[Iefac.list] CFP Non Profit Organizations and Information Technology

[Dr. Saqib Saeed]

*Submission Due Date
*3/31/2013

*Guest Editors*
Dr. Saqib Saeed

*Introduction*
Nonprofit organizations are an important part of every society. These
organizations differ from traditional business and governmental
organizations in their structure and operations. As state organizations are
cutting benefits of citizens the role of these third sector organizations
have become more important as they do advocacy on behalf of poor citizens.
Keeping in view their societal importance and scientific challenges in
system design, we focus on technology involvement in this challenging
domain.

*Objective*
Information technologies can facilitate the working processes of nonprofit
organizations but this sector traditionally lack funding and technical
resources to setup and maintain technology infrastructures in their
settings. Due to these challenges there is a recent interest by researchers
in investigating the role of information technology in nonprofit
organizations. In this special issue focus is on to understand the issues
behind failure and success of technology usage in nonprofit organizations.

*Recommended Topics*
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited
to) the following:

   - Technology Appropriation in Nonprofit Organizations
   - Empirical Studies of Technology Usage in Nonprofit Settings
   - Open Sources Systems and Nonprofit Organizations
   - Web 2.0 and Nonprofit Organizations
   - Evaluation of IT Systems in Practice
   - Technology based Collaboration among Nonprofit Organizations
   - Technology for Advocacy and Mobilization Campaigns
   - Technology based Communication among Nonprofit Stakeholders
   - IT and Knowledge Management in Nonprofit Settings
   - System Usability Issues of Nonprofit Settings

*Submission Procedure*
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special
theme issue on Nonprofit Organizations and Information Technology on or
before March 31st 2013. All submissions must be original and may not be
under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE
JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf. All
submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis.
Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.


*All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:*
Dr. Saqib Saeed
Guest Editor
saqib.saeed at gmail.com
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