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Gilbert C FAURE
December 20, 2017 8:20 AM
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A negative consequence of the rapid growth of scholarly open access publishing funded by article processing charges is the emergence of publishers and journals with highly questionable marketing and peer review practices. These so-called predatory publishers are causing unfounded negative publicity for open access publishing in general. Reports about this branch of e-business have so far mainly concentrated on exposing lacking peer review and scandals involving publishers and journals. There is a lack of comprehensive studies about several aspects of this phenomenon, including extent and regional distribution. After an initial scan of all predatory publishers and journals included in the so-called Beall’s list, a sample of 613 journals was constructed using a stratified sampling method from the total of over 11,000 journals identified. Information about the subject field, country of publisher, article processing charge and article volumes published between 2010 and 2014 were manually collected from the journal websites. For a subset of journals, individual articles were sampled in order to study the country affiliation of authors and the publication delays. Over the studied period, predatory journals have rapidly increased their publication volumes from 53,000 in 2010 to an estimated 420,000 articles in 2014, published by around 8,000 active journals. Early on, publishers with more than 100 journals dominated the market, but since 2012 publishers in the 10–99 journal size category have captured the largest market share. The regional distribution of both the publisher’s country and authorship is highly skewed, in particular Asia and Africa contributed three quarters of authors. Authors paid an average article processing charge of 178 USD per article for articles typically published within 2 to 3 months of submission. Despite a total number of journals and publishing volumes comparable to respectable (indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals) open access journals, the problem of predatory open access seems highly contained to just a few countries, where the academic evaluation practices strongly favor international publication, but without further quality checks.
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LIGHTING
December 18, 2017 2:07 PM
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Adjugé à 120 millions d'euros, un ensemble de 12 tableaux peints par un artiste chinois parmi les plus cotés au monde a pulvérisé le record de prix pour une oeuvre chinoise.
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LIGHTING
December 18, 2017 2:00 PM
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I’d buy ten pairs of black shoes, a new shirt for every birthday party I attended and every piece of audio software that some guy I didn’t know told me to get. It got out of hand quickly. It was a…
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 17, 2017 1:07 PM
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reddit: the front page of the internet
Nicholas Carr writes: "So you bought that new iPhone. If you’re like the typical owner, you’ll be pulling your phone out and using it some 80 times a day, according to data Apple collects. That means you’ll be consulting the glossy little rectangle nearly 30,000 times over the coming year. Your new phone, like your old one, will become your constant companion and trusty factotum — your teacher, secretary, confessor, guru. The two of you will be inseparable."
Via Mary Reilley Clark
Real-world examples showing how gathering, collecting, organising and adding value to existing available information can create useful and economically sustain…
Via Robin Good, RIVKI GADOT
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 16, 2017 2:43 AM
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Abstract. In recent years, the use of quantitative metrics in research evaluation has grown considerably. This article recasts the emergence of evaluative bibl
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 15, 2017 9:29 AM
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Je présenterai le prototype du service de navigation web contributive needle à l’occasion de la 3ème édition du Workshop Cybèle CEREFIGE : le 19 décembre 2017 à 9h, dans la cadre de la session « partage d’expérience entre praticiens et chercheurs », à Metz, ESM-IAE, Amphi 1. Résumé de la communication Nick Guyen, vice-président de la fondation Mozilla en […]
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 15, 2017 8:05 AM
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ISTEX est une initiative d’excellence (-EX) dans le domaine de l’information scientifique et technique (IST-). Autrement dit, dans le domaine de la documentation des chercheurs (publications,…
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LIGHTING
December 15, 2017 1:42 AM
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Nature investigates how many papers really end up without a single citation.
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 13, 2017 3:12 PM
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NEW! Exercice de compréhension écrite en #français : le savon de Marseille
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 12, 2017 1:10 PM
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The pace of change is accelerating, and to succeed in any industry, and to be ready to participate in the next evolution of it, professionals must adopt habits and practices that empower lifelong…
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 20, 2017 5:40 AM
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Mon billet aurait pu s’intituler « Le #FAILproof ne changera pas le monde de l’éducation… ». En tout cas, je vais tenter d’être bref et au point [sic]. La métaphore du crayon en éducation est bien connue. On l’a relayée encore hier dans La Presse, dans cette opinion de Marc-André Girard. Essentiellement, il nous dit :…
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LIGHTING
December 18, 2017 2:01 PM
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 18, 2017 9:52 AM
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Je souhaitais écrire un billet un peu "léger" en lien avec Noël avant de profiter de quelques jours de vacances... Je me suis souvenu qu'il y a quelques mois, au cours de recherches pour une conférence-concert, une découverte m'avait assez amusé : l'année de l'installation d'Eugène Delacroix dans son atelier de la rue Furstenberg (aujourd’hui…
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 17, 2017 11:50 AM
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At the salad bar, you can ‘curate’ a ‘unique culinary experience.’
Ibrar Bhatt writes: "Digital curation therefore is not just about finding relevant material, although that is a significant part of it, but is also about creating a specific and unique experience by utilising the resulting materials which then...
Via RIVKI GADOT
"I still have to do all the searching for new and good content sources and filtering the content I get. Separating the crap from the awesome. All by myself. This is hard work and very time consuming"
Via Robin Good, RIVKI GADOT
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 16, 2017 2:54 AM
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Le MOOC DCW a pour objectif principal de rendre accessible la culture numérique et de dédramatiser les aspects techniques. Il vous permettra également : d’acquérir une distance critique par rapport à vos pratiques, de vous (ré) orienter vers de nouveaux usages, de comprendre cette nouvelle...
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 15, 2017 12:46 PM
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The GWLA Student Learning Outcomes task force analyzed the data from over 42,000 first-time, first-year freshmen and over 1700 distinct courses from 12 research institutions to determine the impact(s) of information literacy instruction integrated into course curriculum on several student success measures. Key findings include: Student retention rates are higher for those students whose courses include an information literacy instruction component. On average, First-Year GPA for students whose courses included information literacy instruction was higher than the GPA of students whose courses did not. Students exposed to library instruction interactions successfully completed 1.8 more credit hours per year than their counterparts who did not participate in courses containing information literacy instruction.
This is the first year of what we hope will be a multi-year longitudinal analysis to determine if these gains are sustained and built upon with additional information literacy instruction in higher-level courses, and the impact this might have on graduation rates.
Future years will also examine which teaching methods consistently show the highest student gains, so institutions may tailor their instruction programs to maximize the success of their students. The task force is currently compiling the second year of data, and that will be shared when it is completed.
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 15, 2017 2:33 AM
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LIGHTING
December 15, 2017 1:42 AM
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Ce bulletin de veille porte sur l’impact des compétences informationnelles (CI) sur la réussite étudiante. En effectuant plusieurs recherches dans les bases de données et moteurs de recherche, nous…
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Gilbert C FAURE
December 12, 2017 3:30 PM
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Hier, assemblée générale des médecins de la structure hospitalière où j’ai toujours travaillé. Si je compte mes années d’externes, depuis 26 ans je traine dans les couloirs de ces hôpit…
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