Benefits of ICSTI Membership
- Participation in the WorldWideScience.org global open science gateway, a groundbreaking federated search platform offering real-time, multilingual search results from participating member databases
- High quality public and members-only events, including:
- ICSTI Exchanges, a webinar series featuring invited experts speaking on cutting edge topics and key trends in STI
- ICSTI Connections, a members-only live forum series in which members submit discussion topics and provide volunteer moderators
- ICSTI's annual General Assembly, an in-person or virtual meeting at which members give input on ICSTI business matters and participate in unique members-only events
- Other in-person and virtual learning and networking events in collaboration with ICSTI's members and partners
- Opportunities for networking across boundaries and information communities
- Collaborative partnership initiatives between members and non-members
- Engagement with science decision-makers on matters relating to information and data, and opportunities to comment on international policy recommendations
- Exploration of leading-edge STI technologies, tools and other technical topics organized by ICSTI's Technical Activities Coordinating Chair (TACC)
- Trend analysis and horizon scanning focused on open science and open innovation organized by ICSTI's Information Trends and Opportunities Chair (ITOC)
- Close working relationships with the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), FORCE11, the Research Data Alliance, and more
- Weekly newsletter service covering the latest scholarly communications news
- Collaborative research and publication efforts to share and compare best practices and innovations across ICSTI's members