From navdeep at iimahd.ernet.in Sat Feb 2 03:59:18 2008 From: navdeep at iimahd.ernet.in (Navdeep Mathur) Date: Sat Feb 2 04:00:21 2008 Subject: [Tps] Job Announcement: Research Fellow (Globalization Cities Local Governance) Last Date 15th February 2008 Message-ID: <550f31d00802020059h457b1564qd10c5d1f212815da@mail.gmail.com> INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD (www.iimahd.ernet.in) Position Announcement (Valid Till 15th February 2008) Title: Research Fellow (Globalization Cities Local Governance) Institution and Place: Public Systems Group, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India Length of Employment: 2 Year Fixed Term, Full Time. Job Description: The Research Fellow will be working full-time on a 2 Year Ford Foundation funded research project concerned with impact of globalization and neoliberal governance on public services in Indian cities, with a focus on disadvantaged urban communities. The research will examine how neo-liberal reform reframes the public sphere and reformulates State power with respect to urban local governance. The research will take a holistic view of the 'lifeworld of public services' to understand how neoliberal governance reforms are sites for changing practices of policymakers, policy professionals, civil society actors, and citizens. The project will be 'Action Research' in its methodological stance. Its key purpose is to engage the various actors engaged in community governance networks, understand the 'governance-work' they do and seek evaluations from the governance-workers themselves to improve our contribution in their realm of work. Requirements: Candidates should have a recently completed Ph. D. (awarded within the last 3 years), or other Research Degree such as M.Phil. or a Master's degree with 2 years of research and writing experience in the social sciences, other interdisciplinary fields or the humanities with relevant research and writing interests. Candidates with a Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of relevant research experience will be considered in exceptional circumstances, demonstrated by high quality credentials. For Application and further details: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/download/RF_Globalisation_Cities_Local_Governance.pdf -- Dr. Navdeep Mathur Public Systems Group Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380 015, India Phone: +91-79-6632 4956 Fax: +91-79-6630-6896 email: navdeep@iimahd.ernet.in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Date: Thursday, 13th March, 2008 Time: 12.00-4.00pm Venue: The Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building, Manchester University The workshop includes a mix of plenary sessions and panels including: - Dr. Simone Abrams (Dept of Town and Urban Planning, University of Sheffield) - Dr. Gillian Evans (ESCR Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, Manchester) - Prof. Dvora Yanow (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) The workshop is supported by the Governance, Representation and Policy Research Area Group in Politics. For more details see http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/politics/researchgroups/grp/workshop/ There is no cost for this event and lunch will be provided. Numbers are very limited so please confirm your attendance early by emailing patrick.watson@manchester.ac.uk or michael.mair@manchester.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://malagigi.cddc.vt.edu/pipermail/tps/attachments/20080205/6983be39/attachment.html From jhuns at vt.edu Wed Feb 6 08:34:24 2008 From: jhuns at vt.edu (Jeremy Hunsinger) Date: Wed Feb 6 08:36:21 2008 Subject: [Tps] Fwd: Seminars and Phd Courses from nepos.net and polforsk References: <47A9804F.7020004@polforsk1.dk> Message-ID: <996B50CE-06AD-4E33-AA31-CEECD1DC90DD@vt.edu> Begin forwarded message: > From: Flemming Bjerke > Date: February 6, 2008 3:39:27 AM CST > To: POSTSTRUC-RADPOLS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Seminars and Phd Courses from nepos.net and polforsk > Reply-To: Post-structuralist theory and radical politics > > > We should like to draw your attention to the following seminars and > Ph.d > course offered by members of nepos.net and Polforsk network. > > For further information see below or follow the links: > http://nepos.net/catalogue > http://nepos.net/newsletter/nllayout?nr=39 > > Yours Sincerely > > Flemming Bjerke > The Danish Political Science Research School > > > Comparative Political Analysis: Building on Case Study Analysis. > ================================================================= > Where: Roskilde University > Responsible: Maurice Falk Professor of American Government B. Guy > Peters, Pittsberg University > From:2008/04/21 to: 2008/04/24 > > At Polforsk we are happy to arrange a Ph.d course with Professor Guy > Peters about Comparative political analysis based on case studies. The > course will provide a systematic presentation of major research > problems > in comparative politics. There will be some attention to case study > methods but those methods will be embedded in the basic logic of > comparative analysis, including issues of selecting cases for analysis > and problems of developing concepts and measures that can travel > across > cultures. > > http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1893 > > > Call for Papers: The economics and politics of institutional change > ==================================================================== > Where: Stockholm, Sweden > Responsible: The conference is arranged by The Ratio Institute, an > independent research institute in Stockholm. Further information can > be > found on www.ratio.se > From:2008/08/22 to: 2008/08/23 > > The aim of this colloquium is to bring together research and > researchers > in different fields dealing with institutional change and welfare > state > reform. We therefore invite young scholars, including graduate > students, > in economics, political science, law and economics, sociology, > economic > history, and related fields to submit proposals for a cross > disciplinary > colloquium/workshop to be held in Stockholm in August 2008. > > In addition to paper sessions there will be two plenary sessions, > one of > which will be given by professor Jack Knight, professor of political > science at Washington University of St.Louis. The second plenary > speaker > has yet to be announced. > > We especially welcome papers dealing with the following areas: > > How institutional change can be explained > The interaction between formal and informal institutions > Ideas and ideology as explanations of institutional change > Social conflict theory > The economics and politics of welfare state reform and retrenchment > Explanations of country variation in welfare state design or welfare > state reforms > Case studies in institutional change, deregulation and welfare state > reforms > > Both theoretical and empirical papers are considered. The papers are > expected to be work in progress: More than ideas, but still > unpublished > papers. The 2008 Ratio Young Scientist Award is awarded to the best > paper presented at the colloquium. The winning author will receive > 1000 > Euro. > > The number of accepted papers is limited to 18. The conference and > lodging will be free of charge, and we will reimburse travel expenses. > Discussants will be appointed, but all participants are expected to > read > all papers. An application consists of the following: > > CV, a one page abstract of the paper and a one page summary of your > research interests > > Send applications to andreas.bergh@ratio.se and > gissur.erlingsson@ratio.se Deadline for applications is > February 15, 2008. > > http://www.ratio.se > > > Sense and References > ===================== > Where: Copenhagen Business School > Responsible: Thomas Basb?ll > From:2008/01/29 to: None > > This course is intended to introduce students to aspects of the > writing > process that are related to finding and using the work of others as a > point of departure for their own. > > The first half of the course is devoted to library skills. While the > course focuses on the resources provided by the CBS library, we will > also discuss the use of free Internet resources like Google and > Wikipedia. Students are given detailed instructions in how to use > search > engines and databases to find articles on a given topic as well as how > to store and organize results using the RefWorks reference > management tool. > > The second half of the course will offer an introduction to the art of > turning library research into academic prose. We will talk about how > to > use citations, references, quotations and paraphrase throughout > research > texts. The standard systems of citation (especially author-date) > will be > presented and students will be shown how to use RefWorks to generate > reference lists and to format in-text citations. > > http://korturl.dk/nj5 > > Graduate Spring Seminar in Methodology > ======================================== > Where: Graduade School of Social Sciences (GSSS), University of Bremen > Responsible: Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences > (BIGSSS) (former GSSS) > From:2008/03/03 to: 2007/03/14 > > The GSSM seminar provides a pragmatic approach to integrative > methods in > the so-cial sciences. These methods are becoming more and more > successful in scientific practice, despite the divide between > qualitative and qualitative methodological camps. > > The GSSM seminar is specially designed for doctoral students who are > at > the begin-ning of their thesis. The participants will get an > overview of > current methodological debates on the impact of qualitative and > quantitative procedures and techniques in micro- and macro analyses in > the social sciences. Further, they will learn how to de-cide which > qualitative and/or quantitative methods are best suited to addressing > spe-cific scientific problems and questions. > > http://bigss.uni-bremen.de > > > Moderne Sociologisk Teori > =========================== > Where: Copenhagen Business School > Responsible: Lektor ?jvind Larsen, Copenhagen Business School > From:2008/08/25 to: 2008/08/29 > > Mange PhD studerende st?der p? sociologiske og > organisationsteoretiske > problemstillinger i arbejdet med deres afhandlinger. Derfor kan det > v?re > meget nyttigt at f? en generel introduktion til den moderne > sociologi og > dens betydning for organisationer. Dette kursus har til form?l at > give > en s?dan introduktion. I kurset vil der blive givet en introduktion > til > de mest centrale teorier, som diskuteres i disse ?r. Der vil v?re > specielle pr?sentationer af henholdsvis Anthony Giddens, Pierre > Bourdieu, Zygmunt Bauman, J?rgen Habermas, Niklas Luhmann og Ulrich > Beck. De v?sentlige problemstillinger i deres teorier vil blive > pr?senteret og diskuteret, og der vil blive lagt v?gt p?, hvilke > konsekvenser disse sociologiske teorier har forst?elsen af moderne > organisationer. > > http://korturl.dk/wtw > > > The political participation of young citizens and the contribution of > civic education > ================================================================= > Where: ?bo Akademi, Hus Lindman, Biskopsgatan 15, 20500 ?bo/Turku > Responsible: Professor Lauri Karvonen, Department of Political > Science, > ?bo Akademi > From:2008/04/07 to: 2008/04/11 > > DEMOCRACY: A CITIZEN PERSPECTIVE > An Interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence, ?bo Akademi announces a > Postgraduate Course entitled "The Political participation of young > citizens and the contribution of civic education". > > Eligibility: Participants should be postgraduate students in > disciplines > concerned with civic education (political science, education, > sociology, > social psychology etc.). > > Admissions: Eligible students should sign up by sending an email to > annika.stalfors@abo.fi not later than March 7, 2008. They will receive > confirmation about admission directly. > > Assessment: Active participation and completing given assignments > > Literature: A compendium of relevant articles and book chapters > (available in March) > > Theme: The democratic importance of civic education. The course will > look at political participation from a perspective of civic > literacy. It > will focus on the practices and attitudes of the generation that > reached > adulthood since the beginning of the 1990s. It will analyze the > effects > of political institutions, the media, and information technology. > Finally, it will look at the potential of civic education to promote > the > informed political participation of young citizens. > > Practical matters: The course is free of charge. Moderately priced > accommodation available (contact annika.stalfors@abo.fi) > > http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1891 > > > Social Policies and Social Citizenship Rights: Change and Continuity > in > Europe > ============================================================ > Where: Paris, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme > Responsible: Anne-Marie Guillemard,University Paris Descartes > Sorbonne, > GEPECS, Institut Marcel Mauss. Adalbert Evers, Justus Liebig Giessen > University Germany > From:2008/02/14 to: 2008/02/16 > > The Workshop will address change in social protection in a European > comparative perspective. It will question how reforms are impacting > individuals? social security and citizenship rights. Are new > orientations for social policies, such as social investment, > activation > or flexicurity, redefining the scope and nature of social rights and > entitlements? > > http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1895 > > > Theory Building at the Intersections of Organizing and Communication > ================================================================== > Where: Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark > Responsible: Robyn Remke, Copenhagen Business School > From:2008/03/26 to: 2008/03/28 > > In the last 25 years the so-called - linguistic turn - has placed > communication and discourse at the focal point of organizational > theory > and research. The assumption that organizations are constituted > through > the everyday communicative practices of their members requires that we > develop robust and powerful theories regarding the relationship > between > communication and organization. This course will explore some of those > theories, and investigate the extent to which they meet the > challenge of > taking communication seriously as a constitutive feature of > organizational life. In addition, we will examine the ways in which > these theories have been put into practice—to what degree has > the > last 25 years of research provided us with great insight into the > complexities and contradictions of everyday communicative practice and > the organizational meaning making that is its medium and outcome? What > are the future, yet unrealized, possibilities for this research? > > http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1897 Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron From swr at uci.edu Wed Feb 6 19:17:57 2008 From: swr at uci.edu (Shawn Rosenberg) Date: Wed Feb 6 19:19:29 2008 Subject: [Tps] New Book: Theory and Empirical Research on Deliberative Democracy References: <47A9804F.7020004@polforsk1.dk> <996B50CE-06AD-4E33-AA31-CEECD1DC90DD@vt.edu> Message-ID: <009401c8691e$e98c4ac0$2d00000a@pcswr> Dear all, Just to let you know of a new edited volume that includes theory and research on deliberative democracy and collaborative governance: Deliberation, Participation and Democracy: CAN THE PEOPLE GOVERN? Shawn Rosenberg (ed). London/NY: Palgrave MacMillan, December 2007. 40% off at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Deliberation-Participation-Democracy-People-Govern/dp/0230517358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202342534&sr=1-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Research on Deliberative Democracy (Shawn W. Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine) Part I - Empirical Studies of Democratic Deliberation 2) Who Deliberates? Discursive Participation in America (Fay Lomax Cook, Northwestern University; Michael Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania; and Lawrence Jacobs, University of Minnesota) 3) The Democratic Potential of Civic Dialogue (Kathy Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin, Madison) 4) Deliberation and Agreement (Christian List, London School of Economics) 5) Deliberation in Legislatures (Andre Bachtiger, Markus Sporndli, Marco Steenbergen and Jurg Steiner, University of Bern) 6) How People Deliberate about Justice (Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University and Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University) 7) Types of Discourse and the Democracy of Deliberation (Shawn W. Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine) 8) Minipublics: Deliberative Designs and their Consequences (Archon Fung, Harvard University) 9) Deliberation with a Purpose: Reconnecting Communities and Schools (Stephen Weatherford and Lorraine McDonnell, University of California, Santa Barbara) Part II - Theoretical Reflections on the Empirical Research 10) Deliberative Democracy (Joshua Cohen, Stanford University) 11) Theory, Evidence and the Tasks of Deliberation (John Dryzek, Australian National University) 12) Deliberative Democracy or Democratic Deliberation (Jane Mansbridge, Harvard University) 13) Institutionalizing Deliberative Democracy (Mark Warren, University of British Columbia) Hope this is of interest, Shawn Shawn W. Rosenberg Director and Professor Graduate Program in Political Psychology University of California, Irvine Faculty website: http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2469 Program websites: http://www.polisci.uci.edu/POLPSYGROUP.htm http://aris.ss.uci.edu/polpsych/polpsych.html From navdeep at iimahd.ernet.in Wed Feb 6 23:59:50 2008 From: navdeep at iimahd.ernet.in (Navdeep Mathur) Date: Thu Feb 7 00:01:11 2008 Subject: [Tps] New Book: Theory and Empirical Research on Deliberative Democracy In-Reply-To: <009401c8691e$e98c4ac0$2d00000a@pcswr> References: <47A9804F.7020004@polforsk1.dk> <996B50CE-06AD-4E33-AA31-CEECD1DC90DD@vt.edu> <009401c8691e$e98c4ac0$2d00000a@pcswr> Message-ID: <550f31d00802062059q451586afh43dfe95cfd843012@mail.gmail.com> From: Shawn Rosenberg Dear all, Just to let you know of a new edited volume that includes theory and research on deliberative democracy and collaborative governance: Deliberation, Participation and Democracy: CAN THE PEOPLE GOVERN? Shawn Rosenberg (ed). London/NY: Palgrave MacMillan, December 2007. 40% off at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Deliberation-Participation-Democracy-People-Govern/dp/0230517358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202342534&sr=1-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Research on Deliberative Democracy (Shawn W. Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine) Part I - Empirical Studies of Democratic Deliberation 2) Who Deliberates? Discursive Participation in America (Fay Lomax Cook, Northwestern University; Michael Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania; and Lawrence Jacobs, University of Minnesota) 3) The Democratic Potential of Civic Dialogue (Kathy Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin, Madison) 4) Deliberation and Agreement (Christian List, London School of Economics) 5) Deliberation in Legislatures (Andre Bachtiger, Markus Sporndli, Marco Steenbergen and Jurg Steiner, University of Bern) 6) How People Deliberate about Justice (Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University and Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University) 7) Types of Discourse and the Democracy of Deliberation (Shawn W. Rosenberg, University of California, Irvine) 8) Minipublics: Deliberative Designs and their Consequences (Archon Fung, Harvard University) 9) Deliberation with a Purpose: Reconnecting Communities and Schools (Stephen Weatherford and Lorraine McDonnell, University of California, Santa Barbara) Part II - Theoretical Reflections on the Empirical Research 10) Deliberative Democracy (Joshua Cohen, Stanford University) 11) Theory, Evidence and the Tasks of Deliberation (John Dryzek, Australian National University) 12) Deliberative Democracy or Democratic Deliberation (Jane Mansbridge, Harvard University) 13) Institutionalizing Deliberative Democracy (Mark Warren, University of British Columbia) Hope this is of interest, Shawn Shawn W. Rosenberg Director and Professor Graduate Program in Political Psychology University of California, Irvine Faculty website: http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2469 Program websites: http://www.polisci.uci.edu/POLPSYGROUP.htm http://aris.ss.uci.edu/polpsych/polpsych.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Appendix 1 will be a listing of Research Degree Programs, that is programs that offer either an Master's or Doctoral level degree relating to internet research. We intend to include as many programs as we can collect within editorial discretion and space limitations. To have your degree program/s included in this listing, please send the following information: Name of Program: Departmental home/s of Program: University/Institutional home of Program: Address of Program: Short description of Program (250 words): Listing of contributing faculty working in internet research: and other pertinent information to be included at editor's discretion. Appendix 2 will be a listing of Major Research Centers/Institutes in the field of Internet Research. Inclusion in the list will be at the editors' discretion, but we will strive to be reasonably inclusive given space limitations. To have a Center included in this listing please send the following information: Name of Center/Institute: Institutional home of center/institute: Address of center/institute: Short Description of Program (250 words): Listing of fewer than 10 research topics/keywords: Listing of leading members of the center/institute: Listing of founders of the center/institute: Listing of recent research projects/publications (up to 5 bibliographic citations with up to 50 word descriptions which may be edited because of space limitations): Listing of affiliated research centers as appropriate: Please submit this information to: handbook08@gmail.com with the subject 'degree' for degree programs and the subject line 'center' for research centers. The deadline for submission is March 1, if you need more time, please contact us at the address above. Thank you, Handbook Editors Jeremy Hunsinger Matthew Allen Lisbeth Klastrup From navdeep at iimahd.ernet.in Fri Feb 15 11:05:41 2008 From: navdeep at iimahd.ernet.in (Navdeep Mathur) Date: Fri Feb 15 11:04:58 2008 Subject: [Tps] Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <550f31d00802150805o71c12f21va35652530b173bf5@mail.gmail.com> This is an interesting news item found at: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html *Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty* Legislation designed to allow greater worldwide access By Robert Mitchell FAS Communications In a move to disseminate faculty research and scholarship more broadly, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted Tuesday (Feb. 12) to give the University a worldwide license to make each faculty member's scholarly articles available and to exercise the copyright in the articles, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit. In proposing the legislation, Stuart M. Shieber, a professor at FAS, said, "There is no question that scholarly journals have historically allowed scholars to distribute their research to audiences around the world. But, the scholarly publishing system has become far more restrictive than it need be. Many publishers will not even allow scholars to use and distribute their own work. And, the cost of journals has risen to such astronomical levels that many institutions and individuals have cancelled subscriptions, further reducing the circulation of scholars' works. "This is a large and very important step for scholars throughout the country. It should be a very powerful message to the academic community that we want and should have more control over how our work is used and disseminated," added Shieber, James O. Welch Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science. "The goal of university research is the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge. At Harvard, where so much of our research is of global significance, we have an essential responsibility to distribute the fruits of our scholarship as widely as possible," said Provost Steven E. Hyman. "Today's action in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will promote free and open access to significant, ongoing research. It is a first step in the creation of an open-access environment for current research that may one day provide the widest possible dissemination of Harvard's distinguished Faculties' work." Harvard will take advantage of the license by hosting FAS faculty members' scholarly articles in an open-access repository, making them available worldwide for free. The faculty member will retain the copyright of the article, subject to the University's license. The repository contents can be made widely available to the public through such search engines such as Google Scholar. Faculty members may request a waiver of the license for particular articles where this is preferable. The new legislation does not apply to articles completed before its adoption. The repository, which will be supported and maintained by Harvard University, will allow scholars and the general public from around the world access to scholarly works of FAS faculty. This access will benefit scholars at all research institutions, which have seen their ability to maintain subscriptions to a full range of scholarly journals seriously compromised over the past few years. Research centers in poorer countries have been especially harmed by the access limitations caused by the high cost of many journals, Shieber pointed out. "Today's vote in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences," said Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the University Library, "addresses an issue that is of great concern to all of the Faculties of the University. All of us face the same problems and all of us can envision the public benefits of open access. Harvard Medical School, for example, is already working with its faculty to comply with a congressional mandate that articles based on funding from the National Institutes of Health be openly accessible through PubMed Central. By working, as individual faculties and together as a single University, we can all promote the free communication of knowledge" ============================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://malagigi.cddc.vt.edu/pipermail/tps/attachments/20080215/a1202713/attachment-0001.html From swr at uci.edu Sun Feb 17 16:33:54 2008 From: swr at uci.edu (Shawn Rosenberg) Date: Sun Feb 17 16:33:24 2008 Subject: [Tps] Re: [Interpretationandmethods] Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty References: <550f31d00802150805o71c12f21va35652530b173bf5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001901c871ac$ccee9300$750010ac@pcswr> I am glad to see Harvard has decided to join what is a well established movement in a number of universities. The University of California system (including Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and San Diego) create something similar about six years ago. There are about 21,000 articles on the site: http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/ Happy hunting, shawn Shawn W. Rosenberg Director and Professor Graduate Program in Political Psychology University of California, Irvine Faculty website: http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2469 Program websites: http://www.polisci.uci.edu/POLPSYGROUP.htm http://aris.ss.uci.edu/polpsych/polpsych.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Navdeep Mathur To: interpretationandmethods@malagigi.cddc.vt.edu ; Tps Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 8:05 AM Subject: [Interpretationandmethods] Harvard to collect,disseminate scholarly articles for faculty This is an interesting news item found at: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty Legislation designed to allow greater worldwide access By Robert Mitchell FAS Communications In a move to disseminate faculty research and scholarship more broadly, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted Tuesday (Feb. 12) to give the University a worldwide license to make each faculty member's scholarly articles available and to exercise the copyright in the articles, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit. In proposing the legislation, Stuart M. Shieber, a professor at FAS, said, "There is no question that scholarly journals have historically allowed scholars to distribute their research to audiences around the world. But, the scholarly publishing system has become far more restrictive than it need be. Many publishers will not even allow scholars to use and distribute their own work. And, the cost of journals has risen to such astronomical levels that many institutions and individuals have cancelled subscriptions, further reducing the circulation of scholars' works. "This is a large and very important step for scholars throughout the country. It should be a very powerful message to the academic community that we want and should have more control over how our work is used and disseminated," added Shieber, James O. Welch Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science. "The goal of university research is the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge. At Harvard, where so much of our research is of global significance, we have an essential responsibility to distribute the fruits of our scholarship as widely as possible," said Provost Steven E. Hyman. "Today's action in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will promote free and open access to significant, ongoing research. It is a first step in the creation of an open-access environment for current research that may one day provide the widest possible dissemination of Harvard's distinguished Faculties' work." Harvard will take advantage of the license by hosting FAS faculty members' scholarly articles in an open-access repository, making them available worldwide for free. The faculty member will retain the copyright of the article, subject to the University's license. The repository contents can be made widely available to the public through such search engines such as Google Scholar. Faculty members may request a waiver of the license for particular articles where this is preferable. The new legislation does not apply to articles completed before its adoption. The repository, which will be supported and maintained by Harvard University, will allow scholars and the general public from around the world access to scholarly works of FAS faculty. This access will benefit scholars at all research institutions, which have seen their ability to maintain subscriptions to a full range of scholarly journals seriously compromised over the past few years. Research centers in poorer countries have been especially harmed by the access limitations caused by the high cost of many journals, Shieber pointed out. "Today's vote in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences," said Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the University Library, "addresses an issue that is of great concern to all of the Faculties of the University. All of us face the same problems and all of us can envision the public benefits of open access. Harvard Medical School, for example, is already working with its faculty to comply with a congressional mandate that articles based on funding from the National Institutes of Health be openly accessible through PubMed Central. By working, as individual faculties and together as a single University, we can all promote the free communication of knowledge" ============================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Interpretationandmethods mailing list Interpretationandmethods@listserv.cddc.vt.edu http://listserv.cddc.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/interpretationandmethods -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://malagigi.cddc.vt.edu/pipermail/tps/attachments/20080217/a514711b/attachment.html