Scholarship and Publication, the Web WayPRESSFORWARD

Discovering Scholarship on the Open WebCommunities and Methods

Joan Fragaszy Troyano, Project Director

Purdue University LibraryApril 15, 2013

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Discovering Scholarship on the Open WebCommunities and Methods

Disseminating for broader reach

http://pressforward.org/discovering-scholarship

Curating based on value

Aggregating from multiple sources

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Scholarly Communication Online

journals repositoriesweb publications communitiesSources

Gray Literature conference papers reports“blessays” comments pre-prints data sets

Purpose discuss evaluatehighlight disseminate

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Algorithms and Editors

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Active Editors

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Academic Versions?

ContentEvaluation SkillsDesire

Things We Have Things We Need

EffortMethodsRecognition

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So What are Scholars Doing?

✓ Using Repositories

✕ Aggregating Content

✕ Curating Content

✓ Post-Publication Review and Discussion

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Repositories

examples: arXiv.org; SSRN.com; PLoSOne.orgTuesday, January 14, 14

Aggregation Sites

example: scienceseeker.orgTuesday, January 14, 14

Curating

examples: hubs.plos.org; pressthink.orgTuesday, January 14, 14

Post-PublicationReview and Discussion

econjournalwatch.org; f1000.comTuesday, January 14, 14

1. Function of Site

2. Type of Content

3. How Content Submitted

4. Editorial Control

5. Selection Method

6. Review Method

7. Distribution Method

8. Sustainability Model

Rubric for Scholarly Communication Outlets

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Our Experiment

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Digital Humanities Now

3 Editors in Chief120 Editors at large

600 sources1,000 pieces a week

2 hours/week to review2 hours/week to publish2 hours/week to maintain

8,000 Twitter followers

*Current as of April 2013*

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* Graphic by Spencer Roberts *

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TheJournal

(the best ofEditors’ Choices)

“Now”Editors’ Choices

(the best relevant content)

Relevant Content to a Field

Compendium + Radar Finds

The Open Web

quarterly

weekly

daily

including all genres of scholarly production

Model for a Community-Sourced

Journal

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What We Need (Short Term)

Place to review RSS that we control

Easier nomination to publication process

Help identifying good content

PressForward Plugin and Classifier Program

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PressForward PluginSurvey RSS Feeds

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review/comment

PressForward PluginReview and Discuss Content

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PressForward PluginFrom Nomination to Publication

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PressForward PluginDistribution and Dissemination

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Automated Surfacing of Quality Content

Active learning�

When used? Label data is expensive or time consuming. Why used good results for smallamounts of labeled data in imbalanced set;�

Support Vector Machine (SVM)�

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TheJournal

(the best ofEditors’ Choices)

“Now”Editors’ Choices

(the best relevant content)

Relevant Content to a Field

Compendium + Radar Finds

The Open Web

quarterly

weekly

daily

including all genres of scholarly production

Model for a Community-Sourced

Journal

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How Do We Identify Content of Lasting Value?

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What We Need (Long Term)

Work Shared on Open Web

Sharing of Curation Efforts with Others

Recognition of Opportunity and Value

Easier Publication Methods for Open Web

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Questions?

Scholarship and Publication, the Web Way

PRESSFORWARD

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