The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture __________________________________________________________________ ISSN 1068-5723 March 22, 1993 Volume 1 Issue 1 EJVCV1N1 MONITOR THE CYBERSPACE MONITOR ====================== ///////////////////// / TABLE OF CONTENTS / ///////////////////// EDITOR MESSAGE MEDIA REVIEWS BOOKS: - INTERNET: GETTING STARTED NETWARE REVIEWS (systems/hw/sw/services) SOFTWARE: - ELECTRONIC JOURNAL SYSTEM SERVICES: - INTERNET TALK RADIO NETWARE TUTORIALS LISTSERV/LDBASE MEETINGS/CONFERENCES/EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS PROJECTS: - INVITATION TO JOIN ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL DISCUSSION LISTS CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION: - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 1993 - 16th IRIS (INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH SEMINAR IN SCANDINAVIA) - RUSSIAN FORUM/SEMINAR - NSC93: THE NETWORK SERVICES CONFERENCE - INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '93 - CALL FOR STORIES ABOUT U.S. NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE - THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION - NEW EJC ISSUE AVAILABLE FROM COMSERVE [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ///////////////// / MEDIA REVIEWS / ///////////////// BOOKS ~~~~~ INTERNET: GETTING STARTED (1) REVIEW OF: Marine, April; Kirkpatric, Susan; Neou, Vivian; and Ward, Carol. _Internet: Getting Started_. Menlo Park, California: SRI International, 1992. ISBN 0-944604-15-3 $39 plus $5 shipping and handling Network Information Systems Center, EJ291, SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493 Telephone:(415) 859-6387; FAX (415) 859-6028 (2) REVIEWED BY: Ermel Stepp, Marshall University (3) TARGET AUDIENCE: beginning and experienced users. (4) RATING: **** (essential reading) (5) Number of lines in review: 99 (6) SUMMARY: _Internet: Getting Started_ is a general resource of 368 pages organized into two major parts on accessing and understanding the Internet, a bibliography, and eleven appendices. Selected networking resources are identified to facilitate getting started, learning, and connectivity (7) TEXT OF REVIEW: Part I defines the Internet and discusses types of access to the network and steps to initiate access to the networks. It gives information on providers/vendors of services for research, education, commerce, and individual use. Approximate costs are discussed in terms of such factors as services desired, hardware used, dedicated lines vs dialup, distance from host, frequency of use, peak vs non-peak charges, and telephone charges. Acceptable use is discussed, explained, and illustrated. The seven chapters in Part I are: - Introduction to the Internet (what it is, who is in charge, what is and is not a part of it, kinds of networks) - How to Join the Internet (MX, dialup, individual access, connecting networks) - Costs (determining factors, network and individual examples) - Service Providers (vendors of network connections, dialup vendors, providers of services within states) - Military Access (by each branch of the military) - NSFNET Acceptable Use Policy - Non-U.S. Sites (European cooperation and contacts, Baltic and Nordic countries, Caribbean Basin, the Pacific Rim, 30 specific countries, U.S. providers of international connections) Part II explains the concepts of the Internet, such as the hierarchial Domain Name System (DNS) and addressing, protocols (the TCP/IP suite, the telnet protocol, file transfer protocal (FTP), requests for comments (RFCs), for your information (FYI), and standards (STDs). The six chapters in Part II are: - The Internet--More Information (historical, physical, and growth) - Basic Internet Concepts (RFCs, FYIs, and STDs; security, protocols, addressing, the Domain Name System, directory services) - Applications (electronic mail, mailing lists and news groups, file transfer protocol, telnet, and information servers such as archie, Prospero, WWW, WAIS, and the Internet gopher) - Internet Organizations (network associations, network administrative organizations, administrative bodies, standards organizations, security response centers, network information centers, and user groups) - Internet Resources (NNSC internet resource guide, NNSC tour of the Internet, TCP/IP CD, network reading list, online libraries, network seminars, and supercomputer centers) - Further Reading (general introductory references, technical introductions, Domain Name System, network security, and some GOSIP documentation) The Bibliography and References contains 30 references and 27 bibliographic citations. The eleven appendices are: - Acronym List (six pages of acronyms from AARNet to YUNAC) - All Providers Alphabetically (24 pages, with postal addresses, telephone numbers, FAX numbers, electronic addresses, area served, and services) - SRI Network Information Systems Center (Internet Information Series, _Internet: Getting Started_ and Internet Mailing Lists; Internet Technology Handbook, TCP/IP CD, Internet Technology Series, hardcopy RFCs, RFC Subscription Service, FYI Collection - Registration Templates (IP Address Template, Domain Template, with retrieval instructions) - RFC Index (list of 365 RFCs, from 1365 to 1000 in 22 pages, with retrieval instructions) - FYI Index (list of 16 FYI, with retrieval instructions) - STD Index (list of 34 STDs, with retrieval instructions) - ISI's RFC Information Retrieval Information (list of 8 primary and 10 secondary sites from which RFCs may be retrieved, with instructions) - RFC Sets (topical list of related RFCs in six volumes) - International Connectivity (list of 107 entities with international connectivity via BITNET, Internet,UUCP, FIDONET, and/or OSI) - GOSIP Document Information (eight pages of information) _Internet: Getting Started_ is concerned with joining and understanding the Internet. It is neither a manual for particular systems and tools, nor a catalog of networking resources. NOTE: This review was previously posted on NETTRAIN as one of the series of book reviews directed by James Milles. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] //////////////////////////////////////////// / NETWARE REVIEWS (systems/hw/sw/services) / //////////////////////////////////////////// SOFTWARE ~~~~~~~~ ELECTRONIC JOURNAL SYSTEM It seems obvious that electronic journals should be processed in libraries by electronic methods under automated program control. We have designed a message-based automated system for electronic journal management. We have implemented the system to provide fully automated end-user access to the electronic newsletter CHIP News. The system receives each daily issue, extracts the individual articles, "stamps" each article with issue-specific information, and then loads the articles into a keyword-indexed full-text database. (CHIP is published by the Chile Information Project, which in its) (three year existence has worked to inform concerned groups and ) (individuals outside of Chile about human rights and ) (democratization developments occurring within the country. More) (recently, CHIP's daily news summaries have been expanded to ) (include environmental and economic development trends in Chile. ) Routine processing of CHIP News is done without human intervention. The system sends informative messages to the bibliographer in charge of CHIP News to report on the success of the day's processing. If a problem occurs that does require human intervention, the system notifies the bibliographer and recommends appropriate action. Such problems can arise from software or hardware failures, or from text formatting problems in the incoming mail file. The CHIP News database system for end-users provides a full-screen search and display interface through which naive users can retrieve articles and read them online. The user does not need to learn any commands to use the system. All operations are controlled through a few function keys. An online help system provides instructions on using truncation characters and on formulating complex Boolean expressions. Libraries are searching for new ways to provide services to users of electronic publications. Some publications may be retrieved from remote archive servers on demand. Other publications may be acquired and stored locally. Acquisition for local storage may require the library to retrieve each article individually from a remote archive so that a complete issue may be assembled for local use. Whether stored online or printed for use, electronic publications often can be treated by analogy to print publications. CHIP News does not fit comfortably into any of these models. Issues of the newsletter are distributed daily by e-mail to subscribers around the world. Each issue contains upwards of one dozen articles. Back issues are not archived by the publisher. The publication is not indexed. It is up to the receiving library to devise a means of making the publication useful to users of the library. The system we have devised performs the following steps: 1. Checks daily for incoming e-mail from the CHIP News distribution site. 2. Receives the appropriate e-mail file. 3. Calls a file editor to perform some character conversion, in particular, to expand tab characters to spaces. 4. Calls a database management system which stores and indexes the issue by performing the following steps: a. Reads the mail file and extracts issue-specific information. b. Extracts each article from the mail file and "stamps" the article with issue specific information. c. Loads each article into the database for subsequent keyword indexing. 5. Calls procedures which evaluate the results of the preceding steps and which send appropriate messages to the bibliographer responsible for managing the title. The system runs on the campus mainframe under IBM's CMS. Processing is under control of an EXEC written in REXX. The system editor XEDIT is run under control of a short macro written in REXX. The SPIRES database management system is used for the public search and display system. Only the full-screen user interface requires more than a modicum (some 300 lines) of procedural code. CHIP News lends itself to automated loading as a database because of the cooperative efforts between the publishers of CHIP News and database specialists at Princeton University, where the first CHIP News database was implemented in 1990. We thank Stan Yates of Princeton for his helpful discussions and clarifications during the course of our development work. Harry M. Kriz Dave Beagle (kriz@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu) (beagle@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu) Assistant to the University Reference Librarian Librarian for Special Projects University Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] SERVICES ~~~~~~~~ INTERNET TALK RADIO Internet Talk Radio Carl Malamud (carl@radio.com) Over the past few years, two trends have come together to present an opportunity for a new type of journalism. On the one hand, the trade press has focused on marketing and product reviews, leaving an ever-larger gap for a general-interest, technically-oriented publication focused on the Internet. At the same time, the Internet has made great progress in supporting multimedia communication, through standards such as IP multicasting and MIME messaging. Internet Talk Radio attempts to fuse these two trends and form a new type of publication: a news and information service about the Internet, distributed on the Internet. Internet Talk Radio is modeled on National Public Radio and has a goal of providing in-depth technical information to the Internet community. The service is made initially possible with support from Sun Microsystems and O'Reilly & Associates. Our goal is to provide a self-sufficient, financially viable public news service for the Internet community. Head: Flame of the Internet The product of Internet Talk Radio is an audio file, professionally produced and freely available on computer networks. To produce these files, we start with the raw data of any journalistic endeavor: speeches, conference presentations, interviews, and essays. This raw information is taped using professional-quality microphones, mixers, and DAT recorders. The information is then brought back to our studios, and edited and mixed with music, voice overs, and the other elements of a radio program. The "look and feel" we strive for is akin to "All Things Considered" or other programs that appeal to the general interest of the intelligent listener. Our goal is hit the topics that don't make it into the trade press. Instead of SNMP-compliant product announcements, we want to present descriptions of SNMP. Instead of articles on GOSIP, we want to describe the latest Internet Drafts and place them in perspective. Instead of executive promotions, we want to give summaries of mailing list activity and network stability. Instead of COMDEX, we want to cover the IETF. Head: Town Crier to the Global Village The result of Internet Talk Radio's journalistic activities is a series of audio files. The native format we start with is the Sun Microsystems .au format, closely related to the NeXT .snd format. This format consists of the CCITT Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) standard of 8 bits per sample and a sampling rate of 8000 samples per second, using the u-law [ed. use greek letter mu] encoding (a logarithmic encoding of 8 bit data equivalent to a 14 bit linear encoding). A half-hour program would thus consist of 64,000 bits per second or 15 Mbytes total. Programs are initially spool on UUNET, the central machines of the Alternet network. Files are then moved over to various regional networks for further distribution. For example, EUnet, a commercial network provider for Europe with service in 24 countries, will act as the central spooling area for the European region. The Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) company will provide the same service for Japanese networks. The goal of coordinated distribution is to reduce the load on key links of the network. Transferring a 15 Mbyte file over a 64 kbps link does not make sense during peak times. On the other hand, a leased line has the attribute that a bit unused is a bit forever gone. Transferring large files at low priority in non- peak times has little or no incremental cost. Files thus move from the UUNET central spool area, to regional spools, to national and local networks. We anticipate most of this transfer to be done using the FTP protocols, but some networks are discussing the use of NNTP news groups and MIME-based distribution lists. It is important to note that Internet Talk Radio is the source of programming and does not control the distribution. These files are publicly available, subject only to the simple license restrictions of no derivative work and no commercial resale. Distribution is controlled, as with all other data, by the individual networks that make up the Internet. We intend to work closely with networks all over the world to ensure that there is some coordination of distribution activity, but ultimate control over this data is in the hands of those people who finance, manage, and use networks. We don't believe indiscriminate use of anonymous FTP is the proper method for distributing large archives. Previous experience with ITU standards, with RFC repositories, and with large software archives such as the X Windows System indicates that setting up a top-level distribution hierarchy goes a long way towards alleviating network load. Even with a top-level hierarchy, however, there will always be anonymous FTP sites and there will always be people that go to the wrong FTP server. This behavior is largely mitigated by setting up enough "local" servers and publicizing their existence. Like any large distributor of data, we are mindful of the load on the transcontinental and regional infrastructures and will take aggressive steps to help minimize that load. Head: Asynchronous Times, Asynchronous Radio Once files have made their way to a local or regional network, they are moved to the desktop and played. Once again the individual users of the network decide how to present data. We hope to see a wide variety of different ways of having our files played and only list a few of the more obvious methods. The simplest method to play a .au file on a Sparcstation is to type "play filename." If the file is placed on a Network File System (NFS) file system on a central server, the user simply mounts the file system and plays the file. Alternatively, the user copies the file to a local disk and plays it. More adventuresome playing of files uses multicasting. A simple multicast program called "radio" for a local Ethernet is available from CWI, the mathematics institute of the Netherlands. A more sophisticated approach, IP multicasting, allows a program to reach far beyond the confines of the Ethernet. IP multicasting might be used on a local basis, or can have a global reach. There is a consortium of regional networks that have formed the Multicast Backbone (MBONE), used for audio and video programming of key conferences such as the Internet Engineering Task Force. Internet Talk Radio does not assume use of the MBONE for playing files. Needless to say, the operators of the MBONE are free to play Internet Talk Radio files (and we would be delighted if this happens), but it is up to the local network affiliates to determine how and when they distribute this audio data. In many cases, people will want to play files on a wide variety of different platforms. The Sound Exchange (SOX) program is a publicly-available utility that easily transforms a file from one format to another. Using this utility, the Macintosh, Silicon Graphics, DECstation, PC, and many other platforms can play Internet Talk Radio files. Head: Geek of the Week In the spirit of dignified, conservative programming, the first production from Internet Talk Radio is dubbed Geek of the Week. Geek of the Week features technical interviews with key personalities on the Internet. Some of the people who have agreed to appear on Geek of the Week include Daniel Karrenberg of the RIPE NCC, Dr. Marshall T. Rose of Dover Beach Consulting, Milo Medin of the NASA Science Internet, and Daniel Lynch of Interop Company. Geek of the Week focuses on technical issues facing the Internet. This initial program is sponsored by Sun Microsystems and O'Reilly & Associates. Their support makes it possible for Geek of the Week to be produced professionally and then to be distributed at no charge. One of the issues that Internet Talk Radio faces are the vestiges of Appropriate Use Policies (AUPs) that linger from the original ARPANET days. While Sun Microsystems and O'Reilly & Associates view Internet Talk Radio in terms of an investigation of on-line publishing, of multicasting, and other engineering issues, we feel it important that our sponsors are given due credit in the programs. At first glance, this smacks of the crass and commercial. Indeed, it smacks of advertising. Jumping to that conclusion, however would be a simplistic mistake. The Appropriate Use Policies were formulated to guarantee that networks are used for the purposes envisioned by the funding agents. In the case of an AUP-constrained networks such as the NSFNET, this means that use of the network must benefit U.S. science and engineering. We feel that an in-depth interview with Internet architects clearly falls within the purview of all AUP policies. However, we understand that certain networks may not accept certain types of programming. For this reason, our central spool areas are carefully picked so they are AUP-free. This way, if a network feels the programming is inappropriate, they can simply inform their users not to obtain or play the files. It should be noted that one advantage of supporting the professional dissemination of news and information up-front is that the user is not directly charged. Somebody has to pay for information to be produced, and the sponsorship model means that copy protection, accounting, security, and all the other complications of a charging model are avoided and that high- quality news and information becomes increasingly available on the Internet. Head: The Medium is the Message While Geek of the Week is our flagship program, we intend to intersperse mini-features throughout. The Incidental Tourist, for example, will feature restaurant reviews and other travel information for sites throughout the world. The Internet Hall of Flame will highlight non-linear behavior on mailing lists, and we will have periodic book reviews by Dan Dorenberg, one of the founders of Computer Literacy Books. The logical extension to Geek of the Week is to begin coverage of industry functions. To date, we have received permission to tape for later rebroadcast sessions and presentations at the European RIPE meetings, the IETF, and at the INTEROP Conferences. We are negotiating with other industry forums to try and establish permission to cover additional conferences. Our hope is to begin providing news summaries of these key conferences. If you can't make it to the IETF, for example, Internet Talk Radio would like to provide a half-hour news summary describing what happened on each day. The next logical step is to begin producing analysis of key technical topics. Here, we look at in-depth (e.g., 15 minute) summaries of technical topics such as MIME, proposals for the next IP, SNMP v. 2, or the architecture of the Global Internet Exchange (GIX). We would also furnish analysis of political topics, such as the POISED effort to reorganize the Internet standards process, or the background of the IPv7 debate. Eventually, our hope is to combine all these reports together and form a daily news broadcast to the Internet. When you walk in and start reading your mail, you simply click on the "radio" icon and listen to Geek of the Week while deleting messages from the more hyperactive mailing lists. Head: Tomorrow is the Future The "radio" metaphor was carefully chosen. We wanted an alternative to plain ASCII files, yet did not feel that the Internet infrastructure was ready for regular video feeds. Production of video or true multimedia required an order-of- magnitude higher investment in production facilities. After all, we know bad TV since we see so much of it. Eventually, Internet Talk Radio wants to go beyond the confines of the simple radio metaphor. Already, we describe the service as asynchronous radio, recognizing that our listeners can start, stop, rewind, or otherwise control the operation of the radio station. As a multicasting infrastructure gets deployed throughout the Internet, we see the opportunity to expand the radio metaphor and begin the creation of a truly new news medium. Multicast groups and videoconferencing tools allow the creation of an Internet Town Hall, a moderated forum with a very wide reach or games shows like Name That Acronym where everybody gets to play. Because we are on the Internet, we can add a wide variety of different programming techniques. While listening to a series of interviews about MIME messaging, for example, you might also scroll through a series of Gopher menus that hold more information about the MIME standards, or search a WAIS database for a biography of the speakers. We hope that Internet Talk Radio will be the first of many such information services on the Internet, supplementing the random anarchy of news and mailing lists with professionally produced news and information. Indeed, we hope that Internet Talk Radio forms the first of many "desktop broadcasting" efforts. Internet Talk Radio debuts at the Columbus IETF at the end of March. Stay tuned for more information. Head: For More Information Guido van Rossum, FAQ: Audio File Formats, ftp.cwi.nl:/pub/AudioFormats2.10. An excellent introduction to audio formats, encoding, and other information about sound files on different platforms. This same site also has copies of the SoundExchange (SOX) program for translating files into different audio formats, and the Radio program for playing a sound file on an Ethernet. ===================================================================== Paper reprinted with permission from ConneXions, The Interoperability Report published monthly by: Interop Company 480 San Antonio Road, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Phone: (415) 941-3399 FAX: (415) 949-1779 Toll-free (in USA): 1-800-INTEROP E-mail: connexions@interop.com Free sample issue and list of back issues available upon request Provided by: Bernard.A.Galler@um.cc.umich.edu [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ///////////////////// / NETWARE TUTORIALS / ///////////////////// LISTSERV/LDBASE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The CMS/VM Listserv Lists and Database Program Bob Zenhausern This section of the Monitor will deal with the latest developments in the Listserv software developed by Eric Thomas and the use of the database functions of that software. The information on the software will be sporadic, peaking when new versions are released with relatively little activity between releases. The concentration will be on Listserv Database searches and the uses to which this can be put. This initial column will provide and introduction to this Listserv tool. Ldbase Exec and Ldbase Memo The Bitnet lists are based on the Listserv software that has been under constant development by Eric Thomas since 1986. There have been a large number of listserv software developed for the Internet, but most do not have the full range of capabilities available on Bitnet. The archives of a Bitnet list are usually kept in series of files that have the form: altlearn log9204; autism log9301a, etc. That is, the messages posted to the Altlearn List for April, 1992; the messages posted the Autism List for the first week of January, 1993, etc. These archives are available from the Listserv of the List node, but searching them for a particular reference can be tedious. There are two files available from any Bitnet listserv that can be used to simplify the search: Ldbase exec and Ldbase memo. Ldbase exec is a program that can be used on CMS mainframes (Ldbase com is available on VAX/VMS mainframes) that will allow interactive and batch searching of these archives. Individuals who are on nodes which are not part of Bitnet may search by using a mail query in batch mode. Searches may be made on the basis of date and author, as well as by search strings, using boolean logic. The output is an index of all messages that meet the criteria. The index can includes the message number, date, time, number of lines, author, and topic. All or selected messages can be retrieved by email. In the next few issues, actual searches and their outputs will be demonstrated as a model for other searches. >From a different perspective, the index can be used as a source of statistically oriented information on the list. For example, who are the regulars? What is the average number of lines for the list? for the regulars? Do postings to the list vary with the seasons? The analysis of these data can be facilitated by downloading them into PC database format for creating statistical reports. Lotus 1-2-3 templates (available by ftp) that parse and summarize the data are under development. The use of these templates will be used as a demonstation of the list statistics that can be developed. Getting More Information Both interactive and batch searching are well documented in the file ldbase memo which is available from most listservs on the Bitnet network. This documentation and the interactive program can be obtained by sending mail or an interactive message to: listserv@bitnic.bitnet with the lines info database send ldbase exec (or ldbase com) The second file is useful only for those on CMS/VM systems. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] /////////////////////////////////////////// / MEETINGS/CONFERENCES/EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS / /////////////////////////////////////////// PROJECTS ~~~~~~~~ INVITATION TO JOIN ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL DISCUSSION LISTS This is an invitation to join an exciting ongoing research project, on the use of electronic mail discussion lists. A large group of scholars, from numerous universities, is engaged in a collaborative study of discussion lists. This is a last-chance offer to jump on the bandwagon. For over eight months, a group of several dozen researchers has been discussing the state of computer-mediated discussion groups, and the state of research on such groups. We are now collaborating in a large, comparative survey of such groups. The method of choice is content analysis of a representative sample of messages, groups and discussion threads, across different networks. The project has produced, so far: * A unique research experience: A large group of previously unaffiliated researchers has undertaken (and is carrying out) a collaborative study. The research is run, so to speak, on stage. * A joint bibliography: Hundreds of citations about the subject matter have been collected and are shared. * Hypothesis list: A rather elaborate set of theories and hypotheses has been formulated regarding the experience, quality, longevity, nature structure and impact of computer-mediated groups, and their structural and social characteristics. * Policy deliberations: We have painstakingly developed treatments of such thorny issues as the ethics of studying online public lists, the ownership of data resulting from such collaboration, sampling procedures in the study of online groups,etc. * Some financial support from industry. * A pretested codebook. * Several conference papers. But the best is yet to come. We are about to begin the full-fledged data collection stage. Thus, now is probably the latest oppportunity to join in. Take part in the data collection and analysis phases. If the computer-mediated exchange of ideas is a process that intrigues you, if you have ideas about what makes online groups tick (or sick), if you think this is a topic ripe for empirical, content-analysis comparative study, and if you would like to join work in this project, please contact one of us: Sheizaf Rafaeli Fay Sudweeks Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Sydney sheizafr@shum.cc.huji.ac.il fays@archsci.arch.su.edu.au [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 1993 CALL FOR PAPERS THE IEEE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY THE IEEE TECHNICAL POLICY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE THE IEEE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL INVITE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY International Symposium on Technology and Society 1993 (ISTAS '93) Washington DC October 22-23, 1993 on the theme TECHNOLOGY: WHOSE COSTS?..WHOSE BENEFITS? Technology is constantly changing the our world. New ways of doing things bring benefits undreamed-of just a few years ago. These technologies also have their price. The costs can be financial, or increased risks, or a less pleasant way of life. How do we balance benefits and costs? Do those who enjoy the benefits bear their fair share of the costs? How can we determine a fair share? If we can, and don't like the results, what do we change? Is the Government always the best way to change things? ISTAS '93 will explore these and related questions, concentrating on three exemplary areas of technology: Computers and Communications Health Care Energy and the Environment ISTAS '93 invites significant contributions on these issues from a wide spectrum of scholarly and concerned individuals. The contributions can be papers, proposals for a session or panel of invited experts, or proposals for "poster" or discussion sessions. Please send an extended (two page) abstract for papers or a two page proposal for sessions, to the General Chair Dr. William J. Kelly Attn IEEE MITRE Corporation 7525 Colshire Drive McLean, VA 22102 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: FEBRUARY 28, 1993 Notification of Acceptance: March 31, 1993 Camera Ready Copy: June 30, 1993 In the tradition of the Carnahan Conferences "Technics: A Delicate Balance" in Los Angeles1989 "Preparing for a Sustainable Society" in.Toronto1991 ISTAS '93 invites contributors from many disciplines to illuminate the problems and choices that face us all. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] SECOND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: 16th IRIS (INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH SEMINAR IN SCANDINAVIA) SECOND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS 16th IRIS Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia 7 - 10 August 1993 Copenhagen, Denmark Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia (IRIS) IRIS is an annual working conference for Scandinavian researchers within Information Systems. All participants have to contribute with a paper, participate in a panel or arrange a workshop. The conference will focus on 5 topics which were proposed by the participants of the 15th IRIS in 1992. Each topic will be discussed in working groups consisting of 6-8 persons. Position papers should not exceed 4-5 pages (1.500 words), and full papers should not exceed 15 pages (5.000 words), everything included. The conference topics are: Open Systems, Flexibility and Tailorability The apparently growing supply of, and market for, standard or semi-standard computer systems raises a number of questions: Is it at all possible to build flexible standard computer systems? What are the experiences of adapting, maintaining and using a standard computer system in an organisation? Does the situation call for new methods in systems development? Are we facing a reorganisation of the software industry, where new computer systems are developed in software houses, while "in-house" systems departments become responsible for adaptation, installation and maintenance? Empirical Studies of Design Practice If we want to improve design practice we must, first of all, acquire a more comprehensive understanding of the work processes of real-life design and programming. How is systems development organized and how do systems designers actually use methods and tools? How important are the designer's skill and know how and what role does communication and collaboration play? What are the differences between different development contexts? Scandinavian Approaches In recent years many ideas for design and implementation of computer based systems originally presented under the headings "The Collective Resource Approach" or the "Scandinavian Approach" have been proposed in a new context, that of "participatory design" or "cooperative design". Are the approaches alike, or are there fundamental differences in underlying motive, operative context of the application of the ideas, etc. that need to be reconciled? One can also ask: Do the Scandinavian approaches have any future? And if so, in which context? System development education Teaching system development is not a trivial task. Theories and methods are often difficult to relate to without "real life" experience, and industrial size problems become elusive when shrunk to classroom scale. What to teach and how? How to bring "real life" problems into the classroom? How to balance theories versus methods? Presentations and evaluations of curricula. Success and horror stories. Professional Code of Ethics The ethical dimension of our profession is important, but do we pay attention to it? How can we research into this area? How can and should we teach ethical issues to computer professionals? ACM has proposed a set of ethical rules for computer professionals, and the rules have recently been changed. How do we as Scandinavian researchers evaluate these rules? What are the alternatives? NOTE: For those of you who feel unable to submit a contribution on any of the above mentioned themes, but who would like to participate in the Conference, it is still possible to make a contribution on more general topics in Informations Systems Research. Such miscellaneous contributions will be collated into a sixth RopenS working group category at the Conference. Please note that your contribution will be evaluated by the editors of the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. If you do not want such an evaluation, please inform the organizing committee beforehand. The Scandinavian Journal is interested in other Scandinavian contributions than those presented at this yearUs seminar. You are invited to submit your contribution to the following address: The Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg, Frederiks Bajers Vej 7, DK- 9220 Aalborg /, Denmark. Key Dates 1st of February: Deadline for submission of abstracts or proposals for a panel session, workshop or other activity together with a letter of interest (preferable by e-mail). 1st of March: Notification of acceptance. 1st of June: Deadline for submission of papers, registration, and payment. 1st of July: The proceedings will be mailed. 7th-10th of August: 16th IRIS at Schaeffergaarden, at the edge of the woods north of Copenhagen. Submissions Please send your abstract and letter of interest to the following address of the programme and organizing committee before the 1st of February. If possible, please send it by e-mail. 16th IRIS, Department of Computer Science, Copenhagen University, Universitetsparken 1, DK-2100 Copenhagen O. Phone: +45 3532 1453, e-mail: iris16@diku.dk, fax: +45 3532 1401 Conference Fee The conference fee covers hotel accommodation, all meals and a copy of the proceedings. The fee is estimated to DKR 2.700 for non-Ph.D. students and DKR 1.200 for Ph.D. students. Programme and organizing committee Joergen P. Bansler and Jacob Noerbjerg, Department of Computer Science, Copenhagen University, Keld Boedker and Finn Kensing, Department of Computer Science, Roskilde University, Jan Pries-Heje, Institute of Computer and Systems Science, Copenhagen Business School. -------------------------------------- LETTER OF INTEREST If you are sending your abstract and letter of interest by e-mail, please include the following information. I like to participate in the 16th IRIS. Enclosed please find the abstract of my planned contribution. The paper addresses the following topic (please mark only one): __ Open Systems, Flexibility and Tailorability __ Empirical Studies of Design Practice __ Scandinavian Approaches __ System development education __ Professional Code of Ethics __ Miscellaneous I would prefer the following form of presentation: __ Discussion in a working group __ A panel __ A workshop __ Other, please indicate type: Name: First name: Affiliation: Address: e-mail: [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] RUSSIAN FORUM/SEMINAR Dear Sir ! We are asking You and Your collegues to look for an opportunity of participation in a special seminar "European Research Networks", which will be held together with the 3rd International Russian Forum on "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY for the 90's" in Moscow, June 27 - July 2, 1993. Co-heads of Seminar Dr. Juriy Znamenskiy, Dr. Nicolay Repin Institute of Cybernetics Problems Information and Publishing Department of Russian Academy of Sciences of the Mathematical Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences E-mail: yz@znam.ac.msk.su repin@ips.ac.msk.su *************************************************************- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ---------------------------------------------------------- ECT'93 CONFERENCE EXHIBITION PRODUCT REVIEWS TUTORIALS WORKSHOPS 3rd International Russian Forum on ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY for the 90's June 28 to July 2, 1993 Academy of National Economy, Moscow, Russia Sponsored by * Russian Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications * Concern Telecom of Russia * Academy of National Economy * Russian-American JV "Eco-Trends" * International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information The purpose of the meeting is to provide an international forum for the exchange of information on the technical, economic and social impacts and experiences with communication technology, architectures and distributes applications. Russia is now vastly increasing its spending on telecommunications and computer networks. Russia is determined to meet its computer network expansion goals and will spend over 80 billion rubles to expand its telecommunications to 110 million phones by the year 2000 and add over 25 million PCs to modernize key economic sectors in education, transportation and industry. The forum format will be three days of conference paper presentations combined with five days exhibition "Telecommunication systems and services" and two days of tutorials and workshops. Papers are desired in - but not restricted to - the following topic areas: * Organisational structures for the provision of international data communication services * Expanding national networks to global environment * Management and operation of international and national telecommunication networks * GlobaL WAN architecture for the 90's * Transition to OSI and new standards * EDI, EDIFACT, electronic information market * Application and services: X.400, X.500, ODA/ODIF, virtual terminals, database access * Developing the infrastructure * Funding and policy * Design, implementation, and experience with distributed applications * High performance strategies and techniques * Security for open communication * Intelligent networks and their applications * Interconnecting local area networks * Workstations in telecomm environment * Protocol interworking techniques * Mobile communications * Very high speed networking Deadlines April 1, 1993 Full version of papers due for review (or e-mail copy for review) April 15, 1993 Notification of acceptance/rejection May 15, 1993 Camera-ready manuscript due Language: The written and spoken language of ECT'93 is English for an international audience. Special help with language is also available from ECT'93 Translation service. Please submit two copies of your paper to the program Co-Chair: Dr. Juri Gornostaev Computer Department International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information 125252, Moscow, Russia, Kuusinen Str., 21-B Telephone: 7(095)198-7691 Facsimile: 7(095)943-0089 Internet: enir@ccic.icsti.msk.su Invited are: policy makers, representatives of funding bodies, advanced user groups and standards organisations, computer and telecomm engineers, technical/managerial staft from telecomm companies, businessmen and PTT people. For more information on the Exhibition, Product reviews, Conference, Tutorials and Workshops, and preliminary programmee, please contact: Juri Gornostaev ECT'93 Program Committee 125252, Moscow, Russia, Kuusinen Str. 21-B, ICSTI Fax: 7(095)943-0089 Tel.: 7(095)198-7041 e-mail: enir@ccic.icsti.msk.su For participation in Exhibition/Tutorial, please fill in application form ------------------------------------------------------------- APPLICATION FORM ---------------------------------------------------- Name Organization Department Address PostCode Country E-mail Exhibitors ---------- I am interested in exhibiting I need exhibiting conditions: Block 5x3 m2 Block 3x3 m2 Telephone channel IBM PC/XT/AT Refrigeration Advertising: full page half page Please send me further details on following conditions Tutorial instructors: I am interested in giving tutorial Tutoral topic Submit a tutorial proposal: Summary of tutorial contents Intended audience and level of tutorial Background of instructor A specification of the tutorial (objectives, style, duration) as a 2-4 page tutorial outline Request for computer support, A/V Any restrictions or conditions on offering the tutorial ----------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ECT'93 CONFERENCE EXHIBITION PRODUCT REVIEWS TUTORIALS WORKSHOPS 3rd International Russian Forum on ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY for the 90's June 28 to July 2, 1993 Academy of National Economy, Moscow, Russia Organizers * Academy of National Economy * Russian-American JV "Eco-Trends" * International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information The Russian ECT'93 Product file: Computer Networks Telecommunications * Wide area networks (WANs) * Public and private telecomm networks * Local area networks (LANs) * Sattelite technology * OSI products and technology * Integrated communication systems * Gateways, routers, bridges * Radio communications * Distributed operating systems * Switching and cable based technology * Voice, data, text and visual communications Mobile communications Telecomm and Information Systems * Cellular radio * Distributed information * Mobile telephony systems * Carphones and portable phones * Workstations, telecomm * Paging control systems extensions units, adaptors * Remote control systems * Network nodes, PADs, modems * Satellite based systems * ISDN products * VSAT * Communication equipment Telecomm Software Data communications * Operating systems * Modems * OSI application software * Multiplexes * X.400, X500 products * Cabling systems * TCP/IP and interworking * Network components * PC communication software * Test and measurement systems * Workstation environment * Data storage systems * Distributed databases * Data broadcasting EXHIBITOR OPTIONS Exhibitors have two options for purchasing space at Russian ECT'93. There are: Option #1 - Package Space/Complete Shell Stand Package space is available in 3m x 4m units at US$ 2.900 per unit. Multiple units are available. Package includes: Full equipped exhibition stand (carpeted floor, walls on three sides, two chairs, two tables or information contours, sign panel in English, wastepaper basket and ashtray, three electrical outlets, two flouryscent lights. We require ........... units Option #2 - Raw Exhibit Space The minimum unit of raw exhibit space is 18 square meters at a rental fee of US$ 150 per square meter (US$ 2.700 for minimum unit). Additional raw exhibit space is available at the same rate. We require ............. sgm. Exhibitor service package is designed to meet the particular requirements of the Russian market and Moscow environment. This package offers necessary support services to all exhibitors as follows: Marketing Orgcomm will arrange meetings between exhibitors and appropriate Russian businessmen, purchagers and end-users. Company seminar/presentation You could arrange also special company/product presentations in exhibition hall. Orgcomm will provide relevant audience and all required presentation services. Exhibitors presenting ordered seminar/presentations will contribute US$ 450 for four hours equipment room and interpreter. Exhibition Catalog Your company/product information and adds will be published in English, German, French and Russian (languages by your choice) Shipping Assistance Exhibition freight service will offer a package for scheduling of exhibitor freight to and from exhibit site, transport from/to Sheremetievo Airport in Moscow and all necessary shipping and disposal data. Translation Assistance Translation and referral services for the speech/written translation of papers, product literatures and talks into Russian will be available. For ordering interpreters and explainers, please submit your enquiries. Business and technical visits The programme of Technical visits intended to complement the general ECT'93 program by offering a reasonable sample view of activities on Russian telecomm market. All visits are sponsored by Russian companies, research institutes and telecomm enterprises. Transportation, refreshments and lunch are offered by the host companies. Travel Assistance Travel agents will offer the rich package of social and cultural events. The visas support, hotel accommodations, arrival/departures services, personal travel planning and tours in Russia will be provided. Security Round the clock exhibit hall security will be provided. Cleaning Daily cleaning of hall and exhibits. --------------------------------------------------------------- The conference and workshop (seminar) will be separate events which take 3 days each. The seminar "European Research Networks" will take 1 day. From total 6 workshops on ECT'92 only one was on LAN and the rest were dedicated to application of global communication networks (Internet, SWIFT, Russian network Relcom, distributed information systems) and user applications. All participants were given a set of material consisting of 16 volumes with total number of pages 2400. They include research and review, technology, software, standards and regulation, economics in connection to creation and application of computer communication system. -------------------------------------------------------------- On the Seminar we plan to publish appliances for russian specialists "European Research Networks", which will contain the following documents and articles: 1. (Translated into Russian): RARE. Technical Report 4 "State of the Union", 1st Edition, October 1992 2. The full copy in English 2.1. RTR1. User Support and Information Services in the RARE Community, 1st Edition, March 1992 2.2. RTR2. Mapping between X.400 (1988)/ISO 10021 and RFC822, May 1882 3. Peter Kaufmann, Juergen Rauschenbach (DFN, Germany) DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSNETZ - DFN - A BRIEF DESCRIPTION (translated into Russian) 4. Translated into Russian: EARN. Annual Report 1991-1992 5. N.N.Repin. RELARN (Russia) 6. Reference-Book of Network DFN addresses --------------------------------------------------------------- If it is possible to send us (by E-mail) for publication your the texts of your lecture, we would enclose it with pleasure in the book. Taking into consideration the technical conditions of our publishing machine the Organizing Commitee we put such limit of time when we receive texts in English: April 1, 1993 Full version of papers due for review (or e-mail copy for review) April 15, 1993 Notification of acceptance/rejection May 15, 1993 Camera-ready manuscript due Language: The written and spoken language of ECT'93 is English for an international audience. Special help with language is also available from ECT'93 Translation service. ************************************** The Cost of registration is 300 $. The price of one place per 24 hours in a hotel or a special flat is the following: 25 $ - a separate room in a 2 or 3-room flat with a common bathroom and kitchen 80 $ - Hotel (***) 2-beds room 60 $ - Hotel (***) 1-bed room 120 $ - Hotel (****) 1-bed room Co-headers of Seminar Dr. Juriy Znamensky, Dr. Nicolay Repin E-mail: yz@znam.ac.msk.su repin@ipc.ac.msk.su [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] NSC93: THE NETWORK SERVICES CONFERENCE First Call for Participation / Call for Papers NSC'93 The Network Services Conference 1993 Warsaw, Poland, 12-14 October 1993 Overview Networking in the academic and research environment has evolved into an important tool for researchers in all disciplines. High quality network services and tools are essential parts of the research infrastructure. Building on the success of the first Network Services Conference in Pisa Italy, NSC'93 will focus on the issue of providing services to customers, with special attention paid to the exciting developments in new global high-level tools. We will address the impact of the new global tools on service development and support, the changing function of traditional tools and services (such as archives), new services (such as multi-media communications), the future role of the library and the effects of commercialization of networks and network services. Customer support at the institutional and campus level, and the role of support in accessing global services, will also be covered. Talks, tutorials, demonstrations and other conference activities will address the needs of the research, academic, educational, governmental, industrial, and commercial network communities. NSC'93 is being organized by EARN in conjunction with EUnet/EurOpen, NORDUnet, RARE, and RIPE. Conference Venue Warsaw, the capital of Poland, lies in the center of the country on the Mazovian Lowland. Located on the banks of the Vistula River, it has a population of 1,700,000. Legends speak of Warsaw's past. One of them tells of a mermaid swimming in the waves of the blue Vistula before Mazovian fishermen and foretelling of the founding of an indestructible city. Another account speaks of the founders of the city, Wars and Sawa, lovers whose names were combined to give the city its name. Today, Warsaw is an important administrative, scientific, cultural and communication center. The city, destroyed during World War II, has been faithfully rebuilt and almost all historic buildings have been restored. The conference will be held at the Victoria Intercontinental Hotel, situated in the heart of the city's business and professional center, within walking distance of Warsaw University and just a minute away from the Opera House, Royal Castle and the Old Town of Warsaw. Conference Information Dates to remember: Deadline for papers - 8 May 1993 Deadline for demonstrations - 3 August 1993 NSC'93 - Tuesday, 12 October 1993 - Thursday, 14 October 1993 Location: Hotel Victoria Inter Continental, ul. Krolewska 11, Warsaw, Poland Accommodations: Rooms will be reserved for conference participants at the Victoria Inter Continental, and at other nearby hotels. Transportation: LOT Polish Airlines is the official carrier for NSC'93. LOT is offering a 50% discount off published IATA fares for conference participants. Language: The official language of the conference will be English. Conference fee: covers entry to all conference sessions, tutorials and demonstrations, conference material, coffee breaks, lunches and social events: EARLY Registration by 15 August 590 DeutschMark LATE Registration by 30 September 650 DM DESK Registration 710 DM Tutorials, Demonstrations and Posters There will be tutorial sessions on specific network services as part of the regular conference program. A room will be available for workstations and PCs to be used for demonstrations throughout the conference. Proposals for tutorial sessions and demonstrations are welcome. See the section "Call for papers" of this announcement for details. A poster wall will be available to participants for the display of their posters and projects. Terminals with connectivity to EARN and the Internet will be available to delegates. Further Information and General Inquiry Further information will be available through the conference mailing list, NSC93-L@FRORS12.BITNET (or NSC93-L@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR). If you want to make sure you receive registration information as well as the preliminary program and other information of interest to conference participants, join the list by sending e-mail to: LISTSERV@FRORS12.BITNET (or LISTSERV@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR) with the line: SUB NSC93-L Your Name If you have any questions or require any assistance, you can contact the conference organizers at: NSC'93 EARN Office c/o CIRCE BP 167 F-91403 Orsay France Tel: +33 1 6982 3973 Fax: +33 1 6928 5273 E-mail: NSC93@FRORS12.BITNET or NSC93@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR Program and Organizing Committees Program Committee Hans Deckers, France (Chair); Daniel Jozef Bem, Poland; Howard Bilofsky, Germany; Klaus Birkenbihl, Germany; Rob Blokzijl, The Netherlands; Daniele Bovio, France; Paul Bryant, United Kingdom; Vasco Freitas, Portugal; Tomasz Hofmokl, Poland; Dennis Jennings, Ireland; Glenn Kowack, The Netherlands; David Sitman, Israel; Marco Sommani, Italy; Iain Stinson, United Kingdom. Organizing Committee Frode Greisen, Denmark (Chair); Paul Bryant, United Kingdom; Hans Deckers, France; Nadine Grange, France; Tomasz Hofmokl, Poland; Tadeusz Wegrzynowski, Poland. Call for Papers The Program Committee for NSC'93 is soliciting proposals for papers, tutorials and demonstrations in all fields related to network services. Subject areas for presentations include, but are not limited to, the following: - Network resource tools - Network directory services - Multimedia Communications - Electronic Publishing - Libraries and Networking - Special Interest Communities - Groupware, Cooperative Work over the Network - Networking for Schools - User Support - Delivering Services to the Desktop - Commercialization of Network Services - Networking in Eastern and Central Europe Speakers will be entitled to a 25% discount on the registration fee. There will be a reception for speakers on the evening before the conference. Proposals for presentations, tutorials and demonstrations, including a short biography and an abstract should be sent by mail, fax or PREFERABLY e-mail, to: NSC'93 EARN Office c/o CIRCE BP 167 F-91403 Orsay France Tel: +33 1 6982 3973 Fax: +33 1 6928 5273 E-mail: NSC93@FRORS12.BITNET or NSC93@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR Please use the form appended below for proposals. Proposals for papers and tutorials should be sent not later than 8 May 1993. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 8 June 1993. Proposals for demonstrations should be sent not later than 3 August 1993. Notification of acceptance of demonstrations will be sent by 17 August 1993. ------------------------------ cut here -------------------------------- The Network Services Conference 1993 Proposal for Presentation Name(s): Affiliation(s): E-mail address(es): Postal address(es): Title of presentation: Type of presentation (paper, demo, tutorial): Biographical sketch (5-10 lines): Abstract (25-40 lines): Equipment required: [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] INTERNATIONAL INFORMATICS ACCESS '93 International Informatics Access '93 May 3-6 Balatonfured, Hungary Conference Focus: The second conference on International Informatics Access considers Informatics as a broad topic, but in its most simple form, refers to the process of information creation, gathering, processing transmission. Information and access to it at the basis of decision making throughout free market economies. IIA '93 considers the role of informatics as: (a) a source of productivity growth throughout the economy, and (b) as an economic sector that supplies goods and services. IIA '93 is being organized to consider both approaches, with particular focus on Eastern Europe. Major topics of the program include: Information Economy: Trends and Directions Key information policy drivers for the 90's National informatics policy implementation strategies Developing modern information infrastructures Emerging information and communications technologies Emergence of intelligent cities Wireless telecommunications Any place-any time computing in the 90's Diffusion of information technologies Distributed systems and organizational memory Computer supported collaboration and coordination Multi-media and enterprise network integration Innovative informatics applications in health and education sectors Invited speakers are major policy makers from the government sector, industry leaders, and recognized academic researchers from around the world. All the presentations at IIA '93 are by invitation only. In addition to the topics listed, we are planning on having a Vision Movie Festival on the evening of May 4, 1993. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION FORM International Informatics Access '93 3-6 May 1993 Balatonfured, Hungary Please complete this form and mail/fax this form with payment, to Congrex (USA) Inc. at IIA'93 c/o Congrex (USA) Inc. 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 606 West Bethesda, MD 20814 USA Tel: (301) 469-3355 Fax: (301) 469-3360 NAME:____________________________TITLE:___________________ COMPANY/ORGANIZATION:_____________________________________ ADDRESS:__________________________________________________ CITY:_______________STATE:___________POSTAL CODE__________ COUNTRY:___________________ TELEPHONE:_________________FAX:___________________________ E-MAIL:____________________ Registration fee includes Welcome Reception, lunch and coffee service daily, Banquet,and all conference materials) Regular international registration fee: USD 495 ___ _____ Credit card: __Visa/__American Express/__Master Card/Eurocard Card No.__________________________________ Expiration Date___________________________ Signature_________________________________ Please contact IIA office for CIS and host country, registration fee. Hotel and Air Package information will be sent to you by Congrex (USA) Inc. upon receipt of your registration. The cost of 5 nights single accommodations is US Dollars: 270 Cancellation Policy (All requests must be sent in writing to the Secretariat.) Postmarked on or before 1 April 1993 Full Refund Postmarked on or before 9 April 1993 50% Refund Postmarked on or after 16 April 1993 No Refund Please confirm your participation by completing this registration form and returning it to: IIA'93 c/o Congrex (USA) Inc. 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 606 West Bethesda, MD 20814 USA Tel: (301) 469-3355 Fax: (301) 469-3360 E-Mail: 5210714@mcimail.com [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] CALL FOR STORIES ABOUT U.S. NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE Please circulate this announcement to any person or list you think would be interested in responding. We're looking forward to hearing your stories! With thanks, Laura Breeden Executive Director FARNET =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CALL FOR STORIES: 51 Reasons to Invest in the National Information Infrastructure FARNET (the Federation of American Research Networks) is launching a national search for good stories about how and why people use the Internet in education, research, health care, libraries and manufacturing. Right now, Congress is considering ways to expand and build upon the successes of the Internet. The stage is being set for the creation of a 'national information infrastructure' computer and communications sytems that will make it possible for Americans to access and use all kinds of electronic information in the 21st century. Your stories will help set the agenda for the national information infrastructure. We must receive your story submission by March 31, 1993. Because critical information policy issues are already being debated, the timetable for the first round of the project is short. This summer a collection of the stories including at least one from each state and the District of Columbia will be published in an illustrated booklet and delivered to members of Congress, other elected officials, and project participants. Every story submitted that satisfies the criteria for publication will be included in a public database, accessible from the Internet and indexed so that it is easy to retrieve all stories from a particular region or about a particular topic. WHAT to Submit Each story should focus on only one use of the Internet, or one network-supported project. For instance, it might describe a collaboration between bilingual eighth-grade classes in different states, or a rural health-information delivery system. The story should be short (600 words or fewer) and should describe the use of the network and explain how the ability to use the network was of direct benefit to the activity supported. Specific details, examples and quotations will make the story more readable. Do not include material that does not support the narrative. Photographs and illustrations will be included in the printed booklet but not in the story database (for the first round). To submit a graphic, please mail camera-ready artwork (for charts, illustrations, or graphs) or photographic prints (any size, in black and white or color) to the address below. We welcome submissions of videos, software, computer graphics, documentation, and other supporting information and will index these as part of the story database. WHO Should Submit Anyone may submit a story for consideration. HOW to Submit We prefer that you submit stories electronically to the Internet address below. You may also submit them by fax or postal mail. You must use the Story Submission Form at the end of this announcement so that we can readily enter the stories into the database. FARNET's address is: Email: stories@farnet.org Postal mail: FARNET, 100 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA 02154 Phone: (800) 72-FARNET Fax: (617) 890-5117 CRITERIA for Publication To be included in the database, stories must describe how access to or use of the Internet for education, research, health care, libraries or manufacturing resulted in one or more of the following: Innovative or improved ways of doing things More equitable access to technology or electronic information Creation of new ideas, products, or services Technology transfer Local investment in, commitment to, and control of network-based activities Leverage of public funding Volunteer contributions of time and energy Partnerships between public sector and private sector organizations Other social, economic or educational benefits THE PANEL of Reviewers The review panel for the stories to be included in the booklet will consist of eight people representing key public sector interests in networking, including libraries, education, health care, and economic development. One of these representatives will be named by FARNET. The others will be named by other national organizations, including the Coalition for Networked Information, the Consortium for School Networking, Educom's NTTF, and the Science and Technology Council of the States. NOTIFICATION of Acceptance All submissions will be acknowledged upon receipt. If a submission is incomplete, the author will receive a comment sheet and will have the opportunity to amend the submission for inclusion in the database. COPYRIGHT The Story Submission Form requires each author to grant FARNET a non-exclusive, royalty-free copyright license to use his or her story for the purposes described in this Call for Stories. All stories must be original with the author, and the author must have obtained permission to use the names of any person or organization identified in the story. WHAT is FARNET? FARNET is a national non-profit association dedicated to advancing the use of computer networks for research and education. Its members are network service providers and other organizations that support its mission. PROJECT Underwriters (to date) Coalition for Networked Information Interop, Inc. National Science Foundation --------------------------------cut here-------------------------------- Story Submission Form 1. Your name Title: Department: Organization: Street address: City, State, ZIP: Phone: Fax : Email: 2. Person to contact for more information, if different from above Name: Title: Department: Organization: Street address: City, State, ZIP: Phone: Fax : Email: 3. Put an "X" before the category of use or user that this story focuses on: .......Education, K12 .......Education, higher .......Education, continuing or distance .......Research, academic .......Research, government .......Research, commercial .......Economic development .......Health care/health services .......Manufacturing technology .......Opportunities for people with disabilities .......Library .......Museums, arts .......Other 4. Put an "X" before all the criteria that you believe this story addresses: .......Innovative or improved ways of doing things .......More equitable access to technology or electronic information .......Creation of new ideas, products, or services .......Technology transfer .......Local commitment to network-based activities .......Leverage of public funding .......Volunteer contributions of time and energy .......Partnerships between public and private sector 5. Story text (600 word maximum): Please include the organization(s) involved, the objectives of the project and the benefits. Use full names of people, places and organizations. Don't forget to address at least one of the areas listed above in the criteria for inclusion. 6. Put an "X" in front of all categories of supporting information available: .......Video .......Software .......Documentation .......Slides/photographs .......Audio recordings .......Computer graphic images, such as GIF files .......CD/ROM .......Other 7. Story site if different from contact information: Town or City: State: 8. COPYRIGHT LICENSE AND WARRANTY I, the author listed below, hereby grant to FARNET, Inc., and its sublicensees, the following non-exclusive, royalty-free irrevocable licenses with respect to the enclosed story (the "Story") submitted in response to FARNET's solicitation dated February 12, 1993 entitled "51 Reasons to Build the National Information Infrastructure:" To edit, copy, distribute, and make the Story generally accessible through one or more free public databases; and, (At FARNET's option) to edit, copy, and distribute the Story in one or more printed collections of stories for non-commercial use consistent with FARNET's organizational purposes. My grant of these rights is in consideration of FARNET's agreement to make the Story available on a public database as described in the first subparagraph above if the Story meets FARNET's criteria. I will retain copyright in the Story. (It is understood that FARNET's right to modify the Story is limited to non-substantive editorial modifications.) FARNET will, through appropriate copyright notices and other legends, reasonably attempt to restrict any commercial use of the Story, but FARNET will not be liable to me if another party does not abide by these attempted restrictions. FARNET may grant to other noncommercial organizations sublicenses to any of the rights granted by me to FARNET. I acknowledge and warrant to FARNET and its sublicensees that Story is original with me, and that I have permission to use the names and/or descriptions of any individuals or organizations which are identified in the Story. I give FARNET and its sublicensees permission to use my name in connection with the rights granted above. I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT LICENSE AND WARRANTY. ................................. (Sign name, if submitting by postal mail; otherwise, typing your name for Email transmission constitutes the equivalent of your signature) FARNET's address is: Email: stories@farnet.org Mail: FARNET, 100 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA 02154 Phone: (800) 72-FARNET Fax: (617) 890-5117 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION/ LA REVUE ELECTRONIQUE DE COMMUNICATION Call for Papers THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION/ LA REVUE ELECTRONIQUE DE COMMUNICATION (EJC/REC) Submitted by: Bill Ticehurst B.Ticehurst@uts.EDU.AU CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES IN AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATION A forthcoming special issue of the THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION/ LA REVUE ELECTRONIQUE DE COMMUNICATION (Vol. 3 (4)) will focus on contemporary issues and perspectives in Australian communication studies. Papers are invited from scholars and practitioners who are concerned with the study of communication theory, research, practice and policy in Australia. Since the EJC/REC has a wide international readership it is intended that this edition will provide a representative overview of communication scholarship in Australia. Consequently, articles dealing with any aspect of the field, or review articles, will be welcome. Manuscripts should be of reasonable length; 3000-5000 words may be taken as a guide. All contributions will be peer reviewed and the author should not be identified in the body of the paper. The special editor for this issue is Bill Ticehurst of the University of Technology, Sydney; Bill is the immediate Past President of the Australian Communication Association. Papers will be accepted on IBM or Macintosh disks in ASCII format, or via electronic mail, as detailed in the Instructions for Authors. The closing date for papers is Friday 16th, July 1993. 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Liss Jeffrey McGill University SECTION I: PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN AND MEDIA PREMIERE PARTIE: PERSPECTIVES SUR LES FEMMES ET LES MEDIAS Women Politicians and Their Media Coverage: A Generational Analysis/Les politiciennes et la couverture que leur accordent les medias: Une Analyse generationnelle Gertrude J. Robinson and Armande Saint-Jean (with the assistance of Christine Rioux) McGill University Comserve filename: Robinson V3N193 Women and the Media in Canada: A Question of Cultural Authority/Les femmes et les medias au Canada: Une question d'autorite culturelle Liss Jeffrey McGill University Comserve filename: Jeffrey V3N193 Women's Access to On-Line Discussions about Feminism/L'Acces feminin aux discussions en direct sur le feminisme Ellen Balka Memorial University of Newfoundland Comserve filename: Balka V3N193 SECTION II: DISSERTATION RESEARCH REPORTS DEUXIEME PARTIE: RAPPORTS SUR LA RECHERCHE DOCTORALE Feminists and the Toronto Press/Les feministes et la presse torontoise Sharon Dale Stone York University Comserve filename: Stone V3N193 Heroes Versus Villains in Five Canadian-Produced Television Programs/Les bons et les mechants dans cinq emissions de television produites au Canada Deborah K. 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