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Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management

Posted on November 4, 2014 | Leave a comment

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: December 15, 2014
Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
A book edited by Dr. In Lee (Western Illinois University, USA)

To be published by IGI Global

Introduction
Recently, e-commerce has been going through a major transformation to take advantage of the new e-commerce technologies, standards, and business models emerging in different industries. To remain competitive, e-commerce managers need to keep abreast with the new paradigms such as social media and the Internet of Things (IoT). While e-commerce has been a central theme of intensive studies in the last 20 years, there is still a lack of comprehensive reference sources which provide the most up-to-date research findings and future directions. The Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management attempts to fill this void by covering both foundational and cutting-edge topics in e-commerce. The topics of this encyclopedia include, but are not limited to, e-commerce development methodologies, implementation strategies, management practices, mobile services, digital product, user behavior, online game, social media, the IoT, social commerce, and critical issues and trends.

Objective of the Book
The objective of this encyclopedia is to publish high quality original works highlighting the most important research topics, concepts, trends, issues, and practice implications in e-commerce development, implementation, and management. It will serve as a source of knowledge for researchers, educators, students, and industry practitioners.

Target Audience
Projected audience includes researchers, instructors, e-commerce managers, business analysts, and undergraduate/graduate students in various e-commerce programs.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. E-Commerce Theories
Economics
Behavioral
Technological
Organizational
2. E-Commerce Planning and Evaluation
Methods
Tools
Techniques
3. E-Commerce System Development
Development Methods
Design Factors
User Interface
Techniques
Tools
4. E-Commerce Management Areas
e-CRM
e-HRM
Online Marketing
Online Advertising
Telecommuting
Security
Privacy
Cyber Crime
5. E-Commerce Business Models
Intermediaries
E-Marketplaces
Auction
Online Game
E-Tourism
Digital Product
Online Dating
6. Mobile Commerce
Mobile Services
Location Commerce
Mobile Banking
Mobile Payment
7. Online Consumer Behavior
8. Global E-Commerce Development and Management: Model, Technologies, Issues
9. E-Commerce Cases Studies (Success and Failure)
10. Social Media
Blogging
Folksonomy
Social Networking Services
Wikis
Collective Intelligence
Crowdsourcing
11. Web Technologies
Web Services
RFID
Mobile Services
Web 2.0
Web Mining
Social Computing
Search Engine Optimization
XBRL
Recommender Systems
12. Emerging Trends
E-Inclusion
Social Commerce
Cloud Computing
Big Data
Internet of Things
Semantic Web
13. Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in E-Commerce Development and Management
14. All other related issues in the e-commerce development, implementation, and management for business

Submission Procedure
Contributors are invited to submit on or before December 15, 2014, a 2-3 page manuscript proposal clearly describing and explaining the topic of the proposed chapter. The proposal should include the chapter summary, table of contents, and authors’ contact information. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 31, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 28, 2015. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

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 2016.

Important Dates
December 15, 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline
December 31, 2014: Notification of Proposal Acceptance
February 28, 2015: Full Chapter Submission
March 31, 2015: Review Result Returned
May 31, 2015: Revised Chapter Submission
June 30, 2015: Review Result Returned
August 31, 2015: Final Chapter Submission

Editorial Advisory Board:
Jae-Hyeon Ahn, KAIST, South Korea
JoongHo Ahn, Seoul National University, South Korea
Rebecca Angeles, University of New Brunswick Fredericton, Canada
Amit Basu, Southern Methodist University, USA
Amit Bhatnagar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Michael Chau, University of Hong Kong, China
Guoqing Chen, Tsinghua University, China
Constantinos K.  Coursaris, Michigan State University, USA
Jasbir Dhaliwal, University of Memphis, USA
Neil Doherty, Loughborough University, UK
Soumitra Dutta, Cornell University, USA
Varun Grover, Clemson University, USA
Alan R. Hevner, University of South Florida, USA
Wen-Chen Hu, University of North Dakota, USA
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Faouzi Kamoun, Zayed University, UAE
Larry Kerschberg, George Mason University, USA
Pradeep Korgaonkar, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Albert L. Lederer, University of Kentucky, USA
Ting-Peng Liang, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Steve Muylle, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium
Pete Mykytyn, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
Aris M. Ouksel, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Savvas Papagiannidis, Newcastle University, UK
Ada Scupola, Roskilde University, Denmark
Troy Strader, Drake University, USA
Indrit Troshani, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word Document) to:
In Lee, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Computer Sciences
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL USA
E-mail: I-Lee@wiu.edu
or
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1508

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Transforming Library Standards and Practices Through Knowledge Management Principles

Posted on April 15, 2014 | Leave a comment

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS,

A book edited by Karen Medin
 
 
Introduction
 
Knowledge Management (KM) is a multi-faceted movement, gaining momentum in the late nineties, and involving both professional service consultancies and academics.  Each arm of the movement saw management of knowledge differently.  The first saw hidden or tacit knowledge as the problem to be reigned in by technology.  People had to divulge tacit information that then would be stored in user-friendly computer systems and the problem would be solved.  The Information Age had arrived.  Knowledge truly was power.  On the other side of Knowledge Management, emerging in the 21st century, Knowledge Management was seen more as a people issue.  Technology could not manage the knowledge but only human-centered means such as Communities of Practice, Situated Learning and the like could.  Relationships, interactions within environments where processes occur must be the locus of KM.  The interest in database design with its rule-based linear models of knowledge transfer shrinks as interest in sharing, creation, acquisition, exchange, and retention of knowing between living beings take the forefront.
       
Libraries, like other organizations, compete on knowledge.  As the professional library literature attests, we academic librarians are in the midst of an evolutionary and perhaps revolutionary period marked by retooling.  This is in part due to the fact that content is now produced on-line as well as in print.  Furthermore, we are no longer necessarily the collectors, maintainers, and distributers of the human record.  In many cases we are compelled to lease access and at a far greater price, especially when considering that it is ongoing.  We band together to be able to afford that price and the number of people who can (according to lease agreements and Digital Rights Management Systems) have access is limited rather than limitless both by time and space.  Libraries need new business models, new protocols for technology development, images for us as pioneers in entrepreneurship of all kinds.
       
On academic campuses library administrators need to take both arms of the Knowledge Management being into account as they begin to develop new standards and practices.  Industry and academe can inform us in this endeavor.  I proposed this reference book as a means to assist our community in finding out about Knowledge Management as it relates your field: Human Resource Management, Personnel Management, Business, Health Care, Education, Computer Science, Anthropology, Neuroscience, Systems, and the list goes on.  From these chapters we hope to show how KM can inspire librarians to integrate the insights and products referred to and make the best of a powerful new field now flourishing with its own journals and conferences, global firms and consultancies.  I hope that you will be part of that process by contributing to this seminal work with your contribution.
 
Objective of the Book/Target Audience
 
This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of Knowledge Management.  It is hoped that this text will provide the resources necessary for policy makers, technology developers, and managers to adopt and implement Knowledge Management in libraries and other organizations across the world.
 
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:
Contributors are welcome to submit chapters on the following topics relating to
Knowledge Management adoption in technological or human-centered arenas as follows:
 
(NOTE:  This is not a HOW-TO publication)
 
What is the relationship of the Communities of Practice movement with the Human Resource Development emphasis on team building?  Mentorship?
 
Does the Community of Practice emphasis on professionals leave out paraprofessionals in libraries?
 
What are the up and down sides of Knowledge Management’s branding of the slogan “Knowledge is Power?”
 
Might Librarians learn anything from the systems side of Knowledge Management business models in terms of adjusting to the digital age of content access?
 
 
Submission Procedure
 
Researchers and Practitioners are invited to submit on or before
March 30, 2014 a 2-3-page proposal clearly explaining the nature and scope of your chapter.  You will hear back on May 15 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.  Full chapters are due by July 30, 2014.  Include with your proposal 8-12 highlighted index terms. Please use MS Word format.  References must be in APA style.  Your biography should be of 50-100 words in length.  Publication will be 150,000-180,000 words.

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Making Libraries Integral in the Lives of Baby Boomers

Posted on March 4, 2014 | Leave a comment

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Editor: Carol Smallwood, Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use co-ed., (Scarecrow Press, 2013)

Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing public librarians and LIS faculty in the United States and Canada: creative, practical how-to chapters on strengthening and expanding services to the age group called baby boomers. Possible topics: fostering positive staff attitudes; encouraging endowments and advocacy; programming and workshops; maximizing their experience as volunteers; instruction in technology; needs assessment surveys; genealogy and oral histories; grants.

Concise, how-to chapters based on experience to help colleagues totaling 3,000-4,000 words, or two chapters that come to 3,000-4,000 words. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three authors per chapter; if two chapters they are to be by the same author(s). Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word accepted submission, discount on more copies.

Please e-mail titles of  2-3 topics each described in 2 sentences by March 31, 2014 with brief biography sketch(s); place BOOMERS and Last Name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net

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Advances in E-Business Research (AEBR) Book Series

Posted on May 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

CALL FOR ACADEMIC BOOK PROPOSALS
for consideration as part of the
Advances in E-Business Research (AEBR) Book Series
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. In Lee
Publisher: IGI Global
http://bit.ly/XEt7sw

Introduction
Researchers, professionals, and government officials working and researching various aspects of e-business topics are invited to submit a proposal to the Editor-in-Chief outlining their plan for a book within this series. The AEBR encourages researchers and practitioners to exchange their research ideas, practical experiences, discuss challenges and opportunities, and present tools and techniques in all aspects of e-business. Book proposals for empirical, theoretical, and conceptual studies are equally welcome for the book series publications. The likely practical implications of the research are emphasized in all book proposals.

Objective of the Book Series
The Advances in E-Business Research (AEBR) book series aims to provide a premier book series for researchers and practitioners worldwide to share and distribute cutting-edge knowledge and best practices of all facets of electronic business. The AERB Book Series also aims to identify emerging research topics and define the future of e-business research.

Target Audience
Instructors, researchers, and professionals interested in the most up-to-date research on the concepts, issues, applications, and trends in the e-business field will find the titles published within the AEBR book series useful in furthering their research and management knowledge.

Topics Covered
The AEBR book series encompasses topics including, but not limited to, the following:

* Applications of new technologies to e-business
* B2B E-marketplaces
* B2C E-commerce
* Collaborative commerce
* Cloud computing and E-commerce
* Developing and managing middleware to support e-business
* Digital libraries
* E-business models and architectures
* E-business process modeling and simulation studies
* E-business standardizations
* E-business strategies
* E-business systems integration
* E-business technology investment strategies
* Economics of e-business
* E-CRM
* E-finance
* E-healthcare
* E-HRM
* Electronic Business Interoperability
* Electronic communications
* Electronic markets and infrastructures
* Electronic supply chain management
* E-marketing
* E-procurement methods
* E-payment market
* E-services
* Evaluation methodologies for e-business systems
* Global e-business
* Intelligent agent technologies and their impacts
* IP Convergence and High-speed Broadband
* Mobile commerce
* Mobile services
* Online banking
* Online communities
* Online consumer behavior
* Online gam
* Semantic Web
* Social commerce
* Social media
* Social networking services
* Trends in e-business models and technologies
* Trust, security, and privacy of e-business transactions and information
* Valuing e-business assets
* Web advertising
* Web-based languages, application development methodologies, and tools
* Web mining
* Web personalization and mass customization technologies
* Web services-based e-business systems
* Web 2.0
* XBRL

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners invited to contact the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. In Lee, with any interest or inquiries regarding the submission of a book proposal to be considered for publication within the AEBR book series. Author(s)/editor(s) interested in submitting a book proposal will be provided a proposal form through which they may outline their plan for a full book project. Once the proposal has been received, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct a preliminary assessment to ensure the topics/themes being presented are relevant to the overall scope of the series. If approved by the Editor-in-Chief, the proposal will then be submitted to IGI Global’s Acquisitions team as part of the company’s formal assessment and review process. It is also requested that any interested author(s)/editor(s) submit a copy of their CV/resume to accompany their proposal.

Publisher
All books to be published within the AEBR book series will be 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.

Additional details and a complete listing of titles within the Advances in E-Business Research (AEBR) book series can be found via the book series’ web page at: http://bit.ly/XEt7sw

Inquiries can be forwarded electronically (preferred) or by mail to:

In Lee, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Computer Sciences
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL USA
E-mail: I-Lee@wiu.edu

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)
http://www.igi-global.com/ijebr

Series Editor, Advances in E-Business Research (AEBR)
http://bit.ly/XEt7sw

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Andragogical and Pedagogical Methods for Curriculum and Program Development

Posted on April 29, 2013 | Leave a comment

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30, 2013

A book edited by Dr. Victor C. X. Wang (Florida Atlantic University, USA) and Dr. Valerie C. Bryan (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/117F9cJ

For release in the Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID) Book Series http://bit.ly/ZBxiSf

 

Introduction

Since Ralph Tyler published his first edition of Curriculum Development and Evaluation in 1949, this book has been offering timely guidance for both scholars and practitioners in the field of education and across all disciplines where curricula and programs are developed. To date, every curriculum developer recalls the four fundamental questions that Ralph Tyler has asked to guide the curriculum and program development process:

1.       What is the purpose of education?

2.       What learning activities/experiences are we supposed to provide?

3.       How can these learning activities/experiences be organized to attain the purpose of education?

4.       How is learning evaluated?

Although they are not exactly the same questions Ralph Tyler has asked, evidently his questions flow directly from behaviorism or liberal education philosophy, which mirrors the American philosophy at the turn of the 20th century. Numerous universities have developed educational models out of Tyler’s curriculum development model. One outstanding model was developed by U.C. Berkeley and it is termed as “four step instruction.” Even to this day, numerous universities still teach this model, which has specified the following four steps:

1.       Motivation or preparation of learners.

2.       Presentation of course materials.

3.       Assigning homework to learners.

4.       Evaluation of learning objectives.

While the four step instruction has proved to be useful and helpful in K-12 education, the father of adult education, Malcolm Knowles, found it less useful in the education of adult learners who now make up more than 47% of the student population on North American campuses. Out of the Tyler fundamental questions and the four step instruction, he developed an innovative “seven step process” that serves as a theoretical framework for curriculum and program development for adult learners. In 1980, Knowles advocated a seven step process to implement and capitalize upon the assumptions of andragogy.

1. Creating a cooperative learning climate;

2. Planning goals mutually;

3. Diagnosing learner needs and interests;

4. Helping learners to formulate learning objectives based on their needs and individual interests;

5. Designing sequential activities to achieve these objectives;

6. Carrying out the design to meet objectives with selected methods, materials, and resources; and

7. Evaluating the quality of the learning experience for the learner that included reassessing needs for continued learning.

The seven step process is a further step forward than Tyler’s model. However, neither the seven step process nor Tyler’s model takes into consideration the well-reasoned critical theory or theory of transformative learning, let alone societal/cultural differences, institutional differences, subject matter differences, or learning style. All these factors including social contexts put a strain on the beautifully formulated models for curriculum and program development.

Traditional books on curriculum and program development offer a “how to” or “comprehensive guide” similar to recipes for chefs. We seldom can find a book on curriculum and program development that is based on in depth and broad research that is bound to generate new knowledge about curriculum and program development. To attain this goal, I call upon theorists as well as practitioners to reflect upon your research topics and think about contributing your cutting edge chapters to this groundbreaking volume. Aren’t we surrounded by these outstanding theorists and scholars around us? Great educators such as Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Dewey, or Knowles have prescribed for us not only a particular teaching methodology, but also a curriculum or a whole different program. That is why the Chinese have developed a proverb to emphasize the importance of curriculum and program development, “Without rice, the cleverest housewife cannot cook for you.”

As Carl Rogers noted, we are living in an environment that is continually changing. This environment is characterized by the fast pace of technology that drives our society to move forward, and causes our knowledge to increase at an exponential rate. Tyler’s pedagogical model may still be useful in K-12 education. The same group of students may require Knowles’ seven step process given the fact that a large number of our students are gifted and self-directed at a young age. Likewise, field-dependent adult learners may require Tyler’s pedagogical model if they choose not to be self-directed in learning. This research-based volume should address both pedagogy and andragogy as well as theories by Brookfield and Cranton.

Objective of the Book

Pedagogical and Andragogical Curriculum and Program Development will feature full-length chapters (8,000-12,000) authored by leading experts offering an in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to curriculum and program development for both faculty and students, as well as program designers, instructional program developers, trainers, and librarians.

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

 

  • Traditional curriculum development and evaluation strategies
  • History and philosophy of curriculum development and evaluation
  • How the behaviorists have set the standards for curriculum and program development
  • The interrelationship between liberal education and curriculum and program development
  • How Knowles amended Tyler’s four fundamental questions with his seven step process
  • Viewing the pedagogical and andragogical curriculum/program development models through critical theory
  • How to incorporate transformative learning theory in curriculum and program development
  • Utilizing technology to supplement and complement curriculum and program development and evaluation
  • How technology has caused a revolution in curriculum and program development and evaluation
  • Designing an experiential learning package for learners in K-20 education
  • Customizing our curriculum and program development for underrepresented student populations
  • Addressing rote learning and critical thinking/creativity in curriculum development and evaluation
  • How curriculum development models are implemented in other cultures
  • Comparing and contrasting teaching methods in K-20 education
  • Moving from teacher-centered evaluation to learner-self evaluation
  • Writing course objectives based on pedagogy and andragogy
  • Curriculum in a global environment that focuses on models of program planning, Mary Ziegler, University of TN
  • Viewing the pedagogical and andragogical curriculum/program development models through critical theory, Stephen Brookfield, and John Holst, University of St Thomas
  • Distributing Power through Curriculum Development, Patricia Cranton, University of Newbrunswick, Canada
  • Learner-Centered Curriculum Development: A Collaborative Re-examination, Vivian Mott, East Carolina University
  • Designing online learning for adult learners, Laura Bierema, University of GA
  • Developing a Sound/Meaningful Curriculum, Victor C. X. Wang and Marrianne Robin Russo, Florida Atlantic University
  • The transformation of collective intelligence, Lesley Farmer, California State University, Long Beach
  • Title tentative, Patricia Owstroski and Columbia University colleague

 

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 30, 2013, a chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter (No more than one page; abstract/title accepted). Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 10, 2013 about the status of their proposals and sent guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by September 30, 2013. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

 

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in early 2014.

 

 

Important Dates

May 30, 2013: Proposal Submission Deadline

June 10, 2013: Notification of Acceptance

September 30, 2013: Full Chapter Submission

November 15, 2013: Review Results Returned

January 15, 2014: Final Chapter Submission

March 31, 2014: Final Deadline

Editorial Advisory Board

Cynthia J. Benton, State University of New York, USA

Stephen D. Brookfield, University of St. Thomas, USA

Patricia Cranton, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Leona English, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

John Henschke, Lindenwood University, USA

John Hope, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Catherine McLoughlin, Australian Catholic University, Australia

Olutoyin Mejiuni, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Peter Mayo, University of Malta, Republic of Malta

Vivian Mott, East Carolina University, USA

Pat Maslin-Ostrowski, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Judith Parker, Columbia University, USA

Lawrence Tomei, Robert Morris University, USA

Teresa Torres-Coronas, Rovira I Virgili University, Spain

Maria Witte, Auburn University, USA

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to:

Victor C. X. Wang at vcxwang@gmail.com

 

For more information on the:

Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID) Book Series

Editor-in-Chief: Lawrence Tomei (Robert Morris University, USA)

Please visit: http://bit.ly/ZBxiSf

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Business Transformation and Sustainability through Cloud System Implementation

Posted on December 29, 2012 | Leave a comment

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: January 31, 2013

A book edited by Dr. Fawzy Soliman (University of Technology, Sydney)

To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1233frn

Introduction

 

Many organisations are opting for innovation as means of gaining and/or sustaining competitive advantages. Furthermore, recent research indicates that innovativeness can be made in one or all of the three critical business areas; namely product innovation, service innovation and management system innovations. In addition, advances in computing technologies have presented the management of firms with additional challenges as well as furtherer opportunities to enhance their competitive advantages.  Some of those opportunities arise from the deployment of modern systems that encompass the most three important managerial functions in modern firms; namely ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning systems), Customers Relationship Management (CRM) and e-Commerce. The current technology available in Cloud Systems appears to satisfy the needs for most modern firms for managing the transfer of knowledge for ERP, CRM and e-commerce simultaneously.

 

However, there is little known about implementation best practices, and most importantly, the applicability of suitable new business models that favour certain deployment a cloud system over another in different applications and settings. Given that cloud systems are very costly to implement and maintain, it would be almost imperative that firms find and search for new suitable business models and implementation practices that ensure cost effectiveness of their investment.

 

Although the literature is full of articles that deal with different methods for implementations of Information technology (IT) and Information system (IS), there is little attention given to the implementation of could systems and to the management and deployments of the cloud systems. Equally true is the fact that little attention has been given to determining which cloud systems’ configuration may be assessed as suitable or unsuitable for a given organisational setting. Furthermore, little is known about how to overcome or remedy such unsuitability for a given business model.

 

For example, one of the most critical activities for the implementation of a suitable cloud system in any firm is the identification of the characteristics of the cloud system and match it with the required or desired features in that firm. In other words a method of assessment and evaluation of cloud systems’ deployment would be necessary. The current literature has no references to any of these tools or techniques. Failing to identify those characteristics of the cloud system could expose the firms to unnecessary risks that should have to be addressed at early stages implementation processes.

 

The book “Business Transformation and Sustainability through Cloud System Implementation” will present to the reader that the deployment of cloud system may be an evolutionary process, where some critical activities may be needed to identify and ensure that the firm can proceed in the implementation with care by avoiding or addressing two types of deployment defects; namely defects created by mismatch between cloud system characteristics and business models (Cloud-Business Gaps) and also defects due to mismatches between cloud system implementation requirements and available organisational resources for implementation (Cloud-Resources Gaps).

 

Objective of the Book

 

The main objective of the book is to alert the management of firms to the risks that they could face if the cloud system implementation process is not carefully managed and appropriately selected and supported. The book contents will be able to assist firms with ensuring that their cloud system activities are so positioned to assist them achieving their competitive advantages. The book is unique in cloud systems and would be required to assist firms to avoid exposing themselves to unnecessary risks should they not ensure that appropriate cloud systems’ implementation, selection and maintenance processes have taken place.

 

Target Audience

 

The target audience of this book will be firm management professionals and researchers working in the field of management, human resources management, information and knowledge management in various disciplines, e.g. library, information and communication sciences, administrative sciences and management, education, adult education, sociology, computer science, and information technology. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support executives concerned with the management of expertise, innovation, knowledge, human resources management, information and organizational development in different types of work communities and environments.

 

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

 

·         Business Models to suit Cloud System implementation in different Innovative firms’ Structures

·         Strategies for deployment of Cloud System in Innovative firms to management of the knowledge transfer

·         Alignment of Cloud Systems with the Innovative firms Organizational Goals

·         Risk Management and Volatility in Innovative firms and knowledge transfer Strategies

·         The Innovative firms Data burden –Volume, Dimensionality and Visibility Challenges especially in knowledge transfer using Cloud Systems

·         Succeeding in volatile knowledge and Innovation Markets

·         Models for the Implementation of Cloud System Strategies in Innovative firms

·         Evaluation of Cloud System success factors

·         Modelling the mismatch between Cloud and business characteristics (Cloud-Business Gaps)

·         Identification of the resources shortcomings for Cloud Systems Implementation (Cloud-Resources Gaps)

·         Organisational expectations from Cloud System implementation

·         Business Models for Cloud Systems to suit different firm structures

·         The data attributes that drive the need for Cloud Systems

·         A  firms readiness for the implementation of the Cloud System

·         The types of infrastructure and processes that would be needed for implementation of Cloud System

·         How to align the Cloud System’s goals with the strategic objectives of the firm

·         Auditing skills and competencies required for successful implementation of the Cloud System

·         Evaluating the Cloud System provider

·         Assessing  the success of the implementation of the Cloud System project

·         How to measure return on the investment in the Cloud System implementation

·         Types of leaderships that are most effective in the implementation of the Cloud System

·         Assessing the risk and volatility in firms’ integration using Cloud System

·         Measuring the robustness of the Cloud System

·         The security attributes that would be needed for a reliable Cloud System implementation

·         Monitoring the Cloud System performance

·         The critical success factors necessary for development and implementation of the Cloud System

·         The key factors for development and upgrading cycles of the Cloud System

·         Drawing a Service Level Agreement with the Cloud System provider

·         Assessing the appropriate cloud system’s resources required for a given supply chain setting

·         Identifying the firm’s key implementation of resources need for deployment of the Cloud System

·         Finding a remedy for the shortages (Cloud-Resources Gaps) in the resources required for Cloud Systems implementation

·         Could the choice of the Cloud System (ERP-CRM, Ecommerce) solution reduce the cost of corporate IT function?

·         Could the choice of the Cloud System improve business-IT alignment?

·         Would the use of an external provider (i.e. outsourcing the Cloud System solution) rather than running in-house result in a responsible and reliable functioning of the organization’s computing resources?

·         Could the on-demand Cloud System complement the already existing installed investments?

·         The essential factors for the success of Cloud System implementation

·         The impact of Cloud System on the IT corporate governance

·         The core parameters for the organization’s business systems that could be managed with Cloud System‘s implementation to ensure the implementation achieves their business goals

·         Base-line requirements that Cloud System provider must meet

·         How firms could adapt to the new Cloud System solution

·         The key parameters for evaluating the Cloud System implementation

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 31, 2013, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by February 28, 2013 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 30, 2013. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

 

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 2014.

 

Important Dates

January 31, 2013:                          Chapter Proposal Submission Deadline

February 28, 2013:                       Notification of Acceptance

May 30, 2013:                                 Full Chapter Submission

July 30, 2013:                                  Review Results Returned

September 30, 2013:                  Final Chapter Submission

October 31, 2013:                          Final Deadline

 

Editorial Advisory Board Members:

 

Professor Piet Kommers, The Netherlands.

Professor Fernando Moreira, Portugal.

Professor Stewart Clegg, UTS Business School, Australia.

Professor Steven Fox, University of London, UK.

Professor Mohamed Youssef, Dean of Business, Arab Open University, Kuwait.

Professor Mosad Zineldin, Linnaeus University-Sweden

Professor Samuel Ho, Hong Kong Buddhist College.

Professor Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Portugal.

Professor Fernando Almeida, Portugal.

Professor Hesham Magd, Oman.

Dr Hassan Akpolat, Australia.

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:

Dr. Fawzy Soliman

Management Discipline Group

UTS Business School

University of Technology, Sydney,

PO Box 123, Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia

Tel.: +612 9514 3611 • Fax: +612 9514 3602    •  GSM: +61417 77 7708

E-mail: fawzy.soliman@uts.edu.au

 

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Jump-Start Your Career as a Digital Librarian: A LITA Guide

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I will be editing a book to be published by Neal-Schuman Publishers, entitled “Jump-Start Your Career as a Digital Librarian: A LITA Guide”.  The guide is intended to provide an overview of topics in the field and is aimed at new and aspiring digital librarians, with a focus on academic librarianship (though this should not discourage those from other types of libraries from contributing).  I’m seeking authors for the following chapters:

 

So you want to be a digital technology librarian.  What does that mean?

Getting the most out of library school  — advice for the student

Making a career shift — advice for current librarians   

Landing your first job

Digital technology: what you need to know

Managing digital projects

Making friends with metadata

Understanding the new scholarly publishing landscape

Collaboration in the digital age

Preserving the bits and bytes

Moving up in the world – furthering your career

My deadline for submitting the final manuscript is December 31, 2011, with publication presumably in 2012.

Please contact me at jmonson@truman.edu if you are interested in contributing or would like further information.  Thanks for reading.

 Jane Monson

Digital Projects Librarian
Pickler Memorial Library
Truman State University

 

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Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials

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Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

 

Co-Editors, Carol Smallwood, The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times, American Library Association, 2011

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3090

and  Elaine Williams, MLS, Highland County District Library, Lynchburg, Ohio.

 

Chapters sought for an anthology by librarians who’ve worked with historical societies and/or their libraries in preserving local history, newspaper preservation, managed manuscript/book collections of local authors, photography collections, kept student oral and written interviews, and have done/are doing related activities. Tips needed on overcoming liability and invasion of privacy issues, what to save, ways to preserve local material. Librarians are often the last chance important aspects of local culture have of being conserved.

 

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material; 3,000-3,500 words. Concise, how-to chapters, using bullets, headings. One author. Compensation: one complimentary book, discount on additional copies.

 

Please e-mail 2 topics described separately in 2 sentences by July 20, 2011 with a short bio. Kindly place, PRESERVING/Your Name, on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net

 

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