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CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: December 31, 2007
Virtual Communities of Practice and Social Interactive Technologies:
Lifecycle and Workflow Analysis
A book edited by Dr. Demosthenes Akoumianakis
Technological Education Institution of Crete, Greece
Introduction
In recent years, virtual communities have formed a thematic domain of
discourse attracting the attention of scientists and researchers across
a variety of disciplines including the social sciences (e.g., sociology,
cognitive psychology, management science) and several engineering
disciplines such as software engineering, telecommunications and
multimedia. As in many other cases, the cross-disciplinary nature of the
innovation creates the potential for new virtualities with wider impact
than initially intended or anticipated. The term virtuality refers to
any kind of technological construction, which allows humans to attain
business, residential or communication-oriented activities. Virtual
communities, despite their infant stage, have already shown the
potential to provide new virtuality in the collaboration- and
communication-intensive paradigm that progressively emerges. Such
virtual constructions are already prominent in various applications
domains. Moreover, there is evidence to suggest that they will continue
to prevail, re-shaping the conduct of computer-mediated human activities
in the future.
Objective of the Book
This book aims to compile and disseminate state of the art knowledge on
a truly multidisciplinary area broadly defined by the term "virtual
communities of practice." The scope of the book covers both the
theoretical foundations and engineering base of communities of practice.
These are being advanced by research and development across theoretical
fields such as social informatics and organizational science as well as
engineering disciplines such as computer science, informatics and
telematics. The prime objective of the book is to provide a coherent
analysis of virtual communities in context and to explain their
lifecycle in terms of maturity-based models and workflows. In doing so,
an explicit effort will be made to: (a) sketch the impact of current and
emerging theoretical thinking in developmental, social and management
sciences upon engineering interactive community-oriented software, as
well as to (b) review and assess the promises, challenges and
synergistic fusion of emerging technologies such as advanced techniques
for human-computer interaction, groupware and collaborative
technologies, semantic web, computational grids and advanced
telecommunications. In terms of practical insight, the book will reflect
upon key results of on-going research and development projects.
Target Audience
The target audience of the book is broad, ranging from academics and
researchers (MSc and PhD students) to professionals in industry, working
in the area of virtual community design and development (irrespective of
purpose), collaborative computing, socially inspired software and
advanced human computer interaction. Academics and researchers will find
the book useful in planning and / or supporting advanced postgraduate
and PhD courses on network (virtual) communities. Industry professionals
are expected to obtain useful insight for re-considering marketing
strategies, customer relationship management and operations assembly as
integral components of a virtual organization.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Methodologies for building sustainable virtual communities
* Architectural models for community management information
systems
* Community Informatics systems, lifecycles and workflows
* Software design methods for collaborative work in community
settings
* Advanced Community Interfaces for visualizing community
structure and behavioral relationships (i.e. aggregation /
desegregation)
* Non-functional requirements in community informatics
* Computational grids in community settings
* Novel community awareness and notification tools
* Content management systems and active community memories
* Enabling communities, communities of practice and media-rich
communities
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
December 31, 2007, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified by January 31, 2008 about the status of their
proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
submitted by April 30 , 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on
a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by
IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), www.igi-global.com, publisher of
the IGI Publishing (formerly Idea Group Publishing), Information Science
Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, Information Science
Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), and Medical Information
Science Reference imprints.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document) or by mail to:
Dr. Demosthenes Akoumianakis
Department of Applied Information Technology & Multimedia
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTION OF CRETE, GREECE
Tel.: +30 2810 379892 * Fax: +30 2810 376797
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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