Featured Internet & Society Conference Working Groups
Today's featured working groups of University: Knowledge Beyond Authority, the 2007 Internet & Society Conference:
*How Universities Can Support Open Access: The ways in which professors, academics and students and professionals release their work into the world are changing. The old models of scholarly publishing, in which most work is turned over to a publishing company just to be purchased back by the Universities from which it originated, are challenged as the printing press is replaced by digital distribution. How can Universities advance open access (OA) models of scholarly communication through OA repositories and OA journals?
Facilitated by Stuart Shieber & Peter Suber.
*Social & Cultural University Communities: How can University sponsored events leverage their reach, build communities and keep the conversations going after the conference ends? Using as a case study the Dred Scott conference held by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice in April, we will discuss how history relates to the present and future. We will consider how the internet and new technologies can help universities as they work to convene social and cultural gatherings (as opposed to purely academic).
Facilitated by David Harris.
UNIVERSITY: Knowledge Beyond Authority takes place next week, so if you haven't already, be sure to visit the registration page to reserve your spot!
*How Universities Can Support Open Access: The ways in which professors, academics and students and professionals release their work into the world are changing. The old models of scholarly publishing, in which most work is turned over to a publishing company just to be purchased back by the Universities from which it originated, are challenged as the printing press is replaced by digital distribution. How can Universities advance open access (OA) models of scholarly communication through OA repositories and OA journals?
Facilitated by Stuart Shieber & Peter Suber.
*Social & Cultural University Communities: How can University sponsored events leverage their reach, build communities and keep the conversations going after the conference ends? Using as a case study the Dred Scott conference held by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice in April, we will discuss how history relates to the present and future. We will consider how the internet and new technologies can help universities as they work to convene social and cultural gatherings (as opposed to purely academic).
Facilitated by David Harris.
UNIVERSITY: Knowledge Beyond Authority takes place next week, so if you haven't already, be sure to visit the registration page to reserve your spot!