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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This special issue may be of interest. In this context, “information systems” means the use of computers for business administration. (I believe it evolved historically as the “M” was gradually dropped from MIS beginning in the 1970s). The intention behind the special issue seems good, particularly its attention to historiographic issues, and there are some respectable names behind it. I did notice that not one of the twelve people named as senior or associate editors is what you might call a card carrying historian of computing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Getting some work from our community into the issue might be a good way of bridging that divide. One topic I’ve been thinking of lately is the challenge of trying to study the history of a field from within and possible models for the happy interaction of insider and outsider history. (This is, of course, a perennial topic of conversation at IEEE Annals board meetings).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sighfis-l-bounces@asis.org [mailto:sighfis-l-bounces@asis.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathryn La Barre<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> sighfis-l@asis.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Sighfis-l] CFP: Journal of Information Technology Special Issue: Why History Matters<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Call for Papers for a Special Issue of<br>Journal of Information Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Information Systems: Why History Matters<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Senior Editors:<br>Antony Bryant<br>Alistair Black<br>Frank Land<br>Jaana Porra<br><br>Any discipline or field of professional practice has a history. A proper understanding of the discipline needs to be based on a widespread awareness of that history. The field of information systems (IS) is no different in this regard. As the IS field matures, it needs to evolve a historical perspective on its own subject matter.<br><br>Although there has been some significant work within IS studies that relies upon and uses historical data, there is little by way of information historiography to guide further work and future research. This is ironic given that information systems themselves are now the fons et origo of contemporary (richly demonstrated by the recent WIKILEAKS affair) and future archives. In addition, there is significant reliance upon case studies, and other forms of historical narrative, in IS research and general IS literature. So it is essential that those working within IS studies understand the role and nature of archives and other historical sources, both in terms of a resource for research into information history, and as a topic for discussion amongst archivists, historians, and other information and information system researchers and professionals: Also developing an awareness of the processes underlying the development of archives as social artefacts.<br><br>The interest in producing IS history encompasses many disciplines and varying perspectives on IS. The IS discipline itself is closely related to other disciplines or research domains, such as information studies, information science, library history, organizational studies, business studies, software engineering (including requirements engineering), HCI, AI, CAD/CAM, criminology, social studies, behavioural sciences, economics and communication studies – although all too often these links are ignored or simply forgotten. In so doing, the IS community is missing an opportunity to engage with, and learn from, others with differing perspectives on topics of common interest. Furthermore, this engenders an uneasy feeling that many current IS issues and concerns might be at least partially resolved with a better knowledge and understanding of ‘information history’ in its broadest sense.<br><br>The purpose of this special issue is to provide a broad based platform for an IS historical discourse. Thus, we welcome contributions from all fields that are concerned with the IS subject matter. While many aspects and areas of IS studies rely on historical data, evidence and archives, the common goal is to produce a body of IS history. In this spirit, we invite contributions on a variety of topics related to IS history. Such topics may touch upon fundamental philosophical questions such as: What is IS history? At a more practical level, they may include areas such as:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo1'>the development of information history as a multidisciplinary research effort<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo2'>an analysis of historical approaches and methods and what these can provide for the IS researcher<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l17 level1 lfo3'>the existence of primary sources for IS history, and associated problems of access and methodology<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'>the nature of the archive<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo5'>good examples of the use of historiographic approaches to IS studies<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'>previously unpublished histories<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo7'>the study of the evolution of the IS disciplines<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo8'>how the boundaries of the discipline were set and defined<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo9'>the study of the evolution of IS organization, practice and management, including such practices as outsourcing<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo10'>the study of the evolution of the IS profession<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo11'>the study of the evolution of the role of information systems and professionals in organizations<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l16 level1 lfo12'>the study of the evolution of IS design methodologies<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo13'>the study of evolution of IS applications<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo14'>exploring the management of change<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l18 level1 lfo15'>the importance of understanding the pre-history of IS as currently defined, including continuities or contrasts with earlier pre-computer phases, technologies and systems<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo16'>the study of IS innovation and diffusion including: stages of growth models; the study of IS success and failure; use and policies around public and private archives<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo17'>information archives in the age of Freedom of Information legislation, PR and spin<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo18'>the use of history as an instrument for understanding the present and planning the future; and the consequent dangers of ‘presentism’<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo19'>the inevitability of the ‘double hermeneutic’ in unravelling the historical record<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><br>ASSOCIATE EDITORS<br><br>Frank Bannister, Trinity College, Dublin<br><br>Rudy Hirschheim, Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at the EJ Ourso College of Business Administration at Louisiana State University, USA<br><br>Nathalie Mitev, Department of Information Systems, LSE, UK<br><br>Neil Pollock, Reader in e-business, University of Edinburgh, UK<br><br>Neil Ramiller Professor of Management, School of Business Administration, Portland State University<br><br>Boyd Rayward, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, USA<br><br>Burt Swanson, Professor and Area Chair for Information Systems at the UCLA Anderson School, USA<br><br>Toni Weller, Visiting Research Fellow in History, Department of Historical and Social Studies, De Montfort University, UK<br><br>DEADLINES & SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<br><br>Information about JIT, including formatting requirements, can be found at <a href="http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html">http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html</a><br><br>Questions about the special issue can be directed to Tony Bryant [<a href="mailto:a.bryant@leedsmet.ac.uk">a.bryant@leedsmet.ac.uk</a>]<br><br>Papers should be submitted to JIT [<a href="mailto:JITedoffice@lse.ac.uk">JITedoffice@lse.ac.uk</a>] with the title of the Special Issue in the Subject Line.<br><br>Timetable:<br>December 31 2011 Articles submitted<br>July 31 2012 Reviews returned to authors<br>October 31 2012 Revised version of articles due<br><br>December 31 2012 Final papers selected<br>June 2013 Publication of Special Issue<br><br>--<br>Kathryn La Barre<br>Assistant Professor<br>Graduate School of Library and Information Science<br>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>