Calling for New Editors for Serials

Long-standing Serials editors, Hazel Woodward (Cranfield University) and Helen Henderson (Ringgold) are planning on retiring at the end of the current volume in 2010. Consequently, UKSG is looking for expressions of interest for new co-Editors to step up to the plate and continue building on the legacy that they have established over the last decade.

Deadline is Feb 12th, and more information can be found here: http://www.uksg.org/serials/neweditors

You can get more information about the journal itself here: http://www.uksg.org/serials or at http://uksg.metapress.com (for details on the content). You could also email me if you would like further information before making an approach to UKSG in the first instance - bev.acreman@biomedcentral.com .

It's a great opportunity and would suit people who are dynamic, well connected and well travelled. Much like Hazel and Helen!

Twitter: waste of time or worth it?

Back in March, at the start of UKSG's annual conference, Todd Carpenter of NISO wrote this interesting LiveSerials posting about Twitter and how it is used during conferences.

Today this subject is raised again by CrossRef's Kirsty Meddings, writing the editorial in the latest edition of Serials-eNews, UKSG's news bulletin. (Note that access to Serials-eNews is usually an exclusive benefit for UKSG members but all being well you should get access to this article by following this link - let us know if you have any problems!).

Both pieces are useful in helping to explain why Twitter is gaining such traction in our community, and both are generally in favour of Twitter as a channel for sharing resources and building relationships during conferences. Do you agree? what about using Twitter outside of the conference centre - are publishers, libraries and others in our sector putting it to good use, or wasting their time?

UKSG has set up its own Twitter channel, @uksg, and encouraged usage of the #uksg09 hashtag during the conference. Are we right to be exploring this medium? What more could or should we be doing? We're interested to know your thoughts so please do discuss via comments or trackbacks (or on Twitter! - #uksg).