How to Develop “Breakthrough” Products and Services I watched the three available video lectures (http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-356Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm) and found them fascinating – the professor is Eric von Hippel from MIT and he is talking about how breakthroughs happen. I am still trying to figure out how to apply this to the services we provide so any insight [...]
Sampling of Chronicle Headlines 3/23/2009 MIT Professors Approve Campuswide Policy to Publish Their Scholarly Articles Free Online 3/27/2009 Humanities Journals Confront Identity Crisis 3/6/2009 A New Push to Unlock University-Based Research 1/30/2009 Physicists Set Plan in Motion to Change Publishing System 12/12/2008 Bringing Tenure Into the Digital Age 12/19/2008 In [...]
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Open Education Open Education Jmag Publish at Scribd or explore others: School Work Education-eLearningO
more about “Science Commons“, posted with vodpod
This is Scholarship Selected Works Referenced Promotion & Tenure Policy Documents College of Arts & Sciences. (2006). RPT document. California State University San Marcos. Retrieved January 18, 2008, from http://www.csusm.edu/faculty_affairs/Evaluation%20Page.html College of Humanities. (2005). Appointments, promotion, and tenure document. The Ohio State University. Retrieved January 18, 2008, from https://humanities.osu.edu/cohi/FacultyDocuments/apt/ College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. [...]
Note to Self: “Predictably Irrational” – Dan Ariely .. looks really good .. cheating, moral relativity
3 minutes to capture attention of conservative faculty re: New Scholarly Communication..What would you say/show? Feedback much appreciated
New Scholarship Issues Impossible to articulate to unwashed in 40 mins.. OA, Pre-pub, E-only, Collective Intell, P&T, Content vs Process
I. Traditional journals migrate online (Early 90s’) Cause: Because its there. Leverage significant strengths of non-linear functions .. hyperlinking, full text searching Effect: Paper-inspired model, same publication and peer-review process Retains and enhances Subscriber-pays model A radical change when it comes to access, but not a radical change in the publication model itself Example: A [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Once upon a time There were Traditonal Paper-Based Research/Scholarship .. [image] The content of these journals were sanctioned, published, and peer reviewed by credible external entities such as scholarly societies, research institutions, or government agencies The content was presented in accepted scholarly formats of research papers, reports, conference/symposia presentations, and independent research The content relied [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Library Announces Electronic-Only Journals Proposal – UMass Amherst Library tags: aubergren Nature Debates: Lessons for the future of journals tags: aubergren Primer on Peer Review, Payment and Publishing – Open Access Archivangelism tags: aubergren A Future Academic Discourse « Jacob Kramer-Duffield thinks tags: aubergren Wired Campus: Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class — [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Academic Publishing in the Digital Age | HASTAC tags: bergrenlink AERA SIG Communication of Research :: Ejournals in Education AERA SIG Communication of Research Ejournals in Education tags: bergrenlink aps.arxiv.org e-Print archive mirror tags: bergrenlink The Agrippa Files tags: bergrenlink Association of Research Libraries :: ARL 2008 New Model Publications Study: Examples Collected for Analysis [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Samples Ejournal Only Peer Reviewed Titles Chemical educator Catalysis Surveys from Japan
Pure Joy .. “Make Our Garden Grow” & “Overture” from Bernstein Candide.. cranked into headphones .. exhilarating .. pure Joy.. pulsing ..wow
