Conferences as Serials

Conferences as Virtual Enterprises

During the organization of a conference and moreover during the conference a cooperation between different organizations is necessary to deliver optimal services for the conference participants. In the m>Forvm project we apply techniques developed for virtual enterprises in the MOVE project. m>Forvm addresses optimized communication to participants as well as to supporting organizations. The in...

conferences as a site of body htt

This article explores conferences as an inter-corporeal space wherein body pedagogics are enacted, enabling the acquisition of techniques, skills and dispositions that al low newcomers to demonstrate their proficiency as members of a cul ture.The bodies of conference participants consti tute the surface onto which culture is inscribed, these normalizing practices enabling academic power relatio...

Transfer from print to electronic serials

Structuring Serials Bibliographic Relationships through ID Linking

Instant Online Communities as a Means to Foster Conferences

In this paper we introduce an instant online community (IOC) solution as an add-on for existing websites. The IOC enables social interaction between the main content provider and visitors of one or more websites. We present the successful application of the sixgroups.com Livecommunity in the context of a joint conference to support communication between organizers and attendees, and attendees a...