(I know this is a very long post but it is interesting. It is cut from Gerry McKiernan's latest offering to the
SPARC-OAForum@arl.org)
Colleagues
As some may be aware, I have long proposed The Wiki as The Next Scholarly
Communication/Publishing Environment
Gerry McKiernan. "Disruptive Scholarship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Re(Use) / Re(Mix) / Re(New)." Invited keynote presentation delivered at
Transforming Practice for An Authentic Future, 3rd International
Conference on Plagiarism, June 23-25, 2008, Northumbria University,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Director' Cut version self-archived at:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/IPC2008-DC.ppt (30 August 2008)
"Wikis: Disruptive Technologies for Dynamic Possibilities," Invited
presentastion delivered at Digital Libraries à la Carte: Choices for the
Future. Module 2: Technological Developments: Threats and Opportunities
for Libraries, Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources BV
(TICER), Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, August 23, 2005.
Self-archived at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/TICER2005.ppt
(30 August 2008)
Thanks To Bernie Sloan, Sora Associates, Bloomington, Indiana has have
learned about a wiki called Mememoir and its associated implementation in
the WikiGenes project that I believe is a A Major Realization of The
Disruptive Scholarship Vision
"Reporting in [the September 2008 issue] Nature Genetics, scientist Robert
Hoffmann develops the first Wiki where authorship really matters. Based on
a powerful authorship tracking technology, this next generation wiki links
every word to its corresponding author. This way readers can always know
their sources and authors receive due credit.
[snip]
Clear authorship attribution in this next generation wiki makes it also
possible that users can rate each other based on their contributions. For
the first time, collaborative publishing can therefore be enhanced with
the advantages of a reputation system. Hoffmann describes how a
self-regulating reputation system can help to settle editing conflicts,
which were an important problem in first generation wikis and used to
depend on slow and refutable top-down decisions.
The scientific wiki project, introduced in the September issue of Nature
Genetics and released online today, is the first of its kind and a
milestone in the Mememoir project. "This release is an important proof of
principle, but our ambitious aim with the Mememoir project is to
revolutionize publishing in all of science," says Dr. Hoffmann, "with a
knowledge base that is open access, interdisciplinary and combines the
altruistic possibilities of wikis with explicit authorship."
Robert Hoffman / A Wiki for the Life Sciences Where Authorship Matters /
Nature Genetics / volume 40 / number 9 / 1047 - 1051 /September 2008 /
Published online 27 August 2008 / doi:10.1038/ng.f.217
Access to sample text from the paper as well as links to the full text of
the article (for subscribers (?)) in HMTL and PDF format as well as links
to the WikiGenes site and associated components (e.g., Introduction &
Tutorial, Sample 'Author' Contribution Page, Sample 'Author' Contribution,
etc.) are available at
[ http://tinyurl.com/582jq2 ]
Please share your thoughts/reactions/etc as a Comment on the entry for
this posting on the Scholarship 2.0 blog
BTW: Recommendations Of Any And All Other Radical Scholarly Wikis
Like/UnLike Mememoir / WikiGenes Are Most Welcome.
Regards,
Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck@iastate.edu
Monday, September 1, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Amazon goes for E-Book reader for textbooks
Amazon Plans to Market Its E-Book Reader to Colleges
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3268&utm_source=at&utm
_medium=en
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3268&utm_source=at&utm
_medium=en
Libraries as portals
SCHOLARS' VIEW OF LIBRARIES AS PORTALS SHOWS MARKED
DECLINE:
The shift toward digital scholarship is changing the
relationship between libraries and faculty members at
institutions of all sizes, a new report says.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/08/4351n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medi
um=en
user name: rulibrary
password: ru2007
DECLINE:
The shift toward digital scholarship is changing the
relationship between libraries and faculty members at
institutions of all sizes, a new report says.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/08/4351n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medi
um=en
user name: rulibrary
password: ru2007
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Survey of behavior and attitudes of faculty members and academic librarians
(this has been put on for Jeanne Berger - Eileen)
Ithaka has recently released the datasets from our 2006 surveys of the behavior and attitudes of faculty members and academic librarians. These complementary studies, co-sponsored by JSTOR and by Ithaka's incubated entities Portico, Aluka, and NITLE, have been of interest to academic librarians and scholarly publishers alike in presentations over the past year, but now we are making the dataset available as well. The faculty study focuses on attitudes and behaviors in the transition to an increasingly electronic information environment, examining perceptions and use of information services in the research and teaching processes. The findings shed light on the relationship between faculty and the library, faculty perceptions and uses of electronic resources, the transition away from print for scholarly journals, faculty publishing preferences, e-books, digital repositories, and the preservation of scholarly journals. The librarian survey provides the perspective of senior collection development officers on many of these same issues and thereby provides the opportunity to examine the similarities and differences between faculty and librarian views. We have prepared an in-depth white paper which details our findings and provides analysis and recommendations based on these studies, which may be found on the Ithaka website at http://www.ithaka.org/research/faculty-and-librarian-surveys. For those who are interested in investigating our data in greater depth, we have deposited the raw datasets from these studies with ICPSR, and the faculty and librarian studies are available at http://tinyurl.com/6rm3df and http://tinyurl.com/6hk6lg, respectively.
Ithaka has recently released the datasets from our 2006 surveys of the behavior and attitudes of faculty members and academic librarians. These complementary studies, co-sponsored by JSTOR and by Ithaka's incubated entities Portico, Aluka, and NITLE, have been of interest to academic librarians and scholarly publishers alike in presentations over the past year, but now we are making the dataset available as well. The faculty study focuses on attitudes and behaviors in the transition to an increasingly electronic information environment, examining perceptions and use of information services in the research and teaching processes. The findings shed light on the relationship between faculty and the library, faculty perceptions and uses of electronic resources, the transition away from print for scholarly journals, faculty publishing preferences, e-books, digital repositories, and the preservation of scholarly journals. The librarian survey provides the perspective of senior collection development officers on many of these same issues and thereby provides the opportunity to examine the similarities and differences between faculty and librarian views. We have prepared an in-depth white paper which details our findings and provides analysis and recommendations based on these studies, which may be found on the Ithaka website at http://www.ithaka.org/research/faculty-and-librarian-surveys. For those who are interested in investigating our data in greater depth, we have deposited the raw datasets from these studies with ICPSR, and the faculty and librarian studies are available at http://tinyurl.com/6rm3df and http://tinyurl.com/6hk6lg, respectively.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
On Stupidity
AN ACADEMIC IN AMERICA
On Stupidity
By Thomas H. Benton
A cartload of recent books suggests that it's time to reverse the customer-service mentality plaguing academe.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public," said H.L. Mencken in the era of Babbitt and the Scopes "monkey" trial. Several generations later, one might speculate that no publisher has ever lost money with a book accusing Americans — particularly young ones — of being stupid.
The link to the article is :
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/08/2008080101c.htm
On Stupidity
By Thomas H. Benton
A cartload of recent books suggests that it's time to reverse the customer-service mentality plaguing academe.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public," said H.L. Mencken in the era of Babbitt and the Scopes "monkey" trial. Several generations later, one might speculate that no publisher has ever lost money with a book accusing Americans — particularly young ones — of being stupid.
The link to the article is :
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/08/2008080101c.htm
Friday, August 15, 2008
New online learning community for librarians
From the Chronicle of Higher Education
WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched new social and learning applications for the site. The site, first started with money and backing from the Online Computer Library Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, had 30,000 individual members even before the revamp.
There are three new items of note:
A “friending” utility allowing librarians to connect with friends, peers, and colleagues from across the library community. There are also public profiles, the ability to tag useful bits of information, and recommendations.
Librarians can now create their own content with tools provided by the site.
There are more flexible online courses covering business, technical, and library skills.
A report on Blogjunction, the site’s blog, says that since the new tools launched last week, the library site had had 15,000 unique visitors, a pace that, if it keeps up, will give them more traffic than in any other month of their 5-year existence. —Josh Fischman
WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched new social and learning applications for the site. The site, first started with money and backing from the Online Computer Library Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, had 30,000 individual members even before the revamp.
There are three new items of note:
A “friending” utility allowing librarians to connect with friends, peers, and colleagues from across the library community. There are also public profiles, the ability to tag useful bits of information, and recommendations.
Librarians can now create their own content with tools provided by the site.
There are more flexible online courses covering business, technical, and library skills.
A report on Blogjunction, the site’s blog, says that since the new tools launched last week, the library site had had 15,000 unique visitors, a pace that, if it keeps up, will give them more traffic than in any other month of their 5-year existence. —Josh Fischman
Libraries step into the age of iPod
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may be about time to dig out that old library card. Hoping to draw back readers, libraries have vastly expanded their lists of digital books, music, and movies that can be downloaded by their patrons to a computer or MP3 player -- and it doesn't cost a cent, unlike, say, media from Apple Inc'siTunes or Amazon.com Inc.
In Phoenix, for instance, branches have banded together to create a digital library that currently has about 50,000 titles of e-books, audiobooks, music and videos that can be "checked out" from anywhere.
Once discovered, says Tom Gemberling, the electronic resources librarian for the Phoenix Public Library, the program often proves wildly popular.
IFLA medal for work in developing countries awarded
eIFL Director receives IFLA Medal for groundbreaking work with libraries in transition and developing countries
Rima Kupryte, Director of Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net) was honoured by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) at the 74th World Library and Information Congress in Quebec, Canada. The IFLA Medal is one of the highest professional accolades and
Rima Kupryte, Director of Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net) was honoured by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) at the 74th World Library and Information Congress in Quebec, Canada. The IFLA Medal is one of the highest professional accolades and
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Publishing jargon
A Publishing Primer
Don't know your French flaps from your headbands? Here's a guide to the arcane terminology of the book world
Bibliometric indices
Interesting papers on the use and misuse of bibliometric indices in evaluating scholarly performance available at:
http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/v8/n1/
"Quantifying the relative performance of individual scholars, groups of scholars, departments, institutions, provinces/states/regions and countries has become an integral part of decision-making over research policy, funding allocations, awarding of grants, faculty hirings, and claims for promotion and tenure. Bibliometric indices (based mainly upon citation counts), such as the h-index and the journal impact factor, are heavily relied upon in such assessments. There is a growing consensus, and a deep concern, that these indices — more-and-more often used as a replacement for the informed judgement of peers — are misunderstood and are, therefore, often misinterpreted and misused. The articles in this ESEP Theme Section present a range of perspectives on these issues. Alternative approaches, tools and metrics that will hopefully lead to a more balanced role for these instruments are presented."
http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esep/v8/n1/
"Quantifying the relative performance of individual scholars, groups of scholars, departments, institutions, provinces/states/regions and countries has become an integral part of decision-making over research policy, funding allocations, awarding of grants, faculty hirings, and claims for promotion and tenure. Bibliometric indices (based mainly upon citation counts), such as the h-index and the journal impact factor, are heavily relied upon in such assessments. There is a growing consensus, and a deep concern, that these indices — more-and-more often used as a replacement for the informed judgement of peers — are misunderstood and are, therefore, often misinterpreted and misused. The articles in this ESEP Theme Section present a range of perspectives on these issues. Alternative approaches, tools and metrics that will hopefully lead to a more balanced role for these instruments are presented."
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Unique library of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24096948-25132,00.html
The unique library of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, buried
beneath lava by Vesuvius's eruption in AD79, is slowly revealing its
long-held secrets
STORED in a sky-lit reading room on the top floor of the Biblioteca
Nazionale in Naples are the charred remains of the only library to survive
from classical antiquity. The ancient world's other great book collections
-- at Athens, Alexandria and Rome - - all perished in the chaos of the
centuries. But the library of the Villa of the Papyri was conserved,
paradoxically, by an act of destruction................
The unique library of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, buried
beneath lava by Vesuvius's eruption in AD79, is slowly revealing its
long-held secrets
STORED in a sky-lit reading room on the top floor of the Biblioteca
Nazionale in Naples are the charred remains of the only library to survive
from classical antiquity. The ancient world's other great book collections
-- at Athens, Alexandria and Rome - - all perished in the chaos of the
centuries. But the library of the Villa of the Papyri was conserved,
paradoxically, by an act of destruction................
User name and password for Chronicle of HE
Sorry - you will need this to view the article about Muhammad's Bride
user name: ru library
password: ru2007
user name: ru library
password: ru2007
CONTROVERSY OVER NOVEL ABOUT MUHAMMAD'S BRIDE
CONTROVERSY OVER NOVEL ABOUT MUHAMMAD'S BRIDE ENDURES:
A novel about a wife of Muhammad has been canceled by Random House,
sparking a controversy over freedom of speech and the role of
a University of Texas history professor.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/08/4190n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medi
um=en
A novel about a wife of Muhammad has been canceled by Random House,
sparking a controversy over freedom of speech and the role of
a University of Texas history professor.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/08/4190n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medi
um=en
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Website for researchers to share scientific papers
Share Scientific Articles ... and Network, Too
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3222&utm_source=at&utm
_medium=en
"Labmeeting, the document management and networking site, which is free for individual scientists and students, allows researchers to upload PDF files of research papers and other documents, mark them, organize them, search them, recommend them to colleagues, and see what their peers are collecting. Each scientist has a profile page and can create groups, inviting the members of their labs to add their documents to a shared collection accessible from anywhere."....
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3222&utm_source=at&utm
_medium=en
"Labmeeting, the document management and networking site, which is free for individual scientists and students, allows researchers to upload PDF files of research papers and other documents, mark them, organize them, search them, recommend them to colleagues, and see what their peers are collecting. Each scientist has a profile page and can create groups, inviting the members of their labs to add their documents to a shared collection accessible from anywhere."....
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Judy online
Hi Everyone
Quite exhausting all this blogging, definitely need some help in how to add articles of interest (in the unlikely event of coming across one!)
Judy
Quite exhausting all this blogging, definitely need some help in how to add articles of interest (in the unlikely event of coming across one!)
Judy
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
August newsletter
The August RUL newsletter is now available on the Library webpage - thanks to Irene for formatting and linking it
Cory Library blog
Hello Everyone
Please have a look at the Cory Library blog.
This is intended to be a noticeboard and for sharing Cory information. There is no provision for comments however as I have no time to moderate these!
The final design may change to come more into line with the look and feel of the new corporate website.
Sally
Please have a look at the Cory Library blog.
This is intended to be a noticeboard and for sharing Cory information. There is no provision for comments however as I have no time to moderate these!
The final design may change to come more into line with the look and feel of the new corporate website.
Sally
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