-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: Reframing humans in information systems development Datum: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:36:18 +0200 Von: Pekkola Samuli samuli.pekkola@tut.fi Antwort an: Pekkola Samuli samuli.pekkola@tut.fi An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org
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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Book title: "Reframing Humans in Information Systems Development"
To be published by: Springer.
Editors: Hannakaisa Isomäki & Samuli Pekkola
IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for chapter proposal submission: February 28, 2009 Notification of proposal acceptance: March 15, 2009 Full chapter due: May 1, 2009 Feedback to the authors: August 15, 2009 Deadline for the second version of the paper: November 1, 2009 Final acceptance, final editorial comments to authors: December 1, 2009 Camera-ready version, December 31st, 2009
*INTRODUCTION, AIM AND TARGET AUDIENCE OF THE BOOK * Recent development of information and communication technologies (ICT) provides information systems designers with new technical potentialities to build systems for various purposes. Especially the emergence of ubiquitous computing and wearable computers supported by wireless technologies and distributed interfaces could facilitate the design of innovative new applications for users. In addition to work-related activities, people use new technologies for increasingly diverse purposes, such as organizing their domestic affairs, for finding information and e-services, and for staying in touch with their friends and relatives. This means that there is a growing need of know-how regarding IS as constructed for mediating and supporting users' needs, purposes, and experiences, as is often the case in approaches known as human-centered information systems development (ISD).
Traditionally, the perspectives of human-centered ISD are discussed from several different viewpoints: participatory design and other user-oriented approaches consider how end users can be more involved in IS design; ethnomethodological approaches offer tools for capturing requirements and understanding work processes, cognitive engineering aims at the implementation of systems that effectively support adaptive perception-based behavior, and some other scholars aim at understanding information systems as social systems, among many other perspectives. For IS researchers and practitioners embracing a user-oriented approach in their work the current situation is awkward since an accurate view on the aforementioned issues is missing. Without such view the IS discipline will not evolve effectively, since mutual approaches are never met. This prohibits both effective development of IS that meet users' needs and valuable theory development in the field.
By this book, we aim at providing a thorough examination on the dimensions of end-users in ISD. The minitrack "End-Users in Information Systems Development: Theories, Applications and Implications" run by the editors in HICSS conferences in 2005 and 2006 and ongoing work on Information Systems Journal special issue on "User - the great unknown" (with Prof. Juhani Iivari) has made the need for a complete and profound analysis and introduction of methods and approaches evident. It is also obvious that the detached tradition of human-centred ISD creates problems in terms of accurate sources of information when trying to understand the multifaceted nature of the area. At present, it is important to aim for a solid view of human-centred ISD.
We target the book for IS researchers, practitioners and students whom we believe would benefit from a book providing a comprehensive view to different human-centered ISD methods and approaches. Also the representatives of the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer supported collaborative work (CSCW) are most likely interested in our approach. For this reason, we do not offer only a theoretical handbook or a collection of practical experiences, but both of them as well as some critical discussions of utilization the methods in ISD and their implications with some interconnecting commentary viewpoints. Hence, as the title of the book: "Reframing Humans in Information Systems" illustrates, we aim at providing a novel and accurate viewpoint to the understanding of the user in ISD holistically. Our aim is to reframe the phenomenon by connecting scientific constructs produced within information systems science that has recently provided a plethora of multidisciplinary user views without explicitly defining clear constructs that serve the IS field in particular.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS
We are interested in papers that discuss, for example, one (or more) of the following topics: * theoretical methods or models on developing IS with and for the users * studies aiming at holistic views of user involvement in IS development * experiences on implications of involving end users is IS design * end users' and developers cooperation in ISD * developers', managers', customers' or end users' representatives perceptions and understanding of user-centric methods and approaches, or of their needs and application in practice * studies on involving end users in information systems design
The papers may be theoretical or empirical targeted to practitioners or academics. The papers will be evaluated according to their contribution, theoretical and practical relevance, and diversity.
* SUBMISSION PROCEDURE *
Please submit a 800 word chapter proposal clearly outlining the mission and objective of the proposed chapter and its relation to the mission of this book. Submissions should be made by e-mail to both editors: hannakaisa.isomaki@jyu.fi and samuli.pekkola@tut.fi by February 28 2009. Authors will be notified by March 15, 2009 about the status and suitability of their proposals. We strongly encourage other topics that have not been listed in our suggested list.
Authors of accepted proposals are invited to prepare and submit full chapters (4000 to 8000 words max.) by May 1, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
This book will be publishing by Springer-Verlag in late 2010.
About the editors: Hannakaisa Isomäki PhD, Adjunct Professor, Research Director Faculty of Information Technology University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (Agora) ,FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland email: hannakaisa.isomaki@jyu.fi
Samuli Pekkola PhD, Professor Department of Business Information Management and Logistics Tampere University of Technology, PO Box 541, FIN 33101 Tampere, Finland email: samuli.pekkola@tut.fi
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Samuli Pekkola
Professor, Adjunct Professor, PhD Department of Business Information Management and Logistics Tampere University of Technology PO Box 541, 33101 Tampere, Finland t: +358 (0)40 586 0791 e: samuli.pekkola@tut.fi
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