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Junior Scholar Roundtable Lunch:
"Near
Eastern Scholarship - Open and Accessible in the 21st Century" a discussion with
Dr. Sarah Whitcher Kansa about open and accessible scholarly communication.
Once
again student members and recent PhDs active in ASOR will have an opportunity
to meet together formally at this year's Annual Meeting, this time for lunch.
Scholarly communication is in the midst of an important transition toward increased
openness, access, scope and diversity. The American Council of Learned Societies
(ACLS) recently called upon university counsels, boards of trustees, and provosts
"to provide aggressive support for the principles of fair use and open access,
and to promote awareness and use of Creative Commons licenses." The Junior Scholars
Committee with the help of the Alexandria Archive Institute will host the Lunch.
We will discuss these changes and how junior researchers can best position themselves
to profit from this important shift toward open scholarship. We will also launch
the "Junior Scholar Open Archaeology Prize", a new initiative to build awareness
of open access research and enhance the prestige and community recognition of
open scholarly communication.
Details
- Thursday
November 16th from 12:45-2:00pm
$5 for Tacos and Talk
F
Street Deli
1918 F St NW Washington, DC 20006-4302,
Map with directions
to the F Street Deli:
http://www.cateringsolutionsrus.com/directions.htm
** To sign up please email: asor@bu.edu,
your $5 fee can be paid at the Registration Desk at the Annual Meeting.
US
Directions from the Conference Hotel to the Deli: Start out going by heading
SOUTH on 16TH ST NW toward K ST NW.
Turn RIGHT onto I ST NW / EYE ST NW.
Turn
LEFT onto 19TH ST NW.
Turn RIGHT onto F ST NW.
Stop when you get to 1918
F St NW.
Electing
a new chairperson and committee members: Please be thinking about
becoming the chairperson of the Junior Scholar Committee.
We will be discussing
this at the roundtable lunch and it would be great if some keen, interested people
would come forth and run for Junior Scholar positions.
Jr. Scholar's Meet and Greet Night
Harriet's Bar in the Hotel Harrington At the corner of E St. and 11th St.(about a 20 min walk from the conference hotel)
Thursday November 16th 8:30pm - ??
Remember you have to have a valid ID to drink.
Map and
Directions at:
http://www.hotel-harrington.com/mapdrivingdirections.htm
Cheap places to stay in DC not far from the Conference Hotel:
The Hotel Harrington
http://www.hotel-harrington.com/groupplansandrates.htm
Hostelling International - 1009 11th St. NW - $24.00 per night in dorm
room
http://www.hiwashingtondc.org/about.shtml
Links to more hostel-type places - most not in downtown DC http://reservations.bookhostels.com/studentuniverse.com/findabed.php?PHP
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Call for Submissions to Near Eastern Archaeology
Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine's Arti-Facts section is currently soliciting submissions for upcoming issues. Arti-Facts publishes brief articles that focus on new research or finds pertaining to Near Eastern Archaeology. Arti-Facts has also been reviewing museum exhibits traveling around North America. Arti-facts makes a particularly good venue for publishing the research of junior members. Recent conference or seminar papers, or excavation results that can be summarized in 1200 to 1500 words are particularly welcome. All time periods, countries, and materials relating to Near Eastern Archaeology are welcome.
For more about
Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine, please visit http://www.asor.org/pubs/nea/index.html.
I hope you will seriously consider this invitation to submit your writing. All
questions and submissions should be directed to Benjamin Porter, Near Eastern
Archaeology Magazine's assistant editor, at bporter@sas.upenn.edu.
ASOR Boston Office
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Schools of Oriental Research
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