From tmitchell at osgeo.org Sat Aug 16 16:37:29 2008 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)) Date: Sat Aug 16 16:37:45 2008 Subject: [Journal] Fwd: 2007 Annual Report Published References: <090137B1-B8E5-403B-8972-2106C227408D@osgeo.org> Message-ID: <8E2FCCB9-D5B5-4655-9441-AFF3B2750D69@osgeo.org> FYI - In case you didn't make the subliminal connection... the following is about OSGeo Journal Volume 4. The URLs have been updated: http://osgeo.org/journal http://osgeo.org/journal/volume4 (which is a copy of / annual_report_2007 as well). Now I can turn out sights back to Volume 5 :) Sorry, my heads been so focused on the report that further Journal work, ideas, direction has eluded me. Tyler Begin forwarded message: > From: "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" > Date: August 15, 2008 5:25:13 PM PDT (CA) > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: 2007 Annual Report Published > > I'm pleased to announce that after 8 months, 60 pages and 27,000+ > words, we now have an Annual Report for 2007! Thank you very much > to the 50+ individuals and groups that contributed to the report - > it's a great snapshot from our first full year of operations. > > While much of the content is old by now, it's a powerful story we > tell by capturing the state of OSGeo's endeavours from year to > year. I hope you enjoy it and pass it around. > > See the report here: > http://www.osgeo.org/annual_report_2007 > > Sincerely, > Tyler > > P.S. I am planning to get some printed into booklets for handing > out at events or to potential sponsors, etc. If you like the idea > and want to help this happen (are you a self publishing guru?) or > have a good use for printed versions, please let me know. > > > Tyler Mitchell > Executive Director > Open Source Geospatial Foundation > tmitchell@osgeo.org > +1-250-303-1831 > > Tyler Mitchell Executive Director Open Source Geospatial Foundation tmitchell@osgeo.org P: +1-250-277-1621 M: +1-250-303-1831 From tmitchell at osgeo.org Wed Aug 27 16:11:09 2008 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)) Date: Wed Aug 27 16:11:35 2008 Subject: [Journal] RE: ISBNs for FOSS4G2008 Proceedings References: <48B5983F.CA69.0024.0@csir.co.za> Message-ID: Hi all, Just a snippit from some other communication I had recently - discussing how they plan to do the proceedings for this years FOSS4G academic track. Is anyone familiar with how we might be able to get OSGeo Journal accredited using one the sources mentioned? Begin forwarded message: > Unfortunately, for the proceedings of an academic conference to be > "Recognised Research Output" in South Africa, they must have an > ISBN (when published as a stand-alone volume) or be published in an > accredited journal, which is a journal appearing in at least one of > the following: > (1) The Sciences Citation Index of the Institute of Scientific > Information (ISI) > (2) The Social Sciences Citation Index of the ISI > (3) The Arts and Humanities Citation Index of the ISI > (4) The International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) > (5) The South African Department of Education's list of Approved > South African Journals. From tmitchell at osgeo.org Thu Aug 28 22:37:22 2008 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)) Date: Thu Aug 28 22:37:48 2008 Subject: [Journal] RE: ISBNs for FOSS4G2008 Proceedings In-Reply-To: References: <48B5983F.CA69.0024.0@csir.co.za> Message-ID: <2D9C8754-7E3D-4EB3-B9D0-5F086EC00B4A@osgeo.org> Got a couple offline responses, I should probably clarify. We have the ISSN number already - a number for serial publications. Ideally we would get the OSGeo Journal somehow aligned with the academic circles enough that when we do peer review, it is good enough for them to accept it. Any tips from that angle? Tyler > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) > wrote: >> Hi all, >> Just a snippit from some other communication I had recently - >> discussing how >> they plan to do the proceedings for this years FOSS4G academic >> track. Is >> anyone familiar with how we might be able to get OSGeo Journal >> accredited >> using one the sources mentioned? >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> Unfortunately, for the proceedings of an academic conference to be >>> "Recognised Research Output" in South Africa, they must have an >>> ISBN (when >>> published as a stand-alone volume) or be published in an >>> accredited journal, >>> which is a journal appearing in at least one of the following: >>> (1) The Sciences Citation Index of the Institute of Scientific >>> Information >>> (ISI) >>> (2) The Social Sciences Citation Index of the ISI >>> (3) The Arts and Humanities Citation Index of the ISI >>> (4) The International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) >>> (5) The South African Department of Education's list of Approved >>> South >>> African Journals. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> newsletter mailing list >> newsletter@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter >> Tyler Mitchell Executive Director Open Source Geospatial Foundation tmitchell@osgeo.org P: +1-250-277-1621 M: +1-250-303-1831 From amesdani at isu.edu Fri Aug 29 16:30:10 2008 From: amesdani at isu.edu (Daniel Ames) Date: Fri Aug 29 16:30:14 2008 Subject: [Journal] RE: ISBNs for FOSS4G2008 Proceedings In-Reply-To: <2D9C8754-7E3D-4EB3-B9D0-5F086EC00B4A@osgeo.org> References: <48B5983F.CA69.0024.0@csir.co.za> <2D9C8754-7E3D-4EB3-B9D0-5F086EC00B4A@osgeo.org> Message-ID: <34d58ad70808291330s4c3fb610t9042ad3553e17cc8@mail.gmail.com> For one thing, I think the peer-review system would have to be the default, not the option... Secondly, we'd need to get the journal into one of the citation indexing systems so that it gets a "citation index" - a critical measure of any Journal's success. Basically that number tells something like the number of citations to articles in the journal divided by the number of articles published. This is a measure of the journal's "Impact". The idea is to go for a higher impact factor by seeing people cite stuff published in the journal... - Dan On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:37 PM, OSGeo Tyler Mitchell wrote: > Got a couple offline responses, I should probably clarify. We have the > ISSN number already - a number for serial publications. Ideally we would > get the OSGeo Journal somehow aligned with the academic circles enough that > when we do peer review, it is good enough for them to accept it. Any tips > from that angle? > > Tyler > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Just a snippit from some other communication I had recently - discussing >>> how >>> they plan to do the proceedings for this years FOSS4G academic track. Is >>> anyone familiar with how we might be able to get OSGeo Journal accredited >>> using one the sources mentioned? >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> Unfortunately, for the proceedings of an academic conference to be >>>> "Recognised Research Output" in South Africa, they must have an ISBN >>>> (when >>>> published as a stand-alone volume) or be published in an accredited >>>> journal, >>>> which is a journal appearing in at least one of the following: >>>> (1) The Sciences Citation Index of the Institute of Scientific >>>> Information >>>> (ISI) >>>> (2) The Social Sciences Citation Index of the ISI >>>> (3) The Arts and Humanities Citation Index of the ISI >>>> (4) The International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) >>>> (5) The South African Department of Education's list of Approved South >>>> African Journals. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> newsletter mailing list >>> newsletter@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter >>> >>> > Tyler Mitchell > Executive Director > Open Source Geospatial Foundation > tmitchell@osgeo.org > P: +1-250-277-1621 > M: +1-250-303-1831 > > > _______________________________________________ > newsletter mailing list > newsletter@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter > -- Daniel P. 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