Category: Scholarship
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Counterintuitive research on how online articles are cited.
The July 18 issue of Science has an interesting article titled Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship, by James A. Evans, a sociologist at the University of Chicago (Science 18 July 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5887, pp. 395 – 399 DOI: 10.1126/science.1150473). I’ve seen research or statistics (note to self – go…
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O’Reilly starting to offer DRM-free PDFs
O’Reilly Press is now offering a small number of titles as print, DRM-free PDF, or both. They’ve got 30 titles where you can choose your medium, and a dozen of those are also available on the Kindle. Interesting comments, including a brief discussion of why electronic books aren’t 90% cheaper than print even though there’s…
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Call for Chapters: Using Emerging Technologies in Distance Education
You are invited to submit a chapter for a new publication on using emerging technologies in distance education. Details and submission guidelines are below. “Using Emerging Technologies in Distance Education” – edited by George Veletsianos Part of the “Issues in Distance Education” series – edited by Terry Anderson – planned publication online and in paper…
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University of Calgary Funds Open Access Authors Fund
There was a great announcement yesterday here at the U of C. The text below differs a little from the official press release. Thomas Hickerson, Vice Provost for Libraries and Cultural Resources and University Librarian, announced today the establishment of an annual $100,000 Authors Fund to provide University of Calgary faculty and graduate students with…
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Canadian Library Association Position Statement on Open Access for Canadian Libraries
My colleague Andrew Waller, co-convener (with Heather Morrison) of the CLA Open Access Task Force sent this out today: (from the CLA Website): Whereas connecting users with the information they need is one of the library’s most essential functions, and access to information is one of librarianship’s most cherished values, therefore CLA recommends that Canadian…
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Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication
From TL Infobits, news of a draft report from UC Berkeley called Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An In-depth Study of Faculty Needs and Ways of Meeting Them. (This is almost exactly the topic we asked candidates for a recent position here at the U of C to address!) Some of the questions…
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Google Book Search Bibliography
Charles W. Bailey, Jr. has published version 2 of his Google Book Search Bibliography. From the introduction: “This bibliography presents selected English-language articles and other works that are useful in understanding Google Book Search. It primarily focuses on the evolution of Google Book Search and the legal, library, and social issues associated with it. Where…
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The ABCs of Online Teaching
From an email I received. Not sure how much is relevant to librarians…: You are invited to contribute and participate in this week’s FridayLive! session. Join the FridayLive! online discussion: Friday, May 30, 2008. Topic: The ABCs of Online Teaching Speakers: Steve Gilbert, TLT Group and Kathy Saville, Northern Michigan University Description: Today, there are…
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Bye-bye Live Search Books and Live Search Academic
Roy Tennant points out that as of next week(!) Microsoft is switching off Live Search Books and Live Search Academic. Wow. I didn't go there first (ever), but it was good to have some competition for Google Book Search and Google Scholar. Interesting, definitely.