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The Journal of Library and Information Service in Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, welcomes the submission of manuscripts.

 

The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this growing community of students. 

 

Topics can include but are not limited to:

• Faculty/librarian cooperation and collaboration
• Information literacy
• Instructional service techniques
• Information delivery
• Reference services
• Document delivery
• Developing collections

If you are interested in submitting an article, this journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the "Guide for ScholarOne Authors" at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/submission/ScholarOne.asp before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1533-290X or can be emailed to you directly. WLIS receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/WLIS. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/.

Inquiries and questions are welcome and can be sent directly to the editor, Jodi Poe, at jpoe@jsu.edu.

Please note: We accept manuscript submissions through the year; however, the deadline to have your article appear in our next issue, if accepted, is August 1, 2013. Accepted and approved manuscripts received after this date have no guarantee of being included in the next published issue.

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Jodi W. Poe, Editor
Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning
Associate Professor, Head of Technical Services
Houston Cole Library
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL  36265-1602
TEL: (256) 782-8103
FAX: (256) 782-5872
Email: jpoe@jsu.edu

VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
July 8-10, 2013
www.sdiwc.net

CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS
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Deadline: May 10, 2013

You are invited to offer papers for the conference. The ICEL2013 welcomes submissions on any topic in the field of e-learning.

The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics:

+ Architecture of Educational Information Systems Infrastructure
+ Education for Computer-mediated
+ Electronic Library and Information Search Skills
+ e-Learning Models, Delivery Issues, Research Methods and Approaches
+ e-Learning Tactics, Pedagogical Strategies, Curriculum Development Issues
+ e-Moderating, e-Tutoring, and e-Facilitating
+ e-Skills and Information Literacy for Learning
+ Instructional Design
+ ICT Skills Education and Online Assessment
+ Learning Management Systems (LMS)
+ Managed Learning Environments (MLEs)
+ Networked Information and Communication Literacy Skills
+ m-Learning Emergence & Strategies
+ m-Learning System Development
+ m-Learning Material Development
+ m-Learning Best Practices
+ Online Learning Material Development
+ Online Learning Best Practices
+ Online Learning Emergence & Strategies
+ Online Learning System Development
+ Online Learning Institutional Management
+ Pedagogy
+ Quality Assurance
+ Technology
+ Values in Online and m-Learning
+ Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)

Submitted paper should not exceed 15 pages, including illustrations. Best papers awards will be distributed during the conference.

Papers should be submitted electronically as MS word or pdf format without author(s) name. You can submit your researched paper at http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/icel2013/paper-submission/.

The papers should be prepared following the instructions specified here : http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/icel2013/camera-ready/. If you have problems regarding on submitting your paper(s), you can email us at el@sdiwc.net. We will contact you shortly.

For further inquiries:
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Liezelle Ann Canadilla
Conference Manager
The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)
el@sdiwc.net 
 

Elizabeth Leonard, Director of the Online Campus Library at Berkeley College, is editing a book on the role of embedded librarianship in the online/distance academic environment.

Book proposals should focus on giving librarians the skills they need to become successfully "embedded" in online courses. You will show what works and what doesn't through case studies and/or an in-depth discussion of the issues. 

Topical areas can include: 

• Embedded Librarianship: Why/how did it develop? What does it "look" like in the online environment? How is it different than a physically embedded librarian?
• What are the educational theories underlying embedded librarianship- for example the flipped classroom or life-long learning? 
• How does meeting ACRL Information Literacy standards work in an online classroom? Is it effective? 
• How can you market embedded librarian services in an online environment? 
• By which methodologies can a librarian be embedded in an online environment? 
• How can the embedded librarian assess the effectiveness  of assessment? How can we show the positive outcome of our work, satisfy Accreditation, map to IL standards, etc) 
• Case studies (differing models- small liberal arts, large for-profit, state consortium, etc).

To submit book chapter proposals, please submit an abstract of approximately 250 words and a brief outline to Elizabeth Leonard at embeddedonlinebook@gmail.com.  Deadline for discussion and/or proposals is December 14, 2012.

Submissions Deadline: May 25, 2012

October 9 - 12, 2012 - Montréal, Québec, Canada

 

http://aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm

Proposal Submission Guide & Form

 

E-Learn 2012 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored by the International Journal on E-Learning.

This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in the Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education sectors.

We invite you to attend E-Learn 2012 and submit proposals for papers, panels, best practices, roundtables, tutorials, workshops, posters/demonstrations, and corporate showcases/demos. The Conference Review Policy requires that each proposal will be peer- reviewed by three reviewers for inclusion in the conference program, and Proceedings.

Topics

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following topics as they relate to e-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. All topics listed here.

Presentation Categories

The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. These include keynote and invited talks, full and brief paper presentations, poster/demonstration sessions, tutorials, workshops, panels, and best practice sessions. For Presentation Category descriptions, and information about what to submit with your proposal, click here.

 

CALL FOR CHAPTERS Proposal Submission Deadline: April 20th, 2012 Learning Management Systems and Instructional Design: Metrics, Standards, and Applications A book edited by Yefim Kats, Chestnut Hill College, USA http://bit.ly/wOaNK0 Invitation I kindly invite you to contribute to new book "Learning Management Systems: Metrics, Standards, and Applications" to be published by IGI Global. The main goal of this edition is to present high quality research by the leading experts on the state-of-the-art Theory, Technology and Applications for online as well as hybrid educational environments. Project Overview Currently, non-for-profit and for-profit academic institutions function as exclusively online training or degree granting facilities, while others enrich their traditional curriculum with online and hybrid courses. As the e-Learning market continues to grow, the choice of available stand-alone software modules as well as "software as a service" packages has been growing accordingly. Moreover, the development of learning management systems and related technologies goes hand in hand with the development of new method of course delivery and corresponding instructional design methodologies. In this increasingly competitive environment, administrators and faculty confront a difficult problem of choosing an appropriate learning management system that fits their budget, technical resources, curriculum, and profile of the student body. The problem is complicated further by the intrinsic connection between the choice of LMS and a variety of instructional design models and modes of course delivery, such as "pure" online, hybrid, and asynchronous/synchronous courses. Target Audience The book is intended to be a source of consolidated information for administrators, faculty, instructional designers, course developers and businesses on the available technological solutions, instructional design methods, metrics, and standards in the area of online education. It will contain vital practical information, case studies, and conceived as a manual for all involved in the e-Learning environment. Suggested Topics We are especially interested in chapters focused on LMS standards, LMS choice/success metrics/parameters, and on issues related to instructional design: design of learning objects, the role of multimedia tools and virtual worlds etc. The general topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Instructional Design: Course/curriculum instructional design models and methodologies, especially for online and hybrid forms of course delivery. Learning outcomes and their implementation by learning management systems. Learning objects and their software implementation. Software supporting instructional design productivity. The role of multimedia tools, games, and simulations in instructional design. 2.  Standards, Metrics, and Software Solutions for Online Teaching and Learning: Standards and specifications: SCORM, AICC, IMS etc. Course success metrics for commercial, open-source, and Web-based learning management systems such as Blackboard, e-College, ANGEL, Desire2Learn, WileyPLUS, Moodle, Sakai, Haiku etc. Technological, financial, and academic issues related to the choice of the online educational platform or transition to a new platform. Issues related to upgrading, maintaining, and securing learning management platforms. LMS interoperability with mobile devices such as iPads and smartphones (Blackboard Mobile Learn). 3. Software Solutions and Practices for Asynchronous Online Course Delivery: Technologies employed to enrich asynchronous courses, including multimedia technologies among others. Course delivery supporting software such as Smart Board or SynchronEyes. The role of innovative social networking technologies, such as Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts in online education. Virtual worlds, games, and simulations in learning environment. Software solutions for Electronic Portfolio. Plagiarism detection tools.  4. Software Solutions and Practices for Synchronous Course Delivery: Videoconferencing software such as Elluminate, iLink, DimDim, and Adobe Connect. Supporting technologies such as instant messaging software and a variety of related Microsoft, Adobe, and open-source products. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 20th, 2012 a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters of 7,000 to 8,000 words are expected to be submitted by June, 30 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.) is a publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference) and "Medical Information Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding this publication and the publisher, please visit: http://bit.ly/wOaNK0 Important Dates: April 20, 2012:          Proposal Submission Deadline April 30, 2012:          Notification of Acceptance June 30, 2012:          Full Chapter Submission July 15, 2012:           Review Result Returned August 30, 2012:      Final Chapter Submission Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Yefim Kats, PhD Coordinator of the Graduate Instructional Technology Program Chestnut Hill College 9601 Germantown ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118 email: yefimkatz@yahoo.com, katsy@chc.edu tel. (315) 832 0184 (cell), (215) 248 7008 (office) fax: (603) 897 8805

The Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge, welcomes the submission of manuscripts.

 

The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this growing community of students. 

 

Topics can include but are not limited to:

• Faculty/librarian cooperation and collaboration
• Information literacy
• Instructional service techniques
• Information delivery
• Reference services
• Document delivery
• Developing collections

If you are interested in submitting an article, this journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the "Guide for ScholarOne Authors" at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/submission/ScholarOne.asp before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1533-290X or can be emailed to you directly. WLIS receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/WLIS. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/.

Inquiries and questions are welcome and can be sent directly to the editor, Jodi Poe, at jpoe@jsu.edu.

Please note: We accept manuscript submissions through the year. The deadline to have your article appear in our next issue, if accepted, is January 1, 2012. Accepted and approved manuscripts received after this date have no guarantee of being included in the next published issue.

International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2012),
Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter
25-28 June, 2011, London, UK
www.i-society.eu
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The International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2012)
is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter.
The i-Society is a global knowledge-enriched collaborative effort
that has its roots from both academia and industry. The conference
covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to information society,
which includes technical and non-technical research areas.

The mission of i-Society 2012 conference is to provide opportunities
for collaboration of professionals and researchers to share existing
and generate new knowledge in the field of information society.
The conference encapsulates the concept of interdisciplinary science
that studies the societal and technological dimensions of knowledge
evolution in digital society. The i-Society bridges the gap
between academia and industry with regards to research collaboration
and awareness of current development in secure information management
in the digital society.

The topics in i-Society 2012 include but are not confined to the
following areas:

*New enabling technologies
- Internet technologies
- Wireless applications
- Mobile Applications
- Multimedia Applications
- Protocols and Standards
- Ubiquitous Computing
- Virtual Reality
- Human Computer Interaction
- Geographic information systems
- e-Manufacturing

*Intelligent data management
- Intelligent Agents
- Intelligent Systems
- Intelligent Organisations
- Content Development
- Data Mining
- e-Publishing and Digital Libraries
- Information Search and Retrieval
- Knowledge Management
- e-Intelligence
- Knowledge networks

*Secure Technologies
- Internet security
- Web services and performance
- Secure transactions
- Cryptography
- Payment systems
- Secure Protocols
- e-Privacy
- e-Trust
- e-Risk
- Cyber law
- Forensics
- Information assurance
- Mobile social networks
- Peer-to-peer social networks
- Sensor networks and social sensing

*e-Learning
- Collaborative Learning
- Curriculum Content Design and Development
- Delivery Systems and Environments
- Educational Systems Design
- e-Learning Organisational Issues
- Evaluation and Assessment
- Virtual Learning Environments and Issues
- Web-based Learning Communities
- e-Learning Tools
- e-Education

*e-Society
- Global Trends
- Social Inclusion
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Social Infonomics
- Computer-Mediated Communication
- Social and Organisational Aspects
- Globalisation and developmental IT
- Social Software

*e-Health
- Data Security Issues
- e-Health Policy and Practice
- e-Healthcare Strategies and Provision
- Medical Research Ethics
- Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
- e-Medicine

*e-Governance
- Democracy and the Citizen
- e-Administration
- Policy Issues
- Virtual Communities

*e-Business
- Digital Economies
- Knowledge economy
- eProcurement
- National and International Economies
- e-Business Ontologies and Models
- Digital Goods and Services
- e-Commerce Application Fields
- e-Commerce Economics
- e-Commerce Services
- Electronic Service Delivery
- e-Marketing
- Online Auctions and Technologies
- Virtual Organisations
- Teleworking
- Applied e-Business
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

*e-Art
- Legal Issues
- Patents
- Enabling technologies and tools

*e-Science
- Natural sciences in digital society
- Biometrics
- Bioinformatics
- Collaborative research

*Industrial developments
- Trends in learning
- Applied research
- Cutting-edge technologies

* Research in progress
- Ongoing research from undergraduates, graduates/postgraduates and professionals

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Date: January 31, 2012
Short Paper (Extended Abstract or Work in Progress): February 01, 2012
Notification of Paper Acceptance /Rejection: March 01, 2012
Notification of Short Paper (Extended Abstract or Work in Progress) Acceptance /Rejection: February 20, 2012
Camera Ready Paper and Short Paper Due: March 15, 2012
Participant(s) Registration (Open):  January 01, 2012 to June 15, 2012
Early Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors only): January 01 to April 05, 2012
Late Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors only): April 05 to June 15, 2012
Conference Dates: June 25-28, 2012  

For more details, please visit www.i-society.eu

The Urban Library Journal (ULJ), a publication of the Library Association of the 
City University of New York and a peer-reviewed, open access journal, 
welcomes article proposals for a special themed issue on library services to 
distance learners. 

The editors invite proposals for articles reflecting original research, case 
studies, literature reviews and theoretical considerations of relevant topics.  
Topics may include, but not be limited to:

-	Urban distance learners: serving users when distance learning 
involves very little physical distance 
-	Welcoming outside distance learning students from other institutions
-	Public library support of college students in distance learning 
programs 
-	Urban Students/Rural Students, Urban Studies/Rural Studies - library 
support when the collection is not built for the discipline 
-	Campus support for libraries serving distant learners
-	International students working from a distance and what they need 
from libraries 
-	Inter-library relations for supporting distance learning students 

All proposals should be submitted for consideration by November 14, 2011.  
Send proposals to the editors listed below.  

Final articles should be submitted for peer review by January 16, 2012.  
Publication is planned for spring 2012.

For access to previous issues of ULJ please visit 
http://ojs.cunylibraries.org/index.php/ulj.
We look forward to your submissions.

The Information Ethics Roundtable

Conference on Privacy and the Challenge of Technology

Hunter College

New York, New York
April 27, 2012

Tentative Keynote Speaker: Helen Nissenbaum, (Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU), author of Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life (Stanford Law, 2010)

In one sense information technology has been a boon for privacy. For instance, ATMs and online banking mean that we seldom have to present ourselves to a teller. Online shopping offers similar benefits. However, technology can also pose a serious threat to privacy, since so much of what we now do leaves an enduring digital record. This information can then be recombined to create detailed personal profiles that couldn't have emerged in pre-digital days. Moreover, these profiles can in turn be swiftly disseminated without our consent or even knowledge.

Information ethics studies the value questions that arise from the creation, control, and access to information. The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together information scientists, librarians, philosophers, and social scientists to discuss ethical issues such as intellectual property, intellectual freedom, and censorship. This year's conference will address conceptual, empirical, and ethical issues related to privacy and the connection between privacy and information technology. Questions addressed will include:

• Is privacy valuable?
• To what extent does privacy benefit from technology?
• To what extent is privacy threatened by technology?
• When is the sharing of others' personal information appropriate or inappropriate?
• What role should privacy play in increasingly digitized academic and public libraries?
• To what extent is privacy law keeping up with changes in technology?
• Does privacy have a future?                                  

We invite submissions on any of the above or closely related topics. If you are interested, please submit an abstract of up to 500 words to tdoyle@hunter.cuny.edu.  Include your full name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address.  Address any queries about the conference to Tony Doyle, Hunter College Library, at the address given above.                              

Submission Deadline: January 2, 2012

Acceptance Notification: January 31, 2012

 

SUBMISSION DUE DATE: September 15, 2011

 

Special Issue Editors:

Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Texas Woman's University, USA

Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, USA

 

Introduction

The power and politics (or social dynamics) of the on-line classroom, the politics of getting a large organization, like a university, to adopt educational technologies to promote specific political agendas in classrooms (e.g., the utilization of the Web during the Obama campaign to promote support for the presidential candidate Obama among school children), the use of on-line technologies for ideological indoctrination or "influencing" in the educational systems of extremist groups of all religions and issues of power and politics that are related to the on-line education of special needs minorities such as people who are physically/intellectually challenged, people of color, women, migrants, and so forth. The changing dimensions of 'technology' and 'learning' have significant impact globally. The recent success of China and India in moving into the production of high value-added, high-technology products has caused political leaders and their advisors to re-evaluate the global economic challenge. The OECD recently acknowledged that emerging economies including China and India were moving up the value chain to compete with Western organizations for high-tech products and R&D investment. There has been major growth in all OECD countries for expansion into higher education. Canada was the first country to achieve the target of over 50 percent of people aged 25 and 34 to enter the job market with a tertiary level qualification, followed by Korea, which has engineered a massive growth in tertiary provision since 1991. While much of the international business and policy literature has focused on education, globalization, the use of innovation and creative enterprise; it has ignored the shift towards global standardization or alignment within companies, where technology is the key enabler and facilitator. 

 

Objective of the Special Issue

Technology, learning, education and supporting globalization through innovation and creativity leading to a globalized knowledge economy are the main emphasis of this Special Issue of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT). More specifically, the issue focuses on the impact of globalization on education and business, the changing dimensions of the WBLT technologies and uses, sharing educational experiences and situations including (but not limited to) distance learning, collaborative work, constructivist approaches in on-line, traditional and hybrid class-rooms, designing blended learning and programs, importance of dialogue in distance education programs, CSCL, network learning, etc. while focusing on the world economies with respect to these worldwide changing perspectives and the creation of a globalized knowledge economy.

Recommended Topics

Topics to be discussed in this issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

·         Best practices in international learning, education and technology

·         Building multi-disciplinary teams for web-based learning and teaching

·         Building web-based learning communities

·         Constructivist approaches to web-based learning and teaching

·         Creation of globalized knowledge economies

·         Cross cultural analyses of globalization, education and international business perspectives

·         Decision making in implementing web-based learning and teaching

·         Education impacting local and global communities

·         Globalization and technology: changing paradigm

·         Globalization, education and learning: case studies

·         Impact of globalization on education and business

·         International perspectives on technology and education

·         Knowledge building using web-based learning and teaching technologies

·         Macro issues in global businesses, e-education and communities

·         Macro issues in globalization, e-education and e-learning

·         Management side of web-based learning and teaching

·         Network learning using WLTT

·         Politics of adoption and implementation of e-learning initiatives from the individual/department's perspective

·         Politics of implementation of e-learning initiatives from the administration's perspective

·         Politics of implementation of e-learning initiatives from the student's perspective

·         Power and politics in online/e-education

·         Project management for implementing WLTT

·         Related issues that impact the overall utilization and management of web-based technologies in education

·         Schools impacting globalization and international business education

·         Technology enablement of global businesses, higher education and international business

·         Web-based CSCL

·         Web-based technologies enabled pedagogical scenarios

·         Web-based technologies enabled pedagogical systems and programs

·         WLTT implementation: models, methods, and frameworks

 

Submission

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special issue on Strategically Influencing On-line Education: Power, Politics, and Social Dynamics on or before September 15, 2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. Interested authors should consult the journal's guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf.  All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to either one of the special issue editors.

 

About

The mission of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) is to contribute to the broadening of the overall body of knowledge regarding the multi-dimensional aspects of Web-based technologies in contemporaneous educational contexts, assisting researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to design more effective learning systems and scenarios. IJWLTT explores the technical, social, cultural, organizational, human, cognitive, and commercial impact of technology. In addition, IJWLTT endeavors a broad range of authors and expands the dialogue to address the interplay among the diverse and disparate interests affected by technology in education. The journal seeks to explore the impact of Web-based technology on the design, implementation and evaluation of the learning and teaching process, as well as the development of new activities, relationships, skills, and competencies for the various actors implied in such processes.

Publisher

The International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

 

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

Mahesh S. Raisinghani: mraisinghani@twu.edu

Celia Romm Livermore: ak1667@wayne.edu