[AISWorld] Information Systems Frontiers (ISF) v.12 n.1: Special Issue on Advances in Multi-Agency Disaster Management

[Lee, Jinkyu]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that Information Systems Frontiers (ISF) Special Issue on Advances in Multi-Agency Disaster Management has just been published.

Information Systems Frontiers (ISF) Volume 12, Number 1 / March, 2010 
Special Issue on Advances in Multi-Agency Disaster Management
Guest Editors: Marijn Janssen, JinKyu Lee, Nitesh Bharosa & Anthony Cresswell
http://www.springerlink.com/content/n04048210721/?p=2a9b8498795b44c8b4cdc99bc2c3e68a&pi=0

The special issue features 6 articles that deal with various information systems issues in disaster management that involves multiple organizations (e.g., multi-organizational/multi-level governance, unified collaboration systems, obstacles, intermediaries, and systems diffusion and adaptation). 

Below is the TOC of the special issue:

Guest Editorial: Advances in multi-agency disaster management: Key elements in disaster research 
by Marijn Janssen, JinKyu Lee, Nitesh Bharosa and Anthony Cresswell, p. 1-7 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-009-9176-x

Collaborative systems development in disaster relief: The impact of multi-level governance 
by Edgar A. Maldonado, Carleen F. Maitland and Andrea H. Tapia, p. 9-27 
10.1007/s10796-009-9165-0

Alert based disaster notification and resource allocation 
by Dickson K. W. Chiu, Drake T. T. Lin, Eleanna Kafeza, Minhong Wang, Haiyang Hu, Hua Hu and Yi Zhuang, p. 29-47 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-009-9174-z
	
Challenges and obstacles in sharing and coordinating information during multi-agency disaster response: Propositions from field exercises  
by Nitesh Bharosa, JinKyu Lee and Marijn Janssen, p. 49-65 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-009-9166-z
* Open Access
	
Information intermediaries for emergency preparedness and response: A case study from public health 
by Minu Ipe, T. S. Raghu and Ajay Vinze, p. 67-79 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-009-9162-3
	
Reinvention of interorganizational systems: A case analysis of the diffusion of a bio-terror surveillance system 
by Jane Fedorowicz and Janis L. Gogan, p.81-95
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-009-9167-y

Jin - Guest Editor, ISF
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JinKyu Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Management Science and Information Systems
Spears School of Business
Oklahoma State University

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