Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

A Short Tribute to Larry Ribstein

I am personally and professionally saddened at the sudden passing of my friend, Larry E. Ribstein, Mildred van Voorhis Jones Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, a pre-eminent scholar in the field of LLCs and other unincorporated business associations, and the editor of our Corporate Law: Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities eJournal. We will miss his prodigious scholarship, his unflagging energy, his perceptive and provocative commentary on many subjects, and his iconoclastic style. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family, colleagues, and friends.

I am grateful that Professor Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, of Suffolk Law School, Larry’s co-author on the casebook, Unincorporated Business Entities, has agreed to take over as the editor of Larry’s journal.

Professor Lipshaw has proposed that we rename the journal as Corporate Law: LLCs, Close Corporations, Partnerships, and Other Private Enterprises. I think Larry would have approved this new name, which emphasizes LLCs and closely held firms more generally. He would be the first to tell you that no one ought to form a partnership any more, and indeed, few people do.

Please see below for the new journal title and description, and information on how to subscribe.

Bernie Black
Managing Editor, SSRN

CORPORATE LAW: LLCs, CLOSE CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, & OTHER PRIVATE ENTERPRISES eJOURNAL
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Editor: Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, Associate Professor, Suffolk University Law School

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to LLCs, close corporations, partnerships, and other private enterprises. This includes the law, economics, history and policy of closely-held corporations and non-corporate firms, including partnerships, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, and similar entities both in the US and around the world. Specific topics include private law matters such as governance, fiduciary duties, formation, litigation, arbitration, choice of law, exit, dissolution, transfer, creditors’ rights, and limited liability. They also include public law matters such as bankruptcy, employment discrimination, securities regulation, competition law, and professional regulation. Articles may also focus on types of businesses or other relationships that commonly organize as limited liability companies, close corporations, partnerships or other unincorporated business entities, including venture capital, professional services, real estate, finance, family firms, domestic relationships and public-private enterprises.

Announcing 24th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2011 Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the Institute of Global Finance at the University of New South Wales, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC) 2011 Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The AFBC is an annual event organized by the School of Banking and Finance in conjunction with the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales. The event aims to promote discussion and interaction among researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in finance and banking fields, and draws a large crowd of both international and Australian participants to the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney every December. The conference runs over three days and includes plenary sessions with distinguished keynote speakers, break-out sessions, social events, a Business Forum, a special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a session for PhD students, and other initiatives such as the Networking Women in Finance session that discusses gender initiatives in the field. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the Annual Conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific eJournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

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National Research University Higher School of Economics Joins Economics Departments Research Papers

We are pleased to announce the National Research University Higher School of Economics has started an Economics Departments Research Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) was established in 1992 with the purpose to promote economic and social reforms in Russia through education of a new generation of researchers and practitioners, production and dissemination of modern economic knowledge among Russian business and government. Nowadays the HSE is an absolute leader in the academic fields of economics among Russian universities. The strategic goal is to make the HSE the foremost centre for research and education, analysis, consulting and design in the field of social and economic science that would join the line of leading global research universities. Higher School of Economics Research Paper Series were established to provide our faculty with additional communication means with their colleagues, providing accessible way to distribute and discuss their research within the global research community.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Western New England University Upgrades Its Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series

We are pleased to announce Western New England University School of Law has upgraded its basic series to a full series, within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies.

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Western New England University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series journal contains abstracts and research papers of the Western New England University School of Law faculty. Founded in 1919 as part of the Springfield Division of Northeastern University and incorporated as part of Western New England University in 1951, the School of Law has grown and matured into an institution known for providing a legal education that emphasizes a blending of theoretical and practical learning.

Announcing 4 New MRN Organizational Behavior Subject Matter eJournals

We are pleased to announce four new MRN Organizational Behavior Research Network (ORG) Subject Matter eJournals:
Innovation & Organizational Behavior eJournal;
Interorganizational Networks & Organizational Behavior eJournal;
Public Sector Strategy & Organizational Behavior eJournal; and
Strategy & Organizational Behavior eJournal.

INNOVATION & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on innovation and organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to innovation and organizational behavior. Submitted papers may be conceptual or empirical in nature and may address any of the phases of the innovation process, including development, adoption, resistance, implementation, and diffusion. The purpose of the eJournal is to enhance understanding of how and why individuals acting in organizations influence innovation.

INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on interorganizational networks and organizational behavior. Submitted papers may be conceptual or empirical in nature. The purpose of this eJournal is to enhance understanding of the impact of interorganizational network structures on the individuals who work within those structures as well as the consequences of the actions taken by those individuals on organizational outcomes and effectiveness. Interorganizational networks can support or constrain individual behavior in organizations and may be viewed from multiple perspectives including, but not limited to, theories related to resource dependence and access, trust, power and control, and signaling.

PUBLIC SECTOR STRATEGY & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on strategy in relation to organizational behavior within the public sector, including nonprofit organizations, governments and governmental agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, modes of strategy, execution of strategy, and evaluation of the results of strategic actions.

STRATEGY & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on competitive strategy in relation to organizational behavior within the for-profit sector.

NBER Announces Free Access to Papers Older than Three Years

SSRN partners with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to provide access to their research and we are happy to share the NBER’s recent announcement below.

Effective January 1, 2012, all NBER working papers that were distributed prior to a three year “moving wall” are available for open access on the NBER website. They are also available at no charge through SSRN.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact UserSupport@SSRN.com.

SSRN delivered its 50,000,000 full-text download!

On 12/26/11 a major milestone occurred when Jan Bena, UBC Professor downloaded “Economic Nationalism in Mergers & Acquisitions“ by Isil Erel and Serdar Dinc. It was the 50 millionth full text PDF delivered from the SSRN eLibrary. Congratulate Jan if you see him because he will receive free subscriptions to all the SSRN eJournals for life!

The SSRN eLibrary currently has 375,000 paper abstracts from over 175,000 authors and has received 60,000 new submissions during the year. SSRN’s Citereader project with ITX Corp. has extracted 7.4 million references, 4.7 million citations, and 7.7 million footnotes from our 306,000 full text papers.

SSRN’s CEO, Gregg Gordon is headed to the AFA 2012 Chicago Meeting and will congratulate Jan personally. Thank you all for making this possible.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing the American Finance Association 2012 Meetings Abstracting Journal

In cooperation with the American Finance Association (AFA), the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The American Finance Association (AFA) sponsors an annual meeting each January where the President speaks on a chosen topic and papers which cover the gamut of financial topics are presented. The current President of the Association is Raghuram Rajan of the University of Chicago. David H. Pyle of the University of California, Berkeley serves as Executive Secretary and Treasurer. The Association has officers and a board of directors who assist in key decisions and a set of by laws governing those decisions.

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Conference URL: http://www.afajof.org/association/annualconf.asp

Announcing Expansion of ERN Econometrics: Applied Econometrics & Modeling eJournal

We are pleased to announce the expansion of Economics Research Network (ERN) Econometrics: Applied Econometrics & Modeling eJournal into the following eJournals:

ECONOMETRICS: APPLIED ECONOMETRIC MODELING IN AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCE, & ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the application of econometric modeling techniques in agriculture, natural resources, and environmental economics. The topics in this journal include: Agricultural Economics; Environmental Economics; Natural Resource Economics; Other topics related to Applied Econometric Modeling in Agriculture, Natural Resource, & Environmental Economics not covered in the topics specifically listed.

ECONOMETRICS: APPLIED ECONOMETRIC MODELING IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the application of econometric modeling techniques in financial economics. The topics in this journal include: Agriculture & Commodity Markets; Behavioral Finance; Bid-Ask Spreads; CAPM Model; Diversification; Equity Premiums; Financial Derivatives; Financial Market Efficiency; Financial Market Volatility; Futures & Options; Insurance Markets; International Financial Markets; Islamic & Non-Traditional Financing; Microfinance; Monetary Economics & Interest Rates; Mutual Funds; Pension Funds; Portfolio Optimization; Real Estate Investment Funds; Regulation of Financial Markets; Risk; Sovereign Debt & Wealth; Stock Market Returns; Venture Capital; Other topics related to Applied Econometric Modeling in Financial Economics not covered in the topics specifically listed.

ECONOMETRICS: APPLIED ECONOMETRIC MODELING IN FORECASTING eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the application of econometric modeling techniques in forecasting. The topics in this journal include: Consumption & Savings Forecasting; Employment Forecasting; Monetary Forecasting; Prices Forecasting; Production Forecasting; Other topics related to Applied Econometric Modeling in Forecasting not covered in the topics specifically listed.

ECONOMETRICS: APPLIED ECONOMETRIC MODELING IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the application of econometric modeling techniques in international economics. The topics in this journal include: International Finance; International Trade; Other topics related to Applied Econometric Modeling in International Economics not covered in the topics specifically listed.

ECONOMETRICS: APPLIED ECONOMETRIC MODELING IN MACROECONOMICS eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the application of econometric modeling techniques in macroeconomics. The topics in this journal include: Business Cycles; Capital, Investment, & Production; Consumption & Savings; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Fiscal Policy; Immigration; Inflation & Deflation; Infrastructure & Public Investment; Monetary Policy; Poverty & Inequality; Wealth, Income, & Wage Distribution; Other topics related to Applied Econometric Modeling in Macroeconomics not covered in the topics specifically listed.

ECONOMETRICS: APPLIED ECONOMETRIC MODELING IN MICROECONOMICS eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the application of econometric modeling techniques in microeconomics. The topics in this journal include: Consumer Behavior; Corporate Governance; Economics of Religion; Economics of the Family; Education & Human Capital; Firm Behavior; Health Economics; Information; Labor Economics; Public Choice & Collective Decision Making; Real Estate Economics; Social Choice, Clubs, & Associations; Sports Economics; Urban Economics; Other topics related to Applied Econometric Modeling in Microeconomics not covered in the topics specifically listed.

ECONOMETRICS: ECONOMETRIC MODEL CONSTRUCTION, ESTIMATION & SELECTION eJOURNAL
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Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts focused on the application of econometric model construction, estimation, and selection. The topics in this journal include: Model Construction & Estimation; Model Construction & Selection; Other topics related to Econometric Model Construction, Estimation & Selection not covered in the topics specifically listed.

Kirby Ferguson is a quirky New York-based filmmaker with an interesting idea. He wanted to show copying was often part of the creative process by providing popular examples of remixed content. The research and examples from different types of media have been aggregated into an extremely well done, short video series titled Everything Is a Remix. Since I’ve blogged about plagiarism and Open Access in the past, a few people recommended the series to me and it got me thinking about scholarly research in a new and different way.

In the first of the (very soon to be) four videos, he jumps in with recognizable audio examples from Led Zeppelin in the 60′s to Sugar Hill in the 70′s. Sugar Hill’s early example of “sampling” a base line from Chic’s “Goodtimes” has been remixed dozens of times since then. Kirby suggests that remix techniques (collecting material, combining, transforming, and distributing) are the same ones used in any other creative process. In effect, he argues, everything is a remix.

This was an eye opening perspective for me.

I immediately drew several correlations between Kirby’s premise and what I have been seeing and speaking about over the last few years. The SSRN eLibrary provides simple, easy, Open Access to scholarly research in a way that wasn’t previously possible. And, this new level of access allows researchers to remix different perspectives from different disciplines into new innovative research.

My simple definition of innovation is

the ability to create new things by being exposed to broader and deeper set of existing things.

One of the core ideas behind SSRN is that scholarly research relies on previous research to identify new problems, develop solutions to problems, or empirically test those solutions. We created CiteReader and continue to update it so that readers can easily go backwards and forwards through the scholarly literature.  We provide tomorrow’s research today so that it can be used to create new, innovative research faster.

Larry Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard Law School Professor and former SSRN Editor, discusses remix from another perspective in his TED talk about copyright laws choking creativity and finding a balance. His concern is limiting creativity and innovation by constraining how content can be used.

The question of whether remixing content is part of the creative process or stealing someone else’s work is a very interesting topic that we will continue to explore in the future, but I think Carl Sagan probably summed it up best:

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

I’m flying to Berlin, Germany this weekend for the third international PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference (#pkp2011) and looking forward to presenting on SSRN’s Open Access approach and the benefits of article level metrics.  The PKP conference attendees are a broad group of publishers and others interested in Open Source software, new publishing models and providing greater access to scholarly research.

PKP developed the Open Journal Systems (OJS), an Open Source journal management and publishing system, to expand and improve access to research.  There are over 7500 journals using OJS.

If you are attending the conference or want to meet in Berlin to talk about SSRN or scholarly research in general send me a message.

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing New ERN Subject Matter eJournal Abstracts & Papers on SSRN

In cooperation with the American Economic Association, the Economics Research Network (ERN) is pleased to announce Ten Years & Beyond: Economists Answer NSF’s Call for Long-Term Research Agendas eJournal papers in the SSRN eLibrary.

TEN YEARS & BEYOND: ECONOMISTS ANSWER NSF’S CALL FOR LONG-TERM RESEARCH AGENDAS eJOURNAL
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Description: We would like to acknowledge and thank the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (NSF/SBE) for challenging economists and other relevant research communities “to step outside of present demands and to think boldly about future promises.” Specifically, NSF/SBE invited groups and individuals in August 2010 to write white papers that describe grand challenge questions in their sciences that transcend near-term funding cycles and are “likely to drive next generation research in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.” NSF/SBE planned to use these white papers “to frame innovative research for the year 2020 and beyond that enhances fundamental knowledge and benefits society in many ways. This request is part of a process that will help NSF/SBE make plans to support future research.” At the conclusion of the submission period on October 15, 2010, NSF/SBE had received 252 papers. A compendium of abstracts to the 252 white papers and most of the full texts of the white papers can be downloaded from the website http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/sbe_2020/. We are disseminating the white papers of interest to economists independent of the NSF because these papers offer a number of exciting and at times provocative ideas about future research agendas in economics that are worth further consideration by economists. These papers could also generate other compelling ideas for infrastructure projects, new methodologies and important research topics. Also some of these papers are not available at the NSF website because they were not submitted successfully by the deadline. We have placed 54 of the white papers on our website http://www.aeaweb.org/econwhitepapers/ and have assembled these white papers in this electronic publication.

Duquesne University Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies

We are pleased to announce Duquesne University School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series, within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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Founded in 1911, the Duquesne University School of Law embraces the belief that a high quality legal education is designed to forge a person of true character who thinks and acts consistently in accordance with a strong commitment to justice and law. The faculty is committed to teaching students and pursuing legal scholarship. Together we learn, produce scholarly works, and make a difference in our community and in our world. The Duquesne University School of Law’s Legal Studies Research Paper Series eJournal contains our faculty’s legal and interdisciplinary scholarship in a variety of subject areas.

Announcing New Music Research & Composition Network

We are pleased to announce the creation of the Music Research & Composition Network (MRCN) within the Humanities Network (HUM). It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of music research and composition studies, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.

We expect MRCN to become a comprehensive online resource for music research and composition studies, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.

MRCN’s founding director is:

Andre de Quadros, Professor of Music, Music Education, Boston University – School of Music
See below for a complete list of MRCN Advisory Board members.

The following Subject Matter eJournals are available within MRCN. Initially, subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase until April 2012.

COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: This eJournal solicits papers on compositional techniques broadly conceived, to include: orchestration, instrumentation, extended techniques, notation, form, tuning and temperament, microtones, creative strategies, composing in multimedia, computer mediated music, algorithmic composition, the spectral attitude, and other areas of interest.

COMPOSITIONS FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions written for chamber orchestra. Chamber orchestra, for the purpose of this eJournal, is defined as a maximum of single woodwinds (no more than 4 players), single brass including tuba (no more than four players), harp, timpani, percussion, keyboard, and strings. Instrumental or vocal soloists, as well as electronic sound may also be included. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

COMPOSITIONS FOR CHORUS eJOURNAL
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Editors: Philip Brunelle VocalEssence, and Andre de Quadros Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions for mixed or equal voice choirs either unaccompanied or accompanied by a single instrument. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Entire compositions or the major portion of compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

COMPOSITIONS FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions for symphony orchestra. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

COMPOSITIONS FOR WIND ENSEMBLE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions written for symphonic wind ensemble. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY eJOURNAL
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Editor: Steven Cornelius Boston University – School of Music

Description: This eJournal invites research on the relationship between music and culture in non-Western and Western populations as they play out in local, national, and global contexts. The eJournal addresses further issues and perspectives such as field disciplinary revolutions, research ethics, research methods, and writing perspectives – as well as contemporary theoretical issues such as race, ethnicity, nationalism, diaspora and globalization, and gender studies.

MUSIC & ETHICS eJOURNAL
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Editors: Michael Beckerman New York University (NYU) – Department of Music, Victor Coelho Boston University – School of Music, and Steven Cornelius Boston University – School of Music

Description: How do morals, values, and ethical principles interact with music? And if so, in what way does music shape these ethical standards? Ethics has governed research in the humanities since the second half of the twentieth century. This eJournal welcomes articles, presentations, and papers that address ethical aspects such as justice, virtue, and vice, and explores the connection that these aspects have with music.

MUSIC & SOCIAL JUSTICE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Andre de Quadros Boston University – School of Music

Description: With the increasing awareness of social justice in the study and practice of music, this eJournal invites papers on the principles of this interdisciplinary field. The eJournal also encourages written project reports or PowerPoint presentations. The role that music plays to communicate principles about social justice and brings about change in society will be explored through articles, presentations, and papers in this eJournal. Papers that relate music to principles of solidarity, human dignity, and human rights are especially welcome.

MUSIC & SPIRITUALITY eJOURNAL
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Editors: Janet R. Barrett Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music, and Betty Anne Younker Don Wright Faculty of Music – University of Western Ontario

Description: Musicians, musical scholars, and creative artists regard spirituality – the indefinable aspects of human life – as a vital aspect of its practice. This eJournal encourages submissions of papers on this broad topic to include informal, non-institutional activity, ritual, religion, etc. Music and spirituality are connected in experiences where music can enable human beings to access the core of their beings, which might lead to inspiration or transcendentalism. This eJournal features articles, papers that explore the relationship between music and spiritual or religious music and its impact on human beings’ spiritual growth.

MUSIC & THE MIND eJOURNAL
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Editors: Michael Beckerman New York University (NYU) – Department of Music, and Susan Wharton Conkling Boston University – School of Music
Description: Very few fields have attracted as much attention to music in recent years as the study of music and the brain. Intelligence, broadly defined and conceived, as it converges with music is one of the areas of discussion for this eJournal. All interdisciplinary areas of enquiry for this field are invited, including: music and cognition, music and neuroscience, music education and the brain, music and evolutionary biology, music and communication, music perception and cognition, and neurological processes engaged during musical activity, such as auditory memory and its encoding process. The scope of the eJournal is broad, including research ranging from the most specific cognitive processes – such as how the mind monitors the beat – to broader concepts of determining familiar and unfamiliar music. This eJournal provides a shared platform for research that draws on both the discipline of cognitive neuroscience and the music social sciences.

MUSIC EDUCATION eJOURNAL
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Editors: Janet R. Barrett Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music, Susan Wharton Conkling Boston University – School of Music, and Betty Anne Younker Don Wright Faculty of Music – University of Western Ontario

Description: Music education research takes a number of forms in qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. Enquiries and investigations in the following are invited: music in early childhood, music in schools, studios, teacher education, community music, music education and social justice, and music in higher education. Research into music with underserved populations is particularly welcome.

MUSIC THEORY eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music
Description: This eJournal is a comprehensive and exhaustive site for music theory research which includes aesthetics, post-tonal theory, linear analysis, rhythm, music cognition, and theory pedagogy. The eJournal solicits articles that discuss theoretical constructs and paradigms of music from Antiquity to the twenty-first century and genres ranging from Western art music to popular music to world music. It also contains research that addresses theoretical issues of and perspectives on the state and direction of the discipline.

MUSIC, CULTURE, & SOCIAL CHANGE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Andre de Quadros Boston University – School of Music
Description: Increasingly, music, and other art forms are recognized for their capacity to transform societies, communities, and to empower individuals, whether in prisons, hospitals, areas of conflict, or in public health. As an emerging field, this eJournal welcomes submissions – either papers, reports, or PowerPoint presentations which explore the connection between music and social change.

MUSICAL PRACTICES & REPERTOIRES eJOURNAL
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Editors: Janet R. Barrett Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music, and Steven Cornelius Boston University – School of Music
Description: This eJournal furthers dialogue on questions related to an expanded array of musical styles and practices, including arguments related to the musical canon, the role and function of classical (art) music, and the inclusion of diverse repertoires including vernacular musics, world/global music, contemporary music, and musical fusions and hybrids.

MUSICOLOGY eJOURNAL
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Editors: Michael Beckerman New York University (NYU) – Department of Music, and Victor Coelho Boston University – School of Music
Description: The Musicology eJournal is a comprehensive and exhaustive site for musicological research discussing music from Antiquity to the twenty-first century and genres ranging from Western art music to popular music – as well as research that bridges these periods and genres. This eJournal includes research, which utilizes different approaches, including philological investigation, style and repertoire analysis, performance practice, socio-cultural contextualization, gender study, and interdisciplinary inquiry. It also includes research that reflects on the state and direction of the discipline.

MUSIC RESEARCH & COMPOSITION NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD
The members of the Music Research & Composition Network (MRCN) Advisory Board are:

Janet R. Barrett
Associate Professor of Music, Music Education, Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music

Michael Beckerman
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Music, Chair, New York University (NYU) – Department of Music

Philip Brunelle
Artistic Director and Founder, VocalEssence, Vice President/Treasurer, International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)

Victor Coelho
Professor of Music, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Boston University – School of Music

Susan Wharton Conkling
Professor of Music, Chair, Department of Music Education, Boston University – School of Music

Steven Cornelius
Visiting Professor of Music, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Boston University – School of Music

Richard Cornell
Professor of Music, Associate Director, Boston University – School of Music

Betty Anne Younker
Professor of Music, Music Education, Dean, Don Wright Faculty of Music – University of Western Ontario

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing IACM 2011 24th Annual Conference Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with the International Association of Conflict Management, the Negotiations Research Network (NEG) is pleased to announce the IACM 2011 24th Annual Conference Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The International Association for Conflict Management was founded to encourage scholars and practitioners to develop and disseminate theory, research, and experience that is useful for understanding and improving conflict management in family, organizational, societal, and international settings. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific journals within NEG and, where appropriate, in the journals of our sister networks.

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Conference URL: http://www.bus.umich.edu/Conferences/IACM-2011

Victoria University of Wellington Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies

We are pleased to announce the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON FACULTY OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Victoria University of Wellington was founded in 1899 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and of the then British Empire. Law teaching started in 1900. The Law Faculty was formally constituted in 1907. The first dean was Richard Maclaurin (1870-1920), an eminent scholar of both law and mathematics. Maclaurin went on to lead the Massachussetts Institute of Technology as President in its formative years. Former professors include the Right Honourable Sir Kenneth Keith, a member of the International Court of Justice at The Hague since 2005, and Sir John Salmond (1862-1924), one of the Common Law’s leading scholars. Salmond’s texts on jurisprudence and torts have gone through many editions and remain in print.

Alumni include Sir Robin Cooke (1926-2006), one of the leading judges of the British Commonwealth. As Baron Cooke of Thorndon, he sat on over 100 appeals to the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords, one of very few Commonwealth judges ever appointed to do so.

Since 1996 the Law School has occupied the Old Government Building in central Wellington. Designed by William Clayton and opened in 1876 to house New Zealand’s then civil service, the building is a particularly fine example of Italianate neo-Renaissance style. Unusually among large colonial official buildings of the time it is constructed of wood, apart from chimneys and vaults.

The School is close to New Zealand’s Parliament, courts, and the headquarters of government departments. Throughout Victoria’s history, our law teachers have contributed actively to policy formation and to law reform. As a result, in addition to many scholarly articles and books, the Victoria SSRN pages include a number of official reports.

Victoria graduates approximately 230 LLB and LLB(Hons) students each year, and about 60 LLM students. The faculty has an increasing number of doctoral students. Ordinarily there are ten to twelve students engaged in PhD research.

Victoria University observes the British system of academic ranks. In North American terms, lecturers and senior lecturers are tenured doctrinal scholars, not legal writing teachers. A senior lecturer corresponds approximately to a North American associate professor in rank.

The name of the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series will be Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Papers. The Victoria University site opens with 280 scholarly papers. In addition to current working papers and recent scholarly articles, Victoria University Legal Research Papers plans to publish occasional special issues that collect work on particular topics. Projected themes for special issues include constitutional law and democracy, jurisprudential perspectives of income tax law, and issues in the law of contract. Particularly in early months of the series, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Papers will republish selected leading articles by VUW faculty members that have appeared in recent years. The inaugural editor is Professor John Prebble.

Indiana University-Bloomington Joins ERN Public Policy Centers Research Papers

We are pleased to announce the School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University-Bloomington has started an ERN Public Policy Centers Research Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON: SCHOOL OF PUBLIC & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) is a world leader in public affairs and the environmental sciences and is the largest school of public affairs in the United States. In the most recent “Best Graduate Schools” rankings by U.S. News & World Report, SPEA ranked second and was the nation’s highest-ranked graduate program in public affairs at a public institution. The School’s curriculum and research are distinguished by a vigorous interdisciplinary approach to education and problem-solving. SPEA will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2012. The SPEA working papers series eJournal contains works in progress from our faculty.

This week I’m attending the JCDL 2011 (ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries) in Ottawa, Canada and presenting during the Thinking Back and Looking Forward session of the Disciplinary Repositories Workshop.  This year’s theme is “Digital Libraries: Bringing Together Scholars, Scholarship and Research Data” and our workshop will give anyone the chance to see how disciplinary repositories really work.  This is your chance to ask real questions to real people that are running real DRs.  Here is a list of presenters.

If you too are attending and would like to meetup, send me a message.