<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>NISO Virtual
Conference</b>, <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/02/still-working-incentives-publish-metrics-and-new-reward-systems" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><i>Is
This Still Working? Incentives to Publish Metrics and New Reward Systems</i></b></a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">The primary selling point of metrics for the academic
researcher was the promise that the proof provided by such metrics of the value
of one’s work would be the increased and long-term funding needed to <i>do</i> such
work. Prestige, tenure, influence, even celebrity -- these have been stepping
stones to securing significant (and much-needed) grants to educational
institutions of all sizes and types. But have these incentives been subverted
over time or in specific ways? Is the drive to publish-or-perish the best
mechanism for encouraging substantive study? The integrity of the publishing
process and perhaps the integrity of the funding model for higher education
itself is at stake. This session will look at some of the troubling questions
surrounding the incentives offered to the working scholar, researcher, and
scientist.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Presenters in this virtual conference will consider the
following questions:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">·      How might institutions
and research facilities best weld available indicators of use or influence into
a meaningful metric?</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">·      If individual
scholarship is best gauged by the value assigned to it by the larger community,
then what collection of metrics should be gathered for purposes of determining
appropriate rewards in the context of academia?</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">·      How might institutions
better address this challenge and reward faculty appropriately?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Committed speakers include:</p>

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 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Holly
     Falk-Krzesinski,</b> Vice President, Research Intelligence, Elsevier</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Mike
     Taylor</b>, Head of Metrics Development, Digital Science</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Christine
     Casey</b>, Editor, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for
     Disease Control</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Dave
     Kochalko</b>, Founder, Artifacts</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Jonathan
     Adams</b>, Director, ISI, Clarivate Analytics</li>
</ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Pricing information available on the NISO <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/02/still-working-incentives-publish-metrics-and-new-reward-systems" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">event
page</a>.  Paying by credit card? <a href="https://www.cvent.com/events/niso-virt-conf-is-this-still-working-incentives-to-publish-metrics-and-new-reward-systems/registration-f5e59d29ebd245fc96db91c8423552e4.aspx?fqp=true" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Use
this form</a>.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Need to use other means of registration? <a href="https://www.niso.org/sites/default/files/events/2018-11/2019%20Virtual%20Conference%20Registration%20Form.pdf" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Use
this printable form</a>. </p>

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