving how technology is utilized for the purpose of a growing awareness of the importance of web applications and engineering.

 

Introduction

Competitive advantage involves attaining access to relevant information. With the Internet and Web delivering so much of the world’s information, people have long found ways to exploit the publicly available open-source intelligence (OSINT). Since the inception of the Web, there have been various types of data records that are called up dynamically to users for various use cases. These records are web-accessible to users who generally have to authenticate into particular sites to gain access. This information is part of the so-called “Hidden Web” because the contents are not as easily located using contemporary web browsers; rather, the data is accessed through Web forms, Web service interfaces, and focused Deep Web portals (designed to find particular types of information, such as dynamically-generated or ephemeral information, various types of Web database records, or subscription-based materials). Currently, the Hidden or Deep Web is said to contain some upwards of 9 petabytes of information and tens of millions of discrete data sources, many times the size of the Surface Web (or Publicly Indexable Web), which contains billions of static Web pages. Multiple sources suggest a 500-2000:1 ratio between the Hidden Web and the surface one. The Hidden Web is said to contain hundreds of billions of Web pages. What this suggests is that there is a lot of underlying Web-based data that is going unexploited and generally undiscovered by a majority of those accessing the WWW through browsers and limited Web forms alone. This also suggests that any solutions for federated searching of the Hidden Web will need to be efficient and scalable while engaging a broad range of data. With advancements in Internet technology, Hidden Web data sources are expected to grow exponentially.

 

Some modern browsers have added some Hidden Web crawling capabilities as well. In the past decade, there have been various endeavors to map the Hidden Web by extracting metadata about the records, to extract selective data (structured, semi-structured, and unstructured) through federated hidden web searches, to protect some of the information, and to provide tools for users to better access and reconstitute this information in human- and machine-usable form. Some progress has been made in this area, but there are still challenges that are being explored and addressed.

 

Objective of the Book

The overall objectives of this text would be to expand human ways of knowing what is on the Hidden Web and how to access this information. This work will help readers understand some structures of the Hidden Web and ways to access and analyze the information there. This will also address the use of metadata for analysis.

 

This work will have implications not only for research but also for information security and assurance planning, in terms of understanding the various Hidden Web “attack surfaces” possible online and methods for protecting this Web-delivered data.

 

Target Audience

This book could be used by academics, researchers, journalists, and other professionals who have an interest in the Hidden Web and the information it contains. The electronic information can be added to public Web searches. The competitive advantage in research involves accessing information that others do not have or do not know about.

 

There are also potential implications for those who work in IT security and data protection. Knowing how to search the Hidden Web shows some of the limits to site and information security.

 

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • History of the hidden Web

o    Legacy databases

o    Deep Web directories

o    Web portals/entry points to the Hidden Web

o    Specialty search engines

o    Hidden Web traffic

  • A survey of the Hidden Web
  • Extant standards
  • Current information discovery paradigms on the Deep Web
  • Conceptualizations and models of the Hidden Web
  • Contemporary (meta)search engines and browsers and the Hidden Web
  • Building tools for (federated) searching for and extracting Information from the Deep Web
  • Proprietary and open methods to crawl, search, and data-collect from the Hidden Web

o    Agents, metasearchers, and other tools for crawling the invisible Web

o    Automated form filling strategies for information searching

o    Manual (non-automated), automated, and mixed methods research on the Hidden Web

o    Webmining strategies (including machine-learning) for the Deep Web

o    Metadata extraction from the invisible Web

  • Entities and organizations on the Hidden Web
  • Structures and schemas of Web databases on the Hidden Web

o    Graphical and other visual representations of the Hidden Web’s structures

o    Content networks and data clusters on the Hidden Web

o    Social network analysis (SNA) on the Hidden Web

o    Community mining

  • Data hierarchies of the Deep Web
  • Regions of the Hidden Web

o    Specific domains on the Hidden Web: public zones, restricted zones, the illicit dark Web

o    Latent communities on the Hidden Web

o    Latent (associative) content structures on the Hidden Web

  • Analyzing electronic data on the Hidden Web

o    Types of sites on the Hidden Web

o    Classification of information on the Hidden Web

o    Structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data

o    Textual, visual, audio, video, animation, and multimedia files on the Hidden Web

o    Metadata and the Hidden Web

o    (Manual and automated) data processing from the Hidden Web

o    Data integration across the Deep Web

o    Source validity

  • Defining and assessing information quality on the Hidden Web

o    Heuristics for ranking data relevance on the Hidden Web

  • Protecting data on the Hidden Web
  • Monitoring data access on the Hidden Web
  • Applied cases of research using the Hidden Web (task-specific approaches in unique domains)
  • Elegant hacks of the Hidden Web
  • Future of the evolving Hidden Web

(and others)

 

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 30, 2014 a page-long chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted May 30, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind peer review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as peer-reviewers for this project. Empirical research is especially desirable. Case studies are encouraged as well.

 

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2015.

 

Important Dates

January 30, 2014:                                         Proposal Submission Deadline

February 15, 2014:                                       Notification of Acceptance

May 30, 2014:                                                 Full Chapter Submission

July 30, 2014:                                                  Review Results Returned

August 30, 2014:                                          Final Chapter Submission

September 30, 2014:                                  Final Deadline

 

Inquiries can be forwarded to

Dr. Shalin Hai-Jew 
E-Mail: haijes@gmail.com

 

Propose a chapter for this book

 

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