[Sigifp-l] FW: Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Fundamentals of Information Ethics for the Information Fields

[Knox, Emily Joyce Magdelyn]

Greetings colleagues,

See attached a call for book chapter proposals. Please excuse any cross postings, and feel free to contact Emily Knox knox at illinois.edu<mailto:knox at illinois.edu> and myself jtfburgess at ua.edu<mailto:jtfburgess at ua.edu> if you have any questions about this project.


Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Fundamentals of Information Ethics for the Information Fields

This call is for book chapter proposals for an edited information ethics textbook. Fundamentals of Information Ethics for the Information Fields would serve as a guided outline for instructors to use when developing course content for either standalone information ethics courses or information ethics modules within fields such as library and information science and computer science. Since many graduate students in the information fields lack the background in philosophy or ethics needed to quickly understand primary philosophical source material each chapter author would be called on to provide a clear introduction to a single information ethics concept.


Examples of possible core IE concepts include, but are not limited to:

·      Digital divide

·      Data Ethics

·      Intellectual Property

·      Privacy & Surveillance

·      Information Access

·      Global citizenship

·      Institutional ethics

·      Ethics of the organization of information

·      Ethics and archival studies

·      Cognitive justice


Authors would be asked to contribute a scholarly analysis of the concept, including summarizing its intellectual history, noting major contributors to its growth. Once the background information is presented, the chapter author is then encouraged to encapsulate continuing issues and concerns relevant to their concept. (For example a critique of traditional digital divide narratives from the standpoint of critical race theory, or considering issues of privacy and surveillance in neo-capitalist societies) This will allow authors to contribute their own expert knowledge on the subject, while providing content to stimulate classroom discussion. In this way, the volume able to reflect a wider variety of approaches to information ethics research from diverse scholarly perspectives.

This textbook will be edited by Dr. John Burgess, University of Alabama and Dr. Emily Knox, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in response to a proposal request solicited by MIT Press, with an anticipated publication date of 2017.

 Chapter proposals should include a 500-word abstract summarizing both the information ethics concept and approach to emerging issues the chapter will cover. Please direct inquiries and chapter proposals to John Burgess jtfburgess at ua.edu<mailto:jtfburgess at ua.edu> and Emily Knox knox at illinois.edu<mailto:knox at illinois.edu>


Deadline for proposal submissions is Friday April 22nd, 2016.


John Burgess
Assistant Professor/DE Coordinator
School of Library & Information Studies
The University of Alabama
Office 205-348-1523<tel:205-348-1523>
jtfburgess at ua.edu<mailto:jtfburgess at ua.edu> | http://slis.ua.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__slis.ua.edu&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=bjOsDcwk1intRZQdxXfTR8EAY52DbQxKwj3cnFlyiHg&m=kFE09EaiUUESSP-jXaOsMvtpKQRhqpdVfWwmy1okxhc&s=Hr8BSGErjZ3pslUYvjThQxPgJuwHIgmbvFtYzdEslhM&e=>




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