Call for Papers for Satellite Meeting

IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG)

University of Milan Aula Magna, Milan, Italy, August 19-21, 2009

Theme: "Building Bridges: Connecting the Soul and Spirit of LIS Education in
Developing Countries"

Objectives of the Satellite meeting:

•To bring together LIS education experts from the developing countries to share
experiences and explore the challenges and solution to the problems facing LIS
education in the region.
•To encourage collaboration and exchange of ideas amongst LIS educators in developing
countries.
•To suggest and propose future action to bridge the current digital divide and
improvement of the curriculum, teaching, research and service.

Submission of Proposal

The Satellite organizing committee invites you to submit an abstract of no more than
300 words in electronic format related to the conference theme and which may cover
the following topics:

•Curriculum development
•Faculty - teaching - research - mentoring
•Student - recruitment - retention
•Collaboration - sharing resources - networking
•Accreditation - certification -standards
•Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
•Professional Association - regional cooperation
•Distance Education
•Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
•Professional Ethics

The proposal must include:

•Name of presenter(s)
•Institutional affiliation
•Mailing address
•E-mail address
•Phone number
•Title of paper
•Brief biographical statement maximum 100 words

The official language of the conference will be English

Submit to:

Ismail Abdullahi
Chair of the organizing committee
iabdullahi@nccu.edu

Important Dates:

1.Proposal must be received by January 30, 2009
2.Notification of acceptance will be sent by February 20, 2009
3.Deadline of final paper submission is May 15, 2009.The final paper should be no
more than 5, 000 words in length.

Registration Costs:

The cost of registration will be 50 EURO. All conference expenses, including
registration, travel, accommodation etc. are the responsibility of the author of the
accepted paper.


Ismail Abdullahi, Ph.D
Associate Professor
North Carolina Central University
School of Library and Information Sciences
Durham NC 27707
U.S.A
iabdullahi@nccu.edu

The journal Social Justice invites contributions for the December 2009
issue, which will be devoted to the theme of Criminalization and
Sexuality.

Over the past three decades, the U.S. has increasingly relied on
criminalization as a strategy for managing social problems. As a result,
over 2.3 million people are presently incarcerated, or 1 in every 100
adults, excluding those held in immigration detention, juvenile justice,
or military facilities. Additionally, in the post-9/11 political
context, new technologies of surveillance and detention have emerged,
resulting in the criminalization and deportation of thousands of
immigrants from the U.S., and the indefinite detention and abuse of
prisoners of war around the globe.  For this issue, we define
criminalization to include de jure and de facto processes, so as to
address law as it exists "on the books" and as it manifests in everyday
life.

We approach sexuality with a particular focus on non-normative
identities and communities, and with particular interest in its
intersections with gender, race, class and citizenship.  We invite
articles that examine how legal institutions criminalize and punish
marginalized communities for non-normative, non-conforming sexualities
and genders as well as articles that explore how the criminal justice
system manages sexuality, particularly within detention facilities. We
encourage submissions from social scientists and humanities scholars,
and we welcome articles that use a wide-range of methodologies,
including qualitative, quantitative, historical, cultural, and
transnational analyses.

We are interested in selecting papers that address at least one of the
following themes:
1.    Intimate and State Sexual Violence Against Women.
2.    Sexuality and Gender in the Racialized Carceral Landscape.
3.    Law, Sexuality and the Post-Colonial State.
4.    Queer Politics, Heteronormativity and Criminalization.
5.    Sexual and Gender Violence in Prisons and Jails.
6.    Sexual Politics of the Prison Industrial Complex.
7.    Sexuality, Citizenship and Immigration Control.
8.    State Regulation and the Global Sex Trade.
9.    Surveillance and Harassment of Marginalized Communities.
10.    Disciplining of Black Masculinity and Heterosexuality.

Please submit a proposal that briefly outlines the scope of the paper (1
- 2 pages) and a current C.V.  Notification of invitation to submit a
full paper will be made by February 13th, 2009.

Send proposals in electronic format to Clare Sears and Alexis Martinez:
clares@sfsu.edu, alexisnm@sfsu.edu. Each manuscript should include the
following contact information:  author(s) name(s), institutions,
telephone number(s), and email address(es) for all authors, and work
address for the corresponding author.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPER PROPOSAL:  January 9th, 2009
Authors of accepted paper proposals will be invited to submit a full
paper by April 3rd, 2009

Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science


GUEST EDITORS

- Dominic Forest (Université de Montréal, Canada)
- Lyne Da Sylva (Université de Montréal, Canada)


THEME

The guest editors of this special issue of the Canadian Journal of
Information and Library Science invite original research from all
disciplines reporting on various aspects of the integration of text mining
techniques within information retrieval applications. This includes, but is
not limited to:

- developing text mining strategies within an information retrieval context
- evaluating text mining operations for information retrieval
- identifying contexts for text mining (thematic analysis, management of
digital libraries, information extraction and visualization, knowledge
extraction, cross-linguistic information retrieval, etc.)

Text mining approaches described in the papers may be based on numerical or
linguistic techniques, or both. Special attention should be given to the
description and evaluation of the information retrieval system where the
text mining techniques are embedded, where applicable. Applications
described in the papers can be academic prototypes or commercial software.

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


THE JOURNAL

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


LANGUAGE

Submissions are accepted in either English or French.


IMPORTANT DATES (TO BE CONFIRMED)

- January 15, 2009 : Submission deadline
- March 15, 2009 : First decision of the reviewers
- May 15, 2009 : Final version due
- June 15, 2009 : Final decision of reviewers
- August 2009 : Publication


SUBMISSION

Please send your manuscript (Word or RTF) to:

Dominic Forest
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7

E-mail : dominic.forest@umontreal.ca

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

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

ACADEMIC EXCHANGE EXTRA (AEE)

http://asstudents.unco.edu/students/AE-Extra/index.html

 

A MONTHLY PEER-REVIEWED ON-LINE FORUM  

 

Submissions are invited from educators, graduates, and post-graduates of all levels and areas of study for Academic Exchange Extra (AEE) (Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Haller - English Instructor at Kent State University). Qualified submissions from undergraduates may also be considered. 

 

AEE presents ideas, research methods and pedagogical theories leading to effective instruction and learning regardless of level, subject or context. We also seek cogent essays, poetry and fiction.

 

Articles to 7,000 words on theory, practice and administration of education across the full range of humanities and social science-based approaches are welcomed. Possible theoretical frameworks include: critical pedagogy, postcolonial theory, new historicism, postmodernism, feminist theory, as well as other critical frameworks, cultural studies and perspectives. The use of a theoretical lens is encouraged but not required; please see options for other submission types below.

 

We are also interested in social and cultural issues as they intersect with education. We prefer to include an array of diverse material each month, though thematic issues may be considered.

 

Essays up to 5,000 words are encouraged. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following suggestions:

- multi-modal teaching

- distance learning

- collaboration

- teaching abroad

- e-communities and socialization

- community college retention and transfer

- service learning

- remedial education

- affirmative action

- marginalized or minority viewpoints and experiences

- tenure and post-tenure review

- urban education and issues of student inequality

- issues faced in special education

- postmodernism and education

- canonical revision/non-revision

- analyses/reviews of recent pedagogical publications

- response to any topic(s) included in the "Grist for the Mill" section of each issue

 

We also seek poetry to 60 lines, in traditional or free verse forms.

 

Fiction to 7,000 words is also encouraged.

 

Subject matter for poetry and fiction is unlimited; however, we will not publish inflammatory or libelous works, or works deemed otherwise inappropriate for this journal.

 

HOW TO SUBMIT AND DEADLINE

 

Please place the words "AEE Submission" in the subject line of your email.  Submissions not containing this or a similar phrase may be routed through a secondary filter, in which case your submission may be unintentionally overlooked.  Due to the high volume of submissions received by AEE each month, please allow approximately six to eight weeks for a publication decision based on an initial review of your submission.

 

Publication date is intended to be within the first week of each month.

Submissions should follow MLA or APA guidelines. Send your submission as a Word Document (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) attachment. 

 

All submissions must include a 4-5 sentence summary as well as a current brief bio that identifies your contact information (e-mail and telephone), school/departmental affiliation(s), position(s) (e.g., student level, instructor, professor and/or administrator), and areas of academic interest.  For bio examples, please refer to the current issue's contributor's page.

 

Please note that AEE does not retain copyright of published material.  Additionally, articles, works of fiction, and poetry are not blind reviewed and will only be considered for such a review when specifically requested by the author.

 

 

Send submissions via email to:

Elizabeth Haller, Kent State University, USA

E-mail: editoraee@hotmail.com

CALL FOR PAPERS
Special issue of the
Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) on

 Impacts of Web 2.0 and Virtual World Technologies on IS Education

Guest Editor
Alan Rea, Western Michigan University, rea@wmich.edu

More information at http://www.jise.appstate.edu/CFP-VirtualTechnologies.htm

Call for Papers
The Guest Editor of the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) invites submissions for a special issue on Impacts of Web 2.0 and Virtual World Technologies on IS Education to appear in the Journal of Information Systems Education in 2009.

Whether it's a social networking site like Facebook, a video stream delivered via YouTube, or a collaborative discussion and document sharing via Google Apps, more people are using Web 2.0 technologies to communicate, express ideas, and form relationships centered around topical interests.

Virtual Worlds immerse participants even deeper in technological realms rife with interaction. Instead of simply building information, people create entire communities comprised of self-built worlds and avatars centered around common interests, learning, or socialization in order to promote information exchange.

Holding business meetings in Second Life is becoming commonplace, MMORPGs are becoming the entertainment venue of choice, and upcoming generations of students may find the traditional academic means of information exchange--lectures and discussions--less appealing than most, instead opting for a rich multimedia experience infused with information.

With classrooms quickly filling with the Google generation accustomed to being connected to information and social networks all the time in many forms, how can we best use these technologies to transform, supplement, or even supplant current pedagogical practices? Will holding office hours in chat room make a difference? What about streaming classroom discussions via iTunes? How about demonstrations of complex concepts in a Virtual World so students can experiment endlessly?

In this JISE special issue, we will explore these questions and more. We are looking for research studies, instructional cases, teaching tips, and other discussions that examine the role that Web 2.0 and Virtual Worlds should--or perhaps should not--play within our physical, virtual, or mixed classroom environment. How can these technological tools be best used in our pedagogical toolbox? Are there instances where they are a good fit or perhaps merely an instructional band-aid?

Please consider sharing your insights, research, or teaching tips as we examine the promises presented, and the perils posed, by these ever-growing innovative, immersive (perhaps invasive), and pervasive technologies.

Timeline

Initial submissions due:	January 20, 2009
Notification to authors:	March 20, 2009
Revised papers due:	April 20, 2009
Notification of final results:	May 14, 2009
Publication of the issue:	July 2009

Submission Guidelines

Papers for this special issue are due on January 20, 2009. Prospective authors are encouraged, but not required, to submit an abstract to the Guest Editor for preliminary feedback on the suitability of their planned manuscript. Please send your submission in Microsoft Word format by email to the guest editor by the due date.

Papers should not exceed 30 double spaced pages including all sections, figures and tables. All papers will be peer reviewed and are subject to editing for journal style, clarity, organization, and space.

For more information concerning JISE submission guidelines, please refer to: http://www.jise.appstate.edu/Submit.htm

Applications now available for Summer 2009 Research Fellowships at The Mary Baker
Eddy Library in Boston.  Open to academic scholars, independent researchers, and
graduate students.  The Library's newly public collections, centered on the papers of
Mary Baker Eddy and records documenting the history of Christian Science, offer
scholars countless opportunities for original research.  A select list of such
resources includes:  Mary Baker Eddy's scrapbooks and copybooks; household account
ledgers and receipts; a fully-indexed file of newspapers clippings that date to the
late nineteenth century; Eddy's sermons and lectures; an extensive historic
photograph collection; architectural records; early histories of branch Churches of
Christ, Scientist; and Eddy's voluminous correspondence and manuscript material,
which offer opportunities for new analyses of her life and ideas.  Mary Baker Eddy
(1821-1910) authored a ground-breaking book on science, theology, and healing titled
Scien!
 ce and Health with Key to the Scriptures and founded the Church of Christ,
Scientist, a publishing society, and The Christian Science Monitor.  Stipend
provided. Application and supporting materials must be postmarked by February 9,
2009.  For further information about the Library's holdings and the fellowship
program, including the application and instructions, please go to
http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/collections/fellowships
or contact 617-450-7316, fellowships@mbelibrary.org.

The 2009 Multi Conference in Computer Science, Information Technology and Control systems and Computational Science and Computer Engineering (MULTICONF-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org) will be held during July 13-16 2009 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper submissions. The event consists of the following conferences:

·        International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-09)

·        International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09)

·        International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09)

·        International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09)

·        International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09)

·        International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09)

·        International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications (RAITA-09)

·        International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09)

·        International Conference on Theory and Applications of Computational Science (TACS-09)

·        International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09)

 

The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org  contains more details.

CALL FOR PAPERS
ESWIP Spring Meeting and Conference 2009

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2009
John Carroll University
Cleveland, Ohio

Keynote Address: TBA

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 16, 2009

The Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy (ESWIP) kindly
invites submissions for its 2009 Spring meeting.  Abstracts (500 words), papers
(2500 words), panel proposals, workshop proposals, performance proposals,
and roundtable discussion proposals will be considered.  Proposals for panels
should include the names of all participants and their papers or abstracts. 
Submissions that address the conference theme “Feminism at the Crossroads”
― by either engaging challenging issues in feminist theory and/or by exploring
new directions for the future of feminism ― are particularly welcome.  In
addition, submissions that address the general topic of feminist theory/practice
from any disciplinary approach will receive full consideration.  ESWIP strives to
provide scholars from all academic ranks and disciplines with a highly
supportive professional community.

All submissions will be anonymously reviewed; names should appear only on a
cover page, and cover pages should be attached in a separate file.  Small Travel
Stipends of $100-$200 may be available for undergraduate and graduate
students whose work is accepted at the conference, and alternate rooming
accommodations may be arranged for students.  If you wish to have your
submission considered for a travel stipend, please mark undergraduate or
graduate, respectively, on your cover page.  Please e-mail all submissions to
Jen McWeeny at jmcweeny@jcu.edu no later than FEBRUARY 16, 2009.  The
decision of the program committee is expected by March 1, 2009.  While all
presentations will take place on Saturday, March 28th, there will be a welcoming
reception on the evening of Friday, March 27th and an optional farewell dinner
on Saturday evening.

REGISTRATION FEE: $25 (Registration Fee is waived for students and for the
underemployed).

The AASL 14th National Conference & Exhibition, November 5-8, 2009, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The conference theme is "Rev Up Learning @ your library." On these pages you will get an overview of both the AASL National Conference and the city of Charlotte! As we progress in the planning process, you will be able to obtain general information on the conference, proposal submission information for pre-conference and conference sessions, program schedules, information on tours, author appearances, and other special events. You will be able to search for programs by keyword, topic, or presenter and view full descriptions of programs with our session finder. Soon, you will be able to research registration and reserve housing online! Presenters, exhibitors, and sponsors will find resources and support documents on AASL's 2009 National Conference. Registration will begin January 19, 2009. But, be sure to check back often--more information will be posted as it becomes available. Start your engines and rev up learning @ AASL's 2009 National Conference in Charlotte!

 

Due Date for proposals February 20, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

Submit proposals by February 20, 2009 online at:

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

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

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

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

 

Thematic issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 

Guest Editor

*    Elaine Ménard, School of Information Studies, McGill University, Montreal,
Canada

Theme

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

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

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

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

The journal

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


Language

Submissions are accepted in either English or French.

Submission Deadline: September 1st, 2009

Submission

Please send your manuscript (Word or RTF) to:

Elaine Ménard, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor  
School of Information Studies
McGill University

3459 McTavish Street Room MS72

Montreal (Quebec) Canada H3A 1Y1

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


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

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

 

Specific areas for article developmentinclude:

 

Administration and Leadership of Networks, Cooperatives, andConsortia: OrganizationalDevelopment BoardDevelopment Finance andAccounting Marketing Advocacy Human ResourceDevelopment	Resource Sharing: Access to sharedresources ReciprocalBorrowing InterlibraryLoan DocumentDelivery UnmediatedBorrowing	Training and Continuing Education: Development andDesign Implementation andEvaluation Assessment Blended Learning:  Online plusF2F
Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS)	New Academic/Industry Roles &Economics:        Institutional repositories        Linking of institutionalrepositories        FTE Pricing        Agency Role vs. Order Direct	CooperativePurchasing: New models Trends     Negotiations:        First offers        Exchanges of consideration        Shared goals        Success-driven compromise
NewInternational Roles for Consortia: Equitable access to information for developingeconomies Social responsibilities of developed economies Special regions:  East Europe & Russia; China; Africa	NewPublisher Roles:        Growing role of consortia in the new serial economy Integration of electronic serials with continuing   e-book programs Combinationof publisher full-text with licensed full-text

 

CALL FOR PAPERS**

*1st International Workshop on

Defence against Spam in Electronic Communication*

 

*DaSECo '09*

 

In conjunction with

DEXA '09

 

August 31- September 4, 2009

University of Linz

Linz, Austria

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

**Suggested Topics:**

 

Message filtering, blocking, authentication

- machine learning

- natural language processing

- adversarial learning

- challenge-response

- payment schemes

- disposable addresses

- messaging protocols

- digital signatures

 

Evaluation

- corpus and benchmark creation

- measures and methodologies

- tests of specific methods or products

 

Analysis

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

- abuse tactics and patterns

- legitimate use patterns

- historical data

 

Social issues

- deducing social networks

- costs and benefits of messaging use and abuse

- other social impacts

 

Industry

- cooperation for stopping abuse

- messaging and abuse reporting standards

- interoperability

- self-defending networks

 

Legal issues

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

- identity theft

- privacy

- freedom of speech

- digital rights management

- forensics and data retention

 

Technical aspects

- indexing and efficiency in spam recognition

- spam compression and duplicate recognition

 

 

*Workshop Chairpersons:*

 

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

 

 

*International Programme Committee:*

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

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

*

IMPORTANT DATES*

 

* Submission of full papers: February 28, 2009

 

* Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2009

 

* Camera-ready copies due: May 15, 2009

 

 

 

*Paper Submission Details:*

 

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

 

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

* Papers should not exceed 5 pages in IEEE format

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

properties:

 

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

 

Authors do with their submission automatically agree to the following

terms:

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

 

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

 

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

 

All accepted workshop papers will be published in the proceedings of

DEXA'09 Workshops with IEEE CS Press.

 

--

Univ. Prof. Dr. Roland Wagner

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

A-4040 Linz

Austria

Europe

 

Tel.: +43 676 84673210

Fax: +43 732 24689308

rrwagner@faw.at

 

 

Director of the Institute of Applied Knowledgeprocessing  (FAW)

sec1: Monika Neubauer

Tel.: +43 664 602468929

Fax.:+43 732 2468 9308

mneubauer@faw.uni-linz.ac.at

http://www.faw.at

http://www.dexa.org

 

Director of the Institute "integriert studieren" (IS)

sec2: Barbara  Arrer

Tel: +43 732 2468 9232

Fax:+43 732 2468 9322

barbara.arrer@jku.at

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

http://www.icchp.org

 

 

Director of FAW GmbH

Softwarepark 35

A-4232 Hagenberg

Austria

Europe

 

FN 261883y (Landesgericht Linz)

 

Tel.: ++43 676 84673210

rrwagner@faw.at

 

sec3.: Helene Gieber

Tel:  ++43 7236 3343 760

Fax:  ++43 7236 3343 782

hgieber@faw.at

 

http://www.faw.at

http://www.softwarepark.at

 

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

 

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

 

Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society

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

  

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

- Advertising Services

- Banking Services

- Broadcasting & Cable TV Services

- Business Services

- Casinos & Gaming Services

- Communications Services

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

- Design Automation Services

- Energy and Utilities Services

- Financial Services

- Government Services

- Healthcare Services

- Hotels & Motels Services

- Insurance Services

- Internet Services

- Motion Pictures Services

- Personal Services

- Printing & Publishing Services

- Real Estate Operations Services

- Recreational Activities Services

- Rental & Leasing Services

- Restaurants Services

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

- Schools and Education Services

- Security Systems & Services

- Technology Services

- Travel and Transportation Services

- Waste Management Services

- Wholesale Distribution Services

 

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

 

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

 

# Services University

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

 

 

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

 

 

# 2009 "Services Cup" Contest

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

 

 

# 2009 SOA Industry Summit

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

# 2009 Symposium on SOA Standards

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

 

 

Paper Submission and Review Process

-----------------------------------

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Paper Review Policy

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

 

 

Important Dates

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Abstract Submission Deadline: February 20, 2009

Paper Submission Due Date:  February 27, 2009

Decision Notification (Electronic): April 1, 2009

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

 

 

Technical Steering Committee

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Carl K Chang (Iowa State University, USA)

Ephraim Feig (Motorola, USA)

Hemant Jain (University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee , USA)

Frank Leymann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

Calton Pu (Georgia Tech, USA)

Jeffrey Tsai (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)

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

Liang-Jie Zhang (IBM Research, USA)

 

 

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

 

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Please join us at: IEEE Services Computing Forum

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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


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


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

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

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

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

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Proposals Submission Deadline: 1/15/2009

Full Articles Due: 3/27/2009

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

· Evolution of ICT policies

· Types of ICT policies

· Objectives of ICT policies

· ICT policy instruments

· ICT policy stages/processes

· ICT policy formulation

· ICT policy implementation

· Features of ICT policies

· ICT policy application

· Internet access policies

· Laws of the web

· Internet regulation

· Software use policies

· Copyright policies in electronic settings

· Telecommunication policies

· Telecommunication act

· Broadcast policies

· Computer access/use policies

· National ICT policies

· Organizational ICT policies

· Electronic Medium of Information Act

· E-Legislating

· Automation standards

· Ergonomic standards

· ICT security policies

· Computer security policy

· Internet security policy

· Cyber crime regulation

· Cyber crime acts

· Regulation of internet gambling

· Regulation of internet pornography

· Library ICT policies

· Photocopy policies

· Network security policies

· Simulation and gaming policy applications

· Network deployment policies

· Organizational ICT policies

· Organizational ICT security policies

· Library ICT security policy

· ICT policy education

· Satellite communication policy

· Factors affecting ICT policy

· Problems of ICT policies

· Emerging technologies policies

· Review of ICT policies

· Issues in ICT policies

· Wireless communication policies/acts

· ICT standards

· Internet privacy issues

· E-commerce regulation

· ICT and educational policies

· Cybercafe regulation

· Telecentre regulation

· Internet standards

· Information security policies

· Ethics of new/emerging technologies

· ICT legal issues

· Regulation enforcement

· ICT regulation

· Censorship in the digital age

· ICT policy instruments

· Network business models

· E-government policies

· E-business policies

· ICT policy evaluation

· Issues and challenges in ICT policy

· ICT Standards

· Web technology standards

· Research in ICT policy

· ICT policy literature

· E-banking policy

· E-health policy

· Internet governance

· Internet policy

· E-mail policy

· Internet privacy policy

· Internet policy agency

· Computer policy

· Corporate internet policy

· Internet standards

· Internet policy statement

· Employee internet use policy

· Information technology policy

· IT security policy

· ICT policy management/administration

· Regulatory framework

· ICT laws

· Telecommunications policy

· Media policy

· Media legislation

· Telecom legislation

· ICT policy research

· Internet law

· Communication policy

· Electronic signature law

· IFLA Internet manifesto

· Information policy

· UNESCO information policy

· ITU and ICT policies

· Professional ethics

· Mobile phone use ethics

· Educational concerns in ICT policies

· Economic concerns in ICT policies

· Political concerns in ICT policies

· Social concerns in ICT policies

· Scientific and/or technological concerns in ICT policies

· Information infrastructure in ICT policies

· Satellite communications policies

· Gender issues in ICT policies

· Evaluation of ICT policies

· Future of ICT policy

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 15, 2009, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by January 30, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 27, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

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

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

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

 

First call for papers and abstracts for:

ALT-C 2009: "In dreams begins responsibility" - choice,
evidence, and change
8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/

*Keynote speakers:*
Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas
State University, USA.
Terry Anderson, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance
Education at Athabasca University, Canada.

*Submission guidelines for Research Papers and for Abstracts are
available from:*
http://www.alt.ac.uk/guidelines_papers.html
- a Research Paper Template is also available from this webpage and is a
word document so it can be downloaded and used to submit your research
paper proposal.

*ALT welcome submissions of two broad types:*
-  Full 5000 word Research Papers, for publication in the peer-reviewed
Proceedings of ALT-C 2009, with a 350 word abstract (taken from the
paper) and a 200 word presentation overview both of which will appear in
the conference Abstracts Handbook, and online.
-  350 word abstracts describing 30 minute Demonstrations, Posters, 20
minute Short Papers, 90 minute Symposia, and 90 minute Workshops. All
abstracts will appear in the conference Abstracts Handbook, and online.

*Key dates:*
Proposals accepted from late December 2008 (the link to the submission
system will be available from http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/)
Deadline for receipt of proposals: midnight UK time on 16 February 2009
Bookings open during May 2009
Presenters' registration deadline 29 June 2009
Earlybird registration deadline is 6 July 2009
Bookings close on 14 August 2009

To sponsor ALT-C 2009 contact Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive of ALT,
seb.schmoller@alt.ac.uk

To exhibit at ALT-C 2009 contact Hayley Willis, Events Manager,
hayley.willis@alt.ac.uk

A 2009 CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION (CSSE) PRE-CONFERENCE

Pre-conference Organizers:

André P. Grace (andre.grace@ualberta.ca )

Sarah J. Flynn (ismss@ualberta.ca)

PRE-CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear colleagues, Oftentimes the hardest part of getting published is focusing your idea so that a journal's editorial board will find it interesting. You don't want to spend a lot of time writing before getting a sense of the viability of your idea. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian wants to help you to get published. Are you currently working on a research project and need feedback or direction? Do you have an idea that you would like to turn into a published paper? Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian would like to offer you a helping hand if you are in the midst of working on a research project or manuscript that you believe has promise by providing you with preliminary feedback on your idea. The B&SS Librarian editorial board has experience in all areas of behavioral and social sciences librarianship with decades of experience in the research and publication process. We will offer insightful feedback on your submission and research proposals and provide an easy submission process with quick turnaround. We hope that you would ultimately decide to submit your final manuscript to B&SS Librarian, but there is no requirement that you do so. Do you have a paper relating to behavioral and social science librarianship that you are considering for publication? Authors are invited to submit papers at any time for upcoming issues. Papers received by December 31, 2008 will be considered for publication in volume 28:1. B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of behavioral and social sciences information including the following subject areas and areas of focus: Anthropology Business Communication Studies Criminal Justice Education Ethnic Studies Political Science Psychology Social Work Sociology Women's Studies Collection development and evaluation Descriptive/critical analysis of information resources Indexing and abstracting Library administration and management Publishing trends Public service Reference and library instruction Technology User behavior All submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Consider Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian as the journal for your publication and let us help improve your publication record and demystify the publication process. Please send all submissions and questions to the editor at: L-ROMERO@illinois.edu Sincerely, Lisa Romero Editor, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

Library Juice Press seeks book proposals and manuscripts for a new series, Gender and Sexuality in Librarianship, edited by Emily Drabinski. This series will publish works from both practical and theoretical perspectives that critically engage issues in the LIS field related to gender and sexual difference. Potential subjects include:

 

Queer and feminist approaches to traditional library topics including classification, pedagogy, collection development

Works that address gender and sexuality issues in conjunction with other articulations of difference including race, class, nationality, etc.

Practical approaches to developing community-based GLBTQ collections

Materials addressing library needs of specific populations, e.g., GLBTQ youth, elders, etc.

Workplace issues, e.g., 'coming out' at work

Historical perspectives on GLBTQ and women's issues in the library

Works that bring library issues into conversation with contemporary theoretical debates in feminist, queer, and gender studies

 

Please submit queries, proposals, and manuscripts to Emily Drabinski, emily.drabinski@gmail.com.