[Yulpub] Conversants (an open-access journal about participatory networks)

[Suzanne Lorimer]

Some folks on this list might find this announcement interesting ...

-Sue

----- Forwarded message from rdlankes at IIS.SYR.EDU -----
    Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:54:33 -0500
    From: "R. David Lankes" <rdlankes at IIS.SYR.EDU>
Reply-To: Discussion of digital reference services <DIG_REF at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
 Subject: Re: [DIG_REF] ALA Midwinter discussion on Reference and Social
Networking
      To: DIG_REF at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

Hi all, along these lines, I though some of you might be interested in
our latest effort. I think you would make great contributors.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Introducing Conversants. Conversants (ISSN: 1940-5022) is a limited-
run, open-access journal about participatory networks. Part of a joint
project on Participatory Librarianship (http://ptbed.org) between the
Information Institute of Syracuse and the American Library
Association's Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), the
journal is a forum for the exchange of ideas relating to conversation-
based theories as well as their applications in knowledge
environments. Articles and essays are solicited not only to increase
our understanding of participatory approaches to virtual and physical
settings, but also to challenge the scholarly and practice
communities. The emphasis of the journal is on durable concepts that
transcend any particular technology or suite of functions.

While treatments related to all types of settings are welcome, a
special emphasis is placed on the library domain and the role
librarians play as facilitators of conversations. Submissions might
include:

·      Empirical articles analyzing user contributions to web resources;
·      Thought pieces concerning the library as conversation;
·      Podcasts of presentations concerning Library 2.0; and
·      Discussions of curricular initiatives to incorporate new web
technologies into information science education.

All submissions will be reviewed by the editors of the journal and
then, in keeping with the central tenets of participatory networks,
made available for ongoing public review via CommentPress. Authors are
encouraged to follow these conversations, and can incorporate these
comments into revised drafts.

Unlike most journals, pieces are published as they are accepted to
encourage timely discussions of current trends and events. Selected
pieces will be edited into a volume exploring participatory
librarianship.

Please e-mail submissions to conversants at iis.syr.edu in Word, HTML,
RTF or ASCII text format.

The editorial board of Conversants comprises:

Editors
·      R. David Lankes, Associate Professor Syracuse University's
School of Information Studies
·      Joseph Janes, Associate Professor University of Washington's
Information School
	• Eli Neiburger, Ann Arbor District Library
Associate Editors
·      Todd Marshall, Syracuse University's School of Information
Studies
·      David Pimentel, Syracuse University's School of Information
Studies

If you are interested in joining the board, please contact David
Lankes rdlankes at iis.syr.edu

More information is available on the project website at
http://ptbed.org/conversants.php
---
Listserv commands are sent to: LISTSERV at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
To sign off from DIG_REF, send a message with the command SIGNOFF DIG_REF
To suspend mail, send a message with the command SET  DIG_REF NOMAIL
To re-start mail, send a message with the command SET  DIG_REF MAIL
To set to digest, send a message with the command SET  DIG_REF  DIGEST
Please do not set your "out of office" messages to reply to listserv messages.


----- End forwarded message -----


Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203) 432-8371