Hi all,
The following conference may be of interest to people on this list.
Thanks to the generosity of sponsors and the Moore and Sloan
foundations, there is significant student funding available.
FORCE2015 CONFERENCE (12-13 January, Oxford; CFP deadline Nov. 15
(abstracts); Dec. 1 (posters)).
The* FORCE2015 Research Communication and e-Scholarship
Conference* brings together researchers, scholars, librarians,
archivists, information scientists, publishers, and research funders in
a lively forum – to broaden awareness of current efforts across
disciplines, but also to define the future through discussions,
challenge projects, demonstrations, and the seeding of new partnerships
and collaborations. Individually and collectively, we aim to bring about
a positive change in scholarly communications through both the effective
use of information technology and a deeper understanding of the nature
of evolving scholarly practice.
The FORCE2015 conference will be held 12-13 January, 2015, at the
University of Oxford, UK. On the *preceding day, 11 January 2015,
*there will be workshops, informal and formal collaborations, and
business meetings associated with the main conference.
There are two themes for abstracts:
* Valuing the diversity of scholarly impact in a networked world
* Credit where credit is due
There are also opportunities to propose pre-conference workshops.
Force11 (The Future of Research Communication and eScholarship) was
founded in 2011 to promote research in scholarly and scientific
communication. It functions as a meeting ground and community of
interest and practice for researchers across disciplines and sectors who
are interested in the future of scholarly communication. A highlight of
the meeting is the "$1k challenge"--a microgrant competition in which
community groups propose ideas for $1k seed money grants.
Although the initial membership of Force11 drew heavily from the natural
and life sciences, it is now broadly interdisciplinary and inter-sector.
Its membership includes humanists, social scientists, natural and life
scientists, librarians, funders, and commercial and non-profit
publishers and publishing professionals. It is particularly interested
in expanding its membership in mid- and low-income economic regions and
in further developing its activities within humanities and social
science publishing.
It is also a very welcoming group. If you or your students have ideas
for papers or poster on scholarly communication activity, please
consider submitting an abstract to the conference. Thanks to the
generosity of our sponsors and the Moore and Sloan foundations, there is
also significant money available to support student participation.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!
-dan
--
From my Ubuntu notebook
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Professor of English
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4
Canada
+1 403 393-2539