AIS SIGSEMIS 2nd Call for Columnists

AIS SIG on Semantic Web and Information Systems- AIS SIGSEMIS
http://www.sigsemis.org

The warm receipt of our Bulletin, has made us decide to strengthen further the quality of our publication. The last issue in two days had more than 1700 unique downloads and moreover the traffic in our portal is extraordinary. Towards this direction, we will work hard in three pillars:
*	Enhancement of our Portal through new columns (by providing Authoring privileges to selected people/columnists)
*	Enhancement of AIS SIGSEMIS bulletin by standardizing the submission categories (various types) as well as permitting full papers that will be discussed towards their publication in our Peer Reviewed IJSWIS Journal 
*	Intensive multilevel awareness campaing in various communities for the promotion of Semantic Web (by undertaking special issues, by organizing AN INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE (deploying leading edge technologies)(in collaboration with AIS SIGRLO-Announcment very shortly!!!))
I invite you to consider the following Call for Columnists and send me an email at lytras@ceid.upatras.gr. 
More over I would like to personally invite the Project Managers of SW related projects in Europe, USA etc to establish regular columns in our Bulletin with short updates on their progress. Believe me our community is thirsty for new knowledge. 

2nd Call for Columnists
The Official Quarterly Bulletin of AIS Special Interest Group on Semantic Web and Information Systems (SIGSEMIS Bulleting) is seeking for columnists that will be responsible for regular columns. Five general categories of proposals can be identified: 
*	Columns concerning Semantic Web (Technologies, Ontologies, Languages, Theories, W3C activities, etc)
*	Columns of Specific R&D Projects
*	Columns concerning Semantic Web Applications for Specific Sectors (Health, Tourism, Libraries, Commerce etc)
*	Columns of Emerging technologies and their linkage to Semantic Web and IS (e.g. P2P, Wireless & Mobile Applications)
*	Columns of general interest for the Information Systems Research Community (e.g.: Research Methodologies, emerging research streams etc)
Each column will discuss themes in one to three pages in each issue and the columnist will be responsible for the content after collaboration with the SIGSEMIS Bulleting editorial board. The content could be either a short article or a summary of news and updates (or a combination)
We invite initial proposals for columns in any of the above five  categories. Submit your Column Proposals (1-3 pages) and your CV to Miltiadis D. Lytras at lytras@ceid.upatras.gr paying attention to the following issues:
· Title of the proposed column
· Scope of the column
· Short Description

In case of approval the column will be also visible in the official portal site of AIS SIGSEMIS. For more information visit our portal site at www.sigsemis.org <http://www.sigsemis.org/> and download the Bulleting in order to have an idea of the publication.AIS SIGSEMIS is an open forum. I invite you to join us.  
For AIS SIGSEMIS Board
Miltiadis D. Lytras
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Association for Information Systems, SIG on Semantic Web and Information Systems AIS SIGSEMIS, http://www.sigsemis.org
International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IDEA Group, http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4625)
International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) - http://www.inderscience.com/ijkl/ 
International Journal of Learning and Change (IJLC)- http://www.inderscience.com/ijlc/ 
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO)- http://www.inderscience.com/ijmso/ 
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ECIS Track on Semantic Web and Information Systems:  http://www.ecis2005.de/semantic.html
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Computers Engineering and Informatics Department
University of Patras, Patra Greece
e-mail: lytras@ceid.upatras.gr
site: http://www.ceid.upatras.gr
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