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explores effective uses of digital technology for sharing new knowledge. The Program, based at the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship within Columbia Univerisity Libraries/Information services, highlights innovative approaches to communicating scholarly work and examine related debates over policy and practice, particularly in the context of global research.
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The Scholarly Communication Program at Columbia University
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explores effective uses of digital technology for sharing new knowledge. The Program, based at the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship within Columbia Univerisity Libraries/Information services, highlights innovative approaches to communicating scholarly work and examine related debates over policy and practice, particularly in the context of global research.
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JOIN US OCTOBER 22 @ 12:30 pm:
The Future of Learned Societies

October 22, 2009 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM

Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Lerner Hall Room 555

James O'Donnell, Georgetown University Provost and Vice President for Publications of the American Philological Association, discusses the future of scholarly publishing and learned societies. Columbia University Physics professor Erick Weinberg, editor of the American Physical Society journal Physical Review D, responds.

Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost

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We have a FriendFeed room now:
http://friendfeed.com/rooms/scholarly-communication

We added a new resource page on research repositories:
http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/research-repositories

We're on iTunes U!!
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/columbia.edu.1786272348

Be sure to check out video from the latest Research without Borders events at:
http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/past-events

Past events:
1) The Harvard Open-Access Initiatives
October 08, 2008

Stuart Shieber, the architect of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences resolution on open access, discusses open-access initiatives at Harvard University.

2) Final Impact: What Factors Really Matter?
October 30, 2008

A panel discussion on assessing measures of the impact of scholarly publications: Impact Factor, Eigenfactor, and MESUR. This panel is co-sponsored by the Mailman School of Public Health.

3) Future of the Book: Can the Endangered Monograph Survive?
November 11, 2008

A panel discussion on the economic conundrum of scholarly publishing and its impact on the monograph.

4) Open Science: Good for Research, Good for Researchers?
February 19, 2009

Panel discussion on the practice of open science.

5) Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet
March 24, 2009

UCLA professor of information science Christine Borgman gives an overview of new developments in scholarly information infrastructure and looks at the implications of e-science for cyberlearning.

6) Know Your Rights: Who Really Owns Your Scholarly Works?
April 8, 2009

Panel discussion on how scholars and researchers can take full advantage of opportunities afforded by digital technology in today's legal environment, and suggest ways to advocate for positive change.

For more information, check out http://scholcomm.columbia.edu