From i.m.johnson at rgu.ac.uk Tue Nov 4 05:33:47 2014 From: i.m.johnson at rgu.ac.uk (IAN JOHNSON (0616285)) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:33:47 +0000 Subject: [Sigiii-l] FW: [IFLA-L] Call for Papers. IFLA-LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) Message-ID: From: Abdullahi, Ismail H [mailto:iabdullahi at nccu.edu] Sent: 03 November 2014 19:31 To: LISTSERV at uhupvmi.uh.edu; ifla.listserv at infoserv.inist.fr; lisert-india at googlegroups.com; LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; ifla-l at infoserv.inist.fr Subject: RE: [IFLA-L] Call for Papers. IFLA-LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) Call for Papers IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) Satellite meeting August 12, 2015, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa * The satellite meeting is co-organized with Library and Information Studies Center, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. * The special theme of this satellite meeting is Towards Harmonization of LIS Education in Developing Countries: Strategy and Leadership. The main objectives of the satellite meeting are: * Development of LIS Education in Developing Countries * Strengthening collaboration and networking among LIS Education in developing countries * Developing strategies and leaders of LIS education in developing countries Format of the satellite meeting: The satellite meeting will feature high-level LIS educators from Africa, Asia Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean and colleagues from other parts of the world. Papers will focus on: * LIS education program development * The state of LIS education in Africa, Asia Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean * Developing Standards for LIS education in developing countries * Course content * Levels of education * Networking Guidelines for submission of paper Proposals must address the theme of the satellite meeting in the following areas and must be original work of the author (s) and must include the following: * Title of proposed paper * Name (s) of author (s) * Official title of author (s) * Institutional affiliation * E-mail address, telephone/fax number * Abstract of the proposed paper (about 500 words) and five keywords * A short bio of author (s) Length of paper and presentations: Papers should be between 15-20 pages long, in a word file, times new roman. 12-point typeface including an abstract with clear recommendations derived from the content of the paper. 20 minutes will be allowed for oral presentation of the paper and 5 minutes for discussion. Satellite meeting paper review committee will review proposals. Important Deadlines: December 31, 2014 Submission of the abstract February 15, 2015 Notification of acceptance/rejection May 30, 2015 Submission of full papers June 30, 2015 Submission of PowerPoint presentation slides Contacts: Please email your proposal to: Dr. Ismail Abdullahi Email: iabdullahi at nccu.edu Tel. + 1 919 530 5213 Registration: Registration is free. All interested participants must register in advance. 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URL: From news at iccss2015.eu Mon Nov 10 04:54:12 2014 From: news at iccss2015.eu (news at iccss2015.eu) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:54:12 +0200 Subject: [Sigiii-l] IMPORTANT: DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO DECEMBER THE 7th Message-ID: <20141110115412.Horde.D0Id4e-O0F1P63ifH9dHmg7@box451.bluehost.com> ***APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS*** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS International Conference on Computational Social Science Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 8-11 June 2015 WEBSITE http://www.iccss2015.eu/ IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submission: 7 December 2014 Opening of registration: 15 January 2015 Conference dates: 8-11 June 2015 EVENT OVERVIEW The conference will bring together scientists from different areas to meet and discuss problems on social systems and dynamics, as well as research questions motivated by large datasets, either extracted from real applications (e.g. social media, communication systems), or created via controlled experiments. PROGRAM CHAIRS Karen Cook (Stanford) Santo Fortunato (Aalto University) Michael Macy (Cornell) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Opening talk by Michael Macy (Cornell) Lada Adamic (Facebook) Sinan Aral (MIT) Albert-Laszlo Barabasi (Northeastern University and CEU) Nicholas Christakis (Yale) Robin Dunbar (Oxford) Andreas Flache (University of Groeningen) Dirk Helbing (ETH Zurich) Matthew Jackson (Stanford) Jure Leskovec (Stanford) Alex Pentland (MIT) Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University) Duncan Watts (Microsoft) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Santo Fortunato (Aalto University), Aristides Gionis (Aalto), Heikki H?mm?inen (Aalto), Kimmo Kaski (Aalto), Walter Quattrociocchi (IMT Lucca), Jari Saram?ki (Aalto), Juuso Valim?ki (Aalto) TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (but are not limited to) Social networks Social contagion Communication dynamics Information diffusion and other spreading phenomena Social influence Crowd-sourcing Popularity dynamics Smart cities Attention economics Social design and user behavior Group formation, evolution and group behavior analysis Human mobility Mobility and context-awareness Economics of trust SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Contributions to the conference have to be submitted via Easychair (www.easychair.org), the name of the event there is IC2S2. Each submission consists of an extended abstract of max 2 pages (A4). Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work, put at least one figure, otherwise it will be difficult for the PC to assess its relevance. Short, paper-like abstracts will not be considered. Abstracts do not need to refer to unpublished work. If the work is published or under submission elsewhere it is fine. We want to give to everyone the opportunity to present the most relevant work to the topics of the conference. There will be no proceedings, but we are exploring the possibility of having a special journal issue, where selected contributions will be published. Authors of those contributions would be invited to submit full papers after the conference. Each extended abstract will be reviewed by two PC members. Abstracts can be submitted from September the 15th till November 15th, 2014. We will do our best to have mostly oral presentations of the selected contributions, both plenary and in parallel sessions. However, there will be a poster session as well. During the submission process, you will be asked to specify whether your contribution is intended for a) Plenary session presentation, b) Parallel session presentation or c) Poster session presentation. The final allocation of each contribution will be decided by the Program Committee. CONTACT For any question you might have please contact Prof. Santo Fortunato (santo.fortunato at aalto.fi) From imma.subirats at gmail.com Wed Nov 12 16:28:39 2014 From: imma.subirats at gmail.com (Imma Subirats) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:28:39 +0100 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories - Call for Papers Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2015 Read it online: http://www.or2015.net/call-for-proposals/ The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015, will be held on June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. This year's conference theme is: # LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS # OR2015 is the tenth OR conference, and this year?s overarching theme reflects that milestone: Looking Back/Moving Forward: Open Repositories at the Crossroads. It is an opportunity to reflect on and to celebrate the transformative changes in repositories, scholarly communication and research data over the last decade. More critically however, it will also help to ensure that open repositories continue to play a key role in supporting, shaping and sharing those changes and an open agenda for research and scholarship. OR2015 will provide an opportunity to explore the demands and roles now expected of both repositories and the staff who develop, support and manage them - and to prepare them for the challenges of the next decade. We welcome proposals on this theme, but also on the theoretical, practical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital repositories. We are particularly interested in: 1. SUPPORTING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP, OPEN SCIENCE, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ONLINE Papers are invited to consider how repositories can best support the needs of open science, open scholarship, and cultural heritage to make research as accessible as possible, including: * Open access, open data and open educational resources * Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge * Compliance with funder mandates * Considerations for cultural heritage and digital humanities resources 2. MANAGING RESEARCH (AND OPEN) DATA Papers are invited to consider how repositories can support the needs of research data. Areas of interest are: * Data registries * Storage * Curation lifecycle management * Management and digital preservation tools 3. INTEGRATING WITH EXTERNAL SYSTEMS Papers are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate integration with external systems, including: * CRIS and research management systems * Notification systems (e.g. SHared Access Research Ecosystem, SHARE) * Remote identifier services (e.g. ORCID, DOI, etc.) * Preservation services * Archival systems (e.g. CALM or Archivists? Toolkit) 4. RE-USING REPOSITORY CONTENT Papers are invited to show case how repository content can be re-used in the context of: * Discipline-based repositories and services * Discovery services * Integration of semantic technologies * Repository networks 5. EXPLORING METRICS AND ASSESSMENT Papers are invited to present experiences on scholarly metrics and assessment services, particularly: * Bibliometrics * Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance) * Analytics * Altmetrics 6. MANAGING RIGHTS Papers are invited to examine the role of rights management in the context of open repositories, including: * Research and scholarly communication outputs * Licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons) * Embargoes * Requirements of funder mandates 7. DEVELOPING AND TRAINING STAFF Papers are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who support and manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage organizations, research offices and computer centres, especially: * New roles and responsibilities * Training needs and opportunities * Career path and recruitment * Community support 8. BUILDING THE PERFECT REPOSITORY Papers are invited to look ahead to OR16 and beyond to consider what the perfect repository would look like: * Key features and services * Who would be its users? * How would it transform scholarly communication? * What lessons have been learned since the first OR? * Or, is it a pipe dream and there's no such thing? Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related work outwith these themes will be considered, but preference will be given to submissions which address them. # KEY DATES # * 30 January 2015: Deadline for submissions * 27 March 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference * 10 April 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups * 8-11 June 2015: OR2015 conference # SUBMISSION PROCESS # ## cONFERENCE PAPERS AND PANELS ## Two to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that deal with digital repositories and repository services (see below for optional Proposal Templates). Abstracts of accepted papers will be made available through the conference's web site, and later they and associated materials will be made available in an open repository. In general, sessions are an hour and a half long with three papers; panels may take an entire session. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track will automatically be considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest Group presentation, poster or 24/7. ## INTEREST GROUP PRESENTATIONS ## The opportunity to engage with and learn more about the work of relevant communities of interest is a key element of Open Repositories. One to two page proposals are invited for presentations or panels that focus on the work of such communities, traditionally DSpace, EPrints and Fedora, describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms. Further information about applications for additional Interest Groups and guidance on submissions will be forthcoming. ## 24x7 PRESENTATIONS ## One to two-page proposals for 7 minute presentations comprising no more than 24 slides. Similar to Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7 presentations will be grouped into blocks based on conference themes, with each block followed by a moderated discussion / question and answer session involving the audience and whole block of presenters. This format will provide conference goers with a fast-paced survey of like work across many institutions, and presenters the chance to disseminate their work in more depth and context than a traditional poster. ### "REPOSITORY RANTS" 24x7 BLOCK ### One block of 24x7's will revolve around "repository rants": brief expos?s that challenge the conventional wisdom or practice, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is misguided, or perhaps just missing altogether. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to provoke unconventional approaches to repository services. ### "REPOSITORY RAVES" 24x7 BLOCK ### One block of 24x7's at OR2015 will revolve around "repository raves": brief expos?s that celebrate particular practice and processes, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is right. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to celebrate successful approaches to repository services. ## POSTERS ## One-page proposal for posters that showcase current work are invited from researchers, repository managers, administrators, developers and practitioners. There will be the opportunity to make a 60-second pitch for your poster during ?minute madness? and a chance for attendees to view and to discuss your work during the poster reception. ## 2015 DEVELOPER TRACK ## Each year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open Repositories are software developers who work on repository software or related services. OR2015 will feature a Developer Track which will provide a focus for showcasing work, exchanging ideas and participating in "lightning rounds". Further details and guidance on submissions to the Developer Track will be forthcoming. Developers are also encouraged to contribute to the other tracks as papers, posters, 24x7 presentations, repository raves and rants 24x7 blocks. ## WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ## One to two-page proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing theoretical or practical issues around digital repositories are welcomed. Please address the following in your proposal: * The subject of the event and what knowledge you intend to convey * Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour, half a day or a whole day) * A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the session * How many attendees you plan to accommodate * Technology and facility requirements * Any other supplies or support required * Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the session ## PROPOSAL TEMPLATES ## The OR2015 proposal templates are a guideline to help you prepare an effective submission. They are provided in both the Word document and plain-text Markdown formats and provide details around the requirements for: * Conference papers and panels (DOC , TXT , RTF ) * 24/7's and posters (DOC , TXT , RTF ). ## SUBMISSION SYSTEM ## The conference system will be open for submissions by 15 December 2014. PDF format is preferred. # CODE OF CONDUCT # We will be publishing guidelines for conduct for OR2015. # SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME # OR2015 will again run a Scholarship Programme which will enable us to provide support for a small number of full registered places for the conference in Indianapolis. The programme is open to librarians, repository managers, developers and researchers in digital libraries and related fields. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference will be given priority consideration for funding. Please note that the programme does not cover costs such as accommodation, travel and subsistence. It is anticipated that the applicant?s home institution will provide financial support to supplement the OR Scholarship Award. # PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS # * Holly Mercer, University of Tennessee * William J Nixon, University of Glasgow * Imma Subirats, FAO of the United Nations contact: # LOCAL HOSTS # * Indiana University Bloomington Libraries * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library * Virginia Tech University Libraries contact: # CONFERENCE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA # * website: * twitter:@OR2015Indy and #or2015 * Facebook: From michel.menou at orange.fr Thu Nov 13 05:18:53 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:18:53 +0100 Subject: [Sigiii-l] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_=5BEGOV_LIST=5D_Distance_Learning_MSc?= =?utf-8?q?_on_Info_Systems_in_Developing_Countries_=E2=80=93_Manchester_U?= =?utf-8?q?niversity_=E2=80=93_January_start?= In-Reply-To: <644813044.359629.1415648294918.JavaMail.yahoo@jws106150.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <644813044.359629.1415648294918.JavaMail.yahoo@jws106150.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5464858D.5040009@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [EGOV LIST] Distance Learning MSc on Info Systems in Developing Countries ? Manchester University ? January start Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:38:14 +0000 (UTC) From: DEVENDRA POTNIS Reply-To: DEVENDRA POTNIS To: egov-list at u.washington.edu *******PostingOn behalf of Prof. Richard Heeks******* Starting eachyear in late January, the MSc in Management & Information Systems aims todevelop the "hybrid" mix of management and information systems skillsthat we know from experience is essential to the successful and strategicapplication of ICTs in socio-economic development. Applicationsare now being accepted, with a deadline of 15 Jan 2015, and links to this andother details of MSc M&IS DL can be found at: http://bit.ly/ManMISDL If you haveany questions, please email the Programme Director, Prof. Richard Heeks: richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk With thanks! Richard ********************* Devendra Potnis, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences 1345 Circle Park Dr., Suite 451 University of Tennessee at Knoxville Phone: +1-865-974-2148 Follow me on Twitter @ DPotnis https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis _______________________________________________ eGov-list mailing list eGov-list at u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/egov-list ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5315 / Virus Database: 4213/8564 - Release Date: 11/13/14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Deng, Shengli / Yang, Lina / Zhang, Yin Page 327 ________________________________________ Leveraging Personal Networks to Support Knowledge Management in a Public Sector Organisation in Kuwait Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar Page 341 ________________________________________ Children and Young Adults - Hospital Patients, Prisoners, and with Developmental Disorders - Who Cannot Come to Slovenian Public Libraries: A National Survey Vilar, Polona / Bon, Milena Page 350 ________________________________________ Status of Prison Library and Information Resources and Facilities in Nigeria: A Focus at the East Eze, Jacintha Ukamaka / Dike, Virginia W. Page 369 ________________________________________ Transforming South African Libraries through Leadership Education: A Programme Evaluation Hart, Genevieve C. / Hart, Mike Page 381 ________________________________________ Trends and Developments in the Literature on Community Libraries in Africa Stranger-Johannessen, Espen Page 396 ________________________________________ Acquisition of Audiovisual Materials on the Tiv Tyumbun Magic Rite by the Public Libraries in Benue State of Nigeria Agber, Tim Cuttings / Ugbagir, Nancy Ngunan / Mnguty?, James Ngushin / Amaakaven, Fabian G. Page 408 ________________________________________ Best Student Paper Award 2015 Page 420 ________________________________________ Professor Ian Johnson, Joint Editor, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, Aberdeen, Great Britain Phone: +44 1224 740785 Mobile: +44 7719 859239 Skype: ian.m.johnson45 Libri: Read at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/libr Submit manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/libri Robert Gordon University is the top university for graduate jobs in the UK (HESA 4 July 2013) Robert Gordon University, a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC 013781. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. 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From michel.menou at orange.fr Sun Nov 23 05:59:26 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:59:26 +0100 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Fwd: [tripleC] Call: tripleC supports the 5th ICTs and Society Conference In-Reply-To: <20141121183012.F03D36340782@dd29412.kasserver.com> References: <20141121183012.F03D36340782@dd29412.kasserver.com> Message-ID: <5471BE0E.8030601@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tripleC] Call: tripleC supports the 5th ICTs and Society Conference Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:40:36 +0100 From: Christian Fuchs Dear tripleC Readers, tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique supports the 5th ICTs and Society-Conference: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory. http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/24 Part of the ISIS Summit Vienna 2015: Information Society at the Crossroads: Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information. Vienna University of Technology. Vienna, Austria June 3-7, 2015. The information society has come with the promise to restore information as a commons. The promise has not yet proven true. Instead, we face trends towards the commercialisation and commoditisation of all information; towards the totalisation of surveillance and the extension of the battlefield to civil society through information warfare; towards disinfotainment overflow; towards a collapse of the technological civilisation itself. The Vienna Summit is a multi-conference and is at the same time the 5th ICTs and Society-Conference: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory. Given that the information society and the study of information face a world of crisis today and are at a crossroads, also the future of the Internet and social media are in question. The 5th ICTs and Society Conference therefore wants to focus on the questions: What are the main challenges that the Internet and social media are facing in capitalism today? What potentials for an alternative, commonist Internet are there? What are existing hindrances for such an Internet? What is the relationship of power structures, protest movements, societal developments, struggles, radical reforms, etc. to the Internet? How can critical political economy and critical theory best study the Internet and social media today? Presentations and submissions are organised in the form of 23 panel topics (ICT&S1-ICT&S23; please indicate the panel identification number to which you submit in your submisison). Panel topics: http://icts-and-society.net/events/5th-icts-and-society-conference/ Submissions of presentation abstracts are welcome and are possible from now on until February 27 via http://sciforum.net/conference/isis-summit-vienna-2015/icts Best, Christian Fuchs --- Editor of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique _______________ tripleC : Communication, Capitalism & Critique | Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society | http://www.triple-c.at -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From news at iccss2015.eu Thu Nov 27 15:28:26 2014 From: news at iccss2015.eu (news at iccss2015.eu) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:28:26 +0200 Subject: [Sigiii-l] UPDATES ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE (ICCSS 2015) Message-ID: <20141127222826.Horde.DSZds2P7EV-WdxmCu2pcEA1@box451.bluehost.com> ***APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS*** Dear Colleagues, here are some news on ICCSS 2015 (www.iccss2015.eu). 1) We are proud to announce that the City of Helsinki has offered to host a reception in the evening of the opening day of the event, June the 8th. The reception will be at City Hall http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/sights-and-attractions/city-hall 2) We are seeking continuously funds for the conference, but we can anticipate that the conference fee for early registration will be of about 350 euro for regular participants and around 200 euro for students. 3) Participants who need support are encouraged to send an email to santo.fortunato at aalto.fi to get an update on the situation. Best regards, the ICCSS Team