Call for Papers: SIGDOC 2007

The 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication will be held in El Paso, TX on Oct. 22-24, 2007. Participants are encouraged to submit research papers, workshop proposals, and experience reports concerning processes, methods, and technologies for communicating and designing communication artifacts such as printed documents, online text, and hypermedia applications.

At SIGDOC 2007, researchers and practitioners will exchange information in areas relevant to the design of communication:

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider joining us for the ACM SIGDOC 2007 conference in El Paso, Texas this Fall. If you've never been to SIGDOC before - our acronym stands for Special Interest Group for Design of Communication - I think you might be surprised at the mix of disciplines and the global participation that SIGDOC draws.

You can see what I mean by looking at last year's: program.

Colleagues,

Please feel free to circulate this announcement and to send along questions. Thanks!

-Bill H-D

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WRITING ASSESSMENT AND PLACEMENT POSITION

Assistant or Associate Professor in Rhetoric/Composition, Department of
Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, beginning August 2006. Ph.D. in
Rhetoric, Composition, Education, or related field. Primary specialization
in placement, assessment, and evaluation of writing (at the individual,
course, and program levels). Experience in one or more of the following
areas highly desired: electronic systems for placement/assessment (e.g.,

Jim Porter and Martine Rife have authored a position paper in response to the MGM v. Grokster decision handed down yesterday.

Read and comment here: http://www.wide.msu.edu/widepapers/grokster/

Here's a snippet:

MGM v. Grokster: Implications for Educators and Writing Teachers