John/
You may also be interested in my review article about The Future E-Journal that describes various
novel features/functionalities/components written before Web 2.0 was conceived but which IMHO
are indeed Web 2.0
/Gerry
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E is for Everything: The Extra-Ordinary, Evolutionary
[E-]Journal," The Serials Librarian 41, nos. 3-4 (2002):293-321.
Self-archived at <http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Eis4.pdf>
(accessed 18 March 2008).
SUMMARY. An ever-increasing number of e-journals are transcending the
limitations of the paper medium by incorporating and integrating a wide
variety of innovative electronic features and content. In this article,
we examine the current evolution of the scholarly journal and review the
emergence of functionalities that expand and extend the conventional
electronic journal. We further explore additional e-journal
enhancements and consider new forms and formats of scholarly
communication likely to arise in the not-so-distant future.
>>> Gerry Mckiernan 4/3/2008 1:13 PM >>>
John/
Thanks for your posting.
As you are aware, Scholarship 2.0 has been an interest of mine for some time.
I have a blog titled -Scholarship 2.0: An Idea Who Time Has Come" in which I have attempted to profile significant developments in this arena:
_Scholarship 2.0_Scholarship 2.0 is devoted to describing and documenting the forms, facets, and features of alternative Web-based scholarly publishing philosophies and practices. The variety of old and new metrics available for assessing the impact, significance, and value of Web-based scholarship is of particular interest. is devoted to describing and documenting the forms, facets, and features of alternative Web-based scholarly publishing philosophies and practices. The variety of old and new metrics available for assessing the impact, significance, and value of Web-based scholarship is of particular interest.
[ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/ ]
BTW: I have been invited to give a keynote at the International Plagiarism Conference in Newcastle in late June
[ http://www.plagiarismconference.co.uk/ ]
The title of my presentation? "Disruptive Scholarship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come"
I'll post the abstract within the next two weeks.
Regards,
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
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>>> John Smith <[log in to unmask]> 4/3/2008 12:59 PM >>>
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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