Call for papers: Advances in Research for Information and Technology
Inaugural Call for Papers
Advances in Research on Information and Technology
Integrative Papers for Practitioners and Scientists
Published internationally in electronic and paper formats by the iGroup, Ltd. ( http://www.igroupnet.com/)
The information field evolves quickly. Working professionals who manage information – in companies, libraries, government, education or non-profits – must strive to keep up with the rapid development of the field. A new series of papers, entitled Advances in Research on Information and Technology will provide a concentrated dose of critical updates for busy professionals who must access the latest and most important findings in the information field. Advances will focus on the scholarship of integration, defined by Ernest Boyer in his work, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate (1990), as making connections across the disciplines, placing the specialties in larger context, illuminating data in a revealing way, often educating nonspecialists (18–19). Papers published in Advances will assemble, analyze, and synthesize primary research papers across the information disciplines, including library and information science, information systems, information policy, and related, newly emerging areas. A distinct difference about Advances is that the series will pay sales royalties to authors on each published paper.
Weare soliciting submissions for the inaugural series scheduled to publish in July 2009, as well as for subsequent series. Submissions may be either in “bulletin” format (~2500–3000 words) or “monograph” format (~5000–6000 words). We also welcome proposals for longer publications. Each paper should cover one topic in depth, with clarity. Below is a suggested list of topics in the field of information and technology field, but all topics related to information and technology are welcome:
* Data mining
* Digital asset management
* Digital literacy
* Digital libraries
* Evidence-based decision making
* Human-computer interaction
* Information economics
* Information management
* Information policy
* Information privacy
* Information retrieval
* Information security
* Large system design
* Library management
* Metadata
* Network management
* Open source technology
* User behavior
* Virtual organizations
Advances in Research on Information and Technology will deliver papers to laptops, mobile devices, and book readers in multiple languages, almost immediately after the manuscript is finalized. The publication will also be available in paper form by subscription to libraries and other organizations.
The deadline for manuscript submission for the inaugural paper series is December 31, 2008. Submissions should be in electronic format and include an abstract of approximately 500 words. For instructions regarding format and submission, please visit http://arit.syr.edu/instruction.html.
With questions and inquiries about manuscript topics and submission, please contact:
Jian Qin, Ph.D., Senior Editor
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
235 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Tel: +1 (315)443-5642
Fax: +1 (315)443-5806
Email: arit@syr.edu [jesse]