From: Sara Rouhi <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 20:55:17 -0700 ~~ Please excuse cross postings ~~ Hi all, Still have a proposal in mind you didn't have time to pull together? Good news -- we've extended until this Friday, October 24. The details of the symposium are below. Please forward to any interested colleagues. We look forward to seeing your proposals! ------ The CINF Division of the ACS invites proposals for a symposium at the March 22-26 ACS National Meeting in Denver: Defining 'Value' in Scholarly Communications: Evolving Ways of Evaluating Impact on Science DEADLINE EXTENDED: October 24, 2014 SUBMIT HERE: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/spring-2015.html With the shift to digital workflows for online publication, the expansion of research into a worldwide multidisciplinary undertaking, the explosion of research from emerging economies, and greater competition for less funding, we are confronted with a scholarly communication ecosystem that must reevaluate is definitions of “value” and “impact.” This symposium is dedicated to examining questions of value and impact in all aspects of the scholarly communications process, including researcher workflows and evolving technologies, emerging measures of individual and group performance, new ways of disseminating content and alternative forms of outputs, and competing definitions of “value” in emerging versus established markets. Topics areas to consider are: - Disruptive technologies - Alternative publishing models - Alternative ways of measuring impact - Evolving definitions of impact - Impact of funder/government mandates - Alternative research outputs (data, etc.) For questions about the symposium or your proposal please feel free to reach out to symposium organizers Teri Vogel ([log in to unmask]), Sara Rouhi ([log in to unmask]), and Jeffrey Lancaster ([log in to unmask]). Many thanks, The symposium organizers: Teri Vogel, Science & Engineering Librarian, UC San Diego Sara Rouhi, Product Specialist, Altmetric LLP Jeffrey Lancaster, Emerging Technologies Coordinator, Columbia University Libraries -- Sara Rouhi Product Sales Manager 968 National Press Building 529 14th Street NW Washington DC 20045 Office: +1 202 626 2530 Mobile: +1 202 505 0814 @RouhiRoo www.altmetric.com