Next METRO Science Librarians SIG Meeting Thursday April 14

Current Trends in Electronic Scholarly Communication

Co-sponsored by The Scholarly Communications and Information Innovation Lab (SCIIL) of LIU (Long Island University) Palmer School of Library and Information Science.

Date: Thursday April 14, 2011

Time: 1:30-3:30 PM

Location: METRO (The Metropolitan New York Library Council) 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10003-4605



METRO and SCIIL are pleased to announce: Current Trends in Electronic Scholarly Communication, a panel for LIS students and information professionals.

Please register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/44


How can professionals and the public access, utilize and trust the proliferation of scientific and medical information available to them? How can online service providers improve their performance, delivering more robust and useful content? Google, Yahoo and other online search engine giants have a critical need for focused research from academic sources that can guide them as they strive to expand their business models and expertise, seeking to bring relevant information to a broader consumer base. The Scholarly Communications and Information Innovation Lab (SCIIL) is designed to support all of these issues, and has already undertaken some significant projects including: research on how researchers perceive value in journals; new trends in online learning in higher education; a new online course in Scholarly Communications and Electronic Publishing, which was offered in Fall 2010 for the LIU and WISE students.

This panel will showcase three LIS professionals who engaged in final project for the online graduate course in Scholarly Communications and Electronic Publishing course in Fall 2010 and a presentation of the recent research on International Scholarly Collaboration by Dr. Selenay Aytac, Associate Director of SCIIL.


During their presentations, each of the four panelists will share their projects. An open forum will follow the panel's presentations, and everyone will be encouraged to participate in the discussion on Current Trends in Electronic Scholarly Communication.



Dr. John J. Regazzi, the director of the SCIIL and Professor in the College of Education and Information Sciences will moderate the event.




PROGRAM

1. Welcoming and Introduction to the Scholarly Communications and Information Innovation Lab of LIU (5 minutes)

by Dr. John J. Regazzi Professor, and Director, Scholarly Communications and Information Innovation Lab College of Education and Information Sciences
LIU

2. International Scholarly Collaboration of Turkish Scientists (15 minutes)

By Dr. Selenay Aytac, Assistant Professor, Librarian of LIU

3. The E-journal Past and the E-book Future (15 minutes)

By Dr. William Maltarich, NYU

4. Open Access Development Analysis in China (15 minutes)

By Duo Li, MS and Doctoral Student in Information Studies, C. W. Post Campus, Long Island University


5. Scholarly Communication Librarians’ Guidance for Faculty Publication (15 minutes)

By Will Cross, JD, Digital Copyright Specialist for the University of North Carolina and a master's candidate at the UNC School of Information and Library Science.

6. Q&As