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 is [...]
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 Search of New Frontiers: How [...]
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 [...]
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 print journal that publishes an exact replica [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Once upon a time
There were Traditonal Paper-Based Research/Scholarship ..
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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 on a textual expression of [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Library Announces Electronic-Only Journals Proposal – UMass Amherst Library
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Nature Debates: Lessons for the future of journals
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Primer on Peer Review, Payment and Publishing – Open Access Archivangelism
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A Future Academic Discourse « Jacob Kramer-Duffield thinks
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Wired Campus: Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class — via Twitter – Chronicle.com
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Wired Campus: Professor Encourages Students [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Academic Publishing in the Digital Age | HASTAC
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AERA SIG Communication of Research :: Ejournals in Education
AERA SIG Communication of Research Ejournals in Education
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aps.arxiv.org e-Print archive mirror
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The Agrippa Files
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Association of Research Libraries :: ARL 2008 New Model Publications Study: Examples Collected for Analysis (206)
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BioMed Central | The Open Access Publisher
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Bloomsbury [...]
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
