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Structure, Mechanics, and Practical Uses of the Hidden Web

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

 

IFLA Section on Education and Training

Call for Proposals for book chapters for the 40th anniversary of the IFLA Section on Education and Training

 

Those interested in contributing a chapter to a monograph celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Section on Education and Training http://www.ifla.org/set  should prepare a proposal of no more than 1,500 words (10,000 spaces). The finished chapters should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words.

 

      Proposals should focus on library and information science education and training (not libraries per se).

      Proposals may take a local, national or regional perspective.

      Historical proposals are preferred and they should explain the social and cultural context of the institutions being described. Authors are encouraged to include future plans and perspectives as well as information about the past.

      Proposals may be in any of the official IFLA languages, but German, French, Spanish and English are preferred. The language of the final text will likely be in English, depending on publisher requirements.

      Some authors may be invited to present at the off-site session on August 18, 2014 of the 2015 IFLA Conference in Lyon.

      Proposals should be sent to seadle (at) hu-berlin.de.

 

 

DEADLINES

The deadline for proposals is 24 January 2014.

 

REVIEWING

A committee will review the proposals and respond to authors by 24 February 2014 to say whether the proposal has been accepted. Please note that it may not be possible to accept all proposals. Some revisions may also be requested.

 

CHAPTERS DUE

Finished chapters will be due on 14 July 2014 (in honor of Bastille Day in France).

 

EDITORIAL REVIEW

An editorial review of the final chapters will take place after chapters are delivered. Some revisions may be requested.

Revolutionizing the Development of Library and Information Professionals: Planning for the Future

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: October 30, 2012

 

A book edited by Samantha Schmehl Hines

University of Montana

 

To be published by IGI Global:

 

Introduction

As more associations and event planners compete for limited professional development funding, we must examine how to produce conferences, continuing education, and other events in a more cost-effective and learning-effective manner.  Why do library workers attend the events that they do? What is changing for library workers with regard to professional development due to technological innovations, cost barriers, and so on?  How can associations produce quality events that people will attend, and how can they do so effectively and efficiently?  This book will focus on thoughtful analysis, backed up by data, of why library workers attend professional development events and what types or aspects of events make the experience worthwhile.

 

This book will impact those who put together professional development opportunities for librarians–associations, publishers, educational institutions, and so on.  It will also be useful for those in management and human resources positions in libraries.  It has the potential to make library professional development more effective and cost-efficient, and provide library workers with more worthwhile opportunities for training.

 

Objective of the Book

There has been no recent or thorough examination of why library workers attend professional development events and what types or aspects of events make the experience worthwhile.  There is very little published information on how to best provide professional development experiences for library workers from a generalized perspective as opposed to case studies.  There is a need for factual and informative writing about what the future of library professional development can, will, and should look like.  That is what this book will provide.

 

Target Audience

The audience for this monograph will be those in the library profession who are planning professional development opportunities.  This includes library association personnel, educational institutions, management personnel in large libraries or library systems, private organizations who produce professional development opportunities, and so on.  It will be used by management and/or human resources personnel to determine future trends in professional development for their staff and by those who create and offer professional development opportunities to maximize usefulness and profit. 

 

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas within the context of professional development programming, funding and opportunities for library employees:

  • Professional development outside librarianship: what lessons can we learn?
  • Funding for professional development within organizations
  • External funding for professional development: grants, sponsors, etc.
  • What does the traditional library association conference provide for associations?
    • Financial benefits, increased membership, positive PR
  • How to best achieve the rejuvenating effects of professional development
  • The importance of the intensive institute
  • The impact of location on events’ success
  • Networking opportunities for library professionals in the virtual age
  • Trends in skills development for library workers
  • Local to global: what these association types offer for providing development opportunities
  • The role of subject-specific/topical associations in professional development
  • Future of vendors and exhibits in conferences
  • Virtual professional development: is it really the future?

 

Submission Procedure

Potential authors are invited to submit on or before October 30, 2012, 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 November 15, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 28, 2012.

 

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 book is anticipated to be released in early 2014.

 

Important Dates

October 30, 2012:                   Proposal Submission Deadline

November 15, 2012:               Notification of Acceptance

February 28, 2013:                 Full Chapter Submission

April 30, 2013:                        Review Results Returned

June 30, 2013:                        Final Chapter Submission

July 31, 2013:                          Final Deadline

 

 

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

Samantha Schmehl Hines

Head, Missoula College Library

909 South Ave W

Missoula, MT 59801

Tel.: 406.243.7818 • Fax: 406.243.7881

E-mail: Samantha.hines@umontana.edu

 

 

 

Mothers and Motherhood in the Spanish-Speaking World

Demeter Press
is seeking submissions for an edited collection
Mothers and Motherhood in the Spanish-Speaking World

Editors: Marina Bettaglio and C�ndida Elizabeth Vivero Mar�n
bettagli@uvic.ca and elizabeth_vivero@hotmail.com Publication Date: 2015

Traditional  representations  of  motherhood  in  Spanish-speaking
countries  have  favoured  the image of the selfless, abnegated mother,
totally devoted to her children. As a woman whose entire life was at the
service of others, she was supposed to find fulfillment in caring for and
supporting her family.   Modelled after the Virgin Mary, this idealized
maternal role dominated, with regional differences, the Spanish and Latin
American imaginary for centuries.  Marianismo, the cultural expression of
this ideological position, demonstrates the pervasiveness of the Marian
cult in Latin America, where the dichotomy Virgin/Whore described by
Octavio Paz has played a key role in imposing normative maternal values.
Nonetheless, during the last two decades new maternal configurations have
emerged in literature, comics, cinema, music, and art.   This collection
seeks to examine counter-hegemonic discourses that stand in stark or
seeming opposition to traditional representations.  The editors seek
article-length contributions from scholars from a variety of disciplines,
including literature, cinema, music and popular culture in general.

Articles may examine (but are not limited to) the following topics:
Non-traditional mothers, step-mothers, lesbian mothers, immigrant mothers,
minority mothers,
professional  mothers,  writing  mothers,  artist  mothers,  new
stay-at-home  mothers, supermommies, sexually desiring mothers, celebrity
mothers, yummy mommies/mummies, deviant mothers, perverse mothers,
criminal mothers, drug-addicted mothers, or incarcerated mothers.
Submission Guidelines:
Please submit abstracts of 250 words and include your 50 word bio and
citizenship

Deadline for Abstracts is February 1st, 2013. Please send submissions and
inquiries directly to: Marina Bettaglio and C�ndida Elizabeth Vivero Mar�n
bettagli@uvic.ca and elizabeth_vivero@hotmail.com

Demeter Press
140 Holland St. West, PO 13022
Bradford, ON L3Z 2Y5 Tel: (905) 775-9089 www.demeterpress.org /
info@demeterpress.org

Handling Job Stress: Tips by Librarians

Book Publisher: McFarland & Company

Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian, Scarecrow Press, 2012; Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011.

Co-editor:  Linda A. Wade, Digitization Unit Coordinator, Western Illinois University Libraries; contributor, Pre- & Post-Retirement Tips for Librarians, ALA Editions, 2012.

Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on managing stress as a working librarian. Practical tips for colleagues on: dealing with pressure from budget and staff cuts, keeping up with technology, diverse patrons, while juggling family and personal life. Creative methods of diffusing stress are sought that are adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions.

Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience should total 2,500-3500 words; or two articles each 1250-1750 words to equal 2,500-3,500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters, both written by the same co-author(s). One complimentary copy per chapter as compensation.

Please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in one sentence or two by March 31, 2012 with biography(s) to smallwood@tm.net and  place STRESS/Last Name on the subject line.

Web Search Engine Research

Call for Chapters

Publisher: Emerald Library and Information Science Book Series
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/books/series.htm?id=1876-0562

Book Editor: Dirk Lewandowski, Professor in Information Science, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Proposal Submission Deadline: 15 March 2011, accepted Full Chapters Due: 15 June 2011

Introduction

Since the advent of Web search engines in the 1990s, research has been conducted on their use and their quality  in both computer science and in library and information science. While research in computer science mainly focuses on technical aspects of search engines, the focus of information science research is on users? behaviour when using search engines and how their interactions can be evaluated. Furthermore, information science research takes into account search engines? impact on society. However, it does not solely take the perspective of search engines as ?new media?, but can take a unique perspective integrating technical aspects, user aspects and their impact on their role in knowledge acquisition.

The book therefore will follow a wide approach, and the editor is seeking contributions from a variety of research areas. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Retrieval effectiveness
* User satisfaction
* Evaluation of search engine interfaces
* Search engines? index quality
* The impact of search on society
* Reliability of search results
* Query log analysis
* User guidance in the search process
* Index and/or results freshness, diversity of results
* Influence of search engine optimization (SEO) on results quality.

Submission Information

Potential contributors are invited to submit a chapter proposal (approx. 500 words) to the Book Editor by 15 March 2011, detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposal and sent organizational guidelines.
Full chapters should be at least 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due by 15 June  2011.

Inquiries and Submissions

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to 
Dirk Lewandowski, dirk.lewandowski@haw-hamburg.de

PDF version of this text:

LibGuides: Making Dynamic Web Design and Management Simple for Non Web-designers

Call for Chapter Proposals

A LITA Guide

 

Editors – Aaron Dobbs, Ryan Sittler, and Doug Cook

Send Doug a proposal – dr.library.guy at gmail.com

 

 

Aaron, Ryan, and Doug have a contract with LITA and Neal-Schuman to edit a LITA Guide on using software, such as LibGuides, to enhance library services. This timely book will provide the new user of such software as LibGuides with tips and techniques to get the most use out of the product.  The book will also have interest to the seasoned creator of guides as we will be including chapters providing a theoretical basis for the best use of the web, particularly in conjunction with instruction and design.  We are also planning a Guides Showcase of outstanding examples of Research Guides, which should provide readers with numerous ideas.

 

We would like proposals from potential authors for the following chapters. (more details at website)

1.      Introduction to Online Research Guides

2.      Building a Collection of Research Guides

3.      The Tenets of Good Web Design/Layout

4.      Creating Pages from a Pedagogical Perspective

5.      Administering a Web Page Development Platform

6.      LibGuides – How to Get Started Creating Guides

7.      LibGuides – Advanced strategies and techniques 

8.      LibGuides – LibAnswers and Community Guides

9.      Assessment and Web Guides

10.     Other Library Guide Software

11.     Other Ideas?? 

12.     Research Guides Showcase – chapter or possible companion web site

 

PROPOSALS (more details at web site)

We would like proposals by February 15, 2011.  Final accepted chapters will be due to us by August 1, 2011. The publication date is currently set for Spring 2012.  Chapters must be unique to this book, if you have published an article about LibGuides, your chapter cannot be a rehash of the same topic.  Workshops and presentations are fine as a basis for a chapter.

 

Proposal details are at:

sites.google.com/site/drlibraryguy/home/recentbooks-1/libguides-call

 

Email any of us with questions.

 

-Aaron Dobbs, Systems & Electronic Resources Librarian, Shippensburg University of PA, awdobbs at ship.edu.

-Ryan Sittler, Instructional Technology / Information Literacy Librarian, California University of PA, sittler at calu.edu

-Doug Cook, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Shippensburg University of PA. dr.library.guy at gmail.com

 

 

Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the Student Transition to College

Edited by Kenneth Burhanna, Kent State University Libraries

Call for chapter proposals: Deadline February 28th, 2011

Scope and Content

This book will highlight the role of libraries and librarians in the high school to college transition, as they work within and across several educational contexts, including schools, community colleges and universities to support student success. What model programs and collaborations are libraries forming? What is the role of information literacy standards and 21st century skills? How is technology furthering these efforts? How can these initiatives be assessed?

Proposed chapters can cover any program, collaboration or aspect of the book’s topic. The following list of potential topics, while not exhaustive, can be used as a guide:

         The role of 21st century learning and information literacy standards.

         What college professors expect incoming students to know

         Assessing high school to college transition efforts.

         Academic library outreach to high schools

         Community college collaborations

         Pre-service teacher initiatives

         The role of the public library in the high school to college transition

         Virtual school visits to college libraries

         Outreach to parents

         Post-secondary option students and the library

         Upward bound and the library

         Assessment tools

         State-wide or regional transition initiatives

         Professional library associations and the high school to college transition.

Target Audience

Librarians and library administrators across the educational continuum interested in finding new ways to support student success and furthering the missions of their institutions.

The Editor

The editor has worked on several high school to college initiatives and published and presented extensively on his scholarship in this area. Please refer to the bottom of this email for a brief listing of related publications and presentations.

Submission Procedures

Prospective authors are invited to submit a one-page summary of a proposed chapter on or before February 28th.

Please send chapter proposals as an email attachment (MS Word preferred) to kburhann@kent.edu.

Do Not Send Completed Chapters. Authors will be notified about the status of their proposals as soon as possible. Once the book is under contract, authors will be contacted regarding deadlines, format and style guidelines.

 

 

Kenneth J. Burhanna

Associate Professor

Head, Instructional Services

Kent State University Libraries

330-672-1660

kburhann@kent.edu

 

Women Writing on Family: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing

Book Publisher: The Key Publishing House Inc., publisher of academic and non-academic books, Toronto, Ontario

Submissions are being sought for an anthology about writing and publishing by women with experience in writing and publishing about family. Possible subjects: using life experience; networking; unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference participation; self-publishing; teaching tips. Tips on writing about family: creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, nonfiction, novels.

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the most helpful to readers. Please avoid writing too much about “me” and concentrate on what will help the reader. No previously published, co-written, or simultaneously submitted material.

Foreword by Supriya Bhatnagar, Director of Publications, Editor of The Writer’s Chronicle, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, George Mason University.  Author of the memoir: and then there were threeŠ (Serving House Books, 2010)

Afterword by Dr. Amy Hudock, co-editor of Literary Mama chosen by Writers Digest as one of the 101 Best Web Sites for Writers. She teaches creative writing and co-edited American Prose Writers (Seal Press, 2006)

Co-Editor Carol Smallwood appears in Who’s Who of American Women, Michigan Feminist Studies, The Writer’s Chronicle. She’s included in Best New Writing in Prose 2010. Her 23rd book is Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook (American Library Association, 2010). A chapter of newly published Lily’s Odyssey was short listed for the Eric Hoffer Prose Award; a book trailer of Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages is http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=8M6m7PXGQIU&feature=related

Co-Editor Suzann Holland, 2010 Winner of Public Libraries Feature Award,  secured the permission of the Laura Ingalls Wilder estate for the forthcoming: The Little House Literary Companion. Her masters degrees include history, library science:  she taught English composition, information literacy, at William Penn University, was a librarian at Milwaukee Public Library, a consultant in Davenport, Iowa. Her anthology contributions appear in: Greenwood Press, Neal-Schuman, the American Library Association

Please send 2-3 possible topics you would like to contribute each described in a few sentences and a 65-75 word bio using the format like the bio’s above. Please send in a .doc Word file by January 30, 2011 using FAMILY/Your  Name on the subject line to smallwood@tm.net. You’ll receive a Go-Ahead and guidelines if your topics haven’t been taken. Contributors will be asked to contribute a total of 1900-2100 words. Those included in the anthology will receive a complimentary copy as compensation.

Handbook of Research on ICTs for Healthcare and Social Services

Call for Chapter Proposals ---------- Chapter proposal submission deadline: January 31, 2011 ---------- A book edited by Isabel Maria Miranda & Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha isabel.m.f.miranda@gmail.com ---------- Dear Professor/ Dr./Mrs./Mr., It is our pleasure to invite you to consider contributing to this handbook of research. Chapter proposals of 1-2 pages clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter are accepted until January 31, 2011. Proposals should be sent in Word format or PDF to isabel.m.f.miranda@gmail.com Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues / peers who might be interested. Kind regards, Isabel Miranda & Manuela Cunha ---------- ---------- Introduction: The healthcare and social care sectors are living a continuously growing importance in the past years throughout the entire world, and particularly in most Western countries, where we witness an increase of expenditure in health and social care per capita every year. This is related to many aspects of contemporary society, including an increase in life expectancy, the public demand for a better quality of life and better social and health services. This must be met with more cost-efficient approaches, and new technology-based solutions for providing health and social services. The ICT sector is highly present in this context, with a wide range of actions, interventions and developments, from research and development of new models for application and/or integration of existing technology, new technological advances, until the widespread reach of broadband internet access to all population (particularly remote areas) and overcoming the digital divide due to ability to use technology. Simultaneously specific public and private health and social actions are emerging, and the problematic issues of integrating the population with special care needs (such as elder people and the temporarily or permanently disabled) in the e-Health and e-Social care systems are being faced as emergent, and contemplated in the social development agenda. ---------- ---------- Overall objectives of this book: The handbook of research intends to introduce and discuss the main issues, challenges, opportunities and trends related to the recent ICT-based developments, applications and services in all embracing fields of social and healthcare. ---------- ---------- Recommended topics: The handbook is intended to cover the following aspects: - Emerging trends on the social and health care sectors, that can be addressed by ICT-based applications; - User needs analysis; - Technological aspects of solutions and applications; - Studies of preparedness, adoption and impact; - Applications and solutions under development or implemented in the sector, from the technological, social, organizational dimensions; - The human aspects, comprehending psychological aspects; behavioral effects; social effects; accessibility to technologies; trust; expectancies; motivations. ---------- ---------- Audience: The handbook of research is intended to support a professional audience of the health care and social care sectors of public and private institutions, ICT developers and researchers, ICT enterprise managers, and also an academic audience (teachers, researchers and students, mainly of post-graduate studies). ---------- ---------- Submission Procedure: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 31, 2010, a one page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. This proposal should be sent in Word format or PDF to isabel.m.f.miranda@gmail.com Authors will be notified by February 10 about the status of their proposals. Authors of accepted proposals will be sent guidelines to prepare the full chapter (7,000 - 10,000 words) to be submitted by May 20, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis by two or three reviewers. 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 scheduled for release in 2012. ---------- ---------- Important dates: - Deadline for proposals submission: January 31, 2011 - Notification of proposals acceptance/rejection: February 10, 2011 - Full chapter submission deadline: May 20, 2011 - Notification of review results: July 15, 2011 - Submission of revised version of accepted chapters: September 5, 2011 - Submission of final materials of accepter chapters: September 30, 2011 ---------- For any questions, please contact the editors: Isabel Maria Miranda, isabel.m.f.miranda@gmail.com Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, mcruzcunha@gmail.com ---------- http://www.igi-global.com/AuthorsEditors/AuthorEditorResources/CallForBookCh apters /CallForChapterDetails.aspx?CallForContentId=14f4fd51-0eaa-4346-8963-04aefa4 bab0f ---------- You are receiving this email because of your research activities on the book related topics. To unsubscribe please send an email to isabel.m.f.miranda@gmail.com with the subject "Unsubscribe". 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