[Air-L] History of AIR-L

[Quinn, Kelly Ann]

Hi Joan,

Somewhat related--there are a few publications that detail AoIR history that you may find helpful. Some mention AIR-L:

Halavais, A. (2010). Association of Internet Researchers. Computers and Society, 40(2), 9-10.
Jones, S. (2004). Imagining an association. In M. Consalvo, N. Baym, J. Hunsinger, K. B. Jensen, J. Logie, M. Murero, and L. R. Shade (eds.), Internet Research Annual, vol. 1: Selected papers from the Association of Internet Researchers conferences 2000–2002, (pp. 5–12). New York: Peter Lang.
Witmer, D. F. (1999). The Association (of) Internet Researchers: Formed to support scholarship in and of the internet. Information, Communication & Society, 2(3), 368–370. doi:10.1080/136911899359637
Quinn, K. (2017). The Association of Internet Researchers. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. London: Sage. (Please email off-list if you would like a copy.)

We had a group of members working on our institutional memory under the previous Exec, and recognize that there is more work to be done. Assistance is always appreciated!

Kind regards,

Kelly

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Kelly Quinn, PhD
Treasurer, Association of Internet Researchers
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago



-----Original Message-----
From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Nathanael Bassett
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2018 10:06 AM
To: AoIR-L list; jc u
Cc: Kannampallil, Thomas George
Subject: Re: [Air-L] History of AIR-L

Hi Joan,

Several students from UIC and and myself completed a white paper on the growth of the community using both qualitative data from interviews as well as an analysis of the listserv archive. I presented the results of this study at AOIR 2016 in Berlin and we submitted the paper to the executive committee. From what I understand, there were also students under Annette Markham at Aarhus University doing something similar at that time as well.
The details are fuzzy since I haven’t looked at the information since presenting it, but I’d be willing to share some of the public data on the history of AOIR that I organized if it is helpful. Additionally, if you wanted to see the rest of the paper it would be worth contacting Adrienne Massanari or the executive committee from 2016. It’s possible Thomas Kannampallil might have the historical data on the listserv itself.

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Nathanael Bassett
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On February 9, 2018 at 7:45:40 AM, jc u (jcu at execulink.com) wrote:

Hello,

I am a graduate student of the MLIS program at University of Alberta and I have been a subscriber to this list for many years. I am currently taking a course on Human Information Interaction and I am currently researching listservs and their continued usefulness. For this purpose, I would like to write about the history and growth of this email discussion list. Would anyone be willing to share this information, or be willing to point me to a source that includes this information? The AIR-L website does not seem to include its own history.

Your help would be so greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Joan U
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