Publication platform for academic blogs

Mareike König (DHIP) and Sascha Foerster (Max Weber Stiftung)

Juni 2013

What is hypotheses.org?

hypotheses.org is a non-commercial bloggingportal for the humanities and social sciences.

It enables researchers to provide real-time updates of developpements in their own research.

The portal offers a high visibility for scholarly blogging.

The Hypotheses team provides support and assistance to researchers for the technical and the editorial aspects of their project.

hypotheses.orgEuropean Portal

de.hypotheses.orgDeutschsprachiges Portal80 Blogs

fr.hypotheses.orgFrenchspeaking Portal544 Blogs

es.hypotheses.orgSpanishspeaking Portal 21 Blogs

it.hypotheses.orgItalianspeaking Portal(under construction)

en.hypotheses.orgEnglishspeaking Portal(under construction: 69 Blogs)

French Partners: openedition – a French platform for electronic publicationFinanced by:• CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique• Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales• Université de Provence Aix-Marseille• Université d‘Avignon

German Partners:• Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (Project Management)• Max Weber Stiftung (Community Manager)

Why a Blog-Portal?

• Collect scientific blogs at a central point, make it easier to access

• Quality • Sustainable access• Create a tool of scientific information and

communication for everybody

What is a Blog?

„A blog (a contraction of the words web log)[1] is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).”

A majority are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other (…) on the blogs, and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. In that sense, blogging can be seen as a form of social networking.** Definition Wikipedia

Scientific Blogs

1. Personal Blogs of scientists2. Scientific blogs for a large public3. Research blogs for a scientific public

= freedom concerning length, style, frequence of publication…

Why blog? 10 reasons1. Synergieeffect working on „your“ subject2. Blogging trains how to write 3. Blogging trains how to structure your thoughts 4. Blogging trains how to go through a publication process (publishing:

let go) 5. Blogging helps to build a network6. Blogging helps to build a digital identity and to get known 7. Blog functions as an archive, like a digital file-card box for the author8. Blogging creates a digital information collection around specific

subjects 9. Blogging is fun (because of the freedom of this genre) 10. Blogging helps to move on because of the comments and reactions

The multitude of blogs• Blogs by

research groups

Collective blogs on specific subjects

Blogs around a PhD-Project

Blogs on specific subjects

Blogs accompanying a publication

Blogs on colloquiums and seminars

Blogs an sources and methods

Blogs by scientific institutes

Blogs by archives, libraries…

• Blogs as Scientific Newsletters• Photoblogs• Blogs around a debate• Archaeological blogs (field blogs) • …

What to blog?

= Blogs as collection of materials / archive for a certain subject = Blog as a place to publish texts

• Reference with link to books / exhibitions / events / seminars• Announcement of events / publications… • Links to interesting texts, pages… of „your“ subject • Articles on a your subject, on a source, a report of an event• Book critics• Interviews• Podcasts / Films of a lecture• Presentation of the members of a working group• Articles to test your theses, preparation of a journal article

Style of blogging• Keep it simple! • Write differently to a scientific article (I, enthusiasm) • Show authenticity• Blog regularly• Blog shorter posts but more often • Blog series and sequels• Use synonyms dictionarys

Tips from: Texte für das Wissenschaftsblog schreiben, wie? By Sabine Scherz

More:• Blog: Wissenswerkstatt von Marc Scheloske • Blog: Schreibwerkstatt von Huberta Weigl • Blog: Schreibnudel von Gitte Härter

Is my blog a success?

• Personality and style • Frequence of publication • Ability to dialogue / communication

skills

= Silent conversation (Marin Dacos)

Bloghaus Blog mit Tipps und technischen Hinweisen, Neuigkeiten rund um das Bloggen bei de.hypotheses

More Informationen(in German)

Artikelreihe „Wissenschaftliches Bloggen in der Praxis“ von Sabine Scherz im Redaktionsblog:• Gedanklicher Warm-Up: Aller Anfang ist schwer – auch beim

Bloggen• Warum sollte ich als Wissenschaftler/in bloggen?• Mein erster wissenschaftlicher Blogartikel – was schreibe ich

bloß?• Wie finde ich Themen für mein Wissenschaftsblog?• Texte für das Wissenschaftsblog schreiben, wie?

http://redaktionsblog.hypotheses.org/

… and now we start to blog with Sascha…