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In recent weeks, the world learned about Dr. Donna Strickland, only the third woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. It also learned that Wikipedia lacked an article on Strickland amongst its over five million articles. Wikipedia subsequently received justifiable criticism for its low percentage of female editors, its editing culture, and its replication of the world’s systemic biases. 
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A new survey has been undertaken which looks at the changing practices of academics in the UK. Ben Showers of Jisc and Mike Mertens of RLUK discuss three key findings of the survey which demonstrat...
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A new breed of academics is emerging in the digital age. They are the researchers and teachers who freely share their knowledge and studies online. They are circumventing traditional approaches and discovering new ways of sharing their work. They are the open scholars.
JC CAILLIEZ, PhD's curator insight,
July 14, 2015 2:09 AM
Open or shut,... quand les enseignants et les chercheurs communiquent en open ! A lire sur : http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/open-or-shut.html
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Grant writing is time-consuming, tedious and the success rates are depressing. How can researchers make the process less stressful?
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Mark Carrigan untangles the mixture of creativity and routine when academics sit down to convey complex thoughts. Waiting for the organic moment of inspiration when deadlines loom can be unreliable...
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Real expertise takes years of hard work, but identifying the key works and ideas that define a subfield can be done quickly if you know how to leverage online databases and networks. From targeted ...
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Last month results of survey of British academics were published. The questionnaire had 3,498 responses. Responses are often presented by broad disciplinary groupings (Humanities./ Social sciences/ Science/ Medicine and veterinary), as they did find disciplinary differences. There were some questions about research (e.g. motivations for choosing research subjects, use of digital tools for quantitative research (though not qualitative, oddly), whether they collaborated in research) and also some questions about the use of technologies in teaching (though I think the options in these questions were a bit limited). There were questions about how the academics started a subject or known item search, preferences between print and digital forms, how they kept up with new developments in the field, use of digital tools etc.
Housewright, R., Schonfeld, R. anfd Wulfson, K. (2013) Ithaka S+R | Jisc | RLUK UK Survey of Academics 2012. JISC. http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5209/1/UK_Survey_of_Academics_2012_FINAL.pdf
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Engaging hearts and minds: Engaging with academics in the use of technology enhanced learning
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Blogs are now an established part of the chattersphere/public conversation, especially in international development circles, but Duncan Green finds academic take-up lacking. Here he outlines the major arguments for taking blogging and social media seriously. It doesn’t need to become another onerous time-commitment. Reading a blog should be like listening to the person talk, but with links.
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Aimed at the individual academic, this guide will enable you to make informed and purposeful decisions around licensing your work in line with international open access principles. Via Julie Tardy, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
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Having first documented the large-scale demise of the impact factor as a predictor of quality research, George Lozano and team examined whether this pattern also applies to the handful of elite jou...
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Part of the Becoming a Networked Researcher Suite of workshops, run by the Library for the Researcher Development Team at the University of York. This guide a…
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Today I have the pleasure of inviting Stephanie Echeveste to share her views on social media in academia. Stephanie is the community manager for USC Rossier Online... Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter aren’t just platforms for over sharing personal information. Academics are also using these mediums to share informative content to students and colleagues, connect with other experts in their fields and strengthen their network and teaching techniques. Professors and graduate students can use these popular methods of communication to their advantage, and while the initial jump into the world of social media may be a bit daunting, here are five ways to make the transition much easier.
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Research no longer starts with a visit to the library building, say Rachel Bruce and Mike Mertens, but it still plays a crucial role
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