[Air-l] RE: Joint AoIR ASIS&T EC workshop/ Organiser message

[Irene Berkowitz]

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Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:54:14 +0100
From: "Thelwall, Mike (Dr)" <M.Thelwall at wlv.ac.uk>  
RE: Joint AoIR ASIS&T EC workshop/ Organiser message  

SUBJECT: Call for abstracts and participation
TEXT: The web as a mirror of scientific and technical
chievements: issues in access and measurement Workshop at the
AoIR conference, 19-22nd September 2004 http://aoir.org/2004/

Organisers: 
Mike Thelwall (University of Wolverhampton, UK),
m.thelwall at wlv.ac.uk
Andrea Scharnhorst (Nerdi/NIWI, The Netherlands) 
Irene Berkowitz (Temple University, USA) 
Lennart Björneborn (Royal School of Library and Information
Science,Denmark) 
Christine Hine (University of Surrey, UK) 
Michael Nentwich (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Technology Assessment) 
Steve Schneider (SUNY Institute of Technology, USA) 
Henry Small (Chief Scientist of Thomson ISI, USA) 
Liwen Vaughan (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 
Michel J. Menou (ASIS&T international liaison officer) 

Co-sponsored by:
The European Chapter of the American Society for Information
Science & Technology - ASIS&T/EC (www.asis.org/Chapters/europe/)
The European Union funded project WISER - Web Indicators for
Science,Technology & Innovation Research (www.webindicators.org)
The Communication and Information Technology section of the
American Sociological Association
The academic journals "Cybermetrics" and "Online Information
Review"

Scope and objectives
The web has changed the way in which many researchers conduct
research, communicate their findings and share data. In some
research fields, such as high-energy physics, online posting
of preprints is standard practice. In others, such as
astronomy, the maintenance of large shared online data banks
is common, fundamentally changing the way in which scientists
operate. Other changes are less dramatic, but more universal,
such as the widespread creation of public home pages for
individual researchers and research groups. There is a need
for assessing the impact of the myriad web uses and for the
identification of the potential and actual impact of the web.
 
This workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss
quantitative and quantitative approaches to studying academic
web use. The themes of the conference will be:

* Scientific collaboration and communication on the Web: new
opportunities,new social organisation. 
* Measuring science on the web: new techniques. 
* Publishing research online: adaptation and innovation. 
* Disciplinary differences in web use. 
* Individual case studies. 
* Large scale analyses.

Submission Process
The structure of the workshop is different from the usual
format. The aim is to create a lively discussion about
relevant topics rather than to be based around a few speakers
giving presentations. The following procedure is therefore
proposed. Those interested in participating should submit to: 

Mike Thelwall m.thelwall at wlv.ac.uk 

by June 26, 2004 an abstract (750 words maximum) of a position
paper dealing with any aspect of the above topics. Abstracts
will be refereed. Authors of accepted contributions will be
notified by July 31, 2004. They will be invited to provide an
expanded abstract or short paper (2500 words maximum) and to
register for the workshop on the conference web site by August
31, 2004.

Expanded abstracts and short papers will be circulated among
workshop participants (and possibly posted on the ASIS&T/EC
web site) with a view to allow for an advance discussion that
will take place on the ASIS&T/EC listserv. At the workshop the
discussion will be arranged around 3 main topics:
scientific collaboration and communication, measuring science
on the web, and publishing research online. For each one,
participants will be invited to very briefly summarize their
positions before a general discussion takes place. We
anticipate that most participants will have the opportunity to
present. 

Participants wishing to distribute their position statements
as handouts or posters are welcome to do so. Summaries of the
sessions will be published in Cybermetrics and Online
Information Review.
Irene Berkowitz
Director of Curricular Publications
Temple University
Office of the Vice Provost
215-204-7596

Please note my new email address below and update your address records accordingly. 
 
irene.berkowitz at temple.edu