January 2008 Archives

IFLA
Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding
10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada

CALL FOR PAPERS
Information Literacy and Academic and Research Libraries Sections

The Information Literacy (IL) and the Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Sections of IFLA will be holding a joint open program at the IFLA General Conference in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, August 10-14, 2008. IL educators or practitioners are invited to submit proposals for papers related to the theme:

Return on Investment: Learners' Outcomes in Information Literacy. Do they really learn?

From high school to university current trends indicate a small but growing number of studies about learning outcomes for IL. Effective assessment of student learning outcomes is a critical component to improving information literacy programs.

In this call for papers, we are interested in a wide range of techniques that provide objective measures for assessing students' information competencies. We are looking for speakers who can relate experiences from a practitioner's perspective, as well as presentations of research on assessment of IL programs. The focus can be on diagnoses concerning incoming students, evaluating students' progress towards achieving IL skills or exit assessments. Here are some questions to consider:

How are they used to evaluate the IL courses quality and their cost-effectiveness?
What indicators should be identified to measure competency or fluency?
What comparison can be made between different contexts, levels or disciplines?
Do assessment tools vary according to program needs?
What is the impact on pedagogical methods?

PAPER REQUIREMENTS:
The proposal should include a title, an abstract of 200-400 words and a one-page biographical sketch for each author, with current employment information and title, containing a selected list of previous presentations and publications. Submissions will be rated on how well they fit with the program theme. The abstract should be submitted as a MS Word file by e-mail, in English, no later than 30 January 2008 to:

Agnes Colnot
Service commun de documentation - CS 64302
Université Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne
F-35043 RENNES Cedex
Email : agnes.colnot@wanadoo.fr

Submissions will be acknowledged by return email. Successful applicants will be informed of the outcome of the review panel by 1 March 2008. Papers (3-21 pages) are required to meet IFLA guidelines posted at: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/callinfo-en.htm . Presentations at the conference will be limited to approximately 20-30 minutes and will be a summary of the original paper and may use PowerPoint. An electronic version of this call will be posted at http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/call-papers-en.htm

The full paper is due no later than 1 May 2008 and must be an original submission not published elsewhere. Papers may be written and presented in any of the IFLA working languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish) however, simultaneous translation is not guaranteed.

Please note that all fees, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the authors of accepted papers. For additional information, please contact Agnes Colnot.

The Women's Studies Section will hold its first annual Research Poster Session during our General Membership Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, Saturday, June 28, 2008, 4:00-5:30 p.m. The forum seeks to provide beginning and established researchers and librarians an opportunity to present research or work in progress, and receive collaborative feedback and recommendations for future publishing and/or new initiatives.

The potential scope of the topics includes, but is not limited to, teaching methods, instruction, information technology, collection development, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration with academic faculty. For research ideas, see the Women’s Studies Research Agenda.(http://www.libr.org/wss/committees/research/resagenda.html)

Attendees at the forum will find an arena for discussion and networking with their colleagues interested in related issues and trends in the profession.

The committee will use a blind review process.

Selection criteria:

1. Significance of the topic. Priority will be given to Women’s Studies Section members and/or women’s studies topics.

2. Originality of the project.

Proposal submission instructions:

1. Proposals should include:
Title of the proposal
Proposal narrative (no more than 2 pages, double spaced, 12 pt. font)
Name of applicant(s)
Affiliation
Applicant address(es), Phone number(s), Email address(es), Fax number(s)

Are you a member of Women’s Studies Section? ___Yes ___ No
If you would like to become a member, go to: http://www.libr.org/wss/join.html

2. Submission deadline: March 15, 2008

3. Proposals should be emailed to: Cindy Ingold. Chair, Research Committee
(cingold@uiuc.edu)

4. The chair will notify the applicants by April 15, 2008.

8th International Conference
August 7 – 10, 2008
Minneapolis Hilton

The MERLOT International Conference (MIC) provides numerous opportunities to share, learn, and participate in conversations about teaching and learning with technology from experts and MERLOT users from around the world.

Trailblazers do more than keep people on the right path. They help people see where to begin and provide direction. How can educators and users of instructional technology around the world prepare for a future filled with technology that provides content at a faster-and-faster pace? How can instructional technology be used to enhance teaching and learning? Who will organize all this change? This year’s Conference Committee expects that we will all do this together.

MIC08 offers a full day of pre-conference workshops followed by two-and-one-half days of colleague to colleague presentations. The Conference also includes Corporate Sponsor presentation and exhibits, presentations from MERLOT Award winners, and opportunities to gather over food and beverage. The Pre-conference sessions begin on Thursday morning, August 7. The full conference agenda begins with a Welcome Reception Thursday evening and ends at noon on Sunday, August 10.

The Conference Committee invites proposals on the tracks listed below. Proposal deadline is February 15, 2008.

“Blazing the Trail” Conference Tracks

The MIC08 Conference invites proposals based on the tracks below. The Committee encourages proposals from diverse constituents (faculty, students, administrators, librarians, etc) in a variety of disciplines based on the Tracks below.

Track 1 - Adopting, Adapting, and Authoring Digital Learning Resources
Track 2 - Committed and Connected International Communities of Learning through Technology
Track 3 - Researching New Learning Paradigms and New Teaching Models
Track 4 - New Paths: Expanding Teaching and Learning Opportunities with Web 2.0 Track 5 - Reinventing Libraries in the Digital Age
Track 6 - Engaging and Emerging Faculty Development Processes
Track 7 - Community of Practice: Harvesting the Promise of Technology in Education

For 2008, the MERLOT Conference Committee has selected to highlight Education as the featured Community of Practice. Teacher education, Libraries, and Faculty Development comprise this featured Community of Practice. Committee members hope that many faculty members will share this highlighted track with students involved in Pre-K through 16 classrooms and will propose joint sessions, panels, posters, and under/graduate research related to the conference theme.

For more information go to: http://mic08.merlot.org/

TRIVIA: Voices of Feminism is now accepting submissions for two issues:

issue #7/8, an open double issue: deadline June 13, 2008.
see our submission guidelines at http://www.triviavoices.net

issue #9, *Are lesbians going extinct?* : deadline December 12, 2008.

In an essay written in 1983, Nicole Brossard wrote: “/Une lesbienne qui ne reinvente pas le monde est une lesbienne en voie de disparition./” (A lesbian who does not reinvent the world is a lesbian going extinct.) At that time, the phrase made very good sense. As writers, thinkers, activists, and in our day-to-day lives we felt (many of us) compelled to reinvent a world in which we were for the most part invisible if not unthinkable, a world whose values we largely rejected. Today, over 20 years later, we are accepted, even embraced, by mainstream culture-- as co-workers, wives, mothers, talk show hosts-- in ways we could not have imagined then. But are we still reinventing the world? Is there still a radical edge to the word “lesbian”? Or are we now, by Brossard’s definition, a disappearing species?

We want to hear from young lesbians as well as anyone who ever embraced and/or lived this notion of lesbians as political trailblazers, radical visionaries. If you still identify as lesbian, what does it mean to you to be a lesbian today? In what relationship do your politics stand to your sexuality? Do you still see lesbians as a vanguard? See yourself as reinventing the world? If you no longer identify as lesbian, are there political/cultural reasons for this? Are there aspects of lesbian existence that you miss? Are glad to be free of? Do you still identify as a political trailblazer, a radical visionary? We welcome responses in the form of essays, poems, stories, creative nonfiction, and any in-between genres.

TRIVIA, a free twice-yearly online literary journal, publishes literary essays, experimental prose, poetry, translations, and reviews. We encourage writers to take risks with language and form so as to give their ideas the most original and vital expression possible. TRIVIA's larger purpose is to foster a body of rigorous, creative and independent feminist thought. See our submission guidelines for details : http://www.triviavoices.net

TRIVIA : Voices of Feminism is an online relaunch of TRIVIA: A Journal of Ideas, an award-winning international feminist literary magazine published from 1982 to 1995. The online journal is a team effort by veteran feminist editors Lise Weil, founding editor of Trivia: A Journal of Ideas, and Harriet Ellenberger, founding editor of Sinister Wisdom, the world's longest running lesbian journal, in collaboration with feminist geek web developer Susan Kullmann.

INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (ISC) ISSN 1364-694X

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Summer 2009 issue of the online journal Information for Social Change (ISC) will focus on the theme of SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR UTOPIAS.

This issue of ISC aims to document 21st century science and technology initiatives designed for utopian societies. The intended audience is hands-on Utopian makers, as well as those individuals and groups who share in the vision of Utopian futures.

ISC seeks submissions in the following two areas aimed at encouraging adaptations, constructive intercultural dialogue, and international participation:

1) General action research, development based participatory action research, case studies, and DIY (do-it-yourself) aspects of creating low cost, long term science and technology solutions to our present ecological mess, which also make for viable long term social justice (e.g., ethical aid, alternative transportation, living labs, green housing, and slow food movements) and the role of library and information workers and work therein.

2) Thoughts on information ecology, sharing, and recycling as they relate to the production of human and natural resources and how best to achieve egalitarian societies in which there is free flow of information (e.g., social, cultural, communication, and information systems which combine ICT within egalitarian decision making processes in the context of non-proprietary systems and free information movements).

Anyone interested in contributing work related to the above expressed theme is invited to share their ideas with issue co-editors Martyn Lowe (martynlowe@usa.net) & Toni Samek (toni.samek@ualberta.ca).

Whilst encouraging rigorous debate, the journal exists primarily for workers and practitioners, so simple and clear English is preferable. Articles should, where possible, be between 500 and 2500 words. This is to ensure a wide coverage of topics in each issue. However, longer articles may be excerpted in the journal and the full text made available from the author(s), if you wish. As well as articles we are also interested in shorter pieces (including letters, review articles, and poems).

The closing date for final submission is December 10 (HUMAN RIGHTS DAY), 2008.

For more information about ISC, see: http://libr.org/isc/

A conference sponsored by the Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

April 11 - 13 2008

Keynote Speaker:
Dr Marsha Hanen
former President of the University of Winnipeg,and pioneer in the development of interdisciplinary studies in Canada.

The host of this conference, the Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies, was endowed by well-known Toronto-based feminist and philanthropist Nancy Ruth, to raise awareness of women's issues by bringing to campus distinguished scholars in women's studies and activists who have contributed to the advancement of women.

Mount Saint Vincent University, the home of the Nancy's Chair, has a proud history as a leader in innovative and creative learning approaches with an emphasis on women, academic excellence, distinctive programs, and a personal approach to education.

Women's studies and feminist theory are boldly, creatively interdisciplinary in establishing strong connections between scholarly inquiry and women's lives. They are reconfiguring disciplinary boundaries and academic structures while honouring scholarly integrity and activist commitments in universities and other post-secondary institutions, and in the world outside the academy. Feminist scholars and activists have developed innovative ways of navigating within traditional academic disciplines and institutional structures, and drawing on the resources of multiple, often diverse, disciplines, practices, and ways of knowing.

Breaking Boundaries, Forging Connections will explore the promise and the challenges of interdisciplinarity in feminist and women's studies, and in the activism it informs and is informed by at the beginning of the twenty-first century, in Canada and internationally. We welcome contributions that present interdisciplinarity at work in diverse formats and modes of address, critical reflections on interdisciplinarity as such, performance, video and narrative presentations, workshops, roundtables and panels, and contributions that attest to the prospects and productive collaborations interdisciplinary commitments can animate.

Proposals might:

* celebrate some of the successes - the triumphs - of interdisciplinary work, showing by example how it can be greater than the sum of its parts

* show by example how the very idea of interdisciplinarity reconfigures fixed conceptions of "expertise"

* illustrate how new forms of interdisciplinarity have succeeded in bringing together the "two cultures": the sciences and the humanities

* present possibilities for combining insights and issues derived from several disciplines

* contrast interdisciplinarity that derives from group connections and interdisciplinary work engaged individually

* consider how interdisciplinary inquiry helps to cross an (imaginary) divide between the university or college and the community

* present research that has developed out of inquiry that crosses two or more disciplines

In short, we welcome contributions that demonstrate the creative potential of interdisciplinary work, that show how interdisciplinarity counteracts the narrowness that can result from over-specialization in the academy and in professional schools, and/or that explore interdisciplinarity in public responses to research and practice. And we welcome proposals that expand on, challenge, or depart from the possibilities outlined here. Given the nature of this theme, we particularly welcome panel presentations or poster sessions that pose questions for discussion, mini-workshops, and mixed-media presentations.
Single papers will be allocated a maximum of 25 minutes' reading time.
Panels may be allocated a longer presentation time.

Conference presentations may be considered for publication in
Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal.

Submission deadline: Friday, January 25, 2008

Submission format: Please submit either a complete paper (not to exceed 3000 words), a long abstract (1000 words), or a 1000-word detailed description of a panel or workshop, listing participants and indicating any special presentation requirements.

Submit paper copies only to:

Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies
ISW 4, Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 2J6

Please direct all inquiries to Dr. Lorraine Code at :lorraine.code@msvu.ca

This conference will be preceded by a one-day conference, Epistemic
Bridges: Interdisciplinarity in the Academy, at Dalhousie University, on April 10, 2008, organized by the Interdisciplinary PhD Students' Society. Inquiries about this one-day conference should be directed to Nancy Salmon at nsalmon@dal.ca

Papers are invited for a Special Issue on "Drug use and the health consequences for urban women", edited by Dr. Diana L. Gustafson, Faculty of Medicine and Dr. Donna Bulman, Faculty of Nursing both of Memorial University. Manuscripts may address the full range of health issues of the journal as they relate to drug use (see below). Particularly welcome are papers that address the social determinants of health for women who inject drugs or for the women who care for those who do. Also welcome are manuscripts that address issues relating to public education, healthy public policy, and health care programs and services that meet the specific needs of diverse groups of women living and working in urban areas.

The Special Issue is scheduled for publication in November 2008.

For more information or to submit a manuscript, send an e-copy followed by four copies of your manuscript to:

Dr. Diana L. Gustafson
Associate Professor of Social Science and Health
Division of Community Health and Humanities
HSC 2834, Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University
St. John's, NL A1B 3V6
e-mail: diana.gustafson@med.mun.ca

Women's Health &Urban Life is located at the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto. The journal addresses a plethora of topics relating to women's and girls' health from an international and interdisciplinary perspective and link health to globalization and urbanization issues. General topics include but are not limited to: Women's health in general; Health related to reproduction; Health related to sexuality; Health related to paid or unpaid labour; Health related to parenthood; Health and the environment; Health and social policy; and Health related to urbanization and globalization issues. The orientation of the journal is critical, feminist and social scientific. Both qualitative and quantitative manuscripts, and theoretical or empirical works are welcome. Papers should not exceed 30 pages including all references, tables and appendices. All submissions will be peer reviewed by anonymous reviewers. For more details about the goals, substantive basis and submission guidelines of this journal, please contact:

Professor Aysan Sev'er, General Editor
Department of Sociology
University of Toronto at Scarborough
1265 Military Trail, Scarborough
Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4
Fax: 416-287-7296; e-mail: sever@utsc.utoronto.ca

or visit: http://utsc.utoronto.ca/~socsci/sever

Friday, November 7, 2008

Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri

"Brick and Click" is a one-day symposium of practical relevance to academic libraries supporting traditional and online resources/services. The symposium provides a forum for considering the evolving needs of library users.

Presenters receive a reduced registration fee ($100) to the symposium and an opportunity to publish a paper as well. For more information, go to: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenters.htm. Presentations may cover, but are not limited to, the topics listed at: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/sampletopics.htm.

Submit your presentation proposal at http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/presenterform.htm. All submissions must be received by February 29, 2008.

NEW THIS YEAR: Lightning Rounds, where each presenter speaks for 10 minutes. For more information visit http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/brickandclick/lightningGuide.htm. Lightning Round proposals are also open to graduate students. Students who are selected to present will be supported by a stipend and free registration.

Send any additional questions about presentation proposals to Kathy Ferguson: mailto:juliah@nwmissouri.edu

We look forward to receiving your proposal!

Cordially Yours,

Kathy Ferguson & Carolyn Johnson

Symposium Co-Coordinators

http://brickandclick.org

The Midwest Modern Language Association conference will be held
November 13-16, 2008 in Minneapolis. The Women's Caucus invites 250
word abstracts on the following topic:
"Feminist Pedagogy: Transforming Silence Into Action." The question
here is how do we as feminist teachers, especially teachers of
language and literature, engage our students in the rich and
meaningful relationship between theory and practice, teaching and
activism? We invite papers that explore strategies for achieving
this goal, for example service learning, teaching language as
activism, community research, and campus organizing.

Please send abstracts to me privately, via email at the address
below, by April 15, 2008. Additional information about the
conference can be found at
http://www.uiowa.edu/~mmla/

Linda S. Coleman
Professor of English and Women’s Studies
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, Illinois 61920
lscoleman@eiu.edu
217-581-5015

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.

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

************************
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

--
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 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

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

Please submit your proposal for the 2008 ALA Annual Conference Poster Sessions. More information can be found at http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/howto.aspx
The deadline for proposals is January 31st, 2008.

Notifications of selected poster sessions for 2008 will be sent on or before March 31st, 2008.

If you have questions about the status of your submission, or need to change information on a submission, please e-mail Candace Benefiel, Poster Session Review Panel Chair.

Thank you for your interest in the ALA Poster Sessions!

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

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

Call for Panelist, Performing Feminist Motherhood:
Outlaw Mothers in Music, Media, Arts and Cultural Expression
May 16, 2008 in New York City

We have two papers, seeking a third.

In exploring change and continuity in women's communities, it is essential
to explore and interrogate the world of the internet. The emerging
scholarship thus far has privileged blogs over online communities. Our
papers deal with groups of women in various phases of motherhood on the
internet. One paper explores the use of the internet by expectant mothers
by following a group of women on the public website babycenter.com. The
second paper suggests a new way to understand motherhood culture, one that
recognizes the strong role of the internet in certain women's everyday lives
while concurrently recognizing the role of friendship in the experience of
motherhood. I will introduce one small, private, group of online friends and
mothers and discuss how, for this group, motherhood is a lived experience
not only in real-life interactions between mothers and their children, but
also, intriguingly, between online friends.

We are seeking a third paper that explores other uses of internet
communities by mothers.

Interested panelists should contact mmoravec@rosemont.edu by February 1.
The CFP deadline is 2/15.

Michelle Moravec, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Rosemont College
Sarah Leavitt, Ph.D.
Project Director, House and Home
National Building Museum

For more information about the conference, see
http://www.yorku.ca/arm/PerformingFeministMotherhood.html

Michelle Moravec, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Rosemont College
1400 Montgomery Avenue
Rosemont, PA 19010
mmoravec@rosemont.edu

Dear Colleague,

The International Conference on the Arts in Society is pleased to announce its 3rd annual Conference, to be held at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UK, 28-31 July 2008.

This year's Arts Conference will feature arts educators, artists, practitioners, researchers and theorists in all forms of disciplinary practice through paper presentations, workshops and colloquia. Submissions are invited for papers, workshops and alternative presentation formats for consideration in the Conference program. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Arts in Society. 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 Journal. While submissions in all areas of the arts will be considered, we especially welcome presentations in keeping with this year's conference theme: Art and Communication.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 14 February 2008. Proposals are reviewed within three weeks of submission.

Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website -
http://www.Arts-Conference.com

Yours Sincerely,

Prof. Mario Minichiello
Head of Department and Chair of Visual Communications
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
Birmingham City University
United Kingdom

The Convenors of Information Online 2009, Linden Fairbairn and Kay Harris, welcome you to the 14th Information Online Conference & Exhibition. The Conference & Exhibition will be held at Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sydney from the 20th to 22nd January 2009.

Information Online 2009 is already shaping up to be the biggest event we have ever held. For 2009 the Executive Committee is looking forward to presenting delegates with an innovative programme, so are calling for papers that will educate and inspire the delegates.

Papers for 2009 can be nominated for peer-review. If you would like to submit a paper, please download the details from our website:

http://www.information-online.com.au. Deadline for submitting is 28th March 2008.

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

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 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

Rowman & Littlefield Education has accepted a proposal for the . As editor of this publication, I am inviting you to submit a proposal for citations to this exciting reference book.

The Lexicon will provide K-12 teachers, higher education faculty, corporate trainers, institutional administrators, distance education researchers and investigators, proprietary education sector, distance education teachers and advanced learners with a compendium of terms and concepts, words and expressions, vocabulary and jargon ­ all pertaining to teaching and learning at a distance. The Lexicon will offer thousands of terms, vocabulary words, concepts, citations, entries, and bibliographic references pertaining to the technologies that support this teaching and learning strategy.

If you are interested in contributing to this publication due out in 2009, please visit our web site, developed specifically to support this project, available at: http://academics.rmu.edu/faculty/tomei/Lexicon/ The site contains the most updated information about the book-in-progress and hosts the http://academics.rmu.edu/faculty/tomei/Lexicon/structure.html List of Terms/ Concepts Assigned ­ start HERE to identify the citations you wish to contribute. Download the spreadsheet of terms, place your initials next to the terms/ concepts you prefer (and propose others not on the list yet), and return the file as a reply attachment to the email to confirm your choices.

I will notify you of acceptance or rejection of your topics within 1-2 days of receiving your Intent to Submit so you may commence work on the citations and have as much development time as possible. Authors of accepted topics must agree to complete their citations and submit them for review within the March 1st - May 31st deadline. Extensions will be hard to secure as our milestone to the publisher is fairly rigid. The publisher (R&L) is very excited to get this book on the market.

The “good news” is that citations are limited to 50-500 words maximum. The citations will look more like dictionary/ encyclopedia entries and NOT paper or manuscript-length submissions. I am hoping you will want to be a Distinguished Contributing Author to the Lexicon and receive the additional acknowledgement that comes with submitting 10 or more citations (see web site for more information).

Please submit your proposals today to ensure your participation as a contributor and your top selection of terms. I look forward to working with you on this project.

Lawrence A. Tomei, EdD
Assc Vice President for Academic Affairs
Robert Morris University
6001 University Boulevard
Moon Twp, PA 15108
Phone 412-397-3696
Fax: 412-397-3851
E-mail: tomei@rmu.edu

Dear members of the USA and International Library
Community,

We want you to show the national and international
library community your best ideas!

Applications for presenting poster sessions at the
2008 ALA Annual Conference are now being accepted. An
application form is available on the poster session
website at http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/ for both US
and international submissions.

The 2008 ALA Annual Poster Sessions will be held at the
ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA,
June 28, 29, and 30, 2008.

Please contact Candace Benefiel, Chair of the ALA
Poster Session Review Panel, with any questions
concerning the review process. Her email address is
cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu; if you need to call, her
number is (979) 862-1044.

The deadline for submitting an application is January
31, 2008. Applicants will be notified by March 31,
2008 whether their submission has been accepted for
presentation at the conference.

Jody Condit Fagan, Chair, ALA Poster Session Committee
and
Candace Benefiel, Review Panel Chair

faganjc@jmu.edu, (540) 568-4265
cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu, (979) 862-1044

As Learning Inquiry starts it second year of publication we are
sending out a call for participation in our ongoing attempt to create a
transdiciplinary forum to engage the widest variety of perspectives on learning. We're
looking for articles and special issues that push the boundaries and include
new perspectives, but also take the opportunity to share research and experiences from particular locations of inquiry to a larger audience.

Learning Inquiry is a refereed scholarly journal, which is devoted to
establishing the area of "learning" as a focus for transdisciplinary
study. The journal's goal is to be a forum centered on learning that remains
open to varied objects of enquiry, including machine, human, plant and animal
learning as well as the processes of learning in business, government, and the
professions, both in informal and formal environments. The audience
for this journal is anyone interested in learning, understanding its contexts,
and anticipating its future.

The first volume of Learning Inquiry has included papers from a wide
variety of perspectives that have helped to frame the discourse we hope the
journal will engender. Our first issue, on the futures of learning included
contributions from Gary Natriello, Erik De Corte, Helen Verran, Mark
Warschauer, Stuart Moulthrop, Douglas Kellner and Heinz Mandl on
Discovery Networks, Metaphysics and Learning, Play, and Knowledge Management.
Leonard J. Waks brought together a "Special Issue on Listening and Reflecting" with
participation from Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon, Stanton Wortham, Latherine
Schultz, Suzanne Rice, Elizabeth Meadows, Megan Laverty, Andrea
English, A. G. Rud and Jim Garrison Past and forthcoming contributions cover topics as
diverse as the ethical challenges of training brain surgeons, organizational
learning theory, futures of digital learning, music and math, learning and
discipline, and situated cognition.

Learning Inquiry strives to strike a balance between presenting
innovative research and documenting current knowledge to foster a scholarly
dialogue on learning independent of domain and methodological restrictions. Learning
Inquiry also presents special issues that identify the central areas of learning inquiry to provide focus for future research.

How to submit a paper
Please visit the journal website (http://learning-inquiry.info)
Editors:
Jason Nolan
Ryerson University, CANADA

Jeremy W. Hunsinger
University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

Editorial Board:
David Berliner, Arizona State University, USA;
Megan Boler, University of Toronto, CANADA;
Erik De Corte, Catholic University of Leuven, BELGIUM;
Katie Embree, Columbia University, USA;
Charles Ess, Drury University, USA & Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, NORWAY;
Jim Garrison, Virginia Tech, USA;
Henry Giroux, McMaster University, CANADA;
Mimi Ito, University of Southern California, USA & Keio University,
JAPAN;
Cushla Kapitzke, Queensland University of Technology, AUSTRALIA;
Heinz Mandl, Ludwig Maximilians University, GERMANY;
Kinshuk, Athabasca University, CANADA;
Penina Mlama, University of Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA;
Nuria Oliver, Microsoft, USA;
K. Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, USA;
Ingvar Sigurgeirsson, Iceland University of Education, ICELAND;
Joel Weiss, University of Toronto, CANADA

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Classrooms for the Future: Best Practices Institute

Date: Friday, June 6, 2007

Location: The Great Valley Campus of Penn State University in Malvern, PA

This one-day event will bring together high school teachers and school administrators who are implementing Classrooms for the Future (CFF) to share what works (and what to avoid!). Teachers, CFF coaches, school administrators, and others are invited to submit a 45-minute presentation, workshop, or panel.

The institute will consist of five tracks

Tips for administrators
CFF mathematics
CFF science
CFF social studies
CFF English/language arts.
Some ideas for presentation topics include

How have you used interactive whiteboards in your classroom or district?
Is it better to have laptops on rolling carts or in the classroom?
A project-based unit on the American Revolution
Gold mines on the Prentice-Hall textbook Web site
Sources of free multimedia software
How to put it all together and keep it going
Planning for theft and damage
Tips and rules for laptops in your classroom
Presentations and Workshops Submission Guidelines

Include the following:

The title of your presentation or workshop
The track you have chosen (administrator, math, science, social studies, English)
A one-to-two paragraph description of your presentation or workshop
A short outline of the topics you will cover
Your name and contact information, your position (teacher, principal, etc.), and your employer
Panels Submission Guidelines

Include the following:

The title of your presentation or workshop
The track you have chosen (administrator, math, science, social studies, English)
A one-to-two paragraph description of your presentation or workshop
Names, title, and a one paragraph CV for each panel member
Your name and contact information as the panel coordinator, your position (teacher, principal, etc.), and your employer
Submit by e-mail to: Dr. Roy Clariana, Education Division Head, Penn State Great Valley, RClariana@psu.edu

The deadline for submissions is midnight on March 15, 2008.

IJ-SoTL focuses upon higher/tertiary education settings that use original research about teaching and learning topics. The results of the research are to be analyzed and evaluated for their meanings, implications, and applications for the improvement of student learning in higher/tertiary education today.

Submissions are sought in the following areas:

Research articles (3,000 - 8,000 words)
IJ-SoTL focuses upon higher/tertiary education and original research about teaching and learning topics. The results of the research are to be analyzed and evaluated for their meanings, implications, and applications for the improvement of student learning in higher/tertiary education today.

Essays (2,000 - 5,000 words) on such topics as how SoTL can directly improve student learning outcomes; how SoTL has transformed an academic community/culture; the connects between SoTL and other forms of scholarship; how best to integrate SoTL into higher education today, or into a college or university community; the problems and benefits of international collaboration in doing SoTL and applying the results to college teaching (classroom, online, or in combination)

Personal reflections (1,000 - 1,500 words) on how SoTL has affected one's attitude and/or approach to teaching and student learning and what the results have been for teaching effectiveness and student outcomes

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is a publication of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA.

For more information go to: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/index.htm

Proposals relating to gender, women's literature, and/or feminism
especially welcome. . .

The Society for the Study of Working-Class Literature invites proposals
for our session(s) at the American Literature Association meeting, San
Francisco, May 22-25. This year's subject is Teaching Class Through
(in, by, despite, around) Literature. Please send proposals ASAP, but
no later than 20 January, to Paul Lauter at Trinity College (Hartford)
paul.lauter@trincoll.edu and Christie Launius claunius@aug.edu

---------------------------------
Christie Launius, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Director, Women's Studies Program
Augusta State University
2500 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30904
706 667-4430

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

Are you a creative librarian? Would you describe your library as a creative organization? If so, then you may have an article to contribute to Urban Library Journal.

Urban Library Journal (ULJ), an online refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, is seeking the submission of manuscripts for the spring 2008 issue. The issue will be devoted to “The Creative Library.”

We are pleased to announce that Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University, will be the guest editor. The issue will showcase innovative ways that urban libraries are meeting the challenge of organizational change, diverse user populations, emerging technologies, and other issues facing twenty-first century libraries. Topics might include (but are not limited to):

-Leading creative organizations
-Fostering creativity in the library
-Using creativity to resolve complex challenges
-Creative ways to build great user experiences
-Developing processes that encourage innovation
-Creative patron programming for orientations, cultural events, etc.
-Creative methods to get the library community engaged or passionate about the library
-Creative techniques for leveraging Web 2.0 technology for connecting with library users

We encourage submissions from professionals in academic, research, public, school and special libraries in an urban setting. Manuscript length is flexible but should normally fall between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Full author guidelines can be found on the ULJ website http://lacuny.cuny.edu/ulj/. Abstracts are due by February 2, 2008. Full manuscripts are due by April 4, 2008. Please email queries and submissions to the journal co-editors:

Lisa Finder
Associate Professor/Serials Librarian
Hunter College Libraries
lfinder@hunter.cuny.edu

and

Lauren Yannotta
Assistant Professor/Instructional Design Librarian
Hunter College Libraries
lyannott@hunter.cuny.edu

In celebration of Mother's Day, The Association for Research on
Mothering (ARM) and MAMAPALOOZA are hosting a one-day conference!

Performing Feminist Motherhood: Outlaw Mothers in Music, Media, Arts
and Cultural Expression

May 16, 2008 in New York City

We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, artists,
community agencies, service providers, journalists, mothers and others
who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical, and
comparative work is encouraged. We encourage a variety of types of
submissions including academic papers from all disciplines, workshops,
creative submissions, performances, storytelling, visual arts, and other
alternative formats.

Topics can include (but are not limited to):

Motherhood, Art, and Creativity; Healing and Creativity; The Performance
of the Maternal or Performing Motherhood; Representing the Maternal in
Film, Video, Art, Music, and Theater; Theorizing Motherhood and
Representation; Race, Representation and Motherhood; Maternal
Ambivalence in visual culture; Countering Media Discourses on
Motherhood; Maternal Loss, Depression, and Domestic Violence; Performing
Feminist Mothering in Practice and Expression; Mother Writer: Writing
Motherhood; Creating Outlaw Children; Imaging LGBT Mothers and
Maternity; "Late bloomers": Post-Maternal Mother Artists; Representing
Motherhood on the Internet; The Politics of Motherhood and Spirituality
in Music and Visual Culture; Mothering and Disability: Producing New
Paradigms of Normal; Motherhood in the News: Mothers as Newsmaker;
Documenting Motherhood: Maternal Documentaries; Mothers, Motherhood and
Photography; Behind the Camera: Mothers as Filmmakers, Directors,
Producers; Mother Musicians across Musical Genres: Rock, Rap, Folk,
Blues, Jazz, CountryNarratives of Creative Mothers: Moms who "Rock," Expressing:
Imaging reastfeeding Mothers, Mommy Bloggers: Re-Writing Motherhood, etc.;
Dealing with (Post-partum) Depression by Making Creative Work

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS - February 15, 2008

*Please email 250 word presentation abstract and 50 word bio to
arm@yorku.ca

MAMAPALOOZA Inc. connecting Mothers through Music, Art, Activism and
Education for Cultural, Economic & Social awareness. MOMS ROCK!
Mamapalooza serves as a resource for mothers seeking support, awareness
and education in the arts, entrepreneurship and areas of mental and
physical health. We are a cultural and social service hub, fostering
talent, and providing a network for professional advancement, creative
fulfillment, and financial education, encouraging well-being for women
and families.

Founded in 1998 the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) is the first and
still only international feminist research devoted specifically to the topic of
mothering-motherhood. Our mandate is to provide a forum for the discussion and
dissemination of research on motherhood and to establish a community of
individuals and institutions working and researching in the area of mothering
and motherhood. ARM houses the Journal of the Association for Researchon
Mothering, Demeter Press, and the feminist mothers group MOTHER OUTLAWS.

Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
Demeter Press
726 Atkinson, York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON,
Canada, M3J 1P3
416-736-2100 x60366 (fax) 416-736-5766
arm@yorku.ca
www.yorku.ca/arm

Dr. Andrea O'Reilly,
Associate Professor,
School of Women's Studies,
Director: Association for Research on Mothering,
Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, Demeter Press,
York University,
Toronto, Ont.,
M3J 1P3
416 736 2100;60366
aoreilly@yorku.ca
www.yorku.ca/arm

2008 AECT International Convention

'On the Horizon: Rays of Change'
Orlando, Florida
Concurrent Sessions: November 5-8
Workshop Sessions: Tuesday, November 4 & Saturday, November 5
Invitation To Present

You are invited to present at the 2008 AECT International Convention in Orlando, Florida and to share your expertise and knowledge with your peers and those new to the field. Major shifts in learning, scholarship, research, and creative expression processes have precipitated a need for discussion and leadership to identify the opportunities these shifts present to professionals. The culture of our professional community within this dynamic setting changes daily as does our approaches to learning. The AECT International Convention brings together participants from across the nation and around the world offering practical applications, cutting-edge research, hands-on workshops, and demonstrations of the newest technologies and teaching/learning techniques in the field. Please use this opportunity to connect with your peers at the 2008 convention in Orlando.

This year's convention theme is On the Horizon: Rays of Change. As part of this theme, proposals may be submitted that include presenting both in real time and simultaneously in Second Life. The view of the horizon represents the current and potential visions of the individual and unique pieces of our profession that, in the light of day, create rays of continuously changing yet integrated patterns of practice. These rays surround both instructors and learners with a new culture of learning, a society growing out of the practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources. Supporting the main theme are five sub-themed “rays”:

(Ray 1) Virtual Worlds and Mobile Learning
(Ray 2) Serious Gaming for Education
(Ray 3) Educational Transformation
(Ray 4) Professional Ethics
(Ray 5) Instructional Design Culture

Thus, we are encouraging proposals that address these five “Rays of Change ”.

General Information

Regular Proposals
Proposals Open – December 3, 2007
Proposals Close – February 16, 2008
Review process timelines will be decided by each division.
Check with division leaders for specific peer review process and dates.

Proposal Process
Proposal Process To be considered, a complete proposal must be submitted. Presenters are limited (as key presenter) to making no more than two (2) concurrent session presentations during the convention. Presenters are expected to follow the AECT Code of Ethics.

A panel of peer reviewers will read blind proposals. See each Division’s link below for further information on Division requirements. You will receive electronic notification that your proposal has been received and, at the appropriate time, whether it has been accepted for the program.

Proposals will be reviewed using the following criteria:
• Clarity of proposal: how well it is written.
• Relevance, timeliness, and general interest level of topic.
• Match to the convention theme(s) and other demands of the program.
• Suitability for division/affiliate or organization mission and membership.
• Quality of proposed session’s content, organization and format.
• Length and session type including appropriateness for needs of the convention program.

For more information go to: http://www.aect.org/events/Call/

A necessary competency for instructional designers is the creation of learning experiences that promote the acquisition of complex skills and knowledge for transfer to real-world settings. Differences exist, however, regarding the most effective strategies to facilitate complex learning.

To explore differing perspectives on this issue, the focus of the 2008 AECT Research Symposia will center on instructional design for complex learning. Papers addressing types of complexity, the assessment of complex task performance, whole-task versus part-task approaches, and other related topics are welcome. Please submit a 1500 word abstract by February 15, 2008. Accepted papers will be completed prior to the Symposia and distributed to registered attendees for discussion within sessions. We look forward to this opportunity for interaction and engagement with the AECT research community.

Overview
The Research Symposium is a bi-annual event designed to draw the best minds together for an intensive intellectual exchange of ideas on a focused topic that would culminate in the publication of a Symposium Proceedings. The goal of the symposium is to bring a small group of scholars together in a format that encourages in-depth dialogue and different perspectives on predefined topics and problems.

The second research symposium will be held June 18 to the June 21 at Hilton Garden Inn Hotel and at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. The registration fee for the symposium is $285.00 which includes 3 dinners, 2 lunches, and 3 continental breakfasts. Registration will be live by March 15, 2008. All presenters must register and are expected to attend.

Format
Proposals/presentation abstracts will be accepted, through electronic submission via the AECT website, until February 15, 2008. Notification of acceptance/rejection will occur by March 15, 2008.

All accepted and final papers must be submitted electronically (to be shared with all the participants) by March 16, 2008. Each paper author(s) will facilitate a session that would last approximately sixty minutes. These sessions are intended to be in a discussion format, with the key paper authors serving as facilitator and discussion leader as opposed to a formal presentation. There would also be only two sessions concurrently held, allowing the participants greater opportunity to engage in dialog with fellow scholars.

Evening meals and ensuing discussions would be by a selected speaker who is meant to incite, stimulate, or provoke further discussion addressing issues raised in earlier discussions. The framework for the symposium would follow a four-day structure, commencing with Wednesday evening dinner and seminar, with full-day Thursday and Friday sessions, and a half-day Saturday. Saturday morning would be reserved for summation, forming conclusions and key points for the white paper.

Review Process/Criteria
A total of 20 sessions (est.) will be scheduled. This selection process will be designed to ensure a mix of active participants that is satisfactory towards addressing the topic to be discussed at the symposium. The advisory committee will review and select proposals.

Relevance to topic
Research foundation
Innovativeness
Broad based ideas (interdisciplinary)
Mentoring (Inclusion of Junior faculty or Doctoral Candidates in significant role)*
Strength of Argument
Unique perspective
Discussion Ideas/Questions
Additional information will be distributed through TechTrends, and ETR&D and available on the AECT website.

* Junior Faculty is up to 3 years since receiving doctorate.

Advisory Committee:
Barbara Lockee
J. Michael Spector
Lisa Yamagata-Lynch
For further information email Barbara Lockee at lockeebb@vt.edu.

Look for information at http://www.aect.org/events/symposia/call/

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