__________________________________________________________________ The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture __________________________________________________________________ ISSN 1068-5723 June 30, 1993, Volume 1 Issue 4 EJVCV1N4 MONITOR THE CYBERSPACE MONITOR ====================== ///////////////////// / TABLE OF CONTENTS / ///////////////////// MEDIA REVIEWS BOOKS: - 3RD EDITION OF DIRECTORY OF ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS PAPERS IN OTHER ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: - IPCT JOURNAL VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 PAPERS FOR PEER REVIEW: - PAPERS ON WAIS, MUDS, USENET NOW AVAILABLE FOR FTP NETWARE REVIEWS (systems/hw/sw/services) SERVICES: - LOCIS OVER THE INTERNET - IN 8 SEKUNDEN UM DIE WELT: KOMMUNIKATION UEBER DAS INTERNET - WHITE HOUSE ELECTRONIC MAIL ACCESS - RLG'S CITADEL SERVICE - RESOURCES & LISTS OF RESOURCES FOR CONTENT-BASED TEXT PROCESSING - CIOS PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION SERVICES NETWARE TUTORIALS LISTSERV/LDBASE MEETINGS/CONFERENCES/EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS PROJECTS: - COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION - EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SEMINAR TO THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST - PROJECT GUTENBERG CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION: - SYMPOSIUM: CYBERNETIC PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT - IPCT - ED-MEDIA'94 - HYPERMEDIA IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATIONS - COMPUTERIZED TOOLS AS INTERMEDIARIES IN THE COMMUNICATION OF MENTAL MAPS - - - [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ///////////////// / MEDIA REVIEWS / ///////////////// BOOKS ~~~~~ 3RD EDITION OF DIRECTORY OF ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ARL Expands 3rd Edition of Directory of Electronic Publications AVAILABLE for delivery as of May 15th, 1993 For Further Information Contact: Ann Okerson Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing ann@cni.org Responding to the library and academic communities' increasing use of and interest in the burgeoning number of electronic publications, the Association of Research Libraries is publishing the third edition of the hard-copy Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Scholarly Discussion Lists. With the extraordinary expansion of microcomputers and linked networks as vehicles for scholarly exchange, the problem of how and where to find various academic forums grows continuously. Although many journals, newsletters, and scholarly lists may be accessed free of charge through Bitnet, Internet, and affiliated academic networks, it is not always a simple chore to find what is available. The new edition of the Directory is a compilation of entries for 1152 scholarly lists and 240 electronic journals, newsletters, and related titles such as newsletter-digests -- an increase in size of close to 60% since the second edition of March 1992 and nearly 2.5 times the size of the first edition of July 1991. The directory provides specific instructions for electronic access to each publication. The objective is to assist the user in finding relevant publications and connecting to them quickly, even if he or she is not completely versed in the full range of user-access systems. Author/compiler of the journals and newsletters section is Michael Strangelove of the University of Ottawa. Diane Kovacs of the Kent State University Libraries, continues to lead the KSU team -- nine individuals who collaboratively created the third edition's scholarly discussion lists and interest groups section. The ARL directory is derived from network-accessible files maintained by Strangelove and Kovacs. The directory points to these files as the authoritative sources. The third edition is produced in 8.5 x 11 paperbound format. Scholarly lists are grouped by broad subject areas, and journals and newsletters are in alphabetical order. In a new enhancement, a substantial index of keywords, titles, and institutional affiliations is provided. As in the previous two years, front matter of value to electronic serial readers is included. Again, a scholarly article on networked scholarly publications leads (James J. O'Donnell, University of Pennsylvania with a provocative view of "St. Augustine to NREN"), followed by bibliographies commissioned from David Robison, University of California at Berkeley Libraries and an editor of the e-journal Current Cites, on electronic publishing; and Michael Strangelove on electronic networking. Finally, a widely felt need is addressed by inclusion of the standard format for citation of electronic serials, bulletin boards, and electronic mail. This was prepared by the National Library of Medicine and is now accepted for use among many scholars and scientists wishing to make adequate reference ot networked information. The Association of Research Libraries is a not-for-profit organization representing 119 research libraries in the United States and Canada. Its mission is to identify and influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communication. ARL programs and services promote equitable access to, and effective use of recorded knowledge in support of teaching, research, scholarship, and community service. These programs include annual statistical publications, federal relations and information policy, and enhancing access to scholarly information resources through telecommunications, collection development, preservation, and bibliographic control. The Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing works to identify and influence the forces affecting the production, dissemination, and use of scholarly and scientific information. DIRECTORY OF ELECTRONIC JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS, AND ACADEMIC DISCUSSION LISTS (ISSN: 1057-1337), Third Edition, April 1993 To order, contact: Gloria Haws Publications Manager Association of Research Libraries 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 Voice: 202-296-2296 Fax: 202-872-0884 E-mail: osap@cni.org ALL ORDERS MUST BE PREPAID in US DOLLARS, Please. 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[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] PAPERS IN OTHER ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IPCT JOURNAL VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### April, 1993 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 1, Number 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 10057 Additional support provided by the Center for Academic Computing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 This article is archived as CONTENTS IPCTV1N2 on LISTSERV@GUVM (LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... 3. Table of Contents and Abstracts ... "Communication Innovation on a BBS: A Content Analysis" Scott A. Kuehn, Clarion University of Pennsylvania To retrieve this file GET KUEHN IPCTV1N2 ABSTRACT. The nature of innovative communication behaviors on a computer- mediated bulletin board system was investigated using content analysis. The play theory of communication was used to analyze messages for content that demonstrated special manipulations of computer symbols to expess individuality and originality. Three categories of message types achieved intercoder reliability: textual manipulations signifying jokes, irony, witticism, and sarcasm, conventional text emphasis symbols used to convey conversational tone and nonverbal communication, and unconventional symbolic representations of nonverbal communication. Messages revealed that BBS users manipulated text symbols, shifting from simple display of text to textual displays of originality and personal innovation. These findings contradict a "cues-filtered-out" approach to understanding CMC and demonstrate that innovative CMC which adapts to social contexts aids in defining self to self and self to others. Lines: 614 ********** "Guidelines for Designing Effective and Healthy Learning Environments for Interactive Technologies" Michael Weisberg, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MA To retrieve this article GET WEISBERG IPCTV1N2 ABSTRACT. Many of the findings from ergonomics research on visual display workstations are relevant to the design of interactive learning stations. This paper briefly reviews ergonomics research on visual display workstations; specifically, (1) potential health hazards from electromagnetic radiation; (2) musculoskeletal disorders; (3) vision complaints; and (4) psychosocial stresses. Based on this review, guidelines on how to design an ergonomically correct workstation and learning environment are presented. These guidelines seek to balance human performance with learner satisfaction and well-being. Lines: 1110 ********** "Groupware and Interpersonal Text: The Computer as a Medium of Communication" Leonore M. Greller, City College of New York, New York and Sue Barnes, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York To retrieve this article: GET GRELLER IPCTV1N2 ABSTRACT. It is axiomatic that in order for interpersonal communication to take place, verbal messages and their feedback must occur in real time and space. The computer, through a process known as "groupware", enables "several users to work on the same document at the same time" (MacUser, June 1991, p.207), while transferring and manipulating "interpersonal text" in real time and space. Thus, with groupware, verbal communication is not required for interpersonal communication to occur, and the computer can be used as a medium of communication. Groupware and its symbolic code of interpersonal text is extending our traditional definitions of interpersonal and small group communication while it challenges our definition of mediated communication. Lines: 443 ********** "Politics on the Internet" Lee Sakkas, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY To retrieve this article: GET SAKKAS IPCTV1N2 ABSTRACT. This article will recount the events associated with the conception, implementation and existence of three discussion lists that were devoted to the campaigns of the three major candidates in the 1992 U.S. Presidential Election. The three lists are managed by the Revised Listserv software which is widely disseminated on BITNET and were named for the three major candidates, BUSH, CLINTON and PEROT. To the best of my knowledge, this Presidential Campaign was the first where candidates and a portion of the voters made an an organized effort to utilize some of the potential that has become available as a result of the development of large computer networks such as BITNET, The Internet, Prodigy, and Compuserve. Lines: 596 ********** "PUBLISHER'S FORUM: The Founding and Managing of IPCT-L: A Listowners' Perspective" Zane Berge Ph.D., Georgetown University, Washington, DC and Mauri Collins MA, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. To retrieve this article GET BERGE IPCTV1N2 ABSTRACT. The article likens the Scholarly Discussion Group (SDG) to four types of group gatherings: 1) a library, 2) a seminar, meeting, conference, or salon, 3) a room full of people in which dinner conversation is appropriate, and 4) as a newspaper subscription. While there are many reasons for starting a SDG, this article focuses, from a listowners' perspective, on the reasons for founding the Interpersonal Computing and Technology List (IPCT-L@GUVM). This article discusses how the list fits into the host institution's goals, some of the decisions that needed to be made before going online, how this list was marketed, and some of the benefits obtained through the creation of the IPCT-L Editorial Policy. It also examines how the moderators of IPCT-L compare their roles to the roles of moderators generally. Lines: 497 ********** "An Experiment of Computer Programming Practice by E-mail" Gintautas Grigas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania To retrieve this article GET GRIGAS IPCTV1N2 ABSTRACT. A teaching technique of computer programming including the elements of competition and using e-mail is presented and discussed. An experiment of computer programming practice with school students is described. The outcome of experiment is summarized, discussed, and conclusions are presented as guidelines for further work. The experiment of computer programming practice by e-mail was performed in Lithuanian schools. School students of upper grades (10-12) took part in the experiment. Lines: 596 ********** "Hypermedia and Higher Education" Jay. L Lemke, City University of New York, Brooklyn College School of Education To retrieve this article GET LEMKE IPCTV1N2 ABSTRACT. A near-future model for how on-line interactive hypermedia technologies can transform scholarly communication and educational practice is developed. The model considers: the skills that will underly future hypermedia literacy for scholars and students, changes from curricular to independent learning models, changes in institutional patterns of communication, and needed further developments in information technology for higher education. Lines: 890 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] PAPERS FOR PEER REVIEW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PAPERS ON WAIS, MUDS, USENET NOW AVAILABLE FOR FTP From: seraphim@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Henry Hardy) I have made several of my recent papers available which I believe may be of interest to some citizens of the Net. The three files are called 'FutTxtVR.txt.z', 'usnt227.txt.z' and 'waiscas3.txt.z'. The papers are in the public ftp directory, /pub/seraphim on umcc.umcc.umich.edu (141.211.206.17). They are in gzip format, so you will need to uncompress them using gzip -d . FutTxtVR is 'The Future of Text-Based Virtual Realities'. Its based on an informal survey of the Net which I conducted last summer for one of my graduate classes about multi user domains such as the various types of MUDs, nettrek, and empire. usnt227.txt.z is a long Systems Theory paper about Usenet. The first half is a description of the characteristics, origin, and history of Usenet. The second half of the paper discusses Usenet in the context of various theoretical frameworks such as mediated interpersonal communication, cybernetics, and general system theory. A version of this paper has been submitted for publication. waiscas3.txt.z is a short case study about WAIS, Thinking Machines Inc.'s Wide Area Information Server. This is one of a number of client/server technologies such as X.500, Gopher, World Wide Web, Prospero and archie which are being used to facilitate remote access to very large, primarily text based databases. It has an absurdly long and detailed bibliography too. All three of these papers form part of the basis for my Master's Thesis, which is tentatively titled, "The History of the Net." I have made extensive use of many of the resources on the Net, and would particularly like to aknowledge Grand Valley State University's School of Communications and The University of Michigan Computer Club (UMCC). I would very much appreciate any comments, suggestions, clarifications, or constructive criticism of these writings. These papers represent unpublished academic research and are made available for peer review and comment at this time. regards, Henry Edward Hardy (seraphim@umcc.umich.edu) [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] //////////////////////////////////////////// / NETWARE REVIEWS (systems/hw/sw/services) / //////////////////////////////////////////// SERVICES ~~~~~~~~ LOCIS OVER THE INTERNET The Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) is now available over the Internet. The telnet address is: locis.loc.gov 140.147.254.3 LOCIS accepts both telnet 3270 and line mode. LOCIS includes over 15 million catalog records and over 10 million records for other types of information: federal legislation, copyright registrations, Braille and audio, organizations, and selected foreign legal materials. Searching hours are (all times USA eastern; closed national holidays): Monday - Friday: 6:30am - 9:30pm Saturday: 8:00am - 5:00pm Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm Printed manuals will be available for sale later this summer and very soon via FTP (ftp seq1.loc.gov /pub/LC.Online). There will be a LOCIS Quick Search Guide and a LOCIS Reference Manual. LC Online Internet: lconline@seq1.loc.gov Library of Congress [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] IN 8 SEKUNDEN UM DIE WELT: KOMMUNIKATION UEBER DAS INTERNET If you want to practice your German: There are 3 chapters (+table of contents) of our new Internet book available via anonymous FTP. You can get them from "olymp.wu-wien.ac.at", directory "/pub/books". There are ASCII and PostScript versions. The full reference of the book is: Gunther Maier/Andreas Wildberger, In 8 Sekunden um die Welt: Kommunikation ueber das Internet, Bonn, New York, Paris [u.a.], Addison Wesley, 1993 ISBN 3-89319-586-6 Gunther Maier *********************************************************************** * Gunther Maier, University of Economics and Business Administration * * Augasse 2-6, Vienna, Austria. * *********************************************************************** [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] WHITE HOUSE ELECTRONIC MAIL ACCESS THE WHITE HOUSE Office of Presidential Correspondence ______________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 1, 1993 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT IN ANNOUNCEMENT OF WHITE HOUSE ELECTRONIC MAIL ACCESS Dear Friends: Part of our commitment to change is to keep the White House in step with today's changing technology. As we move ahead into the twenty-first century, we must have a government that can show the way and lead by example. Today, we are pleased to announce that for the first time in history, the White House will be connected to you via electronic mail. Electronic mail will bring the Presidency and this Administration closer and make it more accessible to the people. The White House will be connected to the Internet as well as several on-line commercial vendors, thus making us more accessible and more in touch with people across this country. We will not be alone in this venture. Congress is also getting involved, and an exciting announcement regarding electronic mail is expected to come from the House of Representatives tomorrow. Various government agencies also will be taking part in the near future. Americans Communicating Electronically is a project developed by several government agencies to coordinate and improve access to the nation's educational and information assets and resources. This will be done through interactive communications such as electronic mail, and brought to people who do not have ready access to a computer. However, we must be realistic about the limitations and expectations of the White House electronic mail system. This experiment is the first-ever e-mail project done on such a large scale. As we work to reinvent government and streamline our processes, the e-mail project can help to put us on the leading edge of progress. Initially, your e-mail message will be read and receipt immediately acknowledged. A careful count will be taken on the number received as well as the subject of each message. However, the White House is not yet capable of sending back a tailored response via electronic mail. We are hoping this will happen by the end of the year. A number of response-based programs which allow technology to help us read your message more effectively, and, eventually respond to you electronically in a timely fashion will be tried out as well. These programs will change periodically as we experiment with the best way to handle electronic mail from the public. Since this has never been tried before, it is important to allow for some flexibility in the system in these first stages. We welcome your suggestions. This is an historic moment in the White House and we look forward to your participation and enthusiasm for this milestone event. We eagerly anticipate the day when electronic mail from the public is an integral and normal part of the White House communications system. President Clinton Vice President Gore PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV VICE.PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] RLG'S CITADEL SERVICE TWO NEW FILES ADDED TO RLG'S CITADEL SERVICE Unlimited searching of special files in Hispanic studies and history of science available by annual subscription MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 26, 1993 -- Two new files -- Hispanic American Periodicals Index and Isis History of Science Bibliography -- have been added to CitaDel, the article-citation and document-delivery service from the Research Libraries Group (RLG). HISPANIC STUDIES INDEX. Hispanic American Periodicals Index, an ongoing project of UCLA's Latin American Center, contains over 165,000 citations to articles from more than 400 scholarly social science and humanities journals published in Latin America or treating Latin American and U.S. Hispanic topics. The journals are selected and indexed by an international panel of librarians and scholars. The index is updated annually; coverage at present is 1970 to 1991. HISTORY OF SCIENCE INDEX, EXCLUSIVE TO CITADEL. Isis History of Science Bibliography, compiled by the History of Science Society, currently contains 60,000 citations to books and articles about the history of science and the influence of science on culture. It indexes more than 600 journals and is updated annually; coverage is 1976 to the present. The index is available online only through RLG's CitaDel service. The Isis index has been combined with CitaDel's History of Technology file to form a new CitaDel file called History of Science and Technology. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS, TELECOMMUNICATION OPTIONS. Currently, access to Hispanic American Periodicals Index and the other CitaDel files is available by annual subscription. For a fixed annual fee, institutions can provide faculty, students, and staff with unlimited access to the CitaDel file(s) of their choice. The History of Technology file has been available by annual subscription and on a per-search basis; the new History of Science and Technology file, which replaces the History of Technology file, will continue on these terms with no change in fees. Telecommunication options for all CitaDel files include direct dial, the Internet, SprintNet, and RLG's private X.25 network. For more information, please call the RLIN Information Center at 1-800-537-7546; email bl.ric@rlg.bitnet or bl.ric@rlg.stanford.edu (Internet). [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] RESOURCES & LISTS OF RESOURCES FOR CONTENT-BASED TEXT PROCESSING Hello, As part of a tutorial I'm co-presenting (at SIGIR-93 and ACL-93, with Liz Liddy) on natural language processing for information retrieval, I would like to prepare two brief lists: 1. A list of "lists" of resources for natural language processing of text. I count electronic mailing lists, and archives of those lists, as such lists of lists when they frequently discuss language processing resources. I will also list network servers (FTP archives, Bitnet LISTSERVs, etc.) as "lists" but even better would be to be able to provide pointers to regularly maintained files on such archives. My current list is the following: Free electronic mailing lists: NL-KR IRLIST LINGUIST EMPIRICISTS CORPORA-LIST LN HUMANIST Commercial electronic mailing lists: Computists Communique Regularly Maintained Lists of Resources: /pub/catalog at anonymous FTP site clr.nmsu.edu Suggestions are welcome. This list of "lists" is intended to be a one-shot effort that will become immediately out-of-date, but will have pointed a group of people to maintained resources with a longer expected lifetime. 2. A second list of the 10 to 20 most useful, easily available, non-commercial resources for content-based processing of large (at least megabyte scale) bodies of text, and how to get them. (If it takes more than 50 words to describe how to get them, they fail on "easily available".) I want to include only resources that are robust, available at nominal cost (at least to academics), and have actually been successfully used by multiple research or application groups. Some of the ones I intend to include on the list based on personal experience are: --Treebank corpus (tagged corpus) --PC-Kimmo and Englex (morphological analyzer) --Perl (programming language) --SMART (information retrieval system) --JUMAN (Japanese morphological analyzer / segmenter) I welcome suggested additions to this list, from resource developers and particularly from resource users based on your personal experience. Please do not be offended if you are a resource developer and I do not choose to list your resource. Brevity is my goal and there will be significant omissions. I will post the resulting two lists back to all newsgroups that this query is going to, so there's no need to write me asking for copies. These two lists will be one shots that will not be maintained, and will hopefully be soon forgotten in favor of better, permanently maintained lists. Many thanks, David Lewis AT&T Bell Laboratories email: lewis@research.att.com 600 Mountain Ave.; Room 2C-408 ph. 908-582-3976 Murray Hill, NJ 07974; USA dept. fax. 908-582-7550 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] CIOS PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION SERVICES CIOS Awarded Prize for Excellence in Information Services for Comserve & ComIndex The Council of Communication Libraries of the International Communication Association has awarded the "1993 Prize for Excellence in Information Services" to the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship in recognition of its Comserve service and ComIndex bibliographic software. The award was announced at the recent ICA meeting in Washington, D.C. This award is a consequence of the support of the membership of the CIOS and organizational donors and supporters who have contributed to Comserve's survival and evolution. Please consider joining the CIOS and lending your support to Comserve. For information on CIOS memberships, send this message to Comserve at the address given above: Help Topics Associates For information on ComIndex (available for individuals, libraries, or academic departments), send Comserve this message: Help Topics ComIndex [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ///////////////////// / NETWARE TUTORIALS / ///////////////////// LISTSERV/LDBASE (continuation) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. This article is the second in a series on the use of the Listserv Database Program. The Listserv Database Program. Part 2. Part 1 explained how the Listserv archives for any List are stored and can be searched using the Database Program, Ldbase. This is a step by step introduction to using the program including an email template that will allow you to search any Bitnet List. The most basic command is which would result in the selection of all the messages on that List. This seems no better than asking for all the archives, except that the command can help organize the data. It provides a list of selected messages that includes the list number, date, time, number of lines and subject. Example 1 shows the index that was obtained by by the commands: search * in ejvc-eds index ================================================================= Example 1 Actual Truncated Index of Database Search Item # Date Time Recs Subject ------ ---- ---- ---- ------- 000001 93/01/19 13:13 16 EJVC-EDS replacing OCLCIRP. 000002 93/01/19 14:30 94 Invitation to join research 000003 93/01/22 15:38 14 Tricksters 000004 93/01/24 09:57 12 What's happening? 000005 93/01/25 02:42 24 Divergency of Comments 000006 93/01/25 03:05 303 Working Synthesis etc. ================================================================= Example 2 is the email message that was sent to listserv@kentvm that resulted in Example 1. As an experiment, edit Example 2, change the name of the list, and send it to the appropriate listserv. You will then get two pieces of mail, the database itself and notification about the job. In future sections, techniques to narrow the search by date, author and string will be demonstrated. Example 2 Job Command Language for Batch Listserv Database Search //Scan JOB Echo=Yes DATABASE SEARCH DD=Data //Data DD * search * in ejvc-eds index /*  [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] /////////////////////////////////////////// / MEETINGS/CONFERENCES/EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS / /////////////////////////////////////////// PROJECTS ~~~~~~~~ COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION Call for Projects: Coalition for Networked Information From: Joan K. Lippincott ------------------------------------- NOTE: This is an abbreviated version of a longer announcement. To obtain the full text, send this command to Comserve at Comserve's address (given at the start of this issue): Send CNI Projects ------------------------------------- The Coalition for Networked Information is seeking information on projects that promote the use of networked information resources and services in the context of the teaching and learning environment. We would welcome your contributions. CALL FOR PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS APRIL 1993 COALITION WORKING GROUP ON TEACHING AND LEARNING DESCRIPTION The Coalition Working Group on Teaching and Learning seeks assistance with identifying projects that use networking and networked information resources and services in the broadest possible ways to support and enhance teaching and learning. The Coalition is particularly interested in projects that (1) use technologies that interoperate with the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), the global Internet, and the emerging National Research and Education Network (NREN); (2) explore how library and other information resources and services can be made available in the networked teaching and learning process; (3) are collaborations involving different types of institutions, organizations, and agencies; (4) observe the contemporary economic imperative to "do more with less" while providing an "elegant" approach to networked teaching and learning; and, (5) manifest a high degree of replicability and long-term viability. CONTACT Susan Lane Perry Director, Departmental Systems Group Stanford University, Stanford Data Center Polya Hall, Room 262 Stanford, California 94305-4163 Email address: gd.slp@forsythe.stanford.edu Telephone: (415) 725-8423 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SEMINAR TO THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST The Global Studies Resource Center, an outreach program of the Minnesota Department of Education, is offering an Educational Travel Seminar to the Russian Far East in August 1993. This three-week tour is designed to create educational alliances with Russian and American schools and to develop curriculum that is sustained through telecommunications. Departing from Anchorage, Alaska, the group will travel to Nome, Alaska on the Seward Peninsula. Here the group will first be introduced to the cultural heritage of the Bering Strait region. This stop will include visits with school officials, museums and a chance to connect with educators and citizens of this community. From Nome, the group will travel across the Bering Strait to the Chukotka Peninsula. In this region of tundra live three ethnic groups: the reindeer herding Chukchi, the coastal dwelling Yu'pik and the transplanted Slovak Russians. The primary stop here will be the community of Egvekinot, located at the end of the Zaliv Kresta Bay. From Chukotka, the group will travel south to the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is home to some of the world's most active volcanoes. The primary stop here will be the city of Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky. This formerly closed city is nestled below the mountains of Avancha Bay and is home to the largest nuclear submarine base in the Pacific. Scheduled activities include: * development of joint curricular activities with Russian educators. * homestays with Russian families. * air travel via Aeroflot. * visits to schools. * tours of cultural, economic, and regional specialties. * various social and recreational activities. A projected cost of $2,450 includes: * all airfare (originating from Anchorage). * all food and lodging in Russia. * ground transportation. Scheduled dates: August 1-21, 1993 For more information, contact: Global Education Resource Center 6300 Walker St. St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 phone # (612) 928-6784 fax # (612) 928-6723 E-mail 0283GEDO@TIES.K12.MN.US [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] PROJECT GUTENBERG The Goal of Project Gutenberg is to Give Away One Trillion Etext Files by the December 31, 2001. [10,000x100,000,000 = Trillion] This is ten thousand titles each to one hundred million readers. We need your donations more than ever! 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[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SYMPOSIUM: CYBERNETIC PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************************* * Symposium : * * CYBERNETIC PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT * ************************************************************* as part of the 12th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research EMCSR'94, Vienna, April 5-8, 1994 About the Symposium: ==================== A symposium in collaboration with the Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) will be held at EMCSR'94. Chairmen are F. Heylighen (representing PCP) and S. Umpleby. The theme is a cybernetic perspective on the creation and evolution of knowledge, with special emphasis on methods of model construction in science. We wish to focus on both fundamental principles (what is knowledge, what is science, which criteria distinguish adequate knowledge, how does knowledge originate and develop, what is the role of induction, abduction, blind variation, selection, recombination, memetic spreading...) and practical applications (which methods and tools can help us to steer or improve the generation of knowledge). The latter is especially important for the Principia Cybernetica Project, as a collaborative computer-supported attempt to develop philosophical knowledge. The EMCSR meetings are possibly the most important and best organized large congresses in their domain. Though they are traditionally called "European", they really bring together researchers from all continents, albeit with a relative large proportion of people from Central and Eastern Europe. Among the distinctive features are the high quality, well-distributed Proceedings, which are available at the start of the Conference. This implies that papers should be submitted (to the Congress secretariat, not to the chairpersons!) quite a while before the start of the conference. The official CFP and preliminary programme of EMCSR'94 are appended below. After the succesful organization of a symposium at the 8th World Congress of Systems and Cybernetics (New York, 1990), of the 1st Workshop of the Principia Cybernetica Project (Brussels, 1991), and of a Symposium at the 13th Int. Congress on Cybernetics (Namur, 1992), this will be the fourth official activity of the Principia Cybernetica Project. For more information about the Symposium (not for paper submissions), contact: Dr. Francis Heylighen PO-PESP, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Fax: +32-2-641 24 89. E-mail: fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be. Prof. Stuart Umpleby Dep. of Management Science, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA. Fax: +1-202-994 4930. E-mail: umpleby@gwuvm.bitnet. About Principia Cybernetica: ============================ The Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) is a collaborative attempt to develop a complete cybernetic and evolutionary philosophy. Such a philosophical system should arise from a transdisciplinary unification and foundation of the domain of Systems Theory and Cybernetics. Similar to the metamathematical character of Whitehead and Russell's "Principia Mathematica", PCP is meta-cybernetical in that we intend to use cybernetic tools and methods to analyze and develop cybernetic theory. These include the computer-based tools of hypertext, electronic mail, electronic publishing, and knowledge structuring software. They are meant to support the process of collaborative theory-building by a variety of contributors, with different backgrounds and living in different parts of the world. PCP will thus naturally develop in the "cyberspace" of data shared through interlinked electronic networks, as implemented for example in the World-Wide Web distributed hypertext software. PCP is to be developed as a dynamic, multi-dimensional conceptual network. The basic architecture consists of nodes, containing expositions and definitions of concepts, connected by links, representing the associations that exist between the concepts. Both nodes and links can belong to different types, expressing different semantic and practical categories. As its name implies, PCP will focus on the clarification of fundamental concepts and principles of the broadly defined domain of cybernetics and systems, which includes related disciplines such as the "sciences of complexity", AI, ALife, Cognitive Science, Evolutionary Systems, etc. Concepts include: Complexity, Information, Entropy, System, Freedom, Control, Self-organization, Emergence, etc. Principles include Natural Selection, and the Laws of Requisite Variety, of Requisite Hierarchy, and of Regulatory Models. The PCP philosophical system is to be seen as a clearly thought out and well-formulated, global "world view", integrating the different domains of knowledge and experience. It should provide an answer to the basic questions: "Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going to?". The PCP philosophy is systemic and evolutionary, based on the spontaneous emergence of higher levels of organization or control (metasystem transitions) through blind variation and natural selection. It includes: a) a metaphysics, based on processes or actions as ontological primitives, b) an epistemology, which understands knowledge as constructed by the subject or group, but undergoing selection by the environment; c) an ethics, with survival and the continuance of the process of evolution as supreme values. Philosophy and implementation of PCP are united by their common framework based on cybernetic and evolutionary principles: the computer-support system is intended to amplify the spontaneous development of knowledge which forms the main theme of the philosophy. PCP is managed by a board of editors, presently: V. Turchin [CUNY, New York], C. Joslyn [NASA and SUNY Binghamton] and F. Heylighen [Free Univ. of Brussels]. Contributors are kept informed through the PRNCYB-L electronic mailing list, and the Principia Cybernetica Newsletter. Further activities of PCP are publications in journals or books, and the organization of meetings or symposia. More information about PCP is available by anonymous ftp to is1.vub.ac.be, directory /pub/projects/Principia_Cybernetica, or by email request to fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be. About EMCSR'94: =============== Twelfth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research April 5-8, 1994 at the University of Vienna (Main Building) Organizers: ----------- Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies in co-operation with: University of Vienna, Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, and: International Federation for Systems Research Chairman: Robert Trappl, President of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies Conference fee : ---------------- Contributors : AS 2500 if paid before January 31, 1994 AS 3200 if paid later Participants : AS 3500 if paid before January 31, 1994 AS 4200 if paid later (AS 100 = about $ 9) The conference fee includes participation in the Twelfth European Meeting, attendance at official receptions, and the volume of the proceedings available at the Meeting. Please send cheque, or transfer the amount free of charges for beneficiary to our account no. 0026-34400/00 at Creditanstalt-Bankverein Vienna. Please state your name clearly. About the Congress: ------------------- The international support of the European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research held in Austria in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992 (when 300 scientists from more than 30 countries met to present, hear and discuss 210 papers) encouraged the Council of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies (OSGK) to organize a similar meeting in 1994 to keep pace with continued rapid developments in related fields. A number of Symposia will be arranged and we are grateful to colleagues who have undertaken the task of preparing these events. As on the earlier occasions, eminent speakers of international reputation will present latest research results at daily plenary sessions. The Proceedings of the 10th and 11th European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research, edited by R. Trappl, have been published by World Scientific, Singapore as : CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '90 (1 vol., 1107 p.) CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '92 (2 vols., 1685 p.) Symposia: --------- A General Systems Methodology G.J.Klir, USA B Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory M.Peschel, Germany & F.Pichler, Austria C Fuzzy Sets, Approximate Reasoning & Knowledge Based Systems C.Carlsson, Finland, K-P.Adlassnig, Austria & E.P.Klement, Austria D Designing and Systems, and Their Education B.Banathy, USA, W.Gasparski, Poland & G.Goldschmidt, Israel E Humanity, Architecture and Conceptualization G.Pask, UK, & G.de Zeeuw, Netherlands F Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology L.M.Ricciardi, Italy G Systems and Ecology F.J.Radermacher, Germany & K.Freda, Austria H Cybernetics and Informatics in Medicine G.Gell, Austria & G.Porenta, Austria I Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems K.Balkus, USA & O.Ladanyi, Austria J Systems, Management and Organization G.Broekstra, Netherlands & R.Hough, USA K Cybernetics of National Development P.Ballonoff, USA, T.Koizumi, USA & S.A.Umpleby, USA L Communication and Computers A M.Tjoa, Austria M Intelligent Autonomous Systems J.W.Rozenblit, USA & H.Praehofer, Austria N Cybernetic Principles of Knowledge Development F.Heylighen, Belgium & S.A.Umpleby, USA O Cybernetics, Systems & Psychotherapy M.Okuyama, Japan & H.Koizumi, USA P Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems S.Grossberg, USA & G.Dorffner, Austria Q Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science V.Marik, Czechia & R.Born, Austria R Artificial Intelligence & Systems Science for Peace Research S.Unseld, Switzerland & R.Trappl, Austria Submission of papers : ---------------------- Acceptance of contributions will be determined on the basis of Draft Final Papers. These Papers must not exceed 7 single-spaced A4 pages (maximum 50 lines, final size will be 8.5 x 6 inch), in English. They have to contain the final text to be submitted, including graphs and pictures. However, these need not be of reproducible quality. The Draft Final Paper must carry the title, author(s) name(s), and affiliation in this order. Please specify the symposium in which you would like to present your paper. Each scientist shall submit only one paper. Please send three copies of the Draft Final Paper to the Conference Secretariat (not to symposia chairpersons!). DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION : October 8, 1993 In order to enable careful refereeing, Draft Final Papers received after the deadline cannot be considered. FINAL PAPERS : Authors will be notified about acceptance no later than November 13, 1993. They will be provided by the conference secretariat at the same time with the detailed instructions for the preparation of the final paper. PRESENTATION : It is understood that the paper is presented personally at the Meeting by the contributor. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS will be handled by Oesterreichisches Verkehrsbuero, Kongressabteilung, Opernring 5, A-1010 Vienna, phone +43-1-58800-113, fax +3-1-5867127, telex 111 222. Reservation cards will be sent to all those returning the attached registration form. SCHOLARSHIPS : The Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research has kindly agreed to provide a limited number of scholarships covering the registration fee for the conference and part of the accommodation costs for colleagues from eastern and south-eastern European countries. Applications should be sent to the Conference Secretariat before October 8, 1993. For further information about the Congress, contact: EMCSR 94 - Secretariat : Oesterreichische Studiengesellschaft fuer Kybernetik A-1010 Wien 1, Schottengasse 3, Austria. Phone : +43-1-53532810 Fax : +43-1-5320652 E-mail : sec@ai.univie.ac.at _______________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM _______________________________________________________________ EMCSR-94 Twelfth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research Please return to: Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA (EUROPE) o I plan to attend the Meeting o I intend to submit a paper to Symposium ... o I enclose the Draft Final Paper o My Draft Final Paper will arrive prior to October 8, 1993 o My cheque for AS .... covering the Conference Fee is enclosed o I have transferred AS .... to your account 0026-34400/00 at Creditanstalt Vienna o I shall not be at the Meeting but am interested to receive particulars of the Proceedings Name : Prof./Dr./Ms./Mr. ...................................... Address : ..................................................... ............................................................... 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IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century will attempt to address these three concerns. The journal will be published quarterly in January, April, July, and October. It will include scholarly articles, book reviews, think pieces, and announcements. Each journal issue will be the equivalent of 64 print pages. The journal will be coordinated with and issued through the Interpersonal Computing and Technology Discussion List, a list maintained, moderated and operated at Georgetown University. This list will serve as the initial readership. Subscribers to the list will be considered charter subscribers. There will be no charge for the service for the first year. Subscribers will be urged to comment extensively on content and format of the journal. After an experimental year, we will commence library collaboration and may find it necessary to charge for the service. CALL FOR ARTICLES AND PAPERS Please submit full length articles (10-20 pages with notes and bibliography) done in APA format on the following topics: use of electronic networks in the classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic networks and information exchange, library applications of electronic communication, professional relationships carried on via electronic communication, use of electronic communication in higher education, business, industry and government and related topics. Articles may have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological articles will be considered to the extent that they are intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not specific to any particular hardware configuration We regret that, at this time, we will be unable to use articles which employ pictures and diagrams and we urge that statistical tables be kept to a mimimum. Our transmission will be in the simplest ASCII format, to make the journal available to greatest number of potential subscribers. We will also consider reviews, approximately eight pages in length, of books relevant to issues of interest to IPCT-L. All articles will be given at least two blind reviews and published articles will be selected by the editors. In our reviewing process, we will conform to the highest standards of reviewing used in the best print journals. Our associate editors (reviewers) will be selected on criteria of editorial experience and status in their field of expertise. SEND ALL ARTICLE AND REVIEW SUBMISSIONS IN ASCII USING A 65 CHARACTER LINE TO: GMP3@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp3@psuvm.psu.edu (internet). Since the journal will be distributed by IPCT-L, subscription to IPCT-L will be necessary for those desiring copies. TO SUBSCRIBE TO IPCT-L PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW: Send the following one-line message in the body of an email message to LISTSERV@GUVM or LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU SUBCRIBE IPCT-L YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME Editor: Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University) Editorial Board: Zane L. Berge, Ph.D. (Director, Center for Teaching and Technology. Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University Gerald M. Santoro, Ph.D. (Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University) Managing Editor: Mauri Collins, M.A. (Senior Consultant, Michigan Consultants Group) Associate Editors: Manuel E. Bermudez, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Florida) Morton Cotlar, Ph.D. (Professor of Management, University of Hawaii) James A. Danowski, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago) Paulo A. 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Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of MIS, Valparaiso University) Gary Lee Stonum, Ph.D. (Professor of English, Case-Western Reserve University Rosalie Wells, Ph.D. (Assistant Faculty and Distance Education Specialist, Centre for Distance Education, Athabaska, Alberta University John W. Wooten, Ph.D. (Educational Technology Coordinator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Nancy J. Wyatt, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University - Delware County Campus) GMP@PSUVM Gerald M. Phillips (Professor Emeritus), Speech Communication Editor, IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century ISSN 1064-4326 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 Manuscripts are being accepted for the January, 1993 issue [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ED-MEDIA'94 +*************************************************************+ * * * E D - M E D I A 9 4 * * * * WORLD CONFERENCE ON * * EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA AND HYPERMEDIA * * * * New Streams: Distance Education & AI in Education * * * * June 25-29, 1994 * Vancouver, Canada * * * * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * * * Papers Panels Tutorials * * Workshops Demonstrations Posters * * * +*************************************************************+ ---------- INVITATION ---------- ED-MEDIA 94 -- World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia is an international conference, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education (AACE). This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the dissemination of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia/hypermedia, distance education, and artificial intelligence in education for all disciplines and levels of education. We invite you to attend the ED-MEDIA 94 conference and submit proposals for papers, panels, tutorials, workshops, and demonstrations/posters. All proposals are reviewed for inclusion in the conference program. Major Topics ------------ Authoring Navigation Language Learning Learning by Doing Media in Education Pedagogical Issues Hypermedia Systems Hypermedia Applications Small Dedicated Applications Improving Classroom Teaching Interactive Learning Environments Computer Supported Cooperative Work Novel Applications/Approaches & Ideas Two new streams are added for 1994: ---------------------------------- - Distance Education - Artificial Intelligence in Education The inclusion of these streams reflects their growing importance and relationship to hypermedia/multimedia. Information for Presenters -------------------------- Details of presentation formats are given on the following pages. The general principles applying to all are: o All communication will be with the principal presenter who is responsible for communicating with co-presenters of that session. o The conference will attempt to secure all equipment needed for presenters. However, where special equipment is needed, presenters may need to provide their own. o All presenters must pay the registration fee (to be determined Summer 1993). Proceedings ----------- Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Annual, 1994. This book serves as a major source book in the multimedia/hypermedia community, indicating the current state of the art in the discipline. Exhibition ---------- Exhibits are expected to be an integral part of the ED-MEDIA 94 conference. Companies or institutions offering multimedia/hypermedia products are invited to complete and return the attached request for information card. Conference Background --------------------- The ED-MEDIA conference series ties together activities of AACE in publishing the Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia and the ICCAL Conference series. ICCAL, (International Conference on Computers and Learning), has been held as a major international symposium four times, in Calgary, Canada (1987), Dallas, USA (1989), Hagen, Germany (1990), & Wolfville, Canada (1992). ED-MEDIA 93, the fifth in the series of meetings formerly called ICCAL, is being held in Orlando, FL. (Proceedings are available.) ------------------- ED-MEDIA COMMITTEES ------------------- Steering Committee ------------------ Chair: Hermann Maurer; Univ. of Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand) David Jonassen; Univ. of Colorado, Denver, CO (USA) Gary Marks; AACE, Charlottesville, VA (USA) Douglas Norrie; Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Canada) Thomas Ottmann; Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany) 1994 Program Committee ---------------------- Philip Barker; Teesside Polytechnic, Cleveland (UK) Ian D. Benest; Univ. of York (UK) Panels Chair: Marc H. Brown; DEC Sys. Res. Center, Palo Alto, CA (USA) Peter Brusilovsky; Int'l Center of Sci. and Tech. Info. (Russia) Demos/Posters Chair: Patricia Carlson; Armstrong Lab, Brooks AFB, TX (USA) Gordon Davies; Open Univ., Milton Keynes (UK) Alain Derycke; Univ. de Lille, Lille (France) Jan Gecsei; Univ. de Montreal, Montreal (Canada) Peter Gloor; Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (USA) Ricki Goldman-Segall; Univ. of Br. Columbia, Vancouver (Canada) Thomas W. Greaves; IBM, Atlanta, GA (USA) Greg Kearsley; Geo. Wash. Univ., Washington, DC (USA) Nadia Magenat-Thalmann; University of Geneva, Geneva (Switzerland) Filia Makedon; Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (USA) Gary Marchionini; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (USA) Hermann Maurer; Univ. of Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand) Cliff McKnight; HUSAT Research Institute, Loughborough (UK) Maria Teresa Molfino; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova (Italy) Tony Montgomery; Royal Melbourne Inst. of Tech., Melbourne (Australia) Max Muehlhaeuser; Univ. of Karlsruhe (Germany) Douglas Norrie; Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Canada) Graham Oberem; Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (USA) Setsuko Otsuki; Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan) Co-Chair: Thomas Ottmann; Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany) Workshop Chair: Thomas Reeves; Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (USA) Nick Sherbakov; Graz Univ. of Technology, Graz (Austria) Gerhard Strube; Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany) Co-Chair: Ivan Tomek; Acadia Univ., Wolfville, Nova Scotia (Canada) Martial Vivet; Univ. du Maine, Le Mans (France) Beverly Woolf; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (USA) Yoneo Yano; Tokushima Univ., Tokushima (Japan) ----------------- TECHNICAL PROGRAM ----------------- The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. The program includes invited talks, paper presentations, poster sessions, tutorials, workshops, and panel discussions. Papers (25 minutes) ------------------- Papers present reports of significant work or integrative reviews in research, development, and applications related to educational multimedia and hypermedia, distance education, and AI in education. All presented papers will be considered by the Program Committee for Best Paper Awards. Awarded papers will be invited for publication in the Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Submissions: Papers should include a cover page and an extended abstract of at least 2500 words or full paper. The cover page should include the title of the paper with presenter names, affiliations, complete addresses, phone numbers, and E-mail address of the principal presenter. Papers may be submitted in either hard copy (send 5 copies) or in electronic form. Electronic proposals are preferred and must be in ASCII format. Final version of accepted papers must be submitted in photo-reproducible form according to specifications available upon acceptance. Each 25-minute session should include 5 minutes for discussion. Each submission must state what AV equipment is needed. Submit to: Ivan Tomek c/o AACE P.O. Box 2966 Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA E-mail: AACE@virginia.edu Phone: 804-973-3987; Fax: 804-978-7449 Panels (1 or 1.5 hours) ----------------------- A panel offers an opportunity for 3-5 people to present their views or results on a common theme, issue, or question. Panels should cover timely topics related to the conference areas of interest. Panel selection will be based on the importance, originality, focus and timeliness of the topic; expertise of proposed panelists; as well as the potential for informative (and even controversial) discussion. Panels should have no more than 5 members, including the chair, and should be planned for 1 or 1.5 hours in length. Submissions: Panel proposals should include: - A description of the panel topic, including why this topic is important to ED-MEDIA Conference attendees; no more than 1 page. - A brief position statement and qualifications of each panelist; no more than 1 page each. A cover sheet should include the panel title, panelists' names and affiliations, and the panel organizer's name, affiliation, address, e-mail address and phone number. Indicate the panel time required; 1 or 1.5 hours. Electronic proposals are preferred and must be in ASCII format. Submit to: Marc H. Brown DEC Systems Research Center 130 Lytton Ave. Palo Alto, CA USA E-mail: mhb@src.dec.com; Phone: 415-853-2152; Fax: 415-324-4873 Demonstrations/Posters (1 hour) ------------------------------- Demonstration/Poster sessions enable researchers and non-commercial developers to demonstrate and discuss their latest results and development in progress in order to gain feedback and to establish contact with similar projects. Demonstration/Poster sessions do not involve a formal presentation. Submissions: Demonstration/Poster proposals should include a 3-page or less written description of the planned demonstration/poster and should emphasize the problem; what was done, and why the work is important. The proposal should make clear the advantages of presenting the material in the form of a demonstration/poster rather than a paper. The cover page should include the session title with presenter names, affiliations, complete addresses, phone numbers, and E-mail address of the principal presenter. Electronic proposals are preferred and must be in ASCII format. Demonstration/Poster presenters will be required to arrange for their own systems software and hardware. A table, poster board, and electricity will be supplied. Submit to: Patricia A. Carlson U.S. Air Force Armstrong Lab Human Resources Directorate 7909 Lindbergh Drive Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5352 USA E-mail: carlson@rnd.brooks.af.mil; Phone: 210-536-2034; Fax: 210-536-2902 Tutorials & Workshops (3 or 6 hours) ------------------------------------ Tutorials and Workshops are intended to enhance the skills and broaden the perspective of their attendees. They should be designed to introduce a rigorous framework for learning a new area or to provide advanced technical training in an area. Submissions will be selected on the basis of the instructors' qualifications for teaching the proposed tutorial or workshop and its contribution to the overall conference program. Submissions: Proposals should include a clear description of the objectives, the intended audience, the length (3 hours or 6 hours), a 200-word abstract, a 1-page topical outline of the content, and a description of the instructor's qualifications for teaching the proposed tutorial or workshop. Each proposal must state what AV equipment is needed. The cover page should include the session title with instructor names, affiliations, complete addresses, phone numbers, and E-mail address of the principal instructor. Electronic proposals are preferred and must be in ASCII format. Submit to: Thomas Reeves c/o Dr Geoff Ring Dept of Computer Education Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley Campus 2 Bradford St. Mount Lawley, W. Australia, 6050 E-mail: treeves@moe.coe.uga.edu; Phone: 61 9 3706369; Fax: 61 9 3702910 ------------------------------- Spectacular! Vancouver, Canada ------------------------------- ED-MEDIA 94 will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the great scenic cities of the world. This Canadian city is set against a backdrop of deep-blue sea, deeper-blue mountains, and pine-green forests. There is much to experience in Vancouver -- take a ferry boat ride through coastal islands including Victoria and the harbor; board a skyride to the top of Grouse Mountain and enjoy a hike and picnic in the mountains; visit Vancouver's Aquarium , Art Gallery, and Museum; experience the city's neighborhoods, including, historical Gastown's 19th century buildings and shops and Chinatown's food and goods; ride a restored steam train to a nearby lumber town; walk through Stanley Park (a 1,000 acre rain forest on the outskirts of the city); enjoy the many nearby beaches; stroll the downtown with its many shops offering unique products from Canada and around the world; and select from over 2,000 restaurants. 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AACE publishes five journals: Journal of: - Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia in Education - Artificial Intelligence in Education - Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching - Technology and Teacher Education - Computing in Childhood Education AACE Conferences include: ED-MEDIA--World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia AI-ED--World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education STATE--Annual Conference on Technology and Teacher Education International Symposium on Mathematics and Science Education and Technology International Headquarters: AACE, P.O. Box 2966, Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA E-mail: AACE@Virginia.Edu, (804) 973-3987, FAX: (804) 978-7449 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] HYPERMEDIA IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATIONS Call for Papers and Reviewers 27th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Science HICSS-27 Minitrack on HYPERMEDIA IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATIONS Maui, Hawaii - January 4-7, 1994 sponsored by ACM, IEEE, PRIISM and the University of Hawaii CONFERENCE AIMS AND SCOPE: The HICSS conference provides a forum for the interchange of ideas, research results, development activities, and applications among academicians and practitioners in organizational and computer-based system sciences. We are inviting papers for the minitrack on Hypermedia in Information Systems and Organizations. MINITRACK: Hypertext is both a concept regarding "access" to information and a rapidly growing technology. Hypermedia lies at the crossroads of hypertext and multimedia. Until recently, most successful hypertext and hypermedia implementations have been "monolithic" applications designed specifically to provide a hypermedia-style interface to a particular domain. The hypermedia community is starting to produce models of hypermedia and standards for exchanging hypermedia-linked information. The next stage is to augment the myriad of today's business applications with hypermedia functionality. This should result in new ways to view a system's knowledge and processes conceptually, to navigate among items of interest and analysis stages, to enhance a system's knowledge with comments and relationships, and to target information displays to individual users and their tasks. Indeed, commercial applications are starting to incorporate hypermedia techniques. Introducing hypermedia technology into information systems brings forth a number of organizational issues. How will the organization change with enhanced access to information and the new communication channels this facilitates? How will people's work practices be affected? What kinds of telecommunication networks are needed to support the new organization? How do we evaluate a hypermedia network? In this minitrack we explore the benefits and the challenges that arise as hypermedia support for information systems and work practices grows. We encourage papers that address organizational aspects of hypertext and hypermedia, technical aspects of integration, and both. SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE: Selected papers from the HICSS-26 (January 1993) minitrack will appear in a special issue of the Journal of Organizational Computing. We plan a similar issue with selected papers from this minitrack. SUGGESTED TOPICS: - Organizational Impact of Hypertext/Hypermedia - Hypertext/Hypermedia as an Enabling Technology - Integration of Hypertext/Hypermedia into Information Systems - Hypertext/Hypermedia Frameworks and Architectures - Designing Networks to Support Hypertext/Hypermedia - Communicating through Hypertext/Hypermedia - Hypertext/Hypermedia as a Technique for: Accessing and Managing Knowledge Improving Training and Learning Facilitating Teamwork and Collaboration - Applications Addressing These Issues INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: Manuscripts should be 22-26 typewritten, double-spaced pages in length. Do not send submissions that are significantly shorter or longer than this. The published version will be 10 single-spaced pages, inclusive. Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently submitted for publication. Each manuscript will be subjected to a rigorous refereeing process. Manuscripts should have a separate title page that includes the title of the paper, full name(s) of its author(s), affiliations(s), complete mailing and electronic address(es), and telephone number(s). A 300-word abstract should appear on the second page along with the title of the paper. The name(s) of the author(s) should only appear on the separate title page to facilitate the blind review process. MINITRACK CHAIRS: Michael Bieber Tomas Isakowitz New Jersey Inst. of Technology New York University CIS Department Information Systems Department University Heights 44 West 4th Street Newark, NJ 07102-1982 New York, NY 10012-1126 bieber@cis.njit.edu tisakowitz@stern.nyu.edu tel: (201) 596-2681 (212) 998-0833 fax: (201) 596-5777 (212) 995-4228 Feel free to contact either of us with questions! SUBMISSION PROCESS: 4/6/93 Optional extended abstract submitted by e-mail or post to one of the chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content. 4/27/93 Feedback to first author concerning extended abstract. 6/22/93 Send 6 copies of the manuscript to one of the Minitrack chairs. 8/31/93 Notification of acceptance to authors. 10/1/93 Camera-ready manuscripts due for accepted papers. 11/15/93 At least one author must register for conference. REVIEWERS WANTED: Please contact one of us if you are interested in serving as a reviewer for the minitrack. ++++++++++ HICSS-27 CALL FOR PAPERS 27th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Minitrack on MULTI-MEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS Maui, Hawaii - January 4-7, 1994 Papers are requested for the HICSS-27 Mini-Track on Multi-media Information systems. The mini-track will provide a forum for presenting and discussing original research addressing the application of multi-media technology to support organizational processes and activities. Submissions may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial, or descriptive in nature. Of special interest, however, are 1) papers detailing innovative solutions to significant practical problems, through application of multi-media technology; and 2) theorectical or practical investigations addressing the design and implementation issues of multi-media information systems. Appropriate applications/topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Existing and emerging multi-media applications in organizations; 2. Modeling and design of multi-media information systems; 3. Design of input/output (user interface), processing (operating system extensions), communication (networking), database (storage/compression/retrieval; versioning/backup/recovery) subsystems for multi-media applications; 4. Implementation issues: enabling technologies, infra-structure for multi-media application, standards issues, cost/benefit analysis, measuring effectiveness of multi-media information systems; 5. Integration of multi-media technology into the existing information systems; 6. Tools for supporting multi-media application development; INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS AND DEADLINES: Submissions should include six copies of the full paper. Manuscripts should be 22-26 typewritten, double-spaced pages in length, including figures and tables. Manuscripts should have two title pages. The first one should include title, author name(s), affiliation(s), complete mailing and electronic address(es), and telephone number(s). The second one should include only the title. The first page of the manuscript should include a 300-word abstract of the paper. Deadlines are as follows: Mar 15, 93 Optional abstract submitted by e-mail or post to Mini- Track chair for guidance and indication of appropriate content. Mar 31, 93 Feedback to author concerning abstract. Jun 1, 93 Full papers submitted to Mini-Track chair. Aug 30, 93 Notification of acceptance to authors. Oct 1, 93 Camera-ready manuscripts due for accepted papers AND At least one author must register for conference. Send all correspondence to one of the Mini-Track Co-Chairs below: Prof. Hong-Mei Chen Garcia Prof. William Chismar University of Hawaii University of Hawaii 2404 Maile Way OR 2404 Maile Way Honolulu, HI 96822 USA Honolulu, HI 96822 USA Tel: (808) 956-7286 Tel: (808) 956-7681 E: garcia@dscience.cba.hawaii.edu E: chismar@dscience.cba.hawaii.edu hcgarcia@uhccvx.uhcc.hawaii.edu Fax: (808) 956-9889 Fax: (808) 956-9889 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] COMPUTERIZED TOOLS AS INTERMEDIARIES IN THE COMMUNICATION OF MENTAL MAPS ---------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue of the Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture COMPUTERIZED TOOLS AS INTERMEDIARIES IN THE COMMUNICATION OF MENTAL MAPS Guest Editor Donald L. Day, Syracuse University D01DAYXX@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU ---------------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND Traditionally, tools -- whether screwdrivers or decision support systems -- have been treated as static, in the sense that they facilitate application of a user's existing talents by implementation of a limited range of specific functions. In this view, regardless of how sophisticated a tool may be, it is considered a mere instrument whose purpose is to extend the user's capabilities. Tool and user are thought of as a unified entity, together acting within and upon a task environment. The alternative approach which frames this special issue holds that tools embody the experiences, biases and worldviews (mental models) of their developers. (Ask any left-handed person who has tried to use a pay telephone in a roadside booth.) In this view, tools transmit process preferences, procedural models and task success criteria from their developers to their users. Computerized tools form one especially apt instance of this latter, more cognitive approach. Whether they be CASE packages for the generation of software applications, network management systems that facilitate concurrent engineering, design support aids for architects, or voicemail sequencing programs, computerized tools can be dynamic intermediaries for the communication of mental maps between tool developers and tool users. [Further background to the concepts upon which the special issue is based is available in an article published in the April 1993 Electronic Journal of Communication. See the end of this call for access details.] SUGGESTED TOPICS For this special issue of the Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture, we solicit original papers addressing any aspect of cognitive communication between tool developers and users (or among networked users) which makes use of computerized tools as its medium. By this, we do not mean computer-mediated communication as it is typically understood (electronic messaging among users). Instead, we seek treatments of the behavioral and perceptual responses of users and the process engineering intent of developers. The following list of suggested topics is meant only to demonstrate the bredth of treatments possible within this approach. Any and all topics that fall within the framework described above will be considered. o case studies of specific tools which clearly communicate mental models among stakeholders o conceptual treatment of key factors in networked small- group behavior, the transfer of process knowledge, or cognitive encoding/decoding which are attributable to the effects of communication through tools o factors of situational specificity which affect the impact of computer-mediated communication among stakeholders (including the cultural context of tool use) o the relationship of the framework model to other major models of interpersonal communication o aspects of learning theory as they relate to knowledge augmentation due to tool use o comparison of essential communicative characteristics of tool use across domains (e.g., software engineering vs. publication design) o the role of perceived constraints and creativity in users' acceptance of developers' process models o the impact of tool communication upon users' decision- making processes. SUBMISSION PROCEDURES The language of this issue is English. Contributors are asked to draft a 400-word abstract of their proposed papers, including brief reference to key concepts, existing literature and methodological approach. Abstracts should be sent email to the guest editor no later than July 15, 1993. (Note that the second character in his account ID is a zero, not the letter "o".) Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editor and by the EJVC editorial staff. Contributors will be notified by August 1 whether or not their proposals are accepted for the issue. Final papers conforming to the EJVC Guidelines for Authors should be submitted to the guest editor via email no later than October 1, 1993. The guidelines are available via anonymous ftp as the file author.guide in subdirectory /pub/ejvc at byrd.mu.wvnet.edu (case-sensitive). Each submission will be blind refereed by at least two qualified professionals. CONTACT INFORMATION Guest Editor: Donald L. Day, IST, 4-282 Center for Science & Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-4100. Internet: D01DAYXX@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU; BITNET: D01DAYXX@SUVM. EJVC Editor-in-Chief: Ermel Stepp, Marshall University. Internet: M034050@Marshall.WVNET.edu. EJVC Co-Editor: Diane Kovacs, Kent State University. Internet: DKOVACS@Kentvm.Kent.edu; BITNET: DKOVACS@Kentvm. CALL FOR REFEREES Although the Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture is fortunate to have a substantial number of consulting and associate editors on its board, critiques by specialists in disciplines related to the focus of the special issue would be a valuable addition to our screening process. If you would like to volunteer as one of these specialists, retrieve the file notification.ofinterest via anonymous ftp from the subdirectory /pub/ejvc at byrd.mu.wvnet.edu. Please use this file as a model for your offer to referee, sent via email to one of the contacts listed above. And, thanks. 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