[Air-l] Virtual Communities minitrack HICSS 41

[Caroline Haythornthwaite]

Due date is June 15. Please consider sumbitting for the HICSS Virtual 
Communities Track.  /Caroline

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CALL FOR PAPERS HICSS-41 VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES Mini-track January 7-10,
2008

Mini-Track Chairs:
Karine Barzilai-Nahon <http://www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb>  -
University of Washington - karineb at u.washington.edu - [Primary Contact]
Caroline Haythornthwaite <http://classweb.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/>  -
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - haythorn at uiuc.edu

VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES Mini-track Description
  
This mini-track calls for papers that address 'virtual communities' at
and for work, school, home and play. Virtual communities have become a
significant factor of the information society and it is important to
understand them better. 
The range of subjects is diverse and interdisciplinary, and so are the
methodologies, for example: 
-  Social, political and economic impact of Virtual Communities
-  Creation and maintenance of sense of community in online venues
-  Design for online communities
-  Online communities of practice
-  Community-related business models, services and best practices and
lessons learned

Additional details on this track may be found on:
http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/karineb/html/events/vc.html 

Important Dates: 
June 15, 2007: Authors submit full papers to the Peer Review System
August 15, 2007: Acceptance/Rejection notices are sent to Authors via
the Peer Review System.
September 15, 2007: Authors submit Final Version of papers 

For more information visit the HICSS web site at: 
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/

 

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Caroline Haythornthwaite
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820