ITHAKA Forum on Next Generation Digital Publishing, Preservation, and Scholarship
| What | Forum |
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| When |
October 27, 2009 09:00 AM
October 27, 2009 02:45 PM
October 27, 2009 from 09:00 am to 02:45 pm |
| Where | Houston Marriott West Loop by The Galleria located at 1750 West Loop South in Houston, TX 77027 |
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On October 27, 2009, along with Texas A&M and the University of Houston, ITHAKA hosted a forum titled Next Generation Digital Publishing, Preservation, and Scholarship in Houston, TX.
The forum focused on initiatives in which ITHAKA, through its services JSTOR and Portico is currently engaged, and highlighted by examples of next generation publishing and preservation efforts happening within the Texas higher education community. Topics included: digital scholarship, metrics of value, digital preservation, and new research tools. Speakers included: Dana Rooks, University of Houston’s Dean of Libraries; Charles Backus, Director of Texas A&M University Press; Holly Mercer, Head of Digital Services and Scholarly Communication of Texas A&M University; Joel Thierstein, Rice University’s Associate Provost for Innovative Scholarly Communication and Executive Director of Connexions; Steven Smith, Associate Dean for Collections and Services at Texas A&M University; and Ron Snyder, JSTOR’s Technology and Research Manager.
Below is the day’s agenda as well as links for downloading audio and presentation files where applicable. Please contact events@ithaka.org with any questions.
Please note that the audio files are large. Depending on your bandwidth and preferred web browser, it might be best to download and save the files first.
9:00 - 9:30 | Breakfast and Welcome | Audio Bruce Heterick, Vice President of Outreach & Participation Services, JSTOR and Portico |
9:30 - 10:45 | Priorities, Value, and Mission Speakers will discuss the strategic priorities for their organizations, how they are shifting, and how they measure their value and mission fulfillment. Jason Phillips,Associate Director, Outreach & Participation Services, JSTOR | Audio | Presentation Dana Rooks, Dean of Libraries, University of Houston | Audio Steven Smith, Associate Dean for Collections and Services, Texas A&M University | Audio |
10:45 - 11:00 | Break |
11:00 - 12:15 | Changing the Game: New Approaches to Digital Publishing and Scholarship Innovative efforts to transform scholarly communication in the digital environment abound. We will discuss pioneering initiatives underway at various institutions. Charles Backus, Director, Texas A&M University Press | Audio Barbara Chin, Collection Development Manager, JSTOR | Audio | Presentation Joel Thierstein, Associate Provost for Innovative Scholarly Communication and Executive Director of Connexions, Rice University | Audio | Presentation |
12:15 - 1:15 | Lunch |
1:15 - 2:00 | Digital Preservation Strategies, from Global to Local Digital preservation of materials – whether electronic journals or special collections – is challenging and requires a range of cooperative and independent approaches. Learn about the community-wide efforts underway at Portico as well as those more local to Texas schools. Ken DiFiore, Associate Director, Outreach & Participation Services, Portico | Audio | Presentation Holly Mercer, Head of Digital Services and Scholarly Communication, Texas A&M University | Audio | Presentation |
2:00 - 2:30 | Data for Research: Using the JSTOR Dataset to Advance Research Opportunities for new and improved research are opening up with the availability of large-scale data sets and tools for text mining. See the new JSTOR Data for Research beta service and hear about some of the research being done with this unique data set. Ronald Snyder, Technology and Research Manager, JSTOR | Audio | Presentation |
2:30 - 2:45 | Closing Remarks |