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Nicky Agate started the topic Think the academy has its values & incentives all wrong? in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months agoDear colleagues,
Are you concerned about the growing reliance on quantitative metrics to evaluate research—and people—in the humanities and social sciences? Do you think that current evaluation practices emphasize quantity over quality, discourage collegiality, ignore inclusivity, and overlook the importance of non-traditional forms of rese…[Read more] -
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Global Outlook Scholarly Communication on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoIf there’s a scholcomm event coming up in your region, let us know by adding it the the “Events” tab!
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Nicky Agate started the topic Need Translation in the discussion
Global Outlook Scholarly Communication on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoReply to this thread with links or lists to information that you would like to see translated (into any language) and I’ll try and find people willing to do it!
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Nicky Agate started the topic CFP: in the discussion
Horror on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoDeadline for submissions: November 27, 2017
full name / name of organization:
Horror Writers Association
Contact email: AnnRadCon@gmail.com
Call for Presentations:
The Second Annual Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference at StokerCon 2018
Conference Dates: March 1 – 4, 2018
Conference Hotel: Biltmore Hotel, Providence, Rhode Is…[Read more] -
Nicky Agate created the event The Second Annual Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference at StokerCon 2018 in the group Horror. on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months ago
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Backing up our content in the discussion
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months agoHello!
Coming back to this thread (four years!) later just to note that we back up all WP content, including images, for all sites on the Humanities Commons network (including MLA Commons, etc.) daily. Should you wish to back up your own materials, you can download the XML from the /wp-admin of a site and either save it yourself or upload the…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Jeff VanderMeer's Borne in the discussion
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoThanks, Sophia! Will check it out tonight. As an aside, I just binge-read Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland’s The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., which, because it featured (a) time travel, (b) excessive bureaucracy, and (c) the military-industrial complex, was a thoroughly enjoyable read!
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David Bawden deposited Still awaiting the quantum turn in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoTwo years ago a paper by myself and my colleagues Lyn Robinson and Tyabba Siddiqui was published in JASIST, introducing and explaining the idea of an emerging ‘quantum information science’. We argued that this could be seen in five respects: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science;…[Read more]
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Two years ago a paper by myself and my colleagues Lyn Robinson and Tyabba Siddiqui was published in JASIST, introducing and explaining the idea of an emerging ‘quantum information science’. We argued that this could be seen in five respects: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science;…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited “Potentialities or possibilities”: Towards quantum information science? in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe use of quantum concepts and formalism in the information sciences is assessed through an analysis of published literature. Five categories are identified: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science; use of quantum concepts and formalisms in information retrieval; use of quantum…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited “Potentialities or possibilities”: Towards quantum information science? on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months ago
The use of quantum concepts and formalism in the information sciences is assessed through an analysis of published literature. Five categories are identified: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science; use of quantum concepts and formalisms in information retrieval; use of quantum…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited Curating the infosphere: Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information as the foundation for Library and Information Science in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe purpose of this editorial review is to re-examine the prospect that Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information (PI), and information ethics (IE) may serve as the conceptual foundation for library and information science (LIS), and that LIS may thus be seen as applied PI. This re-examination is timely, fifteen years after this proposal was…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited Curating the infosphere: Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information as the foundation for Library and Information Science on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months ago
The purpose of this editorial review is to re-examine the prospect that Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information (PI), and information ethics (IE) may serve as the conceptual foundation for library and information science (LIS), and that LIS may thus be seen as applied PI. This re-examination is timely, fifteen years after this proposal was…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate posted an update in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoHi there,
This group is growing, but it’s quiet—probably because it doesn’t have a member moderator! Would any of you like to step up and get the conversation going in here? You can use this space for collaborating on journal articles or panel proposals, peer reviewing work, adding events to the group calendar, sharing CFPs and news items of inter…[Read more] -
Nicky Agate's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months ago
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