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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=black vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALS</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Proposal Submission Deadline: January 30, 2012</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Human-Centered System Design for Electronic Governance</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>A book edited by <sup>1</sup>Saqib Saeed, <sup>2</sup>Christopher G. Reddick</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><sup><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>1</span></sup><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>University of Siegen, Germany, <sup>2<span style='color:red'> </span></sup>University of Texas at San Antonio, USA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>To be published by IGI Global: <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbookchapters/callforchapterdetails.aspx?callforcontentid=0b637cc6-4876-4fbc-b718-957fa6037be0"><span style='color:purple'>http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbookchapters/callforchapterdetails.aspx?callforcontentid=0b637cc6-4876-4fbc-b718-957fa6037be0</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Introduction</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>E‐Government projects are a huge undertaking and require serious political commitment, clear vision and robust long-term strategy. The successful realization of such projects in practice requires appropriately design technology infrastructure. Higher failure rate in technology adoption has highlighted that human factors are an important aspect when designing and implementing e‐government projects. In order to foster successful usage, technologies need to be consistent with human practices. Failure to design e-government technologies properly can lead to project failure, which can represent a substantial cost for governments and loss of confidence by users in these systems.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Objective of the Book</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>The objectives of the proposed book are twofold: (i) to invite ideas, suggestions and recommendations and publish high quality contributions examining the inherent issues, technology design implications, user experiences and guidelines for technology appropriation and (ii) to invite case studies to publish and disseminate best practices employed by organizations, project managers and practitioners in the field of e‐government. The aim is to provide opportunities for discussion of implications and dissemination of best practices that will be useful or of interest to academics from a range of fields including information systems, human computer interaction, computer supported cooperative work, organizational science, public administration, and political science as well as for government officials and governmental organizations.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Target Audience</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>The book will be helpful for students and researchers working in the domain of Information systems. Furthermore government officials working to devise IT strategy and solutions for e- governance are also potential readers. This book will also be helpful for those that want to learn about the design of information systems in the context of e-government, from a human centric approach. University libraries will be especially interested in purchasing this textbook, since it will provide cutting edge research on the design of e-government systems for a user-centric perspective.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Case studies and user experiences with e‐government infrastructures</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Technology infrastructure and citizen engagement</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• ICTs and community empowerment</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Digital divide and e‐government adoption</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• E- government project management approaches</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Best practices and opportunities for technology design</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• ICTs and e‐democracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Impact of ICT in governmental, nongovernmental and public communication</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Technology management practices in government, nongovernmental and community settings</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Limitations, challenges and barriers to ICT adoption for government </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Enabling technologies for e-government implementation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Mobile technology and e‐government</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Web 2.0 (Blogs, wikis, social networking websites) and e‐government</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Digital divide and e- government adoption</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Metrics and Benchmarking to measure e-government success</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>• Economic, ethical, security, privacy and legal issues</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=htmlbody style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Submission Procedure</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit <i>on or before </i></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>February 28</span></i></b><b><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>, 2012</span></i></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by </span><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>March<i> </i></span></b><b><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>15, 2012</span></i></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by <b><i>May </i></b></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>15</span></i></b><b><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>, 2012</span></i></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Publisher</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.igi-global.com</span></a>. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2013.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Important Dates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>February 28</span></b><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>, 2012: </span></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Proposal Submission Deadline</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>March </span></b><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>15, 2012: </span></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Notification of Acceptance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>May </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>15</span></b><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>, 2012: </span></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Full Chapter Submission</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>June 30, 2012: </span></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Review Results Returned</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>July 30, 2012: </span></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Final Chapter Submission</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>September 30, 2012: </span></b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Final Deadline</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Editorial Advisory Board Members:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>A Faiz M Ishaq</span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>, SZABIST Dubai, UAE</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Abdul Wahid Hakmi</span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>, </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Altran GmbH & Co. KG Germany</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Chia-Wen Tsai, Ming</span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>,</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> Chuan University, Taiwan</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Irene Samanta, TEI </span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Pireaus, </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Greece</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Izzat Alsmadi Yarmouk</span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>,</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> University, Jordon</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>P. Kyriazopoulos, TEI </span><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Pireaus, </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Greece</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Pit Pichappan, University of Zululand, South Africa</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=rwrro><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:black'>Vilas Wuwongse,</span></span><span class=rwrro><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#3F52B8'> </span></span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Yu-Che Chen, Northern Illinois University, USA</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><i><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded <b>electronically</b> (Word document) or by <b>mail</b> to:</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><h5 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Saqib Saeed</span><o:p></o:p></h5><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Department of Information Studies and New Media</span><o:p></o:p></p><h3 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>University of Siegen, Germany</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Tel.: +492713877006</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:saqib.saeed@uni-siegen.de"><span style='color:blue'>saqib.saeed@uni-siegen.de</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>