This program will undoubtedly be of interest to many in the CNI community. Registration is open; details below.
-Diane Goldenberg-Hart, CNI
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SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION SYMPOSIUM 2018
https://libconf.uncg.edu/SCS/2018
Date/Location: April 2, 2018 at UNC Greensboro
This symposium will explore the ways that promotion and
tenure criteria are evolving in the 21st century to incorporate accomplishments
in digital scholarship, interdisciplinary research, and alternative impact
metrics. Featured speakers and panels
will analyze and make recommendations concerning different aspects of this evolution.
Featured Speakers:
John
Unsworth has a unique set of perspectives on P&T, with a broad range of
career experiences as an English Professor, an iSchool Dean, a CIO, and now as
University Librarian at UVA. He chaired
the Report of the ACLS Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and
Social Sciences.
Kathleen
Fitzpatrick is MSU Director of Digital Humanities, and previously served as
Director of Scholarly Communication for the Modern Language Association, and
has written extensively on critical issues concerning the rise of digital
humanities and associated P&T issues.
Daniel
Herr is Professor & Nanoscience Department Chair at the Joint School of
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, and a pioneer in collaborative nanotechnology
research, development, manufacturing. He
also directs North Carolina’s Nanomanufacturing Innovation Consortium.
Andrew Torget is a
noted American scholar of digital history, and has founded digital scholarship
centers at the University of Richmond and UNT.
An Associate Professor of History, he advised the UNT Department of
History in revising and updating their P&T criteria to include digital
scholarship.
Details: Lunch, breakfast will be included in the
registration fees. Registration costs
for UNCG faculty and students are being sponsored by the library and other
university organizations. Registration is $50 for external attendees. The symposium will be held from 9 AM to 3 PM
on Monday, April 2, 2018 at the UNCG Elliot University Center. The symposium will include four featured
speakers plus several panels of faculty researchers, primarily from North
Carolina institutions.
Please
note that remaining attendee spots are limited; go to the Registration
link soon if interested in attending