> * Chinese plan to meter net traffic *
> China is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that
> passes through its borders.
> Full story:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8417680.stm
>
> But an EU cyber security expert has warned the plan could threaten the
> stability of the entire internet.
>
> Andrea Servida, of the European Commission, told a House of Lords
> committee that China could have a "hidden agenda" in wanting to monitor
> data flows.
>
> And, in later comments to BBC News, he suggested technical changes needed
> to charge everyone for internet traffic flowing through China could
> undermine the web's founding principle of openness as well as raising
> security and stability concerns for all net users.


Just like in NL, all kinds of powerful types let 'thought baloons' loose,
which are ridiculed at first only to become accepted & mainstream later,
what China now suggests could well become our future.

The end of the 'free' Internet is near. From a market point of view (read
the WSJ about 'net neutrality') it was a total aberation anyway ...

Note to the Palace: Don't forget to throw those pesky IETF types against
the wall...

eldavojohn writes

"An American citizen working as a contractor for the United States
Agency for International Development has been arrested for giving away
laptops and cellphones in Cuba. The intent was to enable activists to
connect with each other and spread information of what's happening
inside Cuba. From the article: 'Cellphones and laptops are legal in
Cuba, though they are new and coveted commodities in a country where
the average worker's wage is $15 a month. The Cuban government granted
ordinary citizens the right to buy cellphones just last year; they are
used mostly for texting, because a 15-minute phone conversation would
eat up a day's wages.' A Representative on the House Foreign Affairs
Committee said the arrest was 'no surprise' while a human rights watch
group cited a report outlining the Cuban Criminal Code offense of
'dangerousness,' which is most likely the one for which this
individual was detained. There is at present no way to contact the
individual nor official word on why he was detained." The article
quotes an actvist with Human Rights Watch who said that "any solution
to the contractor's case would probably be political" and that "the
Cuban government often provokes a negative reaction in the United
States just as [the two] countries begin to move toward more
dialogue."

See the conflicting views on the debate below this item:
http://slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/2315233/Cuba-Jails-US-Worker-Handing-Out-Lapt\
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-original message-
Subject: [bytesforall_readers] * Chinese plan to meter net traffic *
From: "George Lessard" <media@...>
Date: 20/12/2009 5:36 am

* Chinese plan to meter net traffic *
China is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that
passes through its borders.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8417680.stm

But an EU cyber security expert has warned the plan could threaten the
stability of the entire internet.

Andrea Servida, of the European Commission, told a House of Lords
committee that China could have a "hidden agenda" in wanting to monitor
data flows.

And, in later comments to BBC News, he suggested technical changes needed
to charge everyone for internet traffic flowing through China could
undermine the web's founding principle of openness as well as raising
security and stability concerns for all net users.

* Chinese plan to meter net traffic *
China is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that
passes through its borders.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8417680.stm

But an EU cyber security expert has warned the plan could threaten the
stability of the entire internet.

Andrea Servida, of the European Commission, told a House of Lords
committee that China could have a "hidden agenda" in wanting to monitor
data flows.

And, in later comments to BBC News, he suggested technical changes needed
to charge everyone for internet traffic flowing through China could
undermine the web's founding principle of openness as well as raising
security and stability concerns for all net users.

DEVELOPMENT:  South-South Cooperation at 30-Year High
By Thalif Deen
Inclusive partnerships are critical to achieve development goals, says
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. / Credit:Bomoon Lee/IPS

Credit:Bomoon Lee/IPS

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (IPS) - As the United Nations commemorated its
sixth annual 'U.N. Day for South-South Cooperation' Friday,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out the growing new ties among
developing countries that go far beyond trade and investments:
education, science, agriculture, medicine, health services and
information technologies.

"Over the past 30 years, there has been an upsurge in South-South
cooperation," he said.

"The impact of development actors from the South continues to grow in
spite of the global financial downturn, lending increased significance
to the contributions of South-South cooperation to development," Ban
added, pointing out some of the significant success stories.

In Asia, Singapore is in the process of building a world-class
biotechnology hub in the developing world.

In Africa, Rwanda is making efforts to become a state-of-the-art
information-oriented society, while also working with Uruguay on the
"One Laptop per Child" initiative, sharing practical information and
experience.

The International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is supporting
innovative scientific research in the development of a preventive AIDS
vaccine through a network of 11 research institutions and scientists
in India, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia, according to
the United Nations.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has established a
Technology Exchange Forum which will facilitate the transfer of local
and domestic technologies in engineering, pharmaceuticals, medicine,
agriculture, bio-technology, agro-food and energy.

These technologies are to be shared among the OIC's 57 member states,
all countries of the global South, primarily in the Islamic world.

The government of Brazil has initiated a South-South programme to
address the problems of child labour by financing projects in
Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa.

Brazil has also provided a 300,000-dollar grant to the International
Labour Organisation (ILO), the first donor from the South to do so,
for field programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean to help
eliminate child labour in developing countries.

Qatar has taken a lead role in promoting South-South cooperation in
the oil and gas sectors, bringing together some 42 countries in
Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, as well as
international organisations, to share and exchange experiences in
effective hydrocarbon management.

India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) will provide a million dollars
each annually for a Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation in the
world's poorest nations.

The grant will also help support countries struggling to meet the
U.N's. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including a 50 percent
reduction in extreme poverty and hunger, the achievement of universal
primary education and the promotion of gender equality.

This new Facility is being actively supported by the Special Unit for
South-South Cooperation, within the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP).

According to the United Nations, the overall trend, prior to the
current economic crisis, had been "a remarkable rise in South-South
trade, finance and investment flows."

South-South merchandised trade alone has grown with significant speed
since 1995, on average by 13 percent each year, reaching 2.4 trillion
dollars, or 20 percent of world trade, in 2007, while the annual rate
of growth in world trade was only 9.0 percent.

A report jointly authored by UNDP and U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)
released here says that UNDP country offices have reported an increase
in South-South cooperation in all practice areas.

In 2008, UNFPA alone support some 189 South-South initiatives,
including partnerships in the following areas: fistula repair; census
management; population surveys; delivery of reproductive health
services; HIV infection among women; gender-based violence; the use of
database software; training, raising awareness of population and
development issues; and gender mainstreaming.

The first Global South-South Development Expo (GSSDE), launched last
year by the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, showcased over
60 "best practices" for South-South cooperation.

The 2009 GSSDE, held in Washington DC early this week, provided a
successful forum for similar South-South experiences.

"I hope the outcome of this year's Expo will lead to further
partnership-building and solution-sharing towards meeting the
international agreed development goals, including the MDGs,
particularly for those countries in critical circumstances," said
Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar, president of the
U.N.'s High-Level Committee on South-South Cooperation.

Addressing the Expo early this week, Al-Nasser said: "We need to
systematically connect practitioners to each other to initiate
South-South cooperation in order to adapt and adopt South-South
solutions."

In early December, the United Nations hosted a high level Conference
on South-South Cooperation in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

A plan of action - formally called the Outcome Document - adopted at
the conference called for further strengthening of cooperation among
the 130 developing countries that comprise the Group of 77.

Meanwhile, the secretary-general said Friday that the challenges
facing developing nations - particularly food security, climate
change, and HIV/AIDS - continue to obstruct its goals for advancement.

"Now, more than ever, is the time to focus on innovative South-South
cooperation, as the challenges we face collectively can only be
overcome together," he added.

The theme of this year's U.N. Day - "Innovative Solutions through
Inclusive Partnerships" - highlights the cooperative self-reliance of
developing countries.

Ban said the forging of inclusive partnerships is critical for
creating the innovative solutions required to achieve internationally
agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.

"The complex problems that lie ahead demand the creation of an
environment that offers opportunities for collective, broad-based
collaboration that can generate sustained national, regional and
global commitment".

As such, he said, it was no surprise that inclusive partnerships were
the core mechanism of the South-South success stories showcased at the
2009 Global South-South Development Expo.

"While the featured initiatives may have originated in different
regions of the world, and addressed unique development challenges,
they all hold in common the strong element of broad, inclusive
partnerships" the secretary-general declared.

(END/2009)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49749

 

I am involved in several knowledge communities that have an interest
in contributing to your series. Where can we find out more?

Also, what licenses do you use, and what are your terms for authors?
Can you send a sample contract?

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:37, Hakikur Rahman <email@...> wrote:
> CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS (Progressive call#5):
>
> ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES
> www.igi-global.com/akcsn
>
> EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman
> PUBLISHER: IGI Global <http://www.igi-global.com >
>
> LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
>
> The AKCSN is an international book series that
> publishes high-quality original research about
> knowledge communities and social networks. This
> book series calls for knowledge based belonging
> to advancement on information science, knowledge
> communication and knowledge management. This
> series will cover, but not limited to knowledge
> management, knowledge communications, knowledge
> economy, information society, information
> dynamics, information processing, information
> retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots
> communities, developing countries, mobile
> computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications.
>
> This book series will try to establish innovative
> model of approaches in understanding the dynamics
> of knowledge communication, drawing upon
> knowledge gains from the various branches of
> information science and the cognitive arena. It
> will also promote a systemic focus on the
> communication process underlying knowledge
> transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy.
>
> By becoming a contributor to the Advances in
> Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN)
> Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity
> that a few have ever gained; and at the same time
> � �  �  �  your work will be showcased in a collecction
> that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes,
> � �  �  �  a diverse international editorial advissory board will support it, and
> � �  �  �  as major audience of books under this bbook
> series will be comprised of academics,
> scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it
> is highly likely that your edited book will be
> used as guide in the national and regional
> development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge implementations.
>
> I welcome you to consider submitting your
> research to this series in hopes of providing the
> field of E-Government with collections of pivotal
> applications, methods and technologies.
>
> EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:
>
> Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
>
> Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh
>
> Associate Editors:
> Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
> A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India
> Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK
>
>
> International Editorial Advisory Board:
> Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
> James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai
> Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey
> Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA
> Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
> Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA
> Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy
> Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
> Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia
> Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK
> Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
> Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
> Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia
> Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
>
>
>
> NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JANUARY 31, 2010
>
>
> MISSION OF AKCSN:
> The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
> Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a
> multi-disciplinary international book series that
> aims to publish high-quality, original research
> about knowledge management. � The AKCSN will
> provide an analytical approach to the holistic
> situation of the newly emerging knowledge
> dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge
> acquisition, knowledge communication and
> knowledge management focusing upon the concepts
> of the knowledge communities and social networks.
>
>
> COVERAGE of AKCSN:
> The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is
> international and focused on original research in
> knowledge communications, applications,
> management, policies and implications. Areas of
> interest include, but are not limited to the following:
>
> � �  �  �  Knowledge Management and Business Improovement
> � �  �  �  Knowledge as Capacity for Action
> � �  �  �  Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Developmment
> � �  �  �  Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solviing Tool
> � �  �  �  Agent-mediated Knowledge Management
> � �  �  �  The Framework of a Pragmatic Conceptionn of Knowledge
> � �  �  �  Knowledge as a Competitive Force
> � �  �  �  Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environmments
> � �  �  �  Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Asseets
> � �  �  �  Technology Orientation and Capitalizatiion of Knowledge
> � �  �  �  Current State and Future Development off the
> Institutional Knowledge Management
> � �  �  �  Knowledge Management Practices and Futuure Perspectives
> � �  �  �  Challenges of Knowledge Management
> � �  �  �  Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knnowledge Management
> � �  �  �  Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Coommunication and Management
> � �  �  �  Organizational Knowledge Communication and
> Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management
> � �  �  �  Distributed Knowledge Management Busineess Cases and Experiences
> � �  �  �  Knowledge Management System Architecturres, Infrastructure and Middleware
> � �  �  �  Strategic Management and Business Proceess Analysis
> � �  �  �  Networks as Institutionalized Intermediiaries of KC
> � �  �  �  Organizational Knowledge Communication<
> � �  �  �  Communication of Knowledge in Organizattions
> � �  �  �  Knowledge Communication and the Role off Communities and Social Networks
> � �  �  �  General Importance and Role of Knowledgge Communities
> � �  �  �  Importance and Role of Knowledge Communnities in
> R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation
> � �  �  �  Supporting Virtual Communities of Practtice and Interest Networks
> � �  �  �  Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deeploy
> Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions
> � �  �  �  Social Models to Design and Support Knoowledge
> Intensive Collaborative Processes
> � �  �  �  Meta-data Representation and Managementt (e.g.,
> semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.)
> � �  �  �  Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Netwoorks
> � �  �  �  Performance Evaluation and Benchmarkingg of Deployed Systems
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> � �  �  �  Communication and Management of Knowleddge in R&D Networks
> � �  �  �  Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool
> � �  �  �  Leveraging Knowledge Communication Netwworks ­
> Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions
> � �  �  �  Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication
> � �  �  �  Knowledge Communication and Impact of NNetwork Structures
> � �  �  �  Roles and Positional Models of Knowledgge Communication Networks
> � �  �  �  Leveraging Knowledge Communication in SSocial Networks
> � �  �  �  Epistemology of Knowledge Society
> � �  �  �  Citizens’ eParticipation in Loccal Decision-Making Processes
> � �  �  �  eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensuree Digital
> Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level
> � �  �  �  Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wiireless Network Solutions
> � �  �  �  Local eGovernment Interoperability and security
> � �  �  �  Generation of Municipal Services in Mullti-Channel Environments
> � �  �  �  Introduction to Mobile Computing
> � �  �  �  Business Process Modeling
> � �  �  �  Information and Data Management
> � �  �  �  Communication and Agent Technology
> � �  �  �  Best Practices for Mobile Computing
> � �  �  �  Information Policy Overview
> � �  �  �  Communications and the Internet
> � �  �  �  Knowledge Chains
> � �  �  �  Community Practices
> � �  �  �  Learning Utilities
> � �  �  �  Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communnities
>
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The Global Secretariat of telecentre.org is looking to fill up the following
positions: Executive Director, Programme Assistant and Programme Officer.
Following is a short intro of telecentre.org Academy.

Best wishes,

Partha

telecentre.org Academy, is a flagship programme of telecentre.org, with key
social investors being the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Microsoft.  As a skills
development programme that supports actors involved in creating new and
inclusive economies in developing countries, especially at the grassroots level,
by taking advantage of the knowledge and information both tangible and
intangible services for millions of marginalized and poor communities living in
peri-urban and rural clusters around the world, telecentre.org was launched at
the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia in 2005.

telecentre.org's five programme pillars include the telecentre.org Academy, a
capacity building arm that aims to develop and deliver courses in support of the
learning needs of over 1 million telecentre operators around the world.  The
work programme of telecentre.org Academy began in October 2006 as a
telecentre.org activity, and since then been steered by a Senior Programme
Officer, housed at IDRC's New Delhi office.   Several partnerships have emerged
in support of the Academy programme of telecentre.org, especially at the
national level.  To date, the 14 national academies that are operational have
their own national consortium in support of their work.  A number of
complimentary initiatives support scholarship, curriculum design and
development, and peer-learning at the global level.  Telecentre.org has invested
over 1.5 million CAD to develop the programme.  The ecosystem of telecentre.org
Academy developed through the intellectual leadership offered by the Delhi-based
Senior Programme Officer makes it easier for the Academy to be implemented as a
global programme through its Secretariat housed in one of its partner
institutions

As per its commitment, IDRC has incubated both telecentre.org and its capacity
building arm, the telecentre.org Academy for a period of five years.  These
programmes are now being spun off into independent programmes with supportive
governance mechanisms in place.  While the telecentre.org programme finds its
home in the Philippines in the form of a newly established telecentre.org
Foundation, the telecentre.org Academy is being spun off into a global programme
supported by a Global Secretariat in one of the partner institutions for a
initial period of five years beginning 2010-2015.   To select a partner
institution that would house the Academy's global secretariat, a consultative
meeting was organized in Delhi on 17-18 August 2009.  Some ten senior officials
in the ranks of Vice Chancellor or Pro Vice Chancellor from as many universities
present at the August 2009 meeting in Delhi agreed for IDRC and IGNOU to jointly
establish a global secretariat under the auspices of IGNOU in Delhi.  A letter
of intent to collaborate was signed between IDRC and IGNOU to this effect.  To
fulfill commitments made by these two institutions, a memorandum of grant
conditions are being agreed upon for the global secretariat project to commence
from 1 January 2010.

The establishment of the Global Secretariat will support the telecentre.org
Academy's global programme that currently collaborates with over 50 partners
around the world.  The Academy programme is primarily aimed at supporting the
learning needs of over ONE MILLION telecentre operators, thousands of policy
makers, investors, and leadings of existing and emerging networks and poor
communities living and working in peri-urban and rural areas around the world in
over 20 languages in as many nations.

Over at the Educational Technology Debate, there's a lively discussion around
the learnings and failings from One Laptop Per Child - the $100 laptop for
education programme from Nicholas Negroponte:

   What Have We Learned From OLPC?
   http://edutechdebate.org


There's both positive and critical analysis of its impact on both technology and
education, and builds on the earlier discussion we had with Atanu Dey around ICT
sustainability in Indian schools:

   At $12 Per Student, How Can ICT4E in India Be Sustainable?
   http://bit.ly/olpc-in-india


Thanks for your attention,
Wayan

 

Dear Friends,

Several years ago I saw a call for papers like this one, and from the same publisher. The topic was connected with networking and diversity and very much in line with my own interests. I submitted a proposal for a chapter which was accepted. I spent the next three or four months stealing time which didn't really exist so that I could complete the project inside the deadline. Almost as an afterthought, on the Sunday before the final Wednesday deadline, the editor circulated the contract for signature. The contract required me to sign over to the publisher, absolutely, every vestige of my copyright in the material, whether it was eventually published or not. In return would come "enhancement to my reputation" from my work being included in the publication.

I withdrew the work immediately. I had already broken the terms of the contract since I had already shared the document for comments with other people in the field.

I contacted the other chapter authors but no one seemed to share my outrage at these conditions. One man was in fact quite rude to me :-) I understand that contracts like the one I was sent are customary � a rule rather than an exception. I also understand the imperatives of "publish or perish". However I expect there are also people who subscribe to an ethic of sharing and open content. To those I would like to suggest that they avoid the trap I fell into and ask to see the contract BEFORE they embark on the project.

Let me be absolutely clear � this is not about money, but about rights, and specifically about the right to share.

Deirdre

--- In bytesforall_readers@yahoogroups.com, Hakikur Rahman <email@...> wrote:
>
> CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS (Progressive call#5):
>
> ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES
> www.igi-global.com/akcsn
>
> EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman
> PUBLISHER: IGI Global <http://www.igi-global.com >
>
> LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
>
> The AKCSN is an international book series that
> publishes high-quality original research about
> knowledge communities and social networks. This
> book series calls for knowledge based belonging
> to advancement on information science, knowledge
> communication and knowledge management. This
> series will cover, but not limited to knowledge
> management, knowledge communications, knowledge
> economy, information society, information
> dynamics, information processing, information
> retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots
> communities, developing countries, mobile
> computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications.
>
> This book series will try to establish innovative
> model of approaches in understanding the dynamics
> of knowledge communication, drawing upon
> knowledge gains from the various branches of
> information science and the cognitive arena. It
> will also promote a systemic focus on the
> communication process underlying knowledge
> transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy.
>
> By becoming a contributor to the Advances in
> Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN)
> Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity
> that a few have ever gained; and at the same time
> �your work will be showcased in a collection
> that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes,
> �a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it, and
> �as major audience of books under this book
> series will be comprised of academics,
> scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it
> is highly likely that your edited book will be
> used as guide in the national and regional
> development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge implementations.
>
> I welcome you to consider submitting your
> research to this series in hopes of providing the
> field of E-Government with collections of pivotal
> applications, methods and technologies.
>
> EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:
>
> Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
>
> Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh
>
> Associate Editors:
> Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
> A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India
> Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK
>
>
> International Editorial Advisory Board:
> Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
> James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai
> Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey
> Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA
> Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
> Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA
> Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy
> Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
> Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia
> Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK
> Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
> Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
> Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia
> Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
>
>
>
> NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JANUARY 31, 2010
>
>
> MISSION OF AKCSN:
> The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
> Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a
> multi-disciplinary international book series that
> aims to publish high-quality, original research
> about knowledge management. The AKCSN will
> provide an analytical approach to the holistic
> situation of the newly emerging knowledge
> dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge
> acquisition, knowledge communication and
> knowledge management focusing upon the concepts
> of the knowledge communities and social networks.
>
>
> COVERAGE of AKCSN:
> The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is
> international and focused on original research in
> knowledge communications, applications,
> management, policies and implications. Areas of
> interest include, but are not limited to the following:
>
> �Knowledge Management and Business Improvement
> �Knowledge as Capacity for Action
> �Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development
> �Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool
> �Agent-mediated Knowledge Management
> �The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge
> �Knowledge as a Competitive Force
> �Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments
> �Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets
> �Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge
> �Current State and Future Development of the
> Institutional Knowledge Management
> �Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives
> �Challenges of Knowledge Management
> �Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management
> �Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management
> �Organizational Knowledge Communication and
> Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management
> �Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences
> �Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and Middleware
> �Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis
> �Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC
> �Organizational Knowledge Communication
> �Communication of Knowledge in Organizations
> �Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social Networks
> �General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities
> �Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in
> R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation
> �Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks
> �Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy
> Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions
> �Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge
> Intensive Collaborative Processes
> �Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g.,
> semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.)
> �Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks
> �Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems
> �Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments
> �Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks
> �Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool
> �Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks �
> Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions
> �Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication
> �Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures
> �Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks
> �Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks
> �Epistemology of Knowledge Society
> �Citizens' eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes
> �eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital
> Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level
> �Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions
> �Local eGovernment Interoperability and security
> �Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments
> �Introduction to Mobile Computing
> �Business Process Modeling
> �Information and Data Management
> �Communication and Agent Technology
> �Best Practices for Mobile Computing
> �Information Policy Overview
> �Communications and the Internet
> �Knowledge Chains
> �Community Practices
> �Learning Utilities
> �Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communities
>
>
> SUBMITTING TO AKCSN:
> Prospective authors should note that only
> original and previously unpublished manuscripts
> will be considered. Final decision regarding
> acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on
> the reviews and assessment of the publisher, IGI
> Global. All submissions must be forwarded
> electronically to email@... by ****** NO
> LATER THAN JANUARY 31, 2010 ******
>
> PROSPECTUS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
>
> Your 5-10 page (not including your CV) book
> prospectus should contain the following information:
>
> 1. 3-5 SUGGESTED TITLES for your proposed publication
> 2. A SYNOPSIS of your proposed publication,
> including a concise DEFINITION of the subject area
> 3. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AREA
> 4. 5-10 INDEXING KEYWORDS for your proposed subject area
> 5. Overall OBJECTIVES AND MISSION of your proposed publication
> 6. SCHOLARLY VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION to
> information science, technology and management literature
> 7. PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT on your field of research
> 8. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS of your proposed publication
> 9. PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE for such a publication
> 10. POTENTIAL BENEFITS readers will gain from your proposed publication
> 11. EXISTING COMPETING PUBLICATIONS and their
> advantages and disadvantages in comparison to your proposed publication
> 12. TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
> 13. PROJECTED TOTAL PAGE/WORD COUNT for proposed publication
> 14. TENTATIVE TIMETABLE for the entire project
> 15. POTENTIAL CHANNELS OF CALL DISTRIBUTION for
> the procurement of submissions and contacts (List-Servs, Universities, etc.)
> 16. COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS, phone, fax and
> e-mail information FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR
> 17. A COPY OF YOUR VITAE, listing education and
> publication records FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR
>
> ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
> The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
> Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is published by IGI
> Global, publisher of the "Information Science
> Reference," "Medical Information Science
> Reference," "Business Science Reference," and
> "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For
> additional information regarding the publisher,
> please visit www.igi-global.com.
>
> All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:
>
> Please forward proposals and submission inquiries to:
> Hakikur Rahman
> Editor-in-Chief
> Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
> www.igi-global.com/akcsn;
> http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries/details.asp?id=487
> Email: email@...
>

I am involved in several knowledge communities that have an interest
in contributing to your series. Where can we find out more?

Also, what licenses do you use, and what are your terms for authors?
Can you send a sample contract?

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:37, Hakikur Rahman <email@...> wrote:
> CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS (Progressive call#5):
>
> ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES
> www.igi-global.com/akcsn
>
> EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman
> PUBLISHER: IGI Global <http://www.igi-global.com>
>
> LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
>
> The AKCSN is an international book series that
> publishes high-quality original research about
> knowledge communities and social networks. This
> book series calls for knowledge based belonging
> to advancement on information science, knowledge
> communication and knowledge management. This
> series will cover, but not limited to knowledge
> management, knowledge communications, knowledge
> economy, information society, information
> dynamics, information processing, information
> retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots
> communities, developing countries, mobile
> computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications.
>
> This book series will try to establish innovative
> model of approaches in understanding the dynamics
> of knowledge communication, drawing upon
> knowledge gains from the various branches of
> information science and the cognitive arena. It
> will also promote a systemic focus on the
> communication process underlying knowledge
> transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy.
>
> By becoming a contributor to the Advances in
> Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN)
> Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity
> that a few have ever gained; and at the same time
> •       your work will be showcased in a collection
> that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes,
> •       a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it,
and
> •       as major audience of books under this book
> series will be comprised of academics,
> scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it
> is highly likely that your edited book will be
> used as guide in the national and regional
> development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge
implementations.
>
> I welcome you to consider submitting your
> research to this series in hopes of providing the
> field of E-Government with collections of pivotal
> applications, methods and technologies.
>
> EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:
>
> Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
>
> Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh
>
> Associate Editors:
> Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
> A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India
> Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK
>
>
> International Editorial Advisory Board:
> Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
> James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai
> Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey
> Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA
> Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
> Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA
> Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy
> Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
> Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia
> Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK
> Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
> Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
> Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia
> Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
>
>
>
> NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JANUARY 31, 2010
>
>
> MISSION OF AKCSN:
> The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
> Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a
> multi-disciplinary international book series that
> aims to publish high-quality, original research
> about knowledge management.  The AKCSN will
> provide an analytical approach to the holistic
> situation of the newly emerging knowledge
> dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge
> acquisition, knowledge communication and
> knowledge management focusing upon the concepts
> of the knowledge communities and social networks.
>
>
> COVERAGE of AKCSN:
> The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is
> international and focused on original research in
> knowledge communications, applications,
> management, policies and implications. Areas of
> interest include, but are not limited to the following:
>
> •       Knowledge Management and Business Improvement
> •       Knowledge as Capacity for Action
> •       Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development
> •       Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool
> •       Agent-mediated Knowledge Management
> •       The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge
> •       Knowledge as a Competitive Force
> •       Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments
> •       Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets
> •       Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge
> •       Current State and Future Development of the
> Institutional Knowledge Management
> •       Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives
> •       Challenges of Knowledge Management
> •       Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management
> •       Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management
> •       Organizational Knowledge Communication and
> Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management
> •       Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences
> •       Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and
Middleware
> •       Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis
> •       Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC
> •       Organizational Knowledge Communication
> •       Communication of Knowledge in Organizations
> •       Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social
Networks
> •       General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities
> •       Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in
> R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation
> •       Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks
> •       Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy
> Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions
> •       Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge
> Intensive Collaborative Processes
> •       Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g.,
> semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.)
> •       Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks
> •       Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems
> •       Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments
> •       Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks
> •       Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management
Tool
> •       Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks ­
> Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions
> •       Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication
> •       Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures
> •       Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks
> •       Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks
> •       Epistemology of Knowledge Society
> •       Citizens’ eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes
> •       eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital
> Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level
> •       Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions
> •       Local eGovernment Interoperability and security
> •       Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments
> •       Introduction to Mobile Computing
> •       Business Process Modeling
> •       Information and Data Management
> •       Communication and Agent Technology
> •       Best Practices for Mobile Computing
> •       Information Policy Overview
> •       Communications and the Internet
> •       Knowledge Chains
> •       Community Practices
> •       Learning Utilities
> •       Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communities
>
>
> SUBMITTING TO AKCSN:
> Prospective authors should note that only
> original and previously unpublished manuscripts
> will be considered. Final decision regarding
> acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on
> the reviews and assessment of the publisher, IGI
> Global. All submissions must be forwarded
> electronically to email@... by ****** NO
> LATER THAN JANUARY 31, 2010 ******
>
> PROSPECTUS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
>
> Your 5-10 page (not including your CV) book
> prospectus should contain the following information:
>
> 1.  3-5 SUGGESTED TITLES for your proposed publication
> 2.  A SYNOPSIS of your proposed publication,
> including a concise DEFINITION of the subject area
> 3.  INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AREA
> 4.  5-10 INDEXING KEYWORDS for your proposed subject area
> 5.  Overall OBJECTIVES AND MISSION of your proposed publication
> 6.  SCHOLARLY VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION to
> information science, technology and management literature
> 7.  PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT on your field of research
> 8.  UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS of your proposed publication
> 9.  PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE for such a publication
> 10.  POTENTIAL BENEFITS readers will gain from your proposed publication
> 11.  EXISTING COMPETING PUBLICATIONS and their
> advantages and disadvantages in comparison to your proposed publication
> 12.  TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
> 13.  PROJECTED TOTAL PAGE/WORD COUNT for proposed publication
> 14.  TENTATIVE TIMETABLE for the entire project
> 15.  POTENTIAL CHANNELS OF CALL DISTRIBUTION for
> the procurement of submissions and contacts (List-Servs, Universities, etc.)
> 16.  COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS, phone, fax and
> e-mail information FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR
> 17.  A COPY OF YOUR VITAE, listing education and
> publication records FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR
>
> ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
> The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
> Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is published by IGI
> Global, publisher of the “Information Science
> Reference,” “Medical Information Science
> Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and
> “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For
> additional information regarding the publisher,
> please visit www.igi-global.com.
>
> All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention
of:
>
> Please forward proposals and submission inquiries to:
> Hakikur Rahman
> Editor-in-Chief
> Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
> www.igi-global.com/akcsn;
> http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries/details.asp?id=487
> Email: email@...
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>



--
Edward Mokurai
(默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر
ج) Cherlin
Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
http://www.earthtreasury.org/

We have experienced that PayPal.com services can help Pakistani Youth
and Women to engage in the global knowledge economy and advance a
region like Pakistan both socially and economically!

Source Link: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/

PayPal Authorize Pakistan Now! Campaign

5111 Pakistanis have gotten together on in Facebook hosted cause at
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/266093 or simply at
http://www.causes.com/paypal_authorize_pakistan_now_campaign pledging
PayPal.com and Ebay Inc. to launch the PayPal.com payment services in
Pakistan. Many likeminded Pakistani Knowledge Workers, Freelancers and
Webmaster�s have joined the campaign extensively from all across the
country and the world.

This campaign was initiated when a considerable pressure built up
online by Pakistanis for the need of PayPal.com E-Payment services in
Pakistan, despite the Paypal.com/Ebay Inc. ignoring this region on
purpose while giving service to India and China, we launched a cause
page on Facebook titled the �PayPal Authorize Pakistan Now Campaign�.

The fact remains that Pakistan contributes massively to the global
Knowledge Economy through Information Technology as the region has
millions of knowledge workers that require PayPal

PayPal authorizes China and India; does it have a grudge against
Pakistan? Why can�t Pakistan be authorized even though we have so many
Foreign Banks? Companies and Businessmen do not outsource their work
to Pakistani Knowledge Workers because we don�t have PayPal Accounts!

Another interesting fact of this campaign is that it seeks an
explanation to why PayPal.com's global expansion includes India, China
and UAE but not the country Pakistan which is located at the heart of
this region. During various communications by members of the campaign
with PayPal.com, their reply usually is: PayPal.com's Email Reply:

"We are having a high volume of emails right now. Writer, we sincerely
appreciate your interest in becoming a PayPal member. Unfortunately,
we are not yet providing services for Pakistan. Establishing our
service in each new country or region involves complex changes due to
different regulations. We are always looking to expand our
availability; however, due to the complexities of global expansion, we
cannot provide a specific time frame. We are working hard and look
forward to expanding our services to additional countries and regions
in the future."

Despite this hypocritic statement, Ebay Inc/PayPal continues to offer
PayPal.com services including payments of goods and services as well
as funds transfer to India, China and UAE. We as Pakistani knowledge
workers must continue our campaign to convince Ebay Inc and PayPal.com
to lauch their services for Pakistani citizens that are today
connected to an international banking network and have all the
requirements for banking regulation and telecom/technology
infrastructure to support PayPal.com services in Pakistan.

Once again, I request all Pakistani knowledge workers to Write an
email with the title: "PayPal.com Authorize Pakistan Now!" to the
following email address of the Owner and CEO of Ebay.com and
PayPal.com:

jdonahoe@...
john.donahoe@...
sthompson@...

Again, if over 5111 members blog about this - spread the word � on
your blogs and websites � the more activists and lobbyist effort we
can garner! This is about us, this is for Pakistan! Help Pakistan,
Help Blog and Email out this message to PayPal.com!!!!

Facebook PayPal Authorize Pakistan Now! Campaign link to
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/266093 or simply
http://www.causes.com/paypal_authorize_pakistan_now_campaign!


--
Regards.
--------------------------
Fouad Bajwa
Advisor & Researcher
ICT4D & Internet Governance
Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF)
Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC)
My Blog: Internet's Governance
http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
Follow my Tweets:
http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
MAG Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA

Dear Friends,

Several years ago I saw a call for papers like this one, and from the same
publisher. The topic was connected with networking and diversity and very much
in line with my own interests. I submitted a proposal for a chapter which was
accepted. I spent the next three or four months stealing time which didn't
really exist so that I could complete the project inside the deadline. Almost as
an afterthought, on the Sunday before the final Wednesday deadline, the editor
circulated the contract for signature. The contract required me to sign over to
the publisher, absolutely, every vestige of my copyright in the material,
whether it was eventually published or not. In return would come "enhancement to
my reputation" from my work being included in the publication.

I withdrew the work immediately. I had already broken the terms of the contract
since I had already shared the document for comments with other people in the
field.

I contacted the other chapter authors but no one seemed to share my outrage at
these conditions. One man was in fact quite rude to me :-) I understand that
contracts like the one I was sent are customary � a rule rather than an
exception. I also understand the imperatives of "publish or perish". However I
expect there are also people who subscribe to an ethic of sharing and open
content. To those I would like to suggest that they avoid the trap I fell into
and ask to see the contract BEFORE they embark on the project.

Let me be absolutely clear � this is not about money, but about rights, and
specifically about the right to share.

Deirdre


--- In bytesforall_readers@yahoogroups.com, Hakikur Rahman <email@...> wrote:
>
> CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS (Progressive call#5):
>
> ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES
> www.igi-global.com/akcsn
>
> EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman
> PUBLISHER: IGI Global <http://www.igi-global.com>
>
> LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
>
> The AKCSN is an international book series that
> publishes high-quality original research about
> knowledge communities and social networks. This
> book series calls for knowledge based belonging
> to advancement on information science, knowledge
> communication and knowledge management. This
> series will cover, but not limited to knowledge
> management, knowledge communications, knowledge
> economy, information society, information
> dynamics, information processing, information
> retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots
> communities, developing countries, mobile
> computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications.
>
> This book series will try to establish innovative
> model of approaches in understanding the dynamics
> of knowledge communication, drawing upon
> knowledge gains from the various branches of
> information science and the cognitive arena. It
> will also promote a systemic focus on the
> communication process underlying knowledge
> transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy.
>
> By becoming a contributor to the Advances in
> Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN)
> Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity
> that a few have ever gained; and at the same time
> � your work will be showcased in a collection
> that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes,
> � a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it, and
> � as major audience of books under this book
> series will be comprised of academics,
> scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it
> is highly likely that your edited book will be
> used as guide in the national and regional
> development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge
implementations.
>
> I welcome you to consider submitting your
> research to this series in hopes of providing the
> field of E-Government with collections of pivotal
> applications, methods and technologies.
>
> EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:
>
> Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
>
> Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh
>
> Associate Editors:
> Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
> A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India
> Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK
>
>
> International Editorial Advisory Board:
> Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
> James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai
> Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey
> Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA
> Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
> Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA
> Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy
> Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
> Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia
> Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK
> Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
> Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
> Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia
> Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
>
>
>
> NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JANUARY 31, 2010
>
>
> MISSION OF AKCSN:
> The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
> Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a
> multi-disciplinary international book series that
> aims to publish high-quality, original research
> about knowledge management.  The AKCSN will
> provide an analytical approach to the holistic
> situation of the newly emerging knowledge
> dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge
> acquisition, knowledge communication and
> knowledge management focusing upon the concepts
> of the knowledge communities and social networks.
>
>
> COVERAGE of AKCSN:
> The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is
> international and focused on original research in
> knowledge communications, applications,
> management, policies and implications. Areas of
> interest include, but are not limited to the following:
>
> � Knowledge Management and Business Improvement
> � Knowledge as Capacity for Action
> � Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development
> � Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool
> � Agent-mediated Knowledge Management
> � The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge
> � Knowledge as a Competitive Force
> � Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments
> � Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets
> � Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge
> � Current State and Future Development of the
> Institutional Knowledge Management
> � Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives
> � Challenges of Knowledge Management
> � Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management
> � Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management
> � Organizational Knowledge Communication and
> Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management
> � Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences
> � Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and Middleware
> � Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis
> � Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC
> � Organizational Knowledge Communication
> � Communication of Knowledge in Organizations
> � Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social Networks
> � General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities
> � Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in
> R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation
> � Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks
> � Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy
> Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions
> � Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge
> Intensive Collaborative Processes
> � Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g.,
> semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.)
> � Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks
> � Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems
> � Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments
> � Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks
> � Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool
> � Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks �
> Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions
> � Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication
> � Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures
> � Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks
> � Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks
> � Epistemology of Knowledge Society
> � Citizens' eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes
> � eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital
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> � Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions
> � Local eGovernment Interoperability and security
> � Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments
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> � Communication and Agent Technology
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Hi all,

India and USA are now partners in progress. We are cooperating in many fields of
science and technology. Why not cooperate in the area of governance which
impacts the life of every citizen?

Govt. of USA has just announced the "Open Gov Initiative" Policy for
transparency, participation and collaboration as detailed below. Why not a
similar initiative for India - "Transparent Government (TransGov) Initiatives
for ensuring accountability in India"?

Kris Dev
Life Line to Business, Chennai
98 408 52132


OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

December 8, 2009 M-10-06

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
FROM: Peter R. Orszag, Director

SUBJECT: Open Government Directive In the Memorandum on Transparency and Open
Government, issued on January 21, 2009, the President instructed the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue an Open Government Directive.
Responding to that instruction, this memorandum is intended to direct executive
departments and agencies to take specific actions to implement the principles of
transparency, participation, and collaboration set forth in the President's
Memorandum. This Directive was informed by recommendations from the Federal
Chief Technology Officer, who solicited public comment through the White House
Open Government Initiative. The three principles of transparency, participation,
and collaboration form the cornerstone of an open government. Transparency
promotes accountability by providing the public with information about what the
Government is doing. Participation allows members of the public to contribute
ideas and expertise so that their government can make policies with the benefit
of information that is widely dispersed in society. Collaboration improves the
effectiveness of Government by encouraging partnerships and cooperation within
the Federal Government, across levels of government, and between the Government
and private institutions.

This Open Government Directive establishes deadlines for action. But because of
the presumption of openness that the President has endorsed, agencies are
encouraged to advance their open government initiatives well ahead of those
deadlines. In addition to the steps delineated in this memorandum, Attorney
General Eric Holder earlier this year issued new guidelines (1) for agencies
with regard to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). With those guidelines, the
Attorney General reinforced the principle that openness is the Federal
Government's default position for FOIA issues.

This memorandum requires executive departments and agencies to take the
following steps toward the goal of creating a more open government:

1. Publish Government Information Online

To increase accountability, promote informed participation by the public, and
create economic opportunity, each agency shall take prompt steps to expand
access to information by making it available online in open formats. (2)

a. Agencies shall respect the presumption of openness by publishing information
online (in addition to any other planned or mandated publication methods) and by
preserving and maintaining electronic information, consistent with the Federal
Records Act and other applicable law and policy. Timely publication of
information is an essential component of transparency. Delays should not be
viewed as an inevitable and insurmountable consequence of high demand. With
respect to information, the presumption shall be in favor of openness (to the
extent permitted by law and subject to valid privacy, confidentiality, security,
or other restrictions).

b. To the extent practicable and subject to valid restrictions, agencies should
publish information online in an open format that can be retrieved, downloaded,
indexed, and searched by commonly used web search applications. An open format
is one that is platform independent, machine readable, and made available to the
public without restrictions that would impede the re-use of that information.

c. To the extent practical and subject to valid restrictions, agencies should
proactively use modern technology to disseminate useful information, rather than
waiting for specific requests under FOIA.
d. Within 45 days, each agency shall identify and publish online in an open
format at least three high-value data sets (see attachment section

3.a.i) and register those data sets via Data.gov. These must be data sets not
previously available online or in a downloadable format.
e. Within 60 days, each agency shall create an Open Government Webpage located
at http://www.[agency].gov/open to serve as the gateway for agency activities
related to the Open Government Directive and shall maintain and update that
webpage in a timely fashion.

f. Each Open Government Webpage shall incorporate a mechanism for the public to:

i. Give feedback on and assessment of the quality of published information;

ii. Provide input about which information to prioritize for publication; and

iii. Provide input on the agency's Open Government Plan (see 3.a.).

g. Each agency shall respond to public input received on its Open Government
Webpage on a regular basis.

h. Each agency shall publish its annual Freedom of Information Act Report in an
open format on its Open Government Webpage in addition to any other planned
dissemination methods.

i. Each agency with a significant pending backlog of outstanding Freedom of
Information requests shall take steps to reduce any such backlog by ten percent
each year.

j. Each agency shall comply with guidance on implementing specific Presidential
open government initiatives, such as Data.gov, eRulemaking, IT Dashboard,
Recovery.gov, and USAspending.gov.

2. Improve the Quality of Government Information

To improve the quality of government information available to the public, senior
leaders should make certain that the information conforms to OMB guidance on
information quality (3)

a. Within 45 days, each agency, in consultation with OMB, shall designate a
high-level senior official to be accountable for the quality and objectivity and
that adequate systems and processes are in place within the agencies to promote
such conformity (4) through such public venues as USAspending.gov or other
similar websites. The official shall participate in the agency's Senior
Management Council, or similar governance structure, for the agency-wide
internal control assessment pursuant to the Federal Managers' Financial
Integrity Act. (5)

b. Within 60 days, the Deputy Director for Management at OMB will issue, through
separate guidance or as part of any planned comprehensive management guidance, a
framework for the quality of Federal spending information publicly disseminated
through such public venues as USAspending.gov or other similar websites. The
framework shall require agencies to submit plans with details of the internal
controls implemented over information quality, including system and process
changes, and the integration of these controls within the agency's existing
infrastructure. An assessment will later be made as to whether additional
guidance on implementing OMB guidance on information quality is necessary to
cover other types of government information disseminated to the public.

c. Within 120 days, the Deputy Director for Management at OMB will issue,
through separate guidance or as part of any planned comprehensive management
guidance, a longer-term comprehensive strategy for Federal spending
transparency, including the Federal Funding Accountability Transparency Act and
the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. This guidance will identify the
method for agencies to report quarterly on their progress toward improving their
information quality.

3. Create and Institutionalize a Culture of Open Government
To create an unprecedented and sustained level of openness and accountability in
every agency, senior leaders should strive to incorporate the values of
transparency, participation, and collaboration into the ongoing work of their
agency. Achieving a more open government will require the various professional
disciplines within the Government � such as policy, legal, procurement, finance,
and technology operations � to work together to define and to develop open
government solutions. Integration of various disciplines facilitates
organization-wide and lasting change in the way that Government works.

a. Within 120 days, each agency shall develop and publish on its Open Government
Webpage an Open Government Plan that will describe how it will improve
transparency and integrate public participation and collaboration into its
activities.

Additional details on the required content of this plan are attached. Each
agency's plan shall be updated every two years.

b. Within 60 days, the Federal Chief Information Officer and the Federal Chief
Technology Officer shall create an Open Government Dashboard on
www.whitehouse.gov/open. The Open Government Dashboard will make available each
agency's Open Government Plan, together with aggregate statistics and
visualizations designed to provide an assessment of the state of open government
in the Executive Branch and progress over time toward meeting the deadlines for
action outlined in this Directive.

c. Within 45 days, the Deputy Director for Management at OMB, the Federal Chief
Information Officer, and the Federal Chief Technology Officer will establish a
working group that focuses on transparency, accountability, participation, and
collaboration within the Federal Government. This group, with senior level
representation from program and management offices throughout the Government,
will serve several critical functions, including:

i. Providing a forum to share best practices on innovative ideas to promote
transparency, including system and process solutions for information collection,
aggregation, validation, and dissemination;

ii. Coordinating efforts to implement existing mandates for Federal spending
transparency, including the Federal Funding Accountability Transparency Act and
the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act; and

iii. Providing a forum to share best practices on innovative ideas to promote
participation and collaboration, including how to experiment with new
technologies, take advantage of the expertise and insight of people both inside
and outside the Federal Government, and form high-impact collaborations with
researchers, the private sector, and civil society.

d. Within 90 days, the Deputy Director for Management at OMB will issue, through
separate guidance or as part of any planned comprehensive management guidance, a
framework for how agencies can use challenges, prizes, and other
incentive-backed strategies to find innovative or cost-effective solutions to
improving open government.

4. Create an Enabling Policy Framework for Open Government
Emerging technologies open new forms of communication between a government and
the people. It is important that policies evolve to realize the potential of
technology for open government.

a. Within 120 days, the Administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), in consultation with the Federal Chief Information
Officer and the Federal Chief Technology Officer, will review existing OMB
policies, such as Paperwork Reduction Act guidance and privacy guidance, to
identify impediments to open government and to the use of new technologies and,
where necessary, issue clarifying guidance and/or propose revisions to such
policies, to promote greater openness in government.

Nothing in this Directive shall be construed to supersede existing requirements
for review and clearance of pre-decisional information by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget relating to legislative, budgetary,
administrative, and regulatory materials. Moreover, nothing in this Directive
shall be construed to suggest that the presumption of openness precludes the
legitimate protection of information whose release would threaten national
security, invade personal privacy, breach confidentiality, or damage other
genuinely compelling interests.

If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please direct them to
opengov@... or call Nicholas Fraser, Information Policy Branch, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget at (202)
395-3785.



Attachment

Open Government Plan

1. Formulating the Plan: Your agency's Open Government Plan is the public
roadmap that details how your agency will incorporate the principles of the
President's January 21, 2009, Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government
into the core mission objectives of your agency. The Plan should reflect the
input of (a) senior policy, legal, and technology leadership in your agency and
(b) the general public and open government experts. It should detail the
specific actions that your agency will undertake and the timeline on which it
will do so.

2. Publishing the Plan: Consistent with the deadlines set forth in this
Directive, the Plan should be published online on the agency's Open Government
Webpage in an open format that enables the public to download, analyze, and
visualize any information and data in the Plan.

3. Components of the Plan:

a. Transparency: Your agency's Open Government Plan should explain in detail how
your agency will improve transparency. It should describe steps the agency will
take to conduct its work more openly and publish its information online,
including any proposed changes to internal management and administrative
policies to improve transparency. Specifically, as part of your Plan to enhance
information dissemination, your agency should describe how it is currently
meeting its legal information dissemination obligations, (6)

i. A strategic action plan for transparency that (1) inventories agency
high-value information currently available for download; (2) fosters the
public's use of this information to increase public knowledge and promote public
scrutiny of agency services; and (3) identifies high value information not yet
available and establishes a reasonable timeline for publication online in open
formats with specific target dates. High-value information is information that
can be used to increase agency accountability and responsiveness; improve public
knowledge of the agency and its operations; further the core mission of the
agency; create economic opportunity; or respond to need and demand as identified
through public consultation.

ii. In cases where the agency provides public information maintained in
electronic format, a plan for timely publication of the underlying data. This
underlying data should be in an open format and as granular as possible,
consistent with statutory responsibilities and subject to valid privacy,
confidentiality, security, or other restrictions. Your agency should also
identify key audiences for its information and their needs, and endeavor to
publish high-value information for each of those audiences in the most
accessible forms and formats. In particular, information created or commissioned
by the Government for educational use by teachers or students and made available
online should clearly demarcate the public's right to use, modify, and
distribute the information.

iii. Details as to how your agency is complying with transparency initiative
guidance such as Data.gov, eRulemaking, IT Dashboard, Recovery.gov, and
USAspending.gov. Where gaps exist, the agency should detail the steps the agency
is taking and the timing to meet the requirements for each initiative.

iv. Details of proposed actions to be taken, with clear milestones, to inform
the public of significant actions and business of your agency, such as through
agency public meetings, briefings, press conferences on the Internet, and
periodic national town hall meetings.

v. A link to a publicly available website that shows how your agency is meeting
its existing records management requirements. (7) These requirements serve as
the foundation for your agency's records management program, which includes such
activities as identifying and scheduling all electronic records, (8)

vi. A link to a website that includes (1) a description of your staffing,
organizational structure, and process for analyzing and responding to FOIA
requests; (2) an assessment of your agency's capacity to analyze, coordinate,
and respond to such requests in a timely manner,
together with proposed changes, technological resources, or reforms that your
agency determines are needed to strengthen your response processes; and (3) if
your agency has a significant backlog, milestones that detail how your agency
will reduce its pending backlog of outstanding FOIA requests by at least ten
percent each year. Providing prompt responses to FOIA requests keeps the public
apprised of specific informational matters they seek.
vii. A description or link to a webpage that describes your staffing,
organizational structure, and process for analyzing and responding to
Congressional requests for information.

viii. A link to a publicly available webpage where the public can learn about
your agency's declassification programs, learn how to access declassified
materials, and provide input about what types of information should be
prioritized for declassification, as appropriate. Declassification of government
information that no longer needs protection, in accordance with established
procedures, is essential to the free flow of information.9

b. Participation: To create more informed and effective policies, the Federal
Government should promote opportunities for the public to participate throughout
the decision-making process. Your agency's Open Government Plan should explain
in detail how your agency will improve participation, including steps your
agency will take to revise its current practices to increase opportunities for
public participation in and feedback on the agency's core mission activities.
The specific details should include proposed changes to internal management and
administrative policies to improve participation.

i. The Plan should include descriptions of and links to appropriate websites
where the public can engage in existing participatory processes of your agency.

ii. The Plan should include proposals for new feedback mechanisms, including
innovative tools and practices that create new and easier methods for public
engagement.

c. Collaboration: Your agency's Open Government Plan should explain in detail
how your agency will improve collaboration, including steps the agency will take
to revise its current practices to further cooperation with other Federal and
non-Federal governmental agencies, the public, and non-profit and private
entities in fulfilling the agency's core mission activities. The specific
details should include proposed changes to internal management and
administrative policies to improve collaboration.

i. The Plan should include proposals to use technology platforms to improve
collaboration among people within and outside your agency.

ii. The Plan should include descriptions of and links to appropriate websites
where the public can learn about existing collaboration efforts of your agency.

iii. The Plan should include innovative methods, such as prizes and
competitions, to obtain ideas from and to increase collaboration with those in
the private sector, non-profit, and academic communities.

d. Flagship Initiative: Each agency's Open Government Plan should describe at
least one specific, new transparency, participation, or collaboration initiative
that your agency is currently implementing (or that will be implemented before
the next update of the Open Government Plan). That description should include:

i. An overview of the initiative, how it addresses one or more of the three
openness principles, and how it aims to improve agency operations;

ii. An explanation of how your agency engages or plans to engage the public and
maintain dialogue with interested parties who could contribute innovative ideas
to the initiative;

iii. If appropriate, identification of any partners external to your agency with
whom you directly collaborate on the initiative;
iv. An account of how your agency plans to measure improved transparency,
participation, and/or collaboration through this initiative; and

v. An explanation of the steps your agency is taking to make the initiative
sustainable and allow for continued improvement.
e. Public and Agency Involvement: Your agency's Open Government Plan should
include, but not be limited to, the requirements set forth in this attachment.
Extensive public and employee engagement should take place during the formation
of this plan, which should lead to the incorporation of relevant and useful
ideas developed in that dialogue. Public engagement should continue to be part
of your agency's periodic review and modification of its plan. Your agency
should respond to public feedback on a regular basis.

(1) http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/foia-memo-march2009.pdf

(2) The Federal Government has defined information in OMB Circular A-130,
"Management of Federal Information Resources," as any communication or
representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions presented in any
medium or format.

(3) Information Quality Act, Pub. L. No. 106-554, section 515; see also,
"Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and
Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies" (67 FR 8452) and your
agency's Information Quality Act guidelines.

(4) The Federal Government has defined quality and objectivity in, "Guidelines
for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of
Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies" (67 FR 8452). Quality is "�the
encompassing term, of which `utility,' `objectivity,' and `integrity' are the
constituents." "`Objectivity' focuses on whether the disseminated information is
being presented in an accurate, clear, complete, and unbiased manner, and as a
matter of substance, is accurate, reliable, and unbiased."

(5) The implementing guidance for the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
can be found in OMB Circular A-123, "Management's Responsibility for Internal
Control."

(6) Paperwork Reduction Act, Pub L. No. 104-13, section 3506(d).

(7) 36 CFR Subchapter B � Records Management.

(8) E-Government Act of 2002, Pub L. No. 107-347, section 207(e).

(9) Executive Order 12958, Classified National Security Information.


copied from:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ogi-directive.pdf

CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS (Progressive call#5):

ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES
www.igi-global.com/akcsn

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman
PUBLISHER: IGI Global <http://www.igi-global.com>

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:

The AKCSN is an international book series that
publishes high-quality original research about
knowledge communities and social networks. This
book series calls for knowledge based belonging
to advancement on information science, knowledge
communication and knowledge management. This
series will cover, but not limited to knowledge
management, knowledge communications, knowledge
economy, information society, information
dynamics, information processing, information
retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots
communities, developing countries, mobile
computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications.

This book series will try to establish innovative
model of approaches in understanding the dynamics
of knowledge communication, drawing upon
knowledge gains from the various branches of
information science and the cognitive arena. It
will also promote a systemic focus on the
communication process underlying knowledge
transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy.

By becoming a contributor to the Advances in
Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN)
Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity
that a few have ever gained; and at the same time
� your work will be showcased in a collection
that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes,
� a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it, and
� as major audience of books under this book
series will be comprised of academics,
scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it
is highly likely that your edited book will be
used as guide in the national and regional
development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge implementations.

I welcome you to consider submitting your
research to this series in hopes of providing the
field of E-Government with collections of pivotal
applications, methods and technologies.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:

Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series

Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh

Associate Editors:
Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India
Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK


International Editorial Advisory Board:
Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai
Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey
Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA
Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA
Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy
Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia
Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK
Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia
Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain



NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JANUARY 31, 2010


MISSION OF AKCSN:
The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a
multi-disciplinary international book series that
aims to publish high-quality, original research
about knowledge management.  The AKCSN will
provide an analytical approach to the holistic
situation of the newly emerging knowledge
dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge
acquisition, knowledge communication and
knowledge management focusing upon the concepts
of the knowledge communities and social networks.


COVERAGE of AKCSN:
The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is
international and focused on original research in
knowledge communications, applications,
management, policies and implications. Areas of
interest include, but are not limited to the following:

� Knowledge Management and Business Improvement
� Knowledge as Capacity for Action
� Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development
� Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool
� Agent-mediated Knowledge Management
� The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge
� Knowledge as a Competitive Force
� Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments
� Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets
� Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge
� Current State and Future Development of the
Institutional Knowledge Management
� Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives
� Challenges of Knowledge Management
� Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management
� Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management
� Organizational Knowledge Communication and
Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management
� Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences
� Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and Middleware
� Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis
� Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC
� Organizational Knowledge Communication
� Communication of Knowledge in Organizations
� Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social Networks
� General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities
� Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in
R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation
� Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks
� Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy
Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions
� Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge
Intensive Collaborative Processes
� Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g.,
semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.)
� Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks
� Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems
� Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments
� Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks
� Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool
� Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks �
Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions
� Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication
� Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures
� Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks
� Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks
� Epistemology of Knowledge Society
� Citizens� eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes
� eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital
Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level
� Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions
� Local eGovernment Interoperability and security
� Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments
� Introduction to Mobile Computing
� Business Process Modeling
� Information and Data Management
� Communication and Agent Technology
� Best Practices for Mobile Computing
� Information Policy Overview
� Communications and the Internet
� Knowledge Chains
� Community Practices
� Learning Utilities
� Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communities


SUBMITTING TO AKCSN:
Prospective authors should note that only
original and previously unpublished manuscripts
will be considered. Final decision regarding
acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on
the reviews and assessment of the publisher, IGI
Global. All submissions must be forwarded
electronically to email@... by ****** NO
LATER THAN JANUARY 31, 2010 ******

PROSPECTUS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Your 5-10 page (not including your CV) book
prospectus should contain the following information:

1.  3-5 SUGGESTED TITLES for your proposed publication
2.  A SYNOPSIS of your proposed publication,
including a concise DEFINITION of the subject area
3.  INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AREA
4.  5-10 INDEXING KEYWORDS for your proposed subject area
5.  Overall OBJECTIVES AND MISSION of your proposed publication
6.  SCHOLARLY VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION to
information science, technology and management literature
7.  PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT on your field of research
8.  UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS of your proposed publication
9.  PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE for such a publication
10.  POTENTIAL BENEFITS readers will gain from your proposed publication
11.  EXISTING COMPETING PUBLICATIONS and their
advantages and disadvantages in comparison to your proposed publication
12.  TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
13.  PROJECTED TOTAL PAGE/WORD COUNT for proposed publication
14.  TENTATIVE TIMETABLE for the entire project
15.  POTENTIAL CHANNELS OF CALL DISTRIBUTION for
the procurement of submissions and contacts (List-Servs, Universities, etc.)
16.  COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS, phone, fax and
e-mail information FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR
17.  A COPY OF YOUR VITAE, listing education and
publication records FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social
Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is published by IGI
Global, publisher of the �Information Science
Reference,� �Medical Information Science
Reference,� �Business Science Reference,� and
�Engineering Science Reference� imprints. For
additional information regarding the publisher,
please visit www.igi-global.com.

All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:

Please forward proposals and submission inquiries to:
Hakikur Rahman
Editor-in-Chief
Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
www.igi-global.com/akcsn;
http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries/details.asp?id=487
Email: email@...

Enhancing Professional Skill through Training
Mastering dynamic web portal development

Date & Time: 6 pm to 9 pm, 21.12.2009 to 24.12.2009
Venue : D.Net, 6/8, Humayun Road, Block - B, Mohammadpur - Dhaka 1207
Registration Deadline: 2009-12-15
Registration Fees : Tk. 4000/Participant

Free Joomla based website for all Participants

This course focuses on the most essential and fundamental elements that are necessary for you to build, launch and manage a CMS based dynamic web site. This course is designed to save you the months of work and frustration that you might otherwise experience if attempted to assemble and apply this knowledge on your own.

The participants will learn from this training:

> Why Joomla might be the best thing ever
> How to apply a structured methodology for planning and building a website in Joomla
> How to assemble and manage web site content
> How to conduct basic site administration
> How to avoid potential pitfalls and time wasters during web site construction

Objectives of the Training:
 > Learn web portal updating and maintenance without any coding or programming knowledge
> Skill development to develop new website using joomla.

Content:
 1.   Introduction to concepts of web site including domain and hosting
2.    Introduction to CMS
3.    Joomla installation
4.    Web portal design with joomla
5.    Navigation structure design
6.    Content writing in joomla
a.    Writing article
b.    Image uploading in joomla
c.    Video uploading in joomla
d.    Document uploading and linking
7.    Useful resource resources for joomla based website

Outcome of this Training :

� Trainees will be able to install and maintain web portal using joomla

� Trainees will be able to work as web manager

Resource Person:
Md. Masum Billah , Deputy Directot, D.Net

Who Can Attend:

�Individuals with little or no previous experience in building web sites on the Internet.

�Business owners who wish to use Joomla to promote their brand and reinforce their marketing and sales efforts on the Internet.

�Managers of nonprofit organizations and government agencies who want to use Joomla to facilitate community interaction, promote organizational transparency and/or enhance fund raising.

�Creative individuals who want to use Joomla to express their interests and ideas on the Internet or who want to build an online community.

Registration Details:

For registration please call@ 01714-071326 or email training@... or visit www.dnet.org.bd for detail.

With Regards

Farha Sharmin