The future of scholarly communication / / edited by Deborah Shorley and Michael Jubb

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511693303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Facet, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-85604-961-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 001.2 2
• Soggetti: Communication in learning and scholarship - Technological innovations; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; Contributors; Introduction: Scholarly communications - disruptions in a complex ecology; Varying behaviours, attitudes and interests; Research and researchers; Globalization and collaboration; Research data; Publishers' changing roles; Peer review; Big Deals; Open Access; Open Access journals; Repositories; Developing the service infrastructure; Data and analytics; Co-operation and innovation; Conclusion; References; Part 1 Changing researcher behaviour; 1 Changing ways of sharing research in chemistry; Introduction; E-mail as a content delivery mechanism for sharing researchThe web as a content-delivery mechanism for sharing research; The document type as a container for shared research; The importance of organizing the content and metadata; The cloud and DRM; The importance of data; Digital repositories; Social networking mechanisms for sharing research; Conclusions; References; 2 Supporting qualitative research in the humanities and social sciences: using the Mass Observation Archive; Introduction; Mass Observation; The Mass Observation Project; Researcher use of Mass Observation; Supporting research use through digitizationThe curatorial voice in a digital world; Mass Observation as data set collection/collector; Tools for support; Changing research needs - collaboration; It's about people as well as resources and technology!; Curating ethics; Conclusion; ; References; 3 Researchers and scholarly communications: an evolving interdependency; Introduction; The rise of journals; The role of journals; Electronic futures; Data mining; Interdisciplinary and international research; Conclusion; References; 4 Creative communication in a 'publish or perish' culture: can postdocs lead the way?Introduction; Publishing in the digital age; Publish or perish: the struggle for innovation in a culture of 'impact'; Creative communication: can postdocs lead the way?; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 5 Cybertaxonomy; Introduction; Taxonomic names and checklists; Species descriptions; Evolutionary trees (phylogeny); Biological collections; Conclusion: future challenges for taxonomy; References; 6 Coping with the data deluge; Introduction; Opportunities and challenges; Putting it into practice: three European examplesProblems and questions; Policy proposals; Future potential: training data creators, intermediaries and users; Conclusion; References; 7 Social media and scholarly communications: the more they change, the more they stay the same?; Introduction; The social media landscape; Information management in projects; Formal publication; Wider communications; Conclusions; References; 8 The changing role of the publisher in the scholarly communications process; Introduction; The input process; The process of digital publishing; The output process; Conclusion: the future
• Sommario/riassunto: This book draws together the informed commentary of internationally-renowned experts from all sectors and backgrounds on the future of scholarly communication