Advancing the State of EChemistry: Planning an International Symposium

网络交流的日益普遍和万维网由于Web2.0的社交网络工具而发生的变化正在彻底改变学者们合作和共享信息的方式。然而，对这些新工具的接受和使用在不同的科学学科之间存在着根本性的差异。该项目将启动一次国际研讨会的计划，以推动关于这些问题的一系列非常独特和有前景的研究讨论，该讨论始于2008年10月在华盛顿特区举行的题为“化学学术交流的新模式”的研讨会(http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14150).预期的国际研讨会将讨论与学术学术交流做法和新兴技术相关的复杂问题，以及创建、管理和利用基于网络的知识内容以提高研究生产率的方式。目标将是确定这些进程和有益干预点之间的相互依存关系。为启动专题讨论会的规划进程，该奖项将支持成立一个小型国际指导委员会，以制定大型专题讨论会的议程，并确定必要的与会者和潜在的资金支持来源。在规划过程的所有阶段都将积极征求社区意见。

The increasing ubiquity of network communication and the changes in the World Wide Web due to the social networking tools of Web 2.0 are revolutionizing the way that scholars collaborate and share information. However, the receptivity to and use of these new tools differs radically among the various scientific disciplines. This project will initiate planning for an international symposium to advance a very unique and promising set of research discussions on these issues begun in a workshop titled "New Models for Scholarly Communication in Chemistry", held in Washington DC in October 2008 (http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14150). The international symposium envisioned will address complex issues associated with academic scholarly communication practices and emergent technologies and the ways in which web-based intellectual content is created, managed and used to advance research productivity. A goal will be to determine the interdependence of these processes and points of beneficial intervention. To begin the planning process for the symposium, this award will support the formation of a small international steering committee to develop the agenda for the larger symposium and identify necessary participants and potential sources of financial support. Community input will be actively solicited in all stages of the planning process.