Noen som er skrivelysten? -- Amund Tveit http://amundtveit.info/ - +47 416 26 572 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Book Call <kroth@idea-group.com> Date: 12.okt.2006 06:48 Subject: Invitation to Submit Short Article Proposals To: Amund.Tveit@idi.ntnu.no IDEA GROUP ENCYCLOPEDIAS www.idea-group-ref.com **** The following encyclopedia publications are currently accepting ARTICLE PROPOSALS. **** Encyclopedia of DIGITAL LIBRARIES Encyclopedia of DECISION MAKING AND DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES Encyclopedia of HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS: CHALLENGES IN e-HRM Encyclopedia of HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS Please see below for more information on each encyclopedia: ****************************************************************************************************************************************** ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES ****************************************************************************************************************************************** Proposal Due Date: October 20, 2006 Editors: Drs. Yin-Leng Theng, Schubert Foo, Dion Goh Hoe Lian, and Jin-Cheon Na Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Web Site with Suggested Topics: http://www.idea-group.com/requests/details.asp?ID=95 Coverage: Digital libraries, now part of the global infrastructure, are being envisioned to interconnect many computer networks and various forms of information technologies around the world. This Encyclopedia aims to provide comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends and technologies relating to digital library technology and applications. This volume will feature short articles (2,000-3,500 words) authored by leading experts, and offering an in-depth description of key terms and concepts. This important new publication will be distributed worldwide among academic and professional institutions and will be instrumental in providing researchers, scholars, students and professionals with access to the latest knowledge relating to digital libraries. Proposals may be sent to: Encyclo-DL@ntu.edu.sg ****************************************************************************************************************************************** ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DECISION MAKING AND DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES ****************************************************************************************************************************************** Proposal Due Date: October 27, 2006 Editors: Frederic Adam, University College Cork, Ireland, and Patrick Humphreys, London School of Economics, UK Web Site with Suggested Topics: http://www.idea-group.com/requests/details.asp?ID=93 Coverage: The aim of this new project is to present a complete, state-of-the-art vision of everything we, as a community of researchers, know or think we know about how organizational actors can be supported in their decision making activities. To meet this ambitious objective of completeness, contributions are invited on any topic which falls in the area of managerial decision making and decision support. Contributions should be in the 3000 to 3500 words bracket, be logically structured to describe in detail the objective of the paper and lead to a definitive conclusion, spelling out what contribution they make to their topic and to the area in general. As is customary for such encyclopedia entries, contributions should include a list of key terms featured in the paper and a concise definition for each of them. Proposals may be sent to: fadam@afis.ucc.ie ****************************************************************************************************************************************** ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS: CHALLENGES IN e-HRM ****************************************************************************************************************************************** Proposal Due Date: October 30, 2006 Editors: Teresa Torres-Coronas and Mario Arias-Oliva, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain Web Site with Suggested Topics: http://www.etse.urv.es/~ttorres Coverage: This encyclopedia will be a holistic, but rigorous, analysis about key critical HR variables. The general aim of this encyclopedia is to describe the current state of HRIS in the ICT era and to provide new knowledge on effective e-HRM practices. It will provide a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms and will feature shorts articles (3,000-3,500) authored by leading experts offering an in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to differentareas, issues and trends in HRIS. Proposals may be sent to: teresa.torres@urv.cat and mario.arias@urv.cat ****************************************************************************************************************************************** ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ****************************************************************************************************************************************** Proposal Due Date: November 1, 2006 Editors: Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Elie Geisler, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Web Site with Suggested Topics: http://www.idea-group.com/requests/details.asp?ID=149 Coverage: The goal of this encyclopedia is to bring together a truly international selection of high quality articles that encompass the whole spectrum of technologies within the umbrella of the healthcare field to provide a broad base of the current state from which we can then develop the future vision for healthcare. In order to develop a definitive volume of the current state of healthcare information systems the editors welcome contributions (1,500-3,500 words) from single or multiple authors that pertain to any aspect of the organization and management of technology within healthcare, be it with a clinic or administrative focus that discusses critical issues related to the use of technology in such a scenario at a unit, organizational, state, national or international level. Proposals may be sent to: nilmini@stuart.iit.edu