From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: workshop was initiated by the TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development) and aims the definition of policies and strategies for the development of Africa throughout the partnership Asia/ Africa and the ICTs. The worshop is part of the project Ticad IT initiative. At the workshop, the participants have decided the installation of an electronic center for business information between Africa and Asia. The electonic center, in the office the Benin Bussiness Center (CCIB), will host a regional web server which will have to promote, improve and facilitate business opportunities at regional level, the exchange of commercial informations between regional business men, and promote partnership between the private sectors of the West african monetary and economic union (Uemoa) and Asia. The participants were from Africa and Asia and were both form business, tehcnical and politics areas. Ticad is an initiative of the Japan government and others organisations such UNDP, UN-Oscal, World Bank and the Global coalition for Africa. The discussions at the workshop have explored the below five aspects of policy and strategies for ICTs : 1. Main challenges of the electronic governance 2- institutionnal framework 3. Private sector implication and oppotunities 4. Capacities empowerment 5. Africa and Asia cooperation in ICTs field, lessons and opportunities The web site of the worskshop is : http://www.ticad.gouv.bj From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Information:=20=20 Jos=E9 Antonio Fr=EDas=20=20 Tlf. 34 923 294 580, ext. 3063=20=20 Fax. 34 923 294 582=20=20 E-mail: frias at usal.es=20=20 http://www.ugr.es/~isko=20=20 Postal address:=20=20 Universidad de Salamanca=20=20 Departamento de Biblioteconom=EDa y Documentaci=F3n=20=20 Francisco Vitoria, 6-16=20=20 37008 Salamanca, Spain=20 ############################################# Jos=E9 Antonio Fr=EDas Universidad de Salamanca Departamento de Biblioteconom=EDa y Documentaci=F3n Francisco Vitoria, 6-16, E-37008 Salamanca Tlf. 34-923 294 580, Fax 34-923 294 582,M=F3vil 678 730 536 C.e.: frias at usal.es ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C25220.581382E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

4t= h=20 INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON LIS

6th CONFERENCE = OF THE=20 ISKO SPANISH CHAPTER
 Salamanca, 5-7 = May=20 2003
            = =20 The goal of this IV International Colloquium on Library and=20 Information Science and VI Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter it is to = think=20 about the research trends and methodologies in knowledge organization (KO),= =20 their paradigmatic and epistemological aspects, the ethical and social=20 conditions and the diffusion of the results of the research.   

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Un= der the=20 motto "Trends of knowledge organization research", the VI Conference of the= ISKO=20 (International Society for Knowledge Organization) Spanish Chapter and IV=20 International Colloquium on Library and Information Science invites all=20 interested people to participate actively with oral papers. Th= e program=20 of the Conference will include speechs, papers and round tables, framed in = the=20 following scientific sections:

1. Trends of kn= owledge=20 representation research. =20
2. Trends in th= e=20 research oriented to the improvement of user's interface. 
3. Trends of re= search=20 in information retrieval systems.
4. Epistemologi= cal=20 foundations of the knowledge organization (KO) research. 
5. The linguist= ic=20 paradigm in KO research. =20
6. The cognitiv= e=20 paradigm in KO research. =20
7. The physical= =20 paradigm in KO research. =20
8. Methodologie= s,=20 methods and techniques of  da= ta=20 collection and analysis in KO research.
9. The investig= ation=20 oriented to the making decisions in KO.&n= bsp;=20
10. KO research= =20 environment. =20
11. The KO in t= he=20 digital environment.
12. Ethical, so= cial=20 and sociological aspects of the KO research. 
= 13. Scientific communication and diffusion of the KO=20 research.
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    People interested in=20 presenting a papers in the VI Conference of ISKO-Spain they will prepare a= =20 complete text that will be subjected to revision, for their later publicati= on by=20 the University of Salamanca. The proposals of papers will be evaluate= d by=20 the Scientific Committee of the Conference that it will decide on their=20 admission in function of the adaptation, relevance, quality, originality an= d=20 clarity of the works. =20

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15= =20 September : Limit date for the sending of abstracts of= the=20 communications to:   frias at usal.es 
 
15= October=20 : Notification to the authors of the provisional acceptance and application= of=20 the complete text of the communications.&= nbsp;=20

17= November=20 2002: Limit date for the presentation of the complete text of the=20 communications. This version is considered pre-definitive and it is the one= that=20 will be subjected to evaluation. =20

15= December=20 2002: Remission to the authors of the comments of the Scientific Committee = on=20 the sent texts. =20

14= January=20 2003: Limit date so that the authors send the definitive version in which t= hey=20 will keep in mind the proposals of improvement of the Scientific Committee.=  

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          = =20 The abstracts. (of 500 to 1000 extension words) they will include a= =20 headline with the title of the communication, and the name and full address= =20 (postal address, telephone, fax and electronic mail) of all the authors, wi= th=20 indication of who he/she will carry out the oral presentation. Insofar as=20 possible, they should include the objectives, the methodology and the resul= ts.=20 The sending is recommended by electronic mail in Word or RTF (indicating IS= KO in=20 the field of the subject) to the following address: frias at usal.es. 

          The=20 language of the conference will be the Spanish although they will be b= een=20 able to admit papers in languages different to the Spanish. English-Sp= anish=20 interpretation service will exist during the celebration of the conference.=  

          = =20 All the accepted papers will be exposed in the Conference, for what = at=20 least one of the authors will be inscribed in enough advance. The maximum t= ime=20 of explanation of the papers will be of 15 minutes. 

          = =20 The norms for the presentation of the accepted papers will be send t= o the=20 authors when they are communicated the decision of the Scientific=20 Committee. =20

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Mond= ay 5=20 May
9-= 9,30 h.:=20 Registration and documentation pick up.&n= bsp;=20
9,= 30-10 h.:=20 Conference opening addresses
10= -11,30=20 h.: Speech 
11= ,30-12=20 h.: Coffe-break. =20
12= -14 h.:=20 Papers (2 parallel sessions). =20
16= -17,30=20 h.: Speech. =20
17= ,30-18=20 h.: Coffe-break. =20
18= -20 h.:=20 Round Table: "The harmonization of the subject access in a multing=FCe stat= e=20 " 
20= h.:=20 Visit to the city of Salamanca.
 
Tues= day 6=20 May: =20
10= -11,30=20 h.: Speech. =20
11= ,30-12=20 h.: Coffe-break
12= -14 h.:=20 Papers (2 parallel sessions)
16= -17,30=20 h.: Speech. =20
17= ,30-18=20 h.: Coffe-break
18= -20 h.: I=20 Meeting of University Professors of Knowledge Organization. 
20= h.:=20 ISKO-Spain General Assembly. =20
22= h.:=20 Dinner offered to the assistants to the Conference. 
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Wedn= esday 7=20 May:   
10= -11,30=20 h.: Speech. =20
11= ,30-12=20 h.: Coffe-break. =20
12= -14 h.:=20 Papers (2 parallel sessions)
16= -17,30=20 h.: Speech 
17= ,30-18=20 h.: Coffe-break =20
18= -20 h.:=20 Homage to the Dra. Emilia Curr=E1s. = =20
20= h.:=20 Conference closure. =20
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Conf= erence=20 venue
Un= iversity=20 of Salamanca
Facultad de=20 Traducci=F3n y Documentaci=F3n =20
Fr= ancisco=20 Vitoria, 6-16 =20
37= 008=20 Salamanca
Spain
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Regi= stration 
http://www.usal= .es/precurext 
15= 0=20 vacancies
In= scription=20 fees: 
Un= til to=20 15th of February, 2003: Ordinary fee: 90 Eurus. 
Me= mbers of=20 ISKO, students and unemployed: 60 Eurus.&= nbsp;=20
Fr= om=20 February, 15 , 2003: Ordinary fee: 120 Eurus. 
Me= mbers of=20 ISKO, students and unemployed: 70 Eurus.&= nbsp;=20
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Info= rmation: 
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Fa= x. 34 923=20 294 582 
E-= mail:=20 frias at usal.es =20
http://www.ugr.= es/~isko 
 
Po= stal=20 address: =20
Universidad d= e=20 Salamanca  =
Departamento = de=20 Biblioteconom=EDa y Documentaci=F3n = =20
Francisco Vit= oria,=20 6-16 
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Departamento de Biblioteconom=EDa y= =20 Documentaci=F3n
Francisco Vitoria, 6-16, E-37008 Salamanca
Tlf. 34-92= 3 294=20 580, Fax 34-923 294 582,M=F3vil 678 730 536
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------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C25220.581382E0-- From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Key Success Factors for Innovation and Sustainable Development, Nancy, FRANCE, May 13-15. See http://www.iamot.org/ Telecommunications in the 20th Century, Zurich, SWITZERLAND, May 15-17. See http://www.tg.ethz.ch/forum/konferenzen/euronet.htm World Wide Web Conference, Budapest, HUNGARY, May 20-24. See http://www2003.org Communication in Borderlands, San Diego, CA, May 23-27. See http://www.icahdq.org Web X: A Decade of the World Wide Web, Athens, GA, May 29-June 2. See http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/ China and the Internet: Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition, Los Angeles, CA, May 30-31 Contact: lqiu at usc.edu Contact: peter_yu at msn.com e-Society, Lisbon, PORTUGAL, June 3-6. See http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/ Library & Information Availability in the Modern World: Digital Resources of Science, Culture, and Education, Crimea, UKRAINE, June 7-15. See http://www.iliac.org/crimea2003 Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization, Athens, GREECE, June 15-17. See http://www.aueb.gr/ifip-isglob03 Virtual Communities, London, ENGLAND, June 16-17. See http://infonortics.com/vc/ Organizational and Societal Issues of Information Systems. See http://www.ifipwg82.org Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries. See http://is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/ Front Stage/Back Stage: Mobile Communication and the Renegotiation of the Social Sphere, Grimstad, NORWAY, June 22-24. See http://emarkets.grm.hia.no/semoc Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications, Honolulu, HI, June 23-28. See http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry, Chestnut Hill, MA, June 25-27. See http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/CEPE2003.htm Electronic Publishing: From Information to Knowledge, Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, June 25-28. See http://piano.dsi.uminho.pt/elpub2003/ Community Technology Centers' Network Conference, Washington, DC, June 26-29. See http://www.ctcnet.org/conf2003 Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World, Boston, MA, June 27-28. See http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/6AETC.htm Ethics and Technology, Boston, MA, June 27-28. See http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/6AETC.htm Information Communication Technologies in Education, Samos Island, GREECE, July 3-5. See http://www.ineag.gr/ICICTE Gender and Science and Technology, Le Reduit, MAURITIUS, July 6-11. See http://www.gasat-canada.org Open Source Convention, Portland, OR, July 7-11. See http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, Orlando, FL, July 27 - 30. See http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003 African Computing & Telecommunications Summit, Abuja, NIGERIA, Aug. 25-29. See http://www.aitecafrica.com/act2002/ The Good, The Bad, and the Irrelevant: The User and the Future of Information and Communication Technologies, Helsinki, FINLAND, Sept. 3-5. See http://www.cost269.org/conference.html Association for Learning Technology: Communities of Practice, Sheffield, ENGLAND, Sept. 8-10. See http://www.shef.ac.uk/alt/ Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Helsinki, FINLAND, Sept. 14-18. See http://ecscw2003.oulu.fi Communities & Technologies, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS (or Bonn, Germany) Sept. 19-21. Contact: douglas at scn.org Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, CANADA, October. See http://aoir.org/2003/ World Telecom Forum, Geneva, SWITZERLAND, Oct. 12-18. See http://www.itu.int/WORLD2003/forum/ World Summit on the Information Society Summit, Geneva, SWITZERLAND, Dec. 10-12 ****************************** ------------E6298923E73690 Content-Type: text/html; name="message.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="message.html" Conference/Event Listing from CPSR Conference/Event Listing from CPSR

These lists are meant to be perks of CPSR membership,
that are only sent to CPSR members.

Below is a schedule of upcoming conferences, events,
and opportunities, that may be of interest to members
of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.  

CPSR members are encouraged to consider submitting
and presenting their work and CPSR's at these events,
and reporting back to CPSR members.

If you plan to attend a gathering, and would like to take
some CPSR brochures along, the brochure is available in
PDF at http://www.cpsr.org/brochure.pdf and can be
easily double-sided copied and folded in thirds for quick
handouts.  

If you want to report on a conference for CPSR, consider
applying for a press pass.  Please contact me first.

If an event is not listed below, and you think other
members would be interested, please send me the
Name, Date, Location, and Contact Information for
future (monthly-ish) postings.

And if you're interested in meeting up with other
members who also may be attending, or who live in
the area where you will be going, let me know if I can
help with matchmaking.

Thanks.
Susan

My thanks to Art McGee's calendar at
http://amcgee.freeshell.org/mtcalendar.html
for many listings.

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E-conference on "Corporate Social Responsibility,
Education, and Technology: How Can Corporations
Contribute to Bridging Educational and Digital Divides ?
Nov. 18-Dec. 6.
See http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/corpgov/csr/csret.html

Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society,
Washington, DC, Nov. 21.
See http://seclab.dti.unimi.it/~wpes/

Next Generation of Leaders in Science and Technology
Policy, Washington, DC, Nov. 22-23.
See  http://www.cspo.org

Fibreculture Conference: Networks of Excellence,
Sydney, AUSTRALIA, Nov. 22-24.
See  http://www.fibreculture.org/conferences/conference2002

Human Factors:  Design for the Whole Person
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, Nov. 25-27.
See  http://www.iceaustralia.com/HF2002

Universal Knowledge and Language, Goa, INDIA
Nov.  25-29.  
See  http://www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in/icukl2002

Is Software Patentability Necessary?: The Political
Implications of the Technical Directive, Brussels,
BELGIUM, Nov. 26.
Contact   lvandewalle at europarl.eu.int

Online Educa:  Technology Supported Learning
& Training, Berlin, GERMANY, Nov. 27-29.
See http://www.online-educa.com/

eSafe Programme 2003-2004 -- Hearing on Options &
Requirements, Kirchberg, LUXEMBOURG, Nov. 27-28.
See   http://www.saferinternet.org/news/esafe.asp

Cultural Transformation: Consciousness and New
Technologies, Skopje, MACEDONIA, Nov.  29-Dec.  4.  
See  http://www.scca.org.mk

Development by Design: Open Collaborative Design
for Sustainable Innovation, Bangalore, INDIA, Dec. 1-2.  
See  http://www.thinkcycle.org/dyd02

Information Technology, Communications and
Development, Kathmandu, NEPAL, Dec. 1-3.
See   http://www.itcd.net

Satellite and Wireless Connectivity for Rural Schools
and Development, Windhoek, NAMIBIA, Dec. 1-4.  
See  http://www.schoolnetafrica.net/Wireless%20conference.htm

The State of Electronic Government: Surveillance,
Security and Civil Rights, Washington, DC, Dec. 2, 7 pm.
Reservations:   lauraf at press.org    202-662-7501

Linux Bangalore, Bangalore, INDIA, Dec. 3-5.
See http://linux-bangalore.org/2002/

Online Information, London, ENGLAND, Dec. 3-5
See http://www.online-information.co.uk/online/

Computers in Education, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND,
Dec. 3-6.  See  http://icce2002.massey.ac.nz

Business - Social Partnership; Beyond Philanthropy,
Calcutta, INDIA, Dec. 4-7.
See   http://www.iimcal.ac.in/cdep/conference.asp

Coalition for Networked Information, San Antonio, TX,
Dec. 5-6.  
See   http://www.cni.org/tfms/2002b.fall/index.html

Privacy: Cost to Resource. Safeguards for Citizens,
Opportunities for Businesses: Advantages of a
Privacy-Oriented Market, Rome, ITALY, Dec. 5-6.
See  http://www.garanteprivacy.it/

Public Communication of Science and Technology
Rondebosch, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, Dec. 5-7.  
See  http://www.fest.org.za/pcst

Africa in the Information and Technology Age,
Washington, DC, Dec. 5-8.
See http://www.africanstudies.org/asa_papercalltheme.html

Open Archives Forum: Open Access to Hidden Resources
Lisbon, PORTUGAL, Dec. 6-7.  
See  http://www.oaforum.org/workshops

Exploring the Network Society of Control,
Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, Dec. 6-7.
See http://www.balie.nl/wio/

Transformations in Politics, Culture and Soceity, Brussels,
BELGIUM, Dec. 6-8.
See http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/tpcs1.htm

New Platforms of Spectacle, Communication, and
Resistance, Athens, GREECE, Dec. 6-15.
See http://www.fournos-culture.gr/

Community Technology - Survival and Success,
Austin, TX, Dec. 8-10.
See http://www.tcrc.net/conference/

Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning, San Juan,
Puerto Rico,  Dec. 8-11.  
See  http://www.technologytools.org

Is Big Business Destroying the Internet ?
London, ENGLAND, Dec. 9.
See   http://www.ica.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9623

Partnership Networks as Tools to Enhance Information
Society Development and Knowledge Economy
Moscow, RUSSIA, Dec. 9.  
See  http://www.globalknowledge.ru/GKRussia

The Communications Network: The Strategic Value of
Communications, Washington, DC, Dec.  9-11.  
See  http://www.comnetwork.org/info-url2110/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=120566

Practical Solutions to Real Security Problems,
Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 9-13.  See  http://www.acsac.org

Information Wants to Be Free, Paris, FRANCE, Dec. 9-15.
See http://www.zelig.org/

Conference on Information Systems: Virtual Community
Informatics Workshop, Barcelona, SPAIN, Dec.  15.   
See  http://web.njit.edu/~bieber/vci-workshop-2002.html

Communication for Development in the Information
Age: Extending the Benefits of Technology for All,
Varanasi, INDIA, January 7-9, 2003.
See  http://www.uaeu.ac.ae/gcra/index.htm

World Summit on the Information Society: Asia Regional
Conference, Tokyo, JAPAN, Jan.  13-15, 2003.
See  http://www.itu.int/wsis/events/asia.html

Gender and ICT: Where Are We At?, Amsterdam,
THE NETHERLANDS, Jan. 17, 2003.
Contact:  wyatt at pscw.uva.nl
Contact: e.w.m.rommes at wmw.utwente.nl

Financial Cryptography, GUADELOUPE, Jan. 27-30.
See  http://ifca.ai/fc03/

World Summit on the Information Society:
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Jan. 27-30, 2003.  
See  http://www.itu.int/wsis/events/lac.html

Regulating Interconnection of Telecommunication
Networks, SOUTH AFRICA, Jan. 27-31.
See http://www.cto.int/frame.php?dir=02&sd=12&id=47

Connectivity of the Media: Network Society and
Media Communication, Erfurt, GERMANY,
Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2003
Contact: andreas.hepp at tu-ilmenau.de
Contact: friedrich.krotz at uni-muenster.de

Infrastructures of Digital Design: Thinking/Building/
Living, San Diego, CA, Jan.  31-Feb. 2, 2003.  
See  http://infrastructures.ucsd.edu

Bioinformatics Technology, San Diego, CA,
Feb 3-6.  
See http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosx2002/

News Culture on the Web, Albuquerque, NM,
Feb. 12-15, 2003.  See  http://www.swtexaspca.org

World Summit on the Information Society:
Preparatory Committee II, Geneva, SWITZERLAND,
Feb. 17-28.  See http://www.geneva2003.org/

National Association for Science, Technology, and
Society:  Organizational Connections - Opportunities
and Bridges, Baltimore, MD, Feb. 20-22.
See http://www.nasts.org/

International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems
Berkeley, CA, Feb.  20-21, 2003
See  http://iptps03.cs.berkeley.edu

Alliance for Public Technology Policy Forum,
Washington, DC, Feb. 21.
See http://www.nasts.org/

International Conference on Telecommunications
Tahiti, Papeete, FRENCH POLYNESIA,
Feb.  23-March 1, 2003.  
See  http://iutsun1.uha.fr/ICT2003.html

Privacy Summit, Washington, DC, Feb. 26-28.
http://www.privacyassociation.org/html/conferences.html

Closing Gaps in the Digital Divide, Bangkok, THAILAND,
Feb. 26-28.  See http://www.ait.ac.th/digital_gms/

Circuit Riders Annual Roundup, Oakland, CA,
March 7-9.  
See   http://www.nten.org/roundup

Privacy Practioners' Workshop and Conference,
Washington, DC, March 12-14.
See http://www.pandab.org/postcard.pdf

Social Informatics and Law, Buffalo, NY, March 14-15,.
See  http://www.law.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/socinfo02.html

Gender and Technology: Research, Revisions, Policies,
and Consequences, Blacksburg, VA, March 20-22.  
See  http://www.cis.vt.edu/ws/SEWSA2003.html

Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and
Culture, Seaside, CA,March 20-22.  
See  http://iwlc.csumb.edu/digitalstream

Unicode, Internationalization, and the Web:
The Global Connection, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC,
March 24-28.  
See  http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc23

Technoscience, Material Culture, and Everyday Life
Hong Kong, CHINA, March 26-29.
See  http://logic.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/~b105685/2003con.htm

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy: Freedom to Move,
Think, and Speak!, New York, NY,  April 1-4.
See  http://www.cfp.org

Life By Design: Everyday Digital Culture, Irvine, CA,
April 11-13.
See  http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/gradconf.html

Bioinformatics Technology, San Diego, CA, Feb. 3-6.
See http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/

Future of the Book:  From Creator to Consumer in
a Digital Age, Cairns, AUSTRALIA, April 22-24.
See http://book-conference.com/

Emerging Technology, Santa Clara, CA, April 22-25.
See http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/

New Media, Technology, and Everyday Life in Europe,
London, ENGLAND, April 23-26.
See http://www.emtelconference.org/

Networked World: Information Technology and
Globalization, Santa Clara, CA, April 24.
See  http://sts.scu.edu/globalization

Building the E-Nation: A Social Science Symposium,
Sydney, AUSTRALIA, April 24-25.
See  http://www.mq.edu.au

Coalition for Networked Informatoin, Washington, DC,
April 28-29.  See http://www.cni.org/tfms/tf.meetings.html

Subtle Technologies: The Relationships Between Art,
Science and Technology, Toronto, CANADA, May.
See http://www.subtletechnologies.com/

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Oakland, CA,
May 11-14.
See  http://www.research.att.com/~smb/oakland03-cfp.html

From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Key Success Factors for Innovation and Sustainable
Development, Nancy, FRANCE, May 13-15.
See http://www.iamot.org/

Telecommunications in the 20th Century,
Zurich, SWITZERLAND, May 15-17.
See http://www.tg.ethz.ch/forum/konferenzen/euronet.htm

World Wide Web Conference, Budapest, HUNGARY,
May 20-24.  See  http://www2003.org

Communication in Borderlands, San Diego, CA,
May 23-27.   See  http://www.icahdq.org

Web X: A Decade of the World Wide Web, Athens, GA,
May 29-June 2.  See http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/

China and the Internet: Technology, Economy, and
Society in Transition, Los Angeles, CA, May 30-31
Contact: lqiu at usc.edu    Contact: peter_yu at msn.com

e-Society, Lisbon, PORTUGAL, June 3-6.
See http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/

Library & Information Availability in the Modern World:
Digital Resources of Science, Culture, and Education,
Crimea, UKRAINE, June 7-15.
See  http://www.iliac.org/crimea2003

Technology Policy and Innovation: Connecting People,
Ideas, and Resources Across Communities, Monterrey,
MEXICO, June 10-13.
See  http://egade.sistema.itesm.mx/monterrey2003

Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in
the Context of  Globalization, Athens, GREECE,
June 15-17.  See http://www.aueb.gr/ifip-isglob03

Virtual Communities, London, ENGLAND, June 16-17.
See http://infonortics.com/vc/

Organizational and Societal Issues of Information
Systems.  See  http://www.ifipwg82.org

Social Implications of Computers in Developing
Countries.  See  http://is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/

Front Stage/Back Stage: Mobile Communication and
the Renegotiation of the Social Sphere, Grimstad,
NORWAY, June 22-24.
See  http://emarkets.grm.hia.no/semoc

Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and
Telecommunications, Honolulu, HI, June 23-28.
See  http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm

Informing Science and IT Education, Pori, FINLAND,
June 25-27.   See  http://is2003.org

Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry, Chestnut
Hill, MA, June 25-27.
See  http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/CEPE2003.htm

Electronic Publishing: From Information to Knowledge,
Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, June 25-28.
See http://piano.dsi.uminho.pt/elpub2003/

Community Technology Centers' Network Conference,
Washington, DC, June 26-29.
See   http://www.ctcnet.org/conf2003

Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World,
Boston, MA, June 27-28.
See http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/6AETC.htm

Ethics and Technology, Boston, MA, June 27-28.
See  http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/6AETC.htm

Information Communication Technologies in
Education, Samos Island, GREECE, July 3-5.
See  http://www.ineag.gr/ICICTE

Gender and Science and Technology, Le Reduit,
MAURITIUS, July 6-11.
See  http://www.gasat-canada.org

Open Source Convention, Portland, OR,
July 7-11.  See  http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon

Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, Orlando, FL,
July 27 - 30.  See  http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003

Advances In Infrastructure For Electronic Business,
Education, Science, Medicine, and Mobile Technologies
On The Internet, L'Aquila, ITALY, July 28-Aug 3.
See  http://www.ssgrr.it/en/ssgrr2003s/

African Computing & Telecommunications Summit,
Abuja, NIGERIA, Aug. 25-29.
See http://www.aitecafrica.com/act2002/

The Good, The Bad, and the Irrelevant: The User and
the Future of Information and Communication
Technologies, Helsinki, FINLAND,  Sept. 3-5.
See  http://www.cost269.org/conference.html

Association for Learning Technology: Communities
of Practice, Sheffield, ENGLAND, Sept. 8-10.
See http://www.shef.ac.uk/alt/

Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Helsinki,
FINLAND, Sept. 14-18.  See  http://ecscw2003.oulu.fi

Communities & Technologies, Amsterdam,
THE NETHERLANDS  (or Bonn, Germany)
Sept. 19-21.  Contact:   douglas at scn.org

Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, CANADA,
October.  See http://aoir.org/2003/

World Telecom Forum, Geneva, SWITZERLAND,
Oct. 12-18.  See http://www.itu.int/WORLD2003/forum/

World Summit on the Information Society Summit,
Geneva, SWITZERLAND, Dec. 10-12

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------------E6298923E73690-- From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Key Success Factors for Innovation and Sustainable Development, Nancy, FRANCE, May 13-15. See http://www.iamot.org/ Telecommunications in the 20th Century, Zurich, SWITZERLAND, May 15-17. See http://www.tg.ethz.ch/forum/konferenzen/euronet.htm World Wide Web Conference, Budapest, HUNGARY, May 20-24. See http://www2003.org China and the Internet: Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition, Los Angeles, CA, May 30-31 Contact: lqiu at usc.edu Contact: peter_yu at msn.com e-Society, Lisbon, PORTUGAL, June 3-6. See http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/ Technology and Disability: Research, Design, Practice, and Policy Atlanta, GA, June 19-23. See http://www.resna.org/ Library & Information Availability in the Modern World: Digital Resources of Science, Culture, and Education, Crimea, UKRAINE, June 7-15. See http://www.iliac.org/crimea2003 Technology Policy and Innovation: Connecting People, Ideas, and Resources Across Communities, Monterrey, MEXICO, June 10-13. See http://egade.sistema.itesm.mx/monterrey2003 Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization, Athens, GREECE, June 15-17. See http://www.aueb.gr/ifip-isglob03 Virtual Communities, London, ENGLAND, June 16-17. See http://infonortics.com/vc/ Organizational and Societal Issues of Information Systems. See http://www.ifipwg82.org Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries. See http://is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/ Front Stage/Back Stage: Mobile Communication and the Renegotiation of the Social Sphere, Grimstad, NORWAY, June 22-24. See http://emarkets.grm.hia.no/semoc Informing Science and IT Education, Pori, FINLAND, June 25-27. See http://is2003.org Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry, Chestnut Hill, MA, June 25-27. See http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/CEPE2003.htm Electronic Publishing: From Information to Knowledge, Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, June 25-28. See http://piano.dsi.uminho.pt/elpub2003/ Community Technology Centers' Network Conference, Washington, DC, June 26-29. See http://www.ctcnet.org/conf2003 Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World, Boston, MA, June 27-28. See http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/6AETC.htm Ethics and Technology, Boston, MA, June 27-28. See http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/6AETC.htm Information Communication Technologies in Education, Samos Island, GREECE, July 3-5. See http://www.ineag.gr/ICICTE Gender and Science and Technology, Le Reduit, MAURITIUS, July 6-11. See http://www.gasat-canada.org Open Source Convention, Portland, OR, July 7-11. See http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon African Computing & Telecommunications Summit, Abuja, NIGERIA, Aug. 25-29. See http://www.aitecafrica.com/act2002/ The Good, The Bad, and the Irrelevant: The User and the Future of Information and Communication Technologies, Helsinki, FINLAND, Sept. 3-5. See http://www.cost269.org/conference.html Association for Learning Technology: Communities of Practice, Sheffield, ENGLAND, Sept. 8-10. See http://www.shef.ac.uk/alt/ Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Helsinki, FINLAND, Sept. 14-18. See http://ecscw2003.oulu.fi Communities & Technologies, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS (or Bonn, Germany) Sept. 19-21. See http://www.feweb.vu.nl/C&T2003/ Connecting Science & Technology Studies: The Academy, the Polity, and the World, Ithaca, NY, Sept. 26-28. Contact: STSConnections at cornell.edu World Telecom Forum, Geneva, SWITZERLAND, Oct. 12-18. See http://www.itu.int/WORLD2003/forum/ Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Oct. 16-19. See http://aoir.org/2003/ Humanizing Information Technology: From Ideas to Bits and Back Long Beach, CA, Oct. 20-23. See http://www.asis.org/ Global Congress on Community Networking, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, November.. See http://www.clik.to/gcn2003 World Summit on the Information Society Summit, Geneva, SWITZERLAND, Dec. 10-12 From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: E-Worlds: Government , Business, and Civil Society, SINGAPORE, June 23-25. See http://www.amic.org.sg/conf2003.html Advanced Learning Technologies: Technology Enhanced Learning, Athens, GREECE, July 9-11. See http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2003/ Technology for Education in Developing Countries, Newark, NJ, Aug. 12. See http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/dvmm/tedc/ Educational Technology in Cultural Context, North Carelia, FINLAND, Sept. 1-2. See http://www.joensuu.fi/isvy/contextedutech/index_no.html Information, Communication, Society, Oxford, ENGLAND, Sept. 17-20. See http://www.cira.org.uk/ics_call.htm Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Oct. 16-19. See http://aoir.org/2003/ ===8<===========End of original message text=========== From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Regards, Michel J. Menou mailto:Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr Chaos Communication Camp 2003: The International Hacker Open Air Gathering, Paulshof, Altlandsberg, GERMANY, Aug. 7-10. See http://www.ccc.de/camp/ CPSR-Peru's Free Software, Free Society Conference, with Richard Stallman, Lima, PERU, Aug. 8. See http://www.peru.cpsr.org Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberpunk and Science Fiction, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, Aug. 11-13. See http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/vhccsf03cfp.htm WWW Applications, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA, Sept. 10-12. See http://www.udw.ac.za/www2003 eLearn expo, Vienna, AUSTRIA, Sept. 11-12. Contact: sally at elearnexpo.com Electronically Enabling Communities for An Information Society: Research, Results, Lessons Learned, Policy Recommendations: A Colloquim, Prato, ITALY, Sept. 15-16. See http://www.ccnr.net/prato2003 Transforming and Sustaining Inclusive Development Communities, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS, Sept. 19. See http://www.ccnr.net/prato2003/ Making Intelligence Accountable, Oslo, NORWAY, Sept. 19-20. See http://www.dcaf.ch/news/Intel%20Acct_Oslo%200903/ws_mainpage.html International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, St Denis, FRANCE, Nov. 10-12. See http://www.inesglobal.com African Conference on the Digital Commons, Capetown, SOUTH AFRICA, Jan. 12-16. See http://idlelo.uwc.ac.za From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Developing Countries Access to Scientific Knowledge: Quantifying the Digital Divide This meeting will be an open round table among scientists, librarians, decision-makers, journalists, electronic publishers, contents providers, information and communication technology experts, donors and non-profit organisations working on the dissemination of science and the transfer of knowledge and (open source) technology towards developing countries. The goal is to bring together all interested parties to analyse, share experiences, promote ideas and discuss - better understanding and quantifying the digital divide (for example, differences in network performance for developed and developing countries) - concrete strategic alternatives - innovative technological tools - e-contents licensing issues to support scientists working in remote areas and having low-bandwidth, or expensive access to on-line database services and the Internet. During the open round table, a review of progress in implementing the Recommendations of Trieste to Bridge the Digital Divide, which resulted from last year's round table, will be undertaken. Registration information There is no registration fee for attending the workshop. A pre-registration form will be available on the ICTP website in due course - applications should be received before 15 September 2003. Contact details General enquiries on the workshop should be sent to ejds at ictp.trieste.it More information http://www.ejds.org/meeting2003/ From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Digital Divides and the New Information Colonialism, Indigenous Peoples at WSIS Digital Divides and the New Information Colonialism, Indigenous Peoples at WSIS Interview with Mohawk journalist Kenneth Deer - August 12, 2003 ?The information society is being colonized by developed countries and we have a great fear that our intellectual knowledge is being harvested through the information society. That?s a big fear for indigenous peoples. As we learn how to use the information systems and as we put our knowledge in there, our stories, our history, etc. The big fear is that the developed countries, corporations, pharmaceuticals, etc. are going to harvest our information for their own gain, and we?ll again be left out without the benefits of having shared this knowledge.? See ful interwiew at: >Digital Divides and the New Information Colonialism, Indigenous Peoples at >WSIS - Interview with Mohawk journalist Kenneth Deer >http://www.infowar-monitor.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=soundbyte&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=6&page=1 >http://www.infowar-monitor.net From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: To the question: What in your opinion will be radically changed in your professional life and in your personal life as a result of the globalization of the information society? Over the past twenty years or so, many in the developing world have experienced globalization as increased employment opportunities from the capital investment from G8 countries? multinationals. The mobility of capital is accompanied by the transfer of knowledge as manufacturing know-how is moved ?off-shore?, i.e. away from the western countries and Japan, to those countries that offer low wages, tax holidays, lax environmental and social requirements. The U.S. has pursued this aggressively in the 1980s and helped create the ?Asian tigers? which were able to ride the information technology (IT) boom. In the mid 1990s, up to early 2000s, the IT boom broadened to include the telecommunications and Internet sectors. The IT boom brought many people to North America into the IT field, including many people from overseas. With the recession in place and the IT bust, there are several hundreds of thousands of IT professionals without employment ? this is exacerbated by the transfer of IT jobs to India, China, and other parts of the world, where there are large pools of skilled IT people, which are augmented by those who have returned from North America. I rode the IT boom and bust. Many IT jobs will never come back and it is my professional responsibility to re-train for new skills that will enable me to work as an information specialist. To thrive in the future, one must be highly motivated, adaptable and mobile. It will be a challenging adventure, as I think re-training and acquisition of new skills will be needed on a regular basis, as the ?information society? will continuously evolve as long as the ?markets? search for the lowest cost of production in the world and thereby impact the social and political environments in North America. From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:17:19 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: the encounter of different health care practices in rural communities of = developing countries where telemedicine services are implemented. Telemedicine is taking to diverse social environments different = practices of health care and different ways of legitimation: a.. it segments social processes differently;=20 b.. it affects health concepts, social balances and organization, and = linked power relations.=20 The vantage of case-studies like these is that the point of encounter = between practices is sharp. I am co-operating with E.H.A.S. (Enlace Hispano-Americano de Salud), = based in the Engineering Department of the Polytechnic of Madrid. (htt://www.ehas.org) E.H.A.S. offers to public agencies working in the health sector of = developing countries, low cost and site-specific telemedicine services. More specifically: a.. Internet access and voice communication even where there is no = electricity nor phone lines;=20 b.. Remote medical consulting;=20 c.. Distant education for the personnel;=20 d.. Epidemiological vigilance;=20 e.. Support in accessing medical references.=20 Working on medicine is interesting because: a.. it is a knowledge which is mostly accepted does not accomplish the = status of hard science,=20 b.. it is immanent to practices, social action and organization.=20 To be noted the particularity of telemedicine (compared to more = traditional health development projects) that promises to permeate rural = zones providing a kind of synchronous and sharpened contact between = doctors and patients, potentially anywhere and anytime. A superposition = of social environments impossible through previous artifacts. And telemedicine allows an interesting outlook at information systems in = the case they reify an abstract conception of knowledge. Theoretical resources: - New Institutionalism: institution as a pattern or social model of social actions and = relationships, it does not need to correspond to an organization - Ethnomethodology: Ethnomethods are the basis on which actors normally behave and live in a = world that is perceived normal. Institutions are sources of accounts to = justify own behaviors in case of need. These theoretical references -rather than (bounded) rationality-based = ones, are suitable to this study because principles of "modernity" (such = as individual, choice, rationality, science) cannot be given by grant. = For example in rural areas of developing countries: =A7 illness may not be conceived of individuals (healers' = activities usually are explained by their function to restore social = balance),=20 =A7 treatment may not be chosen and judged for expected results, = =A7 feeling the need of health care depends on social = constructions, too.=20 Institution and accountability are suitable concepts to observe = different cultures encounter, because traditional, charismatic and = legal-rational legitimations are in interplay in defining a new sense of = normality for the actors affected by telemedicine projects. Conclusions: If there is not an universal legitimation (not even legal-rational), Then different paths of innovation (in "developed" societies), and = different paths of development (in "developing" societies), are both = social change.=20 There is the problem of evaluation: which values to set a standpoint to evaluate from? Rather than a cultural relativism, I agree with the Hirschman = perspective: Evaluation should leave the positivistic standpoint that simply compares = what is expected with what is measured and obtained. The process of innovation/development passes through balances and = unbalances that imply (organizational) learning, which would shape later = social change. As development is not foreseeable, what is central is activating and = support social change when it emerges. 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Hi all,
maybe you can find of some interest the = schema of=20 the seminar I'm going to run here at the Sociology Department of the = Binghamton=20 University.
any response is welcome.
 
cheers
 
gianluca
 
 
P.S. if anyone is around here, is = welcome to=20 come!
 
 
 

 
 
Global=20 Information Technologies and Local Health Care=20 Practices 
 

 

Gianluca=20 Miscione - dadalo at tiscali.it

PhD=20 candidate in Information Systems and Organizations

Sociology=20 and Social Research Department

of the=20 University of Trento

Italy

 

Visiting=20 scholar at the Sociology Department

of the=20 Binghamton University

New York=20 State

U.S.A.

I am going to draw a trajectory that = passes=20 through some contemporary issues to arrive to my = research.

 In any communication can be seen two=20 aspects:

  1. informational=20
  2. relational=20

The first one highlights the literal = meaning of=20 a message.

           =20 Ex: I write to somebody how to cook = spaghetti

The second one pays attention to the = broader=20 social relevance of a communication act.

           =20 Ex: I=92d like a foreigner friend reminds of me, I=92m trying to = spread=20 Italian cooking, and so on.

The first aspect implies a formalized = knowledge, which -by the way- maybe my grandmother could not have, = although she=20 cooked very well.

The second one tends to imply tacit = knowledge=20 and mutual understanding. Usually it is not explicit, it needs to be = explicated=20 when something goes wrong (ethnomethodology).

Even if cooking is not a science = (although in=20 Italy is being opened the =93University of Taste=94) usually formalized = knowledge is=20 backed (legitimated, Weber) by Reason, nowadays, mainly=20 Science.

On the other hand, the relational = aspect of any=20 communication mainly depends on the (social) context in relation with = which it=20 is meaningful.

So there is a dualism between = universality and=20 situatedness:

Informational aspects of = communication=20

Formalized=20 knowledge

Science

Universality

Relational aspects of=20 communication

Tacit = knowledge

Uses, = practices

Situatedness

 

 Usually information technologies, = when=20 purposely implemented, are (implicitly?) seen as consistent with the = left=20 column. Any piece of knowledge formalized and legitimized by science (or = by a=20 science-looking reasoning) can be transmitted everywhere, and it is = supposed to=20 be effective everywhere.

 But scientific truth is a source of = truth only=20 where science has already arrived.

 So it could be interesting to focus = on=20 relations among IT and practices instead of = Knowledge.

 What are = practices?

Practice it is a buzz word to = describe social=20 relationships, it does not have a definite meaning; it is among action = and=20 habit, tacit and social, formalized and informal.

 Practice is a skilled performance = situated in a=20 social context. It has material and symbolic = elements.

Ex: the daily work of = air traffic=20 controllers is made up of practices, rather that procedures. Indeed a = light kind=20 of strike is following all procedures strictly, it always has the effect = to=20 delay all flights.

 Practice is here a central concept = because it=20 is in the practices that knowledge is embodied.

Practices are resource and boundary = of=20 organized actions.

 The concept of practice offers an = useful=20 perspective on how knowledge and power are embodied in social=20 action.

Different social practices are very = evident in=20 the encounter of different cultures and through an information=20 network.

From this standpoint, the following = empirical=20 example is interesting: the encounter of different health care practices = in=20 rural communities of developing countries where telemedicine services = are=20 implemented.

Telemedicine=20 is taking to diverse social environments different practices of health = care and=20 different ways of legitimation:

  • it=20 segments social processes differently;=20
  • it=20 affects health concepts, social balances and organization, and linked = power=20 relations.

The=20 vantage of case-studies like these is that the point of encounter = between=20 practices is sharp.

I am=20 co-operating with E.H.A.S. (Enlace Hispano-Americano de Salud), based in = the=20 Engineering Department of the Polytechnic of = Madrid.

(htt://www.ehas.org)

E.H.A.S.=20 offers to public agencies working in the health sector of developing = countries,=20 low cost and site-specific telemedicine services.

More=20 specifically:

  • Internet=20 access and voice communication even where there is no electricity nor = phone=20 lines;=20
  • Remote=20 medical consulting;=20
  • Distant=20 education for the personnel;=20
  • Epidemiological=20 vigilance;=20
  • Support=20 in accessing medical references.

Working=20 on medicine is interesting because:

  • it is a=20 knowledge which is mostly accepted does not accomplish the status of = hard=20 science,=20
  • it is=20 immanent to practices, social action and = organization.=20

To be noted the = particularity of=20 telemedicine (compared to more traditional health development projects) = that=20 promises to permeate rural zones providing a kind of synchronous and = sharpened=20 contact between doctors and patients, potentially anywhere and anytime. = A=20 superposition of social environments impossible through previous=20 artifacts.

And telemedicine allows = an=20 interesting outlook at information systems in the case they reify an = abstract=20 conception of knowledge.

Theoretical=20 resources:

- New=20 Institutionalism:

institution=20 as a pattern or social model of social actions and relationships, it = does not=20 need to correspond to an organization

-=20 Ethnomethodology:

Ethnomethods=20 are the basis on which actors normally behave and live in a world that = is=20 perceived normal. Institutions are sources of accounts to justify own = behaviors=20 in case of need.

These theoretical references -rather = than=20 (bounded) rationality-based ones, are suitable to this study because = principles=20 of =93modernity=94 (such as individual, choice, rationality, science) = cannot be=20 given by grant. For example in rural areas of developing=20 countries:

=A7        =20 illness may not=20 be conceived of individuals (healers=92 activities usually are explained = by their=20 function to restore social balance),

=A7        =20 treatment may=20 not be chosen and judged for expected results,

=A7        =20 feeling the need=20 of health care depends on social constructions, too.

Institution and accountability are = suitable=20 concepts to observe different cultures encounter, because traditional,=20 charismatic and legal-rational legitimations are in interplay in = defining a new=20 sense of normality for the actors affected by telemedicine = projects.

Conclusions:

If there is not an universal = legitimation (not=20 even legal-rational),

Then different paths of innovation = (in=20 =93developed=94 societies), and different paths of development (in = =93developing=94=20 societies), are both social change.

There is the problem of=20 evaluation:

which values to set a = standpoint to=20 evaluate from?

Rather than a cultural relativism, I = agree with=20 the Hirschman perspective:

Evaluation should leave the = positivistic=20 standpoint that simply compares what is expected with what is measured = and=20 obtained.

The process of innovation/development = passes=20 through balances and unbalances that imply (organizational) learning, = which=20 would shape later social change.

As development is not foreseeable, = what is=20 central is activating and support social change when it=20 emerges.

This leads to an idea of innovation = and=20 development not based on the investment model but on social learning and = institution building.

 ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C38B52.8453CF10-- From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Dec 6 21:17:19 2011 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: 21/11/2003 08:15 Subject: No subject Message-ID: UN Report: open source software key to bridging digital divide In short: In the third edition of its E-Commerce and Development Report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development identified the implications of the growth of the digital economy for developing countries. Brief news: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its 228-pages "E-Commerce and Development Report 2003" on 20 November 2003. The report highlights opportunities and problems as regards the growth of the Internet and the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) for the developing countries. The report is also designed to contribute to the debates at the World Summit on the Information Society which will take place in Geneva from 10-12 December 2003. Key messages of the 2003 annual report are as follows: the gap between developed and developing countries (the 'digital divide') in the use of ICT remains wide; around 50 per cent of all email messages in circulation by the end of 2003 could be unsolicited emails (commonly known as spam), costing the world more than 17.5 billion euro in wasted technical resources; the use of free and open-source software offers many benefits to developing countries and can be "a means of bridging the digital divide"; business process outsourcing from developed to developing countries such as India, Brazil, China and others is a growing market and offers large economic opportunities for developing countries; the Internet can be used by developing countries to market their agricultural exports; the developing countries should also promote and facilitate online dispute resolution as an alternative to national litigation. Links: Official documents: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Press release "Open-source software could boost ICT sector in developing countries, says UNCTAD report" [FR] (20 Nov. 2003) UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 (Nov. 2003) UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 - overview (Nov. 2003) IMPORTANT REMARK copyright of EurActiv.com PLC. (21/11/2003 08:15) From icdl at teri.res.in Thu Dec 1 23:04:34 2011 From: icdl at teri.res.in (ICDL) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:34:34 +0530 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Call for Papers Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL) announces Call for Papers World Digital Libraries: An International Journal is a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries. The journal is being published since last 4 years and has already gained acclamation among the global library community. Previous issues are available at http://bookstore.teriin.org/journal_inside.php?material_id=477 The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal is having global coverage and provides a platform for library and information science professionals to express views and share experiences. The journal seeks quality research papers/articles/reviews/short communications that present original theoretical approaches and experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance. ? Theoretical and methodological issues of DL ? Issues related to electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multi-linguality; and other DL technology aspects ? Digital rights management, copyright issues and other security aspects; ? Initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies; ? Current developments across the globe The contribution should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer. Please refer to any previous issue or write to us for Instructions to Authors All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields. You are requested to submit paper for the same to pkbhatta at teri.res.in address below. Dr P K Bhattacharya Editor, World Digital Libraries Knowledge Management Division TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 24682100, 41504900 Fax: 24682144-24682145 E-mail: pkbhatta at teri.res.in Thanking you and with personal regards Yours sincerely, P K Bhattacharya Editor, WDL ============================ EDITORS & EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL) Editor-in-Chief: Prof N Balakrishnan, Professor & Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Editor: Dr P K Bhattacharya, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi Editorial Board: Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, India Prof. Jos? Luis Borbinha, INESC-ID - Information Systems Group, Engineering School, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal Prof. Daniel Chandran PhD, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Prof. Ching-chih Chen PhD, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmond College, USA Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Prof. Alan Hopkinson, Head of Library Systems, Learning Resources, The Sheppard Library, Middlesex University, UK Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, PhD, Associate Professor and Head, Division of Information Systems, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. Gary Marchionini, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr. A. 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INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com Mob : 9029 345777 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/sigiii-l/attachments/20111202/d24a4204/attachment.html From dpotnis at utk.edu Tue Dec 13 00:15:20 2011 From: dpotnis at utk.edu (Potnis, Devendra Dilip) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:15:20 +0000 Subject: [Sigiii-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Membership Award - Call for Nominations Message-ID: *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2012 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive). We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award. Please include a Curriculum Vitae and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2011. All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership, with your help. Please start thinking about candidates among your networks and send your nominations of deserving candidates to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa at albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis (dpotnis at utk.edu) or Fatih Oguz (F_oguz at uncg.edu). Deadline for all nominations is December 23, 2011. Thank you and best wishes for the upcoming months and we hope to see you in Baltimore, Maryland in October to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ASIS&T! Abebe Rorissa Devendra Potnis Fatih Oguz InfoShare Program SIG-III ASIS&T InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland: October 26-31, 2012): http://www.asis.org/conferences.html (conferences page) Devendra Dilip Potnis, PhD, MPA, MS Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Suite 442 Communications Bldg., 1345 Circle Park Knoxville, TN - 37996 https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2011. All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, with your help. Please start thinking about student candidates among your networks and send recommendations of deserving students to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa at albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis (dpotnis at utk.edu) or Fatih Oguz (F_oguz at uncg.edu). Deadline for all nominations is December 23, 2011. Best wishes, Abebe Rorissa Devendra Potnis Fatih Oguz SIG-III Web site: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm Devendra Dilip Potnis, PhD, MPA, MS Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Suite 442 Communications Bldg., 1345 Circle Park Knoxville, TN - 37996 https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/sigiii-l/attachments/20111213/302a8b3a/attachment.html