This strikes upon an interesting tension, I think.
If it's a "publishing opportunity for someone" then we're talking about the traditional publishing model... being a Wikipedia scholar can be aggravating. On the one hand wanting to contribute and foster growth in the wiki way, on the other hand needing to obtain the resquisite credibility to operate in academia--get funding, jobs, etc, in order to continue contributing!
Incidentally, I get publisher "spam" all the time. "Dear researcher, you have been selected to submit a paper to..." This one may not be spam, but it does exist, so it's not out of the question that the URL could have been flagged correctly.
I guarantee that the author will have to sign a legal form explicitly conferring ownership of the work in the case of acceptance for publication.
This is EXACTLY why I love wiki so much. :-) BECAUSE it makes no sense in the traditional publishing world.
Andrea
On 1/2/06, Jakob Voss jakob.voss@nichtich.de wrote:
phoebe ayers wrote:
Possible publication opportunity for someone.... Here is the list of topics that they are considering: http://www.2100books.com/Enc_Topics.htm (see esp. "networks as communities"). I'd be willing to work with others to write an article but the deadline is soon.
Looks interesting and I was just about to compile a list but this is old-school out-of-date dead-tree ;-) They should have set up a Wiki or try to collect Wikipedia articles instead.
Well, we can try to submit some reviewed and cleaned Wikipedia articles. They want articles by idividuals that are original and not submitted for publication or published elsewhere but this is dull: we're all standing on the shoulders of giants. Instead of blaming them more for their traditional model of publication we can just try to submit something that has been collaboratively created und licensed under a open content license.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Networked_and_Virtual_Organiz...
P.S: Funny note: http://www.2100books.com ist at the spam-protection list at meta.wikipedia.org but that's probably an accident!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maria Manuela Cunha mcunha@ipca.pt Date: Jan 1, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: [Asis-l] Deadline reminder *** Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations *** Call for Contributions *** To: asis-l@asis.org
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations (to be published by Idea Group Reference - http://www.idea-group-ref.com)
CALL FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES Submission of proposals for encyclopedia entries: January 15, 2006 Editors: Goran D. Putnik and Maria Manuela Cunha (http://www.2100books.com)
Dear Colleague,
We are pleased to invite you and your research colleagues to contribute to the "Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations", within your field of expertise related with the encyclopedia topics.
This represents a unique opportunity to present your results and interpretations to the widest public, and the unique opportunity for readers to find in one place all proposals, approaches and solutions, including yours, in order to creatively and competitively apply them to improve.
You are invited to submit a one-page proposal on or before January 15, 2006, for each one of the encyclopedia entries you are willing to submit, which will be under the format of (1) short articles explaining concepts, definitions, models, applications (2,500 to 4,000 words), (2) short articles about research/ development/ implementation projects (2,500 to 4,000 words), (3) short write-ups or descriptions of applications and software (800 to 1,000 words), (4) in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to networked and virtual organizations and (5) information on knowledge and practice resources such as web resources, organizations, associations, publications and other.
Please visit the project Webpage at http://www.2100books.com, where you can find detailed information about this project, namely a detailed Call for Entries (http://www.2100books.com/Encyclopedia.htm).
This encyclopedia is scheduled for publishing by Idea Group Reference (http://www.idea-group-ref.com), an imprint of Idea Group Inc., on the first half of 2007.
For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the editors ( encyclopedia@2100books.com).
Best wishes for 2006.
Kind regards,
The editors,
Goran D. Putnik and Maria Manuela Cunha
Goran D. Putnik (putnikgd@dps.uminho.pt ) University of Minho Department of Production and Systems Engineering 4800-058 Guimarães Portugal
Maria Manuela Cunha (mcunha@ipca.pt) Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave Higher School of Technology Urbanização Quinta da Formiga 4750 Barcelos Portugal
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