Society for Scholarly Publishing: 2014 Travel Grants and Annual Meeting

SSP Conference Travel Grant Program

If you are a student in a publishing or library/information science program, or have been working in this field for three years or less, please consider applying for a grant to attend the SSP Annual Meeting (see details below).  If you¹re not a potential candidate, but know someone who is, please share this announcement with your fellow-student, colleague, or protégé.

SSP’s 2014 travel grant program has grants for up to 14 successful applicants. The awards will support travel to and attendance at SSP¹s 36th Annual Meeting, to be held May 28-30, 2014  in Boston MA, as well as SSP membership for 2014.   The travel grant program is designed to introduce students of publishing and information science and early career publishing professionals to the many educational and networking opportunities available at the popular and informative SSP annual meeting.

Successful applicants will be granted free registration at the Annual Meeting and will be eligible for reimbursement of up to $1,000 for travel and lodging expenses incurred to attend the meeting.  Higher rates of reimbursement are available for applicants located overseas, and the Society offers special encouragement to applicants from outside North America.

Applications must be completed online; see the link to the online form at  http://www.sspnet.org/careers/travel-grants-recipients, where a list of previous grant winners is also available.

The application deadline is Friday, March 28, 2014.  Grant awardees will be selected and notified by the first week in April.

The SSP Board has developed several supporting programs that will help grant awardees optimize their experience. Awardees will be paired with mentors who hold senior management positions within SSP member organizations. Mentors will help grantees plug into the educational and networking opportunities available at the Annual Meeting.  Additionally, the meeting program will offer several opportunities designed to engage those who are relatively new to the industry.

SSP Annual Meeting 2014:  “Who’s at Stake and What’s at Stake? Looking Outward at the Future of Scholarly Publishing” 

To be held at the Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston MA, May 28-30, 2014.

Plenary speakers:

• Rick Joyce, Chief Marketing Officer for Perseus Books Group
• Chris Lintott, Astronomer at the University of Oxford, co-presenter of the BBC’s Sky at Night, and Citizen Science Project Lead at Adler Planetarium
• Dan Cohen, Director of the Digital Public Library of America
• Jill Cousins, Executive Director of the Europeana Foundation

For details of full program, sessions, abstracts, speakers, and accommodation, see http://www.sspnet.org/events/annual-meeting/event-home/

SSP is a dynamic membership organization, working to advance the development of members through education and networking.

Curious about how to get involved in library-based research, not to mention how to fund it, find the time, or show others?  The Academic Librarians in Public Service (ALPS) section of the BCLA/CLA Student Chapter is excited to announce our spring panel: Incorporating Research and Scholarship Into Your Professional Practice!

Join us on Tuesday, March 18 2014 from 12:00-1:00pm in the Dodson Room (within the Chapman Learning Commons in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) to hear speakers from academic and public libraries describe their experience with library-based research and scholarly activities, which can range in their involvement and formality.

Our panelists:

• Eugene Barsky (Reference Librarian, Woodward Library, UBC)
• Kay Cahill (Facilities Development Librarian, VPL)
• Allan Cho (Community Engagement Librarian, UBC)
• Ania Dymarz (Life Sciences Librarian, SFU)

Some questions they’ll answer:

• How are you involved in library-based research and scholarship?
• How have you showcased your research?
• What are the rewards and benefits of research?
• What are the challenges?

You’ll also have the opportunity to ask our speakers your questions!

Light refreshments will be provided.  Please RSVP via the Eventbrite link below, to ensure appropriate seating & refreshment preparation.

RSVP: https://alpsresearchpanel.eventbrite.ca

Hope to see you there! 🙂

HCI@UBC has confirmed its new name and subtext: HCI@UBC: Designing for People. A new website has also been developed: http://hci.ubc.ca/

The HCI@UBC team is also looking for a new logo for branding. Anyone with design skills or thoughts on the logo can contact Joanna McGrenere at joanna@cs.ubc.ca

Three Minute Thesis 2014: Please come out and support your fellow graduate students all while learning about their diverse research programs.

3MT Semi-Finals: Tuesday, March 11^th, 1:00 – 2:30 and 3:00 – 4:30

3MT Final: Thursday, March 13^th, 4:30 – 6:00

Graduate Student Centre Ballroom.

Interested in volunteering for the events (registration support, presentation timer, etc.)?  E-mail graduate.pathways@ubc.ca .

Registration is now open for:

Getting the Word Out: Writing your research for the public sphere, Friday, March 14, 9:00am – 4:00pm

For a complete session description, visit:  https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11363-gps-workshop-getting-word-out-writing-your-research-public-sphere

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3128

There is still space available for this week’s:

GPS/CSI&C Workshop: Resume Clinic, Tuesday, March 4, 12:30pm – 2:30pm

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g310c

GPS/SCARL Workshop: Quantitative Covariates and Linear Models, Wednesday, March 5, 10:00am – 12:00pm

To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g310d