The document discusses discoverability in scholarly publishing. It defines discoverability as scholars' ability to locate relevant content. Discovery is important because of information overload and limited library use. The document outlines strategies to improve discovery, including open web search, institutional search tools, and cross-sector collaboration. It also summarizes several published studies on discovery and notes that improved discovery requires cross-sector strategies, better discovery tools, detailed indexing, and seamless identification.
The document discusses transforming academic libraries into learning hubs on campus. It argues that traditional libraries are no longer meeting student needs due to changes like the availability of online content and mobile devices. The objectives of the transformation are to create a learning environment that nourishes intellect and spirit, make the library the focal point of the university, and provide a "one stop shop" for content and assistance without physical boundaries. Important aspects are inviting physical spaces, seamless services, and providing resources like writing centers, IT help desks, and instructional design support. The transformation involves creating a personal learning environment with a variety of study spaces, access to resources in all media formats, and easy assistance.
Open access in the humanities and social sciencesSAGE Publishing
From Louise Skelding's presentation on Open Access publishing in the humanities and social sciences, given as part of Dundee University's Open Access Week activities, Wednesday October 24.,
The document discusses SAGE's usage of online product usage statistics to make business decisions and improve their products. It provides statistics on usage of various journals and titles over time periods. It also outlines how usage data is currently used, such as providing COUNTER data to libraries and benchmarking, as well as how usage data could be used in the future, including case studies and incorporating web analytics into reports. It concludes by thanking the audience and inviting questions.
The document discusses SAGE's usage of online product usage statistics to inform business decisions and guide product development. Some key points:
1) Usage statistics from COUNTER and Google Analytics are provided to customers like libraries and publishing partners to analyze usage trends over time and across institutions.
2) Annual usage targets and benchmarking are used for strategic marketing and sales campaigns, and to monitor their effectiveness.
3) Future plans include incorporating more usage data and analytics into reports to provide customers a richer understanding of value. Global benchmarking and turnaway reporting are also planned.
4) Usage increased significantly for journal titles promoted in targeted marketing campaigns, remaining elevated for months after.
Supporting social science: Bernie Folan, UKSGSAGE Publishing
Bernie Folan presented the outcomes of a round table discussion with social science librarians and academics: what are the key communications issues they face? How can they support each other?
The document summarizes discussions from a group meeting between librarians, researchers, and publishers about supporting effective communication and workflows in social science research. Some of the key issues discussed include the need for improved training on search tools, greater transparency about content coverage across discovery services, and challenges with funding open access in the humanities and social sciences. The group also felt that librarians need to better promote library resources to researchers and explain challenges around content purchasing.
The document discusses transforming academic libraries into learning hubs on campus. It argues that traditional libraries are no longer meeting student needs due to changes like the availability of online content and mobile devices. The objectives of the transformation are to create a learning environment that nourishes intellect and spirit, make the library the focal point of the university, and provide a "one stop shop" for content and assistance without physical boundaries. Important aspects are inviting physical spaces, seamless services, and providing resources like writing centers, IT help desks, and instructional design support. The transformation involves creating a personal learning environment with a variety of study spaces, access to resources in all media formats, and easy assistance.
Open access in the humanities and social sciencesSAGE Publishing
From Louise Skelding's presentation on Open Access publishing in the humanities and social sciences, given as part of Dundee University's Open Access Week activities, Wednesday October 24.,
The document discusses SAGE's usage of online product usage statistics to make business decisions and improve their products. It provides statistics on usage of various journals and titles over time periods. It also outlines how usage data is currently used, such as providing COUNTER data to libraries and benchmarking, as well as how usage data could be used in the future, including case studies and incorporating web analytics into reports. It concludes by thanking the audience and inviting questions.
The document discusses SAGE's usage of online product usage statistics to inform business decisions and guide product development. Some key points:
1) Usage statistics from COUNTER and Google Analytics are provided to customers like libraries and publishing partners to analyze usage trends over time and across institutions.
2) Annual usage targets and benchmarking are used for strategic marketing and sales campaigns, and to monitor their effectiveness.
3) Future plans include incorporating more usage data and analytics into reports to provide customers a richer understanding of value. Global benchmarking and turnaway reporting are also planned.
4) Usage increased significantly for journal titles promoted in targeted marketing campaigns, remaining elevated for months after.
Supporting social science: Bernie Folan, UKSGSAGE Publishing
Bernie Folan presented the outcomes of a round table discussion with social science librarians and academics: what are the key communications issues they face? How can they support each other?
The document summarizes discussions from a group meeting between librarians, researchers, and publishers about supporting effective communication and workflows in social science research. Some of the key issues discussed include the need for improved training on search tools, greater transparency about content coverage across discovery services, and challenges with funding open access in the humanities and social sciences. The group also felt that librarians need to better promote library resources to researchers and explain challenges around content purchasing.
This is the presentation I made at the first Tejeshwar Singh Trust's conference on the future of Social Science publishing. It is my vision of the future and not necessarily the only truth. I talked around the slides and am sorry I don't have a recording of it.
Isko discoverability presentation by lettie conrad and mary somerville jul...SAGE Publishing
This document discusses opportunities for collaboration between libraries, publishers, and vendors to improve discovery of scholarly content. It outlines boundary-crossing discovery initiatives like web-scale library discovery services, compliance with technical standards, understanding user research workflows, and ensuring search quality through structured data and linked open metadata. The document argues that further cross-sector communication and adopting user-centered approaches can help push boundaries and improve discovery.
Isko conference 2013 discoverability presentation by lettie conrad and mar...SAGE Publishing
This document discusses opportunities for collaboration between libraries, publishers, and vendors to improve discovery of scholarly content. It outlines boundary-crossing discovery initiatives like web-scale library discovery services, compliance with technical standards, understanding user research workflows, and ensuring search quality through structured data and linked open metadata. The document argues that further cross-sector communication and adopting user-centered approaches can help push boundaries and improve discovery.
Socialsciencespace.com a space to explore, share and shape the big issues in...ALISS
The document discusses Socialsciencespace, a new online platform for the social science community. It will provide a space for researchers, funders, think tanks, government agencies, and policymakers to explore and share ideas on big issues in social science. The platform has over 70 contributors so far, with 40 posts and content from senior academics and leading organizations. It aims to foster professional networking and community engagement. A soft launch occurred in December with a full launch planned for January. The goal is for it to become an exciting resource for bringing the social science community together.
This document discusses discoverability of online reference resources and summarizes a white paper on best practices. It outlines SAGE as a global scholarly publisher of books, journals, and databases. The white paper addresses problems and solutions for improving discoverability of content in libraries. The presentation then covers analyzing user knowledge through market research and data on key discovery channels: open web search, library search, and academic databases. It examines who uses each channel, why it matters for SAGE, and how to monitor usage. Metrics presented include traffic source data from Google Analytics and COUNTER reports.
The document discusses improving discoverability of scholarly content through collaboration between libraries, publishers, and vendors. It recommends focusing on high quality metadata, advocacy for standards adoption, increased transparency through data sharing, and co-development partnerships. The white paper urges cross-sector progress in these areas to enhance researcher experience and discovery of scholarly resources.
This white paper discusses opportunities for collaboration between publishers, vendors, and librarians to improve discoverability of scholarly content in the 21st century. It highlights challenges such as fragmented systems and changing user behaviors. Recommendations include establishing common metadata standards, exploring best practices, and monitoring user research. Recent developments show increasing cross-sector communication through initiatives like the NISO Open Discovery Committee and COUNTER Code of Practice. Collaboration across the scholarly ecosystem is needed to better connect users with content.
The results of a survey of 252 librarians were released today in a new SAGE White Paper (the third in an annual series).
The full title of the white paper is:
Improving the Discoverability of Scholarly Content: Academic Library Priorities and Perspectives
by Lettie Y. Conrad and Elisabeth Leonard.
This document discusses assessing the quality of scholarly publishing and research. It begins by outlining some of the advantages of open access publishing, including increased citations and readership. It then examines methods for assessing research quality, including peer review and citation analysis. However, it notes several flaws with relying solely on citations and journal impact factors to determine quality. Specifically, it shows data that the majority of papers published in high impact journals receive fewer citations than the journal's impact factor. The document thus argues for the need for alternative metrics and a multidimensional approach to research assessment.
Working together navigating the changing scholarly landscape Rosalia da GarciaSAGE Publishing
How are publishers and librarians working together to navigate the challenges posed by the changing academic landscape? As part of this year's IFLA WLIC, SAGE's Consortia/Library Sales & Marketing Director Rosalia Garcia, explored these issues as part of the plenary panel session. The presentation looked at: the challenges faced by both librarians, societies and scholars and how publishers are supporting/adapting to these changes; the challenges of Open Access; how SAGE and Librarians are working together.
SAGE Open is an open access journal launched by SAGE Publications in 2011 to serve the social sciences and humanities. It uses the PLOS One model of peer review. Since its launch, it has received over 2,500 submissions from 62 countries. While challenges include marketing open access to the humanities and social sciences, addressing perceptions of open access publishing, and pricing, SAGE plans to launch 40 additional open access journals in 2014 to further their involvement in open access scholarly communication.
Supporting social science research key findingsSAGE Publishing
This document summarizes a discussion between librarians, publishers, and early career researchers about challenges in social science research. Key findings include the need to improve search skills training for researchers, promote library resources on publisher platforms, and provide more transparency around journal inclusion. Participants also discussed how libraries and publishers can work together to demonstrate the value of research to institutions through metrics beyond usage statistics. Finally, ways to improve open access funding and teaching materials were discussed.
The document discusses open access journal publishing in the social sciences. It provides details about SAGE Open, an open access mega journal launched by SAGE Publications. Key points include that SAGE Open has grown dramatically since its 2010 launch, publishing over 1,500 articles from 78 countries and receiving nearly 300,000 downloads. The document also examines lessons learned regarding pricing, marketing, and developing features to better engage readers.
The document discusses open access journal publishing in the social sciences. It provides details about SAGE Open, an open access mega journal launched by SAGE Publications. Key points include that SAGE Open has grown dramatically since its 2010 launch, publishing over 1,500 articles from 78 countries and receiving nearly 300,000 downloads. The document also examines submission trends, reader behaviors, and opportunities to enhance the journal platform.
Progression in Creativity: Developing New Forms of AssessmentEduSkills OECD
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How and where can you publish your HSS research?SAGE Publishing
This document discusses open access in the humanities and social sciences. It defines various types of open access like gold, green, and delayed open access. It outlines the growth of the open access movement due to factors like rising journal costs and the ability of the internet to disseminate research. Recent policies from organizations like RCUK that mandate open access for publicly funded research are discussed. The challenges of open access for different stakeholders and various open access journal models and futures are considered.
This document summarizes key points from the ALPSP Annual Conference 2012. It discusses trends in scholarly publishing including the rise of mobile and social media, big data, and the information industry worth $462 billion in 2011. Other topics covered include fun and gamification strategies, moving from product-centric to service-focused models, and the global publishing picture regarding consortia and libraries. An outsider view from the BBC emphasizes focusing on insight over content and partnering with startups. The document concludes with a summary of key areas of change expected over the next 15 years such as open access momentum and the importance of the Finch report.
Successful Qualitative Research: Don't get too comfortable!SAGE Publishing
In this presentation, Dr. Kristi Jackson of Queri, encourages qualitative researchers to observe what “closeness” and “distance” mean in everyday life, and to apply these observations to the analysis of qualitative data. She also provides practical suggestions about where, when, and how qualitative researchers might play with these ideas to move beyond comfortable interpretations to compelling ones. Kristi draws on 20 years of expertise in Qualitative Data Analysis Software (QDAS), although her presentation is appropriate for researchers regardless of whether or not they use such software. Attendees will leave with concrete tips about how to achieve closeness and distance in their own qualitative research (as they collect, handle, analyze and report their data), regardless of the theories and methodologies employed (e.g., discourse analysis, evaluation research, grounded theory, ethnography).
Data Visualisation - A Game of Decisions with Andy KirkSAGE Publishing
These are the slides from Andy Kirk's webinar 'Data Visualisation - A Game of Decisions'. In the webinar Andy argues that the essence of effective data visualisation design is good decision-making. It is about knowing your options and understanding how to make your choices. By deconstructing the decisions demonstrated through case study examples, Andy illustrates the many little elements that make up the design anatomy of any data visualisation work. The aim of this session is to try demystify the challenges of developing capabilities in this area. Watch the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVkXbQOzKNs&feature=youtu.be
Publishing Innovations in the Age of Big DataSAGE Publishing
Ziyad Marar, President, Global Publishing at SAGE, gives the opening keynote at London Info International on how the rise of big data and new technology is transforming the nature of social research
This is the presentation I made at the first Tejeshwar Singh Trust's conference on the future of Social Science publishing. It is my vision of the future and not necessarily the only truth. I talked around the slides and am sorry I don't have a recording of it.
Isko discoverability presentation by lettie conrad and mary somerville jul...SAGE Publishing
This document discusses opportunities for collaboration between libraries, publishers, and vendors to improve discovery of scholarly content. It outlines boundary-crossing discovery initiatives like web-scale library discovery services, compliance with technical standards, understanding user research workflows, and ensuring search quality through structured data and linked open metadata. The document argues that further cross-sector communication and adopting user-centered approaches can help push boundaries and improve discovery.
Isko conference 2013 discoverability presentation by lettie conrad and mar...SAGE Publishing
This document discusses opportunities for collaboration between libraries, publishers, and vendors to improve discovery of scholarly content. It outlines boundary-crossing discovery initiatives like web-scale library discovery services, compliance with technical standards, understanding user research workflows, and ensuring search quality through structured data and linked open metadata. The document argues that further cross-sector communication and adopting user-centered approaches can help push boundaries and improve discovery.
Socialsciencespace.com a space to explore, share and shape the big issues in...ALISS
The document discusses Socialsciencespace, a new online platform for the social science community. It will provide a space for researchers, funders, think tanks, government agencies, and policymakers to explore and share ideas on big issues in social science. The platform has over 70 contributors so far, with 40 posts and content from senior academics and leading organizations. It aims to foster professional networking and community engagement. A soft launch occurred in December with a full launch planned for January. The goal is for it to become an exciting resource for bringing the social science community together.
This document discusses discoverability of online reference resources and summarizes a white paper on best practices. It outlines SAGE as a global scholarly publisher of books, journals, and databases. The white paper addresses problems and solutions for improving discoverability of content in libraries. The presentation then covers analyzing user knowledge through market research and data on key discovery channels: open web search, library search, and academic databases. It examines who uses each channel, why it matters for SAGE, and how to monitor usage. Metrics presented include traffic source data from Google Analytics and COUNTER reports.
The document discusses improving discoverability of scholarly content through collaboration between libraries, publishers, and vendors. It recommends focusing on high quality metadata, advocacy for standards adoption, increased transparency through data sharing, and co-development partnerships. The white paper urges cross-sector progress in these areas to enhance researcher experience and discovery of scholarly resources.
This white paper discusses opportunities for collaboration between publishers, vendors, and librarians to improve discoverability of scholarly content in the 21st century. It highlights challenges such as fragmented systems and changing user behaviors. Recommendations include establishing common metadata standards, exploring best practices, and monitoring user research. Recent developments show increasing cross-sector communication through initiatives like the NISO Open Discovery Committee and COUNTER Code of Practice. Collaboration across the scholarly ecosystem is needed to better connect users with content.
The results of a survey of 252 librarians were released today in a new SAGE White Paper (the third in an annual series).
The full title of the white paper is:
Improving the Discoverability of Scholarly Content: Academic Library Priorities and Perspectives
by Lettie Y. Conrad and Elisabeth Leonard.
This document discusses assessing the quality of scholarly publishing and research. It begins by outlining some of the advantages of open access publishing, including increased citations and readership. It then examines methods for assessing research quality, including peer review and citation analysis. However, it notes several flaws with relying solely on citations and journal impact factors to determine quality. Specifically, it shows data that the majority of papers published in high impact journals receive fewer citations than the journal's impact factor. The document thus argues for the need for alternative metrics and a multidimensional approach to research assessment.
Working together navigating the changing scholarly landscape Rosalia da GarciaSAGE Publishing
How are publishers and librarians working together to navigate the challenges posed by the changing academic landscape? As part of this year's IFLA WLIC, SAGE's Consortia/Library Sales & Marketing Director Rosalia Garcia, explored these issues as part of the plenary panel session. The presentation looked at: the challenges faced by both librarians, societies and scholars and how publishers are supporting/adapting to these changes; the challenges of Open Access; how SAGE and Librarians are working together.
SAGE Open is an open access journal launched by SAGE Publications in 2011 to serve the social sciences and humanities. It uses the PLOS One model of peer review. Since its launch, it has received over 2,500 submissions from 62 countries. While challenges include marketing open access to the humanities and social sciences, addressing perceptions of open access publishing, and pricing, SAGE plans to launch 40 additional open access journals in 2014 to further their involvement in open access scholarly communication.
Supporting social science research key findingsSAGE Publishing
This document summarizes a discussion between librarians, publishers, and early career researchers about challenges in social science research. Key findings include the need to improve search skills training for researchers, promote library resources on publisher platforms, and provide more transparency around journal inclusion. Participants also discussed how libraries and publishers can work together to demonstrate the value of research to institutions through metrics beyond usage statistics. Finally, ways to improve open access funding and teaching materials were discussed.
The document discusses open access journal publishing in the social sciences. It provides details about SAGE Open, an open access mega journal launched by SAGE Publications. Key points include that SAGE Open has grown dramatically since its 2010 launch, publishing over 1,500 articles from 78 countries and receiving nearly 300,000 downloads. The document also examines lessons learned regarding pricing, marketing, and developing features to better engage readers.
The document discusses open access journal publishing in the social sciences. It provides details about SAGE Open, an open access mega journal launched by SAGE Publications. Key points include that SAGE Open has grown dramatically since its 2010 launch, publishing over 1,500 articles from 78 countries and receiving nearly 300,000 downloads. The document also examines submission trends, reader behaviors, and opportunities to enhance the journal platform.
Progression in Creativity: Developing New Forms of AssessmentEduSkills OECD
OECD Conference Educating for Innovative Societies on 26 April 2012 - Session 5: Assessments for Skills in Thinking and Creativity - Progression in Creativity: Developing New Forms of Assessment by Bill Lucas, Guy Claxton and Ellen Spencer, Centre for Real-World Learning, University of Winchester
How and where can you publish your HSS research?SAGE Publishing
This document discusses open access in the humanities and social sciences. It defines various types of open access like gold, green, and delayed open access. It outlines the growth of the open access movement due to factors like rising journal costs and the ability of the internet to disseminate research. Recent policies from organizations like RCUK that mandate open access for publicly funded research are discussed. The challenges of open access for different stakeholders and various open access journal models and futures are considered.
This document summarizes key points from the ALPSP Annual Conference 2012. It discusses trends in scholarly publishing including the rise of mobile and social media, big data, and the information industry worth $462 billion in 2011. Other topics covered include fun and gamification strategies, moving from product-centric to service-focused models, and the global publishing picture regarding consortia and libraries. An outsider view from the BBC emphasizes focusing on insight over content and partnering with startups. The document concludes with a summary of key areas of change expected over the next 15 years such as open access momentum and the importance of the Finch report.
Successful Qualitative Research: Don't get too comfortable!SAGE Publishing
In this presentation, Dr. Kristi Jackson of Queri, encourages qualitative researchers to observe what “closeness” and “distance” mean in everyday life, and to apply these observations to the analysis of qualitative data. She also provides practical suggestions about where, when, and how qualitative researchers might play with these ideas to move beyond comfortable interpretations to compelling ones. Kristi draws on 20 years of expertise in Qualitative Data Analysis Software (QDAS), although her presentation is appropriate for researchers regardless of whether or not they use such software. Attendees will leave with concrete tips about how to achieve closeness and distance in their own qualitative research (as they collect, handle, analyze and report their data), regardless of the theories and methodologies employed (e.g., discourse analysis, evaluation research, grounded theory, ethnography).
Data Visualisation - A Game of Decisions with Andy KirkSAGE Publishing
These are the slides from Andy Kirk's webinar 'Data Visualisation - A Game of Decisions'. In the webinar Andy argues that the essence of effective data visualisation design is good decision-making. It is about knowing your options and understanding how to make your choices. By deconstructing the decisions demonstrated through case study examples, Andy illustrates the many little elements that make up the design anatomy of any data visualisation work. The aim of this session is to try demystify the challenges of developing capabilities in this area. Watch the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVkXbQOzKNs&feature=youtu.be
Publishing Innovations in the Age of Big DataSAGE Publishing
Ziyad Marar, President, Global Publishing at SAGE, gives the opening keynote at London Info International on how the rise of big data and new technology is transforming the nature of social research
Advancing Methodologies: A Conversation with John CreswelSAGE Publishing
In this presentation, best-selling author and professor John W. Creswell addresses the future of research design, qualitative research, and mixed methods research.
5 ways to take your entrepreunership teaching to the next levelSAGE Publishing
Heidi M. Neck from the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program give lively discussion on how to enhance your entrepreneurship courses. A SAGE author, Heidi talks about different ways to bring your entrepreneurship teaching to the next level with five simple, yet powerful tips.
With big data research all the rage, how are librarians being asked to engage with data? As big data research takes off across Business, Science, and the Humanities, librarians need to understand big data and the issues around its storage and curation. How can it be made accessible? What tools and resources are required to use and analyze big data? In this webinar, panelists Caroline Muglia and Jill Parchuck share how big data is being used on their campuses and how they, as librarians, are supporting the sourcing and storage of this data.
Social Science in the Age of Trump: What We'd Like to See SAGE Publishing
This webinar, hosted by Wendy A. Naus, director of the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) discussed what a new president and Congress means for US government funding for social science and what researchers, students, teachers, and the public can do to support the social sciences.
SAGE's Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences (QASS) Series has served countless students, instructors, and researchers in learning cutting-edge quantitative techniques. This collection of 175 brief volumes, the first of which published in 1976, address advanced quantitative topics including Regression, Models, Data Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, Experimental Design, Factor Analysis, Measurement, ANOVA, Survey Data, and more. A hallmark of the Series has always been its affordability – each book is $22.
We are thrilled to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first publication in this innovative series, known to many as the “Little Green Books.” We invite you to browse some facts from the books and series as a whole
Teaching Statistics to People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: Tips for Over...SAGE Publishing
In this presentation, bestselling author Neil J. Salkind discusses strategies that you can implement to reduce statistics anxiety in your students. Using his 30+ years of teaching experience, Neil covers some of the topics that students struggle with most, including correlation, understanding hypotheses, and significance (including z-scores and t-tests).
Librarians use surveys to measure user behavior, gather information on the resources patrons are looking for, and for feedback on library services.
In this presentation, survey research expert Lesley Andres, Professor, Department of Education, University of British Columbia, outlines her top tips for creating and deploying effective surveys. View the slides to see her best practices for phrasing questions, offering answer choices, and minimizing bias.
5 Tips for Teaching Introduction to Mass Communication: Engaging Students Liv...SAGE Publishing
What are the challenges of teaching mass communication and keeping students engaged?
In this presentation, SAGE Publishing author Ralph E. Hanson discusses:
-class activities that help reach students from a variety of backgrounds and varying levels of media literacy
-adapting the wide range of social media tools for use in the classroom
presenting yourself on social media
-best practices for interacting with students online
using social media as a tool for communication and applying it to current events
Battling bannings: Authors discuss intellectual freedom and the freedom to readSAGE Publishing
This document summarizes a webinar event on intellectual freedom and censorship. It introduces authors Christine Baldacchino, Jessica Herthel, and Wendy Doniger who discussed battling book bannings. The webinar encouraged participants to read two free articles from Index on Censorship and allowed attendees to ask questions through a question box. It concluded by noting the webinar recording and materials would be shared after the event.
Entrants were asked to submit a photo that demonstrated how their libraries were staying ahead of the curve and finding new ways to be more innovative and involved in their communities. These are the top six photos submitted!
From Publication to the Public Expanding your research beyond academiaSAGE Publishing
What are the benefits – expected and unexpected — of translating your research for the general public?
• How do you pitch your research story to the media?
• When writing for the media or the public, how do you frame the topic to be explored so it is relevant outside of the research community?
Hear Maria Balinska, Editor of The Conversation US, previously of BBC London, and a 2010 Nieman Fellow at Harvard (need we say more?) address these questions in this one-hour webinar. She also presents some success stories from other researchers as well as one place to start for you and your colleagues – The Conversation US, an independent, non-profit media organization that publishes news analysis and commentary written by academics and edited by journalists aimed at the general public. (In other words, a team of professional editors who work with scholars like yourselves to apply their expertise to topical issues and to unlock their cutting edge research, all at no cost to you.)
Researching Researchers: Developing Evidence-Based Strategy for Improved Disc...SAGE Publishing
Leading libraries, publishers, and vendors regularly study the practices and needs of academics and students, in order to serve them better. This presentation addresses today’s search behaviors, emerging discovery forms, and access challenges, reviewing strategies for improving discovery and access that result from this research.
Search, Serendipity & the Researcher ExperienceSAGE Publishing
When considering researchers’ information-seeking needs, we often focus on search, such as optimizations for Google-type library search. But what about unplanned instances of discovery?
Through a study of undergraduate students and faculty, this presentation summarizes common researcher experiences with methods of serendipitous discovery within the scholarly community.
Libraries and Local Businesses: Best practices for supporting your entreprene...SAGE Publishing
Many public libraries across the US have become invaluable resources to growing small businesses and hopeful entrepreneurs in local communities. In this one-hour webinar, Nicolette Warisse Sosulski, business librarian for the Portage (Mich.) District Library and recipient of the 2011 Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship, shares her expertise as an active supporter of local business growth. For example:
• What standing resources and events does she provide at her library and how were they put together?
• What has she and others at Portage Library done to market these resources to the community?
• How does she manage expectations for those who walk in and look to the library for all of their answers?
• What else has she learned from her experiences supporting small businesses?
The presentation was followed by a lively Q&A.
Washington, D.C. and Social and Behavioral Science: The Picture for 2016 SAGE Publishing
What does 2016 hold for federally funded research into the social and behavioral sciences? Will we see new attempts to politically filter what constitutes valuable science? How will legislative calls for transparency, relevancy and open access affect you?
Michael Todd, the editor of SAGE Publishing’s Social Science Space website, and Mark Vieth, senior vice president of the Washington lobbying firm CRD Associates, tackle these and other questions in a first of a series of webinars looking at federal support and use of social and behavioral science. Vieth, a longtime staffer in the House of Representatives, is the coordinator of a national Social and Behavioral Science coalition fighting to keep all science reviewed by scientists and funded properly.
This conversation takes place shortly after the release of the White House budget proposal, always the starting point for appropriations decisions in the U.S. Congress.
This webinar series is sponsored by Social Science Space and SAGE Publishing.
Teaching Educational Research Methods: Making it Real & Relevant for StudentsSAGE Publishing
In this webinar, Dr. Craig A. Mertler talks about the challenges of teaching research methods as well as strategies for making the course relevant for students. Dr. Mertler discusses:
• the importance of the course and how to approach the topic with students
• instructor challenges around teaching the course to a variety of students with different backgrounds and levels of experience
• strategies for putting material in context, teaching difficult parts of the research process, and using applied projects inside and outside the classroom
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1. write a paragraph about your trip to dubai and what are the facts responsible for the heavy rainfall in dubai that caused havec ?
2. mention any five major tourist attaction of dubai
Mathematics: a student a visit her family her father converted Rs. 1,15,000 inr currency for dubai airport theexpedite in the trip is given below
1. Curreny name of India and dubai
2. Conversions amount
3. Total Converted amount
4. cost of food
5. cost of sightseeing
6. cost of shoping
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Discovery Beyond Google
1. Dis c overy Beyond Google
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2. Is there discovery beyond Google?
● What is discoverability?
● Why do we care?
● What are we going to do about it?
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3. Discoverability (working definition):
Scholars’ capacity to locate relevant
content in the scholarly corpus as needed
to advance research and other creative
activity at appropriate points in the
academic workflow.
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4. Discovery – why it’s a buzz
● Information overload
● Distractions abound
● Limited use of library
● Dominance of Google, Wikipedia, etc.
● Usage metrics drive sales
● Discovery drives usage
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5. Discovery strategies
Open web search Institutional search
● Creative linking ● Metadata
building ● Widgets
● Open data ● Training
● Semantic enrichment ● Usability testing
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6. Improving the Discoverability of Scholarly
Content in the Twenty-First Century
● Best practices
● Challenges
● Opportunities
● Recommendations /
observations
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7. Cross-sector Interviews
● Scholarly publishers
● Published authors
● Search engine developers, database
providers, A&I
● Electronic Resource Management (ERM) and
Integrated Library System (ILS) vendors
● Leaders in library discovery
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9. Symbiotic (but disrupted) Ecosystem
● Librarians manage institutional
discovery
● Publishers disseminate work
● Libraries’ vendors connect to content
● Publishers’ vendors supply platforms
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10. Improved Discovery Requires
● Cross- sector strategies
● Discovery tools
● Detailed indexing
● Seamless identification
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11. Conversation Starters
● Best practices for online product design
● Open, standardized approaches to data
● Understand researcher needs / user
behavior
● Revisit how business is done to best serve
users
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12. Conversations Underway
● NISO Open Discovery Initiative
● ORCHID, JATS, PIE-J, etc.
● Libraries at Webscale, OCLC January 2012
● Chicago Collaborative
● SSP’s Annual Meeting!
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Editor's Notes
Pleasure to lay foundation for discussion Brief agenda – try to frame our conversation. Then co-presenters share fantastic examples of innovative ways their organizations have unlocked this puzzle and achieved successful discovery First, some basics on our topic – what does it mean to optimize discoverability in today’s world of online research? why does it matter so much? why are publishers, librarians, and our many product and service vendors concerned about this puzzle? Once foundation in place what SAGE has learned – and published in a recent whitepaper how the scholarly publishing community might respond to this still relatively new puzzle
I’d like to present the following working definition of discoverability scholars’ capacity to locate relevant content as needed to advance research at appropriate points in their workflow. There are some key points here to zero in on – the content must be relevant to the reader! (this may be obvious but poses challenges in both understanding our readers and revealing the semantics behind our content) it must be discovered as needed ! (and not when / where / how we decide is best for a given product or manuscript.) it must fit within scholars’ own workflows ! (the channels for information dissemination have exploded, as has been established in countless discussions during the past half-dozen SSP Annual Meetings, at least.)
Simply put, the internet has changed the way we communicate – and the way we conduct our work. Research by Project Information Literacy and others document that students suffer from information overload = frustration / confusion from broad range of online resources find themselves distracted by all the activity in flickering screens we rely on they congregate in libraries for research and study – but they often do not enter stacks or consult a librarian ***PIL, Oct 2011: 39% used library equipment (printers etc) 11% used scholarly research databases & 9% used library books students at all levels report using Google and Wikipedia for their research PIL notes 82% use Google / 69% use Wikipedia SAGE’s own research = GScholar is a favorite among PhD candidates Yet still, in academic publishing and the library market – usage is king when it comes to library’s budget decisions – and usage is driven by researchers actually finding that content remember: if it’s *relevant* and when it’s *needed* within their *workflow*
For scholarly community, new patterns of researcher behavior = two spheres to attend to On the open web, mainstream search engines are one thing … Wikipedia /social sites drive traffic – OPPORUTNITY for creative links to authoritative material quality indexing = data must be readable by robots and humans alike requires a degree of openness we’re not typically comfortable with semantics have exploded = reveal the meanings behind content Equally sophisticated strategies for the institutional / library ecosystem masters of our own metadata = discomfort to revise systems, feed discovery services simple widgets –publishers to libraries– point to vetted resources @ institutions publishers /vendors partner with institutions in training = information literacy is a joint effort For both open web and institutional discovery - “build it, they will come” is a myth plan for iterative improvements to products and services informed by regular usability testing =sites optimized ergonomically simple and straightforward products = users will come back for more!
With all these things in mind – SAGE recently sponsored research into what the community was thinking and saying about discoverability. The result was a whitepaper published early this year authored by 2 distinguished librarians Mary Somerville, University Librarian, Professor, and Library Director at the University of Colorado Denver Barbara Schader, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Scholarly Communication, University of California Riverside along with a leader in the vendor community: John Sack, Founding Director of HighWire Press The research focus of this paper was to investigate: Best practices for access and discovery of content in libraries The challenges that publishers, vendors, and libraries need to solve Real solutions that librarians and publishers can implement Further observations for improving discoverability and visibility
Main method for this research was interviews with stakeholders across the community scholarly publishers published authors search engine developers, database providers, A&I services ERM and ILS vendors librarians who advance institutional discoverability
Following these interviews, the authors consulted published literature on these topics particularly those focusing on reviews of and commentary on the game-changing introduction of web-scale library discovery services I wanted to share a few citations with you on this research – because I’m a publisher and that’s what we do
Key finding of this research was the symbiotic – yet disrupted – scholarly ecosystem … where Librarians manage systems for institutional collection, dissemination, and retrieval of scholarly corpus Publishers produce and promote authors’ work through formats findable on the open Web and in library catalogs Libraries’ technology vendors connect publishers’ digital content to OPACs through ERMs and web scale discovery services Publishers’ technology vendors supply publishing platforms, software solutions and discovery services
Industry experts reported to the authors of this research that improved discoverability requires… initiating conversations about cross-sector strategies discovery tools in familiar web environments rich, detailed indexing for highly relevant and precise search results seamless indentification - “single sign on” – for barrier-free user experience
The results of this study = recommendations for cross-sector conversations in scholarly community. Key items authors recommend we use as conversation starters to tackle discovery challenges together: develop best practices for the design of online product interfaces and functionality public standards for both metadata surrounding publications as well as semantic data within the content itself further efforts to understand researcher behavior and user needs reconsider and discuss new ways to do business to best serve the users that embody our shared objectives of scholarship and academic progress
Pleased to report cross-sector communication and problem-solving = alive and well Late 2011, NISO convened a new working group which aims to define standards and/or best practices for the new generation of library discovery services that are based on indexed search Standards movements such as ORCHI, JATS, PIE-J, and many others New research efforts – such as OCLC’s January 2012 report that states “big collaboration in the information ecosystem will come not only from broader collaboration across libraries, library groups, consortia, and partnerships across the broader knowledge community – across researchers, publishers, commercial vendors, and Webscale providers such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook.” A number of cooperative groups in place that have the power to influence this process – Chicago Collaborative, among others This event! With that said, I’d like to turn it over…