Opening and Welcoming Address

Welcoming Address from the Conference Chair

APE 2012 : Academic Publishing in Europe A short report from the International

Welcoming speakers and participants, Dr. Christian Sprang (German Association of Publishers and Booksellers, Frankfurt am Main), highlighted in his greetings that ‘Academic Publishing in Europe’ has built a reputation by providing a forum for all stakeholders to be heard, interact and envision solutions that benefit scholarly communication. The ongoing necessity and possibility for stakeholders...

Partnering in science information: Necessities of change

Bernard Dumouchel of the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)3 gave a welcoming address outlining the unique position of ICSTI since its members are a broad church, representing scientific users, publishers, national scientific and technical information (STI) centers, international unions and so on. He thanked CSA4 and the US Geological Survey National Biological In...

Welcoming Message to the JIRSS

It is a great honor to be invited to contribute to the first issue of the Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society. May the Journal and those associated with it have great success in attaining its goals and in furthering the progress of statistical science. While there has been worldwide recognition of the important role that statistics and statisticians play in producing progress in science ...

Local policy proposals can bridge Latino and (most) white Americans' response to immigration.

In the past 15 years, the adoption of subnational immigration policies in the United States, such as those established by individual states, has gone from nearly zero to over 300 per year. These include welcoming policies aimed at attracting and incorporating immigrants, as well as unwelcoming policies directed at denying immigrants access to public resources and services. Using data from a 201...