Scholarly communication in networked environment: problems and prospects
Vimal kumar V. Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum
Scholarly communication
The peer reviewed literature published upon completion of research.
-Rowlands and Huntington
Scholarly communication is the method and route by which academic information is passed from author to the reader, via various intermediaries such as libraries and publishers.
-The Library Service, University College London
Functions of Scholarly Communication
Registration Certification Awareness Archiving Rewarding Herbert Van de Sompel
Problem Statement
Copyright High subscription rates Delays in getting print version Increasing number of journals Access of technology
Advantages of publishing in WWW
Low cost Fast publication Fast review process Easy distribution Multimedia support Easy update Hypertext More collaborative features
New scholarly publication models
Open access journals Institutional repositories Blog Podcasting Wiki
Open Access
Free availability of peer-reviewed literature on the public internet, permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles.
Open access outlets Open access journals Institutional repositories
Open Access Journals
A journal which is freely available online worldwide and does not rely upon the traditional subscription based business model to generate revenue.
Institutional repositories
A publicly accessible repository (archive) where all the work published by researchers/authors affiliated with the university/academy can be posted online.
Blog
Blog, short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. Blogs typically report and comment on topics of interest to the author.
Features of blogging
Speedy feedback Facilitating connections between users Healthy discussions Free to the reader No need for a central publisher
Wiki
Wiki is a collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it.
It can be used to create a knowledge base encouraging collaboration of experts in a particular area.
Fetures Easy editing Collaborative platform for knowledge creation
PodcastPodcasting is delivering audio content to
iPods and other portable media players on demand, so that it can be listened to at the user’s convenience.
Advantages Very little investment Easy broadcasting On demand broadcast Low demand of bandwidth
Problems with scholarly communication in WWW
Community acceptance Funding Technical Competition and secrecy
New hopes
Cry for access of public funded research output
Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA). EC Open Access Petition
Open access in India Author addendums Growing number of open access journals
Thanks
Vimal kumar V
Asian School of Business
Technopark
Trivandrum
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