Nordic Research School in Library and Information Science

NORSLIS Ph.D. ROADSHOW on INFORMETRICS & BIBLIOMETRICS
Programme for the Turku stop October 6-7, 2004

Location:
Åbo Akademi, Department of Social and Political Sciences/Information Studies (Informationsförvaltning, hus Gripen), Tavastgatan 13, 20500 Åbo, 2:nd floor, Auditorium.

Wednesday October 6, 2004
Seminar open for researchers, research students and other selected students:
13.15 - 14.15 The Basics of Bibliometrics/Professor Wolfgang Glänzel, Leuwen University
14.30 - 15.30 Bibliometrics and evaluation of scientific activity/Dr. Wolfgang Glänzel
15.45 - 16.45 Bibliometrics and knowledge management/Prof. Irene Wormell

Thursday October 7, 2004
9.00 - 10.00 Bibliometrics - building data sets and mapping information/Prof. Olle Persson

10.00 - 12.00 Discussions with Ph.D. students - Supervisors: Wolfgang Glänzel/Irene Wormell/Olle Persson
Thesis plan and text to be sent in advance to Irene Wormell (irene.wormell@hb.se), Wolfgang Glänzel (Wolfgang.Glanzel@econ.kuleuven.ac.be), and Olle Persson (olle.persson@soc.umu.se) from the Ph.D. students.
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

Bibliometrics is relevant for persons interested in science policy and evaluation, library and information work, data mining and visualization, organizational communication, science studies, history of science and ideas, sociology of science, innovation studies, regional economics etc.

Suggested readings:
Wolfgang Gälnzel's book on bibliometrics

The roadshow seminar is equivalent to 1 course ECTS.

Participation:
Ph.D. students should register to Sara von Ungern-Stenberg no later than September 27, send their thesis plan and project text, including a 1/2 page description of research issues to be discussed by e-mail to the supervisors.

Ph.D. students under the NORSLIS programme may apply for travel support to the NORSLIS Board, i.e. Olle Persson, no later than September 30. See: How to apply