FQS Newsletter 8/04

[Katja Mruck <mruck@zedat.fu-berlin.de>]

Dear All,

Today I would like to draw your attention to the following news:

A) Articles, published in former FQS issues in the German language and
now also available in English 
B) Articles, published in August 2004
C) Requests and comments from our readers
D) Conferences
E) Open Access News

Wishing you a nice September!

Katja Mruck
FQS-Editor

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A) ARTICLES, PUBLISHED IN FORMER FQS ISSUES IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND
NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH 

Uwe Laucken (Germany): Quality Criteria as Instruments for Political
Control of Sciences; published in FQS 3(1)
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-02/1-02laucken-e.htm 

Christian Lueders (Germany): Evaluation as Practical Hermeneutics -- or
The Long and Stony Road from a Theory of Practice to Evaluation
Practice. Review Essay: Thomas A. Schwandt (2002). Evaluation Practice
Reconsidered; published in FQS 5(1)
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-04/1-04review-lueders-e.htm

B) ARTICLES, PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 2004

Yeslam Al-Saggaf & Kirsty Williamson (Australia): Online Communities in
Saudi Arabia: Evaluating the Impact on Culture Through Online
Semi-Structured Interviews
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-04/04-3-24-e.htm 

Leo Guertler & Silke-Birgitta Gahleitner (Germany): Conference Report:
Fourth Annual Meeting of Qualitative Psychology. "Areas of Qualitative
Psychology -- Special Focus on Design"
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-04/04-3-31-e.htm 

Karl Kollmann (Austria): The Launch of the Euro in Retrospect --
Insights From an In-Depth Evaluation Study in Austria
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-04/04-3-30-e.htm 

Joan K. Langlois, Richard H. Parrish II, Ronald Rupert & Dwain Daniel
(USA): A Living History -- A Qualitative Study of Experienced
Chiropractors Treating Visceral Conditions
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-04/04-3-17-e.htm 

Kathrin Ruhl (Germany): Review Note: Jane Ritchie & Jane Lewis (Eds.)
(2003). Qualitative Research Practice. A Guide for Social Science
Students and Researchers
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-04/04-3-21-e.htm 

Milind Sathye (Australia): Leadership in Higher Education: A Qualitative
Study
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-04/04-3-26-e.htm 

Martin Welker (Germany): Review Note, Marianne Englert, Eckhard Lange,
Heiner Schmitt & Hans-Gerhard Stuelb (Eds.) (2002). Vernetzungen.
Archivdienstleistungen in Presse, Rundfunk und Online-Medien
[Cross-Linkings. Archive Services in Press, Broadcast and Online Media]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-04/04-3-16-e.htm 

C) REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR READERS

Question: Help -- first action research project, Friday, August 6, 2004
http://www.qualitative-research.net/discus/messages/39/92.html?1091765887 

Response to: Appropriate questions in qualitative research, Elke
Kuerth-Landwehr, Sunday, August 8, 2004
http://www.qualitative-research.net/discus/messages/39/89.html?1091981486

D) CONFERENCES

On January 28- 29 2005 the Launch Conference "Learning about Risk" of
the ESRC Social Contexts and Responses to Risk Network takes place in
Canterbury, UK 
http://www.kent.ac.uk/scarr/events/events.htm#launch

See
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/conferences/conferences-coming-e.htm
for additional Conference Announcements.

E) OPEN ACCESS NEWS

The August SPARC Open Access Newsletter is available online:
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/08-02-04.htm 
 
On October 15, 2005 the "Symposium on Open Access to Knowledge and
Scholarly Communication" takes place in Zurich, Switzerland, organized
by the University of Zurich and the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences. 
http://www.oai.unizh.ch/symposium/program.html 

The draft of the [Open Access] Declaration of the Scottish Science
Information Strategy Working Group's is online at
http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/declaration.htm (from American Scientist
Open Access Forum); the official launch of the Declaration by the Royal
Society of Edinburgh will take place in October.

The Economist published the contribution "Access all areas" on August 5,
2004, see
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3061258
(information provided by Claudia Koltzenburg).

Sage Publications (http://online.sagepub.com/) has established a
presence at HighWire Press; there are several hundred journals, all
permitting free full text access through the end of October (from
ERIL-L@LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU).

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