[Asis-l] Call for HICSS paper

[Clare Beghtol]

      Call for Papers
       Mini-track on

       Genres of Digital Documents

   Hawai'i International Conference on System Science
       5-8 January 2004, Hilton Waikoloa Village,
        Big Island of Hawaii, USA

We invite papers for a Minitrack on Genres of Digital Documents.
Document genres are communicative actions with a socially 
recognized
communicative purpose and common aspects of form (such as 
newsletters,
FAQs, and homepages). Such genres are situated in complex
communicative practices; they are anchored in specific institutions
and processes and can be equally applicable to physical as well as
electronic documents. Recognizing the genre of a document is 
useful
because it makes communications more easily recognizable and
understandable by recipients and more easily generated by 
senders.
Thus, the study of genres, besides enhancing our understanding of
information searching and use, may also provide insights into
organizational or community structures.

As well, it is becoming increasingly clear that the successful use of
digital media requires the emergence of new or transformed genres of
digital communication. In a digital environment, documents have
functionality as well as form and content, but in many ways the
contextual clues by which functionality can be ascertained are
missing. For this reason, genre provides a certain fixity in
communication and becomes increasingly important in providing users a
resource for the interpretation of the content, role, and function of
a digital document.

Suggested topics for the Minitrack include:

o  Issues in the transformation of print genres to digital form
o  The evolution of genres of digital documents
o  Genre theory and its application to digital documents
o  Emergent genres
o  Investigations of genre in use
o  Analyses of particular document genres
o  Genres in digital search and classification
o  Genres in non-text digital documents
o  Genres for electronic commerce
o  Designing systems in support of and using genre

The best papers from the Minitrack will be considered for inclusion in
a special issue of the journal Information, Technology and People
(http://www.itandpeople.org/) to appear in Fall 2004.

Minitrack chairs

    Kevin Crowston and Barbara Kwasnik
   Syracuse University School of Information Studies
        4-206 Centre for Science and Technology
        Syracuse, NY   13244-4100
    Email: {crowston,bkwasnik}@syr.edu

Instructions to authors

1. Manuscripts should be 22-26 double-spaced pages, including 
diagrams, in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format. The final paper
will be 10 pages, double-column, single-spaced. 2. Each paper must
have a title page that includes the title of the paper, full name of
all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s),
telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es). 3. The first page of the
manuscript should include the title and a 300-word abstract of the
paper. 4. Papers should contain original material and not be
previously published, or currently submitted for consideration
elsewhere. 5. Do not submit the same manuscript to more than one
Minitrack.

Authors are encouraged (but not required) to submit 1 page abstracts
of proposed submissions to the Minitrack chairs for guidance by 31
March. Full papers should be submitted electronically by Sunday 1
June. Full details about the submissions process will be available at
http://crowston.syr.edu/hicss/.

Important dates

Abstracts due:	Monday 31 March
Papers due:	Sunday 1 June
Acceptance:	Sunday 31 August
Final papers due:	Wednesday 1 October
Early registration:	1 October (authors are required to register 
by this date)
Registration:	2 October-10 December
Conference:	5-8 January 2004

About HICSS

Since 1968 the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(HICSS) has become a respected a forum for the substantive interchange
of ideas in all areas of information systems and technology. The
objective of HICSS is to provide a unique environment in which
researchers and practitioners in the information, computer and system
sciences can frankly exchange and discuss their research ideas,
techniques and applications. Comments and feedback from each HICSS
conference indicate that the conference format continues to be
professionally rewarding and stimulating to everyone who attends. More
information about the HICSS conference can be found at
http://www.hicss.org/. --

Kevin Crowston
Syracuse University			    Phone:  +1 (315) 443-1676
School of Information Studies		    Fax:    +1 (315) 443-5806
4-206 Centre for Science and Technology	    EMail:  crowston at syr.edu
Syracuse, NY   13244-4100   USA		    Web:    http://crowston.syr.edu/
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Kevin Crowston
Syracuse University			    Phone:  +1 (315) 443-1676
School of Information Studies		    Fax:    +1 (315) 443-5806
4-206 Centre for Science and Technology	    EMail:  crowston at syr.edu
Syracuse, NY   13244-4100   USA		    Web:    http://crowston.syr.edu/
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