[Asis-l] HICSS - Call for Papers

[Heidi Julien]

>Call for Papers
><http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_43/apahome43.htm>Hawaii 
>International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
>
>Research 2.0: Web 2.0 and Virtual Worlds as Research Environments
>
>  Please visit the minitrack website for more 
> details: 
> <http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Edrathi/hicss-43/research2.0.html>http://www.ualberta.ca/~drathi/hicss-43/research2.0.html
>Part of the Track: Internet and Digital Economy
>
>Paper Submission Deadline:June 15, 2009
>
>The Web 2.0 environment offers many new 
>opportunities for researchers undertaking both 
>qualitative and quantitative research (e.g., 
>increased potential for collecting data from 
>online communities and social networks around 
>the globe). However, these technologies can also 
>be used by researchers to enhance the research 
>process (e.g., facilitating research 
>collaboration between project team members to 
>develop tools and technologies to analyze data 
>and write papers). Understanding the privacy and 
>legal implications in both contexts – i.e., the 
>implementation of the study, as well as the 
>research process – is an area that warrants 
>further exploration in a minitrack environment.
>
>This minitrack invites papers on topics including (but not limited to):
>    * Changing landscape for qualitative and 
> quantitative research due to emergence of Web 2.0 and virtual worlds;
>    * Development of online research communities;
>    * Online collaborative techniques in Web 2.0 
> environments for advancing research methodologies;
>    * Use of Web 2.0 tools and technologies in data collection and analyses;
>    * Use of Web 2.0 platforms and virtual 
> worlds (e.g., Second Life) such as avatars, 
> online communities, for conducting qualitative and quantitative research;
>    * Effectiveness of Web 2.0 for increasing 
> participating rates in research (e.g., 
> questionnaire response rates; online focus groups);
>    * Using user-generated content as a data source in research;
>    * Ethical and legal issues (e.g., privacy; 
> copyright) in conducting qualitative and 
> quantitative research in virtual environments;
>    * Use of social computing in building research communities;
>    * Role of social computing in the 
> advancement of data collection techniques;
>    * New data collection approaches in Web 2.0 environments.
>
>Minitrack Co-Chairs:
><http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Elgiven/>Lisa M. Given
>(Primary Contact)
>School of Library and Information Studies
>International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM)
>University of Alberta
>Email: lisa.given at ualberta.ca
>
><http://www.drathi.com/>Dinesh Rathi
>School of Library and Information Studies
>University of Alberta
>Email: drathi at ualberta.ca
>

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Heidi Julien, Ph.D.
Editor, Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Alberta
3-20 Rutherford South
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J4
Ph: 780 492 3934  Fax: 780 492 2430
Email: Heidi.Julien at ualberta.ca
Web: http://www.ualberta.ca/~hjulien/heidi.htm
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