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		     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/.
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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/