Source: SDI LAC September 2005
First Pan American Meeting of Scientific Editors
Source: Ana María Flores
The First Pan-American Meeting of Scientific Publishers "New paradigms
in Scientific Edition" will be carried out the 6 and 7 of October,
2005, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Objective: It will treat 1) the fast transition towards virtual edition
and challenges posed to scientific magazines; 2) the influence that
this modality will have on these publications, written in Spanish and
Portuguese, which are at present "sub-represented" in indexes
and international databases of developed countries; and 3) the repercussion
to authors in these magazines and consequences of its evaluation on
the part of the agencies of science and technology (at the respective
countries) that should value their production.
The event is organized by CAYCIT. Summaries will be online as of september
8, 2005. Later on, the conclusions wil also be available.
Benefits expected: 1) to integrate efforts of participating countries
to improve editorial and academic quality of magazines, in order to
achieve better positioning within main stream research publications;
2) to disseminate the use of standards and their application to new
alternatives of editorial production, such as electronic publications,
open files, and initiatives like SciELO; and 3) to analyze cost-benefit
of paper and electronic publications, and the marketing that should
be applied to obtain a greater distribution.
Contact: Ana María Flores aflores@caicyt.gov.ar
For further information: http://www.caicyt.gov.ar/eidec2005/
