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CALL FOR PAPERS

Emerald’s Library and Information Science book series

special volume Social Information Research

Proposal submission deadline: August 15, 2011
Accepted full chapters deadline: December 15, 2011

Co-editors

Professor Gunilla Widén (gwiden@abo.fi) and Dr. Kim Holmberg (kholmber@abo.fi)
Department of Information Studies, Åbo Akademi university, Finland

The Library and Information Science book series announces a call for papers on topics related to Social Information Research. We seek conceptual, analytical and empirical papers covering the newest and most innovative approaches to the study of this theme.

Online information and social information that we receive from and create together with our social networks are becoming increasingly important both in our everyday lives as well as our professional lives. Social information has in many ways a great impact on our information behaviour as we receive information and recommendations from our networks and our friends are being used as part of ranking algorithms by various information services. There are many possible angles and layers in studying social aspects in information science and it is important to coordinate these aspects.

We can study the social context of information creation and dissemination both as human group behaviour as well as through the tools and technological innovations supporting networking activities. We can study social information behaviour as part of information behaviour (IB) but also more precisely through e.g. social information retrieval, social search, social bookmarking and other social recommendation systems, and co-creation of information.

The purpose of this book is to collect current research representing these and other aspects of social information with emphasis on the new innovations supporting today’s information behaviour. This is a cutting edge topic where several relevant disciplines are combined (information science, social media and business organization). There are a lot of assumptions about how the social and interactive web will affect our information behaviour but few publications based on research. The aim of the book is to present the kaleidoscope of social information.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: social creation of information, online information dissemination, online social networks and/or social networking in relation to information dissemination and creation, social information retrieval, social search, social bookmarking and other social recommendation systems, social information management and/or knowledge management and social media in relation to information science research.

Submission procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 1-2 page chapter proposal by August 15, 2011. Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal by September 15, 2011. Full chapters (7500–9000 words) are expected to be submitted by December 15, 2011. All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Final revised manuscripts are due on March 31, 2012.

Proposals and manuscripts should be sent electronically to both of the editors Gunilla Widén (gwiden@abo.fi) and Kim Holmberg (kholmber@abo.fi). Submissions must be in either Word or PDF format.

Complete author guidelines are available at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/ebookseries/author_guidelines.htm

About the Library and Information Science book series

The Library and Information Science Series solicits and publishes edited and non-edited manuscripts on all theoretical and practical aspects in the creation, distribution, location, acquisition, organization, retrieval, and management of information. New ways for creating, distributing, organising and using digital information have emerged including content production, user and organisational issues. The Library and Information Science Series aims to publish leading edge monographs with new theories, models, research developments, and organizational and management issues.

The Library and Information Science book series covers new and important topical research and professional issues in the field. Selected topics also provide a bridge between current theoretical developments and the research interests of applied researchers in information science, libraries, information professions, information industry and related disciplines.

The Library and Information Science book series essential reading for academics, researchers and practitioners who are involved in information science and librarianship research, and eager to keep up with the latest research findings and trends.

Ajattelin ensin kirjoittaa tätä englanniksi tai ruotsiksi, mutta sitten ajattelin että jotkut Suomen upouusista eilen valituista kansanedustajista eivät kenties silloin voisi lukea tätä . Joten kirjoitan tämän tunteiden purkauksen ja omantunnon kevennyksen suomeksi. Eiliset vaalit olivat paitsi jännittävät myös hyvin yllättävät. Monet, allekirjoittanut mukaan lukien, ovat tänään kulkeneet päät painuksissa ja kenties ensimmäistä kertaa elämässään hävenneet olevansa suomalaisia. Eilisissä eduskuntavaaleissa Suomi siirtyi selvästi oikealle ja näin alkoi uusi sulkeutuneisuuden aikakausi Suomen historiassa. Vaalien perusteella tätä aikakautta tulee leimaamaan sana ‘anti’. Vaalien suurin voittaja (mutta onneksi ei sentään suurin puolue) on anti-eu, anti-maahanmuuttaja, anti-ruotsin-kielen-opetus, anti-ilmaston-lämpenemisen-pysäyttäminen, anti-abortti, anti-sukupuoli-neutraalit-parisuhteet, anti-kaikkea. Tästä häpeästä ei enää puutu kuin että ___ _______ (täytä itse haluamallasi tavalla) valitaan ministeriksi. Onneksi tätä kestää vain korkeintaan neljä vuotta, hyvällä onnella jopa alle.

Työni puolesta seurasin vaalikampanjointia sosiaalisessa mediassa ja vaikka monella ehdokkaalla olikin omat “Minä Eduskuntaan” fanisivunsa Facebookissa oli sosiaalisen median käyttö suht tehotonta ja mielikuviksetonta. Kenties Ruotsin vaaleista oli opittu että kaikki munia ei kannata laittaa samaan sosiaalisen median koriin, vaan että vanhat keinot kuten kätellä mahdollisimman monta henkilöä turuilla ja toreilla ovat edelleen tehokkaimpia. Tämä oli sosiaalisen median tutkijalle hienoinen pettymys. Olin toivonnut jotain innovatiivista ja luovaa tapaa aktivoida äänestäjiä sosiaalisen median avulla mutta toisin kävi.

Ehdokkailla olisi nähdäkseni ollut kaksi selkeää tapaa aktivoida äänestäjiä sosiaalisen median avulla. Ensinnäkin ehdokkaat olisivat voineet tehokkaammin luoda mahdollisuuksia vuoropuhelulle äänestäjien kanssa. Blogit ja sosiaaliset verkostot ovat mainioita välineitä avoimelle keskustelulle ja mielipiteiden jakamiselle. Ensisijaisen tärkeää tässä tapauksessa on tosin myös kuunnella potentiaalisia äänestäjiä ja vastata saamaansa palautteeseen ja kysymyksiin, riippumatta siitä kuinka kiusallisia ne olisivat olleet. Pahin virhe minkä poliitikko mielestäni voi sosiaalisessa mediassa tehdä on avata sivu Facebookiin tai avata blogi ja jättää ne oman onnensa nojaan kuvitellen että se riittäisi. Sosiaalinen media on sosiaalista ja vuorovaikutukseen kannustavaa, ja sellaisena sitä pitää myös käyttää. Toinen mahdollisuus on tiedon välitys eteenpäin verkostoissa ja sitä kautta näiden verkostojen aktivoiminen. Yksinkertaisimmillaan tässä on kyse lähettiläiden rekrytoimisesta siten että tieto ja suositukset kulkevat verkostossa käyttäjältä toiselle, äänestäjältä toiselle, ilman kenenkään kehotusta tai ohjausta. Facebookin “tykkää”-nappi on tästä esimerkki. Kun joku klikkaa tällaista “tykkää”-nappia jossain verkossa (mikä muuten ei paljoa vaadi), saa hänen sosiaalinen verkostonsa tästä tiedon. Verkoston jäsenet saavat viestin että “Kim tykkää YLEstä”, ja nämä viestit ovat tavallaan suosituksia jotka voivat helposti jatkaa matkaansa yhä eteenpäin ja eteenpäin verkostoissa kun yhä useammat ihmiset klikkaavat näitä “tykkää”-nappeja. Mutta näitä mahdollisuuksia ei näissä vaaleissa käytetty tehokkaasti. Olisiko tehokkaampi sosiaalisen median käyttö muuttanut vaalien tulosta? Tuskin, mutta ei siitä haittaakaan olisi ollut. Monen vaaliasiantuntijan mukaan eiliset vaalit ratkaisivat niin sanotut protestiäänet. Ennen äänestettiin protestiksi Aku Ankkaa ja niitä aikoja moni jäi eilen kaipaamaan.

Ainoana valopilkkuna vaaleissa ja niitä edeltävissä kampanjoissa oli mielestäni Ilkka Kanervan tekstiviestikampanja nimeltä Vastavalkea. Kanervan “tekstiviestitaustan” tuntien (ja kukapa suomessa ei sitä tuntisi) täytyy todeta että kampanjointi tekstiviesteillä osoittaa loistavaa itseironiaa ja itseluottamusta. Itse sain Kanervalta kolme tekstiviestiä, ja jo tämän takia sait melkein ääneni.

[Translate this] Updated April 20th, 2011: Google’s translation tool is not perfect, as we all know. However, their translation for “vastavalkea” to English is the poorest and the most misleading translation I’ve ever seen. Vasta basically means ‘against’ or ‘just’, e.g. ‘vasta-alkaja’ is a ‘beginner’ or ‘just a beginner’. While Valkea means ‘white’ or ‘the brightest fire in a fireplace that almost burns with a white flame’. So, a rough translation would be ‘against white’ or ‘just a beginner of the hottest fire’ (nobody said that a campaign slogan has to be smart). Not ‘white only’ as Google suggests.

Welcome to Åbo Akademi. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

Nåja, testar att integrera mina bloggar med varandra, dvs. när jag skriver något i min blogg på http://blogs.abo.fi/kholmber/ borde samma inlägg uppdateras även i min blogg på http://kimholmberg.fi/blog/.

Testar med bilder också:

Welcome to Åbo Akademi. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

The aim of the first ISSOME conference is to address new modes of information behaviour in different contexts focusing the effects of social media and technologies in the interactive web. The change process is not always straight forward and we need to underline what is really changing and what is only a trend. The conference will discuss skills needed to manage the new information platform and how to develop needed competencies in the information society. The conference is open to researchers, academics and practitioners inthe fields of library and information science and social media, as wellas businesses and organizations developing social media strategies. The conference will host invited and contributed papers sessions. In conjunction with the conference will also be organized a Doctoral Forum. This offers a possibility for doctoral students to share their ongoing research projects with their peers and well-established senior researchers.

The conference is organized by the Department of Information Studies at Åbo Akademi University. It is well established and internationally recognized for excellence in research and education. The department conducts a wide array of research including research about social media,Library 2.0, knowledge management, health information behavior, and scientometrics. The department is part of the School of Business and Economics and it has strong connections and collaborative multidisciplinary projects with other departments in the school.

Please visit http://issome2011.library2pointoh.fi/ for more information.

Call for Papers

Call for Papers for the international conference in Information Scienceand Social Media – ISSOME in 24.-26.8.2011 is open.We invite researchers worldwide to submit original research within thetopics of the conference that are listed below. Submissions should beextended abstracts of no longer than 1500 words. All submissions will bepeer-reviewed double blinded. Submission guidelines are available at http://issome2011.library2pointoh.fi/.

Conference themes

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Social media in information science
- Information aspects of social media
- Library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0
- Social networking sites
- Information Management
- Knowledge Management
- Knowledge Organization
- Reputation Management
- Information Behaviour and Information Use
- Information dissemination in social media

Structure of the extended abstract

- Title
- Abstract text
- References

Abstract text should clearly describe the aims, novelty/originality andprincipal findings/contribution of the presentation. In the case ofempirical studies, also the method and material should be described briefly.Observe that no information about the authors should be included in theabstract document.

Deadline

Deadline for submissions is February 28, 2011.

A presentation that I uploaded to Slideshare four years ago just hit over 10 000 views (and 358 downloads). To celebrate this (and to test a new Wordpress plugin for Slideshare) I’m reposting the presentation here.

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I guess the first question is, why would someone want to fake the date on their blog entry? Well, perhaps to show that they have been active and that they haven’t missed a single months or week in X number of years. However, the important question from a webometric point of view, is whether it is ethical to fake the dates? Faking the dates may mess up some poor researcher’s work, as the date may be of some significance in some studies. Anyway, as you can see I’m just rambling to get a post done so that I can fake the date and see what happens. My guess is; nothing.

Prospects of Learning in Second Life -conference will be held in Turku, Finland, in October 14-15, 2010. The conference gathers a representative group of experts with great experience about learning and teaching in virtual worlds and specifically in the virtual world of Second Life. The conference offers a great opportunity for teachers, trainers and others working with learning and teaching to dive into virtual worlds as learning spaces and to increase their own expertise in the matter. The program of the conference includes keynote presentations by invited guests and workshop/roundtable discussions with experts. More information at: http://prospects.library2pointoh.fi/

Conference is arranged by the Department of Information Studies at Åbo Akademi University and it is part of an ESR funded project called AVO.

The deadline for registrations is Thursday October 7, 2010.