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Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Tagging @ Sub-Document Level(s)?
Colleagues/Saturday, 16 August 2008
T-As-In-Team: Management Through Collaboration
Charles Wankel / Author and Organizer / St. John’s University, New York, USA / wankelc@stjohns.edu
The idea is that this book will be produced using an immense network of coauthors. The chapters will present text, examples, and exercises using networking in a globalized world as a prism through which the key management functions are refracted in telling, useful and important ways. This introductory management textbook is using a new authoring structure to create a high quality, cutting-edge, and well-researched book.
The coauthors of this breakthrough endeavor number almost a thousand management educators and researchers in about ninety nations. The twenty-first century global virtual community creating this work is itself an interesting constellation of management phenomena that provides a wide range of exciting management experiences for its members to use as examples in their teaching and writing. More importantly, being part of such a diverse, constantly self-creating, mob of innovators is immense fun! It is our hope that our contributions from Tonga to Peru, from Iceland to Botswana, from Hawaii to Tunisia, from China to Grenada, will reflect our diversity and yet our communality in this increasingly connected world in ways that will engage and excite learners in all the nations of the world.
[http://globally-collaborating.com/]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: MANAGING IN A NETWORKED WORLD
1: Managing the New Workplace: Collaborating in the organization
2: Historical Context of Contemporary Management: From Individual Stars to Winning Teams
PART II: THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT
3: Shaping Corporate Culture
4: Managing in a Global Environment
5: Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
6: Entrepreneurship and E-commerce
PART III: PLANNING
7: Organizational Planning and Goal Setting
8: Strategy Formulation and Implementation
9: Managerial Decision Making
10: Global Management
PART IV: ORGANIZING
11: Organizing in a Networked World
12: Structures for Coordinating in a High Tech World
13: Change at All Levels and Speeds
14: Human Resource Management
15: Diversity in Multicultural Organizations
PART V: LEADING
16: Attitudes, Perceptions, Learning and Stress
17: Leadership in Organizations
18: Motivation in Organizations
19: Communicating in Organizations
20: Teamwork in Organizations
PART VI: CONTROLLING
21: The Importance of Control
22: Information Technology and E-Business
23: Operations and Service Management
[http://globally-collaborating.com/t/index.html]
AUTHORS
[http://globally-collaborating.com/authors/index.html]
AUTHOR COUNTRY STATS
[http://globally-collaborating.com/c/index.html]
NODAL PROJECT PEOPLE
[http://globally-collaborating.com/n/index.html]
GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Citation Style
Follow The Chicago Manual of Style, newest edition, for citation and other stylistic formats.
Microsoft Word
Textual material for the book should be submitted in Microsoft Word (Windows PC version).
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
When will I be assigned to a chapter team?
Currently we are registering authors into chapter wikis. As new colleagues join the project, they will be registered within a week's time after completing the authors' survey.
What is the general project timeline?
The draft of the main paper-form textbook is due on December 1st, 2008. However, the digital form and ancillaries can be worked on after that. The book comes out in January 2010.
See Also
"Management Professor Uses 'Crowdsourcing' to Write Textbook"
[http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/]
Sunday, 10 August 2008
Use And Misuse Of Bibliometric Indices In Evaluating Scholarly Performance
Ethics In Science And Enviromental Politics / THEME SECTION / The Use And Misuse Of Bibliometric Indices In Evaluating Scholarly PerformanceEditors: Howard I. Browman, Konstantinos I. Stergiou
Quantifying the relative performance of individual scholars, groups of scholars, departments, institutions, provinces/states/regions and countries has become an integral part of decision-making over research policy, funding allocations, awarding of grants, faculty hirings, and claims for promotion and tenure. Bibliometric indices (based mainly upon citation counts), such as the h-index and the journal impact factor, are heavily relied upon in such assessments. There is a growing consensus, and a deep concern, that these indices — more-and-more often used as a replacement for the informed judgement of peers — are misunderstood and are, therefore, often misinterpreted and misused. The articles in this ESEP Theme Section present a range of perspectives on these issues. Alternative approaches, tools and metrics that will hopefully lead to a more balanced role for these instruments are presented.
TITLE PAGE [Preface] ; Full text in pdf format
Browman HI, Stergiou KI / INTRODUCTION: Factors and indices are one thing, deciding who is scholarly, why they are scholarly, and the relative value of their scholarship is something else entirely ESEP 8:1-3 ; Full text in pdf format
Campbell P / Escape from the impact factor ESEP 8:5-7 ; Full text in pdf format
Lawrence PA / Lost in publication: how measurement harms science ESEP 8:9-11 ; Full text in pdf format
Todd PA, Ladle RJ / Hidden dangers of a ‘citation culture’ ESEP 8:13-16 ; Full text in pdf format
Taylor M, Perakakis P, Trachana V / The siege of science ESEP 8:17-40 ; Full text in pdf format
Cheung WWL/ The economics of post-doc publishing ESEP 8:41-44 ; Full text in pdf format
Tsikliras AC/ Chasing after the high impact ESEP 8:45-47 ; Full text in pdf format
Zitt M, Bassecoulard E/ Challenges for scientometric indicators: data demining, knowledge flows measurements and diversity issues ESEP 8:49-60 ; Full text in pdf format
Harzing AWK, van der Wal R / Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis ESEP 8:61-73 ; Full text in pdf format
Pauly D, Stergiou KI / Re-interpretation of ‘influence weight’ as a citation-based Index of New Knowledge (INK) ESEP 8:75-78 ; Full text in pdf format
Giske J / Benefitting from bibliometry ESEP 8:79-81 ; Full text in pdf format
Butler L/ Using a balanced approach to bibliometrics: quantitative performance measures in the Australian Research Quality Framework ESEP 8:83-92 ; Full text in pdf format Erratum
Bornmann L, Mutz R, Neuhaus C, Daniel HD / Citation counts for research evaluation: standards of good practice for analyzing bibliometric data and presenting and interpreting results ESEP 8:93-102 ; Full text in pdf format
Harnad S / Validating research performance metrics against peer rankings ESEP 8:103-107 ; Full text in pdf format
Table of Contents
[http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/v8/n1/]
Friday, 8 August 2008
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
This fall [Lawrence Lessig is] coming out with his latest book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
which argues that the legal system is making criminals out of young people who produce entertaining or informative videos, music, and other art works through piecing together parts of others’ works. He advocates a new type of economy that allows both market competition and people to freely share their art.
Source
[http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3220/in-a-new-book-lessig-says-society-is-turning-artists-into-criminals]
Amazon
The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children—and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form—with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable “hybrid economy”.
Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war—a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America’s copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists’ creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions.For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws.
Some of today’s most talented artists are felons, and so are our kids, who see no reason why they shouldn’t do what their computers and the Web let them do, from burning a copyrighted CD for a friend to “biting” riffs from films, videos, songs, etc and making new art from them.Criminalizing our children and others is exactly what our society should not do, and Lessig shows how we can and must end this conflict—a war as ill conceived and unwinnable as the war on drugs. By embracing “read-write culture,” which allows its users to create art as readily as they consume it, we can ensure that creators get the support—artistic, commercial, and ethical—that they deserve and need. Indeed, we can already see glimmers of a new hybrid economy that combines the profit motives of traditional business with the “sharing economy” evident in such Web sites as Wikipedia and YouTube.
The hybrid economy will become ever more prominent in every creative realm—from news to music—and Lessig shows how we can and should use it to benefit those who make and consume culture.Remix is an urgent, eloquent plea to end a war that harms our children and other intrepid creative users of new technologies. It also offers an inspiring vision of the post-war world where enormous opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded.
[http://www.amazon.com/Remix-Making-Commerce-Thrive-Economy/dp/1594201722]
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Using Open Access Models for Science Dissemination | ICTP Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 7-16 July 2008

Directors: E. Canessa, C. Fonda and M. Zennaro (ICTP-SDU, Italy) / International Advisory Commitee: Manjit DOSANJH, John ELLIS, Jens VIGEN (CERN) ; Katepalli R. SREENIVASAN (ICTP) ; Julie WALKER (INASP) ; Philip E. BOURNE (PLoS Computational Biology)
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
A better understanding on what Open Access is, and examples of what it offers to individual scientists and to scientific institutions in Developing Countries, will be presented. The aim of the workshop is not only to introduce the newest technologies in Open Access but also to give participants an extensive hands-on experience on selected techniques.
TOPICS
Participants will be exposed to the tremendous resources and possibilities available to the scientific community including:
- Potential of Open Access in science
- Open Source software for Open Access
- Open Access policy, advocacy and editorial roles
- Open Access publishing and repository design for science
- Open Access repositories and eJournals - case studies
- Web 2.0 for Open AccesS
PARTICIPATION
Scientists and students from all countries which are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may attend the Workshop. As it will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of this language. Although the main purpose of the Centre is to help researchers from Developing Countries, through a programme of training activities within a framework of international cooperation, students and post-doctoral scientists from advanced countries are also welcome to attend.
PROGRAM
EyA Recordings / Mon 7 July 2008
08:00 – 11:00 / Registration and Administrative Matters
11:00 – 11:30 / Open Ceremony – Jens Vigen (Cern) and ICTP/SDU Team
11:30 – 12:30 / Open Access in Developing Countries – Leslie Chan (Univ Toronto, Canada)
Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 / ”Openness” – Ignasi Labastida (Spain)
14:15 – 15:15 / Institutional vs. Disciplinary Open Archives – Leslie Chan (Univ Toronto, Canada)
15:15 – 15:30 Overview of ICTP Computer Facilities – Johannes Grassberger (ICTP)
15:30 – 16:30 HAL Open Archive System I – Laurent Guillope (Univ. Nantes)
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:30 HAL Open Archive System II – Laurent Guillope (Univ. Nantes)
EyA Recordings / Tue 8 July 2008
09:00 – 10:00 Open Access vs. Traditional Publishing and Hibrid Models – Ignasi Labastida (Spain)
Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:00 Licensing Models to OA Journals – Ignasi Labastida (Spain)
11:00 – 12:00 SCOAP3: CERN Consortia for Open Access – Jens Vigen (Cern)
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Case Studies of OA from Developing Countries – Leslie Chan (Univ Toronto, Canada)
15:00 – 16:30 Open Source Journal Management and Publishing System: OJS - I – Kevin Stranack (SFU, Canada)
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:30 Open Source Journal Management and Publishing System: OJS - II – Kevin Stranack (SFU, Canada)
EyA Recordings / Wed 9 July 2008
9:00 – 10:00 Interconnecting Open Repositories: Overview – Ignasi Labastida (Spain)
Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:00 Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS) and the Needs of Developing Countries – Leslie Chan (Univ Toronto, Canada)
11:00 – 12:00 Open Source Journal Management and Publishing System: OJS - III – Ke1vin Stranack (SFU, Canada)
Lunch
14:00 – 14:10 Brief Introduction to SciVee – Lynn Fink (UC San Diego)
14:10 – 15:30 Open Source Journal Management and Publishing System: OJS - IV – Kevin Stranack (SFU, Canada)
Coffee Break
15:30 – 18:30 Using ePrints Repository – Leslie Carr (UK) \
9:30 Get Together Reception
EyA Recordings / Thu 10 July 2008
09:00 – 10:00 Open Access Publishing and Repository Design for Science – “Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net)”
Coffee Break and Group Photo
10:00 – 11:00 Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net) – Iryna Kuchma
11:00 – 12:00 Case Studies by Participants I
- Open Young Scientist Forum (YSF) under the UN-GAID e-SDDC– Raed M. Sharif - Syracuse University, New York
- Implementing Open Access Repository at Ahmadu Bello University– Ezra Shiluba Gbaje
- Some Aspects of Open Access in Brazil– Waldir Roque
Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 CDS Invenio I – Samuele Kaplun (Cern)
Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Editor and Administrative Processes in ePrints I – Leslie Carr (UK)
EyA Recordings / Fri 11 July 2008
09:00 – 10:00 Open Access Repositories: Case Studies Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net)
Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:00 How Does E-LIS Work? – Imma Subirats (FAO)
11:00 – 12:00 Maintaining and Populating E-LIS – Imma Subirats (FAO)
Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 CDS Invenio II – Samuele Kaplun (Cern)
Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00 Editor and Administrative Processes in ePrints II – Leslie Carr (UK)
EyA Recordings / Sat 12 July 200809:00 – 10:00 Localising and Configuring ePrints Repository – Leslie Carr (UK)
Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:30 Potential and Advantages of Open Access in Science – Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net)
EyA Recordings / Mon 14 July 2008
09:00 – 10:00 Open Access Journals: Case Studies – Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net)
Coffee Break
10:00 – 12:00 Case Studies by Participants II
- The Central African Pole of Open Access Interconnection– Antoine B. Bagula - Republic of Congo Overview of the UH Computer System and the Virtual Resource Center– Luis Zarrabeitia - University of Havana (UH), Cuba
- Networking Computing and e-Services at Al-Isra Private University– Roger Sakhel - Amman, Jordan
- e-Learning for Higher Education Access– Graciela Molina - Tucuman, Argentina
- Universidad de los Andes Institutional Repository– Rodrigo Torrens, Venezuela
- e-Learning Portal– Carina P. Marozzini - Bariloche, Argentina
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Case Studies by Participants III
- Successess and Challenges in e-Journal Utilisation in Malawi– Noel Jambo - Bunda College, University of Malawi
- The Colombian Digital Library Project– Liliana Melgar - Colombia
Digital Libraries for Tomorrow: An Overview on the Library of Alexandria– Mandy Taha - Open Access Repositories with Subversion (SVN)– Ebenezer Olajuyigbe, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
- Information Resource Management Activities of the Manila Observatory– Carina Smaniego and Donna Lyne Sanidad
- Togo in the Open Access World– Glakpe Komlan
15:30 – 16:30 Open PloS and Topaz Technologies I – Lynn Fink (UC San Diego)
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 Open PloS and Topaz Technologies II – Lynn Fink (UC San Diego)
EyA Recordings / Tue 15 July 2008
9:00 – 10:00 The African Physical Review eJournal: Overview – T. Shah (ICTP)
Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:00 Open Access Policy and Advocacy – Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net)
11:00 – 12:00 Open Content License (Creative Commons) for Open Repositories – Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net)
Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 DSpace: Technical Issues I – Richard Jones (HP)
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 DSpace: Technical Issues II – Richard Jones (HP)
EyA Recordings / Wed 16 July 2008
9:00 – 10:30 videolectures.net – Sebastjan Mislej (Jozef Stefan Inst., Slovenia)
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Open Academic Webcasting with ICTP EyA System – ICTP/SDU Team
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 e-Learning at CERN – Knut Bjorkli (Cern)
14:30 – 15:00 Final Discussion and Certificates to Participants
Source
[http://sdu.ictp.it/openaccess/program/index.html]
WORKSHOP VIDEO (ALL)
Automatic video recording of the workshop (with synchronized slides) using the ICTP EyA System.
All talks are automatically recorded hourly and published after 20 minutes. Apple QuickTime plugin should be installed for viewing.
[http://sdu.ictp.it/eya/openaccess08.php]
PARTICIPANTS
[http://sdu.ictp.it/eya/openaccess08.php]
BLOG
[http://ictp2008oa.wordpress.com/]
CONFERENCE BOOK: Science Dissemination using Open Access
Full Text Plus
[http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/08/science-dissemination-using-open-access.html]
Sunday, 3 August 2008
Science Dissemination Using Open Access: Table of Contents
Science Dissemination Using Open Access: A Compendium Of Selected Literature On Open Access / Editors E. Canessa and M. Zennaro (ICTP-SDU, Italy).The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Science Dissemination Unit (SDU) / July 2008 / 207 pp. / ISBN 92-95003-40-3.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Selected Literature - 1
OVERVIEW - 3
GETTINGS PROFESSIONAL - 37
Challenges for new journals ..... 38
Measuring your impact ...... 39
Journal standards and identifiers ...... 40
Building reliable and ongoing content ...... 42
Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) ..... 42
LEGAL FRAMEWORK - 43
Open Access journals ..... 73
Full Text PDF Plus Book
Science Dissemination Using Open Access
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Science Dissemination Unit (SDU) / July 2008 / 207 pp. / ISBN 92-95003-40-3.
Open Access means aims to remove restrictions that exist on the access to articles and knowledge to the world-wide scholarly community, in particular to those in developing countries. Scientists in these countries still have difficulty in publishing their work due to the lack of access to the network, to their institutional economic difficulties or to the lack of awareness of available Open Access solutions.
The visibility, usage and impact of researchers' own findings can increase with Open Access, as does their power to find, access and use the work of others.
This book aims to guide the scientific community on the requirements of Open Access, and the plethora of low-cost solutions available. A compendium of selected literature on Open Access is presented to increase the awareness of the potential of open publishing in general.
The book also aims to encourage decision makers in academia and research centers to adopt institutional and regional Open Access Journals and Archives to make their own scientific results public and fully searchable on the Internet.
Table of Contents
[http://tinyurl.com/5c6r35]
Free PDF Download
[http://sdu.ictp.it/openaccess/SciDissOpenAccess.pdf]
Source
[http://sdu.ictp.it/openaccess/book.html]
Associated Workshop
Using Open Access Models for Science Dissemination ICTP Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 7-16 July 2008
[http://tinyurl.com/55tsdm]

