Following – Activity – Tobias Steiner

Lucy Barnes created the event By Faculty and For Students: Supporting Open Educational Resources in the group Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

Title: By Faculty and For Students: Supporting Open Educational Resources

Description: How do participating players — whether the librarian or the member of the faculty — successfully drive buy-in by the target audience, the undergraduates? What is important to consider in terms of design that engages students/ What indicators of use are deemed…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited “Putting the Papers Online”: Recognizing Labor on Documents in Scholarly Publishing in the group Science and Technology Studies (STS) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

In this presentation, I investigate claims that publishers add little value to scholarly communication by asking about those parts of publishing overlooked when the focus is exclusively on content. Evaluating a study by Martin Klein, Peter Broadwell, Sharon Farb, and Todd Grappone, I not only point to problems with its assumptions about value,…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited “Putting the Papers Online”: Recognizing Labor on Documents in Scholarly Publishing in the group Scholarly Communication on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

In this presentation, I investigate claims that publishers add little value to scholarly communication by asking about those parts of publishing overlooked when the focus is exclusively on content. Evaluating a study by Martin Klein, Peter Broadwell, Sharon Farb, and Todd Grappone, I not only point to problems with its assumptions about value,…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited “Putting the Papers Online”: Recognizing Labor on Documents in Scholarly Publishing in the group Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

In this presentation, I investigate claims that publishers add little value to scholarly communication by asking about those parts of publishing overlooked when the focus is exclusively on content. Evaluating a study by Martin Klein, Peter Broadwell, Sharon Farb, and Todd Grappone, I not only point to problems with its assumptions about value,…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited Debating Academia.edu’s Place in the Scholarly Communication Ecology in the group Scholarly Communication on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

As start-up companies reimagine components of the scholarly communication system, are observers too quick to assimilate the new into the known? This presentation discusses the case of the social-network and document-sharing platform Academia.edu and the debates it has stirred. Academia.edu has been subsumed into discussions about scholarly…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited Debating Academia.edu’s Place in the Scholarly Communication Ecology in the group Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

As start-up companies reimagine components of the scholarly communication system, are observers too quick to assimilate the new into the known? This presentation discusses the case of the social-network and document-sharing platform Academia.edu and the debates it has stirred. Academia.edu has been subsumed into discussions about scholarly…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago
Timothy W. Elfenbein's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago
Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited “Putting the Papers Online”: Recognizing Labor on Documents in Scholarly Publishing on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

In this presentation, I investigate claims that publishers add little value to scholarly communication by asking about those parts of publishing overlooked when the focus is exclusively on content. Evaluating a study by Martin Klein, Peter Broadwell, Sharon Farb, and Todd Grappone, I not only point to problems with its assumptions about value,…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein deposited Debating Academia.edu’s Place in the Scholarly Communication Ecology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

As start-up companies reimagine components of the scholarly communication system, are observers too quick to assimilate the new into the known? This presentation discusses the case of the social-network and document-sharing platform Academia.edu and the debates it has stirred. Academia.edu has been subsumed into discussions about scholarly…[Read more]
Timothy W. Elfenbein's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago
Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Meet the members of the Open Access Books Network in the discussion Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago

Books have always mattered to me — as places to escape to, as ways to experience other points of view, and as treasure troves of knowledge and insight. Open Access is important because it enables so many more readers to engage with scholarly books. If done well — without flipping the costs from reader to author — Open Access has the capacity to…[Read more]
Janneke Adema created the event Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago
Janneke Adema created the event Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago
Lucy Barnes created the event Redux online – An Altered Landscape: The Impact of Covid 19 on University Presses #Redux2020 in the group Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago

Title: Redux online – An Altered Landscape: The Impact of Covid 19 on University Presses #Redux2020

Description: https://events.bizzabo.com/redux2020/page/1513777/programme

Thursday 30 July 2020 / 15:00 – 16:30 PM (BST)

Covid-19 has created global upheaval in a way not seen since the Second World War. Among the sectors hardest hit has be…[Read more]
Lucy Barnes created the event Redux Online – Environmental Change – The Impact on Academics and University Presses beyond the Research #Redux2020 in the group Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago

Title: Redux Online – Environmental Change – The Impact on Academics and University Presses beyond the Research #Redux2020

Description: https://www.alpsp.org/UPRedux/74159
Thursday 16 July 2020 online. 10:00 – 11:30; 15:00 – 16:30 BST; 16:00 – 17:30 CEST
This session will discuss the changes that university presses and academic publishers are…[Read more]
Lucy Barnes created the event The 15th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing #Munin2020 in the group Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago

Title: The 15th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing #Munin2020

Description:

https://site.uit.no/muninconf/

The Munin Conference is an annual conference on scholarly publishing and communication, primarily revolving around open access, open data and open science. This year’s conference (2020) will be the fifteenth Munin C…[Read more]
Lucy Barnes created the event Charleston Library Conference #CLC2020 in the group Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago

Title: Charleston Library Conference #CLC2020

Description:
https://charlestonlibraryconference.com/the-2020-charleston-conference-is-going-virtual/
The 2020 Charleston Conference is Going Virtual

After 39 years, the Charleston Conference regrets to announce we are unable to meet in person as planned this year. We are committing…[Read more]
Lucy Barnes created the event 2nd Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum – The Global Transition to Open Access: Challenges and Solutions #BSPF2020 in the group Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago

Title: 2nd Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum – The Global Transition to Open Access: Challenges and Solutions #BSPF2020

Description: https://sciforum.net/conference/SustainableSolutionsToOpenAccess2

Although a number of nations are cautiously lifting restrictions imposed to limit the transmission of COVID-19, this is by no means universal and…[Read more]
Lucy Barnes created the event Creative Commons Global Summit 2020 in the group Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago

Title: Creative Commons Global Summit 2020

Description: https://creativecommons.org/2020/06/23/cc-global-summit-is-going-virtual-call-for-proposals

The deadline for proposals is 17 July 2020. Please review the guidelines before submitting your proposal!

It’s official, the 2020 CC Global Summit, to be held 19-24 October 2020, will be e…[Read more]
Load More

Tobias Steiner

@flavoursofopen

Tobias Steiner

@flavoursofopen