[Air-l] Aoir Submissions -- content recommendations

[Sheizaf Rafaeli]

Adding to Caroline's very useful recommendations, I would suggest that
conference abstract submissions (such as the 750 word case here) include
some mention of the literature used in this project. It is a lot easier to
situate a proposal/abstract if a few familiar names are "dropped". If you
state your theoretical orientation (or straw man), and indicate important
sources with whom your work does dialog, it helps reviewers interpret other
keywords, methodological terms and so forth. 

For instance, When you say "survey", do you mean positivist (Popper),
geographical (USGS), gastronomical (Zagat), classificationist (Darwin),
etc.? When you say "genre", is this Orlikowski or Derrida? 





Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli
Center for the Study of the Information Society
and the Graduate School of Business 
University of Haifa.       Tel +972-4-8249578 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeremy hunsinger [mailto:jhuns at vt.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:38 AM
> To: Association of Internet Researchers
> Subject: [Air-l] Aoir Submissions -- content recommendations
> 
> >
> >
> >  Greetings all. Jeremy has sent out the conference submission site 
> > while I try to figure out why my emails to the list are not getting 
> > through.
> >
> >  Meantime, I wanted to add here a note about what should be in your 
> > submissions. Often people do not know what to put in an 
> abstract. As a 
> > reviewer, I thought I'd share what I look for -- perhaps others can 
> > also add their ideas on what makes a good abstract.
> >
> >  So, my personal view ...
> >
> >  Submissions for the conference are more like a *proposal* than a 
> > final paper. You need to win the reviewer over by 
> convincing them the 
> > work is important, new, groundbreaking, and doable.  As a 
> reviewer, I 
> > like to see:
> >
> >   -- a clear description of what the paper / presentation / 
> panel will 
> > be about
> >
> >   -- why this work is important -- why the topic warrants 
> all the work 
> > that goes into the final version
> >
> >   -- what kind of paper it is -- a literature review, a report of a 
> > study, a proposal of a theory?
> >
> >   -- the goal of the paper: e.g., to describe the state of 
> the art in 
> > area x, to review the historical background to area x, to solve 
> > problem x  by doing a study, to suggest a theoretical resolution to 
> > conflicting results, to outline a research agenda to explore issues 
> > extant in area x.
> >
> >   -- how the goal will be accomplished? e.g., reviewing literature, 
> > asking key informants, reading archives, conducting a study
> >
> >   -- when you are done, what will you have added to the 
> world's stock 
> > of knowledge? Why will the effort have been worthwhile?
> >
> >  -- a project of a manageable scope -- i.e., something that can be 
> > completed in the 3 months or so between acceptance and time of 
> > presentation
> >
> >
> >    /Caroline
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  At 03:36 PM 1/17/2005 -0500, jeremy hunsinger wrote:
> >
> >
> >  IR 6.0 SITE READY FOR SUBMISSIONS
> >
> >   The day you have all been waiting for ... the Internet 
> Research 6.0: 
> > Internet  Generations website is up and ready for submissions.
> >
> >   Please go to ...
> >
> > http://conferences.aoir.org/index.php?cf=3
> >
> >  where you can submit your abstracts for the conference. 
> Some details 
> > about the conference site are still coming, so please check back on 
> > the website later for such information.
> >
> >   Please provide keywords with all submissions -- either in 
> the text 
> > of the abstract or where indicated at submission. These 
> will be used 
> > to assess who reviews the submission, and to allocate papers to 
> > sessions.
> >
> >   The deadline for abstracts is February 15, 2005. So do not delay! 
> > Submit your abstracts as soon as possible.
> >
> >   Please direct questions about the program to Caroline 
> > Haythornthwaite, Program Chair, IR 6 (haythorn at uiuc.edu)
> >
> >   /Caroline
> >
> >   PS. Please distribute this notice to relevant lists.
> >
> >
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