Colleagues/ I have discovered a Most Important A/V of the "Final Impact: What Factors Really Matter?" presentations delivered as part of the Research without Borders: The Changing World of Scholarly Communication series sponsored by Scholarly Communication Program of the Columbia University Libraries / Information Services division "Final Impact: What Factors Really Matter?" A panel discussion on the debate about the best way to rank the importance and influence of scholarly publications Panelists: * Marian Hollingsworth, director of Publisher Relations at Thomson Reuters and former assistant director of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services [Start: 4:15] * Jevin West, an Achievement Awards for College Scientists Fellow at the University of Washington's Biology Department and head developer for Eigenfactor.org [Start: 20:10] * Johan Bollen, a staff researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the principal investigator of the MESUR project [Start: 61:45] Columbia University Librarian Jim Neal introduces the talk [Start: 00:00] Links to appropriate background information sources and The A/V are available at [ http://tinyurl.com/8oxg97 ] NOTE: Each Presentation Is Exceptional / I Believe That The Third (By Johan Bollen) Will Be Of Great Value To Those Interested In Online Social Networks ; Social Network Analysis ; Bibliometrics ; Scientometrics ; Metrics ; Etc. May I Recommend That You Listen To Each At Least Three (3) Times ... May All Have a Healthy and Prosperous New Year! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu <mailto:gerrymck@iastate.edu> There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ <http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/> ]