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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Call for Papers (CFP): IT Professional</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Due to a number of requests, we have
extended the deadline to Dec. 13, 2010. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Submission Deadline: originally 1 Dec
2010, now extended to 13 Dec 2010</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publication: July/August 2011</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Information technology has transformed
social networking and collaboration. Increasingly, businesses use social
networking technologies to foster knowledge management and to transform their
approach to marketing, advertising, research, and stakeholder engagement. As
individuals and businesses discover the potential and value of IT-enabled
social networks, there is a need to articulate and quantify the antecedents of
adoption, diffusion, business value, and societal impacts of social networks.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">The July/August 2011 issue of IT
Professional will focus on social networking and collaboration. Topics of
interest include, but aren't limited to, the following:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Emerging
applications of social networking and collaboration in business processes and
personal life</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Approaches to
assess the value of social networking and collaboration at the individual,
business, and societal levels</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Best practices to
implement social networking and collaboration</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Use of social
networking and collaboration in the nonprofit and government sectors</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Potential and
pitfalls of social networking and collaboration</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Applications and
value of social networking and collaboration in emerging economies</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">We welcome research summaries; articles
on best practices, strategies, and policies; case studies; experience reports;
and essays on the current state of practice relating to social networking and
collaboration.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feature articles should be no longer
than 4,200 words (with tables and figures each counting as 300 words) and have
no more than 20 references. Illustrations are welcome. For detailed author
guidelines, please visit <a href="http://www.computer.org/itpro/author.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.computer.org/itpro/author.htm</span></a>. For more
information about this journal and special issue, see <a href="http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/itcfp4" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/itcfp4</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">To submit an article, see <a href="https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itpro-cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itpro-cs</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more information, contact the Guest
Editors:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Sunil Mithas,
University of Maryland</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Thomas Costello,
UpStreme</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> * Ali Tafti,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span></p>
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