[Foss4g2009] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Re:FOSS4G Conference Presentations and an academictrack

[Maria Brovelli]

+1 for  academic track.
Cheers.
maria

Venka ha scritto:
> Jorge Gustavo Rocha wrote:
>> This year, more than an ISBN (which means nothing), we need a good
>> journal to published some selected papers. We don't have much time, but
>> I think we could talk with Springer to have the FOSS4G proceedings
>> published in the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series
>> http://www.springer.com/series/7418
>>   
>
> I agree with what Jorge said above. A siziable increase in academic 
> submisiions could
> be accepted if the papers that should be indexed with various indexing 
> services
> EI, SCI , SSCI..
>
> Publishing selected papers as special issue of scientific journals or 
> Lecture Notes
> would be very good. We also need to explore a publisher who would be 
> willing to
> publish under Creatice Commons as a special arrangement with the FOSS4G
> orgranizers. I could exlpore a few journals in Asia which could be 
> willing to
> consider such an arrangement.
>> As I said in the beginning, it is a strategic option: either we do have
>> an academic track or not. But if we choose to have one, we should make
>> it seriously.
>>   
> +1 for academic track and also for doing it seriously.
>
> Venka
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