The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) invites contributions for the next issue of the Northern Notes Newsletter. Contributions are invited from both members and non-members of the
Association on issues of interest to arctic social scientists. Articles, reports, announcements or reviews (books, films, etc), conference, and meeting announcements should be submitted no later than Monday, 2
February 2009 to IASSA secretary:
Lara Olafsdottir
Email: iassa@svs.is.

Northern Notes is published on the web by the IASSA secretariat twice a year with a Spring/Summer and a Fall/Winter issue, and is available to all web users. To view past issues of Northern Notes please go to:
http://www.iassa.gl/newsletters.htm.

Contributions to Northern Notes may include special features on issues and topics of interest to arctic social scientists, information and announcements from members, announcements of meetings, workshops, or conferences, news about upcoming IASSA activities, information about new publications of interest to the arctic social science community, and announcements of new websites and links of interest.

IASSA invites contributions by Monday, 2 February 2009, for the following standard categories of the Northern Notes newsletter:
- Features: Contributions on issues and research activities of interest to the arctic social science community, including new research, current and upcoming research activities, and events, etc.
- Departments:
- News from Members,
- New books, Journals, Dissertations & Film,
- Conferences, Workshops, and Meetings,
- On the Web, and
- Funding Opportunities.

Please remember to send the following details with your article or announcement:
- Name and affiliation of the author,
- Book announcements: All titles, publishing details, distributor and ISBN/ISSN number, and
- Film: Distributor or link, and all release details.

The submission deadline is Monday, 2 February 2009. For further information, please contact:
Lara Olafsdottir
Email: iassa@svs.is.