Call for papers

["Richard A. Johnson" <richardj@comp.uark.edu>]

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*********** Call for Papers -- Mini-track for AIS  97 ***********
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   Association for Information Systems 1997 Americas Conference

                          Mini-track on
      THE TRANSITION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

                   ***** Call for Papers *****

            Indianapolis, Indiana   August 15-17, 1997

                       Conference HomePage:
             http://hsb.baylor.edu/ramsower/ais.ac.97

                       Mini-track HomePage:
http://www.uark.edu/depts/cisqinfo/hardgrave/ais97-oo.html


                        *Important Dates*

Paper Submission Deadline - February 28, 1997
Notification of Acceptance - April 14, 1997
Camera Ready Copy Due- May 5, 1997


                    * Mini-track Description *

      THE TRANSITION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
              Mini-track chair:   Bill C. Hardgrave
                                  University of Arkansas

The purpose of this mini-track is to provide a forum for research
addressing the transition to object-oriented software development
(OOSD).  Research including, but not limited to, the following
topics would be fitting:

*  training OOSD developers / learning OOSD
*  adopting OOSD
*  managing the adoption of OOSD
*  comparing OOSD methodologies
*  current OOSD practices in industry
*  OO curricula in higher education

     All of the above areas contribute to an understanding of the
transition to OOSD.  Papers addressing any of the areas would be
welcome.  Various forms of research including conceptual, lab
experiments, surveys, and case studies, among others, would be
appropriate.

More information about the mini-track can be found at:
http://www.uark.edu/depts/cisqinfo/hardgrave/ais97-oo.html



*Submission Guidelines*

Each submission must be FORWARDED ELECTRONICALLY AS A WORD
PROCESSING FILE (MS WORD OR WORDPERFECT FORMAT) ATTACHED TO AN
E-MAIL MESSAGE to the mini-track chair.  If this is not possible,
then authors should contact the mini-track chair and arrange for
a suitable workaround.

Each submission is limited to THREE-PAGES IN LENGTH
(APPROXIMATELY 1,750 WORDS) INCLUDING ALL FIGURES, TABLES,
APPENDICES, AND REFERENCES, and must include the following:

a) The name, e-mail address, mailing address,
university/organizational affiliation, and phone/fax numbers of
the contact person for the submission in the first few lines of
the file,

b) The submission title and the author's(s') name(s), the
author's(s') e-mail address(es), mailing address(es), and
author's(s') organization/university affiliation(s),

c) An abstract of the submission,

d) The body of the submission, and

e) A list of references or a bibliography.

All conference submissions and the submission review processes
will be managed through e-mail.  The receipt of submissions will
be quickly confirmed by the mini-track chair.  Submissions
should follow the style guidelines of the MIS Quarterly.  All
camera-ready copy preparation details will be provided to
submitting authors by the mini-track chairs through e-mail upon
acceptance.

Please send any questions and all submissions to THE TRANSITION
TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT mini-track to:

Dr. Bill C. Hardgrave
e-mail:  whardgra@comp.uark.edu
Phone:   (501) 575-6099
Fax:     (501) 575-7687
Address: CISQA Department
         College of Business Administration
         University of Arkansas
         Fayetteville, AR 72701




                  *The AIS Americas Conference*

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) is a relatively new
professional organization whose purpose is to become the premier
global organization for academicians specializing in Information
Systems.  AIS invites scholars and practitioners from throughout
the Americas and the world to contribute to and participate in
the program for the 1997 Americas Conference in Indianapolis,
Indiana.  The program for AIS'97 is diverse and will serve
research and pedagogical interests of attendees.

Consistent with the first and second Americas Conferences in 1995
and 1996 respectively, the AIS'97 Program is intended to be
varied, where the only restriction is that submissions address
organizational or technical research,  practice, or pedagogy in
information systems planning, design, development, management,
acquisition, implementation, usage, or evaluation.

All papers and proposals must be the original work of the
authors.  Accepted submissions will appear in the Proceedings, in
one to three pages, at the discretion of  the program committee.

For additional information on the 1997 AIS Americas Conference,
please see the homepages referenced above.

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Bill C. Hardgrave, Ph.D.
Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
College of Business Administration
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(501) 575-6099 - phone               (501) 575-7687 - FAX
whardgra@comp.uark.edu
Home page:  http://www.uark.edu/depts/cisqinfo/hardgrave/