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UK Serials Group are pleased to announce that booking is now open for our
seminar:
Measure for Measure, or, Much Ado about Nothing:
Measuring the quality and value of online journals
To be held on Thursday 14 June 2007
at
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London
This highly topical seminar brings together a range of eminent speakers to
explore the ways in which the quality and value of online journals and their
published output can be assessed, from the latest developments in
long-standing citation-based assessment methods to newer technologies which
have yet to be developed into reliable standards, including usage-based
measures and linking metrics. Our experts will also consider the wider
environment in which such measurements take place, in terms of the influence
of quality measures on author and reader behaviour, the differing
perceptions of value between disciplines, and the development of national
quality initiatives such as the UK's Research Assessment Exercise.
The seminar will be of keen interest to librarians, publishers and all those
with a stake in understanding the multi-faceted topic of determining the
quality of journals.
PROGRAMME
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.30 Welcome and introduction by the Chair
Hazel Woodward, University Librarian and Director of the University Press,
Cranfield University
10.40 Perceptions of value and value beyond perceptions
Carol Tenopir, Professor, School of Information Sciences and Director of
Research, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, USA
11.15 Journals in the arts and humanities: their role and evaluation
Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Warden, Goldsmiths, University of London
11.50 The usage factor – how can we enhance the relevance of usage as
an indicator of value?
Richard Gedye, Sales Director, Oxford Journals
12.20 Lunch
13.15 The anxiety of hyper-influence: measuring the impact of
user-generated content
Geoffrey Bilder, Director of Strategic Initiatives, CrossRef
13.50 Bibliometrics, assessment and UK research
Jonathan Adams, Director, Evidence Ltd
14.25 Break
14.45 What impact, whose value? Citation metrics in a workflow perspective
James Pringle, Vice President, Development, Academic & Government Markets,
Thomson Scientific
15.20 What next? A round-up of the day and some thoughts about achieving
the agenda
Hugh Look, Senior Consultant, Rightscom Ltd
15.45 Chair’s closing remarks
16.00 Close of seminar
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Fee
UKSG members £135.00 + £23.63 VAT (total £158.63)
Non-members £170.00 + £29.75 VAT (total £199.75)
The fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Venue
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
London, NW1
Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.
Cancellations
By 6 June 2007 Full refund
From 7 June 2007 No refund
Bookings
Please book via the UKSG website - http://www.uksg.org/events/measure - or
contact:
Karen Sadler
UKSG Administrator
Tel. +44 (0)1865 744279
Fax. +44(0)1865 742164
www.uksg.org
