From rdowns at ciesin.columbia.edu Fri Aug 8 15:34:03 2014 From: rdowns at ciesin.columbia.edu (Robert R. Downs) Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:34:03 -0400 Subject: [Sigsti-l] August 2014 SIG STI Newsletter In-Reply-To: <53BEBEEF.3050101@ciesin.columbia.edu> References: <51D18C97.6070108@ciesin.columbia.edu> <51F27578.80603@ciesin.columbia.edu> <53BEBEEF.3050101@ciesin.columbia.edu> Message-ID: <53E5262B.5030407@ciesin.columbia.edu> Dear SIG STI members, Due to the voluntary contributions received from SIG STI members, the August 2014 SIG STI Newsletter contains several items that you might find interesting. Please find the current newsletter online at the following URL: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGSTI/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SIG-STI-Newsletter20140808.pdf Thanks, Bob Downs Robert R. Downs, PhD Senior Digital Archivist and Senior Staff Associate Officer of Research Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA Voice: 845-365-8985; fax: 845-365-8922 E-mail:rdowns at ciesin.columbia.edu Columbia University CIESIN Web site:http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu From garciam at denison.edu Mon Aug 11 13:40:56 2014 From: garciam at denison.edu (Moriana Garcia) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:40:56 -0400 Subject: [Sigsti-l] Fwd: Input Requested for NISO Altmetrics Initiative project - help us set priorities In-Reply-To: <004a01cfb58a$e29e6760$a7db3620$@org> References: <004a01cfb58a$e29e6760$a7db3620$@org> Message-ID: FYI Please, excuse cross-posting ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: NISO Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:37 PM Subject: Input Requested for NISO Altmetrics Initiative project - help us set priorities To: NISO Following the close of the comment period for the NISO draft white paper summarizing Phase I of its Alternative Assessment Metrics (Altmetrics) Project, NISO is making available a survey inviting the community to provide input as to what action items in the realm of alternative assessment are most important for NISO to work on in its upcoming Phase II. The survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/niso-altmetrics. All are invited to provide input through August 29. The NISO white paper, available at http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/13295/niso_altmetrics_white_paper_draft_v4.pdf, summarizes community input to development of potential standards and recommended practices for research assessment metrics. The Initiative was launched in July 2013, with a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to study, propose, and develop community-based standards or recommended practices for alternative metrics. In Phase 1 of the project, three in-person meetings were held and 30 in-person interviews conducted to collect input from all relevant stakeholders, including researchers, librarians, university administrators, scientific research funders, and publishers. The draft white paper is the summary of the findings from those meetings and interviews, along with the identification of potential action items for further work in Phase II of the project. More than 250 ideas were generated by participants in the meetings and interviews, and NISO condensed these to 25 action items in nine categories: definitions, research outputs, discovery, research evaluation, data quality and gaming, grouping and aggregation, context, stakeholders? perspectives, and adoption. The NISO Altmetrics Project webpage ( www.niso.org/topics/tl/altmetrics_initiative) provides links to detailed output documents and recordings from each of the meetings and related information resources. Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization hodgsonca at verizon.net 301-654-2512 -- Moriana L. M. Garcia, MS, PhD, MLIS Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian Denison University Libraries P.O. Box 805 Granville, OH, 43023 Phone: 740-587-5714 Online profile: http://libguides.denison.edu/morianagarcia From garciam at denison.edu Wed Aug 27 10:32:42 2014 From: garciam at denison.edu (Moriana Garcia) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:32:42 -0400 Subject: [Sigsti-l] Fwd: [Sigvis-l] 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting now open In-Reply-To: <3817-220148327135446421@LEN-dick-2011> References: <3817-220148327135446421@LEN-dick-2011> Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASIST 2014 Annual Meeting See http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ for full information and to register October 31-November 5, 2014, Seattle, WA Come to Seattle for the 77th ASIS&T Annual Meeting. The theme for this year?s conference is Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities - we chose this theme to celebrate the breadth of information science, its historical roots, its user-centeredness, and its unique aim of bringing people together around ideas, thoughts, and the exchange of information and knowledge. The program includes 42 papers, 26 panels, 102 posters, 12 workshops, and many opportunities for socializing at receptions. All in all this conference is packed with intellectually stimulating sessions, lots of opportunities to network and meet new people, and engage in the health and well-being of this wonderful association. We are delighted to present two excellent and accomplished keynote speakers: Kris M. Kutchera is Vice President, Information Technology for the Alaska Air Group Alessandro Acquisti is Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 _______________________________________________