From lai.ma at ucd.ie Sat Mar 1 03:57:26 2014 From: lai.ma at ucd.ie (Lai Ma) Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 08:57:26 +0000 Subject: [Eurchap] Assistant Professor/College Lecturer Position: University College Dublin School of Information & Library Studies Message-ID: <8C94A696-D8B8-4CEE-8B1E-650F3CD43665@ucd.ie> Open Position: Lecturer in Information Ref: 006474 Lecturer in Information (Above the Bar) University College Dublin - UCD School of Information and Library Studies The School of Information and Library Studies at University College Dublin invites applications for a five-year posts. The successful candidate will contribute significantly to the quality expansion of research in one or more of the following areas: digital curation, visualization / information design, informatisation of social/ organisational processes, information architecture, information systems design, related topics regarding the interplay of people, information, technology and social structures; and to participate effectively in the School's educational programmes. Applicants should have completed a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline. Candidates who do not yet have a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline but who expect to have completed this degree by the date of appointment may be considered. Closing date for applications is Monday, 31 March 2013 (GMT). It is envisaged an appointee will commence in post September 2014. Further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies. For more detail on the School of Information and Library Studies, and its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, see http://www.ucd.ie/sils. Informal inquiries to Dr. Lee Komito (lee.komito at ucd.ie), Head of School/Head of Subject. Representatives from the School will be available at upcoming iConference in Berlin for further discussion. --- Dr Lai Ma School of Information and Library Studies University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Web: http://www.ucd.ie/sils/staff/laima/ Email: lai.ma at ucd.ie Phone: +353 1 716 7592 From youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr Mon Mar 3 04:22:05 2014 From: youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr (Youakim Badr) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 10:22:05 +0100 Subject: [Eurchap] ACM MEDES 2014: Call for Papers Message-ID: <6F1D6476-3D21-47D9-9781-BB79A5BD3ED4@insa-lyon.fr> * Please distribute widely and accept our apologies for cross-posting * *************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************** The 6th International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES 2014) In-Cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGAPP and IFIP WG 2.6 http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/14/ September 15-17, 2014 Buraidah-Al Qassim, Saudi Arabi Description and Objectives --------------------------- In the world of the Internet, the rapid growth and exponential use of digital medias leads to the emergence of virtual environments namely digital ecosystems composed of multiple and independent entities such as individuals, organizations, services, software and applications sharing one or several missions and focusing on the interactions and inter-relationships among them. The digital ecosystem exhibits self-organizing environments, thanks to the re-combination and evolution of its "digital components", in which resources provided by each entity are properly conserved, managed and used. The underlying resources mainly comprehend data management, innovative services, computational intelligence and self-organizing platforms. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of digital ecosystems and their characteristics, they are highly complex to study and design. This also leads to a poor understanding as to how managing resources will empower digital ecosystems to be innovative and value-creating. The application of Information Technologies has the potential to enable the understanding of how entities request resources and ultimately interact to create benefits and added-values, impacting business practices and knowledge. These technologies can be improved through novel techniques, models and methodologies for fields such as data management, web technologies, networking, security, human-computer interactions, artificial intelligence, e-services and self-organizing systems to support the establishment of digital ecosystems and manage their resources. The International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) aims to develop and bring together a diverse community from academia, research laboratories and industry interested in exploring the manifold challenges and issues related to resource management of Digital Ecosystems and how current approaches and technologies can be evolved and adapted to this end. The conference seeks related original research papers, industrial papers and proposals for demonstrations. Topics ------- MEDES 2014 seeks contributions in the following 10 areas: 1. Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure 2. Cloud computing 3. Emergent Intelligence 4. Service systems and Engineering 5. Trust, Security & Privacy 6. Data & Knowledge Management 7. Intelligent Web 8. Human-Computer Interaction 9. Networks and Protocols 10. Open Source Paper Submission ---------------- Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. The submitted paper should be at most 8 ACM single-space printed pages. Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be rejected. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 peer reviewers. After the preliminary notification date, authors rebut by evidence and arguments all reviewer inquiries and their comments. Based on the rebuttal feedback, reviewers notify authors with the final decision. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics related to Digital Ecosystems. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. The conference Proceedings will be published by ACM and indexed by the ACM Digital Library and DBLP. Important Dates ---------------- Submission Deadline: 12 May 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 25 June 2014 Camera Ready: 20 July 2014 Conference Dates: 15-17 September 2014 Special Tracks: ---------------- Big Data Processing and Management Computational Intelligence Special issues and Journal Publication --------------------------------------- Extended versions of selected papers will be published in several peer reviewed journals. The list of journals will be announced later. General Chair -------------- Obaid Al Motairy, Qassim University, KSA Richard Chbeir, UPPA University, France Mohammed Alodib, Qassim University, KSA Lamri Laouamer, Qassim University, KSA Program Chair -------------- Morad Benyoucef, University of Ottawa, Canada Saad Harous, United Arab Emirates University, UAE International Advisory Board Members ------------------------------------ Asanee Kawtrakul, NECTEC, Thailand Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Philippe De Wilde, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland Yasuo Matsuyama, Waseda University, Japan Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Steering Committee Members -------------------------- Youakim Badr, INSA de Lyon, France Fernando Ferri, IRPPS-CNR, Italy Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Richard Chbeir, University of Bourgogne, France Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan Asanee Kawtrakul, NECTEC, Thailand Dominique Laurent, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France Epaminondas Kapetanios, University of Westminster, UK Keynote Speakers ---------------- Fabien Gandon, INRIA, France Ton Kalker, DTS Incorporation, USA Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA Azer Bestavros, Boston University, USA Roger Lee, Central Michigan University, USA International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-lyon3.fr Fri Mar 7 08:26:39 2014 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-lyon3.fr (Fidelia Ibekwe) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:26:39 +0100 Subject: [Eurchap] CFP "Archives, libraries and museums in the era of the participatory social Web" Message-ID: <5319C90F.1040903@univ-lyon3.fr> ------------------------Apologies for multiple postings*----------------------- * *Call for Papers* *Archives, libraries and museums in the era of the participatory social Web* Special issue of the /Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science/ *Guest editors* Dr. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan, Department of Information and Communication, University of Lyon 3 Dr. Elaine M?nard, School of Information Studies, McGill University *Themes* The term "Web 2.0" refers to a set of Web tools that enhance and support user-generated content. Web 2.0 has made possible -- and intensified -- global collaborative mechanisms for the production of content. For nearly fifteen years, it has been gradually transforming the traditional Web, based on a dissemination model mainly structured by service providers and content providers. This participatory and collaborative capacity of the Web 2.0 may, in some cases, erase old boundaries and hierarchies between professionals and amateurs in various areas, whether in the private or public domains (e.g., Journalism 2.0, citizen journalism, etc.). Professions related to the creation and dissemination of content and knowledge seem to be particularly affected (e.g., publishers, artists, graphic designers, journalists, librarians, competitive intelligence specialists, librarians, archivists, information managers, etc.). The participatory Web's massive implementation of technology by the public has led to a reconfiguration and repositioning of the stakeholders in these sectors. This special issue aims to investigate mutations or changes under way within the institutions and among the stakeholders of libraries, archives, museums and online media due to the spread of Web 2.0 digital practices. The guest editors of this special issue of the /Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science/ invite researchers from different disciplines to submit original unpublished work in connection with the changes brought about by Web 2.0 in these sectors. Contributions may cover different aspects: epistemological, technological, sociological, economic and political impact of Web 2.0 in the context of libraries, archives, museums and new media. More specifically, contributions should address the following questions: 1.How can institutional repositories (nomenclatures, classification languages, catalogues, thesauri, controlled vocabulary indexing) produced by professionals (librarians, archivists, journalists, curators) accommodate the participatory culture of the social Web and content generated by users? 2.How do Web 2.0 digital devices transform (or not) the relationship that libraries, museums and archives have with the public and vice versa? To what extent are the concepts/phenomena of participatory libraries or museums becoming a reality? Are we moving away from non-participatory past practices toward new practices that are rather participatory? 3.How does the public receive the innovative applications of Web 2.0 technology in libraries, archives and museums? 4.Do technical participatory tools (such as mashups, podcasts, blogs, social tagging/folksonomies, social bookmarking, use of social networks including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn or museum informatics, etc.) create new gateways or new modes of interaction with documentary, archival or museum artifacts? 5.How do physical institutions (museums, libraries, archives) coexist alongside their virtual platforms? Will this coexistence continue (e.g., the threatened closure of libraries in some countries) or will the multiplication of virtual forms of libraries, museums and archives not result in the disappearance or deterritorializationof these institutions as physical places? 6. Is the institutional and historical distinction between archives, libraries and museums challenged by digital phenomena? Are the boundaries between them becoming porous due to new needs generated by the public social Web (e.g., "museo-libraries")? 7.What socio-professional changes or epistemological repositioning under way among stakeholders of libraries, archives, museums and media are caused by these new digital devices? 8.What is the impact of opening up public data for these institutions? Proposals will be evaluated by two blind reviewers according to the standard practice of the /Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science/. *The journal* Established in 1976, the /Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science/ is the official journal of the Canadian Association for Information Science. Its objective is to promote the advancement of information science in Canada. *Languages* Submissions are accepted in either English or French. *Deadline* ?March 2014: Call for submissions ?October 31, 2014: Deadline for submission of the first draft of the article ?January 15, 2015: Decision of the review committee sent to authors ?March 1, 2015: Submission of the final version of the article ?June 2015: Publication of the special issue *Submission* For questions about this special issue, please contact the guest editors. Send your manuscripts in electronic format (Word or RTF) to: Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan Associate Professor Department of Information and Communication University of Lyon 3 Lyon, France fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-lyon3.fr Elaine M?nard Assistant Professor School of Information Studies McGill University Montreal, Canada elaine.menard at mcgill.ca Guidelines for authors are available online on the journal's website at http://www.cais-acsi.ca/journal/guidelines.htm. Please indicate at the beginning of your submission which point(s) or theme(s) your paper will address. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan Ph.D. (MCF-HDR) Associate Professor - Dept. of Information & Communication University of Lyon 3 - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ EPICIC colloquium : http://www.epicic.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tamara.Heck at uni-duesseldorf.de Thu Mar 6 10:25:36 2014 From: Tamara.Heck at uni-duesseldorf.de (Tamara Heck) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:25:36 +0100 Subject: [Eurchap] =?utf-8?q?Movie_meets_Science!_Be_creative_and_win_100_?= =?utf-8?b?4oKsIGFuZCBtb3Jl?= Message-ID: <027801cf3950$52eb1a20$f8c14e60$@uni-duesseldorf.de> Dear student colleagues, there is still time to be creative and show your great research in a video! 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All topics relevant to the history of information science and technology may be proposed. The proposal should include: the central topic or question to be researched and an extended abstract, qualifications of the researcher (brief vita should be included), a budget and how the funds will be expended. All funds must be expended by June 30, 2015. Submit proposal to http://www.softconf.com/asist2/History/ 2) The ASIS&T History Fund Best Paper Award This award will be for a maximum of $500 and will be awarded for the best paper submitted by April 30, 2014. All topics relevant to the history of information science and technology will be considered. The paper should not have been previously published or submitted to a journal. The paper should not exceed 30 pages double-spaced, including notes and references, using APA Style Manual. The winner is expected to present the paper at the 2015 ASIS&T Annual Meeting and to give first rights of refusal for publication to the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Submit paper to http://www.softconf.com/asist2/History/ The ASIS&T History Fund was established by the ASIS&T Board of Directors in June 2000 for the purposes of supporting and encouraging research and publication in the history of information science and technology. The Fund is supported by donations (including book loyalties) from ASIS&T members and others. The Fund Advisory Board encourages further donations from anyone interested in supporting historical study of information science and technology. Members of the ASIS&T History Fund Advisory Board for 2014 are: Lai Ma, Chair Sarah Buchanan Michael Buckland Samantha Hastings Trudi Bellardo Hahn For further information please contact Lai Ma at lai.ma at ucd.ie --- Dr Lai Ma School of Information and Library Studies University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Web: http://www.ucd.ie/sils/staff/laima/ Email: lai.ma at ucd.ie Phone: +353 1 716 7592 From michel.menou at orange.fr Tue Mar 25 05:37:18 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:37:18 +0100 Subject: [Eurchap] Fwd: [ciresearchers] CALL FOR PAPERS : "CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS" 11th Prato CIRN Conference October 13-15 2014 In-Reply-To: <1395712779.21138.98454061.64F7E740@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1395712779.21138.98454061.64F7E740@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: <53314E4E.7080602@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ciresearchers] CALL FOR PAPERS : "CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS" 11th Prato CIRN Conference October 13-15 2014 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:59:39 +1100 From: Larry Stillman Reply-To: ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net, Larry Stillman To: ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net, communityinformatics at vancouvercommunity.net *CALL FOR PAPERS: "CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS" 11th Prato CIRN Conference October 13-15 2014, Monash Centre, Prato Italy, and Special Workshop October 16: RDF and the Archival Multiverse?* *http://cirn.wikispaces.com/Conference+Call+2014* Please forward to colleagues and other lists. /Community Informatics/ is primarily concerned with improving the well-being of people and their communities through more effective use of ICTs. Community Informatics foregrounds social change and transformative action in emergent social-technical relationships rather than prediction and control. This orientation also has much in common with Community Archiving. /Community-centric archival research, education and practice/ are concerned with empowering communities in support of such desirable objectives as democracy, human and civil rights, self-determination, sustainable development, and social inclusion. Recordkeeping and archiving are fundamental infrastructural components supporting community information, self-knowledge and memory needs, thus contributing to resilient communities and cultures and supporting reconciliation and recovery in the aftermath of conflict, oppression and trauma. * The 2012 and 2013 Prato conferences were the start of a new journey, in that people from the emerging field of community archives met with the slightly more mature field of Community Informatics to try to make some sense of what each was doing, and to what degree interdisciplinarity might be achieved. By interdisciplinarity we mean not living in research or practice silos, that there is something valuable from learning from each other?s theories, methods, findings and experiences. Yet a lot sounds like the same old story faced by anyone involved in social action or social research. However, the problem appears more particularly acute in the era of spectacular budgetary cutbacks and the increasing influence of neo-liberal assessments of 'worth', and it is time we looked again at what the challenges are, and particularly, how we creatively deal with them. We will consider papers related to any aspect of Community Informatics or Community Archiving. However, we are particularly interested in papers from researchers and practitioners that can address the challenges of locating community-based research within wider theoretical and practice frameworks. * In past conferences we have seen a tendency to qualitative research with an emphasis on case studies and the development of narratives. For example, what are the challenges and solutions to achieving adequate or exemplary voices, documentation, and activity from the perspectives of one or more communities? What of the struggle to tell a story, and whose story/stories should that be and under what conditions? Are academic research paradigms and norms out of touch with the reality of practice and how should they be modified? These are important and ongoing issues, but beyond these there remain unanswered questions about the relationship of community-based research to broader theories and strategies that extend the benefits of projects and theories/outcomes beyond the local communities involved.Do the projects we engage in only benefit the immediate communities served, and perhaps others where projects are replicated ? or can they have broader impact, perhaps through addressing issues related to human rights, social justice, social cohesion or community resilience? * In this context, what theoretical or conceptual frameworks are relevant and effective? Do social capital and the development of social networks truly strengthen communities, or does it depend on the type of social capital being created and/or destroyed? Is there a difference in effect and outcome when considering voluntary associations or place-based communities as opposed to social movements? Could there be negative consequences? Might some projects somehow serve to isolate or disempower communities? And what role do communications play, for example the various forms of social media? * How do we measure and evaluate benefit to the community? In collaborations, which community/ies are we seeking to advance and benefit? How can we measure the long-term impact of research engagement, and the implementation of technologies and services? What promising approaches being undertaken? How can we build a critical mass of studies of a particular community or community-relevant phenomenon? How can we encourage cross-comparisons and analyses of research? Are there ways in which data from some of this research might be shared and/or re-used by other community or community-centric researchers? With which other fields might there be research affinities, e.g., public health, social work, sociology, anthropology? * Another challenge is the (under) resourcing of research and action and how these are conducted. How can we support this research? What methodological or research design compromises might we need to make in order to do this research? What are the ethical exigencies that we encounter and how should these best be addressed? // /The above suggestions are not intended to be prescriptive, but rather, to highlight the range of issues that remain to be addressed within the theory and practice of both Community Informatics and Community Archiving. We believe that the interaction between the two fields will result in exciting new insights and look forward to any contribution that helps to achieve that goal./ // *Special Workshop October 16: RDF and the Archival Multiverse?* The Workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to gain a deep understanding of RDF (Resource Description Framework) . It will focus on addressing the following challenge: Can RDF sufficiently express or capture the contingencies and nuances arising from a glocal and pluralized framing of archival access? Further details will be posted as they become available. *Dates and Processes* In order to enhance the quality of papers in all streams, Program Chairs will take an active role in guiding papers through the review process and deadlines will be adhered to. The following kinds of papers are sought: * Full papers for blind peer review to meet academic peer-review requirements (up to 6000 words). * Works in progress and more speculative pieces (reviewed and selected, but not peer reviewed). * Non refereed papers, including practitioner reports (up to 6000 words). * PhD papers which provide an outline of current or proposed PhD research (between 2-3000 words, including references) * Proposals for workshops or panel discussions. * Proposals for posters. _* Abstracts/papers can *_*_only_*_*be submitted through the conference database which will be made available shortly. *_ Abstracts up to 550 words. ABSTRACTS TO BE RECEIVED By May 15, 2014. Late abstracts will be put on a wait list. * Acceptance/modification/ rejection notices As soon as possible after 15 May. * Full papers and abstracts for all streams due 31 July 2014 * Referee reports to participants by 1 September 2014 * Final version of papers, based on peer review and program committee decisions due 1 October September 2014 * Conference proceedings Online publication with ISBN * Registrations Available from 1 July * Conference * Post-conference 1 day workshop 13-15 October 2014 16 October 2014 For further information about the conference, including information about the Monash Prato Centre, travel and accommodation and so on, see http://cirn.wikispaces.com/Conference+Call+2014. For the conference ********************** Larry Stillman, PhD Senior Research Fellow Monash University No virus found in this message. 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URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Thu Mar 27 05:46:46 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:46:46 +0100 Subject: [Eurchap] Fwd.: [Air-L] OTI Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project Message-ID: <5333F386.7000800@orange.fr> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:27:32 -0400 From: Joly MacFie To: aoir list Subject: [Air-L] OTI Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project ---------- Forwarded message ---------- For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 26, 2014 PRESS RELEASE Open Technology Institute Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project with Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute WASHINGTON, DC --Together with the Global Public Policy Institute< http://www.gppi.net/news/news_item/article/gppi-launches-joint-project-on-freedom-and-security-in-the-digital-age/> in Germany, New America's Open Technology Institute has launched a new project called "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age." Over the next two years, the project will bring together experts from the United States and Europe to debate and research the balance between security and freedom. "At a time of significant Transatlantic tension on this topic, it is especially important that we build pathways for reasoned, research-driven international dialogue on controversial issues such as Internet governance, fragmentation, and cybersecurity," said Tim Maurer, research fellow at New America's Open Technology Institute. "We hope that our work in partnership with the Global Public Policy Institute can help provide fresh answers to tough questions about the future, at this critical juncture in the development of the global and open Internet." The project, which will take place over the course of 2014 and 2015, will produce two policy papers, a conference in Washington DC, and regular policy breakfasts and is a unique opportunity to address some difficult challenges at a very critical time in Transatlantic relations. Experts from the Open Technology Institute and GPPi will write the two papers. In the first, the authors will examine proposals by governments on how to re-engineer the Internet to ensure "technological sovereignty" in response to concerns over US surveillance in the context of the Internet's continued expansion. In the second paper, the authors will craft policy recommendations to ensure a free and open Internet in the event of a major cyber incident. In addition, regular articles, op-eds and blog posts will make the key project-findings accessible to a broader audience. "GPPi is very happy to partner with New America's OTI," said Thorsten Benner, co-founder and director of GPPi. "We look forward to informing the policy debates on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond during this critical stage in the development of global internet politics." The project relies on the knowledge of professionals working in various sectors (government, business, civil society and academia) as well as disciplines (politics, law and computer science). A high-level steering committee made up of senior policymakers, academics and private sector representatives from the US and Europe advises the project team. The project is supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Learn more about the themes and people involved here< http://www.digitaldebates.org/home/>. ### For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Jenny Mallamo, Media Relations Associate, at mallamo at newamerica.org or (202) 596-3368. About New America New America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. To learn more, please visit us online at www.newamerica.org or follow us on Twitter @NewAmerica. About the Open Technology Institute The Open Technology Institute (OTI) is a global pioneer in developing innovative communications technologies and policies to enable communities to fully participate in the global economy, and freely shape their democracies. To learn more, please visit us online at http://oti.newamerica.org and on Twitter @OTI. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -