Spanish abstract: La película ‘Contagio’ (dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2011) pertenece al género ‘catástrofe – multiprotagonista’, aquí potenciado por varias circunstancias. La catástrofe es mundial y creíble, una epidemia de una gripe mortífera, como la Peste Negra, o como la Peste Escarlata de Jack London. Y la catástrofe se difunde por las relacione…[Read more]

Outlined below is a bundle of nine policies and principles that are recommended for research funders and grantees. A wide-enactment of this bundle could lead to a quiet improvement in scientific communication. While well-intentioned, funding mandates that focus on making published articles (or their preprints) available as open access objects…[Read more]

First translated into Persian in 1949, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is among the most popular works of American fiction in Iran. Although the anti-US policy of the post-1979 political system has tried to erase the manifestations of the previous period’s American influence, Iranian interest in Huckleberry Finn has been inc…[Read more]

نوگرایی شعری در کشورهای مختلف با پذیرش والت ویتمن، پدر شعر آزاد امریکا همراه بوده‌است. روندی مشابه در شعر فارسی نیز مشاهده می‌شود. آشنایی فارسی‌زبانان با ویتمن به زمانی برمی‌گردد که شعر فارسی در آستانة تحول بود. نخست یوسف اعتصام‌الملک در سال ۱۳۰۱ بخش کوتاهی از شعر ویتمن را ترجمه و در مجلة بهار منتشر کرد. بعدها پروین اعتصامی در شعر «جولای خ…[Read more]

This essay illustrates the application of reception study, the subfield of literary history that emphasises the historical experiences of readers, to pedagogical contexts by investigating the teaching of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) in American high schools during the 1980s. Focusing on the episode in which Jay Gatsby leads Nick a…[Read more]

Literary historical overview of the genre of the captivity narrative in colonial North America.

This article reflects on the pedagogical legacy of bell hooks.

In a talk given during London Open Research Week 2021, Arthur J. Boston, the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Murray State University, described parallels between the music industry and academic publishing, especially as it relates to open science and early career researchers. Below, you can find both…[Read more]

In March 2021, the University of California (UC) and Elsevier announced a new so-called “transformative agreement” that included slightly discounted article processing charges as UC’s route to open access in Elsevier journals. Librarians and researchers expressed immediate concern that this deal upheld inequities in the research system. The UC/El…[Read more]

Talk presented at London Open Research Week 2021 which describes Kanye West’s way of being a creator of helps explain scholarly communication.

La educación en el contexto actual, se encuentra cada vez más relacionada con las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones. Los procesos formativos se realizan con mayor independencia por parte de estudiantes y profesores. El presente texto aborda los cambios contemporáneos que suceden en el proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje, funda…[Read more]

Considerando o catálogo Lumière como experiência inaugural do cinema mundial, este artigo propõe uma leitura anarquívica de algumas de suas imagens. Diferenciando a operação do cinematógrafo como dispositivo cosmotécnico de arquivamento do mundo e aparelho cosmopoético de invenção de mundos, exploro as formas de inscrição da diferença no…[Read more]

An overview and analysis on the Information Literacy activities and programmes organized by the Universidad de Málaga Library is offered, from their beginnings in 1991-92 to the current programmes. The goals, methodology and main outcomes are presented as well as some conclusions.

We analyse and reflect on the workshop developed in several secondary schools, under the title “Beyond copy and paste: do original works and improve your grades!” and whose objectives have been to assume the importance of gathering reliable and adequate information, knowing some sources of information and documentation useful for academic work,…[Read more]

PowerPoint of the webinar given at the Andalusian School Libraries Conference on the newest trends and proposals in relation to media and information literacy.

Starting from a review of the recent bibliography, we reflect on the role of libraries in promoting innovation. Training in media, informational and digital competencies is considered as a playing field in which librarians, educators and Administration have to come together, contributing their experience from complementary perspectives. Based on…[Read more]

Reflections on Trevor Paglen’s (ab)use of the JAFFE dataset

پروین اعتصامی (۱۲۸۵ـ ۱۳۲۰)، شاعر نامدار معاصر، در شعرهایش از منابع متعددی بهره برده‌است؛ اما نکته­ جالب توجه این است که او در تمام این برداشت‌های ادبی، اشعار خود را کاملاً از آثار پیشین متمایز می‌کند. پروین عناصری را که از آثار دیگران وام گرفته ­است‌ هنرمندانه با عناصر شعر خود و سنت ادبی فارسی درمی‌آمیزد و آن را از آن خود می‌کند؛ به ­گ…[Read more]

Open citation data, open peer-review, and open access produce essential materials to transition toward meaningful reform in scientific research assessment. Current research assessment tools notably include, but are not limited to, citation-based measures (Journal Impact Factor, h-index) and article level metrics (download counts, social media);…[Read more]