Tag Archives for Scholarly Communication
Beyond citations: Scholars’ visibility on the social Web
Traditionally, scholarly impact and visibility have been measured by counting publications and citations in the scholarly literature. However, increasingly scholars are also visible on the Web, establishing presences in a growing variety of social ecosystems. But how wide and established … Continue reading
Academics and Copyright Ownership: Ignorant, Confused or Misled?
The recent law suit against ResearchGate brought by Elsevier and the American Chemical Society follows hard upon the $15 million damages awarded to Elsevier in their recent case against Sci-Hub. These are just the latest actions in a long line … Continue reading
Measures of Change in Academic Library Behavior
New strategies and practices are required given the changes technology has brought to higher education and scholarly communication. Many libraries are implementing these strategies and practices, but it is difficult to move often long-established ways of doing things and to … Continue reading
Nebraska ACRL Scholarly Communication Roadshow Sharing Session
Academic and research librarians increasingly recognize scholarly communication as a core competency of the profession. ACRL empowers the community through its workshop “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement”. Read More
Eugene Garfield’s Scholarly Impact: A Scientometric Review
The concept of citation indexing has become deeply involved in many parts of research itself and the broad environment in which research plays an integral role, ranging from research evaluation, numerous indicators, to an increasingly wider range of scientific disciplines. … Continue reading
The Scholarly Commons – principles and practices to guide research communication (preprint)
In this paper, we outline the backgrounds of the idea of the scholarly commons and the various considerations that play a role in defining it. We share the principles of the scholarly commons and the degrees of freedom interpreting those … Continue reading
Re-envisioning a future in scholarly communication
Scholarly communication is in need of disruption. Commodifying knowledge as is currently done with journals, is not sustainable any longer. An alternative is the commodification of how information is consumed. By focusing on the commodification of consumption instead of commodification … Continue reading