Andy,
You raise an important point. What I would consider as evidence would be the use of these new media/technologies to perform the roles played by the current formal academic publishing system (as identified by me in my DJ paper and by others before and after me). In particular the roles of 'quality control or certification' and 'recognition of work done' which, I believe, distinguish formal from informal publishing.
Thanks for the question.
John.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Powell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 03 April 2008 19:50
> To: John Smith
> Subject: RE: Scholarly publishing and Web 2.0
>
> I'm not sure what you are expecting in terms of evidence.
>
> http://network.nature.com/ is probably the most obvious example of
> a
> publisher recognising and supporting change in schiolarly
> communication
> - partic when combined with Connotea. I think Elsevier are
> developing
> (or have developed) something similar.
>
> Lorcan cites various examples of economists (I think) who have
> observed
> changes in their own publishing habits as a result of blogging.
> Sorry
> no URL to hand but I'll dig one out if necessary.
>
>
> Andy
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JISC Electronic Libraries Programme
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Smith
> > Sent: 03 April 2008 19:08
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Scholarly publishing and Web 2.0
> >
> > Fellow information persons :-) ,
> >
> > I am sceptical about the importance of Web 2.0. However,
> > while a healthy scepticism is a good thing blind stubbornness
> > is not. Maybe there is a role for these new media in academic
> > communication and maybe even publication.
> >
> > I would be grateful for any pointers to actual use of these
> > media (social networks, social book marking, Blogs, etc) to
> > supplement or even replace some aspects of academic
> > communication in any academic discipline. Examples from STM
> > would be particularly interesting.
> >
> > I will attempt to summarise responses back to the list.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Smith,
> > The Templeman Library,
> > University of Kent, UK
> >
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