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2009 LITA National Forum Call for Proposals

 

Due Date for proposals February 20, 2009

Please note that the LITA Forum Planning Committee has a brand new later due date for proposal submissions.  In keeping with our web 2.0 world, we will be accepting proposal submissions online, reviewing them virtually and asking for feedback from our community.  Our new Due Date for proposals: February 20, 2009

The 2009 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 12th annual LITA National Forum to be held at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah from October 1-4, 2009.
 
Theme: Open and Mobile
 
The Forum Committee is interested in presentations that highlight specific technology implementations; just over-the-horizon technologies that are almost ready for implementation; or information technology research. We are interested in all types of libraries: public, government, school, academic, special, and corporate. Proposals on any aspect of library and information technology are welcome.
 
Some possible ideas for proposals might include:

  • Handheld Technologies: PDAs, Smartphones, Tablet PCs
  • E-learning: Effective e-learning and distance learning for the mobile-optimized Web
  • Mobile Devices and Accessibility
  • Library-specific open source software (OSS) and other OSS “in” Libraries, technology on a budget
  • Exposing Library Services via APIs (or APIs in general): open data, open linking
  • Semantic Web
  • Anticipating Change: how libraries can be more mobile/flexible/responsive
  • Social Computing: social tools, collaborative software, etc.
  • User created content: Book reviews, tagging, etc.
  • Virtual worlds
  • Gaming in Education and Libraries
  • Federated and Meta-Searching: design and management, integrated access to resources, search engines
  • Digital Libraries/ Institutional Repositories: developments in resource linking, preservation, maintenance, web services
  • Authentication and Authorization: Digital Rights Management (DRM), authentication, privacy, services for remote patrons
  • Web design: information architecture, activity-centered design, user-centered design, usability testing
  • Technology Management: project management, geek management, budgeting, knowledge sharing applications
  • Internet Law: privacy, copyright, filtering
  • RFID in libraries

Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries and/or be of interest to librarians. Concurrent sessions are approximately 75 minutes in length and sessions of all varieties are welcomed from traditional single- or multi-speaker formats to panel discussions, case studies, and demonstrations of projects. Forum 2009 will also accept a limited number of poster session proposals. For projects that will still be in preliminary development in October 2009, we recommend presentations at a lightning talk or other “un-conference”-like activities for which time will be reserved at Forum. A call for these types of presentations and discussions will be issued after February 2009.

Presenters are required to submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts three weeks in advance for inclusion on the Forum USB drive, and are required to submit final presentation slides or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the Web site after the event.
 
Your proposals are welcomed and much appreciated! To submit a proposal, enter the following information online at http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2009/

  • Title
  • Summary (a one-sentence description of your presentation) (max. 200 characters)
  • Abstract and brief outline
  • Level indicator (basic, intermediate, or advanced)
  • Brief biographical information. Include experience as a presenter and expertise in the topic
  • Full contact information
  • Is this proposal for a concurrent session?
  • Is this proposal for a poster session?
  • If this proposal is for a concurrent session, might it be considered for a poster session?
  • If this proposal is for a concurrent session, might it be expanded into a half-day or full-day preconference?
  • How did you hear about the 2009 Forum call for proposals?

Submit proposals by February 20, 2009 online at:

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2009/

The 2009 Forum Planning Committee will review proposals starting in February 2009. You will be contacted about the status of your proposal by the end of March.

Questions? Contact the LITA Office:
lita@ala.org
(312) 280-4268

Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) members are information technology professionals dedicated to educating, serving, and reaching out to the entire library and information community. LITA is a division of the American Library Association.

 

Image Indexing and Retrieval: Challenges and New Perspectives

Thematic issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 

Guest Editor

*    Elaine M�nard, School of Information Studies, McGill University, Montreal,
Canada

Theme

The guest editor of this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and
Library Science invites original research from all disciplines reporting on various
aspects of digital image perception, understanding, indexing, and retrieval. This
includes, but is not limited to:

*    Image indexing strategies within an information retrieval context
*    Social computing, image tagging and folksonomies
*    Methods, models, and theories applicable to image research
*    Image users and uses
*    Cognitive aspects of image perception and understanding
*    Cross-Language Image Retrieval
*    Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR)

Applications described in the papers can be academic prototypes or commercial
software.

Manuscripts will undergo the normal double-blind review process for submissions to
CJILS.

The journal

The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, established in 1976, is the
official journal of the Canadian Association for Information Science. Its objective
is to promote the advancement of information science in Canada. 

Language

Submissions are accepted in either English or French.

Submission Deadline: September 1st, 2009

Submission

Please send your manuscript (Word or RTF) to:

Elaine M�nard, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor  
School of Information Studies
McGill University

3459 McTavish Street Room MS72

Montreal (Quebec) Canada H3A 1Y1

E-mail: elaine.menard@mcgill.ca <elaine.menard@mcgill.ca

Instructions for authors are available on-line on the journal website:
(http://www.cais-acsi.ca/journal/guidelines.htm).

Resource Sharing & Information Networks

Resource Sharing & InformationNetworks is nowaccepting manuscript submissions.  The deadlinefor submission of papers is Wednesday, January 7, 2009 forpublication in Spring 2009 and Wednesday, June 24, 2009 forFall 2009.  Submissions should follow theInstructions to Authors and should be emaileddirectly to the Editor, Dr. Barbara J. Stites  at bstites@fgcu.edu. Thematic issues will be considered:  Guest Editorsinterested in proposed theme issues should send an outlinefor such projects to the Editor.  

 

Specific areas for article developmentinclude:

 


Administration and Leadership of Networks, Cooperatives, andConsortia:

OrganizationalDevelopment

BoardDevelopment

Finance andAccounting

Marketing

Advocacy

Human ResourceDevelopment

 

Resource Sharing:

Access to sharedresources

ReciprocalBorrowing

InterlibraryLoan

DocumentDelivery

UnmediatedBorrowing

 

Training and Continuing Education:

Development andDesign

Implementation andEvaluation

Assessment

Blended Learning:  Online plusF2F

 

Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS)

 

New Academic/Industry Roles &Economics:

       Institutional repositories

       Linking of institutionalrepositories

       FTE Pricing

       Agency Role vs. Order Direct

 

CooperativePurchasing:

New models

Trends

    Negotiations:

       First offers

       Exchanges of consideration

       Shared goals

       Success-driven compromise

 

NewInternational Roles for Consortia:

Equitable access to information for developingeconomies

Social responsibilities of developed economies

Special regions:  East Europe & Russia; China; Africa

 

 

NewPublisher Roles:

       Growing role of consortia in the new serial economy

Integration of electronic serials with continuing

  e-book programs

Combinationof publisher full-text with licensed full-text

 

 

Defence against Spam in Electronic Communication

CALL FOR PAPERS**

*1st International Workshop on

Defence against Spam in Electronic Communication*

 

*DaSECo ’09*

 

In conjunction with

DEXA ’09

 

August 31- September 4, 2009

University of Linz

Linz, Austria

 

The workshop on Defence against Spam in Electronic Communication invites the submission of papers.

 

Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to submit papers on all aspects of misuse and protection concerning electronic communication including email, instant messaging, text messaging, and voice over internet protocol. Topics of interest include novel applications of electronic messaging, abatement of abuses of electronic messaging, spam, spit (spam over internet telephony), spim (spam over instant messenger), spom (spam over mobile phone), phishing, identify theft via messaging, viruses, and spyware.

 

Paper submissions can be either research papers, extended abstracts, industry reports, or law and policy papers. Submissions from practitioners and vendors are encouraged.

 

**Suggested Topics:**

 

Message filtering, blocking, authentication

– machine learning

– natural language processing

– adversarial learning

– challenge-response

– payment schemes

– disposable addresses

– messaging protocols

– digital signatures

 

Evaluation

– corpus and benchmark creation

– measures and methodologies

– tests of specific methods or products

 

Analysis

– economics of spam, spit, spim, spom, phishing, etc.

– abuse tactics and patterns

– legitimate use patterns

– historical data

 

Social issues

– deducing social networks

– costs and benefits of messaging use and abuse

– other social impacts

 

Industry

– cooperation for stopping abuse

– messaging and abuse reporting standards

– interoperability

– self-defending networks

 

Legal issues

– spam, spit, spim, spom and phishing, etc.,

– identity theft

– privacy

– freedom of speech

– digital rights management

– forensics and data retention

 

Technical aspects

– indexing and efficiency in spam recognition

– spam compression and duplicate recognition

 

 

*Workshop Chairpersons:*

 

A Min Tjoa, Technical University of Vienna, Austria Roland R. Wagner, FAW, University of Linz, Austria

 

 

*International Programme Committee:*

Annalisa Appice, University of Bari, Italy John Aycock, University of Calgary, Canada Patrick Bosc, IRISA/ENSSAT, France Oscar Boykin, University of Florida, USA Carlos Alberto-Alejandra Castillo-Ocaranze, Yahoo!

Camelia Constantin, Laboratory of Informtic Paris, France Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy Kevin Daimi, University of Detroit Mercy, USA Tobias Eggendorfer, Universit�t der Bundeswehr M�nchen, Germany Wilfried Gansterer, University of Vienna, Austria Christian Gorecki, University of Mannheim, Germany Edward Hung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Ela Hunt, University of Strathclyde, UK Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Alec Kolcz, Microsoft Live Labs Christopher Lueg, University of Tasmania, Australia Mohammad F. Mahmood, Howard University. USA Cedric du Mouza, CNAM, France Jose A. Onieva, University of Malaga, Spain Jon Praed, Inter Law Group, USA Calton Pu, Georgia Tech, USA Rodrigo Rom�n, University of Malga, Spain Guido Schryen, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, USA Alexander K. Seewald, Seewald Solutions, Austria Xu Jeffrey Yu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

*

IMPORTANT DATES*

 

* Submission of full papers: February 28, 2009

 

* Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2009

 

* Camera-ready copies due: May 15, 2009

 

 

 

*Paper Submission Details:*

 

Authors are invited to submit original research contributions or experience reports in English.

 

* The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings.

* Papers should not exceed 5 pages in IEEE format

(http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html)

* Any submission that exceeds length limits or deviates from formatting requirements may be rejected without review.

 

For paper registration and electronic submission see http://www.dexa.org <http://www.dexa.org/> starting in January 2009.

 

Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.

 

Authors are requested to submit their paper electronically before February 28, 2009.

 

****Duplicate submissions** are not allowed and will automatically be rejected without further review. A submission is considered to be a duplicate submission if, at any time during the time when the submission is under consideration, there is another paper with the following

properties:

 

1. the main technical content of the paper substantially overlaps that of the submission to another conference, or 2. the paper is published or under consideration for publication in a refereed journal or proceedings (electronic or printed) that is generally available (e.g., not limited to conference attendees).

 

Authors do with their submission automatically agree to the following

terms:

“I understand that the paper being submitted must not overlap substantially with any other paper that I am a sole author or co-author of and that is currently submitted elsewhere. Furthermore, previously published papers with any overlap are cited prominently in this submission.”

 

Questions about this policy or how it applies to your work should be directed to the conference chairs.

 

For further inquiries, please contact the Conference Organisation Office (gabriela@dexa.org <mailto:gabriela@dexa.org>)

 

All accepted workshop papers will be published in the proceedings of

DEXA’09 Workshops with IEEE CS Press.

 

Univ. Prof. Dr. Roland Wagner

Johannes Kepler Universit�t Linz

A-4040 Linz

Austria

Europe

 

Tel.: +43 676 84673210

Fax: +43 732 24689308

rrwagner@faw.at

 

 

Director of the Institute of Applied Knowledgeprocessing  (FAW)

sec1: Monika Neubauer

Tel.: +43 664 602468929

Fax.:+43 732 2468 9308

mneubauer@faw.uni-linz.ac.at

http://www.faw.at

http://www.dexa.org

 

Director of the Institute “integriert studieren” (IS)

sec2: Barbara  Arrer

Tel: +43 732 2468 9232

Fax:+43 732 2468 9322

barbara.arrer@jku.at

http://www.integriert-studieren.jku.at

http://www.icchp.org

 

 

Director of FAW GmbH

Softwarepark 35

A-4232 Hagenberg

Austria

Europe

 

FN 261883y (Landesgericht Linz)

 

Tel.: ++43 676 84673210

rrwagner@faw.at

 

sec3.: Helene Gieber

Tel:  ++43 7236 3343 760

Fax:  ++43 7236 3343 782

hgieber@faw.at

 

http://www.faw.at

http://www.softwarepark.at

 

2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009 Part I)

http://http://www.servicescongress.org/2009/1/

 

July 6-10, 2009, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society

Technical Committee on Services Computing (tab.computer.org/tcsc)

  

The theme of the 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) is “modernization of the services industry”. SERVICES 2009 supports and further explores the science and technology of modernizing services industries using latest methods and technologies such as Services Computing, which has been formally promoted by IEEE Computer Society since 2003. From a technology perspective, Services Computing has become the foundational discipline for modernizing the services industry.

 

The first Joint Conference on SERVICES includes the 2005 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2005) and the 2005 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2005), which were held in July 2005 in Orlando, Florida, USA. The second Joint Conference on SERVICES includes the 2006 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2006) and the 2006 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2006), which were held in September 2006 in Chicago, IL, USA. In 2007, the joint conference on Services formally became the 2007 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2007), which was held in July 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

 

The 2008 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2008) was co-located with the 2008 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008) and the 2008 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008) in July 2008 in Honlolulu, Hawaii, USA and in September 2008 in Beijing, China, respectively.

 

In 2009, The World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) goes beyond the IT community. SERVICES 2009 tries to attract researchers, practitioners, and industry business leaders in all the following services sectors to help define and shape the modernization strategy and directions of the services industry. You are invited to submit research, engineering, and business innovation papers to the following services sub-sectors:  

 

– Advertising Services

– Banking Services

– Broadcasting & Cable TV Services

– Business Services

– Casinos & Gaming Services

– Communications Services

– Cross-industry Services (e.g. strategy and planning, supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, marketing services)

– Design Automation Services

– Energy and Utilities Services

– Financial Services

– Government Services

– Healthcare Services

– Hotels & Motels Services

– Insurance Services

– Internet Services

– Motion Pictures Services

– Personal Services

– Printing & Publishing Services

– Real Estate Operations Services

– Recreational Activities Services

– Rental & Leasing Services

– Restaurants Services

– Retail Services (Apparel, Catalog & Mail Order, Department & Discount, Drugs, Grocery, Home Improvement, Specialty, Technology)

– Schools and Education Services

– Security Systems & Services

– Technology Services

– Travel and Transportation Services

– Waste Management Services

– Wholesale Distribution Services

 

In addition, SERVICES 2009 presents keynote sessions, panel discussions, paper presentations, paper posters, innovation show cases, job fair, Services University (Summer School and Fall School), Education Methodology Summit, “Services Cup” contest, SOA industry summit, workshops, and symposiums.

 

SERVICES 2009 also invites you to submit papers to participate the following key events:

 

# Services University

“Services University” (servicesuniversity.org) was launched at The 2007 Congress on Services (SERVICES 2007) to help teach Services Computing discipline in a systematic way. A Regional leader community is being formed to support this worldwide “Services University” program. It is technically sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Services Computing , IBM Research and other sponsors.

 

 

# 2009 Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing The Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing brings educators and practitioners around the world together to share their experiences in Services related education, and builds consensus on the core of Services Computing education, the knowledge areas and education methodologies. The Summit will focus on pedagogical implications of Services education and its role in overall Services Computing Curriculum Initiative (SCCI).

 

 

# 2009 “Services Cup” Contest

The 2009 International Services Computing Contest (SCContest 2009,  http://iscc.servicescomputing.org/2009/) will focus on using the SOA methodologies and tools to better solve today’s business issues and bring together world-wide talented students for the industry wave. The top winners of the contest will be announced at SERVICES 2009. In addition, the technical papers of the winners will be published in the proceedings of World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section.

 

 

# 2009 SOA Industry Summit

The 2009 SOA Industry Summit encourages industry people to submit presentations and two-page papers instead of 8-page research reports. The accepted papers will be published in the World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section.

 

 

# 2009 SERVICES Workshops and Symposiums SERVICES 2009 will include a set of workshops and symposiums focusing on various themes of modernizing services industry. All the accepted workshop and symposium papers will be published in the proceedings of World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section.

 

 

# 2009 Ph.D. Symposium on Services Computing SERVICES 2009 will provide a Ph.D. Symposium on Services Computing as a forum encouraging Ph.D. students and holders to report on-going or just completed work. All the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section.

 

 

# 2009 Symposium on SOA Standards

SERVICES 2009 will favor the 2009 Symposium on SOA Standards as a forum for international researchers and practitioners to discuss and establish standards around SOA. All the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section for SOA standards.

 

 

Paper Submission and Review Process

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Please use the submission page to find the right tracks and events to submit your papers.

 

All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 program committee members. Please note that the same paper should NOT be submitted to other conferences or events simultaneously. Such duplicate submissions will be rejected from all conferences without review.

 

Accepted papers will appear in the CD-ROM version and online version of the proceedings of the 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009), which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Extended versions of selected best papers published in the SERVICES 2009 will be invited for potential publication in the IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) and the International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), the International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM) , the International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing (IJGUC), and IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC). Both the ICWS Proceedings and JWSR are included in EI Compendex. JWSR is also indexed in SCI-E.

 

Submitted manuscripts will be limited to 8 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages and required to be formatted using the IEEE Proceedings template. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word format) is required. Detailed instructions for electronic paper preparation and submission, panel proposals, tutorial proposals, and review process can be found at www.servicescongress.org. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper.

 

 

Paper Review Policy

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SERVICES 2009’s Policy and professional ethics require that referees treat the contents of papers under review as privileged information not to be disclosed to others before publication. It is expected that no one with access to a paper under review will make any inappropriate use of the special knowledge, which that access provided. Contents of abstracts submitted to conference program committees should be regarded as privileged as well, and handled in the same manner. The Conference Publications Chair shall ensure that referees adhere to this practice.

 

 

Important Dates

—————

Abstract Submission Deadline: February 20, 2009

Paper Submission Due Date:  February 27, 2009

Decision Notification (Electronic): April 1, 2009

Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due:  April 20, 2009

 

 

Technical Steering Committee

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Carl K Chang (Iowa State University, USA)

Ephraim Feig (Motorola, USA)

Hemant Jain (University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee , USA)

Frank Leymann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

Calton Pu (Georgia Tech, USA)

Jeffrey Tsai (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)

Zhiwei Xu (Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), China)

Liang-Jie Zhang (IBM Research, USA)

 

 

*** For any enquires, please e-mail to Patrick C. K. Hung: patrick.hung@uoit.ca ***

 

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Please join us at: IEEE Services Computing Forum

 

TO JOIN, CLICK HERE NOW: https://www.ieeecommunities.org/services

 

Next, press the “JOIN” button to apply for membership. As a member, you will be permitted to login and participate in the community.

 

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If the link provided cannot be clicked, simply cut and paste it into the address bar of your browser (include all parts if the address is split over multiple lines).

 

This invitation allows you to join a community designed to facilitate collaboration among a group while minimizing e-mails to your inbox.As a registered member of the Services Computing Community, you can also access IEEE Body of Knowledge on Services Computing (servicescomputing.tv).

 

American Society for Engineering Education ASEE Spring 2009 Northeast Conference

University of Bridgeport                                                                                       http://www.asee2009online.org                  
April 3-4, 2009                       
CONFERENCE  OVERVIEW
 

The Spring 2009 Northeast ASEE Conference will be held on April 3-4, 2009
at the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A. This
year’s conference theme is: Engineering in the New Global Economy.

In the coming years, our world will continue to face economical,
environmental and energy related problems. How is Engineering and
Engineering Technology Education responding to the needs of our society and
the world? This will be the theme for an exhilarating and thought provoking
weekend of professional workshops, presentations, and discussions at the
University of Bridgeport.

The ASEE Northeast Section is soliciting faculty papers, student papers and
student posters which address the various challenges and paradigms in this
technological world through research and instructional programs in
Engineering and Engineering Technology education. There are three
conference tracks:
 
1. Regular/ faculty papers
2. Student papers and
3. Student posters

The deadline for abstract submission is February 27th, 2009. Prospective
authors are invited to submit their abstracts online in Microsoft Word or
Adobe PDF format through the conference website at

Suggested conference topics are listed below. Other innovations in course
and laboratory experiences and assessments are also most welcome for
submission:

• Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Engineering Technology/ Community Colleges
• Industrial, Automation and Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Technology and Community Colleges
• Innovations In Engineering Education
• First Year Experiences
• K-12 Education (Engineering Curriculum Integration)
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science and Information Technology
• Women in Engineering and Computer Science
• Robotics
• Service Learning
• Sustainability
• Design Projects
• Engineering and Technology in the Liberal Arts
• Systems Engineering
• Globalization
• Ethics
• Diversity In Engineering
• Multidisciplinary Research
Paper Submission

=================

Prospective authors are invited to submit their abstracts online in
Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format through the website of the conference at
Important Dates
===============

Abstracts due                        27th February, 2009
Acceptance notification              6th March, 2009
Final manuscript & Registration due  20th March, 2009
————————————————————————
Prof. Navarun Gupta
ASEE NE 2009 General Chair
University of Bridgeport
221 University Avenue                    e-mail: info@asee2009online.org
Bridgeport, CT 06604, U.S.A.               http://www.asee2009online.org
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Journal of Library & Information Services for Distance Learning

Call for Papers/New Editor Announcement
The Journal of Library & Information Services for Distance Learning
welcomes the submission of manuscripts for review and possible publication.

The Journal is now under the new Editorship of Jodi Poe, Head of Technical
Services, Houston Cole Library, Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville,
Alabama).    Jodi was previously Distance Education Librarian at Houston
Cole Library for 8 years.

Manuscripts and ideas for papers can be submitted directly to
Jodi Poe at
<jpoe@jsu.edu> for peer-review.     The Journal has a rapid
turn-around time (approximately 4 months) for accepted  material, contingent
on scheduling.     Topics can cover research, theory & practice related to:

    * Distance education programs for income production
    * Distance learning statistics in libraries
    * Strategic Planning for Distance Education
    * Evaluation of distance learning librarianship programs
    * Off-campus licensing, costing, budgeting
    * Remote access issues
    * Institutional repositories in distance learning/education
    * Satellite libraries: budgeting, growth, usage
    * Outsourcing for distance learning
    * Proactive roles for distance learning librarians
    * Faculty/librarian interaction in distance learning
    * cooperation and collaboration for distance learning
    * Information literacy for distance learning
    * Instructional service techniques
    * Information delivery for distance education
    * Reference services for distance education
    * Document delivery for distance education
    * Developing collections for distance education
    * Consortia involvement in distance learning

About the Editor
Jodi Poe comes to the Journal with more than 17 years of service in an academic library, and eight years of service in distance education.  She is currently the Head of Technical Services at the Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. Prior to accepting the department head position in October, Jodi served as the distance education librarian at the Houston Cole Library for eight years.

During her tenure as a distance librarian, Poe has written numerous journal articles on distance learning and librarianship, which appeared in popular journals like The Journal of Access Services and the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserves. Additionally, Jodi co-authored a chapter in the book Going the Distance: Library Instruction for Off-Campus Students.

Instructions for Authors
Instructions for authors are available at
http://www.haworthpress.com or can be emailed to you directly by Jodi Poe.

Free Print Sample
A free print sample of the journal is available by sending an
email to:  <
marisa.starr@taylorandfrancis.com>  Please give
your full name and preferred mailing address.


Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancements

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Proposals Submission Deadline: 1/15/2009

Full Articles Due: 3/27/2009

Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy:
Trends, Issues and Advancements

A book edited by Dr. Esharenana E. Adomi
Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

 

To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=550

 

Introduction
ICTs are always evolving and have been contributing immensely to economic, political, social, scientific and educational development in every society where they are deployed. It is the existence and utilization of appropriate policy that would enable individuals, institutions, organizations, nations, or regions to benefit from the developments propelled by the application of ICTs.

ICT policy is capable of bridging or reducing the gap between those who do and do not have access to ICT. An ICT policy statement is an essential step towards creating an enabling environment for the deployment of ICT for the development of the society. Absence of ICT policy can impede the development of information infrastructure in affected organizations and societies. The availability of ICT policy has the potential of building capability and capacities in the community, thereby enabling individuals to participate in an economy and society that increasingly relies on ICT.

Though ICT policies are very important, not all institutions, countries, regions, etc., have been able to formulate, adopt and implement policies. Some that have put ICT policies in place may even have defective ones which would not enable them to derive desirable developmental benefits. Review of literature has not been able to reveal any book that has addressed different ICT policies. This book will therefore bridge this literature gap.

Objective of the Book
This book aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field. Specifically, the book will be a source book on ICT policies; be a guidebook to those who are involved in ICT policy formulation, implementation, adoption, monitoring, evaluation and application; provide background information to scholars and researcher who are interested in carrying out research on ICT policies; furnish teachers of information technology with necessary knowledge which they can impart to their students/trainees; provide ICT users with information that can enable them to understand the policies which guide technology and how they can make use of ICT components for their enhancement.

Target Audience
The book will be essential reading for professionals, governmental and non governmental officials involved in ICT matters; teachers/academics in the field of information science, technology and management; students, scholars and researchers in the field of information science, technology and management; ICT users; library and information service users, etc. This book will attract professionals, scholars, researchers, etc., from different parts of the world. The publication will provide the audience access to information that will advance research in ICT policies. It will enable individuals to become acquainted with ICT policy process, which will then assist those concerned to formulate and implement appropriate policies. This book will provide teachers, students, scholars and researchers in the field of information science, education, technology and management with useful material on curricular offering. It will enable different ICT users to apply ICTs for the advancement of different areas of their lives.

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

Evolution of ICT policies

Types of ICT policies

Objectives of ICT policies

ICT policy instruments

ICT policy stages/processes

ICT policy formulation

ICT policy implementation

Features of ICT policies

ICT policy application

Internet access policies

Laws of the web

Internet regulation

Software use policies

Copyright policies in electronic settings

Telecommunication policies

Telecommunication act

Broadcast policies

Computer access/use policies

National ICT policies

Organizational ICT policies

Electronic Medium of Information Act

E-Legislating

Automation standards

Ergonomic standards

ICT security policies

Computer security policy

Internet security policy

Cyber crime regulation

Cyber crime acts

Regulation of internet gambling

Regulation of internet pornography

Library ICT policies

Photocopy policies

Network security policies

Simulation and gaming policy applications

Network deployment policies

Organizational ICT policies

Organizational ICT security policies

Library ICT security policy

ICT policy education

Satellite communication policy

Factors affecting ICT policy

Problems of ICT policies

Emerging technologies policies

Review of ICT policies

Issues in ICT policies

Wireless communication policies/acts

ICT standards

Internet privacy issues

E-commerce regulation

ICT and educational policies

Cybercafe regulation

Telecentre regulation

Internet standards

Information security policies

Ethics of new/emerging technologies

ICT legal issues

Regulation enforcement

ICT regulation

Censorship in the digital age

ICT policy instruments

Network business models

E-government policies

E-business policies

ICT policy evaluation

Issues and challenges in ICT policy

ICT Standards

Web technology standards

Research in ICT policy

ICT policy literature

E-banking policy

E-health policy

Internet governance

Internet policy

E-mail policy

Internet privacy policy

Internet policy agency

Computer policy

Corporate internet policy

Internet standards

Internet policy statement

Employee internet use policy

Information technology policy

IT security policy

ICT policy management/administration

Regulatory framework

ICT laws

Telecommunications policy

Media policy

Media legislation

Telecom legislation

ICT policy research

Internet law

Communication policy

Electronic signature law

IFLA Internet manifesto

Information policy

UNESCO information policy

ITU and ICT policies

Professional ethics

Mobile phone use ethics

Educational concerns in ICT policies

Economic concerns in ICT policies

Political concerns in ICT policies

Social concerns in ICT policies

Scientific and/or technological concerns in ICT policies

Information infrastructure in ICT policies

Satellite communications policies

Gender issues in ICT policies

Evaluation of ICT policies

Future of ICT policy

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 15, 2009, 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 January 30, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 27, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Important Dates
January 15, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline
January 30, 2009: Notification of Acceptance
March 27, 2009: Full Chapter Submission
April 15, 2009: Review Result Returned
June 15, 2009: Final Chapter Submission

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

Dr. Esharenana E. Adomi
Department of Library and Information Science
Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
Tel.: +234 802 842 9087
E-mail: esharenana.adomi@gmail.com

 

Trans/Gender Migrations: Bodies, Borders & (Geo)Politics of Gender Crossing

Call for Papers:
 
Editor: Trystan T. Cotten

Deadline for abstracts: January 15, 2009
Deadline for complete essays: April 1, 2009
Email: Trystan38@hotmail.com

Concepts of �migration� and �travel� abound in the field of Transgender
Studies. Many transgender cultural productions explore questions of identity
and transition trajectories using metaphors of home, displacement,
relocation, etc.  To our knowledge there are no full length text(s) or
monographs that treat the many possibilities of critical, scholarly
investigation of this subject in TG history, identity, and art/cultural
production. We are proposing a volume of criticism to fill the void and
invite contributions for an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the
topic. Broadly conceived Trans/Gender Migrations will explore, trace, and
map the myriad meanings and functions of �migration� and �travel� in
transgender cultural production, politics, and identity/subjectivity,
including related concepts of movement and location like space (and
spatiality), place, border(s), bridge(s), home, expatriation, displacement,
relocation, etc.

We welcome essays from all academic disciplines and scholarly fields and
provide a few suggestions. Essays might examine these concepts and metaphors
in transgender identities (and subjectivities), politics, and cultural
productions like literature, film, dance and other performance arts,
photography, music, body-art, etc. Or, how TG Studies is itself an
interdisciplinary field of methodologies, theories, concepts, and knowledges
that are imported from other disciplinary and artistic sites. When and where
do western definitions of transgender (and transsexuality) fail to translate
across cultural and geographical borders? Other possible topics include
exploring the multiple crossings of gender/sex transitions: how the crossing
of borders of sex/gender entails other shifts in identity and subjectivity
like social class, race and ethnicity, national and religious identity, etc.
What additional borders are crossed in sex/gender transitions? How do mixed
blood and bi/multiracial identities map onto and across gender borders and
migrations? Essays might also examine the surgical re-mapping and re-routing
of bodily tissues, nerves, organs, and chemicals on TG/TS bodies. Other
topics for exploration might include how sex/gender transitions effect
migrations to new sexual and political communities; how the politics of
race, class, gender, (trans)sexuality intersect with or manifest in
immigration policies of the state; and what politics of sex, gender,
(trans)sexuality are operative in the forced displacement and relocation of
peoples.

Please send a 500 word abstract, working title, and brief biographical
statement (MS Word or PDF) to Trystan Cotten by January 15, 2009 at:
Trystan38@hotmail.com <mailto:Trystan38@hotmail.com> . Please send a brief
biographical statement along with your abstract. Completed essays (formatted
in Chicago guidelines) are due by April 1, 2009.

Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences

Carleton University
May 26-30, 2009

Joint Session – co-sponsored by Society for Socialist Studies (SSS)
and the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)

For information on the conference see.-

Session organizer(s) Sima Aprahamian & Marion Gerlind
Title of Session: Exploring issues of one’s identity and/or theoretical perspective on research or teaching

Session abstract: Papers are sought that explore the relationship between one’s theoretical perspective(s) such as Marxism, feminism, and postmodernism, and/or one’s social, ethnic, gender, sexual identity and one’s research and/ or teaching. The session is specifically interested in papers that examine one’s identity and theory/ practice when one is studying post-conflict situations, peoples and cultures that have experienced violence, atrocities, and/or genocide. Also of interest to the session organizers are studies of indigenous history and oral traditions of marginalized groups without (m/any) written records, e.g. consideration of oral traditions in Canadian land disputes and their legal implications that reflect on the researcher’s identity and theoretical framework.

Kindly send a 100 word abstract to aprhsma@alcor.concordia.ca & mgerlind@umn.edu
with the following information:
Name
Contact information
Affiliation

Deadline for paper proposals: January 15, 2009
Thank you,
sima
—-
Sima Aprahamian, Ph.D.
Sociology-Anthropology &
Simone de Beauvoir Institute
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve W.
Montreal (Quebec)
H3G 1M8
E-mail: aprhsma@alcor.concordia.ca