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[ecrea] Call for book chapter "Human-Centered System Design for Electronic Governance"

Thu Dec 15 20:58:41 GMT 2011


Call for Book Chapter
* Human-Centered System Design for Electronic Governance

Editors: *
Saqib Saeed, University of Siegen, Germany
Christopher G. Reddick, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

* Call for Chapters: *
Proposals Submission Deadline: January 30, 2012
Full Chapters Due: May 15, 2012
Submission Date: July 30, 2012

*Introduction*
E-Government projects are a huge undertaking and require serious political commitment, clear vision and robust long-term strategy. The successful realization of such projects in practice requires appropriately design technology infrastructure. Higher failure rate in technology adoption has highlighted that human factors are an important aspect when designing and implementing e-government projects. In order to foster successful usage, technologies need to be consistent with human practices. Failure to design e-government technologies properly can lead to project failure, which can represent a substantial cost for governments and loss of confidence by users in these systems.

*Objective of the Book*
The objectives of the proposed book are twofold: (i) to invite ideas, suggestions and recommendations and publish high quality contributions examining the inherent issues, technology design implications, user experiences and guidelines for technology appropriation and (ii) to invite case studies to publish and disseminate best practices employed by organizations, project managers and practitioners in the field of e-government. The aim is to provide opportunities for discussion of implications and dissemination of best practices that will be useful or of interest to academics from a range of fields including information systems, human computer interaction, computer supported cooperative work, organizational science, public administration, and political science as well as for government officials and governmental organizations.

*Target Audience*
The book will be helpful for students and researchers working in the domain of Information systems. Furthermore, government officials working to devise IT strategy and solutions for e- governance are also potential readers. This book will also be helpful for those that want to learn about the design of information systems in the context of e-government, from a human centric approach. University libraries will be especially interested in purchasing this textbook, since it will provide cutting edge research on the design of e-government systems for a user-centric perspective.

*Recommended Topics*
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

   . Case studies and user experiences with e-government infrastructures
   . Technology infrastructure and citizen engagement
   . ICTs and community empowerment
   . Digital divide and e-government adoption
   . E- government project management approaches
   . Best practices and opportunities for technology design
   . ICTs and e-democracy
   . Impact of ICT in governmental, nongovernmental and public
   communication
   . Technology management practices in government, nongovernmental and
   community settings
   . Limitations, challenges and barriers to ICT adoption for government
   . Enabling technologies for e-government implementation
   . Mobile technology and e-government
   . Web 2.0 (Blogs, wikis, social networking websites) and e-government
   . Digital divide and e- government adoption
   . Metrics and Benchmarking to measure e-government success
   . Economic, ethical, security, privacy and legal issues


*Submission Procedure*
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January, 30, 2012, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by February 15, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 15, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.

*Publisher*
This book is scheduled to be published in 2013 by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

*Important Dates*
January 30, 2012:    Proposal Submission Deadline
February 15, 2012:    Notification of Acceptance
May 15, 2012:        Full Chapter Submission
June 30, 2012:        Review Results Returned
July 30, 2012:        Final Chapter Submission
September 30, 2012:    Final Deadline

*Editorial Advisory Board Members:*
A Faiz M Ishaq, SZABIST Dubai, UAE
Abdul Wahid Hakmi, Altran GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Chia-Wen Tsai, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
Irene Samanta, TEI Pireaus, Greece
Izzat Alsmadi, Yarmouk University, Jordon
P. Kyriazopoulos, TEI Pireaus, Greece
Pit Pichappan, University of Zululand, South Africa
Vilas Wuwongse, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Yu-Che Chen, Northern Illinois University, USA

* Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document): *
Saqib Saeed
Department of Information Studies and New Media
University of Siegen, Germany
Tel.: +492713877006
E-mail: (saqib.saeed /at/ uni-siegen.de)


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