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The Velvet Light Trap

Call for Papers: Issue 72

 

Useful Media: Industrial, Educational, Institutional

 

Submission deadline: September 15, 2012

 

As breakthroughs in digital technologies compel scholars to address media consumption outside the traditional contexts of the theater and the home, media historians remind us that audio/visual materials have always proliferated in other places: city halls, churches, courtrooms, classrooms, hospitals, union halls, corporate offices, factories, and laboratories. Within such alternative venues, media function as tools of education, justice, agitation, advocacy, professionalization, strategy, training, and proselytizing. These frequently overlooked uses of media, beyond art and entertainment, remind us that the patterns of production, distribution, and consumption commonly invoked by terms like "the movies" or "television" represent only certain configurations within the broader field of media practice.

 

Recent developments in the accessibility of educational and industrial media--through the Internet Archive, YouTube postings of leaked training videos, and DVD anthology collections (e.g., Treasures from American Film Archives)--have brought these other media venues and practices to a new prominence. Likewise, an increase in scholarly attention paid to "useful" media, as in the recent anthologies Useful Cinema (Acland and Wasson, 2011) and Learning with the Lights Off (Orgeron, Orgeron, and Streible 2012), encourages us to revise our assumptions about how media function in everyday life and rethink the very definitions of media forms that scholars often take for granted.

 

In that spirit, The Velvet Light Trap seeks essays for an issue on "useful" media. We welcome submissions concerning the production, distribution, exhibition, and/or reception of educational, industrial, and other institutional film, video, television, audio, and new media, past and present.

 

Topics and approaches may include, but are not limited to:

 

Examples of educational, industrial, and useful media:

-          media used by religious institutions, civic organizations, NGOs, unions, libraries, governments, and prisons

-          training films, videos, and software

-          closed-circuit television in educational contexts

-          sponsored films and institutional advertising

-          ambient music within institutional settings (malls, factories, restaurants, waiting rooms)

-          audio/visual materials in museum and factory tours

-          medical films

-          other institutional uses of sound media (records, podcasts, etc.)

-          audiovisual and applied media in scientific and social scientific research

 

Approaches to studying useful media:

-          reception, compulsory viewing, and resistant readings

-          audiovisual aesthetics and stylistic trends

-          useful media and emotional engagement

-          production cultures of industrial media

-          histories of key practitioners and production houses

-          policy and educational media

-          useful media and ideology

-          representation in educational and industrial media

-          educational and industrial media as "found footage"

-          institutional media, architectural design, and spatial politics

 

Submissions should be between 6,000 and 7,500 words (approximately 20-25 pages double-spaced), in Chicago style. Please submit an electronic copy of the paper, along with a one-page abstract, both saved as a Microsoft Word file; remove any identifying information so that the submission is suitable for anonymous review. The journal's Editorial Board will referee all submissions. Send electronic manuscripts and/or any questions to thevelvetlighttrap@gmail.com. All submissions are due September 15, 2012.

 

The Velvet Light Trap is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal of film, television, and new media studies. Graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas-Austin coordinate issues in alternation. Our Editorial Advisory Board includes such notable scholars as Charles Acland, Richard Allen, Harry Benshoff, Mia Consalvo, Radhika Gajjala, Darrell Hamamoto, Joan Hawkins, Scott Higgins, Barbara Klinger, Jon Kraszewski, Diane Negra, Michael Newman, Alisa Perren, Yeidy Rivero, Nic Sammond, Beretta Smith-Shomade, Cristina Venegas, and Michael Williams.

Call for Papers

The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (ISSN 2162-3309) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access publication for original articles, reviews and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing and scholarly communication initiatives. View the inaugural issue at http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/

The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication provides a focused forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies, research and pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such areas as institutional repository and digital collection management, library publishing/hosting services and authors' rights advocacy efforts. As technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC informs practices that strengthen librarianship. The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication provides a shared intellectual space for scholarly communication librarians, institutional repository managers, digital archivists, digital data managers and related professionals.

The journal welcomes original research and practitioner experience papers, as well as submissions in alternative formats (e.g. video, datasets, code).

General topics of interest include:

    Scholarly communication
    Open Access
    Library as publisher and library/press partnerships; including, but not limited to:
        Emerging modes and genres of publication
        Organizational and business models
    Policy issues; including, but not limited to:
        Publishing/deposit mandates
        Impact of governmental or institutional policy
        Policy development for library services
    Digital collection management
    Institutional and discipline-specific repositories
    Digital curation
    Technological developments and infrastructure
    Intellectual property
    Resources, skills, and training
    Interdisciplinary or international perspectives on these issues

Contributions may be submitted to any of the following categories:

    Commentary
    Research Articles
    Practice Articles
    Theory Articles
    P2 (Post-Peer) Review
    Reviews of Books and Products

(For full descriptions of these categories, see http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/authors.html)

Grey literature (e.g. conference papers, presentations, white papers, etc.) may be revised and submitted for review and publication in JLSC if all copyrights still reside with the submitting author(s). Submissions that are substantially similar to material already available to the public (through a peer-reviewed or non-peer-reviewed venue) will not be accepted, but may be proposed as the focus of a P2 (Post-Peer) Review.

For more information about JLSC, please visit http://jlsc-pub.org/
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CONTACT:

Editors, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

Isaac Gilman
Scholarly Communications & Research Services Librarian
Pacific University
Voice: 503.352.7209
gilmani@pacificu.edu

and

Marisa Ramirez
Digital Repository Librarian
California Polytechnic State University
Voice: 805.756.7040
mramir14@calpoly.edu

Need to Publish? About Higher Education? About Technology?

Consider the College & University Media Review

as a vehicle for your creativity.

 

The Consortium of College and University Media Center's

professional journal publishes articles that focus

on media and technology, related research, instructional

development, and management and supervision, as related

to the operation of instructional support service units in

higher education.

 

You can also submit interviews with leaders in the

field or persons involved in interesting, related practice, as

well as annotated bibliographies and case studies.

For more information, please visit

http://www.ccumc.org/media-review

Thank you!

 Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association

www.igi-global.com/JITR

 

Editor-in-Chief: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

 

MISSION OF Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR):

Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR). The JITR seeks to provide evidential research on groundbreaking and emerging areas of information science and technology, with particular focus on breaking trends in medical informatics, social computing and biotechnology. In endeavoring to fulfill the objectives of providing a scholarly and quality outlet for innovative topics, trends and research in the field of IT, the JITR will succeed in expanding the availability of the most prominent, principal and critical concepts that will form the knowledge society of the future.

 

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

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

 

·         Algebraic biology

·         Agricultural informatics

·         Anthropocentric computing

·         Artificial immune systems

·         Assistive technologies

·         Biodiversity applications

·         Bioethics

·         Bioinformatics/biotechnology

·         Biomaterials and nanotechnology

·         Biometrics

·         Biosensors

·         Biosurveillance

·         Bioterrorism and situational awareness

·         Cellular automata

·         Chemoinformatics

·         Cloning

·         Cognitive informatics

·         Crisis management

·         Cultural algorithms

·         Cultural informatics

·         Diagnostic informatics

·         Digital ecosystems

·         Digital forensics

·         Drug discovery technologies

·         Ecological modeling

·         Evidence-based medicine

·         Environmental informatics

·         Gene therapy

·         Genetic algorithms and programming

·         Genomics and proteomics

·         Grid computing

·         Haptics

·         High performance computing

·         Health information technology

·         Hemodynamics

·         Human-centric and pervasive computing

·         Human-computer interface

·         Human factors

·         Human tracking technologies

·         Microarray technologies

·         Medical imaging technologies

·         Medical intelligence

·         Medical informatics

·         Nanoreactors

·         Nanorobotics

·         Nanostructures

·         Nanotechnology

·         Natural computing

·         Natural language applications

·         Pattern recognition

·         Predictive analysis tools

·         Pharmaceutical informatics

·         Quantum informatics

·         Radiology technologies

·         Sensor technologies

·         Service-oriented computing

·         Social computing

·         Social informatics

·         Surgical informatics

·         Telemedicine

·         Telenursing

·         Telesurgery

·         Tissue engineering applications

·         Wearable computing

 

SUBMITTING TO JITR:

Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL'S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to JITR@igi-global.com.

 

PUBLISHER:

The Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR) 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 inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:

 

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA

Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR)

E-mail: JITR@igi-global.com

www.igi-global.com/JITR

 

 

 

_OCLC Systems & Services:  International Digital Library Perspectives_ (OSS:IDLP) is looking for articles.  Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. OSS:IDLP is a peer-reviewed journal.  If you are interested, there is a short timeline for publication; your article can be published as early as October 2012.  For more information, contact the editor at the email address below.

Editorial objectives
OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives covers a broad range of subject areas relating to the Web-based delivery of digital cultural content. The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends in research, and to report on new initiatives and developments. Digital libraries and digital repositories are a particular focus, together with relevant standards and techniques.

Coverage
*Digital libraries
*Digital repositories
*Digital cultural content services
*Web metadata standards
*Web markup languages
*Digital preservation
*Imaging and digitization techniques
*Usability studies

OCLC Systems & Services is indexed and abstracted in:
*Academic Search Alumni Edition
*Academic Search Complete
*Academic Search Premier
*Computer Science Index
*Computer & Communications Security Abstracts *Current Abstracts *Current Awareness Abstracts *Education Full Text *Education Research *Emerald Management Reviews *Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA) *The Informed Librarian *INSPEC *International Academic Research Library *Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts *Library & Information Science Abstracts *Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts *Library Literature & Information Science *Library Literature & Information Science Full Text *OmniFile Full Text Mega *OmniFile Full Text Select *Scopus *TOC Premier

Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Editor
Dean of Library Services
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana  46383
brad.eden@valpo.edu
219-464-5099

CALL FOR SPEAKERS
FETC 2013
January 28 - 31, 2013
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL

BECOME A SPEAKER at FETC 2013, January 28 - 31, 2013, in Orlando, FL!
Are you interested in conducting a concurrent session or workshop? Now is the time to apply!

NOTE: May 31st IS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY!

FETC INVITES APPLICATIONS to present from education professionals representing all levels, content areas and specialties, as well as industry and technology experts. If accepted, your presentation will be scheduled as one of the concurrent sessions, BYOD sessions or workshops planned for the 2013 national conference.

* Gain exposure for your work, your school and your district.

* Help fill the information gap for educators looking for collaborative strategies, inventive techniques and engaging applications to enhance learning and improve student performance.

* Share successful classroom practices, creative teaching and learning solutions, research, policies and products that show emerging promise for K-12 education and the evolving role of technology.

* Become part of a dynamic partnership that has made FETC conferences "must-attend" education technology events for more than 30 years.

BY SHARING your successful practices that transform learning for all students, you can help
inspire and encourage other educators, administrators and executives to creatively deploy technologies and expand the possibilities of learning through educational technology.

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>>Click the link below for complete information on submission guidelines and access to the electronic application form:

http://click.1105info.com/?qs=d5ef4647f4191e10a0d42e7546e65694a81f745ae44f269c3d25b80079636f52bd483d87a3c41cfd

****DON'T DELAY! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, May 31, 2012.****

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>>FOR INFORMATION ON FETC 2013 go to:
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Orlando, Florida

December 10-14, 2012 Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando

http://sqllive360.com/Events/2012/Home.aspx?utm_source=AttendeeMktg&utm_medium=E-Mail&utm_campaign=SQLCFPC

Proposals are due: Friday, May 11, 2012 5:00 PST
Submit your proposal here: http://cfp.live360events.com

Brought to you by the publishers of Visual Studio Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Redmond Magazine, and Virtualization Review Magazine; and the producers of Visual Studio Live! and TechMentor conferences, SQL Server Live! will be part of Live! 360, a new event offering four co-located technical conferences for the Developer and IT community at one time for one low price. Incorporating knowledge transfer, networking and leading-edge training, these conferences keep attendees up-to-date on current technologies with a look to the future.

SQL Server Live! (December 10-14, 2012 at the Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, Florida) will provide comprehensive education and knowledge share for SQL Server database management, performance tuning and troubleshooting to IT professionals and DBAs across a breadth of experience and organizations.

SQL Server Live! invites you to submit proposals for our upcoming event that are suited to our educational foci, which include (but not limited to):

• Recovery and High Availability -- Techniques for managing backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability - which may include recommendations for tools and techniques other than those which are native to the product.

• Welcome to Yukon Territory: What's New in SQL Server 2012 -- Focus on new and changed features in SQL Server 2012.

• Monitoring, Maintaining, and Tuning -- Techniques and tools for keeping an eye on SQL Server performance and for maintaining a smoothly-running SQL environment. Also includes content on performance tuning. PowerShell content is also fair game, here.

• Scaling Up and Out -- Techniques and technologies for making SQL Server handle more workload, including hardware, scale-out techniques, and so on.

• SQL Server as the Back End -- Content focuses on tuning SQL Server for use as a back-end with various other products, including SharePoint and System Center.

• Friends of SQL Server -- Content focuses on SQL Server's companion technologies: Integration Services, Reporting Services, etc.

Speaker Compensation:
Speakers chosen to present at SQL Server Live! -- a Live! 360 event -- will receive a stipend for each session they present. SQL Server Live! will also cover hotel accommodations (room and tax only) for a pre-determined number of nights at the host hotel as outlined in the speaker agreement.

SQL Server Live! is part of Live! 360, and will be co-located in Orlando
with the following conferences:


Visual Studio Live! provides real-world, practical information and training to attendees with the cutting-edge techniques needed to solve development challenges with existing Microsoft products, shipping or soon-to-be shipping technologies compatible with the .NET Framework and Visual Studio.


Cloud & Virtualization Live! delivers intelligent training with real-world applicability on today's cloud and virtualization technologies. Taught by the industry's most celebrated expert speakers, this event is ideal for IT professionals, systems administrators, developers and consultants who want to develop their skill sets in evaluating, deploying and optimizing virtual and cloud-based environments.


SharePoint Live! provides leading-edge knowledge and training for SharePoint administrators, developers, and planners who must customize, deploy and maintain SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation to maximize the business value.

We look forward to your submission!

 

Call for Papers

Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL)

Special Issue on Technology in Higher Education and Human Performance

Guest Editors

Dr. Minhong Wang
Faculty of Education,
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Email: magwang@hku.hk

Prof. Chi-Cheng Chang
Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Email: samchang@ntnu.edu.tw

This special issue of the KM&EL international journal is dedicated to coverage of technology in higher education and human performance. Fierce competition, globalization, and a dynamic economy have forced organizations and individuals to search for new ways to strengthen their competitive advantages. In pursuance this, improvement of learning and human performance for sustainable development has been recognized as a key strategic issue. It becomes crucial to help learners in educational institutions and knowledge workers in various organizations to improve their self-directed and life-long learning, especially via using information and communication technologies in the digital economy.

While implementing technology-enhanced learning, a variety of aspects have to be taken into account including learning and instructional theories, educational technology, curriculum development, knowledge management, performance evaluation, organizational culture, etc. This special issue aims to provide a forum for academics and practitioners to explore issues related to the design, evaluation and application of technologies in higher education and human performance development.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- E-learning in higher education
- Distance education and lifelong learning
- Computer-assisted learning
- Instructional design in online learning
- Online curriculum development
- Web-based corporate training
- Knowledge management
- Adult learning and human performance
- mpact of technology on learning

We are interested in both theoretical and practical papers that aim to improve learning and human performance by applying the latest technological advances. We would like to stimulate interest in the issues across academia, practice, industry, research and policy, and therefore we welcome focused papers from all sectors.

IMPORTANT DATES 
Submission due: 15th May 2012
Notification of acceptance: 15th Jul 2012
Publication schedule: Sep 2012

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Electronic submission by email to Guest Editors is required (magwang@hku.hk or samchang@ntnu.edu.tw ).

Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presently be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A standard double-blind review process will be used for selecting papers to be published in this special issue. Authors should follow the instructions outlined in the KM&EL Website (see URLhttp://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions)

For more information about the KM&EL, please visit the web site:
http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication