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The deadline for a Special Issue of the /Journal of
Web Librarianship/ dedicated to Library Websites:
Evaluation and Usability Studies has been EXTENDED to
August 1, 2007. This issue will be edited by
Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Helen Partridge; all
queries and submissions should be sent to them (see
below).

Details: As more library services are delivered via
library Websites, evaluating and measuring Website
effectiveness, usability and success is critical for
all libraries. Such studies are crucial for improving
library Websites, enabling user-centered design and
improving the quality, value and impact of library
online services.

This special issue of The Journal of Web Librarianship
seeks papers reporting empirical studies evaluating
library Websites in any type of library environment.
The methodologies used are not limited and may include
quantitative or qualitative techniques, case studies,
longitudinal studies, experiments, focus groups,
surveys, questionnaires, interviews, or other research
designs. Papers may include the evaluation and testing
of new user-centered measures.

Submission of Manuscripts
All submissions must be in English, should represent
original work done by the authors, and must NOT have
been published, accepted for publication, or be
presently under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Manuscripts should be prepared according to
The Journal of Web Librarianship for Authors:
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/

Reviews of the submitted manuscripts will proceed in
accordance with The Journal of Web Librarianship
editorial policy. Submissions should be by electronic
transmission ONLY (using a Word file attachment) and
must be sent to the guest editors.

Please direct any questions about the special issue
and your submissions to the Special Issue Guest
Editors:

Professor Amanda Spink
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au

Dr. Helen Partridge
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: h.partridge@qut.edu.au

Important Dates

August 1, 2007 Deadline for submission - EXTENDED
September 1, 2007 Preliminary notices to authors
October 1, 2007 Notices to accepted review comments
January 1, 2008 Final acceptance following revisions

ECIR-30th European Conference on Information Retrieval
Glasgow, Scotland, 30th March - 3rd April 2008

For more information go to: http://ecir2008.dcs.gla.ac.uk/index.html

The BCS-IRSG annual European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) is the major European forum for the presentation of new research results in the broad field of Information Retrieval. The conference encourages the submission of high quality research papers reporting original, previously unpublished results.

Call for Research Papers:

We are seeking the submission of high-quality and original research papers that have not been previously published and are not under review for another conference or journal. Submissions will be reviewed by experts on the basis of the originality of the work, the validity of the results, chosen methodology, writing quality and the overall contribution to the field of Information Retrieval. Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Theory and Models for Information Retrieval.
Efficiency and Performance of IR. Platforms, Architectures. Applications of IR.
Evaluation and Test collections.
Indexing. Query representation, Query reformulation, Structure-based representation, XML, Metadata. Summarization. Natural language processing for IR.
Tracking, Filtering, Topic detection, Collaborative filtering, Agents, Routing and Email spam.
Categorization and clustering.
User studies and interfaces. Interactive IR. Task-based IR.
Web IR, Distributed IR, Digital libraries. Intranet, Desktop, Enterprise and Blog Search. Adversarial IR.
Question answering and information extraction. Text Data Mining and Machine Learning for IR.
Multimedia IR.
Cross-language and multilingual Information Retrieval.

All accepted papers will be published in Springer-Verlag's LNCS series and distributed to all delegates at the Conference. The proceedings will appear as a special commerative edition of LNCS to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ECIR conference series. It is also planned that some selected outstanding papers from the conference will be invited to contribute to an edited volume of papers marking this significant milestone.

Call for Posters:

Poster submissions addressing any of the areas identified in the conference topics above are also invited. Poster authors are encouraged to demonstrate work in progress and late-breaking research results. Poster papers will also be included in the proceedings.

Call for Workshops/Tutorials:

Submissions are solicited for workshops and tutorials on all topics of Information Retrieval and its applications. Especially encouraged are workshops that facilitate interaction and collaboration among participants, while opening new directions for future research, as well as tutorials that inform the Information Retrieval community on recent advancements in related fields, or on novel application areas related to Information Retrieval.

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) will provide a forum to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.

Submissions are currently being accepted for the first issue of this promising new journal. Please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals for articles to c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com (a private list read only by C4LJ editors) by Friday, August 31, 2007. Publication of the first issue is planned for late December 2007.

Possible topics for articles include, but are not limited to:

* Practical applications of library technology. Both actual and
hypothetical applications invited.
* Technology projects (failed, successful, proposed, or
in-progress), how they were done, and challenges faced
* Case studies
* Best practices
* Reviews
* Comparisons of third party software or libraries
* Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
* Project management and communication within the library environment
* Assessment and user studies

Above all, C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics. Anything that supports the mission of C4LJ is welcome.

The goal of the journal is to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers to publication. While articles in the journal should be of a high quality, they need not follow any formal structure or guidelines. Writers should aim for the middle ground between, on the one hand, blog or mailing-list posts, and, on the other hand, articles in traditional journals. We want publishing in the journal to be easy and painless, helping the community to share timely, relevant information that is currently shared all too rarely.

Articles need not include comprehensive literature reviews and bibliographies, although pointing the reader to useful work that has gone before can certainly be helpful. Authors are encouraged to include code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code where appropriate.

The Journal will be electronic only, and at least initially, edited rather than refereed.

Please contact us with proposals or queries, as well as draft articles, at c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com (a private list read only by C4LJ editors) no later than Friday, August 31, 2007. Earlier contact is appreciated.

For more information, you can find information on our mission, processes and structures, and guidelines for authors at: http://journal.code4lib.org/

We look forward to hearing from interested people,

Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee

Carol Bean
Jonathan Brinley
Edward Corrado
Tom Keays
Emily Lynema
Eric Lease Morgan
Ron Peterson
Jonathan Rochkind
Jodi Schneider
Dan Scott
Ken Varnum

Call for papers and participation: 3rd Annual Social Informatics
Research Symposium: The social web, social computing and the social analysis of
computing (SIG SI)

Friday October 19th, 1-6pm; Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Wisconsin

The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to
disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates
the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT)
across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs.

The symposium defines "social" broadly to include critical and
historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis; and, it defines
"technology" broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as
well as state of the art computer systems This year's theme is "The
social web: Web 2.0, social computing and the social analysis of computing"

We are pleased to announce that the keynote will be given by Dr.
Alice Robbin, Director of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics and Associate
Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana
University. Her topic will be "Planning the Future of Social Informatics in ASIST." Dr
Robbin will lead a lively discussion focusing on

~Funding opportunities for research on the social impacts of technology
~How social informatics reseachers in library and information science
and related disciplines might collaborate in the development of
innovative research proposals

Call for papers and posters:

Submit a short paper (3000 words) or poster (1000 words) by August 31,2007

Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as
well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations.

Acceptance announcements made by September 10, in time for conference
early registration (ends Sept 14th).
Tentative Schedule

Paper presentations: 1-2:30 pm
Break: 2:30-2:45 (with poster viewing)
Paper presentations: 2:45-4:15
Poster 15 minute madness: 4:15 to 4:30
Break: 4:30-4:45 (with poster viewing)
Closing Keynote Discussion: 4:45-6:00 pm

For further information and instructions for submitting papers and posters
see: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/eschenfelder/web/si2007.

Kristin Eschenfelder
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
eschenfelder@wisc.edu
1-608-263-2105
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen

Howard Rosenbaum
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
hrosenba@indiana.edu
812 855 3250

Call for Chapter Proposals
Working Title: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries

An ACRL Monograph

Editors:
Amy Harris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a_harri2@uncg.edu
Scott Rice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, serice2@uncg.edu

Deadline for proposals: August 31, 2007
Expected publication: Summer 2008

Gaming in all its forms is making its way into academia. Casebook on
Gaming in Academic Libraries will provide case studies and reports of
best practices and experiences in the many ways in which academic
libraries have chosen to become part of this trend.

Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries will include three sections
to encompass the variety of ways gaming has been incorporated into
academic libraries.

Section 1: Gaming as Marketing

How is gaming used to bring students into the library and make students
aware of other library services?

Section 2: Gaming and Collections

How have academic libraries started augmenting their collections with
hardware and software?

Section 3: Gaming and Teaching

How is gaming used for teaching information literacy skills in academic
libraries? How does gaming fit into the academic classroom?

Possible topics may include but are not limited to the following:

Information literacy games
Game night hosting
Student orientation games
Games in information commons
Game software and hardware collections
Games to train staff

Submissions

Individuals interested in contributing a chapter are invited to e-mail
a proposal to the editors on or before August 31, 2007. Proposals
should be from 400-600 words and include information about your name,
affiliation, a working title, and abstract. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified of acceptance by September 14, 2007. Full
chapters will be expected by January 15, 2008.

Scott Rice
Networked Information Services Librarian
ElectronicResources and Information Technology
Jackson Library
UNC GreensboroTo read messages on topics discussed on the ILI listserv, click the ARCHIVES button on the left-hand menu, or visit: http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Australian Library Journal - Special Issue on INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR

Guest Editor:

Amanda Spink
Professor of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full papers due: December 1 2007
Authors receive reviews: December 15 2007
Final papers due: February 1 2008
Anticipated publication: First quarter 2008

The Australian Library Journal has been published since 1951. Published quarterly, it contains a wide coverage of Australian library issues, including research. It is the acknowledged flagship publication of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The journal is available through subscription.

ISSUE FOCUS

This special issue is seeking theoretical or empirical papers on any aspect of information behaviour.

Information behaviour is a basic element of human kind. Humans have sought, organized and used information for millennia as they evolved and learned patterns of information behaviour to help resolve their human problems and survive. The field of library and information science is a leading discipline in conducting research that seeks to understand human information related behaviours. Various interdisciplinary perspectives to information behaviour are emerging, including an information foraging approach, sense-making approach, information seeking approach, an everyday life information seeking approach and a more holistic approach integrating various approaches with information use and organisation. Theoretical and empirical papers discussing any aspect of information behaviour are encouraged.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions of 3-5000 words should be emailed in Word format to the special issue editor, Amanda Spink at ah.spink@qut.edu.au.

The AGPS Style Manual is used. For further information see - http://alia.org.au/publishing/alj/

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Amanda Spink
Research Capacity Building Professor of Information Technology
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus
2 George St, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia
http://www.fit.qut.edu.au
Tel: 61-7-3138-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au
Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/

The 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2008)

Special Track on Web Technologies

http://www710.univ-lyon1.fr/~dbenslim/sac2008-wt.html

Fortaleza, Brazil
March 16-20, 2008
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Overview
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The increasing popularity and advances in Web technologies (XML, Web
services, semantic Web, etc.) are enabling the development of new classes of
applications and new trends in the design of Information Systems.
This track focuses on emerging Web technologies, architectures, and
methodologies for building and managing advanced Web information systems.
The Internet and the related technologies have created an interconnected
world in which information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed
collaboratively, communities of users with similar interests can be formed
to achieve efficiency and improve performance, while security threats are
present more than ever before.
The goal of this track is to bring together researchers from academia and
industry who are actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects
of Web Technologies. It will present an opportunity for researchers to get
together and share recent developments and techniques in order to identify
the critical problems and the most promising research avenues. This track
addresses the challenging Web technologies issues focusing on exploring
novel methods, techniques, and trends to build up and manage information
systems.

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Topics of Interests
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We solicit original research and industrial papers in the area of web-based
information technologies with a special interest in the following topics:
• Emerging Web Technologies (e.g., Web 2.0 and AJAX)
• Wireless Mobile Web
• Web Information Systems
• Security, Privacy, and Trust of Web Technologies
• Quality of Web Services
• Web-Centric Systems
• Web Services
• Software Architectures for Web Services
• Business Process Integration
• Web Engineering
• Service-Oriented Architecture
• Industrial Experiences with Web Technologies
• Web Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0
• Web Databases
• Web Metrics, Monitoring and Analysis
• Case Studies on Web Services-based Applications and Systems
• Web-based applications and solutions for e-commerce & B2B

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Paper Submissions
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All submissions will be subjected to at least two to three blind reviews to
ensure unbiased review process.
Accepted papers will be published in the ACM SAC 2008 proceedings and are
also available online through ACM.s Digital Library.
Prospective papers should be submitted per track using the provided
automated submission system. Submission of the same paper to multiple tracks
is not allowed. For submission guidelines and more information please visit
the SAC 2008 web-site (http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2008/).

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Important Dates
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* September 8, 2007: paper submission
* October 16, 2007: acceptance/rejection notification
* October 30, 2007: camera-ready copy

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Track Chairs
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* Youakim Badr (INSA-Lyon, France)
* Djamal Benslimane (University of Lyon, France)
* Zakaria Maamar (Zayed University, Dubai, UAE)

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Programme Committee
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David Bell (Brunel University, UK)
Salima Benbernou (Lyon 1 University, France)
Alexandre Bergel (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Brian Blake (Georgetown University, USA)
Jorge Cardoso (Madeira University, Portugal)
Beniamino Di Martino (University of Napoli, Italy)
Flavius Frasincar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Faiez Gargouri (University of Safx, Tunisia)
Karl M. Goeschka (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta (Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
Erwin Leonardi (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Axel Küpper (Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany)
Saravanan Muthaiyah (George Mason University, USA)
Ingo Mueller (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Chrsitelle Vangenot (EPFL of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Athanasios Vasilakos (University of Western Macedonia,Greece)
Quan Z. Sheng (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Fabrizio Silvestri (National Research Council, Italy)
Peter Stanchev (Kettering University, USA)
Mariemma Yagüe (University of Málaga, Spain)
(TBC)

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General Inquiries
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For further information, please visit
http://www710.univ-lyon1.fr/~dbenslim/sac2008-wt.html or send emails to
wt@insa-lyon.fr

Call for Participation
Call for Reviewers

InSITE 2008
Informing Science & IT Education Conference
held on the seaside at the
Joliot-Curie resort
International Centre of Scientists
St Constantine, Varna, Bulgaria
J u n e 22 - 25, 2 0 0 8

http://InSITE.nu

Paper Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2007

Co-organized with
American University in Bulgaria
& Bulgarian State Institute of Library Studies and Information Technology

with cooperation from the
Union of Scientists in Bulgarianteer to Review Submissions

Please volunteer your expertise as a paper reviewer for the Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Sign up at the following URL:
http://volunteer.InSITE.nu

Thank you in advance for whatever assistance you can provide. Reviewers receive a reduction in their conference registration fee.

InSITE (Informing Science + IT Education) conference solicits papers in any area that explores issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through IT (information technology) and papers on IT education.

Some of the areas that can be covered under the two proposed guidelines are: Business Intelligence, Business Process Management, Communications, Communicating Meaning, Community and Society, Computer Science, eCommerce, Education, Government, Information Science, IT, Journalism, Justice and Law, Mathematics, Philosophical Issues, Psychology, Sociology, Working Together.

It will be useful to review papers presented at previous conferences.
They can be found at http://proceedings.informingscience.org
Highly rated papers will be published in an Informing Science Institute journal. All other accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
The language of the conference is English. All papers will be double-blind reviewed by six or more reviewers. At least one reviewer will be external to the conference. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other publication or conference. By submitting the manuscript for consideration, authors stipulate that they hold the copyright to the manuscript and, upon acceptance, transfer it to the Informing Science Institute. Authors also agree to assume all liability in case of copyright dispute.
Highly rated papers will be published in an Informing Science Institute journal. All other accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Following are the specific requirements for each type of submission:

Research Papers should be submitted as complete papers (8-25 pages). Include a description of the context of use, the clients involved, the problem, and the proposed solution, if appropriate. Original thinking is valued.

Interactive Paper, Discussion Paper, and Practical Papers. Shorter papers (at least 8 pages) are also welcome. These let you share the ideas you have developed to date and receive constructive feedback.

Panel Discussions. Include a detailed description of the topic and identify four or more panelists who have agreed to attend the conference.

Conference Chairs
Stoyan Denchev,
Rector, Bulgarian State Institute of Library Studies and Information Technology
Dimitar Christozov,
American University in Bulgaria
Local Affairs Director
Tzvetanka Angelova, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
Organized by the Informing Science Institute
Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd
Organizers@InSITE.nu

Bringing artificial intelligence, cognitive science and computational theories to design research
23-25 June 2008
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
preceded by Workshops
21-22 June 2008
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jgero/conferences/dcc08/

CALL for SUBMISSIONS
This biennial conference series provides an international forum for the
presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art and cutting-edge design
research with a focus on artificial intelligence, cognitive science and
computational theories in design. The conference proceedings will form a
continuing archive of design computing and cognition research. The
conference will be preceded by a series of half-day workshops on specialist
topics in design computing and cognition.

Attendees are invited to participate in the conference in the following
ways:
* Submit a full-length paper on completed research relating to design
computing and cognition.
* Submit a poster describing ongoing research; there will be time for oral
presentations of posters.
* Submit a proposal for a half-day workshop on a topic related to design
computing and cognition.

A set of research papers that have been refereed by an international board
of reviewers will be presented and published as a book. Posters describing
ongoing research will be presented.

Researchers from all fields employing computation and or cognition in
design are invited to participate.

SUBMISSION DATES
* Paper abstracts due, electronic submission in PDF and RTF formats only:
14 December 2007
* Papers for review due, electronic submission in PDF and RTF formats only:
18 January 2008
* Workshop proposals due: 22 February 2008
* Poster abstracts due: 29 February 2008

DETAILS
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jgero/conferences/dcc08/

Conference Theme: Opening the Information Economy

Conference Location: Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

Conference Dates: July 13-16, 2008

The information economy is based on the collection and the exchange of data and ideas. We all either contribute to or use materials from the information economy in most aspects of our everyday lives. As a result, the information economy exists as an environment in which we are all contributors and consumers. Within this system, effective communication is essential to success, allowing individuals to contribute ideas and information effectively and to make efficient use of the goods and services. Few of us, however, understand all of the nuances of the information economy or the communication factors that affect its operations.

This conference seeks to examine or to "open" this economic model by examining the connections between communication practices and the products, practices, and services that constitute the information economy. The objective of such an examination will be to help attendees better understand and participate in the information economy as both contributors and consumers.

The conference will take place on the campus of Concordia University in Montréal, Canada and will consist of paper presentations and panel discussions that focus on various communication, design, social, and cultural aspects of the information economy.

POSSIBLE TOPIC AREAS
Suggested topic areas include but are not limited to the following:

• Establishing and assessing the value of knowledge work and knowledge products

• Information design, usability, and accessibility

• Virtual teams, online collaboration, and distributed models of work

• Cross-cultural communication, globalization, outsourcing, translation, and localization

• Legal policies and social issues related to the information economy

• Media selection and multimodality

• The role of and perspectives on teaching and training within the information economy

• Content management, open source software, single sourcing, and XML

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS AND SUBMISSION DATES
Send 1-2 page (250-500 word) proposals to IPCC2008@gmail.com by

• 15 October 2007 (deadline for submissions to be considered for early acceptance)

• 15 December 2007 (deadline for regular submissions)

For conference- or proposal-related questions contact: IPCC2008@gmail.com

book of readings and cases

Call for Chapters / Call for Reviewers

Introduction
The editors of Issues in Information and Media Literacy, a volume of case studies and academic papers to be published by the Informing Science Institute, invite chapters on a range of issues related to information and media literacy. We also seek colleagues from all fields involved with this area who are willing to provide quality reviews of submitted chapters in a timely manner (please see below).

Information and media literacy (media literacy is often subsumed into information literacy and this volume considers both) is regarded by many as a cornerstone for full participation in the ‘Information Society’. Moreover it is increasingly widely recognised as an important area of educational practice, social activism, public policy and academic research.

Even though the terms information literacy and media literacy have a relatively short history (media literacy has been around considerably longer than information literacy) they have attracted considerable attention from a wide range of academic disciplines and are considered key topics in many areas of academic study including education, information science, librarianship, mass communications, planning, political science and sociology amongst many others. Moreover, information and media literacy is a field of key interest to numerous educationalists, civil society activists, non-governmental organisations, international development agencies and supra-governmental organisations.

This book will bring together accounts from practitioners, educationalists, academics and others in an innovative, exciting and mutually informing manner. The text will offer a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the issues and aims to identify new areas of practice and research. The book will be widely available in print through online book retailers including Amazon and available free in electronic format online.

Information and Media Literacy
While the terms information and media literacy are widely used it is interesting to note that no single definition that is accepted by all exists. Indeed defining what information or media literacy actually refers to is one of the key fracture points in the field and spawns much debate. Most definitions agree that information and media literacy refers to a set of central skills that are best developed in tandem. Whilst not definitive list, many accounts state that an information literate person will be able to:

recognise the need for;
access;
analyse or interpret;
critically evaluate; and
communicate
information in a variety of forms in various media.

For example, the UNESCO-sponsored Meeting of Experts on Information Literacy in Prague in 2003 proffers that:

"Information Literacy encompasses knowledge of one's information concerns and needs, and the ability to identify, locate, evaluate, organize and effectively create, use and communicate information to address issues or problems at hand." (US National Commission on Library and Information Science, 2003)

Beyond this basic premise however consensus breaks down a little and numerous questions arise:

How best to promote and action information and media literacy?
Is information and media literacy an end in itself?
What models of learning and even politics underpin it?
Is there a difference between information and media literacy and information skills?
What actual strategies and activities to teach / encourage / develop information and media literacy work best?
These questions amongst many others now inform this very vibrant field of practice and academic research.

Content
This volume seeks to bring together accounts of the latest programmes, practical activities and research in the field. We wish to share good practice and to set new directions in research. We are keen to receive submissions in two forms:

Academic papers that detail original research and activities in the field. Submitted papers should be original, have not been published elsewhere and will be double blind peer-reviewed. Full chapters (guideline 5000-7000 words) are invited.

Discussions, descriptions and case studies of activities, programmes and initiatives that address issues of information and media literacy. Submitted papers may detail specific activities and strategies, offer a broader view or be a call for action on specific issue. We are particularly keen to receive submissions from practitioners in the field, educators and those involved in setting and implementing policy. Submitted papers should offer substantive new information, detail a successful (or unsuccessful) initiative or offer a fresh perspective. Chapters will be reviewed and final submissions are to concur with a specific house template. Full chapters (5000-7000 words) are invited.

Indicative topics:

In addition to the topics listed below we are keen to receive fresh and innovative approaches and areas. This may include:

Case studies, discussions and descriptions of information and media literacy related activities;
New models and theoretical aspects of information and media literacy;
Defining information and media literacy;
Future directions in information and media literacy;
The information society;
Developing critical approaches;
Pedagogic issues;
The business case for information and media literacy;
Economic aspects of information and media literacy;
Information and media literacy in K12 / compulsory education;
Information and media literacy beyond compulsory education;
Information and media literacy in higher education;
Developing ‘expertise’ in information and media skills
Skills versus knowledge-based approaches;
The history of information and media literacy;
The philosophy of information and media literacy;
The sociology of information and media literacy;
Political issues;
Information and media literacy skills based approaches;
Technical issues;
Information and media literacy in developing societies;
Information and media literacy in community development;
Citizenship in the information society;
Public policy;
Non-governmental organisations and the non-state sector;
Submission Details
The language of the book is English. All chapters must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other publication or conference.

By submitting the manuscript for consideration, authors stipulate that they hold the copyright to the manuscript and, upon acceptance, transfer it to the Informing Science Institute. Authors also agree to assume all liability in case of copyright dispute.

Authors may submit a short proposal (1000 words max) for clarification of whether their submission will ‘fit’ the book. Proposals should be sent direct to the editor at m.leaning@trinity-cm.ac.uk by 15th November 2007.

Full chapters to be submitted by 31st December, 2007 using the process detailed below.
All submitted chapters will be double-blind reviewed.

Authors will receive feedback from reviewers by 28th February 2008.
Authors of accepted chapters will then have a further opportunity to refine their work, based upon the comments of the reviewers and the editor.
Chapter revisions must be submitted by 18th April 2008.
A final acceptance notification will be issued by 19th May 2008.
Camera-ready submissions submitted by 30th June 2008.
The book is scheduled to be published by the Informing Science Press in 2008. Further details as they become available will be published on this URL: http://infoliteracy.ispress.org/.

Submission protocol
Full chapters should be submitted in the following manner.

Strip from the submission the authors' names, affiliations, and any other information that identify the authors. This allows your manuscript to be blind reviewed.
Manuscripts submissions are accepted only in RTF or Word .doc format via the website http://ilsubmit.ispress.org/
Summary of key dates

Proposals 15th November 2007

Full chapters 31st December 2007

Initial decisions and feedback 28th February 2008

Chapter revisions submitted 18th April 2008

Final acceptance notification 19th May 2008

Camera-ready submission 30th June 2008

CALL FOR REVIEWERS
Volunteers for chapter reviewers are also welcomed and we encourage a mutually supporting approach. To volunteer, please complete the form at URL
http://ilsubmit.ispress.org/review/signup.php with your particulars

23-25 June, 2008 at the University of Oulu, Finland

The international conference USE-2008 aims at addressing issues related to theoretical conceptions and empirical applications of research on information use in knowledge production processes at different levels of activity in society.

Submissions are invited on all topics concerning information use in knowledge production processes, e.g.

· knowledge management and the research of paradigms of information studies

· knowledge creation as a research object of information studies

· theoretical aspects and models of knowledge creation and production, the perspective of information studies

· theoretical and empirical issues of information use

· methodologies in knowledge behaviour, practices and use, including aspects of information literacy

· information seeking and interactive information retrieval in knowledge production

· innovativeness and knowledge processes

· creativity and innovations

· knowledge-based economy, knowledge production and information professionals

· knowledge production, information, content, documentation, and the materialities

Submissions may be of three types:

Papers. The submission should be of 4500 - 5000 words maximum. The duration of the paper presentation is 20-25 minutes. Submissions are peer reviewed.
Poster presentations for doctoral research projects in progress. The submissions should be of 500 – 750 words. Poster presentations will be peer reviewed on the same criteria as paper presentations.
Panels. The submission should be of 1500 – 2000 words. Submissions will be peer reviewed on the same criteria as paper and poster presentations.

The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2007.

Presenters will be notified of acceptance by February 13, 2008.

A more detailed call for papers can be found on the website: http://www.oulu.fi/silo/use2008

For more information please contact:

Maija-Leena Huotari
Chair of the International Programme Committee
e-mail: maija-leena.huotari@oulu.fi

Elisabeth Davenport

Co-Chair of the International Programme Committee

e-mail: e.davenport@napier.ac.uk

SITE 2008

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
International Conference

March 3-7, 2008 * Las Vegas, Nevada

(Riviera Hotel & Casino Convention Center)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

** Submissions Due: Oct. 22, 2007 **

Organized by
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
http://site.aace.org/
and
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
http://www.aace.org/
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** What are your colleagues saying about SITE conferences? **
http://site.aace.org/conf/testimonials.htm

COLOR POSTER--SITE 2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://site.aace.org/conf/SITE08poster.pdf

>> CONTENTS & LINKS (details below) <<

1. Call for Papers and Submission & Presenter Guidelines, Deadline Oct. 22th:
http://site.aace.org/conf/call.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/submitguide.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/PresenterLounge

2. Scope & Major Topics: http://site.aace.org/conf/topics.htm

4. Presentation Categories: http://site.aace.org/conf/categories.htm
5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://site.aace.org/pubs/

6. Corporate Participation: http://site.aace.org/conf/corporate.htm
7. For Budgeting Purposes: http://site.aace.org/conf/rates.htm

8. Las Vegas: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/LasVegas
9. Deadlines: http://site.aace.org/conf/deadlines.htm

INVITATION:
SITE 2008 is the 19th annual conference of the Society for Information
Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual
teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all
disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of
knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and
faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of AACE.

You are invited to participate in this international forum which offers
numerous opportunities to explore the research, development, and applications
in this important field. All proposals are peer reviewed.

SITE is the premiere international conference in this field and annually
attracts more than 1,200 leaders in the field from over 50 countries.

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To submit a proposal, complete the online form at:
http://site.aace.org/conf/submitguide.htm (online soon)

For Presentation and AV guidelines, see:
http://site.aace.org/conf/PresenterLounge
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PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:

* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers (Full & Brief)
* Posters/Demonstrations
* Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations
* Tutorials/Workshops
* Roundtables
* Symposia

SCOPE:
The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level
on all topics related to:

(1) the use of information technology in teacher education, and
(2) instruction about information technology in
* Preservice
* Inservice
* Graduate Teacher Education
* Faculty & Staff Development

Proposals which address the theory, research and applications as well as
describe innovative projects are encouraged.

MAJOR TOPICS

GENERAL TOPICS:
* Assessment and E-folios
* Corporate
* Distance/Flexible Education
* Electronic Playground
* Equity and Social Justice
* Evaluation and Research
* Information Technology Diffusion/Integration
* International
* Latino/Spanish Speaking Community
* Leadership
* New Possibilities with Information Technologies
* Graduate Education and Faculty Development
* Video Cases
* Web/Learning Communities
* Workforce Education

CONTENT AREA TOPICS:
* Art Education
* Human Languages Education
* Information Technology Education
* English Education
* Mathematics Education
* Middle School Education
* Science Education
* Social Studies Education
* Special Education/Assistive Technology
* Young Child Education

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://site.aace.org/conf/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful
activities designed to facilitate the exchange of
ideas and information. These include
keynote and invited talks, paper presentations, roundtables,
poster/demonstrations, tutorials/workshops, panels, and corporate showcases.

PROCEEDINGS:
http://www.EdITLib.org
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Technology and Teacher
Education Annual proceedings series. Books in this series serve as major
source documents indicating the current state of teacher education and
information technology. This proceedings will be published as a searchable
electronic book on CD-ROM.

The Annuals are internationally distributed through and archived in the
Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org.

First and second paper authors are limited to two papers published in the
Annual.

PAPER AWARDS:
http://site.aace.org/pubs/
All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within
several categories.

Award winning papers may be:
Invited for publication in the
- Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
(JTATE) (http://www.aace.org/pubs/jtate) or
- Online journal, Contemporary Issues in
Technology & Teacher Education (CITE) (http://www.citejournal.org/),

Highlighted in the:
- AACE online periodical AACE Journal (http://www.aace.org/pubs/aacej/), and
= Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org.

CORPORATE PARTICIPATION:
http://site.aace.org/conf/corporate.htm
A variety of opportunities are available to present research-oriented
papers, or to showcase and market your products
and services. For information about Corporate
Showcases (30 minutes) and Corporate
Demonstrations (2-hours, scheduled with the Poster/Demos),
click here.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://site.aace.org/conf/rates.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm
The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be
approximately $295 (members); $340
(non-members). Registration includes Proceedings on
CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials.

The conference hotel (Riviera Hotel & Casino Las Vegas) specially discounted
guest room rate is $119 (single/double). http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Experience the Shows, Dining,
Shopping, Attractions, & Tours!
http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/LasVegas/

Las Vegas, an ever-changing fantasy-land of a
city, has seen unbelievable expansion since it
emerged from the desert 100 years ago. Las Vegas
continues to build upon its reputation as a
vibrant showcase for the extraordinary. This is
the city that attracts more than 38 million
visitors a year by offering the grandest hotels,
the biggest stars in entertainment, the highest
caliber of award-winning chefs and master
sommeliers, and, of course, the brightest lights.

Las Vegas offers unmatched entertainment. Some of
the many headliners include Celine Dion (Caesars
Palace), Barry Manilow (Las Vegas Hilton) and
Toni Braxton (Flamingo Las Vegas). Broadway hits
such as "MAMMA MIA!" (Mandalay Bay), "Phantom -
The Las Vegas Spectacular" (Venetian) and "The
Producers" (Paris Las Vegas) are amongst visitor
favorites. World-class productions are also
available and include Cirque du Soleil's newest
shows, "K�" (MGM Grand) and "LOVE" (The Mirage).

While planning an evening of entertainment, look
to the growing roster of gourmet restaurants and
unparalleled wine and food adventures in Las
Vegas. A host of fine dining and lifestyle
magazines have honored the city for its fantastic
fare and hailed individual restaurants for their exquisite cuisine,

A shoppers paradise. Drawing an influx of
designers and upscale specialty boutiques, Las
Vegas has become one of the premium world-class
shopping destinations in the country.

It's not just a conference. it's a vacation! So
plan to join us in Las Vegas for SITE 2008, a
great conference in one of the world's greatest destinations.

For further Las Vegas information, see:
http://www.visitlasvegas.com

DEADLINES:

Proposals Due: Oct. 22, 2007
Authors Notified: Nov. 21, 2007
Proceedings File Due: Jan. 21, 2008
Early Registration: Jan. 21, 2008
Hotel Reservation: Feb. 11, 2008
Conference: Mar. 3-7, 2008

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To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link
to http://www.aace.org/info.htm

If you have a question about SITE, please send an e-mail to
SITE/AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:
SITE--Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327 USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org * http://site.AACE.org

March 18-21, 2008
Atlanta, GA

Call for Proposals

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008

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ER&L Conference Program Planning Committee encourages you to submit a proposal for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2008 Conference to be held March 19-21, 2008, with pre-conference sessions on March 18. The conference location will be the Global Learning and Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.

View Track Descriptions: http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008/schedConf/trackPolicies

Proposal Deadline: Proposals will be evaluated as they are received, and priority may be given to those who submit early. The Proposal Deadline is Nov. 1, 2007

Proposal Evaluation: The committee will evaluate each proposal on the basis of subject matter (including, but not limited to, the issues listed in the topic descriptions), clarity, and timeliness. Proposals should be for original work that has not been published. We may request that some presenters combine sessions with complementary subject matter.

Compensation: Presenters receive 25% off the cost of registration.

More info: ER&L provides a forum for information professionals to explore ideas, trends, and technologies related to electronic resources and digital services. The idea of this event is to bring together stakeholders inside and outside of the library to look at the impact the digital environment has on library collections, access to resources, and our organizations. We invite various perspectives and approaches to managing, promoting and accessing electronic resources. We hope to foster collaborative, cross-departmental, cross-community approaches to the issues e-resources have brought to our environment.

Questions: Please direct questions about the Call for Proposals to Bonnie Tijerina (bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com) or Elizabeth Winter(elizabeth.winter@library.gatech.edu). Please direct questions related to preconferences to Xan Arch(xanadu@stanford.edu).

ER&L '08 conference details are online at:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008

Barbara Blummer
Library Manager
Center for Computing Sciences
bablumm@super.org
301-805-7539

PRESENT A POSTER SESSION AT CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY WINTER 2007--FAST-TRACK IMMERSIVE WORKSHOPS

Event Dates: December 10 - 12, 2007

Location: Westin San Francisco Market Street Hotel
San Francisco, CA

Event Focus: Fast-Track Immersive Workshops Putting IT Leadership Skills into Practice

Website: http://www.1105info.com/lzkokfk_rzrzael.html

Poster Session Submission Form: http://www.1105info.com/krxvxsj_rzrzael.html

Gain Visibility. Discuss Your Work With Peers. Publish Your Proceedings Online!

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Campus Technology invites you to be among the small group of 25 higher education professionals and technology experts to present and share your work in poster sessions at our first annual winter workshop event.

Designed to immerse attendees in day-long sessions that integrate both tactical and hands-on elements, our workshops will provide the tools and resources needed to develop effective technology project management plans and strategies to suit your unique campus situation.

The workshops will target EIGHT VITAL AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY impacting campus IT initiatives now and in the future. Presentations that enhance the workshop curricula by covering these education topics will receive first consideration:

- Business Intelligence
- Social / Academic Collaboration
- Assessment
- Globalized Education
- IT Leadership
- Security
- eLearning
- Teaching and Learning Technology

***PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS: SEPTEMBER 26, 2007***

Submissions can now be made online through our handy electronic form. Click here to access it now: http://www.1105info.com/hpsesjk_rzrzael.html

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WHY SHOULD I HOST A POSTER SESSION?

 Gain visibility - Your work will be seen and discussed by hundreds of colleagues and industry leaders.
 Get published - Poster presenters have the opportunity to post their paper online in our event proceedings.
 Professional growth - Speaking at professional events improves presentation skills and promotes networking opportunities.
 Save on registration - Accepted Poster Session presenters may register for the workshop at the speaker discount rate.

***PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS: SEPTEMBER 26, 2007***

Submit your proposal online now. Visit http://www.1105info.com/lzkokfz_rzrzael.html

See you this year at Campus Technology Winter 2007-December 10-12!

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P.S. WHY ATTEND CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY WINTER 2007--FAST-TRACK IMMERSIVE WORKSHOPS?

This event is your opportunity to build or finesse your campus' technology project plans with feedback from peers and technology experts. For 2 ½ days you'll have access to IT visionaries, campus technology project leaders, and product and service experts who can help you put together an effective project action plan with your institution's needs in mind. Don't miss out on this highly informative and valuable hands-on event.

BE SURE TO REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 2 TO SAVE.

Visit http://www.1105info.com/hpsesjb_rzrzael.html to learn more.

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice is seeking papers for future issues. Manuscripts may be submitted as either articles, commentaries or brief reports.

Papers in the Articles section of the journal are original research or scholarship and are subject to double-blind peer review. Commentaries are viewpoint papers on issues relating to evidence based practice. We are also interested in brief anecdotal reports outlining experiences of evidence based decision making in specific environments. Commentaries and anecdotal reports are not subject to peer review but do undergo editorial review prior to acceptance.

Submissions are welcome from all information disciplines on all areas of EBP including, but not limited to:

EBL application
Qualitative or quantitative research
Management and Administration issues related to EBP
Research Tools (statistics, data collection methods, etc.)
Collaborative and Interprofessional EBP
Research education in library schools
Evidence-Based Practices from other disciplines applicable to EBL
Harnessing evidence to support new innovations
Developing and applying evidence based tools
Future prospects for the evidenced based information profession
Maximizing the value and impact of our information services

All manuscripts are submitted online. Further information on submissions, including Author Guidelines, can be found on the journal website at http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/about/submissions

EBLIP operates on a strict publication schedule and strives to review manuscripts within 8 weeks and publish papers within 4 months of submission.

Articles may be submitted at any time, however submission deadlines for subsequent issues are December 1/07, March 1/08, June 1/08, and September 1/08 (publication dates are March 15/08, June 15/08, September 15/08 and December 15/08, respectively).

About the journal:

Published quarterly by the University of Alberta, this peer-reviewed, open access journal is targeted at all library and information professionals interested in an evidence based model of practice. By facilitating access to librarianship research via original research articles and evidence summaries of relevant research from the library literature, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice will enable librarians to practice their profession in an evidence based manner.

We look forward to receiving your manuscripts. Should you have any questions, please contact any member of the Editorial Team.

Thank you,

The Editorial Team

Lindsay Glynn, Editor-in-Chief lglynn@mun.ca

Denise Koufogiannakis, Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries) denise.koufogiannakis@ualberta.ca

Alison Brettle, Associate Editor (Articles) a.brettle@salford.ac.uk

Pam Ryan, Production Editor pam.ryan@ualberta.ca

Electronic Commerce Research: Special Issue Call Reminder

Deadline: 1st December 2007

For more information please visit:
http://www.ebusiness-newcastle.com/news/article.php?id=40

I HAVE AN AVATAR THEREFORE I EXIST: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN
METAVERSES

Millions of users from around the globe participate in massive multiplayer
online role playing games (MMORPG), such as Second Life and World of
Warcraft, 3D worlds that are often considered the next generation Web. With
their user base growing at an exponential rate we are already experiencing
the development of a phenomenon that may be as significant as the Web
itself. The rapid development of MMORPGs and metaverses is likely to bring
about significant business as well as social, legal, policy, methodological
and technological opportunities and challenges.

This special issue aims to explore these and contribute to this rapidly
expanding field by focusing on issues relevant to electronic business and
management. Academics and practitioners are invited to submit conceptually
and empirically based original papers addressing areas such as those listed
below:

Business opportunities and challenges
Marketing implications
Identity management issues
Virtual economies and economic policies
Virtual entrepreneurship and metaverse ebusiness models
Developing MMORPGs and related strategies and ebusiness models
Real money trading Consumer and business ethics in metaverses
Case studies (e.g. Second Life, World of Warcraft etc)
Human-computer interaction issues in metaverses
Psychological aspects of participating in metaverses
Legal issues (e.g. copyright and ownership of virtual property)

The above areas are just indicative and this special issue would welcome
papers discussing other relevant topics. For the manuscripts guidelines
please visit the journal's web site. All papers, accompanied by a short
biographical note for each author (approximately 200-250 words per author),
should be submitted as an email attachment to the Guest Editors (Email:
savvas.papagiannidis@ncl.ac.uk). All papers will be double blind refereed.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Libraries & the Cultural Record – Special issue on Women in Information Science

GUEST EDITORS

Diane Barlow and Trudi Bellardo Hahn
College of Information Studies
University of Maryland
dbarlow@umd.edu, thahn@umd.edu

ISSUE FOCUS

This special issue will spotlight the lives and contributions of remarkable women pioneers in information science. Papers may be about women whose field of specialty and accomplishments fall in a wide variety of areas—documentation, classification, standards, information retrieval, library technologies, LIS education, social epistemology, information use, information policy, STI, or other. A paper may address a subject’s leadership, innovation, advocacy, research, or other significant contributions, and should place the subject historically in her social, cultural, and professional context. Further, bios should show the relationship of her particular specialty to the larger discipline.

Possible subjects for bios are Jean Antes, Henrietta Avram, Marcia Bates, Helen Brownson, Elfreda Chatman, Pauline Atherton Cochrane, Diana Crane, Susan Crawford, Edith Ditmas, Margaret Egan, Madeline (Berry) Henderson, Mary Herner, Karen Sparck-Jones, Barbara Kyle, Lotsee Patterson, Phyllis Richmond, Jane Robbins, Claire Schultz, Jean Tague-Sutcliffe, Winifred Sewell, and Martha Williams. These individuals are named as examples. We welcome papers on other women pioneers in information science as well.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please submit the name of the individual you wish to write on and a brief outline of your paper by October 7, 2007. Authors will be selected by October 19. Submit full papers (4,000-8,000 words) by March 15, 2008. Authors will receive reviews by May 1. Final papers will be due by June 15, 2008.

ANTICIPATED PUBLICATION: spring 2009

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Libraries & the Cultural Record is an interdisciplinary journal that explores the significance of collections of recorded knowledge--their creation, organization, preservation, and utilization--in the context of cultural and social history, unlimited as to time and place. It is the only journal that covers the broad history of the related disciplines and professions of the emerging Information Domain. For more information, see: www.ischool.utexas.edu/~lcr.

Empowering Community Through Technology

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Eighth Annual EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference, February 20–22, 2008. Join us at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston:

Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services

Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges

For more information go to http://www.educause.edu/swrc08

Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area
This year’s conference, "Empowering Community Through Technology," will explore the convergence of technology throughout the higher education environment. Whether your focus is faculty or staff, technical or functional, this conference will offer a variety of opportunities for you to learn about and share with colleagues technological changes and uses on campuses in your region.

Preconference seminars begin the morning of February 20, with the full conference program February 20–22, 2008. The program follows four key tracks:

Empowering Our Teaching and Learning Communities
Leading the Charge for Change
Making IT work - the confluence of technology, people, and expectations
Corporate and Campus Solutions
Make the most of your visit to Houston. The Four Seasons Hotel Houston is conveniently located downtown with quick access to a variety of local attractions and restaurants.

Participate As a Presenter
Play an active part in this leading higher education IT conference—submit a presentation proposal for the 2008 Southwest Regional Conference. You help create an innovative and informative program, make valuable contacts, and gain recognition for yourself and your institution’s achievements. The deadline for submissions is October 10 , 2007.

New Directions in Higher Ed IT: Navigating the Course While Still Drawing the Map
Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Sixth Annual EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference, March 17–19, 2008. Join us at the InterContinental Chicago to:

Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services

Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges

Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area
This year's conference, "New Directions in Higher Ed IT: Navigating the Course While Still Drawing the Map," will provide a rich agenda defining the rapidly evolving challenges facing information technology in higher education, including teaching and learning, infrastructure, security and compliance, and personnel management. The program will include keynote presentations from acknowledged experts who will provide the “big picture” on current issues, presentations highlighting practical solutions, and interactive discussion sessions to facilitate networking and sharing.

Preconference seminars begin the morning of March 17, with the full conference program March 17– 19, 2008. The program follows five key tracks:

Collaborate from Where You Are
IT Agility for a Constantly Changing Environment
IT Infrastructure: Adding Value and Helping Organizations Achieve Their Strategic Objectives
Technology to Support Learning
Corporate and Campus Solutions
Make the most of your visit to Chicago. The InterContinental Chicago Hotel is conveniently located on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, home to great shopping and restaurants.

Participate As a Presenter
Play an active part in this leading higher education IT conference—submit a presentation proposal for the 2008 Midwest Regional Conference. You help create an innovative and informative program, make valuable contacts, and gain recognition for yourself and your institution’s achievements. The deadline for submissions is November 5 , 2007.

For more information go to http://www.educause.edu/mwrc08

2008 International Conference on
Information Resources Management
(Conf-IRM)

May 18-20, 2008
Sheraton Fallsview Hotel & Conference Centre
6755 Fallsview Boulevard
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Important Dates

Submission date: 1 December 2007

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 1 February 2008

Final Submission and Early Registration due date: 14 March 2008

The organizing committee invites you to submit your
research work to Conf-IRM.

The International Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM) provides a peer-reviewed forum for researchers from across the globe to share contemporary research on developments in the fields of information systems and information management. It seeks to promote effective and vibrant networking among researchers and practitioners from around the world who are concerned about the effective management of information resources in organizations.

This network of researchers views fostering the development of emerging scholars in the information systems and information management fields as its primary task. Consequently the conference is designed to provide a venue for researchers to get substantive and beneficial feedback on their work.

Conf-IRM builds on the traditions of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Conferences. Under new leadership, the IRMA Conference has been re-positioned and will now be known as Conf-IRM.

Tracks
Data Warehousing and Database Management
eBusiness and eGovernment Applications
E-Collaboration
Global IT Management
Human Side of IT
IS Research Methods
IT Architecture and Standards
IT for Development
IT in SMEs
IT Security and Privacy
IT Service Management
Knowledge Management
Outsourcing and Offshoring
Supply Chain Management
Telecommunications and ICT Infrastructure
Web 2.0 and Free and Open Source Software Development and Implementation
Conf-IRM Developmental Workshops and Panels Track

For more information go to: http://www.sprott.carleton.ca/conf-irm/index.htm

This is the final call for proposals for the 2008 Online Northwest
Conference

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

WHAT IS ONLINE NORTHWEST?
Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics at the
intersection of libraries, technology and culture. The conference is
sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council.

WHEN IS THE CONFERENCE?
Friday, February 22, 2008

WHAT TOPICS ARE APPROPRIATE?
The coordinating committee seeks presentations that discuss how
technology is being applied within library settings and how technology
is affecting library patrons and services. We strongly encourage
academic, public, school, and special librarians to submit proposals.
All topics relating to technology and libraries are welcome,
including:

*Assessing the impact of technology on patrons or services
*User interface design and evaluation
*Implementation of Web 2.0 technologies in libraries
*Collection development and assessment
*Resource sharing (e.g. ILL, document delivery)
*Information literacy and instruction
*Metadata design, application, or evaluation
*Management of electronic resources or digital repositories
*Computer programming and development of computer applications to
support delivery of library services

HOW DO I SUBMIT A PROPOSAL?
Please submit a 150-250 word abstract describing the presentation
content and intended audience via the online submission form available
at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=328653886834

For examples of past presentations or more information, see:
http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

WHERE IS THE CONFERENCE?
CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State
University campus)

Todd Hannon, MLS
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Oregon Health & Science University Library
Research & Reference Dept.
PO Box 573
Portland, OR 97207-0573
p:503.494.3474
f:503.494.3322
hannont@ohsu.edu

Museums and the Web

April 9-12,2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Join hundreds of your colleagues at the only annual conference exploring the on-line presentation of cultural, scientific and heritage content across institutions and around the world: Museums and the Web.

Call for Participation Closes September 30, 2007.

Demonstration Proposals will be accepted through December 31, 2007.

For more information go to: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/

Museums and the Web addresses the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, senior speakers with extensive experience in Web development review and analyze the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage. Together, we are transforming communities and organizations.

The MW Program
MW features plenary sessions, parallel sessions, museum project demonstrations, commercial exhibits, mini-workshops, professional forums, a usability lab, a design 'Crit Room,' and the Best of the Web awards. The primary language of the conference has always been English, but in 2008, the sessions will be simultaneously translated English/French and /French/English to encourage a wide francophone participation.

Prior to the conference, there are full-day and half-day pre-conference workshops and a day of pre-conference tours, including one to the museums of Ottawa, Canada's national capital.
Social events include receptions each evening, a Birds-of-a-Feather Breakfast, and plenty of refreshment breaks to provide hours of discovery and debate among hundreds of colleagues from around the world.

The MW2008 Program will be selected through peer-review by an International Program Committee based on proposals due September 30, 2007.

Who Attends MW?
Webmasters, educators, curators, librarians, designers, managers, directors, scholars, consultants, programmers, analysts, and developers from museums, galleries, libraries, science centers, and archives join the professionals, companies, foundations and governments that support them and attend Museums and the Web every year.

Scholarships and Volunteers
Archives & Museum Informatics awards MW Scholarships to museum professionals from small institutions and developing countries. For MW2008, The Department of Canadian Heritage has sponsored Scholarships for Canadian Professionals. Scholarship applications are due December 31, 2007.

Students are invited to volunteer at MW; they may attend the conference in exchange for helping out. Preference in 2008 will be given to fully bilingual volunteers. Volunteer applications are accepted until all spaces are filled.

Can't Make It? Get the Book.
MW2008 Presenters will be required to submit written papers; the best will appear in print in Museums and the Web 2008: Selected papers from an international conference. All papers are also published on-line and on CD-ROM. Discounted advance orders of the Selected Papers and CD-ROM Proceedings are now being taken.

Past papers from all Museums and the Web conferences – since 1997 – are on-line. Printed volumes of Selected Papers from MW97 – MW2007 are also available to order.

Conference Co-Chairs
Jennifer Trant and David Bearman
Archives & Museum Informatics
158 Lee Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4E 2P3 Canada

Perspectives on Gender and Technology: An interdisciplinary conference
sponsored by The University of Texas Center for Women's and Gender Studies

April 11, 2008

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The University of Texas at Austin

Purpose: To look at the interaction of gender and technology in the
contemporary world from three perspectives: ways of knowing, ways of doing,
and ways of changing.

* Ways of knowing - These papers will consider how technology
mediates/facilitates/responds to cultural and social realities, especially
those related to gender.

* Ways of doing - These papers will explore gendered constructs of "doing"
technology. (E.g., norms related to technological expertise, the impact of
gender on growth/advancement/entrance into technologically-oriented careers,
etc.)

* Ways of changing - These papers will consider the intersection of women
and technology in the developing world, especially the use of technology as
a tool for positive social change.

Who is invited: Because some of the most fruitful studies of gender and
technology are interdisciplinary, all methodologies and approaches are
welcome, from ethnographic studies to feminist theorizing to quantitative
empirical studies (and all points in between). We hope to attract a broad
representation of scholars and practitioners.

How to submit a proposal: PROPOSALS (500 WORDS) ARE DUE DEC 1, 2007.

Email proposals to Hillary Hart: hart@mail.utexas.edu. Please use MSWord
2003 (or earlier) or PDF for file formats, or embed the proposal in the
e-mail message.

Accepted proposals will be notified by DEC. 15, 2007; full manuscripts will
be due MARCH 15. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the
conference proceedings. NOTE: Editors of the following journals have
expressed specific interest in considering appropriate papers from this
conference for publication: Journal of Strategic Information Systems,
Science Communication, Journal of Technology in Human Services.

Featured Keynote Speakers:

Lucy Suchman, Professor & Co-director, Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster
University. Suchman joined the faculty at Lancaster after twenty years as a
researcher at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. She researches the
relationship of ethnographies of everyday practice to new technology design.
Her 1987 book, Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine
Communication, is a watershed work in the field of human-computer
interaction. Among many other awards, in 2005, she won the Outstanding
Contribution to Research Award from the Communication and Information
Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association.

Rachael Muir, Founder and Executive Director of Girlstart. Girlstart is a
non-profit organization founded in Austin, Texas in 1997 to empower girls in
math, science, engineering and technology. Girlstart's programs have been
featured on the Today show, the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and in Glamour,
Texas Monthly, Fast Company, and CosmoGIRL magazines.

Note: Proposal submission deadline extended to November 1, 2007. Please
feel free to circulate this information to your colleagues.

The Encyclopedia of Social Interaction Technologies (to be published by
IGI Global) will offer a comprehensive view of the uses and applications
of social software in various contexts. The encyclopedia will provide
references to the most current information on the latest social software
developments written by experts from an array of disciplines.

The range of topics includes, but is not limited to, the list below.
Contributors are encouraged to recommend additional topics in their
area(s) of expertise that are pertinent to the scope of the publication.

Please forward your proposals (500-800 words) and contact information by
November 1, 2007 to the editors, Dr. Tatyana Dumova
(tatyana.dumova@und.edu) and Dr. Richard Fiordo
(richard.fiordo@und.edu), University of North Dakota, USA. Visit the IGI
Global web site at http://www.igi-pub.com/requests/details.asp?ID=231
for additional information.

Topics
Part I: Background and Development
Social software, social Web, and social capital
Social software: origin, architecture, and functions
Social software: background, deployment, and development
Social software: current and emerging trends
Social software: visionaries and minds

Part II: Concepts, Contexts, and Applications
Collaborative information and knowledge management
Data syndication
RSS feeds and feed aggregators
Podcasting
Collaborative filtering of information
Collaborative categorization
Social citations
Social bookmarking
Social guides
Tagging and folksonomies
Blog search
Podcast search
Social search
Social libraries
Wiki-based online collaboration
Typology and functionality of blogs
Mobile social software
Social software and scientific research
Educational implications of social software
Social software and collaborative learning
Blogs in education
Educational wikis
Educational podcasts
Social software for distance learning
Social software and e-Democracy
Social software and electronic advocacy
Social software and e-Government
Political blogs
Political wikis
Citizen journalism
Economics of social software
Business aspects of social software
Corporate blogging
Corporate wikis
Social software at a workplace
Impact of social software on organizational culture
Social software for small business
Social software for nonprofit organizations
Social software for professional learning
Blogs and wikis in health care & medicine
Social software and e-health resources
Social software and voluntary health associations
Medical podcasts
Social software in medical education
Social software in community health care
Social software for community integration
Social software and community activism
Community-based wikis and blogs
Social mapping
Social software for development
Online social networks and services
Social software and personal networking
Using social software to form, continue,
advance, and terminate relationships
Social software and interpersonal relations
Personal blogs
Family wikis
Travel wikis
Social shopping applications
Social software and media creation
Social production of content
Sharing and syndicating news
Social news networks
Social software and participatory media
Social software and entertainment
Video blogs
Audioblogging
Celebrity blogs
Sports blogs
Social music
Photo and video sharing
Online social gaming
Social interaction in virtual worlds

Part III: Issues and Viewpoints
Social software and the information overload
Social software and the digital divide
Social software and generational gap
Social software: potential risks and negative effects
Creative Commons, copyleft, and copyright
Wikipedia phenomenon: pros and cons
Improper uses of social software
Social software usability
Legal issues
Ethical concerns
Issues of privacy and surveillance

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICN 2008, The Seventh International Conference on Networking

April 13-18, 2008 - Cancun, Mexico

Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ICN08.html

Submit a paper: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/SubmitICN08.html

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE
Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized
journals.

Important deadlines:

Submission deadline : November 5, 2007

Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2007

Registration/camera ready: January 20, 2008

ICN 2008 Topics (details in the CfP on site):

1. Communication theory
2. Communications switching and routing
3. Communications modeling
4. Communications security
5. Computer communications
6. Distributed communications
7. Signal processing in communications
8. Multimedia and multicast communications
9. Wireless communications (satellite, WLL, 4G, Ad Hoc, sensor networks)
10. Next generation networks [NGN] principles
11. Storage area networks [SAN]
12. Access and home networks
13. High-speed networks
14. Optical networks
15. Peer-to-peer and overlay networking
16. Mobile networking and systems
17. MPLS-VPN, IPSec-VPN networks
18. GRID networks
19. Broadband networks
20. Quality of service, service level agreement [QoS/SLA]
21. Reliability, availability, serviceability [RAS]
22. Traffic engineering, metering, monitoring
23. Voice over IP services
24. Performance evaluation, tools, simulation
25. Network, control and service architectures
26. Network signaling, pricing and billing
27. Network middleware
28. Telecommunication networks architectures
29. On-demand networks, utility computing architectures
30. Applications and case studies
31. NGN protocol design and evaluation
32. NGN Standard Activities [ITU, TMF, 3GPP, IETF, etc.]
33. NGN Device Instrumentation
34. Network Management, scheduling and policy
35. NGN policy-based control
36. Networks policy-based management
37. Management of autonomic networks and systems

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Chairs:
Jun Bi, Tsinghua University, China
Tibor Gyires, Illinois State University, USA
Iwona Pozniak-Koszalka, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICONS 2008, The Third International Conference on Systems

April 13-18, 2008 - Cancun, Mexico

Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ICONS08.html

Submit a paper: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/SubmitICONS08.html

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE
Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized
journals.

Important deadlines:

Submission deadline : November 5, 2007

Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2007

Registration/camera ready: January 20, 2008

ICONS 2008 Topics (details in the CfP on site):

* Systems’ theory and practice
* System engineering
* Systems’ instrumentation
* Embedded systems and systems-on-the-chip
* Target-oriented systems
* Specialized systems
* Validation systems
* Security and protection systems
* Mobile communications and learning
* Advanced systems
* Application-oriented systems
* Safety in industrial systems
* Micro and nano structures and systems
* Embedded systems
* Industrial applications

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Technical Program Commitee Chairs:
Andrew Adamatzky, University of Western England, UK
Josef Boercsoek, University of Kassel / HIMA GmbH+CoKG, Germany
Tayeb Giuma, University of North Florida, USA
Annamaria Varkonyi-Koczy, Budapest University of Technology and
Economics, Hungary

Special Area Chairs:
Mario Cannataro, University of Catanzaro, Italy [Special Systems]
Vittoria Gianuzzi, DISI Universita' di Genova, Italy [Special Systems]
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, University of Science and Technology -
Trondheim, Norway [MCL]
Juha Röning, University of Oulu, Finland [SAFESYS]
Michael H. Schwarz, University of Kassel, Germany [SAFESYS]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

This is a gentle reminder that the extended and final paper submission
deadline for the on-line International E-Conference on Computer,
Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering
(http://www.cisse2007online.org) is in three days (October 22, 2007). The
Conference organizing committee has decided to extend the paper submission
deadline due to numerous deadline extension requests from potential CISSE
2007 authors. CISSE 2007 has received more than 400 paper submissions so
far from over 70 countries and we are looking forward to your quality paper
contributions.

Please note that this is a hard deadline, so that the technical committees
can perform their paper reviewing duties in a timely manner.

You are invited to submit full papers electronically through the website of
the conference at http://www.cisse2007online.org

Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of the
authors. To submit your paper, visit http://www.cisse2007online.org. The
full conference call for papers including all the details about the on-line
submission and virtual presentation of the papers is enclosed in this
e-mail.

Paper submission Deadline: October 22nd, 2007
Notification of Acceptance: November 2nd, 2007
Final Manuscript and Registration: November 23rd, 2007

Please do not reply to this message. If you need to contact us please
email
us at info@cisse2007online.org

Looking forward to your participation in CISSE 2007.

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CISSE 2007 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the
state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences
and engineering. CISSE 2007 is the third conference of the CISSE series of
e-conferences. CISSE is the World's first Engineering/Computing and Systems
Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research
Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via
the internet. CISSE 2005 received 255 research paper submissions and the
final program included 140 accepted papers, from more than 45 countries.
CISSE 2006 received 691 research paper submissions and the final program
included 390 accepted papers, from more than 70 countries.

The virtual conference will be conducted through the Internet using
web-conferencing tools, made available by the conference. Authors will be
presenting their PowerPoint, audio or video presentations using
web-conferencing tools without the need for travel. Conference sessions
will be broadcast to all the conference participants, where session
participants can interact with the presenter during the presentation and
(or) during the Q&A slot that follows the presentation. This international
conference will be held entirely on-line. The accepted and presented papers
will be made available and sent to the authors after the conference both on
a DVD (including all papers, powerpoint presentations and audio
presentations) and as a book publication. Springer, the official publisher
for CISSE, published the 2005 proceedings in 2 books and the CISSE 2006
proceedings in four books.

Conference participants - authors, presenters and attendees - only need an
internet connection and sound available on their computers in order to be
able to contribute and participate in this international ground-breaking
conference. The on-line structure of this high-quality event will allow
academic professionals and industry participants to contribute their work
and attend world-class technical presentations based on rigorously refereed
submissions, live, without the need for investing significant travel funds
or time out of the office.

The concept and format of CISSE is very exciting and ground-breaking. The
PowerPoint presentations, final paper manuscripts and time schedule for
live presentations over the web had been available for weeks prior to the
start of the conference for all registrants, so that the participants can
choose the presentations they want to attend and think about questions that
they might want to ask. The live audio presentations were also recorded and
are part of the permanent CISSE on-line archive - accessible to all
registrants- which also includes all the papers, PowerPoint and audio
presentations.

Potential non-author conference attendees who cannot make the on-line
conference dates are encouraged to register, as the entire joint
conferences will be archived for future viewing. The CISSE conference
audio room provides superb audio even over low speed internet connections,
the ability to display PowerPoint presentations, and cross-platform
compatibility (the conferencing software runs on Windows, Mac, and any
other operating system that supports Java). In addition, the conferencing
system allowed for an unlimited number of articipants, which in turn
granted us the opportunity to allow all CISSE participants to attend all
presentations, as opposed to limiting the number of available seats for
each session.

Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically in
Microsoft Word format through the website of the conference at
http://www.cisse2007online.org

Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of the
authors. To submit your paper, visit http://www.cisse2007online.org

CISSE 2007 is composed of the following four conferences:

International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software
Engineering (SCSS 07)

Topics: Grid Computing, Internet-based Computing Models, Resource
Discovery, Programming Models and tools, e-Science and Virtual
Instrumentation, Biometric Authentication, Computers for People of Special
Needs, Human Computer Interaction, Information and Knowledge Engineering,
Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed processing, Modeling and Simulation,
Services and Applications, Embedded Systems and Applications, Databases,
Programming Languages, Signal Processing Theory and Methods, Signal
Processing for Communication, Signal Processing Architectures and
Implementation, Information Processing, Geographical Information Systems,
Object Based Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Computing,Real
Time Systems, Multiprocessing, File Systems and I/O, Kernel and OS
Structures.

International Conference on Telecommunications and Networking (TeNe 07)

Topics: Optical Networks and Switching, Computer Networks, Network
architectures and Equipment, Access Technologies, Telecommunication
Technology, Coding and Modulation technique, Modeling and Simulation,
Spread Spectrum and CDMA Systems, OFDM technology, Space-time Coding, Ultra
Wideband Communications, Medium Access Control, Spread Spectrum, Wireless
LAN: IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN, Bluetooth, Cellular Wireless Networks, Cordless
Systems and Wireless Local Loop, Mobile Network Layer, Mobile Transport
Layer, Support for Mobility, Conventional Encryption and Message
Confidentiality, Block Ciphers Design Principles, Block Ciphers Modes of
Operation, Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication,
Authentication Application, Stenography, Electronic Mail Security, Web
Security, IP Security, Firewalls, Computer Forensics.

International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional
Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 07)

Topics: Instructional Design, Accreditation, Curriculum Design, Educational
Tools, 2-2-2 Platforms, Teaching Capstone Design, Teaching Design at the
Lower Levels, Design and Development of e-Learning tools, Assessment
Methods in Engineering, Development and Implementation of E-learning tools,
Ethics in Education, Economical and Social Impacts of E-learning.

International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation
(IETA 07)

Topics: Advanced and Distributed Control Systems, Intelligent Control
Systems (NN, FL, GA, etc.), Expert Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Data
Fusion, Factory Automation, Robotics, Motion Control, Machine Vision, MEMS
Sensors and Actuators, Sensors Fusion, Power Electronics, High Frequency
Converters, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and
Components, Electric Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation, Process
Automation, Factory Communication, Manufacturing Information System
Advances in Manufacturing Systems, Industrial Applications of Multi Media,
Intelligent Systems Instrumentation, Industrial Instrumentation, Modeling
and Simulation, Signal Processing, Image and Data Processing, VR and
Parallel systems.

Paper Submission

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Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically in
Microsoft Word format through the website of the conference at
http://www.cisse2007online.org

Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of the
authors. To submit your paper, visit http://www.cisse2007online.org

Paper submission Deadline: October 22nd, 2007
Notification of Acceptance: November 2nd, 2007
Final Manuscript and Registration: November 23rd, 2007

CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Submission Deadline: November 15, 2007
Handbook on Strategic Information Technology and Portfolio Management
Edited by Albert Tan* and Petros Theodorou**

*Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
**Athens University of Economics & Business, Department of Economics

Introduction
The strategic perspective of Information Systems and the importance of planning have been recognized since Anthony’s 1965 work on the hierarchical application portfolio model. The matrix approach developed by BCG’s product portfolio was extended in IT portfolio management and similar approaches were developed by McFarlan’s Strategic Grid, Sullivan, Munro & Huff, Ives & Learmonth, Galliers and others. Portfolio management aims at the selection of IT applications which increase value while minimizing the relevant risks. This approach must be holistic and take into account the overall strategy of the firm. Strategic alignment is an important ingredient for a successful portfolio. Strategies and financial aspects regarding return of invested capital on IT will be examined. Special interest must be given in financial information systems. While much has been written about strategic information systems planning (SISP), the integration of strategic planning with portfolio management has not been examined. This combined approach to planning could be more effective for both researchers and practitioners to optimize their resources and investments. This collection of papers aims to define the strategic options and the implications of the evolving IT portfolio in order to provide a tool for IS/IT strategic planning. Theoretical discussion, practical models and case studies (in banking sector, energy sector etc…) are welcomed.

The Overall Objective of the Book
A need emerged for an edited collection of articles in the fields of information technology strategy, information technology architecture, financial information systems, portfolio management, etc. The aim of this book is to bridge the knowledge between information technology planning (ITP), enterprise architecture and IT portfolio management taking into account the financial impact. The objectives of the proposed book are to provide techniques and tools appropriate for building application portfolio and develop strategies which increase financial performance. Case studies and relevant applications for each industry are welcomed. Papers will determine key steps in creating, optimizing and managing IT investment portfolio. Techniques and tools will be developed to categorize, prioritize, evaluate IT applications portfolio and align this portfolio with business strategy in order to increase financial performance. Determine portfolio’s returns, risks and strategies in order to create, assess and plan the investments that increase financial performance taking into account strategic alignment. Provide a logical linkage between ITP, enterprise architecture, portfolio management and financial performance. Examine how ITP models have evolved since their inception. Evaluate how ITP has been used in private and public sectors, industry as well as small and medium companies. Discuss some of the issues faced during ITP and how they can be overcome.

The Target Audience
It is intended for use by IT professionals, CIOs and researchers involved in IT planning, portfolio management and implementation for very large IT systems. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support executives concerned with the management of information technology for different industries and environments.

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

Strategic ITP for public, private sectors and other key industries
Strategic ITP for small and medium sized companies
A review of different ITP models
Strategic Financial Information Systems
ITP under uncertain business environment
Strategic tools for strategic ITP
Motivation and barriers in ITP
Alignment between ITP with corporate strategies
Alignment between ITP and with business processes
Linkage between information technology portfolio management and ITP
Optimizing Information technology Portfolio
Information Technology Governance and Portfolio Management
Linkage between Enterprise Architecture and ITP
Challenges in implementing information technology plan
Structuring information technology organization to support information technology planning

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 15, 2007, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 15, 2007 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 15, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global, www.igi-global.com, publisher of the IGI Publishing (formerly Idea Group Publishing), Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), and Medical Information Science Reference imprints.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:
Dr. Petros Theodorou
Athens University of Economics & Business
Department of Economics
Tel.: +306972222737
E-mail: theodorou@aueb.gr

CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJWSR:

Web services are among the most important emerging technologies in
the e-business, computer software and communication industries to enable Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Web services technologies will redefine the communication protocols that companies and organizations do
business and exchange information in the twenty-first century. They
will enhance business efficiency by enabling dynamic provisioning of
resources from a pool of distributed resources. Due to the importance
of the field, there is a significant amount of ongoing research in
the areas. In a parallel effort, standardization organizations are
actively developing standards for Web services. Web services and SOA are
creating what will become one of the most significant industries of
the new century. The International Journal of Web Services Research
is designed to be a valuable resource providing leading technologies,
development, ideas, and trends to an international readership of
researchers and engineers in the field of Web Services. The first issue of JWSR was published in late 2003. IJWSR has been indexed by SCI Expanded, EI, and other prestigious indexing systems.

Coverage of IJWSR:

Business Grid
Business process integration and management using Web Services
Case Studies for Web Services
Communication applications using Web Services
Composite Web Service creation and enabling infrastructures
Dynamic invocation mechanisms for Web Services
E-Commerce applications using Web Services
Frameworks for building Web Service applications
Grid based Web Services applications (e.g. OGSA)
Interactive TV applications using Web Services
Mathematic foundations for service oriented computing
Multimedia applications using Web Services
Quality of service for Web Services
Resource management for Web Services
Semantic services computing
SOAP enhancements
Solution Management for Web Services
UDDI enhancements
Web Services architecture
Web Services discovery
Web Services modeling
Web Services performance
Web Services security

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines at http://www.igi-global.com/ijwsr. All submissions should be submitted and reviewed in IJWSR's online system (http://www.servicescomputing.org/jwsr).

All inquiries should be sent to:
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Liang-Jie Zhang at
zhanglj AT us.ibm.com

Fellowships Now Available

The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science is recruiting a select group of doctoral students interested in pursuing the study of information in society, including policy, economic, and historical dimensions. Your interests may lie in any part of the emerging field of information studies, such as practices of information organization, library history, the political economy of information, or community information systems; your academic background may be in library and information science, history, law, communications or other fields—as long as you share our commitment to engaging deeply with the processes that structure information in society. Fellowship recipients should be seeking to prepare for careers as faculty members in schools of library and information science.
Apply by January 1, 2008 to begin study in Fall 2008

Contact: Professor and Associate Dean Linda C. Smith:
(217) 333-7742 |
Email: lcsmith@uiuc.edu

Visit the website at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/phd/

On behalf of the organization committee I kindly remind you about the
important dates of the international conference Information Seeking in
Context 2008. The conference will be held in Vilnius on September
17-20, 2008. A doctoral workshop will be held in conjunction with the
conference on September 16, 2008.

Conference paper submission deadline: February 1, 2008.

Doctoral workshop paper submission deadline: March 1, 2008.

For more information please visit the web site of the conference:
http://www.kf.vu.lt/isic2008/

Contact person for the conference
Dr. Erika Janiuniene
E.mail: isic2008@kf.vu.lt
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Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation (IASSIST)
Palo Alto, California - May 27-30, 2008
Deadline: December 17, 2007

The 34th International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) annual conference will be held at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, May 27-30, 2008. This year's conference, Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation, examines the role of technology and tools in various aspects of the data life cycle.

The theme of this conference addresses how technology can affect aspects of data stewardship throughout the data lifecycle. The methods and media by which data are collected, shared, analyzed and saved are ever-changing, from punch cards and legal pads to online-surveys and tag clouds. There has been an explosion of data sources and topics; vast changes in compilation and dissemination methods; increasing awareness about access and associated licensing and privacy issues; and growing concern about the safeguarding and protection of valuable data resources for future use. The 2008 conference is an opportunity to discuss the role of technology – past, present, and future – in all of these arenas. We seek submissions of papers, poster/demonstration sessions, and panel sessions on the following topics:

-Issues and techniques for preserving "old" data as well as information "born digital"
-Methods, technology and questions surrounding data dissemination, including best practices and innovations
-Archival and preservation challenges presented by new processes
-Metadata
-Innovation in the use of data for teaching and research
-The legal issues surrounding new technologies
-Changes in resource discovery methods
-Data services in virtual spaces
-Providing services to users with different degrees of technical "savvy"
-Tools and spaces for research collaboration

Papers on other topics related to the conference theme will also be considered. The deadline for paper, session, and poster/demonstration proposals is December 17, 2007. The Conference Program Committee will send notification of the acceptance of proposals by February 8, 2008.

Individual presentation proposals and session proposals are welcome. Proposals for complete sessions, typically a panel of three to four presentations within a 90-minute session, should provide information on the focus of the session, the organizer or moderator, and possible participants. The session organizer will be responsible for securing session participants. Organizers as well as panel participants are also welcome to submit additional paper proposals but please note that the Conference Program Committee may need to limit the number of presentations per person.

Proposals for papers, sessions, and posters/demonstrations should include the proposed title and an abstract no longer than 200 words. Longer abstracts will be returned to be shortened before being considered. Please note that all presenters are required to register and pay the registration fee for the conference. Registration for individual days will be available.

Proposals can be submitted via email to: iassist08@gmail.com

A conference website with an on-line submission form will be available shortly. A separate call for workshop proposals is also forthcoming.

For more information about IASSIST, visit the website at http://www.iassistdata.org/ .

As the number of academic studies utilizing qualitative research methods on internet data has increased, so have the questions and issues surrounding how one does research in/on online sites. Experienced researchers and novices grapple with multiple issues as they adapt, modify, and develop various research methods to online venues including chatrooms, instant messaging, blogs, social utilities, webpages, games, and 3-D virtual worlds such as Second Life. How does one identify sites for one's study? What sampling procedures work
best? What software is to be used in internet research? What are the benefits
and weaknesses of using particular methods? What issues arise when adapting a particular qualitative method for use in/on an online site?

We call for abstracts and papers that address these issues for a panel or series of panels, at The Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2008) - Ethics, Evidence and Social Justice (http://www.icqi.org/) that will take place at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from May 14-17, 2008. In particular, we are interested in presentations that look at qualitative methods and the difficulties researchers encounter as they do or have done internet research. Our focus is not on results; rather we are looking for colleagues interested in sharing knowledge and discussing challenges of
the "nuts and bolts" of internet research.

The list of qualitative methods to consider includes but is not
limited to:
-- Discourse analysis
-- Ethnography
-- Interviews and surveys
-- Narratives and biographies

Interested parties should email 1000 character (approximately 150 words) abstracts for each paper or presentation by November 15, 2007 to the organizers.

Please include the following information for each author with your
submission: Author's Name, Department, University, Address including City, State/Province, ZIP/Post Code, Country (if not US, please specify
if you need a visa for travel), Telephone/Fax, E-mail.

Lois Ann Scheidt and Inna Kouper (Organizers)
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
lscheidt at indiana dot edu
inkouper at indiana dot edu

We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks for Code4lib 2008.
Code4lib 2008 is a loosely structured conference for library technologists
to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge
collaborations. It is also an outgrowth of the Access HackFest, wrapped into
a conference-like format. It is *the* event for technologists building
digital libraries and digital information systems, tools, and software.

The conference will be held February 25-28, 2008 in Portland Oregon. More
information can be found at http://code4lib.org/conference/2008.

Prepared talks are 20 minutes, and must focus on one or more of the
following areas:
- "tools" (some cool new software, software library or integration
platform)
- "specs" (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new
ones)
- "challenges" (one or more big problems we should collectively address).

The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of:
- usefulness
- newness
- geekiness
- diversity of topics.

We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning talk
sessions will provide everyone who wishes to present with an opportunity to
do so.

Please send your name, email address, and proposal of no more than 75 words
to code4libcon at googlegroups.com. The proposal deadline is November 30,
2007, and proposers will be notified by December 14, 2007.

The Third International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

ARES 2008 - The International Security and Dependability Conference

http://www.ares-conference.eu/

4-7 MARCH 2008

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA, BARCELONA, SPAIN

***Scope***

The Third International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
("ARES - The International Security and Dependability Conference")
will bring together researchers and practitioners in the area of IT-Security and Dependability.

ARES will highlight the various aspects of security - with special focus on secure
internet solutions, trusted computing, digital forensics, privacy and organizational
security issues. ARES aims at a full and detailed discussion of the research issues of
security as anintegrative concept that covers amongst others availability, safety, confidentiality,
integrity,maintainability and security in the different fields of applications.

***Important Dates***

* Workshop Proposal: July, 15th 2007

* Notification of Acceptance of the Workshop Proposal: July, 25th 2007

* Submission Deadline: October, 25th 2007

* Author Notification: November, 25th 2007

* Author Registration: December, 15th 2007

* Proceedings Version: January, 2nd 2008

* Conference: March, 4th - March, 7th 2008

***Workshop Proposal***

In conjunction with the ARES conference, a number of workshops will be organized.
Workshop proposals should include the call for papers, the number of papers to be accepted,
the contact person, etc. They are to be sent to the Workshop Organizing Committee
Dr. Nguyen Manh Tho ( tho@ifs.tuwien.ac.at ) by July, 15th 2007.
Proceedings of the ARES workshops will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.

***Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Process based Security Models andMethods

* Authorization and Authentication

* Availability and Reliability

* Common Criteria Protocol

* Cost/Benefit Analysis

* Cryptographic protocols

* Dependability Aspects for Special Applications (e.g. ERP-Systems, Logistics)

* Dependability Aspects of Electronic Government (e-Government)

* Dependability administration

* Dependability in Open Source Software

* Designing Business Models with security requirements

* Digital Forensics

* E-Commerce Dependability

* Failure Prevention

* IPR of Security Technology

* Incident Response and Prevention

* Information Flow Control

* Internet Dependability

* Interoperability aspects

* Intrusion Detection and Fraud Detection

* Legal issues

* Mobile Security

* Network Security

* Privacy-enhancing technologies

* RFID Security and Privacy

* Risk planning, analysis & awareness

* Safety Critical Systems

* Secure Enterprise Architectures

* Security Issues for Ubiquitous Systems

* Security and Privacy in E-Health

* Security and Trust Management in P2P and Grid applications

* Security and privacy issues for sensor networks, wireless/mobile devices and applications

* Security as Quality of Service

* Security in Distributed Systems / Distributed Databases

* Security in Electronic Payments

* Security in Electronic Voting

* Software Engineering of Dependable Systems

* Software Security

* Standards, Guidelines and Certification

* Survivability of Computing Systems

* Temporal Aspects of Dependability

* Trusted Computing

* Tools for Dependable System Design and Evaluation

* Trust Models and Trust Management

* VOIP/Wireless Security

***Submission Guidelines***

Authors are invited to submit research and application papers following the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings
Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts,
and number each page. You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at
one of the following web pages:

* http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html

* or http://www.tinmith.net/tabletop2006/IEEE/Format/instruct.htm

Submission papers are classified into 3 categorizes
(1) full paper (8 pages), (2) short paper (5 pages), and (3) poster (2 pages) representing
previously unpublished work. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality,
significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.

Contact author must provide the following information at the AReS web site:
paper title, authors' names, affiliations, postal address, phone, fax,
and e-mail address of the author(s), about 200-250 word abstract, and about five keywords.

Submission of a paper implies that should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors
will register and present the paper in the conference.

Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance.

***Conference Officers***

Honorary Co-Chairs
Roland Wagner, University of Linz, Austria
General Co-Chairs
Guenther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany
Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Program Co-Chairs
Gerald Quirchmayr, University of Southern Australia, Australia
A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Workshops Co-Chairs
Abdelkader Hameurlain, University of Toulouse, France
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Organizing Chair
Fatos Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
International Liaison Co-Chairs
Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Charles Shoniregun, University of East London, United Kingdom
Publicity Chair
Vladimir Marik, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
Publication Chair
Monika Lanzenberger, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
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Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 5-8 August 2008
http://www.ManagementConference.com

The primary interest of the Management Conference is knowledge-based
social and economic change. Driven by globalisation and advances in
information and communications technologies, this change has been
characterised in terms of emerging information/knowledge societies and a
global knowledge-based economy.

As well as impressive line-up of international main speakers, the
Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium
presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would
particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference
Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for
publication in the fully refereed International Journal of Knowledge,
Culture and Change in Organisations. If you are unable to attend the
Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which
allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in
this fully refereed academic Journal, as well as access to the
electronic version of the Journal.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and
short abstract) is 8 November 2007. Proposals are reviewed within four
weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online
proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website -
http://www.ManagementConference.com

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to
join us in Cambridge in August 2008.

Yours Sincerely,

Martyn Laycock
The University of Greenwich, London and Managing Transitions
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on Knowledge, Culture
and Change in Organisations

Call for Chapters for the
Handbook of Research on Multimodal Human Computer Interaction and Pervasive Services: Evolutionary Techniques for Improving Accessibility
Editor: Dr. Patrizia Grifoni, IRPPS-CNR, Italy

Introduction: People usually communicate using all the five senses in parallel. They communicate and interact based on a set of key-concepts that can be expressed with different modalities and/or by means of more than one modality simultaneously. The effectiveness and naturalness of communication is particularly relevant for services. The great diffusion of mobile devices, along with the development of multimodal interaction, presents a new challenge for telecommunication companies and all organizations that can be involved in providing new services using mobile devices. One requirement for these services is that they and their information have to be accessible to every mobile situation.

In the last twenty years, a significant amount of work in human-computer interaction has focused on Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and only in recent years has multimodality on mobile devices allowed an implicit and natural interaction between end-users and devices. In fact, the growing development and interest in mobile devices, which now give users the ability to effectively interact anywhere and anytime, has changed this scenario. In particular, mobile multimodal applications must now be able to adapt themselves to the users’ needs and to the context (where the context contains knowledge of the environment and the device) and one or more modalities can be involved in the user-system interaction according to “where” and “when” s/he is.

Multimodal interaction systems combine information provided visually (involving images, text, sketches and so on) by voice, by gestures, and so on according to flexible and powerful dialogue approaches, enabling users to choose one or more interaction modalities. The use of multimodality combined with mobile devices allows a simple, intuitive communication approach and generates new and pervasive services for users. In developing multimodal services it is essential to consider perceptual speech, audio, and video quality for optimum communication system design and effective transmission planning and management in order to satisfy customer requirements. Due to the naturalness of multimodal interaction, interpretation algorithms and technologies must manage uncertainty and ambiguities connected to sequential and simultaneous inputs.

This handbook will collect significant contribution on the theories, techniques and methods on multimodality and mobile devices for pervasive services.

Coverage: The Handbook of Research on Multimodal Human Computer Interaction and Pervasive Services: Evolutionary Techniques for Improving Accessibility will provide complete and original theoretical and practical scenarios about concepts, methodologies, definitions, algorithms and applications used to design and develop multimodal systems. These systems make information and services accessible according to the natural manner provided by multimodal interaction and the use of mobile devices. The handbook will discuss many challenges of multimodal systems with a particular focus on mobile devices. It will give an overview of the existing works in this sector, discussing the different strategies adopted in the fusion process, optimization processes on mobile devices, ambiguity and error handling related to one or more modalities, user modeling and context modeling for enhancing adaptation and context-awareness of multimodal mobile services, which will make them more and more accessible and usable. Moreover, the handbook will contain some significant examples of pervasive multimodal mobile services.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Multimodal interaction and pervasive services
Multimodal interaction on mobile devices
Multimodal interfaces and Multimodal interaction languages.
Methods of multimodal integration and algorithms.
Inputs fusion algorithms and approaches.
Fission algorithms and approaches.
Interpretation of multimodal interaction.
Ambiguities and error handling in multimodal interaction.
Computational aspects and optimization for multimodal interaction on mobile devices.
Evaluation of multimodal interfaces.
Adaptivity for multimodal mobile systems: user and context modeling.
Usability evaluation methodologies for pervasive application.
Accessibility evaluation methods for a multimodal and mobile pervasive application.
Applications and services connected to the personal communication, assistive and home market, location based services, e-commerce, online banking, mobile learning etc..

Submission: Individuals interested in submitting chapters (8,000-10,000 words) on the above-suggested topics or other related topics in their area of interest should submit via e-mail a 2-3 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter by December 18, 2007. We strongly encourage other topics that have not been listed in our suggested list, particularly if the topic is related to the research area in which you have expertise. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have until April 30, 2008, to prepare your chapter of 8,000-10,000 words and 7-10 related terms and their appropriate definitions. Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent to you upon acceptance of your proposal.

Please forward your e-mail of interest including your name, affiliation and a list of topics (5-7) on which you are interested in writing a chapter to Patrizia Grifoni, editor, at patrizia.grifoni@irpps.cnr.it, no later than December 18, 2007. You will be notified about the status of your proposed topics by January 10, 2008. This book is tentatively scheduled for publishing by Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), www.info-sci-ref. com, an imprint of IGI Global (formerly Idea Group, Inc.) in 2009

Book edited by Professor Joseph Tan and Professor Phillip Olla

Call for Chapters

Mobile Health (M-Health) is an integral part of the growing biomedical informatics field. M-Health contains three core components integrated into the healthcare environment mobile computing technology, medical sensor, and communications infrastructure. M-Health relates to applications and systems such as telemedicine, telehealth, e-health and biomedical sensing system. The rapid advances in Information Communication Technology (ICT), nanotechnology, bio monitoring, mobile networks, pervasive computing, wearable systems, and drug delivery approaches are transforming the healthcare sector and fueling the M-health phenomenon.

Mobile and wireless concepts in healthcare are typically related to bio-monitoring and home monitoring, however more recently the trend to incorporate mobile technology has become more prevalent across almost the whole of the healthcare performing a variety of data acquisition tasks. Bio monitoring using mobile networks includes physiological monitoring of parameters such as heart rate, electrocardiogram (ECG), electroencephalogram, (EEG) monitoring, blood pressure, blood oximetry, and other physiological signals. Alternative uses include physical activity monitoring of parameters such as movement, gastrointestinal telemetry fall detection, and location tracking. Using mobile technology, patient records can be accessed by health-care professionals from any given location by connection to the institution's internal network. Physicians now have ubiquitous access to patient history, laboratory results, pharmaceutical data, insurance information, and medical resources. These mobile healthcare applications improve the quality of patient care. Handheld devices can also be used in home health care, for example, to fight diabetes through effective monitoring. A comprehensive overview of some of these mobile health applications and research will be presented in this book. This book will also highlight some of the benefits of the mobile technology to illustrate different examples and applications implemented in the global healthcare sector.

The mission of this book is to provide a detailed analysis of the technology, applications and uses of mobile technologies in the healthcare sector by using case studies to highlight the successes and concerns of mobile health projects. M-Health is a broad area transcending multiple disciplines and utilizing a broad range of technologies. There are a variety of applications, devices, and communication technologies emerging in the M-Health arena, which can be combined to create the M-Health system, this book will highlight the key areas of concern and describe the various types of applications.

There are considerable challenges that must be addressed by organization selecting and implementing mobile health solutions for healthcare organizations. These include limitations of the of wireless and mobile networks, security and reliability of wireless / mobile infrastructure, limitations of hand-held devices, limitation of medical sensors, device interference with other medical equipment, privacy concerns, and managerial system implementation issues.

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

Section One : Introduction to Mobile Health applications and services

1. Classification of applications and services

2. Clinical M-Health applications

3. Non Clinical M-Health Applications

4. Benefits of mobile / wireless technologies to healthcare

5. Mobile devices in health services delivery

6. Wireless security problems & solutions, and mobile privacy in the healthcare domain

Section 2: The Future of Mobile health

1. Wireless Medical sensors , Implants, sensors, RFID chips Biomedical sensors,

2. New wireless multimedia technologies and platforms for healthcare

3. Wearable computing devices in healthcare

4. Incorporating hand held technology into healthcare

5. Training of healthcare professional for mobile healthcare

Section 3: Wireless M-health Applications and technologies

1. Middleware, mobile components, and agent technologies supporting mobile healthcare applications

2. Integrating mobile technology to legacy healthcare systems

3. Human computer interface design for health care applications.

4. Location and context-aware health care services

5. Pervasive computing technologies in healthcare

6. Security and privacy in pervasive healthcare

7. Using mobile devices for healthcare information storage, update, and transmission

8. Sensing of vital signs and transmission using wireless networks

Section 4: Alleviating global health concerns using wireless ICT

1. Community tele-health applications

2. Collaboration healthcare technologies

3. Tele-medicine, Tele Nursing, tele radiology

4. Patient monitoring in diverse environments

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 19, 2007, a 1- 3 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 8, 2007 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 15, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), http://www.igi-global.com , publisher of the IGI Publishing (Idea Group Publishing), Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing. Information Science Reference (Idea Group Reference), and Medical Information Science Reference imprints.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:
Dr. Phillip Olla, polla@madonna.edu

*_Ca l l f o r W o r k s h o p P r o p o s a l s_*

in conjunction with the

19th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications

DEXA 2008

http://www.dexa.org

September 1 - 5, 2008

Turin, Italy

The DEXA'08 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program to be held on September 1 - 5, 2008 in parallel to the main technical program of the DEXA conferences. The main goal of the DEXA'08 workshops is to stimulate and facilitate an active exchange, interaction, and comparison of approaches, methods, and ideas about specific (both theoretical and applicative) topics in the general area of Information Science.

Workshops should be organized to facilitate informal discussion and active engagement among attendees. Members from all areas of the Information Science community are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. Workshops on new emerging topics or specific relevant aspects of broader topics are particularly encouraged. Workshops can vary in length, but most will be one full day in duration. Workshop organizers and attendees must register for their workshop and are permitted to join the main DEXA conference.

Requirements for Submissions

To propose a workshop in DEXA'08, you will submit a complete workshop proposal containing the following information:

* The title of the workshop;
* A 1 page (max.) description of the technical issues that the
workshop will address;
* The statements:
o How is the workshop relevant to, and complementary with, the
main conference?
o Why is the workshop of particular significance at this time?
* The names, affiliations, postal address, phone and fax numbers,
and e-mail addresses of the workshop organizers (It is expected
that organizers will be recognized experts in the related fields,
and the organizing committee should include individuals from
multiple institutions);
* A list of potential program committee members, including their
affiliations;
* The expected number of attendees (estimating minimum and maximum
values);
* Description of paper review process and acceptance standards;
* A draft workshop call for papers;
* The expected date and duration of the workshop;

All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the DEXA Conference Organisation Office (office@dexa.org ), in plain ASCII text, no later than January 15, 2008

Proposers will be notified of the committee's decision no later than January 31, 2008

The selection of the workshops to be included in the final DEXA program will be based upon multiple factors, including: the scientific/technical interest of the topics, the quality of the proposal, balance and distinctness of workshop topics, and the capacity of the conference workshop program.

Responsibilities of DEXA and of Workshop Organizers

For all accepted proposals, DEXA will be responsible for:

* Providing conference software for paper upload and review process
(obligatory)
* Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop;
* Providing electronic registration system
* Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time;
* Publication of the papers in the proceedings of DEXA'08 Worlshops
with IEEE.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following:

* Setting up a web site for the workshop;
* Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for participation/papers;
* Collecting and evaluating submissions using the DEXA conference
software (mandatory), notifying authors of acceptance or rejection
in due time, and ensuring a transparent and fair selection
process. All workshop organizers are recommended to adopt the
following deadlines for submissions and notifications of acceptance.
o Submission of Full Papers: March 15, 2008
o Noification of Acceptance: April 20, 2008
o Camera-ready Copies: May 15, 2008

* Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants get
registered to the workshop by registering to DEXA'08.

* Accepted workshops are entitled to receive a small budget which is
depending on the number of accepted and registered papers

DEXA reserves the right to cancel any workshop if the above responsibilities are not fulfilled, or if too few attendees register for the workshop.

Workshop Chair:

Roland R. Wagner, University of Linz, Austria (rrwagner@faw.at )

A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Important Dates

* Proposal submission deadline: January 15, 2008
* Workshop selection notification: January 31, 2008
* Submission of Full Papers: March 15, 2008
* Notification of Acceptance: April 20, 2008
* Camera-ready Copies and Registration of Participation: May 15, 2008

*For further inquiries, please contact:*

DEXA Conference Organisation Office (gabriela@dexa.org)

The 2008 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-08) (website: www.PromoteResearch.org ) will be held July 7-10 2008 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper submissions and session proposals. The conference will be held at the same time and place where several other major events are taking place. The website contains more details.

The upcoming ALISE conference in Philadelphia will again feature a "Birds of a Feather" session. This informal session gives attendees who teach the same subject a specific opportunity to meet and share ideas. Since many of last year’s discussion facilitators are not able to participate, I’m looking for volunteers.

“Birds” is scheduled on the first day of the conference so it can serve as a springboard for additional discussion and networking throughout the rest of the conference and beyond. This year’s “Birds” session will take place on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from 12 noon – 1:45 pm and include the option for a brown bag lunch. We again hope to draw a mix of folks looking for advice and those willing to share their knowledge and experiences.

The following subject areas are currently part of the session:

§ Administration and Management

§ Children's/YA Services

§ Information Access Services

§ Research Methods

§ Community Informatics/Service Learning

§ Foundations of LIS

§ Cataloging, Classification, and Metadata

§ Social Media Use

So, if you are interested in discussing how to teach a particular LIS subject area not listed above, please email me (to bajjaly@wayne.edu) so I can make the necessary arrangements. I’d also welcome your input and suggestions to make the session most appealing to you and your colleagues.

Thank you.

Stephen T. Bajjaly, Director

Library & Information Science Program

106 Kresge Library

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI 48202

313.577.0350

www.lisp.wayne.edu

http://2008.ecoop.org/

Call for Workshop Proposals

ECOOP 2008 is held in July 2008 in Paphos, Cyprus.

ECOOP 2008 will host a number of workshops addressing different areas
of object-oriented technology. Workshops serve as a forum for
exchanging late breaking ideas and theories in an evolutionary stage.
They typically focus on either in depth analysis or broad-ranging
approaches to areas related to object-oriented technology.

Workshops may last one or two days.

December 26, 2007 - Deadline for Proposals

March 2, 2008 - Notification of acceptance

For more information visit http://2008.ecoop.org/workshop.html

Do you have a new or innovative way of providing services to your users? The LITA 2008 National Forum is a great way of sharing your knowledge with others.

Due Date for proposals: December 15, 2007

The 2008 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 11th annual LITA National Forum to be held at the Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio from October 16-19, 2008

Theme: Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library

The Forum Committee is interested in presentations that highlight specific technology implementations; just over-the-horizon technologies that aren't quite 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:

Social Computing: social tools, collaborative software, etc.
User created content: Book reviews, tagging, etc.
Mobile connectivity: iPhones, iPods, handhelds
Virtual worlds
Multiplayer Gaming in Education and Libraries
Open Source Software: creative uses of OSS, technology on a budget.
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. Forum 2008 will also accept a limited number of poster session proposals. Presenters are required to submit handouts one month in advance for the Forum notebook, and handouts will be made available on the Web site after the event.

Your proposals are welcome and much appreciated! To submit a proposal, send the following information via email (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF format):

Title
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?
How did you hear about the 2007 Forum call for proposals?

The 2008 Forum Planning Committee will review proposals at the ALA Midwinter Conference in January 2008. You will be contacted about the status of your proposal by the end of February 2008.

Submit proposals (in ASCII, PDF, or RTF) by December 15, 2007 to:
Mary Taylor
mtaylor@ala.org
Executive Director
Library and Information Technology Association

Partnerships for Public Innovation

Hilton Bonaventure Hotel
Montreal, Canada - May 18-21, 2008
Home Page: http://www.dgo2008.org
General Inquiries: dgo2008@easychair.org
Submission web site: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2008

The 9th annual dg.o international conference is a forum for presentation and discussion of interdisciplinary digital government research and practice and its applications in diverse domains. The conference is presented by the Digital Government Society of North America (DGSNA), with major support from the US National Science Foundation.

The conference theme, Partnerships for Public Innovation, focuses on information-intensive innovations in the public sector that involve linkages among government, universities, NGOs, and businesses. This theme emphasizes the importance of sharing practical issues, policy perspectives, research insights, and expert advice, in order to reach higher levels of performance in diverse public enterprises. Each year the conference combines:

* Presentations of effective partnerships among government professionals, university researchers, relevant businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the practice of digital government.

* Research on digital government as an interdisciplinary domain that lies at the intersections of computing research, social and behavioral science research, and the problems and missions of government.

Interested participants are invited to submit management or policy papers, research papers, or student research papers, as well as proposals for panels; industry, government, and research prototype demonstrations; posters, Birds-of-a-Feather discussions, and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. The Conference Committee particularly encourages submissions on interdisciplinary and crosscutting topics addressing broad government challenges. Topics include, but are not limited, to the following:

* Digital Government Application Domains: such as courts, crisis management, education, emergency response; international initiatives and cooperation, health and human services, law enforcement and criminal justice; legislative systems, natural resources management, grants administration, government statistics, regulation and rulemaking; security; tax administration; transportation systems, and urban planning.

* IT-enabled Government Management and Operations: such as digital government organization and management strategies, decision-making processes; information technology adoption and diffusion; program planning; IT and service architectures, cross-boundary information sharing and integration, long-term preservation and archiving of government information, information assurance, service integration, as well as technology transition and transfer.

* Information Values and Policies: such as accessibility, digital democracy and governance, digital divide, openness, privacy, public participation in democratic processes, security, transparency, trust, and universal access to information and services.

* Information Technology and Tools to Support Government: such as collaboration tools; cyberinfrastructure for digital government domains; digital libraries and knowledge management; geographic information systems; grid computing; human-computer interaction; information integration; interoperable data, networks and architectures; large scale data and information acquisition and management; mobile government; national and international infrastructures for information and communication, multiple modalities and multimedia; service-oriented architectures; semantic web; social networking, software engineering for large-scale government projects.

We are pleased to announce three luminaries who have made significant contributions in the field of digital government as daily keynote speakers for the dg.o 2008 conference!

* Daniel J. Chenok is the Vice President & Director at the SRA Touchstone Consulting Group. He works in the Civil Sector and helps to lead the Consulting Group in three areas: business strategy and growth, integration of consulting work with other SRA businesses and activities, and senior level client engagement.

* Edwin Lau is head of the E-Government Project at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He helped create the project in 2001 and it currently supports a network of senior E-Government officials in the OECD countries (www.oecd.org/gov/egov/).

* Andy Stein is Director of Information Technology at the City of Newport News, Virginia. The City of Newport News has developed a strategy to replace legacy applications through a collaborative ecosystem with public entities and through public-private partnerships often using Open Source as a model for collaborative development.

(More details on the keynote speakers can be found on the conference website.)

IMPORTANT DATES
* November 1, 2007 - Conference submission website becomes available. The submission site is located at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2008.
* December 1, 2007 - Submission deadline for all papers and panel sessions
* February 1, 2008 - Submission deadline for pre-conference tutorials and workshops
* February 1, 2008 - Acceptance notifications for all papers and panel sessions
* February 15, 2008 - Submission deadline for Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions, posters, and system demonstrations
* March 1, 2008 - Acceptance notification for pre-conference tutorials, workshops, posters, system demonstrations, and BOF sessions
* March 15, 2008 - All camera ready versions are due

SUBMISSIONS TYPES AND FORMATS
* Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Management, Case Study, or Policy Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Student Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Panels (maximum of 5 pages)
* Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
* System Demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)
* Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-conference Workshops (maximum of 2 pages)

Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for each type of submission. Please use no page numbers. Paper titles should be incorporated onto the first page of text, rather than on a separate cover page. Papers will be reviewed through a double blind review process. Therefore, author names and contact information must be omitted from all submissions. Authors must identify the topic(s) being addressed by the paper to assist the program committee in the review process.

Research papers (maximum 10 pages)
These submissions report innovative digital government research results in the form of a formal scholarly paper. Papers on any digital government topic and all research methodologies are welcome. Relevance to digital government problems, goals, or policies must be explicit. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors' names and contact information.

Management, case study, or policy papers (maximum 10 pages)
These submissions describe and evaluate practical digital government projects or initiatives, discuss major policy themes, or present and evaluate management approaches to digital government initiatives and programs. Papers in this section will also be double blind reviewed, with special focus on relevance to practice, transferability, and lessons learned. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors' names and contact information.

Student research papers (maximum 10 pages)
Digital government research papers authored solely by students should be submitted to this track. Student papers will also receive a double blind review organized and administered by the student program committee. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors' names and contact information.

Panels (maximum 5 pages)
Proposals should include the theme and goals of the panel, a summary of the digital government issues or questions that the panel will address, statements about the value of the discussion to conference attendees and how well suited the topic is to a panel discussion. In addition, the proposal should include information about the expertise of the moderator and panelists in the selected issues. Please include names, institutional affiliations, addresses, email, and phone contact numbers of the contact person, moderator, and presenter(s).

Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
The poster session, held in conjunction with the system demonstrations, allows presenters to discuss research in progress, application projects, or government policies and program initiatives in one-to-one conversations with other participants at the conference. The 2-page summaries should outline the nature of the research, policy, or project and describe why the work will be of interest to dg.o attendees. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should include authors' names and contact information according to that format. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and authors are expected to present their work at the poster/demo session at the conference. Posters prepared for the conference should measure approximately 36" x 48." Each poster station is provided a table and an easel. Selected poster submissions may be asked
to give an oral presentation in the conference sessions.

System Demonstrations (maximum 2 pages)
System demonstrations are held concurrently with the poster session to the accompaniment of good food and professional fellowship. The 2-page summaries should outline the nature of the system and describe why the demonstration is likely to be of interest to dg.o attendees. Demonstrations of interest include systems under development or in active use in research or practice domains. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should include authors' names and contact information according to that format. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and authors are expected to present their work at the poster/demo session at the conference. Each station is provided a table, an easel, and Internet access. Monitors will be available for rent. Selected demo submissions may be asked to give an oral presentation in the conference sessions.

Birds-of-a-Feather Discussion Sessions (maximum 2 pages)
Birds-of-a-Feather discussions provide an opportunity for participants to connect around selected topics. Proposals should identify the conveners, the intended participants, and key discussion questions. These conversations generally take place during lunch on one of the conference days.

Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum 5 pages)
dg.o tutorials are half- or full-day presentations offering deeper insight into the scientific and government domains, research topics or methods, technologies or field experience of veteran digital government researchers and practitioners. Each conference registration includes one full-day or two half-day tutorials or workshops.

Pre-conference Research or Management Workshops (maximum 5 pages)
We invite workshop proposals on any digital government research or management topic. Individuals proposing workshops will assume the responsibility of identifying and selecting participants for the workshop and for conducting workshop activities. Each conference registration includes one full-day or two half-day tutorials or workshops.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
All accepted management or policy papers, research papers, student papers, panels, posters, and system demonstrations will be published in the printed proceedings and included in the ACM digital library. Selected papers may be invited for a journal special issue. Outstanding achievement awards will be presented in the categories research papers, management and policy papers, posters, and systems demonstrations. In addition, to reflect the theme of the conference, we plan to select an outstanding cross-boundary partnership. Selection criteria include the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of the work, its contribution to and balance between theory (rigor) and practice (relevance), the importance and reach of the topic, and the quality of the writing for communicating to a broad audience.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Conference Co-Chairs
Monique Charbonneau, CEFRIO, Quebec
Lester Diamond, US Social Security Administration
Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh

Program Co-Chairs
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico

System Demonstration and Poster Session Co-Chairs
Andrew Philpot, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Peter Bruck, Research Studios Austria
Irak Lopez Davila, INFOTEC, Mexico

Student Chair
Jaime Arguello, Carnegie Mellon University

Tutorial and Workshop Chairs
Laura Steinberg, Southern Methodist University

Communications Chairs
Javed Mostafa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Muhlberger, Texas Tech University

Local Arrangement Chairs
Paul-Andre Robitaille, CEFRIO
Priscilla Rasmussen, ARCS

Sponsorship Chair
Theresa Pardo, University of Albany

Finance Chair
Yigal Arens, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute

DGO Society Liaison
Eduard Hovy, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute

Government Liaison
Lawrence Brandt, National Science Foundation

Program Committee
Josune Arcelus, INFOTEC, Mexico
Nabil Adam, Rutgers University
Peggy Agouris, George Mason University
Jose Luis Ambite, University of Southern California
Kim V. Andersen, Copenhagen Business School
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland
Yigal Arens, USC/ISI
Jaime Arguello, Carnegie Mellon University
Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University
Chaitanya Baru, UC San Diego
Peter Baumann, Jacobs University Bremen
Wolf-Gideon Bleek, University of Hamburg
Alan Borning, University of Washington
Laura Bright, Thetus Corporation
Athman Bouguettaya, Virginia Tech
Shawn Bowers, UC Davis Genome Center
Jamie Callan, Carnegie Mellon University
Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona
Leslie Cheung, USC
Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Terry Cooper, University of Southern California
Anthony M. Cresswell, University at Albany-SUNY
Judith Bayard Cushing, The Evergreen State College
Sharon Dawes, University at Albany-SUNY
Jose Fortes, University of Florida
Jagdish S. Gangolly, State University of New York at Albany
Ake Gronlund, Umea University, Sweden
Francisco Ramon Hernandez Tella, Universidad Autonoma del Estado, Mexico
Chris Hinnant, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Tom Horan, Claremont Graduate University
Eduard Hovy, USC/ISI
Norman J. Jacknis, Westchester County, NY
Vandana Janeja, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bernhard Katzy, Center for Technology and Innovation Management
Jay Kesan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert Krimmer, Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation
Travis Kriplean, University of Washington
Gloria Lau, Stanford University
Man-Sze Li, IC Focus Ltd
Irak Lopez-Davila, INFOTEC, Mexico
Luis Luna-Reyes, Universidad de las Americas, Mexico
Ann Macintosh, The University of Leeds, UK
Bob Maslyn, GSA Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer
Javed Mostafa, University of Indiana
Juliet Musso, University of Southern California
Theresa Pardo, University at Albany
Doncho Petkov, Eastern Connecticut State University
Rimantas Petrauskas, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Andrew Philpot, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Barbara Russo, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Mexico
Alexander Schellong, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington
Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology
Basit Shafiq, Rutgers University
Rajiv Shah, University of Chicago
Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh
Laura Steinberg, Southern Methodist University
Giancarlo Succi, Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
Yao-Hua Tan Hua, Vrije University Amsterdam
Efthimios Tambouris, CERTH/ITI and University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Giri Kumar Tayi, SUNY at Albany
Janice Warner, Georgian Court University.
Nancy Wiegand, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz, Germany
Alexander Xenakis, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
Hui Xiong, Rutgers University

Government Outreach Chairs
Canada - Susan Phillips, Carlton University
China - Yuan Fu Jiang China National School of Administration
India - Shalini R. Urs University of Mysore
Italy - Enrico Ferro Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
Mexico - Luis F. Luna Reyes Universidad de las Americas, Mexico
The Netherlands - Albert Meijer Utrecht School of Governance
Portugal - Pedro Ferraz de Abreu MIT
Slovena - Mirko Vintar University of Ljubljana
South Korea - Jae Moon - Yonsei University
Sweden - Madeleine Siosteen-Thiel VINNOVA
Turkey - Mete Yildiz Hacettepe University
United States - Kevin Novak, Library of Congress

Partnerships for Public Innovation

Hilton Bonaventure Hotel
Montreal, Canada - May 18-21, 2008
Home Page: http://www.dgo2008.org
General Inquiries: dgo2008@easychair.org
Submission web site: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2008

The 9th annual dg.o international conference is a forum for presentation and discussion of interdisciplinary digital government research and practice and its applications in diverse domains. The conference is presented by the Digital Government Society of North America (DGSNA), with major support from the US National Science Foundation.

The conference theme, Partnerships for Public Innovation, focuses on information-intensive innovations in the public sector that involve linkages among government, universities, NGOs, and businesses. This theme emphasizes the importance of sharing practical issues, policy perspectives, research insights, and expert advice, in order to reach higher levels of performance in diverse public enterprises. Each year the conference combines:

* Presentations of effective partnerships among government professionals, university researchers, relevant businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the practice of digital government.

* Research on digital government as an interdisciplinary domain that lies at the intersections of computing research, social and behavioral science research, and the problems and missions of government.

Interested participants are invited to submit management or policy papers, research papers, or student research papers, as well as proposals for panels; industry, government, and research prototype demonstrations; posters, Birds-of-a-Feather discussions, and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. The Conference Committee particularly encourages submissions on interdisciplinary and crosscutting topics addressing broad government challenges. Topics include, but are not limited, to the following:

* Digital Government Application Domains: such as courts, crisis management, education, emergency response; international initiatives and cooperation, health and human services, law enforcement and criminal justice; legislative systems, natural resources management, grants administration, government statistics, regulation and rulemaking; security; tax administration; transportation systems, and urban planning.

* IT-enabled Government Management and Operations: such as digital government organization and management strategies, decision-making processes; information technology adoption and diffusion; program planning; IT and service architectures, cross-boundary information sharing and integration, long-term preservation and archiving of government information, information assurance, service integration, as well as technology transition and transfer.

* Information Values and Policies: such as accessibility, digital democracy and governance, digital divide, openness, privacy, public participation in democratic processes, security, transparency, trust, and universal access to information and services.

* Information Technology and Tools to Support Government: such as collaboration tools; cyberinfrastructure for digital government domains; digital libraries and knowledge management; geographic information systems; grid computing; human-computer interaction; information integration; interoperable data, networks and architectures; large scale data and information acquisition and management; mobile government; national and international infrastructures for information and communication, multiple modalities and multimedia; service-oriented architectures; semantic web; social networking, software engineering for large-scale government projects.

We are pleased to announce three luminaries who have made significant contributions in the field of digital government as daily keynote speakers for the dg.o 2008 conference!

* Daniel J. Chenok is the Vice President & Director at the SRA Touchstone Consulting Group. He works in the Civil Sector and helps to lead the Consulting Group in three areas: business strategy and growth, integration of consulting work with other SRA businesses and activities, and senior level client engagement.

* Edwin Lau is head of the E-Government Project at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He helped create the project in 2001 and it currently supports a network of senior E-Government officials in the OECD countries (www.oecd.org/gov/egov/).

* Andy Stein is Director of Information Technology at the City of Newport News, Virginia. The City of Newport News has developed a strategy to replace legacy applications through a collaborative ecosystem with public entities and through public-private partnerships often using Open Source as a model for collaborative development.

(More details on the keynote speakers can be found on the conference website.)

IMPORTANT DATES
* November 1, 2007 - Conference submission website becomes available. The submission site is located at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2008.
* December 1, 2007 - Submission deadline for all papers and panel sessions
* February 1, 2008 - Submission deadline for pre-conference tutorials and workshops
* February 1, 2008 - Acceptance notifications for all papers and panel sessions
* February 15, 2008 - Submission deadline for Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions, posters, and system demonstrations
* March 1, 2008 - Acceptance notification for pre-conference tutorials, workshops, posters, system demonstrations, and BOF sessions
* March 15, 2008 - All camera ready versions are due

SUBMISSIONS TYPES AND FORMATS
* Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Management, Case Study, or Policy Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Student Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Panels (maximum of 5 pages)
* Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
* System Demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)
* Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-conference Workshops (maximum of 2 pages)

Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for each type of submission. Please use no page numbers. Paper titles should be incorporated onto the first page of text, rather than on a separate cover page. Papers will be reviewed through a double blind review process. Therefore, author names and contact information must be omitted from all submissions. Authors must identify the topic(s) being addressed by the paper to assist the program committee in the review process.

Research papers (maximum 10 pages)
These submissions report innovative digital government research results in the form of a formal scholarly paper. Papers on any digital government topic and all research methodologies are welcome. Relevance to digital government problems, goals, or policies must be explicit. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors' names and contact information.

Management, case study, or policy papers (maximum 10 pages)
These submissions describe and evaluate practical digital government projects or initiatives, discuss major policy themes, or present and evaluate management approaches to digital government initiatives and programs. Papers in this section will also be double blind reviewed, with special focus on relevance to practice, transferability, and lessons learned. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors' names and contact information.

Student research papers (maximum 10 pages)
Digital government research papers authored solely by students should be submitted to this track. Student papers will also receive a double blind review organized and administered by the student program committee. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors' names and contact information.

Panels (maximum 5 pages)
Proposals should include the theme and goals of the panel, a summary of the digital government issues or questions that the panel will address, statements about the value of the discussion to conference attendees and how well suited the topic is to a panel discussion. In addition, the proposal should include information about the expertise of the moderator and panelists in the selected issues. Please include names, institutional affiliations, addresses, email, and phone contact numbers of the contact person, moderator, and presenter(s).

Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
The poster session, held in conjunction with the system demonstrations, allows presenters to discuss research in progress, application projects, or government policies and program initiatives in one-to-one conversations with other participants at the conference. The 2-page summaries should outline the nature of the research, policy, or project and describe why the work will be of interest to dg.o attendees. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should include authors' names and contact information according to that format. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and authors are expected to present their work at the poster/demo session at the conference. Posters prepared for the conference should measure approximately 36" x 48." Each poster station is provided a table and an easel. Selected poster submissions may be asked
to give an oral presentation in the conference sessions.

System Demonstrations (maximum 2 pages)
System demonstrations are held concurrently with the poster session to the accompaniment of good food and professional fellowship. The 2-page summaries should outline the nature of the system and describe why the demonstration is likely to be of interest to dg.o attendees. Demonstrations of interest include systems under development or in active use in research or practice domains. Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should include authors' names and contact information according to that format. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and authors are expected to present their work at the poster/demo session at the conference. Each station is provided a table, an easel, and Internet access. Monitors will be available for rent. Selected demo submissions may be asked to give an oral presentation in the conference sessions.

Birds-of-a-Feather Discussion Sessions (maximum 2 pages)
Birds-of-a-Feather discussions provide an opportunity for participants to connect around selected topics. Proposals should identify the conveners, the intended participants, and key discussion questions. These conversations generally take place during lunch on one of the conference days.

Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum 5 pages)
dg.o tutorials are half- or full-day presentations offering deeper insight into the scientific and government domains, research topics or methods, technologies or field experience of veteran digital government researchers and practitioners. Each conference registration includes one full-day or two half-day tutorials or workshops.

Pre-conference Research or Management Workshops (maximum 5 pages)
We invite workshop proposals on any digital government research or management topic. Individuals proposing workshops will assume the responsibility of identifying and selecting participants for the workshop and for conducting workshop activities. Each conference registration includes one full-day or two half-day tutorials or workshops.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
All accepted management or policy papers, research papers, student papers, panels, posters, and system demonstrations will be published in the printed proceedings and included in the ACM digital library. Selected papers may be invited for a journal special issue. Outstanding achievement awards will be presented in the categories research papers, management and policy papers, posters, and systems demonstrations. In addition, to reflect the theme of the conference, we plan to select an outstanding cross-boundary partnership. Selection criteria include the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of the work, its contribution to and balance between theory (rigor) and practice (relevance), the importance and reach of the topic, and the quality of the writing for communicating to a broad audience.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Conference Co-Chairs
Monique Charbonneau, CEFRIO, Quebec
Lester Diamond, US Social Security Administration
Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh

Program Co-Chairs
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico

System Demonstration and Poster Session Co-Chairs
Andrew Philpot, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Peter Bruck, Research Studios Austria
Irak Lopez Davila, INFOTEC, Mexico

Student Chair
Jaime Arguello, Carnegie Mellon University

Tutorial and Workshop Chairs
Laura Steinberg, Southern Methodist University

Communications Chairs
Javed Mostafa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Muhlberger, Texas Tech University

Local Arrangement Chairs
Paul-Andre Robitaille, CEFRIO
Priscilla Rasmussen, ARCS

Sponsorship Chair
Theresa Pardo, University of Albany

Finance Chair
Yigal Arens, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute

DGO Society Liaison
Eduard Hovy, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute

Government Liaison
Lawrence Brandt, National Science Foundation

Program Committee
Josune Arcelus, INFOTEC, Mexico
Nabil Adam, Rutgers University
Peggy Agouris, George Mason University
Jose Luis Ambite, University of Southern California
Kim V. Andersen, Copenhagen Business School
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland
Yigal Arens, USC/ISI
Jaime Arguello, Carnegie Mellon University
Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University
Chaitanya Baru, UC San Diego
Peter Baumann, Jacobs University Bremen
Wolf-Gideon Bleek, University of Hamburg
Alan Borning, University of Washington
Laura Bright, Thetus Corporation
Athman Bouguettaya, Virginia Tech
Shawn Bowers, UC Davis Genome Center
Jamie Callan, Carnegie Mellon University
Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona
Leslie Cheung, USC
Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Terry Cooper, University of Southern California
Anthony M. Cresswell, University at Albany-SUNY
Judith Bayard Cushing, The Evergreen State College
Sharon Dawes, University at Albany-SUNY
Jose Fortes, University of Florida
Jagdish S. Gangolly, State University of New York at Albany
Ake Gronlund, Umea University, Sweden
Francisco Ramon Hernandez Tella, Universidad Autonoma del Estado, Mexico
Chris Hinnant, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Tom Horan, Claremont Graduate University
Eduard Hovy, USC/ISI
Norman J. Jacknis, Westchester County, NY
Vandana Janeja, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bernhard Katzy, Center for Technology and Innovation Management
Jay Kesan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert Krimmer, Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation
Travis Kriplean, University of Washington
Gloria Lau, Stanford University
Man-Sze Li, IC Focus Ltd
Irak Lopez-Davila, INFOTEC, Mexico
Luis Luna-Reyes, Universidad de las Americas, Mexico
Ann Macintosh, The University of Leeds, UK
Bob Maslyn, GSA Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer
Javed Mostafa, University of Indiana
Juliet Musso, University of Southern California
Theresa Pardo, University at Albany
Doncho Petkov, Eastern Connecticut State University
Rimantas Petrauskas, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Andrew Philpot, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Barbara Russo, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Mexico
Alexander Schellong, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington
Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology
Basit Shafiq, Rutgers University
Rajiv Shah, University of Chicago
Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh
Laura Steinberg, Southern Methodist University
Giancarlo Succi, Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
Yao-Hua Tan Hua, Vrije University Amsterdam
Efthimios Tambouris, CERTH/ITI and University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Giri Kumar Tayi, SUNY at Albany
Janice Warner, Georgian Court University.
Nancy Wiegand, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz, Germany
Alexander Xenakis, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
Hui Xiong, Rutgers University

Government Outreach Chairs
Canada - Susan Phillips, Carlton University
China - Yuan Fu Jiang China National School of Administration
India - Shalini R. Urs University of Mysore
Italy - Enrico Ferro Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
Mexico - Luis F. Luna Reyes Universidad de las Americas, Mexico
The Netherlands - Albert Meijer Utrecht School of Governance
Portugal - Pedro Ferraz de Abreu MIT
Slovena - Mirko Vintar University of Ljubljana
South Korea - Jae Moon - Yonsei University
Sweden - Madeleine Siosteen-Thiel VINNOVA
Turkey - Mete Yildiz Hacettepe University
United States - Kevin Novak, Library of Congress

ICALT 2008: The 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced
Learning Technologies
Learning technologies in the Information society

Santander, Cantabria, Spain
July 1st- July 5th, 2008

http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2008/

Deadline: January 15th, 2008

It is unquestionable that technology is a useful tool to enhance the
learning process and during the last ICALT conferences significant advances have been
presented in this sense. Besides the usual topics of the conference, this edition of
the conference aims to explore the role of learning technologies to step forward in the
transformation from the information society to a knowledge society where everybody
(independently of race, sex, abilities, capabilities, ...) can be benefit from technologies
to enhance her learning process. This open a world of opportunities for analysing the use of
technology in inclusive learning environments that take into account the characteristics and
expectations of different kinds of users and different kinds of learning experiences, whether
formal or informal, individual or cooperative, life-long or short term...

TOPICS OF INTERESTS

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Inclusive learning environments, tools and experiences

* Formal and informal learning

* HCI guidelines and principles for educational systems

* Transforming schooling and training through learning technologies

* New Generations of educational technologies

* Web 2.0 and social computing for learning and instruction

* Educational technologies for new generations

* Technologies for real-time assessment of learning and performance

* Linking dynamic concept mapping and problem solving in complex
domains

* Personalized mobile computing for learning and instruction

* Personalized educational systems

* Interdisciplinary programs to prepare educational
technologists CSCL technologies

* Content authoring technologies

* e-Pedagogy and Instructional Design

* Knowledge Management Technologies in Education

* Organizational Management of e-Learning in Universities

* e- testing and new test theories

* Data mining, text mining, and web mining in education

IMPORTANT DATES

* January 15, 2008: Papers, workshops and tutorials submissions
* February 28, 2008: Notification to authors about the review
process
* March 15, 2008: Final camera-ready manuscript and Copyright
form submission
* March 30, 2008: Author registration deadline
* April 15, 2008: Early bird registration
* Conference: July 1st- July 4th, 2008

SUBMISSIONS

We invite submission of papers reporting original academic or
industrial research in the area of Advanced Learning
Technologies. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Complete papers are
required to be reviewed. The expected type of submissions are:

* Full paper: 5 pages
* Short paper: 3 pages
* Posters: 2 pages
* Tutorial proposals: 2 pages
(The tutorial proposal should clearly outline the novelty of
the tutorial content, the expected audience, objectives, and
outcomes. Each tutorial will run for about 3 hours.)
* Panel proposals: 2 pages
(The panel proposal should clearly outline the theme of the
panel, its significance, expected outcomes, and at least five panel
participants. Each panel will run for about one and half hours. Panel
participants will have the possibility of submitting two-page papers
for review process for the papers to be included in the conference
proceedings.)
* Workshop: 2 pages
(The workshop proposal should clearly outline the theme of the
workshop, its emerging nature, expected outcomes, and at least five
panel participants. Each workshop will run for about two and half
hours. Workshop participants will have the possibility of submitting
two-page papers for review process for the papers to be included in
the conference proceedings.

Please submit your manuscript at: http://www.ask4research.info/
conference/upload.php If you have any problems with the
above web submission form, you can send the manuscript by email to
icalt-operations@ieee.org (subject: ICALT2008 Submission).

ORGANIZATION, SPONSORED BY AND PROCEEDINGS

Organization
Laboratorio DEI, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
School of Industrial and Telecomunication Engineering,
Universidad of Cantabria

Sponsored by
IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. IEEE Computer
Society

Proceedings Publisher
IEEE Computer Society Press

COMMITTEES
General Chairs

* Ignacio Aedo. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
* Eduardo Mora. Universidad de Cantabria.

Program Chairs

* Paloma Díaz. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
* Kinshuk. Athabasca University.

Advisory Committee

* Darina Dicheva. Winston-Salem State University.
* Roger Hartley. University of Leeds.
* Rob Koper. Open University of the Netherlands.
* Toshio Okamoto. University of Electro-Communications.
* Demetrios Sampson.Center of Research and Technology Hellas and
University of Pireus.
* Nian Shing. National Sun Yat-sen University.
* J. Michael Spector. Florida State University.

Program Committee

tbd

Local Committee

* Laura Bravo. Universidad de Cantabria. (Local Chair)
* David Díez. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
* Juan Manuel Dodero. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. (Local
Chair)
* Tomás Fernández. Universidad de Cantabria.
* Camino Fernández. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
* Carmen Padrón. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
* Telmo Zarraonandia. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

AICT 2008, The Fourth Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications

June 8-13, 2008 - Athens, Greece

Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/AICT08.html

Submission deadline: January 20, 2008

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE
Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized
journals.

AICT 2008 Topics (details in the CfP on site):

* Information theory and coding theory
* Communication theory, signal processing, modulation
* Optical communications
* Designing and management of optical networks
* Optical photonic technologies
* Networking theory, protocols, and technologies on next generation
networking
* Broadband communications and networks
* Programmable networks, active networks and mobile agents, protocol
& standards
* Performance and QoS, Traffic engineering (MPLS, DiffServ, IntServ,
etc.)
* Telecommunication/Network management and services
* Broadband access network and service
* Network planning and optimization
* Real-time traffic and QoS
* 3G and 4G mobile communication services
* Wireless communications antennas & propagation & transmission
technologies
* Evolution from 2G to 2.5G, 3G and beyond
* Personal communications
* Wireless multimedia & networks & systems
* Cellular and ad hoc networks
* Metro/Access networks
* Wireless access (WPAN, WLAN, WLL)
* IEEE Standardization (IEEE 802.15, IEEE 802.16)
* Web services communications, applications, and performance
* Security and trust in Web Services applications
* Platforms for Web Services based applications and services
* Communication software and intelligent network theory
* Object and component technologies in telecommunication software
* Telecommunication protocol engineering and telecommunication
software tools
* Standardization (ITU, NGN, TISPAN, Policy Models, etc.)
* SOHO (Small Offices/Home Offices)
* SAPIR: Partial and intermittent resources
* ELETE: E-learning and mobile learning on telecommunications
* TELET: Teletraffic modeling and management

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IARIA Publicity Board
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Call for Chapters for the
Handbook of Research on Technology Project Management, Planning and Operations
Editor: Terry T. Kidd
University of Texas Health Science Center, USA

Introduction
Each of the recent innovations in technology can be traced back to a project: the behind the scenes work that, when managed correctly, results in a new system, a new technology, or a new product in the marketplace. Technology project management refers to the field of study and practice utilizing management and administrative principles as a means to controlling the bounds of a technology based project to solve business and organizational challenges and human performance issues. Within the field of technology project management, there are many specific areas of focus. While technology project management can apply to the military and corporate settings, it is also applied to the school setting including charter schools, public schools, online, higher education or anywhere a technology project or initiative can be initiated.

With the rapid progress in technologies, systems planning and management have become increasingly important in this digital economy. New technologies that can have significant implications for corporate strategies are developed constantly. The incredible growth of technologies and the demand for a new generation of technology stakeholders have facilitated the introduction of Technology Project Management programs in many higher education institutions in the US and around the world. The Handbook of Research on Technology Project Management, Planning and Operations will provide a broad scope of information technology project and resources for researchers, educators, students, and industry practitioners to share and exchange their research ideas, practical experiences, challenges, and opportunities concerning technology project management.


Coverage: The Handbook of Research on Technology, Project Management, Planning and Operations will provide a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms. Additionally, this volume will feature chapters (5,000-7,500 words) authored by leading experts offering an in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to different areas, issues and trends in technology project management, technology management, technology planning, and technology operations in modern organizations worldwide.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
(We will solicit research-oriented as well as practitioner-oriented chapters. Case studies will also be solicited.)
Issues that technology professionals face, such as understanding technology resources, managing project scope and feature creep, meeting client expectations
Technology operations
Technology planning
Technology adoption
Technology management
Applications of project management to technology based projects
Qualitative research in technology planning, management, and operations
Quantitative research in technology planning, management, and operations
Processes and strategies for technology planning, management, and operations
Technology leadership
Technology project management life cycle
Quality management, control and assurance: tools and techniques
Real world cases
Assessment methods
Tools and techniques for managing and organizing R&D, new product, and project-oriented challenges
Challenges and Opportunities
Threats to technology planning, management, and operations
Future Trends
Continuity and Contingency Planning
Public policy, legislation, regulation and their affects on technology, planning, management and operations
Strategies and process for technology planning, management, and operations
Financial, accounting, budgeting: methods and practices
Management standards, models, and tools
Trends and issues from the international community

Invited Submissions: Individuals interested in submitting chapters (5,000-7,500 words) on the above-suggested topics or other related topics in their area of interest should submit via e-mail a 1-2 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter by December 1, 2007. We strongly encourage other topics that have not been listed in our suggested list, particularly if the topic is related to the research area in which you have expertise. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will have until April 15, 2008, to prepare your chapter of 5,000-7,500 words and 7-10 related terms and their appropriate definitions. Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent to you upon acceptance of your proposal. Full chapters will be submitted to a double-blind peer review.

You will be notified about the status of your proposed topics by December 31, 2007. This book is tentatively scheduled for publishing by Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, http://www.igi-global.com/reference/ in 2009. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/ .

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

Editor, Terry T. Kidd
terry.t.kidd@uth.tmc.edu
Terry T. Kidd
University of Texas Health Science Center
School of Public Health
1200 Hermann Pressler Office: West-220
Houston, TX 77030

Zurich, Switzerland, 26 March 2008
http://www.prosit-ws.org

Background and Scope

Imagine a network with literally billions of mobile nodes, without any
pre-defined communication infrastructure, whose nodes are primarily
sensors and actuators with limited processing capabilities. Such
networks exhibit specific communication requirements between individual
nodes, and between nodes and central access points that provide
connectivity with the outside world.

Many, if not most of these nodes are integrated into everyday devices;
they will be found inside cars, at home, and in the shopping mall. The
application areas based on such networks are varied and numerous,
including, for example, intelligent homes, car safety, and item
tracking. Many such applications will become part of our lives, and are
prone to collect information that would be considered as private by
many. For the average user, it will be next to impossible to establish
who has access to these information, and for which purposes.

This unprecedented penetration of virtually everyone's life suggests the
need for a close scrutiny of the various processes to be associated with
the development of such a technology and its subsequent wide deployment.
International standardisation of information and communication
technologies (ICT) is among the most important of these processes. It is
linked to both the technological development and the policy and legal
frameworks within which the technology is to be developed and deployed.

Accordingly, this Workshop aims to discuss the development of adequate
standards setting processes for the Internet of Things. The analysis of
the current situation in ICT standards setting, the current legal
situation with respect to standards, and the development of
recommendations on how to adapt the processes to adequately serve the
environment created by the IoT will be addressed through insights from
various disciplines.

Sample topics to be discussed by the Workshop include:
* aspects of the standards process' necessary democratic legitimacy,
* potential barriers of entry to certain stakeholders (e.g., SMEs, NGOs,
consumers),
* the necessary level of openness of the process (i.e., level of
consensus required, observation of due process, 'equality' of
participants, etc),
* the different stakeholders' requirements on the process,
* analysis of today's standard setting processes with respect to their
suitability for the IoT,
* legal implications of standards today and tomorrow (including IPR issues),
* new forms of participation in the process,
* how to manage relations between relevant standards (e.g., UMTS,
CAPWAP, Zigbee, ISO 18000) and associated standards setting bodies
(ETSI, 3GPP, IETF, ITU-T, etc).

The Workshop aims at serving as a platform for the exchange of ideas and
views. It will, therefore, devote much time to the interaction between
participants. To this end, not only submissions of 'traditional' papers
are solicited, but also proposals of topics for round-table discussions
or other forms of moderated interactions.

The Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Int. Conference 'Internet of Things 2008'; see
http://www.the-internet-of-things.org/

Submission guidelines

We solicit contributions from both academia (draft papers of up to 6,000
words) and practice (extended abstracts of up to 1,000 words). Also,
proposals for interactive activities are solicited (1000 words;
providing information about topic, format, speakers, etc). Submissions
should be sent in .rtf, .doc, or .pdf to the workshop organiser at
kai.jakobs@cs.rwth-aachen.de. All draft papers will undergo a double-
blind peer-review process; all other proposals will be evaluated more
informally, based their on suitability and originality.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Int. Journal
of IT Standards and Standardization Research (JITSR).

Important dates:

12 January 2008: Workshop paper submission deadline
9 February 2008: Notification of acceptance/rejection of papers
23 February 2008: Submission of final papers

Programme Committee

Knut Blind, FhG ISI & TU Berlin, DE
Yves Chauvel, ETSI, FR
Tineke Egyedi, TU Delft, NL
Simao Ferraz de Campos-Neto, ITU-T, CH (tbc)
Vladislav Fomin, Vytautas Magnus U., LT
Ole Hanseth, U. of Oslo, NO
Eric Iversen, NIFU STEP, NO
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., DE
Ken Krechmer, ICSR, US,
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve U., US
Roy Rada, U. of Maryland, US
Kai Reimer, RWTH Aachen DE
Mostafa H. Sherif, AT&T, US
Henk de Vries, ERASMUS U., NL
Willem Wakker, ACE Cons., NL
Marc van Wegberg, U. of Maastricht, NL
Robin Williams, U. of Edinburgh, UK

Proposals are being accepted for the 2008 Kentucky Library Association /Kentucky School Media Association conference SPECTRUM OF THE FUTURE. This is a joint conference with the Southeastern Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries’ National Diversity in Libraries Conference. All proposals must be submitted electronically.

The link is on the KLA site http://www.kylibasn.org under "Conferences" then "Upcoming Conferences" then "Call for Proposals" or the direct link for the Call for Proposals is http://www.kylibasn.org/proposals334.cfm .

You can access the online proposal form directly at http://kla-itrt.org/conf/

So that there is no confusion, this is a call for mini-sessions and poster sessions. Mini-sessions will last 50 minutes as in the past.

The deadline to submit a proposal is January 31, 2008. Notification of accepted proposals will take place February 29, 2008.

Johan Koren, Assoc. Prof.
Coordinator, Library Media Program
College of Education
3201 Alexander Hall
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071

Telephone: +1-270-809-2760
Fax: +1-270-809-3799

Website: http://coekate.murraystate.edu/professors/koren/
Blog: http://murraylibrarymedia.org

People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People
October 24-29, 2008 Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH

Complete Call: HTTP://WWW.ASIS.ORG/Conferences/am08/AM08cfp.HTML

ASIS&T 2008 will focus on how people transform information as well as how information
transforms people. Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a
wide range of human-centered approaches to topics.

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS
Contributed papers
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Contributed_Papers/submit.html
The submission of original, recent, formally conducted research and projects,
theoretical developments, or innovative practical applications is encouraged.
Accepted papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings.

Contributed posters/short papers
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Posters/submit.html
Two types of posters/short papers are encouraged. Contributed research posters
present new and promising work or preliminary results of research projects.
Contributed best practices posters present the results of design projects,
practical implementations or industry innovations. The final version of these short
papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings. During the
conference, presenters are expected to display their work as a poster, incorporating
text and illustrations as appropriate.

Technical sessions and panels
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08-Panels/submit.html
Technical sessions and panels present topics for discussion such as cutting-edge
research and design, analyses of emerging trends, opinions on controversial issues,
reports by practitioners on current information science and technology projects, and
contrasting viewpoints from experts in complementary professional areas. The final
versions of these submissions will be published in the digital conference
proceedings.

Pre- and Post-conference sessions
http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM08_Pre-Post_Cons/submit.html
Pre- and Post-conference sessions present topics such as theoretical research,
management strategies, and new and innovative systems or products, typically for
purposes of concept development or continuing education. Purely promotional programs
are excluded. Formats may include seminars, courses, workshops, and symposia.
Sessions are scheduled for half to a full day and require a registration fee beyond
the regular conference fee.

Submission Deadlines
Jan.21, 2008 Proposals due for contributed papers, technical sessions panels, and
pre- or Post-conferences
Feb. 25, 2008 Proposals due for contributed posters/short papers
March 31, 2008 Authors/proposers notified of acceptance
May 27, 2008 Final versions due for conference proceedings

Any problems with electronic submissions should be directed to:
Richard Hill (rhill@asis.org)

9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK

First call for papers and abstracts

The online submission system for ALT-C 2008 is now open:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/papers.html

Please read the submission guidelines for Research Papers and for Abstracts -
http://www.alt.ac.uk/guidelines_papers.html- and download the Research Paper Template if you wish to submit a
research paper.

Submit your proposal on the new submission system at
https://alt.conference-services.net/

Key dates:
Submissions open 14 December 2007
Submissions close 28 February 2008
Presenters’ registration deadline: 6 June 2008
Early bird registration deadline: 30 June 2008
Registrations close: 15 August 2008

Keynote speakers:
David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for One Laptop per Child, and
Head of the Future of Learning Research Group at MIT Media Lab;
Dr Itiel Dror, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the
University of Southampton;
Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute,
Sweden, and Director of the Gapminder Foundation.

To sponsor ALT-C 2008 contact Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive of ALT,
seb.schmoller@alt.ac.uk

To exhibit at ALT-C 2008 contact Hayley Willis, Events Administrator,
hayley.willis@alt.ac.uk

ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, England
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/

CALL FOR PAPERS and Call For Workshop Proposals

WORLDCOMP'08
The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, USA

(composed of 25 Joint Conferences)

ACADEMIC SPONSORS: Research labs at Harvard University, UCLA,
Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Austin,
University of Iowa, and others (see below).

You are invited to submit a paper (and/or a proposal to organize
a session/workshop). All accepted papers will be published in the
respective conference proceedings.

The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering,
and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'08) is composed of the following
25 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location
and dates: July 14-17, 2008, USA):

o BIOCOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology

o CDES'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Design

o CGVR'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Graphics
and Virtual Reality

o CIC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Communications in
Computing

o CSC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Scientific Computing

o DMIN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining

o EEE'08: The 2008 International Conference on e-Learning,
e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government

o ERSA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Engineering of
Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms

o ESA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems
and Applications

o FCS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Foundations of
Computer Science

o FECS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Frontiers in
Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering

o GCA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Grid Computing and
Applications

o GEM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Genetic and
Evolutionary Methods

o ICAI'08: The 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence

o ICOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Internet Computing

o ICWN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks

o IKE'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information and
Knowledge Engineering

o IPCV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Image Processing,
Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition

o ITSL'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information Theory
and Statistical Learning

o MLMTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning;
Models, Technologies and Applications

o MSV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation
and Visualization Methods

o PDPTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Parallel and
Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications

o SAM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Security and Management

o SERP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering
Research and Practice

o SWWS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Semantic Web and
Web Services

(a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org)

General Co-Chair and Coordinator:

H. R. Arabnia, PhD
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Graduate Studies Research Center
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA

Tel: (706) 542-3480
Fax: (706) 542-2966
E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu

PURPOSE / HISTORY:

This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of
researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied
computing. Many of the 25 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the
premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective
fields. We anticipate to have 2,600 or more attendees from over 80
countries participating in the 2008 joint conferences.

The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research
conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common
place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for
exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The
model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication
among researchers from all over the world in different fields of
computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both
inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and
outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and
applications) will be covered during the conferences.

WORLCOMP'08 will be composed of research presentations, keynote
lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and
poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial
speakers
included: Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland
(U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.);
Prof. Barry Vercoe (MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California,
Berkeley); Prof. David Cheriton (Stanford U.), Prof. A. K. Dunker
(Indiana U. and Purdue U.); Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim
Gettys
(developer of X Window, ...); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO,
Tensilica, Inc.); and many other distinguished speakers.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper
(about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to
H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 25, 2008. email submissions in MS document
or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also
fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later,
the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular
typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.)

The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited
to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The
first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper,
name, affiliation, postal address, email address, and telephone
number for each author. The first page should also identify the
name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that
would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name
of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be
stated on the first page.

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts
in the field who are independent of the conference program committee.
The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of
the program committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of
the track that the paper has been submitted to. The chair will make
the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed
by one member of the program committee.

PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS:

Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from
different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The
session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their
sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ...
The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in
the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books.

Proposals to organize sessions should include the following
information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, title of
session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session,
the name of the conference the session is submitted for
consideration, and a short description on how the session will
be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers
from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the
session proposer). email your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address
is given above). We would like to receive the proposals by
January 16, 2008.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Jan. 16, 2008: Proposals for organizing/chairing
sessions/workshops
Feb. 25, 2008: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2008: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2008: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 14-17, 2008: The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
(WORLDCOMP'08 - 25 joint conferences)

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI;
imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering;
embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications;
computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for
individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested
in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia
(hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation
and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short
biography together with research interests and the name of the
conference offering to help with.
Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks
are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and
practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research
laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, deans and provosts.

LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:

The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is
a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000
rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle
service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational
attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy
River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows,
a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for
conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within
walking distance from most other attractions (recreational
destinations, Golf courses, ...)

SPONSORS: (this is a partial list)

Academic Co-sponsors include:
- Computational Biology and Functional Genomics Laboratory,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
http://compbio.dfci.harvard.edu/
- Horvath Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
USA
http://www.genetics.ucla.edu/labs/horvath/CoexpressionNetwork/
- BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging Laboratory, Georgia Institute
of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
http://www.bio-miblab.org/
- Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Laboratory, University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
http://www.ideal.ece.utexas.edu/
- Center for the Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
http://opal.biology.gatech.edu/GeneMark/
- Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, Department of Radiology,
College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA
http://www.uiowa.edu/~hri/
- Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab), University of Iowa,
Iowa, USA
http://www.uiowa.edu/mihpclab/
- The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
http://www.und.edu
- International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine
http://www.isibm.org/
- Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Other Co-sponsors:
- NIIT Technologies
http://www.niit-tech.com/
- High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano)
http://www.hpcnano.org
- International Technology Institute (ITI)
http://www.itiworld.org/
- GridToday
http://www.gridtoday.com/gridtoday.html
- HPCwire
http://www.hpcwire.com/
- Hodges' Health (H2CM), UK
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk

CALL FOR PAPERS - IEEE ICCI 2008
THE 7TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE INFORMATICS

August 14-16, 2008
Stanford University, California, USA
http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/ICCI2008
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THEME
Cognitive Computers and Computational Intelligence

Cognitive Informatics (CI) is a cutting-edge and transdisciplinary research
area that tackles the fundamental problems shared by modern informatics,
computing, AI, cybernetics, cognitive science, computational intelligence,
neuropsychology, medical science, systems science, software engineering,
knowledge engineering, philosophy, linguistics, economics, management
science, and life sciences. CI is a transdisciplinary enquiry on the
internal information processing mechanisms and processes of the natural
intelligence - human brains and minds - and their engineering applications
in computing and ICT industries. The 7th IEEE International Conference on
Cognitive Informatics (ICCI'08) focuses on the theme of Cognitive Computers
and Computational Intelligence.

SCOPE

Original papers are invited from multidisciplinary perspectives on subject
areas including, but not limited to, the following:

* Abstraction and means
* Autonomic agent systems
* Autonomic computing
* Artificial intelligence
* Bioinformatics
* Biosignal cognition and processing
* Concept algebra
* Cognitive complexity of software
* Cognitive computers
* Cognitive linguistics
* Cognitive models of the brain
* Cognitive processes of the brain
* Computational intelligence
* Decision theories
* Denotational mathematics
* Distributed intelligence
* Emotions/motivations/attitudes
* Ergonomics
* Functional models of the brain
* Fuzzy/rough sets/logic
* Gene analysis and expression
* Human factors in systems
* Hybrid (AI/NI) intelligence
* Imperative vs. autonomous computing
* Informatics foundations of software engineering
* Informatics laws of software
* Informatics models of the brain
* Intelligent foundations of computing
* Intelligent Internet
* Internal information processing mechanisms
* Internal knowledge representation
* Knowledge engineering
* knowledge processors
* Language acquisition
* Machine learning
* Memory models
* Models of knowledge and skills
* Nature of software
* Neural models of memory
* Neuroinformatics
* Neural signal interpretation
* Neuropsychology
* Neuroscience foundations of information processing
* Novel computing methodologies and architectures
* Pattern recognition
* Perception and consciousness
* Problem solving
* Process algebra
* Reasoning and inferences
* Sensational cognitive processes
* System algebra
* Theories of natural intelligence
* Visual information representation
* Web contents cognition

Further details can be found at: http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/ICCI2008.

PAPER SUBMISSION

An electronic copy of paper in PDF format in English should be submitted via
http://www.easychair.org/ICCI2008/ by Feb. 1, 2008 with detailed information
of author(s). Full papers should be around 10 pages in length in IEEE double
column format as posted in the web site. Short papers (5-6 pages) that
report industrial experience, case studies, work in progress, or graduate
students' research may also be considered. The proceedings of ICCI'08 will
be published by IEEE CS Press and Indexed by EI. Selected papers will be
published in the International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural
Intelligence (IJCINI, http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/IJCINI/), IEEE TSMC, or
other related journals.

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop/Session Proposal: Jan. 21, 2008
Full paper submission due: Feb. 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2008
Camera-ready copy due: May 1, 2008
Conference presentation: August 14-16, 2008

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Prof. Jean-Claude Latombe (Stanford Univ.)
Prof. Yingxu Wang (Calgary Univ.)
Prof. Witold Kinsner (Univ. of Manitoba)

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Prof. Yingxu Wang (Canada)
Prof. Du Zhang (USA)

FURTHER INFORMATION
http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/ICCI2008

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Director, International Center for Cognitive Informatics (ICfCI)
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
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June 8-13, 2008 - Athens, Greece

Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/AICT08.html

Submission deadline: January 20, 2008

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE
Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized
journals.

AICT 2008 Topics and Tracks (details in the CfP on site):

* Information theory and coding theory
* Communication theory, signal processing, modulation
* Optical communications
* Designing and management of optical networks
* Optical photonic technologies
* Networking theory, protocols, and technologies on next generation
networking
* Broadband communications and networks
* Programmable networks, active networks and mobile agents, protocol
& standards
* Performance and QoS, Traffic engineering (MPLS, DiffServ, IntServ,
etc.)
* Telecommunication/Network management and services
* Broadband access network and service
* Network planning and optimization
* Real-time traffic and QoS
* 3G and 4G mobile communication services
* Wireless communications antennas & propagation & transmission
technologies
* Evolution from 2G to 2.5G, 3G and beyond
* Personal communications
* Wireless multimedia & networks & systems
* Cellular and ad hoc networks
* Metro/Access networks
* Wireless access (WPAN, WLAN, WLL)
* IEEE Standardization (IEEE 802.15, IEEE 802.16)
* Web services communications, applications, and performance
* Security and trust in Web Services applications
* Platforms for Web Services based applications and services
* Communication software and intelligent network theory
* Object and component technologies in telecommunication software
* Telecommunication protocol engineering and telecommunication
software tools
* Standardization (ITU, NGN, TISPAN, Policy Models, etc.)
* SOHO (Small Offices/Home Offices)
* SAPIR: Partial and intermittent resources
* ELETE: E-learning and mobile learning on telecommunications
* TELET: Teletraffic modeling and management

Library Hi Tech is now over a quarter century old and to celebrate we are planning a series of papers that looks at the last 25 Years of library technology to consider what we have learned and where we need to do more research.

Articles can look at changes in particular institutions or can look at how particular technologies have changed how we think about our jobs as librarians. Articles should be scholarly in their approach and broad in their perspective.

Articles for Library Hi Tech should be 4000-8000 words long and should follow the Emerald style guide. Library Hi Tech is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that is indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch and Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition.

Those interested in contributing should submit a brief (300 word) abstract to Michael Seadle at: “seadle (at) ibi.hu-berlin.de”.

Articles must be in English in their final form. The abstract may be in English, German, or French.

Best wishes ... Michael

Prof. Michael Seadle
Director, Institute for Library and Information Science
Humboldt University in Berlin
Editor, Library Hi Tech
Submissions: http://jade.emeraldinsight.com
Location: Dorothenstrasse 26
Mailing address: Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Phone: +49 [30] 2093-4248
Fax: +49 [30] 2093-4335
seadle@ibi.hu-berlin.de

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICDT 2008, The Third International Conference on Digital Telecommunications

June 29 - July 5, 2008 - Bucharest, Romania

Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ICDT08.html

Committees: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ComICDT08.html

Submission deadline: February 5, 2008

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized journals.

ICDT 2008 Tracks (details in the CfP on site):

o MULTE: Multimedia Telecommunications
o SIGNAL: Signal processing in telecommunications
o DATA: Data processing
o AUDIO: Audio transmission and reception systems
o VOICE: Voice over packet networks
o VIDEO: Video, conferencing, telephony
o IMAGE: Image producing, sending, and mining
o SPEECH: Speech producing and processing
o IPTV: IP/Mobile TV
o MULTI: Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play
o CONTENT: Production, distribution
o HXSIP: H-series towards SIP
o MEDMAN: Control and management of multimedia telecommunication
o SARP: Software architecture research and practice
o STREAM: Data stream processing
o TRACK: Tracking computing technologies

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS

VW LEM CONFERENCE

"Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education, and Museums"

Saturday, March 8, 2008 in Second Life

Purpose of the Conference:

To provide a gathering place for librarians, information
professionals, educators, museologists, and others to learn about and
discuss the educational, informational,
and cultural opportunities of virtual worlds.

Please note: Although the conference will be held in the virtual
world Second Life, presentation and paper proposals about LEM
developments in other virtual worlds are encouraged.

Possible Topics for Presentations, Papers, and Participatory Events:

· Virtual world events and exhibits as the drivers of attendance and engagement
· Immersive learning environments
· Reference service possibilities and practicalities in virtual worlds
· Corporate and special librarianship in virtual worlds
· Educational tools and resources
· Enterprise uses of virtual worlds
· Tours of LEM locations in Second Life
· Gaming and virtual worlds
· VW LEM opportunities for children, tweens, and teens
· Dreams and visions for LEM activities in virtual worlds
· Assessing LEM initiatives in virtual worlds
· Sustainability issues and opportunities for LEM activities in virtual worlds
· Other topics pertinent to the broad topic of LEM activities in
virtual worlds are welcome! Send us your innovative proposals!

Proposal Guidelines and Deadlines:

· Each session will be 45 minutes long.
· All sessions will begin on the hour.
· All proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. SLT on Monday, February 11, 2008.
· Please send proposals to Tom Peters (tpeters@tapinformation.com)
with "VW LEM proposal" in the subject line.
· For presentations, please send a paragraph about your proposed
presentation, the intended audience, and any pertinent URLs or SLURLs.
· For papers, please send an abstract of your paper.
· Notification of acceptance will be received by Friday, February 15, 2008.
· The 25 USD registration fee will be waived for all presenters.
· Proposals from students and general citizens are welcome. You do
not need to be a member of the LEM professions to present at this
conference.

Conference Schedule (tentative):

(Note: Because Second Life and other virtual worlds attract citizens
from all over the world, we plan to have two clusters of conference
sessions. Some presenters may be asked to present twice on Saturday,
March 8, 2008.)

· Friday, March 7, 2008, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. SLT (Pacific Time):
Pre-conference social gathering at Club Java on the Sun Microsystems
SIM in Second Life.

· Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to noon SLT (Pacific Time):
First Cluster of Conference Sessions:

o 8:00 to 8:45 a.m.: Keynote Panel (no conflict)
o 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.: First group of sessions
o 10:00 to 10:45 a.m.: Second group of sessions
o 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.: Third group of sessions

· Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. SLT (Pacific Time):
Second Cluster of Conference Sessions:

o 5:00 to 5:45 p.m.: Keynote Panel (no conflict)
o 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.: First group of sessions
o 7:00 to 7:45 p.m.: Second group of sessions
o 8:00 to 8:45 p.m.: Third group of sessions

· Note: Pre- and Post-Conference conversations, announcements, and
documents will be available in the "Virtual Words: Libraries,
Education and Museums" group in Facebook.

Conference Sponsors:

· Alliance Library System (http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/)
· IBM (http://www.ibm.com)
· Sun Microsystems (http://www.sun.com/)
· TAP Information Services (http://www.tapinformation.com)
· Virtual Worlds Library Association
(http://groups.google.com/group/virtualworldlibraries)

Conference Organizers:

· Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot in Second Life): lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com
· Doug McDavid (Doug Mandelbrot in Second Life): mcdavid@us.ibm.com
· Christy Confetti Higgins (Violet Portola in Second Life):
Christy.Confetti@sun.com
· John Howard (Corwin Howlett in Second Life):
jhoward@alliancelibrarysystem.com
· Craig Anderson (Draconius Merlin in Second Life): cjanders@kean.edu
· Tom Peters (Maxito Ricardo in Second Life): tpeters@tapinformation.com

Lori Bell
Director of Innovation
Alliance Library System
600 High Point Lane
East Peoria, IL 61611
(309)694-9200 ext. 2128
lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 10, 2008
Handbook of Research on E-Government Readiness for Information and Service Exchange: Utilizing Progressive Information Communication Technologies
A Handbook of Research edited by Dr. Hakikur Rahman, ICMS

Introduction

In general, E-Government applies concepts of electronic commerce to government operations.
But, in the strict sense, E-Government refers to government’s use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to exchange information and services with citizens, businesses, civil society, and other arms of government. While, readiness in terms of E-Government is the degree in which a community is prepared to participate in the networked world. At country level, E-Readiness refers to a country's ability to take advantage of the Internet as an engine of economic growth and human development. E-Readiness has several components, including telecommunications infrastructure, human resources, and legal and policy framework. It is estimated by assessing its relative advancement in the areas that are most critical for ICT
adoption and favorable for important applications of ICTs. When considered together, E-Government readiness relates to the maturity of the information system of a government, ability for taking dynamic strategies for ICT development, better understanding in the context of strategic planning, and foremost empowerment of communities for engaging themselves in societal developments through ICTs.

The Overall Objective of the Book

Primary objective of the handbook will be to assist its readers in recommending formulation of
ICT strategies for their countries’ and acquire knowledge on the significance of E-Government for
developing efficient and effective government systems and at the same time, acknowledge the
importance of E-Governance for building institutions to achieve transparency and accountability, and eventually democratic governance. Secondary objective of the book will be to assist its readers in implementing collaborative policy initiatives among the private, public, and non-profit sectors for eliminating the global digital divide and this book will explore the relationship among
different variables and the implementation of digital initiatives for effective E-Government
readiness in developing countries.

The Target Audience

In the era of innovative applications utilizing ICTs, electronic governance goes hand-in-hand in
many countries. However, due to various factors, many countries are lagging behind the global
ranking. This makes, this book on E-Government readiness a valuable asset not only to individual researchers and practitioners acting in the field of electronic governance and electronic
government, but also to the practitioners actively involved with the National governments,
especially in LDCs; Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil society organizations;
Donor agencies and Development partners; national and International Financial Institutions;
research organizations and academic institutes; and private sector entrepreneurs and
philanthropic organizations operating in ICT4D arena.

Contents of the book may include, but not limited to E-Government Readiness for Information and Service Exchange, as such:

- Development of E-Government action plan
- E-Government services and management
- Citizen Engagement and Participation
- Tools and techniques on E-Government
- Security and Privacy Infrastructures
- Identity Management Solutions
- Mobile and Ubiquitous Services
- Content Management Solutions
- Semantic Web Applications
- Open Source for Electronic Government
- Standards and Interoperability
- Interoperability Frameworks
- E-Business policies and strategies
- Limitation and strengths among SMEs
- Business Process Reengineering
- Developing Electronic Public Services (EPS)
- Government Collaboration Patterns
- Performance Measurement Indicators
- Issues and Challenges of E-Government Application

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 10, 2008, a 2-5 page
manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter.
Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by February 20, 2008 about the status of their
proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
submitted by May 15, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global, http://www.igi-pub.com/,
publisher of the IGI Publishing (formerly Idea Group Publishing), Information Science
Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, and Information Science Reference (formerly Idea
Group Reference), and Medical Information Science Reference imprints.

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

Dr. Hakikur Rahman
Institute of Computer Management & Science (ICMS)
1038 BEGUM ROKEYA SORONI, SHEORAPARA, MIRPUR, DHAKA-1216, BANGLADESH.
Tel.: +880 2 8034130 • FAX: +880 2 9014764 • GSM: +880 1819 228939
• e-mail: email@hakik.org

Workshop PROSIT -PROducing Standards for the 'Internet of Things'

Zurich, Switzerland, 26 March 2008
http://www.prosit-ws.org

Background and Scope

Imagine a network with literally billions of mobile nodes, without any
pre-defined communication infrastructure, whose nodes are primarily
sensors and actuators with limited processing capabilities. Such
networks exhibit specific communication requirements between individual
nodes, and between nodes and central access points that provide
connectivity with the outside world.

Many, if not most of these nodes are integrated into everyday devices;
they will be found inside cars, at home, and in the shopping mall. The
application areas based on such networks are varied and numerous,
including, for example, intelligent homes, car safety, and item
tracking. Many such applications will become part of our lives, and are
prone to collect information that would be considered as private by
many. For the average user, it will be next to impossible to establish
who has access to these information, and for which purposes.

This unprecedented penetration of virtually everyone's life suggests the
need for a close scrutiny of the various processes to be associated with
the development of such a technology and its subsequent wide deployment.
International standardisation of information and communication
technologies (ICT) is among the most important of these processes. It is
linked to both the technological development and the policy and legal
frameworks within which the technology is to be developed and deployed.
Accordingly, this Workshop aims to discuss the development of adequate
standards setting processes for the Internet of Things. The analysis of
the current situation in ICT standards setting, the current legal
situation with respect to standards, and the development of
recommendations on how to adapt the processes to adequately serve the
environment created by the IoT will be addressed through insights from
various disciplines.

Sample topics to be discussed by the Workshop include:

* aspects of the standards process' necessary democratic legitimacy,
* potential barriers of entry to certain stakeholders (e.g., SMEs, NGOs,
consumers),
* the necessary level of openness of the process (i.e., level of
consensus required, observation of due process, 'equality' of
participants, etc),
* the different stakeholders' requirements on the process,
* analysis of today's standard setting processes with respect to their
suitability for the IoT,
* legal implications of standards today and tomorrow (including IPR issues),
* new forms of participation in the process,
* how to manage relations between relevant standards (e.g., UMTS,
CAPWAP, Zigbee, ISO 18000) and associated standards setting bodies
(ETSI, 3GPP, IETF, ITU-T, etc).

The Workshop aims at serving as a platform for the exchange of ideas and
views. It will, therefore, devote much time to the interaction between
participants. To this end, not only submissions of 'traditional' papers
are solicited, but also proposals of topics for round-table discussions
or other forms of moderated interactions.

The Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Int. Conference
'Internet of Things 2008'; see http://www.the-internet-of-things.org/

Submission guidelines

We solicit contributions from both academia (draft papers of up to 6,000
words) and practice (extended abstracts of up to 1,000 words). Also,
proposals for interactive activities are solicited (1000 words;
providing information about topic, format, speakers, etc). Submissions
should be sent in .rtf, .doc, or .pdf to the workshop organiser at
kai.jakobs@cs.rwth-aachen.de. All draft papers will undergo a double-
blind peer-review process; all other proposals will be evaluated more
informally, based their on suitability and originality.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Int. Journal
of IT Standards and Standardization Research (JITSR).

Important dates:

27 January 2008: Workshop paper submission deadline
9 February 2008: Notification of acceptance/rejection of papers
23 February 2008: Submission of final papers

Programme Committee

Knut Blind, FhG ISI & TU Berlin, DE
Yves Chauvel, ETSI, FR
Tineke Egyedi, TU Delft, NL
Simao Ferraz de Campos-Neto, ITU-T, CH (tbc)
Vladislav Fomin, Vytautas Magnus U., LT
Ole Hanseth, U. of Oslo, NO
Eric Iversen, NIFU STEP, NO
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., DE
Ken Krechmer, ICSR, US,
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve U., US
Roy Rada, U. of Maryland, US
Kai Reimer, RWTH Aachen DE
Mostafa H. Sherif, AT&T, US
Henk de Vries, ERASMUS U., NL
Willem Wakker, ACE Cons., NL
Marc van Wegberg, U. of Maastricht, NL
Robin Williams, U. of Edinburgh, UK

Please consider to contribute to and distribute to the appropriate groups the following

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICIMP 2008, The Third International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection

June 29 - July 5, 2008 - Bucharest, Romania

Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ICIMP08.html
Committees: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ComICIMP08.html

Submission deadline: February 5, 2008

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized journals.

ICIMP 2008 Tracks (details in the CfP on site):

* TRASI: Internet traffic surveillance and interception
* IPERF: Internet performance
* RTSEC: Security for Internet-based real-time systems
* DISAS: Disaster prevention and recovery
* EMERG: Networks and applications emergency services * MONIT: End-to-end sampling, measurement, and monitoring
* REPORT: Experiences & lessons learnt in securing networks and
applications
* USSAF: User safety, privacy, and protection over Internet
* SYVUL: Systems vulnerabilities
* SYDIA: Systems diagnosis
* CYBER-FRAUD: Cyber fraud
* BUSINESS: Business continuity
* RISK: Risk assessment
* TRUST: Privacy and trust in pervasive communications
* RIGHT: Digital rights management
* BIOTEC: Biometric techniques

Paphos, Cyprus, August 25-27, 2008

http://isd2008.cs.ucy.ac.cy

IMPORTANT DATES

Papers submission: April 15, 2008
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2008
Camera-ready papers: July 15, 2008
Conference: August 25-27, 2008
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Conference Chair
George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Advisory Committee
Gregory Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA
Wita Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA
Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland
Joze Zupancic, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Organizing Committee, Track Chairs and Programme Committee
See http://isd2008.cs.ucy.ac.cy/committee.html

OVERVIEW

Information Systems Development (ISD) progresses rapidly, continually
creating new challenges for the professionals involved. New concepts
and approaches emerge constantly in this field. Progress in ISD comes
from research as well as from practice. Over the past 16 years, the
ISD conference has acted as an international forum for the exchange of
ideas and experiences between researchers, academy and industry, and
as a means to stimulate exploration of new solutions.

The 17th International Conference on Information Systems Development
(ISD 2008) will be organized by the University of Cyprus. The
conference venue is the exclusive 5* Anabelle Hotel in Paphos,
one of the most well known touristic locations of Cyprus.

The theme of ISD 2008 is "Towards a Service-Provision Society".
The conference features a number of tracks covering a wide spectrum
of contemporary topics in the field of Information Systems
Development. These tracks are the following ones:

* Information Systems Research Methodology
* Service-Oriented Analysis and Design of Information Systems
* IT Service Management
* Philosophical and Theoretical Issues in ISD
* Model-Driven Engineering in ISD
* Enterprise Systems Development & Adoption
* Intelligent Information Systems
* Public Information Systems Development
* Agile and High-Speed Systems Development Methods
* Information Systems Engineering & Management
* Business Systems Analysis & Design
* Human Computer Interaction (HCI) in ISD
* ISD Education
* ISD in Developing Nations
* Legal and Administrative Aspects of ISD

Please visit the conference web site for more information regarding
the topics covered by each one of the above tracks.

The language of the conference will be English and we invite full
research papers (4000-7000 words) as well as industry project reports
(2500-4000 words), work-in-progress papers, and position papers.

All submissions will be blind-reviewed by an international programme
committee. Springer Science and Business Media are contracted to publish
the proceedings as a hard cover book after the conference.

Full details about the conference, including fees, travel,
accommodation, and submission instructions, can be accessed on the
conference Web site at:

http://isd2008.cs.ucy.ac.cy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For more information about the ISD 2008 conference, please contact:

George A. Papadopoulos
Department of Computer Science
University of Cyprus
75 Kallipoleos Street
POB 20537, CY-1678
Nicosia, Cyprus

E-mail: isd2008@cs.ucy.ac.cy
Telephone: +357-22-892693
Fax: +357-22-892701

CALL FOR PAPERS AND SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing

JOEUC Special Issue Proposals

JOEUC invites proposals from well-published senior scholars for a special issue on IT Governance and Privacy Management from an End User Computing Perspective. If you are interested, please send a proposal to the editor.

JOEUC Mission:

The primary purpose of the Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) is to provide a forum to information technology educators, researchers, and practitioners to advance the practice and understanding of organizational and end user computing. Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in JOEUC. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research concerned with all aspects of organizational and end user computing. The journal is especially interested in those research studies that show a significant contribution to the area by relating organizational and end user computing to organizational and end user performance and productivity, strategic and competitive advantage, and electronic commerce. It publishes full-length research manuscripts, insightful research and practice notes, and case studies from all areas of organizational and end user computing.

JOEUC Coverage:
Topics should be drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas, with major emphasis on how to increase organizational and end user productivity and performance, and how to achieve organizational strategic and competitive advantage:

Organizational and end user computing (OEUC) productivity and performance; OEUC and how it affects organizational strategic and competitive advantage; OEUC and how it relates to information resources management; using and managing emerging OEUC technologies including electronic commerce; OEUC satisfaction; OEUC in various management functions; OEUC usage; OEUC privacy, security, and copyright issues; OEUC success factors; OEUC controls for security and privacy; OEUC risk factors; OEUC management; OEUC hardware and software; OEUC supports and training.

In general, the journal seeks contributions concerning any aspect of organizational and end user information processing including development, usage, satisfaction, performance, productivity, success, failure, policies, strategies, and management. The journal invites contributions from educators, researchers, and practitioners involved in research, management, and utilization of organizational and end user computing.

JOEUC Submissions:
All manuscripts submitted to JOEUC will undergo a two-way blind review. Authors are asked to submit electronically as an email attachment or mail four copies of their original, previously unpublished manuscript that satisfies the following conditions:

Ø Must not be currently under review by another journal.
Ø Must be written in APA (American Psychological Association) editorial style.
Ø Should not exceed 25 double-spaced typed pages.
Ø Must be accompanied by a cover page with author(s)' name, address, telephone number, and affiliation.
Ø Should be accompanied by a 150-200 word vita of author(s) on a separate sheet.
Ø Must be accompanied by a 150-200 word abstract on a separate sheet with appropriate key words for the papers.

JOEUC also invites significant and insightful research and practice notes, case studies, editorials, and book reviews from all areas of organizational and end user computing. Submitted pieces for this section should not exceed 15 double-spaced pages.

JOEUC Review process:
To ensure high quality of the published materials, JOEUC utilizes a group of experts to review submitted manuscripts. Upon receipt of a manuscript, two reviewers are selected from the Editorial Review Board of the journal to review the manuscript. The selection is based on the area of expertise of the reviewers, matched to the subject matter of the submission. An additional ad-hoc reviewer (usually an author who has previously published in JOEUC and who has expertise in the area) is also selected to review the manuscript. Each submission is, therefore, blind reviewed by at least three reviewers. If at least two reviewers make favorable recommendations on a manuscript, the author(s) are given an opportunity to revise the manuscript. The revised manuscript is blind reviewed by an associate editor (AE) and finally reviewed by the editor. Return of a manuscript to the author(s) for revision(s) does not guarantee an acceptance of the manuscript for publication but it is a step in the right direction. The final decision on a manuscript is made based on comments of the reviewers and AE, and the quality of the revised manuscript.

ALL SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:

M. Adam Mahmood, Editor
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
Department of Information & Decision Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX 79968, USA
Tel: 915/747-5496 or 7754
Fax: 915/747-5147
Email:mmahmood@utep.edu

14-17 October, 2008, London, UK
http://irsg.bcs.org/iiix2008/

Submission deadline for all contributions: May 1, 2008.

The availability of information across media and genres, across
languages, and across modalities constantly increases. How people
access this information is highly dependent on the context of their
interaction and this context is influenced by a range of factors
such as the time, place, and history of interaction, the tasks
motivating the interaction and the technical possibilities of the
information systems. Although the use of information systems is
heavily affected by contextual factors, Information Retrieval and
Seeking research is largely conducted out of context.

IIiX will explore the relationships between the contexts that
affect Information Retrieval and Seeking, how these contexts impact
on information behaviour, and how knowledge of information contexts
can help design truly interactive information systems.

IIiX invites research contributions that approach information
contexts from a broad range of perspectives, such as context
surrounding documents, context influencing seeking, humans and
their tasks, the context of information seekers and providers,
the context of interactive search, and the technical contexts of
information systems.

IIiX encourages the submission of original, high quality research
papers that have not been previously published and are not under
review for another conference or journal, in any of the symposium
topics of interest. All submissions will be reviewed by an
international programme committee, and all accepted research papers
will be published in the symposium proceedings by a major
publisher. Submissions may either be full research papers
(max 5000 words) or research in progress papers (max 2000 words).
Full details on submissions are available on the symposium web page
(http://irsg.bcs.org/iiix2008/).

Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:

* Case studies, field experiments, simulations, etc. of
context-sensitive information seeking & retrieval
* Context-aware retrieval models
* Relevance feedback - implicit & explicit - and query modification
issues for capturing context
* Other approaches to eliciting, identifying and
expressing/capturing contextual information
* Task-based interactive information retrieval and seeking behaviour
* The effect of genre, media, language, modality and structure on
context
* Personalised and collaborative information access in context
* Contextual information interaction theory
* Interactive information retrieval and interface issues
* Nature of relevance in contexts
* Measures of performance in context and situation-sensitive
information access
* Test collections for context-sensitive research

**** IMPORTANT DATES ****

Full papers or Research-in-Progress papers: May 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: June 23, 2008
Camera-ready copy due: July 2008

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Symposium co-chairs:
Mounia Lalmas & Anastasios Tombros
Queen Mary University of London, UK

Symposium Programme co-chairs:
Pia Borlund & Jesper W. Schneider
Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark

Thematic Programme Chairs:
Diane Kelly (Interactive IR)
University of North Carolina, USA

Arjen de Vries (Laboratory IR)
CWI, Netherlands

John Feather (Information Behaviour)
University of Loughborough, UK

Tutorial co-chairs:
Eero Sormunen, University of Tampere, Finland
Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science

Doctoral Forum co-chairs:
Ross Wilkinson, CSIRO, Australia
Erica Cosijn, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Local organization chair:
Leif Azzopardi, University of Glasgow, UK

Web site:
Murat Yakici, University of Strathclyde, UK

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Nicholas J. Belkin
Professor (II) of Information Science
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071, USA
Phone +1 732 932 7500 x8271
Fax +1 732 6916
Email nick@belkin.rutgers.edu
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~belkin/belkin.html

Call for Book Chapters

Emergent Web Intelligence

To be published by Springer Verlag

in the series "Studies in Computational Intelligence"
http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/DBconf/Springer/
Description

The current Internet changes our daily life by redefining the
meanings and processes of business, commerce, marketing, finance,
publishing, education, research, etc. and by revolutionizing the way we
produce, store, process, retrieve and use information. Although
individual Web-based information systems are regularly being deployed,
new efficient techniques and approaches for developing and for
benefiting from collective Web intelligence are required more than ever
to help users avoid irrelevant web search results (pages, links, etc.),
fraud e-business transactions, non-personalized web information, even
wrong web decisions, etc.

The novel intelligent web theory exploits advanced information
technology and IA to explore the next generation of web-empowered
systems, services, and environments, and to design and provide hybrid
web systems that serve wired and wireless users more efficiently.

In this book, we aim at gathering the latest advances of various
topics in web intelligence and reporting how organizations can gain
competitive advantages by applying the different emergent techniques in
the real-world scenarios. Papers and studies which couple the
intelligence techniques and theories with specific web technology
problems are cordially invited. Survey articles that emphasize the
research and application of web intelligence in a particular domain are
greatly welcome.

Topics

Topics to be addressed in the book include, but are not limited to:

* Web Information Retrieval
* Knowledge Networks and Management
* Information Management and Data Representation
* Web Mining
* Web Farming
* Web Agents and Agent-based Systems
* Web Security
* Information Filtering and Access Control Models
* Ontologies
* Semantic Web
* Social Intelligence Design
* Web-based Support Systems
* Human-Web Interaction
* E-Applications and Systems
* Web Technologies and Protocols

Submission Guidelines

Authors are kindly invited to upload their submissions at:
http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/DBconf/Springer/Submission/

Chapter proposals (title and abstract) are to be uploaded before Feb. 15th
2008.
This will facilitate the planning of the review process.
All chapter proposals will be peer reviewed.
Full chapters will be expected by April 28th 2008.
All submitted chapters will be reviewed by at least three reviewers.

Careful preparation of the manuscripts will help keep production time
short and ensure satisfactory appearance of the finished book. Please
prepare the manuscript as follows:

* Please centralize all tables and figures with appropriate legends.

* Please carefully check for typos inside the figures/legends etc.

* All equations must be numbered and please try to use standard fonts.

* Produce a LaTeX version of your chapter using the template provided
(see Author Guidelines at http://www.softcomputing.net/cec06/author-kit.zip)

Original artwork and a signed copyright release forms will be required for all accepted chapters.

Important Dates
Deadline for chapter proposals ( title and short abstract): February 15, 2008
Deadline for full chapters: April 28, 2008
Notification of acceptance/rejection of chapters: June 30, 2008
Deadline for submission of final chapters: July 15,2008
Publication of book "Emergent Web Intelligence": Second half of 2008

Volume Editors

- Richard CHBEIR (Main Contact)
Laboratoire LE2I (UMR - CNRS)
Bourgogne University, Aile de l'Ingénieur
21078 Dijon CEDEX France
Tel.: +333 80 39 36 55
Email: richard.chbeir@u-bourgogne.fr
URL: http://www.le2I.com

- Aboul-Ella Hassanien
Kuwait University
College of Business Administration, Quantitative Methods and IS Department
P.O. Box 5486 Safat, 13055 Kuwait
Tel: +965-4839364
Email: Abo@cba.edu.kw
URL: http://www.cba.edu.kw/abo

- Ajith Abraham
Center for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems
Norwegian University of Science & Technology,
Trondheim, Norway
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org
URL: http://www.softcomputing.net

- Youakim Badr
INSA de Lyon, Batiment Blaise Pascal
7 Avenue Jean Capelle
69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Tel: +334 72 43 62 73
Email: youakim.badr@insa-lyon.fr
URL: http://www.insa-lyon.fr/liesp

About the series "Studies in Computational Intelligence"
The series "Studies in Computational Intelligence" (SCI) publishes new
developments and advances in the various areas of computational
intelligence. The intent is to cover the theory, applications, and design
methods of computational intelligence, as embedded in the fields of
engineering, computer science, physics and life science, as well as the methodologies
behind them. The series contains monographs, lecture notes and edited volumes
in computational intelligence spanning the areas of neural networks,
connectionist systems, genetic algorithms, evolutionary computation,
artificial intelligence, cellular automata, self-organizing systems,
soft computing, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems. Critical
to both contributors and readers are the short publication time and
world-wide distribution - this permits a rapid and broad dissemination
of research results. For more details, go through
http://www.springer.com/series/7092.

CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS:

ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES
http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman
PUBLISHER: IGI Global < http://www.igi-global.com >

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:

The AKCSN is an international book series that publishes high-quality original research about knowledge communities and social networks. This book series calls for a knowledge based perspective adopting concepts belonging to advancement on information science, knowledge communication and knowledge management pertaining to multi-disciplinary aspects. This series will cover, but not limited to knowledge management, knowledge communications, knowledge economy, information society, information dynamics, information processing, information retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots communities, developing countries, mobile computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications.

To improvise the effects of information revolution and reach out to the general community, this book series will try to establish innovative model of approaches in understanding the dynamics of knowledge communication, drawing upon knowledge gains from the various branches of information science and the cognitive arena. The book series will try to provide an analytical approach to the holistic situation of the newly emerged knowledge perspectives featuring innovative models of technology transfer focusing upon the concepts of knowledge communication processes. When knowledge is a good to exchange through technological communication, then understanding of the dynamics influencing knowledge intelligibly become the premier issue to initiate high-end researches. In this context, the book series will aim to investigate which functions the knowledge-intensive services will form a major research area within the process of knowledge communication. It will also promote a systemic focus on the communication process underlying knowledge transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy.

By becoming a contributor to the Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity that a few have ever gained. Your work will be showcased in a collection that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes, and a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it. As major audience of books under this book series will be comprised of academics, scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it is highly likely that your edited book will be used as guide in the national and regional development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge implementations. I welcome you to consider submitting your research to this series in hopes of providing the field of E-Government with collections of pivotal applications, methods and technologies.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:

Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series

Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh

Associate Editors:
Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India
Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK


International Editorial Advisory Board:
Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai
Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey
Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA
Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA
Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy
Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia
Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK
Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia
Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 2008

MISSION OF AKCSN:
The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a multi-disciplinary international book series that aims to publish high-quality, original research about knowledge management. The AKCSN will provide an analytical approach to the holistic situation of the newly emerging knowledge dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge acquisition, knowledge communication and knowledge management focusing upon the concepts of the knowledge communities and social networks.

COVERAGE of AKCSN:
The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is international and focused on original research in knowledge communications, applications, management, policies and implications. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

· Knowledge Management and Business Improvement
· Knowledge as Capacity for Action
· Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development
· Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool
· Agent-mediated Knowledge Management
· The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge
· Knowledge as a Competitive Force
· Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments
· Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets
· Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge
· Current State and Future Development of the Institutional Knowledge Management
· Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives
· Challenges of Knowledge Management
· Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management
· Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management
· Organizational Knowledge Communication and Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management
· Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences
· Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and Middleware
· Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis
· Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC
· Organizational Knowledge Communication
· Communication of Knowledge in Organizations
· Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social Networks
· General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities
· Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation
· Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks
· Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions
· Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge Intensive Collaborative Processes
· Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g., semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.)
· Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks
· Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems
· Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments
· Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks
· Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool
· Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks – Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions
· Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication
· Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures
· Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks
· Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks
· Epistemology of Knowledge Society
· Citizens’ eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes
· eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level
· Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions
· Local eGovernment Interoperability and security
· Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments
· Introduction to Mobile Computing
· Business Process Modeling
· Information and Data Management
· Communication and Agent Technology
· Best Practices for Mobile Computing
· Information Policy Overview
· Communications and the Internet
· Knowledge Chains
· Community Practices
· Learning Utilities
· Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communities


SUBMITTING TO AKCSN:
Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews and assessment of the publisher, IGI Global. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to email@hakik.org by ****** NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 15, 2008 ******

PROSPECTUS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Your 5-10 page (not including your CV) book prospectus should contain the following information:

1. 3-5 SUGGESTED TITLES for your proposed publication
2. A SYNOPSIS of your proposed publication, including a concise DEFINITION of the subject area
3. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AREA
4. 5-10 INDEXING KEYWORDS for your proposed subject area
5. Overall OBJECTIVES AND MISSION of your proposed publication
6. SCHOLARLY VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION to information science, technology and management literature
7. PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT on your field of research
8. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS of your proposed publication
9. PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE for such a publication
10. POTENTIAL BENEFITS readers will gain from your proposed publication
11. EXISTING COMPETING PUBLICATIONS and their advantages and disadvantages in comparison to your proposed publication
12. TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
13. PROJECTED TOTAL PAGE/WORD COUNT for proposed publication
14. TENTATIVE TIMETABLE for the entire project
15. POTENTIAL CHANNELS OF CALL DISTRIBUTION for the procurement of submissions and contacts (List-Servs, Universities, etc.)
16. COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS, phone, fax and e-mail information FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR
17. A COPY OF YOUR VITAE, listing education and publication records FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is published by IGI Global, publisher of the “IGI Publishing,” “Information Science Publishing,” “IRM Press,” “CyberTech Publishing” and “Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:

Please forward proposals and submission inquiries to:
Hakikur Rahman
Editor-in-Chief
Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries
Direct link:
www.igi-global.com/akcsn
Email: email@hakik.org

Call for Book Chapters

Emergent Web Intelligence

To be published by Springer Verlag

in the series "Studies in Computational Intelligence"
http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/DBconf/Springer/

Description

The current Internet changes our daily life by redefining the
meanings and processes of business, commerce, marketing, finance,
publishing, education, research, etc. and by revolutionizing the way we
produce, store, process, retrieve and use information. Although
individual Web-based information systems are regularly being deployed,
new efficient techniques and approaches for developing and for
benefiting from collective Web intelligence are required more than ever
to help users avoid irrelevant web search results (pages, links, etc.),
fraud e-business transactions, non-personalized web information, even
wrong web decisions, etc.

The novel intelligent web theory exploits advanced information
technology and IA to explore the next generation of web-empowered
systems, services, and environments, and to design and provide hybrid
web systems that serve wired and wireless users more efficiently.

In this book, we aim at gathering the latest advances of various
topics in web intelligence and reporting how organizations can gain
competitive advantages by applying the different emergent techniques in
the real-world scenarios. Papers and studies which couple the
intelligence techniques and theories with specific web technology
problems are cordially invited. Survey articles that emphasize the
research and application of web intelligence in a particular domain are
greatly welcome.

Topics

Topics to be addressed in the book include, but are not limited to:

* Web Information Retrieval
* Knowledge Networks and Management
* Information Management and Data Representation
* Web Mining
* Web Farming
* Web Agents and Agent-based Systems
* Web Security
* Information Filtering and Access Control Models
* Ontologies
* Semantic Web
* Social Intelligence Design
* Web-based Support Systems
* Human-Web Interaction
* E-Applications and Systems
* Web Technologies and Protocols

Submission Guidelines

Authors are kindly invited to upload their submissions at:
http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/DBconf/Springer/Submission/

Chapter proposals (title and abstract) are to be uploaded before Feb.
15th 2008.
This will facilitate the planning of the review process.
All chapter proposals will be peer reviewed.
Full chapters will be expected by April 28th 2008.
All submitted chapters will be reviewed by at least three reviewers.

Careful preparation of the manuscripts will help keep production time
short and ensure satisfactory appearance of the finished book. Please
prepare the manuscript as follows:

* Please centralize all tables and figures with appropriate legends.

* Please carefully check for typos inside the figures/legends etc.

* All equations must be numbered and please try to use standard fonts.

* Produce a LaTeX version of your chapter using the template provided
(see Author Guidelines at
http://www.softcomputing.net/cec06/author-kit.zip)

Original artwork and a signed copyright release forms will be required
for all accepted chapters.

Important Dates

Deadline for chapter proposals ( title and short abstract): February
15, 2008
Deadline for full chapters: April 28, 2008
Notification of acceptance/rejection of chapters: June 30, 2008
Deadline for submission of final chapters: July 15, 2008
Publication of book "Emergent Web Intelligence": Second half of 2008

Volume Editors

- Richard CHBEIR (Main Contact)
Laboratoire LE2I (UMR - CNRS)
Bourgogne University, Aile de l'Ingénieur
21078 Dijon CEDEX France
Tel.: +333 80 39 36 55
Email: richard.chbeir@u-bourgogne.fr
URL: http://www.le2I.com

- Aboul-Ella Hassanien
Kuwait University
College of Business Administration, Quantitative Methods and IS Department
P.O. Box 5486 Safat, 13055 Kuwait
Tel: +965-4839364
Email: Abo@cba.edu.kw
URL: http://www.cba.edu.kw/abo

- Ajith Abraham
Center for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems
Norwegian University of Science & Technology,
Trondheim, Norway
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org
URL: http://www.softcomputing.net

- Youakim Badr
INSA de Lyon, Batiment Blaise Pascal
7 Avenue Jean Capelle
69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Tel: +334 72 43 62 73
Email: youakim.badr@insa-lyon.fr
URL: http://www.insa-lyon.fr/liesp

About the series "Studies in Computational Intelligence"
---------------------------------------------------------

The series "Studies in Computational Intelligence" (SCI) publishes new
developments and advances in the various areas of computational
intelligence. The intent is to cover the theory, applications, and design
methods of computational intelligence, as embedded in the fields of
engineering,
computer science, physics and life science, as well as the
methodologies behind
them. The series contains monographs, lecture notes and edited volumes
in computational intelligence spanning the areas of neural networks,
connectionist systems, genetic algorithms, evolutionary computation,
artificial intelligence, cellular automata, self-organizing systems,
soft computing, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems. Critical
to both contributors and readers are the short publication time and
world-wide distribution - this permits a rapid and broad dissemination
of research results. For more details, go through
http://www.springer.com/series/7092.

Special issue of the IJISSS - International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector
http://www.igi-pub.com/ijisss

OBJECTIVES:
To collect and disseminate high-quality and relevant scientific knowledge
and professionals’ experience for helping to underpin the engineering,
management, and philosophy of Service-Oriented Information Systems (SOIS).
The submitted papers should be based on rigorous theoretical or empirical
research that studies the technical, behavioral, economical, managerial,
and philosophical issues involved in the development, utilization, or
evaluation of Information Systems and IT under the emergent paradigm of
Service Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME). These studies should
further current knowledge about Service-Oriented Information Systems, by
advancing theoretical research or providing help for organizations to
resolve pertinent problems and issues, or to address improvement
opportunities. Because of the interdisciplinary scope, papers are expected
from a variety of disciplines, including Information Systems, Software
Engineering, and Systems Engineering, as well as from traditional
business-oriented research.

SUGGESTED TOPICS (but not limited to)
• Theoretical and empirical papers on engineering issues, including
foundations of design and building information systems under the SOIS
emergent paradigm; lifecycles, development methodologies, analysis &
design methods, techniques and tools, requirements engineering for SOIS,
standards and models of SOIS processes; comparisons with component-based,
objected-oriented and functional-based paradigms for engineering
information systems.
• Theoretical and empirical papers on management issues, including
foundations of management of information systems under the SOIS paradigm;
project management issues; frameworks and models for evaluation; economy
of SOIS project;, standards and models of processes; comparison with
component-based, objected-oriented and functional-based paradigms for
management information systems.
• Theoretical papers on philosophical issues, including foundations of the
SOIS paradigm, ontological, axiological, and/or epistemological frameworks
and schemes.
• Case studies of real projects implemented under the SOIS emergent paradigm.
Feel free to contact the guest editors in case you are not sure about the
adequacy of a paper to this issue.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline extended to: February 15, 2008
First notification to authors due: March 15, 2008
Second paper submission due: April 30, 2008
Definitive paper acceptance due: May 31, 2008
Camera-ready versions due: June 31, 2008
Publishing date: January, 2009
----------------------------------------------------------------------
GUEST EDITORS:

Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, México
Claudio Pinhanez, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Rory O’Connor, Dublin City University, Ireland
Brian Blake, Georgetown University, USA
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John Wang (EiC of IJISSS), Montclair State University, USA;

Call for Chapters
Hybrid Book/Wiki Publication
"Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries"
An ACRL Monograph
Editor: Laura B. Cohen

Library 2.0 is a response to the revolution in the way library users
create, edit, seek, use, organize and share information. Many observers
agree on several guiding principles of Library 2.0. These include the
use of social information tools favored by users; building personalized,
participatory library services driven by user needs; an embrace of
radical trust; taking the library to users; and rapid change mobilized
by assessment.

Academic libraries are spearheading Library 2.0 innovations, but many
libraries remain out of the loop. "Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic
Libraries" will be a hybrid book and post-publication wiki presenting
case studies of Library 2.0 initiatives and will serve as a guide to
action. It is the first professional library publication of its type.

"Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries" will consist of case
study chapters on a range of significant Library 2.0 initiatives taking
place in academic libraries throughout the world. Following its
publication, the authors will maintain follow-up reports on a wiki that
will track the subsequent evolution of their initiatives. These reports
can be tracked on the wiki site or by RSS feed.

The book and wiki will be published by the Association of College &
Research Libraries.

Recommended topics: Acceptable topics cover a range of significant
initiatives that embody the guiding principles of Library 2.0. Topics
may cover functional beta initiatives.

Chapter topics, and any combinations of these topics, may include but
are not limited to the following:

2.0-enhanced Web sites
Assessment of Library 2.0 initiatives
Blogging
Delivering customizable content
Engaging staff in Library 2.0 principles and practices
Engaging students in library planning and assessment
Gaming
IM communication
Innovative user-centered services in physical spaces
Library Web sites as community spaces
Mashups
Mobile computing-enhanced online spaces
OPAC innovations
Podcasting, videocasting, Web conferencing
Privacy and 2.0
RSS content delivery
Social bookmarking
Social networking tools used for outreach, community conversations,
teaching, research, etc.
Student collaboration in developing library services
Tagging
Taking the library to users in both physical and online spaces
Wiki publishing

Submissions: Individuals interested in contributing to this publication
are invited to e-mail a proposal to the editor. Significant writings
about the initiative should not have appeared elsewhere. The proposal
should be approximately 500 words and consist of your name, affiliation,
working title of the chapter, abstract, description of the initiative
and plans for its future development. Proposals should include a
statement that the author(s) agree to maintain periodic project updates
on the post-publication wiki for a period of at least two years
following publication of the book.

Please e-mail your proposal in an attached document to Laura B. Cohen,
editor, at lcohen@uamail.albany.edu by March 1, 2007. You will be
notified about the status of your submission by April 1, 2007. Following
acceptance of proposals, authors will have three months to prepare
chapters of 5,000-7,000 words. The book has an estimated publication
date of fall 2007.

______________________________
Laura B. Cohen
Web Support Librarian
LI-140 University at Albany, SUNY
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Voice: 518-442-3492
Fax: 518-442-3088

CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJEGR:

The primary coverage of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) is to supply academicians, practitioners, and professionals with quality applied research results in the field of electronic/digital government, its applications and impacts on governmental organizations around the world. It is the intention of this prestigious research journal to effectively and positively provide organizational and managerial directions with greater use and management of electronic/digital government technologies in organizations. Given these objectives, we hope to epitomize the research available within e-government, while exponentially emphasizing the expansiveness of this field.

Coverage of IJEGR:

Accessibility of e-government Web sites
Administrative reform through e-government
Assessment of e-government projects
Anti-spam legislation and solutions
Applications of e-commerce in government
Avoidance of technology pitfalls in e-government development
Best practices in e-government
Building government-to-government enterprises
Citizen services
Cyber-infrastructure
Cyber public relations
Data protection and data privacy
Digital government online education
Digital rights management
E-commerce in a digital economy
E-justice
Electronic government applications
Electronic voting
E-planning
Electronic government-to-government collaboration
E-government databases
E-government implementation
Implementation
Future directions of electronic government
Governing health care with IT
Governance and electronic democracy
Government to business
Identity management and citizen privacy
Immigration and digital government
Implementing e-government systems in transition economics
Impacts/implications of electronic government
Information access
Information policy
Information privacy
Information security
Inter-agency information sharing in e-government
Internal government processes and intranets
International integration/collaboration of e-governments
Intrusion detection and prevention
IT management issues in digital government
Ontology for e-government public services
Local e-governments
Managing IT outsourcing for digital government
Measurement of performance
Multi-level governance
Public and private partnerships management
Security and reliability
Social issues of trust and e-government
Strategic management of electronic government
Technology adoption and diffusion
Teledemocracy

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijegr .

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editior-in-Chief: Dr. Mehdi Kosrow-Pour, ijegr@igi-global.com

21 to 24 Sep 2008 - Bangkok, Thailand
www.icmit2008.org

ABOUT ICMIT

ICMIT2008 is the 4th International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, first initiated by the IEEE Engineering Management Society Singapore Chapter in 2000. ICMIT2008 intends to bring together scholars, industrialists, and entrepreneurs interested in improving their research and development, and business applications in innovation and technology management across a global network of diverse platforms. This conference is co-sponsored by IEEE Singapore Section and IEEE Technology Management Council.

ICMIT 2008 invites papers on but not limited to the following topics:

Technology Management

Innovation Policy and Management

Process Innovation

Managing IT and E-Commerce

Intellegent Systems

Knowledge Management

Project Management

Supply Chain Management

Sustainable Development

Global Production Network

Technology Intelligence and Planning

New Product Development

Entrepreneurship

Human Resource Management

Intellectual Property Right and Patent

R&D Management

Risk Management

Six Sigma and Quality Management

Service Science and Innovation

Authors are requested to submit full papers to the ICMIT 2008 conference via the conference website. The full paper should be no longer than 6 pages, including title of the paper, keywords, name and affiliation of the authors. All submissions will be peer-reviewed for technical merit and content. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings which will appear in IEEEXplore database and indexed by Engineering Index (EI). For more information, please visit www.icmit2008.org

Deadline for submission of papers: 1 APRIL, 2008

Notifications of acceptance: 1 JUNE, 2008

Deadline for submission of final manuscript: 1 JULY, 2008

About Bangkok

Affectionately known as "The Land of Smiles", the Kingdom of Thailand is one of the most fascinating countries in Asia. This reflects on charm and friendly attitude of Thai people. Over the last few decades, Thailand's capital city, Bangkok, has changed into a modern, exciting and sophisticated city. It offers to visitors not only the cosmopolitan amenities they would expect from other big cities, but also a unique treasure trove of cultural attractions.

Bangkok offers visitors the opportunity to experience fascinating glimpse of Thailand's gentle culture amidst a great and dynamic metropolis. For visitors, Bangkok has a feast of attractions to offer. The city is dotted with glittering Buddhist temples of great beauty and fascination, magnificent palaces, classical dance extravaganzas, numerous shopping centres and traditional ways of life, especially along the timeless river, the Chao Phraya River, winding through the city.

CONFERENCE MANAGER

Meeting Matters International

25 Hindoo Rd

Singapore 209116

Tel: (65) 6341 7229

Fax: (65) 6341 7269

Enquiries & Assistance

Email: info@icmit2008.org

www.icmit2008.org

Call for Papers

19th Annual Conference

International Information Management Association

13-15 October 2008

San Diego, California USA

Theme: Convergence ~ People, Process and Technology

The International Information Management Association (IIMA) annual conferences promote the dynamic exchange of ideas among leading researchers, educators, developers and practitioners who share their research and disseminate innovations in education, business and government. The 19th Annual Conference of the IIMA is devoted to presenting and examining information technology issues in our global networked environment.

Conference topics include, but are not limited to:

· Distance learning and innovative teaching techniques

· Artificial Intelligence-Decision Making

· Supply Chain Management

· Electronic commerce applications and innovations - public and private

· Web issues, technology, and tools

· ERP and manufacturing issues

· Networks and wireless technologies

· International, cultural and societal implications

· Database and Intelligent systems

· Organizational issues and case studies

· Business Process Re-Engineering

· Security, privacy, legal and ethical issues

· Medical & Clinical Informatics

· International Issues

· Information Assurance

· Assurance of Learning Topics

· Outsourcing

· Global Impacts on Economics

Submission of Papers:

Submissions to IIMA 2008 must not already have been published in a journal, presented at another conference, or be currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere. All submissions will be reviewed by the track chairs, program committee and selected reviewers. All reviews are double blind. The editorial board will make the final determination whether the accepted papers are published in the IIMA 2008 Proceedings. The best papers will be sent on to the Editors of the Communications of the IIMA for possible consideration. The Communications of the IIMA is a refereed, serial publication of IIMA that is registered with the US Library of Congress (ISSN: 1543-5970). See www.IIMA.org for the on-line version of past issues.

Format of Submitted Papers:

Papers should follow the style recommended by the American Psychological Associations (APA) Publication Manual. The language of the conference and related publications is English. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference and be accompanied by paid registration. Each submitted paper must include an abstract and must conform to the following format: First Page: Title, authors, address, phone, fax, email address, abstract. Second and subsequent pages: Title, full manuscript (limited to 25 double-spaced pages). Accepted conference papers will be notified by June 1, 2008.

Please submit an electronic copy in MS Word format to the Program Chair, Dr. Joseph Chan Jchan@roosevelt.edu no later than May 1, 2008. Any submission that is received after the deadline, exceeds length requirements, or does not adhere to the format will be rejected without review.

Submission Panel or Workshop:

The conference will feature sessions on topics of special interest. To propose a panel, contact the program chair and provide the session topic and a list of 3-5 potential panelists. To propose a workshop, contact Dr. Frank Lin Flin@csusb.edu with a short description of the proposed workshop.

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008

Conference Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2008

Final Version Due: July 1, 2008

CIIMA Journal Notification: Rolling Acceptance

>> Call for Participation Deadline: April 29th <<

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
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E-Learn 2008

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,
Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education

November 17-21, 2008 * Las Vegas, Nevada
(Riviera Hotel & Casino Convention Center)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

** Submission Deadline: April 29, 2008 **

Organized by:
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
(http://www.aace.org)
Co-sponsored by:
International Journal on E-Learning
(http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel)
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COLOR POSTER--E-Learn 2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/EL08poster.pdf

>> CONTENTS & LINKS (details below) <<

1. Submission Information, Deadline April 29th:
Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
Submission Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
Presenter Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm
3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm

4. Products/Services Showcases & Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm

5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs
6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm

7. Las Vegas, Nevada: http://www.aace.org/conf/cities/lasvegas/defaultEL.htm
8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

** What are your colleagues saying about E-Learn conferences? **
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/testimonials.htm

INVITATION:
E-Learn 2008 -- World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international, annual conference which serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in these four sectors.

E-Learn Is Unique:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/unique.htm
E-Learn is an innovative collaboration between the top public and private academic researchers, developers, education and business professionals, and end users from the Corporate, Healthcare, Government, and Higher Education sectors.

All presentation proposals are reviewed and selected by a respected, international Executive Advisory Board (http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/exec.htm) and Program Committee, based on merit and the perceived value for attendees.

E-Learn, the premiere international, non-commercial conference in the field, spans all
disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,000 attendees
from over 70 countries. We invite you to attend E-Learn and submit
proposals for presentations.

All presentation proposals are peer reviewed and selected by three
reviewers on the respected international Program Committee for inclusion in the
conference program, proceedings book, and CD-ROM proceedings.

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:
* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers
* Best Practice Sessions
* Roundtables
* Demonstrations/Posters
* Research/Technical Showcases
* Products/Services Showcases
* Tutorials/Workshops

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
For Call for Presentations, connect to:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm

All authors MUST follow the submission guidelines and complete the Web form
at: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm

For Presentation and AV Guidelines, see:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

TOPICS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following topics as they relate to the e-Learning and the technologies supporting e-Learning.

1. Sectors or Application Domains:
General & Cross-Domain
Corporate
Government
Health Care
Higher Education
Informal Learning (Museums, Communities, Homes)
K-12
Military Training
Professional Associations & Non-Profits

2. Major Topics relating to or technologically supporting E-Learning:
Content Development
Evaluation
Implementation Examples and Issues
Instructional Design
Policy Issues
Research
Social and Cultural Issues
Standards and Interoperability
Tools and Systems

3. Specific Topic Examples:
Accessibility
Asynchronous Learning
Authoring Tools
Building E-Learning Architectures
Collaborative Learning
Community Building
Courseware Development
Customer Training
Developing an Organizational e-Learning Strategy
Developing, Integrating, and Delivering E-Learning Solutions
Digital Libraries for E-Learning
Distance Learning
Electronic Publishing Tools for E-Learning
Evaluation/Performance Measurement & Assessment
Good Practice Concepts & Examples
Human-Computer Interaction
Industry-University Partnering
Infrastructure of E-Learning Environments
Innovative Curriculum in E-Learning
Instructional Design for E-Learning
Intelligent E-Learning Technology
Interactive E-Learning Systems
Knowledge Management in E-Learning
Learning & Content Management Systems
Management of Learning Resources
Marketing/Promoting Learning Activities
Multimedia-based E-Learning Systems
Organizational E-Learning Strategies
Pedagogical & Issues
Policy and Law
Quality Management and Assessment in E-Learning
Research Perspectives for E-Learning
Simulations
Societal Issues, Including Legal, Standards, & International Issues
Virtual Universities, Classrooms, and Laboratories

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful
activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.

PRODUCTS/SERVICES SHOWCASES & PRESENTATIONS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm
Organizations have the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss their e-learning related
products and services in through Products/Services Showcases & Presentations.

PROCEEDINGS & PAPER AWARDS:
http://www.aace.org/pubs
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and on
CD-ROM. Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/
hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of
the art in the discipline. In addition, the Proceedings also are
internationally distributed through and archived in EdITLib--
Education and Information Library, http://www.EdITLib.org/

Selected papers may be invited for publication in may be invited for
publication in AACE's respected journals especially in the
- International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ),
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH), or
- Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).

All presented papers will be considered for Outstanding Paper Awards within
several categories. Award winning papers may be invited for publication in
the AACE journals.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm
The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be
approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $465 U.S. (non-members).
Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions
except tutorials. The conference dinner (if offered) will be an extra fee.

All conference sessions will be held at the Riviera Hotel & Casino Convention Center (http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/hotel.htm) located in the heart of Las Vegas shows, shopping, dining, and attractions. Special discount hotel have been obtained for E-Learn participants at $129 (single/double).

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Experience the Shows, Dining, Shopping, Attractions, & Tours!
http://www.aace.org/conf/cities/lasvegas/defaultEL.htm

Las Vegas, an ever-changing fantasy-land of a city, has seen unbelievable expansion since it emerged from the desert 100 years ago. Las Vegas continues to build upon its reputation as a vibrant showcase for the extraordinary. This is the city that attracts more than 38 million visitors a year by offering the grandest hotels, the biggest stars in entertainment, the highest caliber of award-winning chefs and master sommeliers, and, of course, the brightest lights.

Las Vegas offers unmatched entertainment. While planning an evening of entertainment, look to the growing roster of gourmet restaurants and unparalleled wine and food adventures in Las Vegas. A host of fine dining and lifestyle magazines have honored the city for its fantastic fare and hailed individual restaurants for their exquisite cuisine,

A shoppers paradise. Drawing an influx of designers and upscale specialty boutiques, Las Vegas has become one of the premium world-class shopping destinations in the country.

It's not just a conference. it's also a vacation! So plan to join us in Las Vegas for E-Learn 2008, a great conference in one of the world's greatest destinations.

For further Las Vegas information, see:
http://www.visitlasvegas.com

DEADLINES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

Submissions Due: April 29, 2008
Authors Notified: May 30, 2008
Proceedings File Due: Sept. 24, 2008
Early Registration: Sept. 24, 2008
Conference: Nov. 17-21, 2008

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Contact:
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CFP: Access 2008

Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (map)

Date: October 1-3, 2008 (Hackfest: Oct 1; Conference: Oct 2-4)

CFP Dea