[open-science] Content-mining Fwd: FW: Call for chapters - Working with Text

Fri Dec 21 11:21:15 UTC 2012

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Just a nudge to see if anyone be interested in writing a chapter from the
> working group, given we have several people with an interest in text
> mining? If so, express your interest here soon as the abstract deadline is
> 24 December!
>

I am interested but need poking...

P.

>
> Jenny
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>> In case we want to contribute something
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:
>> JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Stephanie Taylor
>> Sent: 06 December 2012 16:36
>> To: JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Subject: Call for chapters - Working with Text
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> please consider the following call for chapters; this work is part of
>> JISC horizon scanning activity in the area of text mining. Please also feel
>> free to pass on this call to any colleagues who might be interested but are
>> not subscribed to this list.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steph
>>
>> ----
>>
>> Call for chapters
>> Working with text: Tools, techniques and approaches for text mining
>>
>> Text mining tools and technologies have a long history in the repository
>> world, where they have been applied successfully for a variety of purposes.
>> These vary from pragmatic aims such as enabling document search and browse
>> facilities, linking related documents, identifying copies or facilitating
>> the deposit process, to support tools for academic research. The latter
>> category includes supporting research on the basis of a large body of
>> documents, facilitating access to and reuse of existing work, and
>> connecting the formal academic world with areas such as the traditional and
>> social media. The JISC have funded a number of projects and initiatives in
>> both areas, notably NaCTeM and the ResDis programme. Research areas as
>> diverse as biology, chemistry, sociology and criminology have seen
>> effective use made of text mining technologies.
>>
>> However, the uptake and hence the impact of these tools has been uneven.
>> Several obstacles to development and deployment are frequently cited,
>> including the maturity, complexity, and in some instances cost of software
>> packages, as well as scarcity of relevant technical skills. Text mining
>> methods and tools can be fragile and complex, requiring significant set-up
>> time and effort. Projects making use of text mining may also suffer from
>> legal obstacles, such as copyright and intellectual property
>> considerations. The benefit to be gained from deployment of text-mining
>> tools in areas such as institutional repositories or as a research tool in
>> its own right may be difficult to predict without a costly pilot project.
>>
>> Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished chapters describing
>> research in relevant areas and/or reviewing relevant literature and trends.
>>
>> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
>>
>> Discipline-specific research involving text-mining: bioinformatics,
>> chemistry, the social sciences, etc.
>> Techniques in text mining: sentiment analysis/subjectivity analysis,
>> opinion mining, affect analysis, metaphor analysis, etc.
>> Legal and ethical aspects of text mining/analysis.
>> Current developments in text mining.
>> Metadata extraction from document text, including formal and informal
>> metadata: ontology extraction, document indexing, document classification,
>> and evaluation of metadata quality.
>> Text mining for document categorization or summarization.
>> Text mining for information visualization Text mining over the social
>> web: community detection, timelines, etc.
>> Evaluation of text mining tools, open-source or commercial: case studies
>> and findings.
>> Procurement and evaluation of text mining tools.
>>
>> Submission
>>
>> Chapters of 4,500-9,000 words in length should be prepared in either Word
>> or LaTeX. As chapters will be reformatted during the publication process,
>> authors are advised to concentrate on content rather than formatting.
>> Please include any images/graphics as separate files; images/graphics
>> should be 300dpi or better and designed to be readable when printed in
>> greyscale.
>>
>> Files should be submitted by email to Emma Tonkin <e.tonkin at ukoln.ac.uk>.
>> All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
>>
>> Important Dates/Deadlines
>>
>> 24-Dec-2012         Title/Abstract submission for preliminary approval
>> 4 -Jan-2013        Author notification
>> 11-Feb-2013        Manuscript submission deadline
>> 24-Feb-2013        Author notification
>>
>> Publisher
>>
>> This book is scheduled to be published in 2013 by Chandos, a leading
>> international publisher with specialisms in Library Management, Information
>> Management, Social Media and the Web; it will be distributed in the United
>> States via the American Library Association. It will be available both as a
>> printed publication and as a freely available Open Access resource,
>> increasing the visibility of the final work. For additional information
>> regarding the publisher, please visit
>> http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/ChandosInfo.aspx.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Murray-Rust
>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>> University of Cambridge
>> CB2 1EW, UK
>> +44-1223-763069
>>
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-- 
Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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