From mgranahan at nfais.org Fri Feb 5 18:15:41 2016 From: mgranahan at nfais.org (Marcie Granahan) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 23:15:41 +0000 Subject: [nfais-l] Webinar registration for Advances in Peer Review ends Feb. 8 Message-ID: ==================================================================== NFAIS Webinar - Advances in Peer Review: Increasing Trust in the Process or Heightening the Noise? Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Time: 11:00 am - 12:45 pm (EDT) Registration: http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=498724&orgId=nfais ==================================================================== What's Covered: Over the past three years, a significant amount of attention has been given to examining the effectiveness of the peer review process in the context of scholarly publishing as it transitions fully to a digital environment. Peer review is a key source and driver of trust in scholarly publications and, a 2015 report commissioned by The Wellcome Trust entitled Scholarly Communication and Peer Review: The Current Landscape and Future Trends, highlights the need to move towards greater transparency; greater interaction between editors, authors and reviewers; and the need for scholarly credit and recognition for reviewer contributions. In this one hour and 45-minute NFAIS Webinar, attendees will hear about emerging changes to the handling of peer review in the current environment, new entrants into the marketplace and changes that emphasize transparency and collaborative feedback in improving scholarly outputs from the perspective of traditional publishers, non-traditional publishers and publication service providers. Presenters: Christopher E. Wilmer, PhD, Co-founder & Managing Editor, Ledger Janne-Tuomas Seppanen, PhD, Co-founder & Managing Director, Peerage of Science Andrew Preston, PhD, Co-founder & CEO, Publons Eric Martens, PhD, Senior Editor, PLOS ONE Attendees will learn: * How the objective of peer review has changed * New expectations for peer review, and case studies on how they are being met * The pressures placed on publishers in supporting the evolving peer review process * The virtues and challenges of using pre-publication and post-publication peer review * The use of blockchain technology in building an open, transparent peer review system Registration for this webinar closes this Monday, February 8. So register now and join us, Tuesday, February 9, to learn about evolving peer review processes that may provide greater transparency, collaboration and recognition. ________________________________________ REGISTER NOW! (*Note: registration for this webinar closes Monday, Feb. 8.) http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=498724&orgId=nfais For individual registrants, the cost of the webinar is $125 for NFAIS members; $150 for allied societies*; and $195 for non-members. Group rates for three or more attendees are also available. *Allied Societies: LYRASIS, CENDI, ICSTI, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, The Association of American University Presses, NISO and ASIS&T. CONTACT: For more information about this event or any of those shown below, please contact Nancy Blair-DeLeon, Acting Director of Professional Development, at education at nfais.org. UPCOMING NFAIS 2016 EVENTS: February 21-23, 2015 - NFAIS Annual Conference (Philadelphia) March 22, 2016 - Lunch & Learn with NFAIS: Make Your Thesaurus Smart! (45-minute webinar) May 24, 2016 - Lunch & Learn with NFAIS: Using Altmetrics Responsibly (45-minute webinar) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: