A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

Global Accounting Digital Archive Network

a basis for

Knowledge in the New Millennium

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

A Challenge

• The basic unit of geo-political measure for accounting study is expanding across time and space boundaries via technology which is increasingly digitized to facilitate immediate access

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

And a Response

• Global Accounting Digital Archive Network• To facilitate access to and study of global literature

and its development

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

Actions

• Facilitate access to materials which support the study of multiple periods, cultures and perspectives

• Global Accounting Digital Archive Network

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

Outcome

• Cooperation leading to

• Collaboration to understand

• Changes in knowledge

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

Technologies

• Digitization and Scanningo instant accesso instant analysis o instant exchange

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

Research Network and Structure

• Scholars in all disciplines and cultures are increasingly linked by virtual communication technologies

• Effective global networking is forming• The American and European Accounting

Associations are cooperating to increase access to the knowledge bases of more nations and cultures

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

Relevance

• The Archive Project will contribute to the development of accounting thought, in global terms, by easing access to materials previously limited or less well identified.

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

Task Force Activities 2006-2007

• Identify Archival source links• Populate pilot sitehttp://raw.rutgers.edu/digitallibrary• Expand awareness• Sponsor presentations

A Joint Project of the American and European Accounting Associations

TASK FORCE MEMBERS 2006-2007

• Wolfgang Ballwieser, University of Muenchen, Germany • A. Rick Elam, University of Mississippi, US• Oktay Guvemli, Mirmara University, Turkey• Bryan Howieson, University of Adelaide, Australia • Daniel Jensen, Coordinator, The Ohio State University, US

jensen.7@osu.edu• Janet Morrill, University of Manitoba, Canada• Paolo Quattrone, Oxford University, UK• Gary John Previts, Convener, Case Western Reserve University, US

GJP@case.edu• Paulo Quattrone, Oxford University, UK• Edson Riccio, Sao Paolo University, Brazil• Vyachaslav Sokolov, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Russia• Miklos Vasarhelyi, Coordinator, Rutgers University, US

miklosv@andromeda.rutgers.edu• Hidetoshi Yamaji, Kobe University, Japan

• Webmaster, Jovari St. Victor, Rutgers University, USjaystv@msn.com