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Canadian Association for Information Science/Association canadienne des
sciences de l'information


 

Call for Papers
38th Annual Conference
Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada June 2 - 4, 2010


 

Information Science: Synergy through Diversity


 

With focus on innovative research and on information science as an evolving
field, the conference will provide information scientists with a forum for
presentation on four areas that form the conference program theme:


 

We are seeking submissions that address any aspects of the following:
• Knowledge and Information Management (e.g. Knowledge Management,
Competitive Intelligence, Economic Intelligence)
• Social networking and user participation in knowledge structure (e.g. Web
2.0, folksonomies, ontologies)
• Information Organization (e.g. cataloguing and classification,
Informetrics, Records Management, metadata)
• Human-Information Interaction (HII) (e.g. information retrieval, interface
design, information architecture, user studies, information behaviour,
information literacy)


 

Proposals that address other aspects of information and library science or
other aspects of the conference or congress themes are also warmly invited.


 

Call for papers.
Proposals for CAIS/ACSI 2010 are solicited. All submissions should include a
title, the name(s) of the author(s), and a statement of how the content
relates to the conference themes. Proposals may be submitted in English or
French. Doctoral candidates are especially invited to submit proposals for
the conference.



 

Types of submissions


 

Extended Abstracts: Extended Abstracts (approximately 1000-1500 words, no
smaller than 10-pt. font), reporting on research projects, theoretical
developments or innovative practical applications are invited. These
abstracts should be reports of completed or well-developed projects on
topics suitable for publication in scholarly and professional journals.
Proposals that report on completed or ongoing research will be given
preference. Diverse perspectives (theoretical and applied) and methodologies
are welcomed.


 

Panels: Panels presenting topics for discussion such as, analyses of
emerging trends, opinions on controversial issues, reports by practitioners
on current information science and technology projects, and contrasting
viewpoints from experts in complementary professional areas are welcome.
These may include debates, forums, or case studies. Submissions should be in
the form of extended abstracts (approximately 1000-1500 words, no smaller
than 10-pt. font), providing an overview of the issues, projects, or
viewpoints to be discussed by the panel. Submissions must also include
title, sponsor(s), and names and affiliations of all participants (max. 3
including moderator, speakers, reactors, etc.).


 

Student to CAIS/ACSI Award: Papers submitted by graduate students will be
considered for this award. The award includes a monetary prize as well as
publication of the full manuscript in the Canadian Journal of Information
and Library Science / La revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et
de bibliothéconomie. Students should submit the full paper by April 16th to
be considered for this award. Details of the award, including previous
winners, can be found at the CAIS/ASCI website.


 

Deadline for proposals is January 15th, 2010. Proposals including the
name(s) of the author(s), mailing and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax
numbers, should be sent electronically (in Word or RTF format) to
conf2010@cais-acsi.ca. 


 

Conference proposals will be refereed by the Programme Committee. Authors
will be notified of the Committee's decision no later than February 26th,
2010. All accepted extended abstracts will be published on the CAIS Website.
If you wish to submit a full-text version of your paper on the CAIS Website,
it must be submitted no later than April 16th, 2010. Please refer to the
length and format. All presenters must register for the conference.


 

Participants are also encouraged to submit full papers to the Canadian
Journal of Information and Library Science / La revue canadienne des
sciences de l'information et de bibliothéconomie.


 

For further information, please contact one of the CAIS/ACSI 2010 Conference
Co-chairs.


 

Co-Chairs of the CAIS/ACSI Conference 2010


 

Dr. Valerie Nesset
vmnesset@buffalo.edu
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Library and Information Studies
544 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
USA
Tel : +1.716.645.1485
Fax: + 1.716.645.3775   


 

Dr. Elaine Ménard
elaine.menard@mcgill.ca
McGill University
School of Information Studies
3459 McTavish, MS72C
Montréal, Québec, H3A 1Y1
Canada
Tel: +1.514.398.3363
Fax: +1.514.398.7193
        
Dr. Sabine Mas
sabine.mas@umontreal.ca
Université de Montréal
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information C.P. 6128,
succursale Centre-ville Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7 Canada Tel :
+1.514.343.2245 Fax : +1.514.343.5753


 

Registration
The conference will take place as part of the 2010 Congress of the
Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University. Registration should
be done online through the Congress Website


 

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Association canadienne des sciences de l'information/Canadian Association
for Information Science


 

Appel à communications
38e Congrès annuel
Université Concordia, Montréal, Qc, Canada
2 au 4 juin 2010


 

Sciences de l'information : la synergie à travers la diversité


 

Le congrès met l'accent sur la recherche innovatrice et l'évolution du
domaine des sciences de l'information, et offre aux spécialistes de
l'information un cadre pour présenter leurs recherches liées aux quatre axes
suivants :
• La gestion des connaissances et de l'information (par ex., gestion des
connaissances, veille à la concurrence, gestion stratégique de
l'information)
• Les réseaux sociaux et la participation des usagers dans la structure des
connaissances (par ex., Web 2.0, folksonomies, ontologies)
• L'organisation de l'information (par ex., catalogage et classification,
infométrie, gestion des documents administratifs, métadonnées)
• Les interactions homme-information (IHI) (par ex., recherche
d'information, conception d'interface, architecture de l'information, études
des utilisateurs, comportements informationnels, culture informationnelle)



 

Les soumissions axées sur d'autres sujets des sciences l'information et de
la bibliothéconomie ou sur tout autre aspect se rapportant aux thèmes du
congrès ou de la conférence sont également les bienvenues.


 

Appel à communications : Les propositions pour le Congrès de l'ACSI/CAIS
2010 sont sollicitées. Celles-ci doivent inclure un titre et le nom de
l'auteur ou des auteurs. Les propositions doivent aussi indiquer comment
elles s'inscrivent dans le cadre de l'un des thèmes du congrès. Les
propositions peuvent être soumises en anglais ou en français. Une invitation
toute particulière à soumettre une proposition pour le congrès est adressée
aux candidats au doctorat.


 

Types de propositions : Les résumés (environ 1 000-1 500 mots, police de
taille 10-pt. et plus) décrivant des projets de recherche, des
développements théoriques ou des applications pratiques novatrices sont
sollicités. Ces résumés doivent présenter des travaux de recherche achevés
ou des projets en cours sur des thèmes appropriés à la publication dans les
revues savantes et professionnelles. La préférence sera accordée aux
propositions ayant une base théorique et méthodologique clairement
articulée. Divers points de vue (théoriques et appliqués) et méthodologies
sont les bienvenus.


 

Tables rondes : Des tables rondes présentant des sujets de discussion tels
que l'analyse des tendances actuelles, les opinions sur des questions
controversées, les rapports par les praticiens de l'information sur des
projets scientifiques et technologiques, et les divers points de vue
d'experts dans des domaines professionnels complémentaires sont les
bienvenues. Ces tables rondes peuvent inclure des débats, forums ou des
études de cas. Les soumissions, sous la forme d'un court résumé (environ 1
000-1 500 mots, police de taille 10-pt. et plus), doivent inclure un aperçu
des questions, des projets, ou des points de vue devant être discutés par le
groupe. Les propositions doivent également inclure le titre, le nom et les
affiliations de tous les participants (max. 3 participants, y compris le
modérateur, les conférenciers, etc.)


 

Prix « Un étudiant à l'ACSI/CAIS » : Les articles soumis par des étudiants
de 2e et 3e cycle (maîtrise et doctorat) sont admissibles à ce prix. Le prix
consiste en une récompense monétaire et en la publication de l'article
complet dans La Revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de
bibliothéconomie / Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. Les
étudiants désirant participer à ce concours doivent soumettre leur article
complet au plus tard le 16 avril 2010. Une description du prix, incluant la
liste des précédents lauréats, se trouve sur le site web de l'ACSI/CAIS.


 

La date limite pour soumettre les propositions est le 15 janvier 2010.
Toutes les propositions doivent inclure le(s) nom(s) du ou des auteur(s),
les adresses postale et de courrier électronique, les numéros de téléphone
et de télécopieur, et être envoyées électroniquement (en format Word ou RTF)
ou en version imprimée à conf2010@cais-acsi.ca.


 

Les propositions seront évaluées par le comité du programme. Les auteurs
seront avisés de la décision du comité au plus tard le 26 février 2010. Tous
les résumés acceptés seront publiés sur le site web de l'ACSI. Si vous
désirez soumettre une version complète de votre article sur le site de
l'ACSI, ces textes doivent nous parvenir au plus tard le 16 avril 2010. Pour
de plus amples renseignements sur la longueur et le format des textes à
soumettre, veuillez vous référer aux instructions disponibles en ligne
doivent s'inscrire au congrès.


 

Les conférenciers peuvent également soumettre la version complète de leur
article à La Revue canadienne des sciences de l'information et de
bibliothéconomie / Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.


 

Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec une des
co-présidentes du congrès ACSI/CAIS 2010 :


 

Co-présidentes du congrès ACSI / CAIS 2010


 

Dr. Valerie Nesset
vmnesset@buffalo.edu
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Department of Library and Information Studies
544 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
USA
Tel : 1.716.645.1485
Fax:  1.716.645.3775
        
Dr. Elaine Ménard
elaine.menard@mcgill.ca
McGill University
School of Information Studies
3661 Peel, Suite 303 
Montréal, Québec, H3A 1X1
Canada
Tel: 1.514.398.3363
Fax: 1.514.398.7193
        
Dr. Sabine Mas
sabine.mas@umontreal.ca
Université de Montréal
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7
Canada
Tel : 1.514. 343.2245
Fax : 1.514.343.5753



 

Inscription
Le congrès fera partie de la conférence 2010 de la Fédération canadienne des
sciences humaines qui se teindra à l'Université Concordia. Pour s'inscrire,
visitez la page d'accueil de la conférence
 

Code4Lib 2010: Call for Prepared Talk Proposals

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The Code4Lib 2010 conference

Code4Lib 2010 is a conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations. It is also an outgrowth of the Access HackFest, wrapped into a conference-like format. It is *the* event for technologists building digital libraries and digital information systems, tools, and software.

The conference will be held Monday February 22nd (preconference day) - Thursday February 25th, 2010 in Asheville, NC. More information can be found at <http://code4lib.org/conference/2010/>.

Prepared talks

Prepared talks are 20 minutes, and must focus on one or more of the following areas:

   * "tools" (some cool new software, software library or integration platform)
   * "specs" (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones)
   * "challenges" (one or more big problems we should collectively address)

The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of:

   * usefulness
   * newness
   * geekiness
   * diversity of topics

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

Schedule

Proposals can be submitted through November 13. Voting will commence soon thereafter and be open through December 1st. Successful candidates will be notified by December 3rd. The submitter (and if necessary a second presenter) will be guaranteed an opportunity to register for the conference through December 21st.

Guidelines for Proposals and Submissions

Proposal abstracts must be no longer than 500 words. Include your name and email address. All proposals should be submitted on the wiki page at <http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010talks_Submissions> .

LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2010

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Zadar, Croatia, 24 - 28 May 2010

University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia (http://www.unizd.hr/)

Full information at: http://www.ffos.hr/lida/  Email: lida@ffos.hr

 

The annual international conference Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world. Each year a different and 'hot' theme is addressed, divided in two parts; the first part covering research and development and the second part addressing advances in applications and practice. LIDA brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made easier by being held in memorable locations.

Themes LIDA 2010

Part I: DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP: support by digital libraries

Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following topics:

  • research, practices, and values related to digital scholarship, including conceptual frameworks that emerged;
  • contemporary nature of the scholarly information and communication environment in general and as involving digital libraries in particular;
  • developments in digital humanities;
  • navigating shifting patterns of scholarly communication;
  • the impact digital libraries have on digital scholarship and on education in various fields, and vice versa; the impact of digital scholarship on digital libraries;
  • studies on how faculty, researchers, and students  make use of digital scholarly resources for their research or in education;
  • practices that emerged in libraries related to support of digital scholarship, such as resource/collection building, digitization, preservation, access, services and others;
  • international aspects of digital libraries with related trends in globalization and cooperative opportunities for support of digital scholarship;
  • research and discussions on general questions:  How are we to understand new forms of scholarship and scholarly works in their own right? How are we to respond in digital libraries? What are the opportunities and challenges?

Part II: DIGITAL NATIVES: challenges & innovations in reaching out to digital born generations

Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following topics:

  • research and discussions on general questions:  who are these digital natives? How they are different from older generations - or digital immigrants - and what is the world they're creating going to look like?
  • the impact of digital natives on libraries;
  • digital libraries and social networks on the Web;
  • the cultural and technological challenges faced by digital libraries in serving digital natives;
  • examples of library services specifically aimed at digital natives;
  • efforts by libraries to help people that are more digital immigrants to  become more digitally natives;
  • role of libraries in e-learning and education in general;
  • is the future of libraries closely associated with how successfully they meet the demands of digital users?

Types of contributions

Invited are the following types of contributions:

  1. Papers: research studies and reports on practices and advances that will be presented at the conference and included in published Proceedings
  2. Posters: short graphic presentations on research, studies, advances, examples, practices, or preliminary work that will be presented in a special poster session. Proposals for posters should be submitted as a short, one or two- page paper.
  3. Demonstrations: live examples of working projects, services, interfaces, commercial products, or developments-in-progress that will be presented during the conference in specialized facilities or presented in special demonstration sessions.
  4. Workshops: two to four-hour sessions that will be tutorial and educational in nature. Workshops will be presented before and after the main part of the conference and will require separate fees, to be shared with workshop organizers.
  5. PhD Forum: short presentations by PhD students, particularly as related to their dissertation; help and responses by a panel of educators.

Instructions for submissions are at LIDA site http://www.ffos.hr/lida/

Deadlines:

For papers (an extended abstract) and workshops (a short proposal): 15 January 2010. Acceptance by 10 February 2010.

For demonstrations (a proposal) and posters (an extended abstract): 1 February 2010. Acceptance by 15 February 2010.

Final submission for all accepted papers and posters: 15 March 2010.

Conference contact information

Conference  co-directors:

TATJANA APARAC-JELUSIC, Department of Library and Information Science

University of Zadar; Zadar, Croatia; taparac@unizd.hr

TEFKO SARACEVIC, School of Communication and Information; Rutgers University; New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA tefkos@rutgers.edu

Program chairs:

For Theme I: VITTORE CASAROSA, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerch;,  Pisa, Italy,  casarosa@isti.cnr.it

For Theme II: GARY MARCHIONINI,  School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, march@ils.unc.edu

Venue

Zadar is one of the enchanting cities on the Adriatic coast,  rich in history. It still preserves a very old network of narrow and charming city streets, as well as a Roman forum dating back to the first century AD. In addition, Zadar region encompasses many natural beauties, most prominent among them is the Kornati National Park, the most unusual and indented set of close to a 100 small islands in the Mediterranean For Zadar see http://www.zadar.hr/English/Default.aspx. For Croatia see http://www.croatia.hr/

First Call for Papers

(Accepting paper submissions from Nov. 1, 2009)

The Third IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2010)

July 5-10, 2010, Miami, Florida, USA

http://thecloudcomputing.org/2010

(Download a full-page color poster (in November 2009 and December 2009 Issues of the Communications of ACM and IEEE Computer) for the largest Services Computing event in 2010!)

http://thecloudcomputing.org/2010/ServicesComputing-ACM.pdf

http://thecloudcomputing.org/2010/ServicesComputing-Computer.pdf

Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Services Computing (IEEE Computer Society), the Third IEEE 2010 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2010) will be co-located with the 6th IEEE 2010 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2010), the 8th IEEE 2010 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2010), and the 7th IEEE 2010 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2010) to grow itself to continute to be the most prestigious professional conference dedicated to cloud computing.

"Change we are leading" is the theme of CLOUD 2010. Cloud Computing has become a scalable services consumption and delivery platform in the field of Services Computing. The technical foundations of Cloud Computing include Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Virtualizations of hardware and software. The goal of Cloud Computing is to share resources among the cloud service consumers, cloud partners, and cloud vendors in the cloud value chain. The resource sharing at various levels results in various cloud offerings such as infrastructure cloud (e.g. hardware, IT infrastructure management), software cloud (e.g. SaaS focusing on middleware as a service, or traditional CRM as a service), application cloud (e.g. Application as a Service, UML modeling tools as a service, social network as a service), and business cloud (e.g. business process as a service).

In the fast growing Services Computing community, we have launched a series of events to promote and grow Cloud Computing in the past years. In 2002, we promoted Business Grid to share business processes and applications. In early 2008, The IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) has adopted Cloud Computing to be included in the taxonomy as a body of knowledge area of Services Computing. In July 2008, the IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008) has delivered a keynote panel "Business Cloud: Bridging The Power of SOA and Cloud Computing" and a keynote "Cloud Computing". In September 2008, the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008) has delivered a keynote "Web Services: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Communication, and Beyond" and a panel "Cloud Computing and IT as a Service: Opportunities and Challenges" to further motivate the community members to define Cloud Computing in various areas.

Based on the technology foundations and industry driving forces, the 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2009) is created to provide a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Cloud Computing, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of Cloud Computing. CLOUD 2009 is the hot-topic conference co-located with the 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009). The two well-established theme conferences, the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2009) held in July 2009 in USA and the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2009) held in September 2009 in India, also enjoyed the success of launching CLOUD-I 2009 and CLOUD-II 2009. CLOUD 2009 was jointly sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Services Computing (TC-SVC) and Services Society. As a community, we have accomplished very well around CLOUD 2009's theme "Change We Can Lead" in 2009.

To discuss this emerging enabling technology of the modern services industry, CLOUD 2010 invites you to join the largest academic conference to explores modern services and software sciences in the field of Services Computing, which was formally promoted by IEEE Computer Society since 2003. From technology foundation perspective, Services Computing has become the default discipline in the modern services industry.

CLOUD 2010 tries to attract researchers, practitioners, and industry business leaders in all the following areas to help define and shape cloud computing, and its related modernization strategy and directions of the services industry. You are invited to submit research, engineering, and business innovation papers to the following areas:

•Infrastructure Cloud

•Software Cloud

•Application Cloud

•Business Cloud

•Service-Oriented Architecture in Cloud Computing

•Vituralization of Hardware Resources

•Virtualization of Software Resources

•Cloud Computing Consulting Methods

•Design Tool for Cloud Computing

•Maintenance and Management of Cloud Computing

•Cloud Computing Architecture

•Cloud Applications in Vertical Industries

Paper Submission and Review Process

Please use the submission page (http://www.thecloudcomputing.org/2010/submission.html) 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.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Only the accepted and presented papers will be published in the CD-ROM version and online version of the Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2010), which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Extended versions of selected best papers published in CLOUD 2010 will be invited for potential publication in the International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), the International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM), and IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC). The CLOUD 2010 Proceedings is expected to be included in EI Compendex and other indexing systems. JWSR is indexed in SCI-E and EI Compendex.

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 from this web site.

Paper Review Policy

IEEE CLOUD 2010'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 providers. 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.

Organizers of IEEE conferences are expected to provide an appropriate forum for the oral presentation and discussion of all accepted papers. An author, in offering a paper for presentation at an IEEE conference, or accepting an invitation to present a paper, is expected to be present at the meeting to deliver the paper. In the event that circumstances unknown at the time of submission of a paper preclude its presentation by an author, the program chair should be informed on time, and appropriate substitute arrangements should be made. In some cases it may help reduce no-shows for the Conference to require advance registration together with the submission of the final manuscript.

 

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Due Date: March 6, 2010 (Accepting paper submissions from Nov. 1, 2009)

Decision Notification (Electronic): April 15, 2010

Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: April 30, 2010

Library Technology Conference, 2010

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Library Technology Conference, 2010 ­ Call for Proposals The Library Tecchnology Conference 2010 Committee invites you to submit proposals for presentation at the Library Technology Conference to be held at Macalester College, St. Paul MN, March 17-18, 2010.  To submit a proposal, please visit the conference website at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/siteview.cgi/libtech_conf , and click "Information for Presenters".  Those who wish to submit a proposal must create a free account on the Digital Commons site.  Proposals will be accepted until Friday, November 20th, 2009.     ABOUT THE CONFERENCE This popular and growing two-day conference is now in its third year.  The conference includes keynote, concurrent, hands-on and poster sessions highlighting many of the technologies affecting how users interact with libraries, as well as how libraries are using technology to create new and better ways to manage existing resources. This Conference is an opportunity for library staff and the technologists who support them to discuss how these technologies are affecting library services; to see examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to allow participants to learn specific skills or knowledge that they can take back and adapt for use within their own library.  Sessions are geared toward all types of libraries, a wide range of topics and varying skill levels. Conference sessions will include a mix of traditional lecture-style presentations, panel discussions, hands-on workshops, and poster sessions. Anyone interested in the changing technologies that are affecting libraries should plan to attend. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU: We are looking for a balance of sessions that will appeal to a broad library audience and provide a combination of “right now” solutions and “see the future” technology presentations.  Projects can be already implemented or still in process. Long-term experiments that stretch the boundaries of how we work, or will work, in libraries, as well as “out of the box” solutions and ideas for libraries struggling to keep up are welcome topics.  What has worked for you?  Why? What brought you to that solution?  What benefits has it provided to your organization? POSSIBLE PROGRAM TYPES: Traditional Session - 60-minute lecture-style presentation highlighting a technology resource or service.  Workshop Session - 90 minute session offering participants a hands-on experience working with a technology or learning details of a service. Be sure to tell us if there is a maximum number of participants you feel would be appropriate.  Available lab space may ultimately decide the class size.  Group / Panel Discussion - 90-minute group discussion involving a variety of presenters focusing on single topic or specific technology-based service or innovation; should also include an opportunity for audience discussion. Poster Session - posters and handouts describing and explaining a technology resource or service offered in a library.  PRESENTER COMPENSATION: Presenters who participate in a presentation or poster session will be given one- or two-day registration, based on these guidelines: •  If presenting a fulll session, a presenter will be given free registration for both (2) days of the conference.   •    If an institution submits a panel foormat with three (3) or more participants from the same institution in the same session, each panel representative will be given free registration for one (1) day only.  If you have questions or if we can be of assistance as you prepare for your presentation, please contact: Laura Wight at laura.wight@sdstate.edu
_OCLC Systems & Services:  International Digital Library Perspectives_ will be publishing a special issue on open source ILS/OPAC implementations.  The editor is looking for articles that articulate the planning, development, testing, systems work, marketing, etc. related to the implementation of a replacement to or alternative to a vendor ILS/OPAC.  Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. OSS:IDLP is a peer-reviewed journal.

If you are interested in contributing, please send the editor your name, a short proposal of the topic, and a tentative title for the article.  Deadline for proposals is November 1, 2009.  Articles would be due to the editor by April 1, 2010.  Any questions can be directed to the editor.  Thank you.

Dr. Brad Eden
Editor, _OCLC Systems & Services:  International Digital Library Perspectives_
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara
eden@library.ucsb.edu

ED-MEDIA 2010

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 http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm
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                          ED-MEDIA 2010

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications

       June 28-July 2, 2010  *  Toronto, Canada

           (The Westin Harbour Castle on Lake Ontario)

                  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

          ** Submissions Due: Dec. 18, 2009 **

                                  Organized by
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
                           http://aace.org

                                Co-sponsored by:
      Education & Information Technology Digital Library
                        (http://EdITLib.org )
______________________________________________________________

** What are your colleagues saying about ED-MEDIA conferences? **
    http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/testimonials.htm

COLOR POSTER--ED-MEDIA 2010 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/ed10poster.pdf


                  >> CONTENTS & LINKS  (details below) <<

1. Call for Papers and Submission & Presenter Guidelines, Deadline Dec. 18th:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/submitguide.htm
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/PresenterLounge

2. Major Topics:  http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm
3. Presentation Categories: http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/categories.htm

4. Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations: http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/corporate.htm
5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://aace.org/pubs
6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/rates.htm

7. Toronto, Canada http://aace.org/conf/Cities/Toronto
8. Deadlines: http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/deadlines.htm


INVITATION:
ED-MEDIA 2010--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia &
Telecommunications is an international conference, sponsored by the
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This
annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion
and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications
on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and
telecommunications/distance education.

ED-MEDIA, the premiere international conference in the field, spans all
disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,500 attendees
from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend ED-MEDIA and submit
proposals for presentations.

All presentation proposals are peer reviewed and selected by three reviewers on the
respected international Program Committee for inclusion in the
conference program, proceedings book, and CD-ROM proceedings.

For Call for Presentations, connect to:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm

All authors MUST follow the submission guidelines and complete the Web form at:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/submitguide.htm

For Presentation and AV Guidelines, see:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/PresenterLounge

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:
* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers
* Panels
* Demonstrations/Posters
* Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations
* Tutorials/Workshops
* Roundtables


TOPICS:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following
major topics as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of
multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications:

1. Infrastructure: (in the large)
    - Architectures for Educational Technology Systems
    - Design of Distance Learning Systems
    - Distributed Learning Environments
    - Methodologies for system design
    - Multimedia/Hypermedia Systems
    - WWW-based course-support systems

2. Tools & Content-oriented Applications:
    - Agents
    - Authoring tools
    - Evaluation of impact
    - Interactive Learning Environments
    - Groupware tools
    - Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications
    - Research perspectives
    - Virtual Reality
    - WWW-based course sites
    - WWW-based learning resources
    - WWW-based tools

3. New Roles of the Instructor & Learner:
    - Constructivist perspectives
    - Cooperative/collaborative learning
    - Implementation experiences
    - Improving Classroom Teaching
    - Instructor networking
    - Instructor training and support
    - Pedagogical Issues
    - Teaching/Learning Strategies

4. Human-computer Interaction (HCI/CHI):
    - Computer-Mediated Communication
    - Design principles
    - Usability/user studies
    - User interface design

5. Cases & Projects:
    - Country-Specific Developments
    - Exemplary projects
    - Institution-specific cases
    - Virtual universities

6. Special Strand:  ** Universal Web Accessibility  **


PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities
designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.


CORPORATE SHOWCASES & DEMONSTRATIONS:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/corporate.htm

Companies have the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss their educational
technology products and services in through Corporate Showcases and Demonstrations/Literature.


PROCEEDINGS & PAPER AWARDS:
http://aace.org/pubs
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and on CD-ROM.
Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/
hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of
the art in the discipline. 

In addition, the Proceedings also are internationally distributed through and archived in the Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://EdITLib.org    Do You Subscribe?

Papers with high review scores will be invited for publication consideration by AACE's respected journals, especially for:
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH),
- International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ), or
- Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).

All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within several categories.
Award winning papers may be invited for publication in the AACE journals.


FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/rates.htm

The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be
approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $450 U.S. (non-members).
Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions
except tutorials.

All conference sessions will be held at The Westin Harbour Castle on Lake Ontario ( http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/hotel.htm) located on the scenic Lake Ontario and in walking distance to the city's shopping, dining, and theatre districts.  Special discount hotel have been obtained for ED-MEDIA participants!


TORONTO, CANADA
http://aace.org/conf/cities/toronto/

Toronto is a city built with and for the limitless imaginations of the people who come here to live and those who come to visit. It's a centre of rare openness, energy and style an intimate metropolis showcasing world-class dining, shopping, creativity, architecture and entertainment. Its skyline includes the CN Tower, one of the Modern Wonders of the World; miles of waterfront, boardwalks and trails; and distinct neighbourhoods with inspiring surprises from artisans' exhibits to cool cafés around every corner.

For further Toronto Ontario Canada information see: http://www.torontotourism.com/.

Local Attractions with distances from The Westin: http://aace.org/conf/cities/toronto/toronto-attractions.htm


DEADLINES:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/deadlines.htm

Submissions Due:          December 18, 2009
Authors Notified:             February 9, 2010
Proceedings File Due:    May 3, 2010
Early Registration:          May 3, 2010
Hotel Reservations:        May 27, 2010
Conference:                   June 28-July 2, 2010

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to  http://www.aace.org/info.htm

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

Contact:
AACE--Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327  USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org  *  http://www.AACE.org

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS


Proposal Submission Deadline: November 14, 2009


"Pervasive Computing and Communications Design and Deployment: Technologies, Trends, and Applications"

A book edited by Dr. Apostolos Malatras
University of Fribourg, Switzerland


Introduction


Pervasive computing environments based on the ubiquitous communications paradigm have attracted significant
research interest and have found increased applicability in commercial settings, attributed to the fact that
they provide seamless, customized, and unobtrusive services to their users. Research on pervasive and
ubiquitous computing has been prolific over the past years, leading to a large number of corresponding
diverse software and hardware infrastructures, networking solutions, methodologies, and frameworks.
There exists, therefore, a necessity for an edited collection of articles in this area, in order to
present the most noteworthy current research contributions and provide pointers to pioneering future
directions.

 

Objective of the Book


This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings
in the area. The overall objective of this publication is to serve as a reference point for anyone
engaging with pervasive computing and communications from a technological, sociological, or user-oriented
perspective. Since the research stream of pervasive computing has been extremely active and prolific
in terms of results and projects over the last few years, this publication targets at collecting the
aforementioned research output and encompassing and taxonomically organizeing it in a comprehensive book.
The field is quite vast and is dispersed in many disciplines, hence the necessity for a book to collect
and uniformly present all related aspects of pervasive computing and communications

 

Target Audience


The prospective audience of the proposed publication is mainly professionals, researchers, and students
in informatics and computer science that engage themselves with pervasive computing and communications.
The book will serve primarily as a point of reference handbook to all related technologies, applications
and techniques, as well as an indicator of future and emerging trends to stimulate the interested readers.
Researchers will also benefit from having such a reference book on their field, indicating the main
achievements in the interdisciplinary domain of pervasive computing and the future trends and directions.

 

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


* Applications and real world case-studies of pervasive computing
* Infrastructures to support the deployment of pervasive computing environments
* Context awareness as an enabler of pervasive environments
* Autonomic technologies and services for adaptive pervasive computing
* Drivers and enablers of the pervasive computing paradigm and its impact
* Advances and technologies in the pervasive wireless communications realm (e.g. UWM, IEEE 802.11n, ZigBee, etc.)
* Interoperable exchange of information in the ubiquitous space of pervasive computing
* Systems, architectures, tools, and middleware approaches to address pervasive
* cC computing implementation
* Software engineering approaches to pervasive computing
* Tools and techniques for testing and evaluating pervasive computing systems
* Usability of pervasive computing technologies
* User adoption of pervasive solutions and approaches
* Evaluation techniques and methods for pervasive applications
* Policy-based and Self- management of pervasive communications
* Privacy and security concerns of pervasive computing solutions
* Future directions and emerging trends in pervasive computing and communications
* Compliance of pervasive and bio-inspired computing paradigms
* Interdisciplinary approaches to pervasive computing
* Ethics of pervasive computing and communications

 

Submission Procedure


Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 14, 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 December 14, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter
guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 14, 2010. All submitted chapters will
be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers
for this project.

 

Publisher


This book is scheduled to be 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. This publication is anticipated to be released
in 2010.

 

Important Dates


November 14, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline
December 14, 2009: Notification of Acceptance
March 14, 2010:     Full Chapter Submission
May 30, 2010:  Review Results Returned
July 30, 2010:  Final Chapter Submission
August 30, 2010:  Final Deadline

 

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically or by mail to:


Dr. Apostolos Malatras
Department of Informatics
CH-1700 UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND
Tel.: +41263008474 
E-mail: apostolos.malatras@unifr.ch
http://diuf.unifr.ch/pai/people/malatras/

Gender and Social Computing

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SUBMISSION DUE DATE: February 1, 2010

 

SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Gender and Social Computing

International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

 

Editor-in-Chief: Celia Romm Livermore

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

 

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:

The primary objective of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) is to lay the foundations of E-Politics as an emerging interdisciplinary area of research and practice, as well as, to offer a venue for publications that focus on theories and empirical research on the manifestations of E-Politics in various contexts and environments. E-Politcs is defined as influence attempts facilitated by or related to electronic media or to the information technology field. As such, it is seen as interdisciplinary, encompassing areas such as information systems, political science, social science (psychology, sociology, and cultural studies), security, ethics, law, management and others.

 

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

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

 

eDating

·         Impact of culture on eDating practices

·         Manner in which technology shapes different eDating environments

·         Ways in which IT affects the balance of power between consumers of eDating services

·         Ways that technology affects the behavior of eDaters

ePolitics

·         Gender differences in IT enabled grass-roots politics

·         Gender issues and the politics of cyber security

·         Gender issues in eVoting

·         Gender issues in IT supported party politics, including in the last US elections

·         Gender issues in the politics of eGovernment

IT and Gender at Work

·         Behavior of men and women as on-line consumers, service providers, etc.

·         Effect of gender on adoption of IT in various professions

·         Impact of gender on the IT profession

·         impact of IT on changing the work/home balance

·         Information technology as an enabler of leadership for women in various professions

·         roles that men and women play in virtual teams

Virtual communities and social networking

·         Gender relation in virtual worlds

·         Gender relations in a social networking environments

·         Gender relations in gaming communities

·         Gender relations in social networking environments that are supported by technologies other than the Internet (e.g., cell phones, Internet TV)

·         Gender relations in virtual communities

 

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Gender and Social Computing on or before February 1, 2010. 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/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf.  All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

 

ABOUT International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP):

The mission of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) is to define and expand the boundaries of e-politics as an emerging area of inter-disciplinary research and practice by assisting in the development of e-politics theories and empirical models. The journal creates a venue for empirical, theoretical, and practical scholarly work on e-politics to be published, leading to sharing of ideas between practitioners and academics in this field. IJEP contributes to the creation of a community of e-politics researchers by serving as a "hub" for related activities, such as organizing seminars and conferences on e-politics and publication of books on e-politics.

 

This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association

www.igi-global.com/ijep

 

PUBLISHER:

The International Journal of E-Politics 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 should be directed to the attention of:

 

Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)

Editor-in-Chief

International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

E-mail address: ak1667@wayne.edu

www.igi-global.com/IJEP

 

The 7th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information
 will be held in Central London between 21 and 24 June 2010.

The conference theme is Integration in the Information Sciences: unity in
diversity. The conference will explore the integration and underlying unity of
the information sciences, as both academic disciplines and as work practices.
There will be a doctoral students' forum and a information literacy research
seminar.

Submissions (papers, posters, workshops/seminars) are invited by 22 January
2010.

Details are available at http://colis.soi.city.ac.uk

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