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Future of Scholarly Communications symposium

Catherine Lavallee-Welch — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:19:50 +0000

The Chemical Information Division of the American Chemical Society is sponsoring a symposium of interest to information professionals and chemists on the subject of new models of scholarly publishing entitled The Future of Scholarly Communications. The symposium will take place on Friday, October 6, 2006, 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon at the ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Binghamton, NY.

Speakers are:

Elizabeth Brown, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Introduction and Overview to Scholarly Communications
David P. Martinsen, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC
The impact of web technology on scholarly publishing
Linda J. Miller, Nature Publishing, New York, NY
Nature’s trial of open peer review
Julia C. Blixrud, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Washington, DC
Advocating for new models of scholarly communication: the role of SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
William G. Town, Kilmorie Clarke Ltd, London, United Kingdom and Bryan Vickery, BioMed Central Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Open access publishing in chemical research
A. Ben Wagner, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Open access: changing the equation for scholars and librarians

Advance registration for NERM 2006 is available until September 11, 2006. A discounted registration fee ($65) is available for librarians attending the day of the symposium.

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ACS-CINF: volunteers needed

Catherine Lavallee-Welch — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:01:16 +0000

The Publications Committee of the Chemical Information Division of ACS needs volunteers to fill several vacancies on the committee:

Business Manager: the Business Manager is responsible for soliciting advertisements for the CIB, ensuring timely receipt of advertising copy, issueing and tracking invoices to advertisers and subscribers, and handling accounting and budget issues.

Assistant Business Manager: duties are in a support capacity to the Business Manager and will include managing subscriptions.

At-Large Members: these positions would assist the Publications Officers with their duties while gaining valuable experience, and also participate fully in setting goals and objectives of the publications under the auspices of the Publications Committee.

All positions are for two year terms. More details are available in the procedures manual, section 3.2.14. If you are interested in any of the vacancies, please contact Beth Thomsett-Scott, Chair.

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ACS-CINF: social software sessions podcasts

Catherine Lavallee-Welch — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:36:41 +0000

At the March 2006 ACS National Meeting in Atlanta, the Division of Chemical Information presented a symposium “Social Software and Chemical Information”. The presentations of that symposium are now available via podcast. The slides are also available. Speakers were Beth Thomsett-Scott, Teri Vogel, Brian Maurice Lynch, Barbara Greenman, Jeremy Garritano, Randy Reichardt, Martin Walker and Jonathan Coffman.

Update: the URL was corrected

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