Dear colleagues<br><br>It is my pleasure to announce a new journal, published by IBIMA, that will cater for articles in the interdisciplinary field of Information Systems and the Humanities (JHIS). This is a call for submissions for the first edtion of JHIS.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">JOURNAL DESCRIPTION</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">The Journal of Humanities and Information Systems
(JHIS) is an international peer reviewed and applied research journal that
publishes papers on the symbiotic relationship between the two disciplines of
Information Systems and the Humanities. Its unique focus will be research on Humanities-enriched
IS, but other Humanities-Computing papers and case studies will also be
considered. All papers will be subjected to a multiple blind peer review process.
Papers should contribute to the existing body of knowledge of the domain in
terms of theory and/or practice.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">MISSION</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">JHIS aims to create an international forum to discuss
and evaluate studies that implement theoretical constructs borrowed from the Humanities
in various aspects of Information Systems, as well as investigations regarding
the application of information technology in the Humanities. The creation of
publication opportunities for research with refreshing angles, some borrowed
from other sciences, is a conscious effort to share interest and useful
research and to counteract rigid procedures that are "stifling the
intellectual advancement of our discipline" (Shoib and Nandhakumar, 2009).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">SCOPE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">Topics of interest for this journal include, but are
not limited to, the following list:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">* Linguistics and Information Systems </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">* History and Information Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">* Art and Information Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">* Philosophy and Information Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">* Law and Information Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">* Hermeneutics and Information Systems</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">CALL FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS TO JHIS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA">Since there still are limited publication
opportunities for Information System scientists (cf. Straub, 2009:v) in
comparison with some other older, well-established disciplines, new
opportunities should be embraced and used in order to build our discipline.
Therefore, our colleagues are invited to submit some of their research outputs
to this new outlet.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA"> </span></p><span lang="EN-ZA">ASSOCIATE EDITORS AND PEER REVIEWERS</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">
<span lang="EN-ZA">Please let me know if you would be interested to become an associate editor or peer reviewer of JHIS.<br></span></p>
<span lang="EN-ZA">The editors and reviewers of JHIS should be like
diamond miners taking a positive view while looking for "exciting forays
into new research domains" (Straub, 2009:vii). The general aim in the
review processes of this new journal will be to be inclusive and developmental
rather than to perform "a modern hygiene ritual", because we agree
with Wastell and MacMaster (2008:64) that "a high rejection rate implies a
collective failure of scholarship not the intellectual prosperity of a field".</span><br><br>For more information about the journal and submissions, see <a href="http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JHIS/jhis.html">http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JHIS/jhis.html</a> <br>
<br>Jan H. Kroeze, School of Computing, University of South Africa (editor-in-chief)<br>