-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] JITTA Vol 10 Iss 1 on AIS eLibrary Datum: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:00:39 -0400 Von: Marcus Rothenberger marcus.rothenberger@unlv.edu Antwort an: Marcus Rothenberger marcus.rothenberger@unlv.edu An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

Volume 10 Issue 1 of the Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA) has been published. The articles can be accessed at the AIS Electronic Library at http://jitta.aisnet.org

Furthermore, I am pleased to announce that starting with volume 10, issue 1, JITTA is an official publication of the AIS. Since its inaugural issue in 1999, JITTA has been a unique journal for the Information Systems community in that it encourages submissions using all methodologies and research approaches that exist in our discipline; among others, we encourage the submission of positivist research, interpretive or exploratory studies, design science papers, research agenda articles, speculative research, research essays, normative papers, and case studies. During the last decade, JITTA has become the outlet of choice for many important contributions to our field. Being part of the select group of AIS journals will ensure that JITTA is going to continue its success story. The journal is listed in Cabell�s Directory and accessible through ABI/Inform. As an AIS Journal, all new issues will be published on the AIS Electronic Library and the back issues will soon be available on the AIS Electronic Library. Further, the journal has switched to a new review system that is closely integrated with the AIS Electronic library. Access to the journal�s issues and the submission and review system is on one integrated web site hosted by the AIS at http://jitta.aisnet.org.

With the beginning of Volume 10, there also have been changes to the editorial board of the journal. The Editors-in-Chief Ken Peffers and Rajiv Kishore have completed their terms and have passed on the leadership of the journal to Marcus Rothenberger (University of Nevada Las Vegas), Mark Srite (University of Wisconsin � Milwaukee), and Tuure Tuunanen (The University of Auckland). Ken Peffers is the founding Editor-in-Chief of JITTA and has led the journal since its inception; Rajiv Kishore has joined JITTA as a Co-Editor-in-Chief in 2005. As the new Editors-in-Chief, we would like to thank Ken and Rajiv for their dedicated work and for making JITTA the well regarded journal that it is today. We are happy that Ken and Rajiv will continue serving the journal with their advice and experience as Emeritus Editors-in-Chief.

The current issue includes three papers that discuss and investigate critical applications of information systems. The research of the first two papers in this issue was motivated by recent incidents that illustrated the need for an effective emergency response, such as Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shooting, and the SARS outbreak in Asia. Both papers contribute to different aspects of the design of emergency response systems.

Yang, Prasanna, and King (2009) discuss design requirements for emergency first responders. They investigate how an array of specific technologies may aid in the retrieval of and access to on-site information in case of emergencies. The paper focuses on requirements specifications for fire emergency responses. A prototype system for emergency first responders is used to discuss and illustrate the requirements presented in the paper. The study provides detailed design insights into an emergency response system that utilizes RFID and wireless sensor networks for information retrieval and wireless communication technologies for on-site information sharing.

Thomas, Andoh-Baidoo, Redmond, and Yoon (2009) investigate how to facilitate Emergency Response Notifications with VoiceXML. Their paper presents a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based emergency response management architecture that uses a web-based voice translation technology. An implementation of the described architecture is being discussed and the benefits of the proposed architecture are evaluated in the context of a toxic chemical agent leak reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The third paper by Djamasbi, Fruhling, and Loiacono (2009) investigates a different kind of critical application; the study examines the acceptance of telemedicine systems. Based on the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis 1989), the paper introduces affect as a measure of a user�s affective state. The authors conduct a laboratory experiment showing that user attitude is important for the acceptance behavior and supporting affect as an antecedent of attitude in the healthcare domain.

Marcus Rothenberger Co-Editor-in-Chief, JITTA

Department of MIS University of Nevada Las Vegas

jitta.aisnet.org

REFERENCES Davis F. D., �Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology, � MIS Quarterly, 1989, 13:3, pp. 319-339.

Djamasbi, S., A.L. Fruhling, E.T. Loiacono, �The Influence of Affect, Attitude and Usefulness in the Acceptance of Telemedicine Systems,� Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA), 2009, 10:1 pp.41-58.

Thomas, M.A., F.K. Andoh-Baidoo, R. Redmond, V.Y. Yoon, �Moving Beyond Traditional Emergency Response Notification with VoiceXML,� Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA), 2009, 10:1, pp.28-40.

Yang, L., R. Prasanna, M. King, �On-Site Information Systems Design for Emergency First Responders,� Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA), 2009, 10:1, pp. 5-27.

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