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Welcome to the new look of the SRCD website!
Meeting News
SRCD is welcoming submissions as of July 1, 2008 at http://www.srcd.org/submissions2009/. Submission Deadlines for the 2009 SRCD Biennial Meeting:
Welcome to SRCD
The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) was established in 1933 by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science. The history of the Society's origin and evolution parallels that of the academic specialty of child development. [more]
SRCD Today
The Society is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, professional association with a membership of approximately 5,500 researchers, practitioners, and human development professionals from over 50 countries.
The purposes of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings. Our goals are pursued through a variety of programs with the cooperation and service of our governing council, standing committees, and members.
Future Directions of SRCD
As research in human development expands, the need for coordination and integration among the disciplines grows. The Society is constantly working to facilitate such coordination and integration and to assist in the dissemination of research findings. The Society welcomes the increasing interest in child development research and seeks members who share this interest.
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Call for Nominations - SRCD Social Policy Report Editor
SRCD is beginning a
search for a new editor of the Social
Policy Report (SPR) to replace Lonnie Sherrod and Jeanne Brooks Gunn whose
term ends at the 2009 Biennial Meeting. SPR is published
quarterly and consists of a single article, often with associated commentaries,
presenting research findings of relevance to pending policy issues, events
and/or decisions. It is distributed to
the membership of SRCD (about 5000 researchers) and to approximately 300 policy
and science organizations, federal agency officials, foundations, and policy
journalists. A one page Brief is sent to
a much wider audience, including Congress and state policymakers. SPR articles, about 20 db spaced pages,
address issues of scientific merit as would be true for an article submitted to
any scientific peer reviewed journal. Equally important is that the article should address the policy
relevance and significance of the research summarized. It is also important that
the paper be written so that it will be understandable by, and interesting to,
a non-academic audience. SPR articles
rarely present original data from single studies; instead they summarize data
from one or more studies. The editor works closely with SRCD’s Office of Policy
and Communications to identify topics relevant to pending legislation. Past copies can be viewed and downloaded as
Adobe documents by going to SRCD’s website (www.srcd.org) clicking on publications, then clicking on SPR, and a list
of issues is presented. Any single issue
can be viewed in its entirety by then clicking on that issue.
Nominees (including
self-nominations) are requested to provide a full curriculum vitae, a brief bio
highlighting past editorial and/or policy experience, and a 1-2 page
description of their vision for SPR. Materials can be sent to info@srcd.org. Materials must be received by
Oct. 31, 2008.
JSTOR and Aluka Unite, Deepening Commitment in Africa
As many of you
know, JSTOR has been expanding its efforts and relationships in Africa. Two years ago, we launched the African Access
Initiative to provide free JSTOR access to all not-for-profit institutions
there. More than 300 institutions in 36 African nations have signed up so far,
including in Rwanda and
Senegal among other places. Since
2006, we have been working closely with Aluka, a
not-for-profit initiative incubated by Ithaka that is creating a digital library
of materials from and about Africa. All JSTOR
participating institutions have had free access to the materials in Aluka for
the past year, and usage has been steadily rising with about 12% coming from
within Africa and the remainder from
elsewhere.
Call for Submissions - SRCD Biennial Meeting
Welcoming submissions as of July 1, 2008: http://www.srcd.org/submissions2009/
- The Call for Submissions is available on the official SRCD Submission Website.
- Click to view the 2009 Review Panels
- Submission Deadlines for the 2009 SRCD Biennial Meeting:
- Posters - August 22,2008
- All other formats - August 29, 2008
- All submitting will be done online. Logging into this website will provide you with complete information for submitting.
Questions? Contact Thelma Tucker at (734) 926-0612 or Hailey Buck at (734) 926-0613 or
programoffice@srcd.org.
2009 SRCD Biennial Meeting
04/02/2009
12th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA)
05/13/2010
12th Annual Birth to Three Institute
08/04/2008
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