They largely stick to traditional ways of seeking out and disseminating research, a study of 3,500 scholars has found.
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Adam Crymble compares his experience presenting his research at an academic conference to his experiences of academic blogging. The formal, specialised nature of academic conferences offers the cha... Delete the scoop?
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David Phipps, RIR-York Can you use social media in your research? Yes! Can you build capacity among research administrators to help researchers use social media in you research? Yes, and Krista Jen... 
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Links to a long slideshow but it includes some useful examples and also a number of supporting resources linked to at the end. Delete the scoop?
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PLOS Biology is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that features works of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems, including works at the interface with other disciplines. Delete the scoop?
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After reading Erin and Alice Lynn's latest posts, I began to wonder what a “successful” digital scholar looks like. Should success be measured by the scope of one's digital presence? Should it be measured by how much one's ... Delete the scoop?
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Oliver Smithies Lecture MT 2012. Professor Christine Borgman. Oliver Smithies Lecture, Michaelmus Term 2012. Wednesday 28 November at 5pm in Lecture Room XXIII, Balliol College. Digital Scholarship: Three Decades in ... Delete the scoop?
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Should social science researchers embrace social media and, if they do, what are the implications for our methods and practice? Gareth Morrell from NatCen Social Research talks to Chris Garrington about the NCRM-funded network exploring this question. Delete the scoop?
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This paper contributes to the literature examining the burgeoning field of academic crowdsourcing, by analysing the results of the crowdsourced manuscript transcription project, Transcribe Bentham. First, it describes how the project team sought to recruit volunteer transcribers to take part, and discusses which strategies were successes (and which were not). We then examine Transcribe Bentham's results during its six-month testing period (8 September 2010 to 8 March 2011), which include a detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of website statistics, work completed by the amateur transcribers, as well as the demographics of the volunteer base and their motivations for taking part. The paper concludes by discussing the success of our community building with reference to this analysis. We find that Transcribe Bentham's volunteer transcribers have produced a remarkable amount of work – and continue to do so, carrying out the equivalent labour of a full-time transcriber – despite the nature and complexity of the task at hand. Delete the scoop?
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Advances in technology have transformed the methods of historians and other archival researchers, a change that carries both benefits and consequences. Delete the scoop?
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A guide to using Twitter in the academic research environment, produced by the University of York Library. See more info at http://bit.ly/networkedresearch. Delete the scoop?
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By Martin Webber We spoke to a real life ‘pracademic’ (n. someone working at the interface of research and practice) on the value of blogging for research dissemination. Blogging has come a long wa... 
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I agree with the "But it is better than doing nothing…" Delete the scoop?
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I'm not saying that digital scholarship does not have theoretical frameworks. Far from it. Franco Morretti's Maps, Graphs, Trees and Stephen Ramsay's Reading Machines are just two excellent examples of methodological ... Delete the scoop?
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Pleased to announce that I’ve just gotten my third peer-reviewed paper out of blogging. This one is a short invited piece for a forthcoming special issue of Ideas in Ecology and Evolution on ... Delete the scoop?
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Thesis Whisperer, Inger Mewburn, and Patter, that’s me Pat, are writing a paper for a conference to be held in December. We’ve decided to blog our process as part of our #acwrimo commitment. ... Delete the scoop?
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The Chronicle summarises the Ithaka report on UK academics use of digital technology and social media. Basically, they are conservative on the whole with innovation only happening at the level of the individual, not the institution.