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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">This is the first call for papers for a Workshop on Social Information Systems at ECIS2014</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For ongoing details see </font>
<a href="http://socialisworkshopecis2014.wordpress.com/"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://socialisworkshopecis2014.wordpress.com/</font></a></div>
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for submissions of short papers due March 17, 2014 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>These will be reviewed by the workshop organisers with acceptances sent out by April 7, 2013 (in time for the ECIS2014 early-bird registration).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Accepted papers will be distributed to workshop participants with an opportunity for authors to exchange views online before the workshop. At the workshop, authors will give presentations leading to breakouts sessions for the development of themes on
which authors will collaborate on papers for subsequent submission to the special issue (details TBA).</font></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span><font size="3">The
purpose of this workshop is to bring together IS scholars who are conducting research into Social Information Systems (Social IS) which is an emerging topic within the field of IS whose meaning is still evolving. The workshop will provide a forum within which
participating scholars can collaborate to determine the scope and thematic content of the area of Social IS.
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<font size="3"><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">We begin with the premise that Social IS is a field of study concerned with how IT/IS has become intertwined in our daily lives and the impacts that this has.
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">A narrow perspective is that Social IS involves the study of social-technical systems which are based on social technologies and open collaboration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">From a broader perspective,
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Social IS is concerned with IS that have a societal purpose and the potential to make substantial beneficial contributions to society at
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">large. This is</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> distinct from organizational information systems which predominantly
have a business or commercial purpose. </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">In this workshop we seek to consolidate and/or expand these views in order to determine the scope and meaning of the term
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Social IS and the related area of
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Social Informatics.
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our intention is to conduct the workshop as a paper development activity that culminates in a special issue of a quality journal</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">.
Participants will be asked to present their work and ideas in this area, identify common themes and work together on writing full papers for a special issue after the workshop.
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></span> </p>
<div dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-AU" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="3">For
more information please contact:</font></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Dr Helen Hasan<br>
Associate Professor, Information Systems,<br>
Email: </font><a href="mailto:hasan@uow.edu.au"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">hasan@uow.edu.au</font></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Tweeting as @bottlingfog<br>
Faculty of Business,<br>
University of Wollongong Wollongong 2522, Australia<br>
Phone: +61 2 42213757 (office)<br>
Mobile: 0419403699<br>
Fax: +61 2 42213725<br>
BE GREEN! Read from the screen.</font></span></span></p>
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