Scholarship and Publication, the Web WayPRESSFORWARD

http://pressforward.org@pressfwd

Joan Fragaszy Troyano joan@pressforward.org

@joanftroyano

PressForwardImproving the Scholarly Communication Ecosystem

repositories individualsweb publications communitiesOpen Web

Gray Literature conference papers reports “blessays” lectures pre-prints data sets

Goals discuss evaluatehighlight disseminate share accelerate

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PressForwardHelping make gray literature be findable and usable

Surfacing from open web sources

Sharing curatorial efforts with others

Recognition of Opportunity and Value

Facilitating selection and publication process

PressForward Methodology in Practice

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* Graphic by Spencer Roberts *

Instructions and Criteria: http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/editors-corner/

PressForward Methodology

Case Study: Digital Humanities Now

Disseminating for broader reach

Nominating & selecting content based on value:item you would forward?item you would discuss?

Aggregating from multiple sources

Sources, Instructions, and Criteria: http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/editors-corner/

PressForward MethodologyCase Study: Digital Humanities Now

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PressForward Methodology in Practice

PressForward MethodologyCase Study: Journal of Digital Humanities

Post-publication sourcing for non-traditional works of lasting valuejournalofdigitalhumanities.org

PressForward TechnologyPlugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content

https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward

Aggregated Content

PressForward TechnologyPlugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content

https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward

Reading View

PressForward TechnologyPlugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content

https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward

Review and Discussion

PressForward TechnologyAutomated Surfacing of Potential Content

Active learning�

When used? Label data is expensive or time consuming. Why used good results for smallamounts of labeled data in imbalanced set;�

Support Vector Machine (SVM)�

http://pressforward.org/classifier-research

slide and research by Xin Guan, George Mason University

sustainability of publications

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enhancing plugin

improving machine filtering

sourcing from repositories

documenting and sharing methods

crediting of gray literature

PressForwardNext Steps

PressForwardOpportunities for Methodology and Technology

collaborations with librarians

emerging interdisciplinary groups

tracking research impact and altmetrics

existing scholarly communities

collaborations with information scientists

http://pressforward.org/research-and-reports/

Scholarship and Publication, the Web WayPRESSFORWARD

http://pressforward.org@pressfwd

Joan Fragaszy Troyano joan@pressforward.org

@joanftroyano

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