This document summarizes a project to enhance scholarly publishing in the humanities and social sciences through hybrid digital/print publications. It developed websites for four traditionally published books using Semantic Web techniques on a WordPress platform. The websites included supplementary materials, links, and formalized content structures. A central database was also created to aggregate content across the individual book websites. The project aimed to illustrate this hybrid approach and facilitate networked scholarly discourse around published works.
Surf, enhanced publications, final project presentation, jankowski, scharnhor...Nick Jankowski
This document summarizes a presentation about a project to enhance scholarly publishing through hybrid forms of publication. The project aims to create web complements for four books by adding supplementary resources, links, author profiles, and search features. It also aims to build a database aggregating content across sites and make relationships and context explicit. The presentation outlines achievements to date including developing websites for three books and a template. It discusses future plans such as completing the fourth book site and refining the database.
enhanced publications eHumanities Group proposalNick Jankowski
This proposal seeks funding to develop enhanced digital publications for four scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. It involves creating websites to complement printed books, containing supplementary materials, visualizations, search functions, and options for author updates. The project also aims to aggregate content across the individual book websites to support queries and relationships between topics. Finally, it will disseminate lessons through conferences and open educational resources for other scholars. The coordinating institution is the KNAW e-Humanities Group. If funded, the project would run from January to June 2010 and involve four affiliated scholars in developing hybrid print-digital versions of their published or forthcoming books.
Slides, ljubljana presentation, enhanced publications, jankowski, 10 june2011Nick Jankowski
The document discusses a project to enhance scholarly publications in the humanities and social sciences through hybrid forms of publication. The project aims to 1) enhance four published books with supplementary online materials like links, blogs, and visualizations, and 2) develop a database and series of topic-related enhanced publications. Key challenges addressed are preserving dynamic online content, interrelating publication components, and gaining acceptance from publishers and authors.
The document provides materials for a workshop on publishing in academic journals, including correspondence between editors and authors, journal style guides, and resources. It summarizes the typical review process for journal submissions, including cover letters, editor decision letters, requests for review, sample reviews, and response letters. The document recommends examining the submission guidelines and back issues of the journal New Media & Society. It also references a chapter on why manuscripts are often rejected and how authors can improve their work. The materials are intended to educate workshop participants on best practices for scholarly publishing.
Syllabaus ljubljana seminar, new media, jankowski and oblak version 3,8 feb2011Nick Jankowski
This document provides information about a course on new media and society taught by Nicholas W. Jankowski and Tanja Oblak-Črnič at the University of Ljubljana. The course examines theoretical concepts and developments related to new media, including social networks, online news, and virtual learning environments. Students will complete reading assignments, contribute to online discussions, maintain course blogs, and write a final paper. Class sessions will involve both in-person and online components utilizing various digital tools. Students are expected to be actively engaged with digital media assignments and discussions throughout the course.
Surf, enhanced publications, final project presentation, jankowski, scharnhor...Nick Jankowski
This document summarizes a presentation about a project to enhance scholarly publishing through hybrid forms of publication. The project aims to create web complements for four books by adding supplementary resources, links, author profiles, and search features. It also aims to build a database aggregating content across sites and make relationships and context explicit. The presentation outlines achievements to date including developing websites for three books and a template. It discusses future plans such as completing the fourth book site and refining the database.
enhanced publications eHumanities Group proposalNick Jankowski
This proposal seeks funding to develop enhanced digital publications for four scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. It involves creating websites to complement printed books, containing supplementary materials, visualizations, search functions, and options for author updates. The project also aims to aggregate content across the individual book websites to support queries and relationships between topics. Finally, it will disseminate lessons through conferences and open educational resources for other scholars. The coordinating institution is the KNAW e-Humanities Group. If funded, the project would run from January to June 2010 and involve four affiliated scholars in developing hybrid print-digital versions of their published or forthcoming books.
Slides, ljubljana presentation, enhanced publications, jankowski, 10 june2011Nick Jankowski
The document discusses a project to enhance scholarly publications in the humanities and social sciences through hybrid forms of publication. The project aims to 1) enhance four published books with supplementary online materials like links, blogs, and visualizations, and 2) develop a database and series of topic-related enhanced publications. Key challenges addressed are preserving dynamic online content, interrelating publication components, and gaining acceptance from publishers and authors.
The document provides materials for a workshop on publishing in academic journals, including correspondence between editors and authors, journal style guides, and resources. It summarizes the typical review process for journal submissions, including cover letters, editor decision letters, requests for review, sample reviews, and response letters. The document recommends examining the submission guidelines and back issues of the journal New Media & Society. It also references a chapter on why manuscripts are often rejected and how authors can improve their work. The materials are intended to educate workshop participants on best practices for scholarly publishing.
Syllabaus ljubljana seminar, new media, jankowski and oblak version 3,8 feb2011Nick Jankowski
This document provides information about a course on new media and society taught by Nicholas W. Jankowski and Tanja Oblak-Črnič at the University of Ljubljana. The course examines theoretical concepts and developments related to new media, including social networks, online news, and virtual learning environments. Students will complete reading assignments, contribute to online discussions, maintain course blogs, and write a final paper. Class sessions will involve both in-person and online components utilizing various digital tools. Students are expected to be actively engaged with digital media assignments and discussions throughout the course.
The document discusses visually exploring information spaces through enhanced publications and visualizations. It provides examples of enhanced publications that visualize content and information spaces. Additionally, it discusses challenges of visualizing the content of repositories and linking information spaces through positioning objects in larger information spaces to enable enhanced information retrieval. Visualizations can represent an enhanced publication as an information space, the location of publications in wider information spaces, and the information spaces themselves.
Slides e humanities presentation, 27jan2011Nick Jankowski
The document discusses plans for a project to create enhanced publications from four academic books. It defines enhanced publications as those supplemented with additional materials like data, images, and links. The project aims to develop web platforms bringing together content from the books, make relationships between concepts explicit, and create instructional materials about enhanced publications. Challenges include preserving dynamic digital objects and convincing publishers of the value of enhanced formats.
Letter to CORE workshop participants, jankowski, 11sept2010Nick Jankowski
The document is an email from Nick Jankowski informing participants about an upcoming workshop on scientific publishing. It provides details about the workshop, including its date, time, and location. It requests that participants review sample materials on publishing procedures and policies of various academic journals, including New Media & Society, and submit an example of a published or presented paper. The email aims to prepare participants for discussion on scholarly publishing practices at the upcoming workshop.
The document summarizes a podcast from the journal New Media & Society on scholarly publishing. It includes introductions from the editor and five authors/experts. The authors discuss their recent articles in the issue on challenges to open sharing of scholarly work online, the transition from analog to digital scholarly publishing, the historical role of patronage in supporting scholarship, and how digital tools are transforming scholarly labor and communication. The full podcast is available on the New Media & Society website.
Syllabaus, ljubljana practicum, digital tools and scholarship, jankowski, dra...Nick Jankowski
This document provides the syllabus for the second part of the course "Internet Practice" taught by Nicholas Jankowski at the University of Ljubljana from April to June 2012. The course introduces students to a wide range of digital tools that can facilitate academic work, including reference management, annotation, online collaboration, social media, and tools for presenting and publishing. It will meet twice weekly, with one session focused on tool demonstrations and the other in a computer lab doing hands-on assignments. Students will complete blog assignments, homework, quizzes, and a final presentation. The course aims to help students develop basic digital research skills for their academic career.
This document summarizes the progress of the Enhanced Publications (EP) Project. It discusses developments in creating enhanced digital publications, building a database of EP examples, disseminating information about EPs, and addressing challenges in preserving dynamic digital objects and convincing stakeholders of the value of EPs. The EP Project aims to innovate hybrid forms of scholarly publishing in the humanities and social sciences.
This document summarizes Nicholas W. Jankowski's presentation on innovations in scholarly communication and publishing in the digital era. Some of the main changes discussed include the proliferation of web-based, linked, and multimedia publications and data. New models of open access are emerging. Peer review and metrics are adapting to new forms of assessment. Functionality is enhanced through interactive features like hyperlinks, visualizations, and supplementary materials. Scholarly communication is blending formal publication with informal sharing through social media and web platforms. Jankowski proposes a research question on how scholars in different disciplines utilize the various online functionalities in journal articles.
This document summarizes a meeting to discuss enhancing scholarly publishing through hybrid forms of publication that combine traditional books with digital features and online resources. The project aims to create supplementary web content and features for four upcoming books, including links, author profiles, visualizations, and search capabilities. It also plans to aggregate this content into a database and disseminate lessons learned through conferences, workshops, and journal publications. The goal is to explore how digital technologies can complement traditional publishing to engage readers and increase the visibility and impact of scholarly work.
Meeting 9, social media and scholarship, assignment 4, 22 may evening sessionNick Jankowski
This document outlines an agenda and assignments for a course on digital scholarship. The course covers various digital tools for academic work including social media, reference management software, note-taking software, and publishing platforms. Students are assigned to groups to complete assignments collaboratively using these tools. Assignments include exploring note-taking software, preparing annotated bibliographies in Mendeley, and developing enhanced versions of academic texts utilizing digital tools and collaboration. The final assignment involves students preparing presentations on their work enhancing publications.
Doing Digital Scholarship: Discovering and using digital tools in academic work. Course syllabus, Internet Practice Part 2, April-June 2012, Univ. of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. Instructor: Nick Jankowski
Jankowski, curriculum vitae, 29 february 2012Nick Jankowski
This curriculum vitae summarizes the career and qualifications of Nicholas Warren Jankowski. Jankowski is an Associate Researcher at the e-Humanities Group of the Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ljubljana. He has decades of experience researching community and new media and has authored or edited over a dozen books and many articles on these topics. Jankowski also has an extensive career in teaching at various universities and holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam.
Jankowski Presentation, Scholarly Publishing And The Web, Final Version, 24fe...Nick Jankowski
The document summarizes Nicholas W. Jankowski's presentation on scholarly publishing and the web. It discusses how the internet enables new forms of added value for scholarly content like hyperlinks, updates, and interactive features. Examples are given of how scholarly articles could be presented in the future by incorporating multimedia, commentary, and collaboration. The need for theoretical perspectives on stability and change in academic publishing is also mentioned.
Intro slidecast, jankowski, internet practice, part 2, draft4, 18 feb2012Nick Jankowski
This document provides an overview of a course on discovering and using digital tools in academic work. The course will cover 10 key digital tools for researchers, the steps involved in the scholarship process, and how digital tools can support activities like searching, processing information, sharing work, preparing presentations, and publishing. While the course focuses on digital tools, the instructor emphasizes that quality scholarship depends more on addressing problems through rigorous analysis and evidence rather than the tools used. The course website provides further resources and links for exploring digital scholarly tools.
Using Europeana for learning & teaching: EMMA MOOC “Digital library in princ...Getaneh Alemu
EMMA Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is an implementation of a broader paradigm shift in learning
A social constructivist approach to learning where students are proactively engaged in an open, democratic, inclusive and collaborative environment (Jean Piaget & Lev Vygotsky)
Shifts in pedagogy and learner interaction
Multilingual content and interaction and co-creation of content by participants
The document discusses several examples of open knowledge networks:
1. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a global network of over 250 member institutions and their open online courses, which are openly licensed for distribution and reuse. It aims to increase access to education through open sharing of educational resources.
2. TED is a global conference series that shares freely available video lectures on its website and YouTube channel. It covers topics across many disciplines and has reached millions of viewers online.
3. Living Labs are open innovation networks where users, researchers and businesses collaborate to develop new products and services. The European Network of Living Labs has over 200 members across many countries.
A presentation given at the "Data Stewardship: Increasing the Integrity and Effectiveness of Science and Scholarship" Session on Friday, June 8 2012 at the IASSIT 2012 conference in Washington DC.
This presentation introduced data publishing, using a social science (archaeology) case study to explore editorial processes and dissemination outcomes that increasingly demand “Linked Data” capabilities.
Welcome and short introduction to DM2E (Violeta Trkulja – Humboldt University) - Enabling humanities research in the Linked Open Web – DM2E final event
This document summarizes Rebekah Matheny's research on using reclaimed wood in retail environments. Her research aims to show that reclaimed wood creates an emotional connection between customers and brands, leading to longer lasting stores. She plans to study retailers like REI, AT&T, Starbucks and Lululemon that prominently feature reclaimed wood. As a case study, she describes the REI SoHo store that reused wood from the original 1885 building, turning floor joists into stair treads and old flooring into a textured wall. Interviews with designers and a reclaimed wood supplier suggest customers feel reclaimed wood makes brands seem local and sustainable. Matheny believes this emotional connection increases customer loyalty and brand revenue
This document discusses the need to develop cyber SCADA research to identify vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure systems and defend against cyber attacks. It proposes creating a Cyber Attack Unclassified Data Warehouse using an existing classified data warehouse to support SCADA cybersecurity research. Several universities are establishing SCADA laboratories to explore SCADA attacks and defenses, with the goal of testing interactions between systems and encouraging industry participation.
The document discusses visually exploring information spaces through enhanced publications and visualizations. It provides examples of enhanced publications that visualize content and information spaces. Additionally, it discusses challenges of visualizing the content of repositories and linking information spaces through positioning objects in larger information spaces to enable enhanced information retrieval. Visualizations can represent an enhanced publication as an information space, the location of publications in wider information spaces, and the information spaces themselves.
Slides e humanities presentation, 27jan2011Nick Jankowski
The document discusses plans for a project to create enhanced publications from four academic books. It defines enhanced publications as those supplemented with additional materials like data, images, and links. The project aims to develop web platforms bringing together content from the books, make relationships between concepts explicit, and create instructional materials about enhanced publications. Challenges include preserving dynamic digital objects and convincing publishers of the value of enhanced formats.
Letter to CORE workshop participants, jankowski, 11sept2010Nick Jankowski
The document is an email from Nick Jankowski informing participants about an upcoming workshop on scientific publishing. It provides details about the workshop, including its date, time, and location. It requests that participants review sample materials on publishing procedures and policies of various academic journals, including New Media & Society, and submit an example of a published or presented paper. The email aims to prepare participants for discussion on scholarly publishing practices at the upcoming workshop.
The document summarizes a podcast from the journal New Media & Society on scholarly publishing. It includes introductions from the editor and five authors/experts. The authors discuss their recent articles in the issue on challenges to open sharing of scholarly work online, the transition from analog to digital scholarly publishing, the historical role of patronage in supporting scholarship, and how digital tools are transforming scholarly labor and communication. The full podcast is available on the New Media & Society website.
Syllabaus, ljubljana practicum, digital tools and scholarship, jankowski, dra...Nick Jankowski
This document provides the syllabus for the second part of the course "Internet Practice" taught by Nicholas Jankowski at the University of Ljubljana from April to June 2012. The course introduces students to a wide range of digital tools that can facilitate academic work, including reference management, annotation, online collaboration, social media, and tools for presenting and publishing. It will meet twice weekly, with one session focused on tool demonstrations and the other in a computer lab doing hands-on assignments. Students will complete blog assignments, homework, quizzes, and a final presentation. The course aims to help students develop basic digital research skills for their academic career.
This document summarizes the progress of the Enhanced Publications (EP) Project. It discusses developments in creating enhanced digital publications, building a database of EP examples, disseminating information about EPs, and addressing challenges in preserving dynamic digital objects and convincing stakeholders of the value of EPs. The EP Project aims to innovate hybrid forms of scholarly publishing in the humanities and social sciences.
This document summarizes Nicholas W. Jankowski's presentation on innovations in scholarly communication and publishing in the digital era. Some of the main changes discussed include the proliferation of web-based, linked, and multimedia publications and data. New models of open access are emerging. Peer review and metrics are adapting to new forms of assessment. Functionality is enhanced through interactive features like hyperlinks, visualizations, and supplementary materials. Scholarly communication is blending formal publication with informal sharing through social media and web platforms. Jankowski proposes a research question on how scholars in different disciplines utilize the various online functionalities in journal articles.
This document summarizes a meeting to discuss enhancing scholarly publishing through hybrid forms of publication that combine traditional books with digital features and online resources. The project aims to create supplementary web content and features for four upcoming books, including links, author profiles, visualizations, and search capabilities. It also plans to aggregate this content into a database and disseminate lessons learned through conferences, workshops, and journal publications. The goal is to explore how digital technologies can complement traditional publishing to engage readers and increase the visibility and impact of scholarly work.
Meeting 9, social media and scholarship, assignment 4, 22 may evening sessionNick Jankowski
This document outlines an agenda and assignments for a course on digital scholarship. The course covers various digital tools for academic work including social media, reference management software, note-taking software, and publishing platforms. Students are assigned to groups to complete assignments collaboratively using these tools. Assignments include exploring note-taking software, preparing annotated bibliographies in Mendeley, and developing enhanced versions of academic texts utilizing digital tools and collaboration. The final assignment involves students preparing presentations on their work enhancing publications.
Doing Digital Scholarship: Discovering and using digital tools in academic work. Course syllabus, Internet Practice Part 2, April-June 2012, Univ. of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. Instructor: Nick Jankowski
Jankowski, curriculum vitae, 29 february 2012Nick Jankowski
This curriculum vitae summarizes the career and qualifications of Nicholas Warren Jankowski. Jankowski is an Associate Researcher at the e-Humanities Group of the Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ljubljana. He has decades of experience researching community and new media and has authored or edited over a dozen books and many articles on these topics. Jankowski also has an extensive career in teaching at various universities and holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam.
Jankowski Presentation, Scholarly Publishing And The Web, Final Version, 24fe...Nick Jankowski
The document summarizes Nicholas W. Jankowski's presentation on scholarly publishing and the web. It discusses how the internet enables new forms of added value for scholarly content like hyperlinks, updates, and interactive features. Examples are given of how scholarly articles could be presented in the future by incorporating multimedia, commentary, and collaboration. The need for theoretical perspectives on stability and change in academic publishing is also mentioned.
Intro slidecast, jankowski, internet practice, part 2, draft4, 18 feb2012Nick Jankowski
This document provides an overview of a course on discovering and using digital tools in academic work. The course will cover 10 key digital tools for researchers, the steps involved in the scholarship process, and how digital tools can support activities like searching, processing information, sharing work, preparing presentations, and publishing. While the course focuses on digital tools, the instructor emphasizes that quality scholarship depends more on addressing problems through rigorous analysis and evidence rather than the tools used. The course website provides further resources and links for exploring digital scholarly tools.
Using Europeana for learning & teaching: EMMA MOOC “Digital library in princ...Getaneh Alemu
EMMA Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is an implementation of a broader paradigm shift in learning
A social constructivist approach to learning where students are proactively engaged in an open, democratic, inclusive and collaborative environment (Jean Piaget & Lev Vygotsky)
Shifts in pedagogy and learner interaction
Multilingual content and interaction and co-creation of content by participants
The document discusses several examples of open knowledge networks:
1. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a global network of over 250 member institutions and their open online courses, which are openly licensed for distribution and reuse. It aims to increase access to education through open sharing of educational resources.
2. TED is a global conference series that shares freely available video lectures on its website and YouTube channel. It covers topics across many disciplines and has reached millions of viewers online.
3. Living Labs are open innovation networks where users, researchers and businesses collaborate to develop new products and services. The European Network of Living Labs has over 200 members across many countries.
A presentation given at the "Data Stewardship: Increasing the Integrity and Effectiveness of Science and Scholarship" Session on Friday, June 8 2012 at the IASSIT 2012 conference in Washington DC.
This presentation introduced data publishing, using a social science (archaeology) case study to explore editorial processes and dissemination outcomes that increasingly demand “Linked Data” capabilities.
Welcome and short introduction to DM2E (Violeta Trkulja – Humboldt University) - Enabling humanities research in the Linked Open Web – DM2E final event
This document summarizes Rebekah Matheny's research on using reclaimed wood in retail environments. Her research aims to show that reclaimed wood creates an emotional connection between customers and brands, leading to longer lasting stores. She plans to study retailers like REI, AT&T, Starbucks and Lululemon that prominently feature reclaimed wood. As a case study, she describes the REI SoHo store that reused wood from the original 1885 building, turning floor joists into stair treads and old flooring into a textured wall. Interviews with designers and a reclaimed wood supplier suggest customers feel reclaimed wood makes brands seem local and sustainable. Matheny believes this emotional connection increases customer loyalty and brand revenue
This document discusses the need to develop cyber SCADA research to identify vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure systems and defend against cyber attacks. It proposes creating a Cyber Attack Unclassified Data Warehouse using an existing classified data warehouse to support SCADA cybersecurity research. Several universities are establishing SCADA laboratories to explore SCADA attacks and defenses, with the goal of testing interactions between systems and encouraging industry participation.
Antibodies directed to rna dna hybrids-an electrochemical immunosensor for mi...hbrothers
This document describes a label-free electrochemical immunosensor for detecting microRNAs (miRNAs) using antibodies that recognize RNA/DNA hybrids. The sensor uses a conducting polymer/reduced graphene oxide-modified electrode. It detects miRNAs at concentrations as low as 5 femtomolar and can distinguish between fully matched and mismatched sequences. The sensor combines hybridization detection with antibody recognition of miRNA-DNA hybrids to increase reliability through triple verification of the miRNA concentration.
This project aims to simulate the density of states and band structure of joined bi-layer graphene using density functional theory (DFT) and compare it to graphene. DFT simulations were performed on joined bi-layer graphene and graphene to calculate potential energy, defect formation energy, and density of states. The bi-layer graphene system was found to be not spin polarized with a low defect formation energy of 0.001 eV per atom. Additionally, the project works to develop a 3D printing process for proposed graphene structures by converting structure files to STL files for printing.
This document describes a method for predicting backgrounds to top-antitop quark events using b-tagging information. The method involves measuring b-tagging rates in gamma+jets events and applying those rates to other events to predict whether they would contain one or more b-tagged jets. The rates are measured as functions of muon momentum and position. Applying the rates to gamma+jets, jet, and lepton+jets data shows good agreement, validating the method. The method is then used to predict top-antitop and W+jets backgrounds in lepton+jets data and measure the top-antitop production cross section.
This study developed a method to measure the flexibility of electrospun fibers using electron microscopy images. The method involves using image processing software to trace fiber contours and measure the average angle and distance between coordinates. This allows calculating a persistence length, which quantifies flexibility. The method was applied first to poly(acrylic acid) fibers, then to polypeptide fibers. Over 1000 coordinates were traced and analyzed to determine persistence lengths. The goal was to develop a technique for characterizing the mechanical properties of electrospun fibers based on electron micrographs.
This document summarizes efforts in the United States to improve recruitment and retention of women in physics. It provides data on the low percentage of women currently in physics fields and programs that have been established, including conferences, mentoring programs, professional development workshops, media coverage, and government initiatives, to encourage more women to enter and remain in physics careers.
Graphene hybrid composite is produced through pyrolysis of a solid carbon source using a specific catalyst. At different catalyst concentrations, different carbon nanostructures like carbon nanotubes or graphene platelets are produced. Graphene hybrid composite produced with an intermediate catalyst concentration shows high conductivity, higher than carbon nanotubes or graphene flakes alone. It has applications as an electrode material for lithium batteries, in super capacitors, and as a conductive material.
E hg rm presentation enhanced publications, 16june2011Nick Jankowski
This document summarizes the conclusions of a project aimed at enhancing scholarly publishing through hybrid forms of publication. It describes the project objectives of creating digital companions to books and an aggregation database. It outlines achievements including websites for 3 books, a template, and training. It discusses future plans such as completing the 4th book site, refining the database, and continuing discussions with publishers.
From Bibliometrics to Cybermetrics - a book chapter by Nicola de BellisXanat V. Meza
Disclaimer: All original texts and images belong to their rightful owners.
Chapter 8 of the book "Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis" by Nicola de Bellis.
Maximum Spanning Tree Model on Personalized Web Based Collaborative Learning ...ijcseit
Web 3.0 is an evolving extension of the current web environme bnt. Information in web 3.0 can be collaborated and communicated when queried. Web 3.0 architecture provides an excellent learning experience to the students. Web 3.0 is 3D, media centric and semantic. Web based learning has been on
high in recent days. Web 3.0 has intelligent agents as tutors to collect and disseminate the answers to the queries by the students. Completely Interactive learner’s query determine the customization of the intelligent tutor. This paper analyses the Web 3.0 learning environment attributes. A Maximum spanning
tree model for the personalized web based collaborative learning is designed.
Maximum Spanning Tree Model on Personalized Web Based Collaborative Learning ...ijcseit
Web 3.0 is an evolving extension of the current web environme bnt. Information in web 3.0 can be
collaborated and communicated when queried. Web 3.0 architecture provides an excellent learning
experience to the students. Web 3.0 is 3D, media centric and semantic. Web based learning has been on
high in recent days. Web 3.0 has intelligent agents as tutors to collect and disseminate the answers to the
queries by the students. Completely Interactive learner’s query determine the customization of the
intelligent tutor. This paper analyses the Web 3.0 learning environment attributes. A Maximum spanning
tree model for the personalized web based collaborative learning is designed.
The document discusses the Social Semantic Web and related technologies. It provides an overview of the growth of social networks and user-generated content online. It then discusses how semantic technologies can help connect isolated social communities and their data by adding machine-readable metadata. Key topics covered include the Semantic Web stack, linked data, ontologies for modeling social data like FOAF and SIOC, and applications like distributed identity and social recommendations.
Application Of Web 2.0 In Libraries A Study Of Asmita College LibraryLori Moore
This document discusses the implementation of Web 2.0 applications at the Asmita College library in India. It found that the library had adopted applications like blogs, forums, social tagging, social networking, social bookmarking, wikis, and multimedia sharing to engage users and provide new services. The presence of these Web 2.0 applications was found to improve the overall quality of the library's website and services. The study provides examples of how each application, such as Flickr and YouTube, was utilized at the Asmita College library.
Increasing NUS Libraries' Visibility in the Virtual World - UpdatedKC Tan
Presented at the 3rd iGroup Conference, "The Role of the Library in the Virtual and Collaborative World", 18-20 Oct 2007, held at Hunan University in Changsha, China
A Web Application For Creating And Sharing Visual BibliographiesAngela Shin
This document introduces VisualBib, a web application that allows users to create and share visual bibliographies. It retrieves bibliographic metadata from sources like Scopus and OpenCitations to generate customized bibliographies. VisualBib displays bibliographies as narrative views - time-based visualizations showing authorship and citation relationships between papers. This helps users understand research areas and collaborations over time.
Descubrimiento, entrega de información y gestión: tendencias actuales de las ...innovatics
Explora el ámbito de los servicios de descubrimiento basados en índices, orientado al ámbito de las bibliotecas académicas, incluyendo Primo de Ex Libris, Summon de ProQuest, Discovery Service de Ebsco y Discovery Service de OCLC WorldCat.
Se aborda la Iniciativa Open Discovery y la reciente tendencia hacia una mayor participación por parte de los proveedores de contenidos. Se discute acerca de las tecnologías más adecuadas para las bibliotecas que tienen mayor preocupación por la participación del usuario, sobre el acceso a los libros impresos y electrónicos, con menos restricciones para los artículos académicos que se encuentran en Descubrimiento. Se presenta el papel de las interfaces de descubrimiento de código abierto tales como VuFind y Blacklight. Se aborda el estado de la nueva generación de plataformas de servicios de la biblioteca. La presentación ofrecerá los aspectos más destacados de la industria de automatización de la biblioteca global, con especial atención a los protagonistas y tendencias en América Latina. Basado en el "Informe 2014 de los Sistemas de Bibliotecas" http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014
Abstract
Discovery, delivery, and management: the current wave of new library technologies and industry trends
Explore the realm of index-based discovery services oriented more to academic libraries, including Ex Libris Primo, ProQuest Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, and OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service. An update on the Open Discovery Initiative and the recent movement toward more participation by content providers. Discuss technologies better suited for public libraries that have more concerns for customer engagement, access to print and electronic books, with less stringent requirements for article-level discovery of scholarly resources. The role of open source discovery interfaces such as VuFind and Blacklight. The status of the new generation of library services platforms. The presentation will provide highlights of global library automation industry, with a focus on the players and trends in Latin America Based on “Library Systems Report 2014” http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014
Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, social networking sites, tagging, and RSS feeds promote information fluency by allowing users to create, share, and collaborate on content. These tools make information more accessible and encourage lifelong learning. While useful, overdependence on these sources and lack of skills in evaluating digital information can also be problems if information literacy is not developed.
Social and Collaborative Construction of Structured Knowledge WWW2007Simon Buckingham Shum
Sereno, B., Buckingham Shum, S. and Motta, E. (2007). Formalization, User Strategy and Interaction Design: Users’ Behaviour with Discourse Tagging Semantics. Workshop on Social and Collaborative Construction of Structured Knowledge, 16th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2007), Banff, AB, Canada; 8-12 May 2007. [http://www2007.org/workshops/paper_30.pdf]
Web 2.0 Learning Environment: Concept, Implementation, EvaluationeLearning Papers
This document presents a new learning environment model based on Web 2.0 applications and evaluates its implementation and testing at a German university. The learning environment consists of several modules like wikis, blogs, social bookmarking, and RSS feeds that are integrated through a central wiki platform. An evaluation of the environment through a student survey found that it successfully motivated learning and achieved positive learning outcomes.
This document presents a new learning environment model based on Web 2.0 applications, discussing how the technological changes of Web 2.0 have impacted communication, knowledge, and learning. It reviews concepts of eLearning 2.0 and personal learning environments, then describes the development and implementation of a Web 2.0 learning environment at Darmstadt University consisting of wikis, blogs, social bookmarking, and RSS feeds. An evaluation of this learning environment found that it successfully motivated students and improved learning outcomes.
This document presents a new learning environment model based on Web 2.0 applications, discussing how the technological changes of Web 2.0 have impacted communication, knowledge, and learning. It reviews concepts of eLearning 2.0 and personal learning environments, then describes the development of a learning environment using components like wikis, blogs, social bookmarking, and RSS feeds. Finally, the document evaluates this learning environment model through a case study and student survey conducted at a university.
VIZ-VIVO: Towards Visualizations-driven Linked Data NavigationMuhammad Javed
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1. Enhancing Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences:
Innovation through Hybrid Forms of Publication
Paper prepared for
PKS Scholarly Publishing Conference 2011
26-28 September 2011
by
Nicholas W. Jankowski, Clifford Tatum, Zuotian Tatum, Andrea Scharnhorst
e-Humanities Group
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW
Cruquiusweg 31
1019 AT Amsterdam, NL
Enhanced Publications Project Web site
ABSTRACT
Enhancing scholarly publication involves presentation in a Web environment with interlinking of the
'objects' of a document: datasets, supplementary materials, secondary analyses, and post-publication
interventions. Development of the Semantic Web is aimed at facilitating long-term content structure
through standardized meta-data formats intended to improve interoperability between concepts and
terms within and across knowledge domains. At the same time, ad-hoc scholarly discourse, facilitated
by the participatory dynamics of Web 2.0 applications, contributes to an emergent content structure
through compliance with open Web standards. While the top-down Semantic Web and bottom-up
intertextuality structure are not inherently incompatible, their differences have implications for the
design, use, and diffusion of enhanced scholarly publications. In this paper we illustrate a hybrid
approach that employs Semantic Web techniques while focusing on practices entailed in
contemporary intertextual discourses. This approach is applied to four books prepared for traditional
academic publishers; the Web sites and functions for three of these books are described in this paper.
INTRODUCTION
Scholars in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly considering possibilities to make research
available on the Web. Instruments for data collection and analysis, datasets and metadata describing this
material, conference papers and project reports are appearing in Web-based repositories. One area lagging
behind in this trend, however, is development of Web venues that integrate the traditionally published book
with the diverse materials related to an overall research project. ‘Enhanced publications’ is a term reflecting
such integration and a range of initiatives have been supported by the SURFfoundation in the Netherlands to
develop such forms of publication.
One of the six projects included in this initiative is ‘Enhancing Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities and Social
Sciences’. Initiated in January 2011, Enhancing Scholarly Publishing was designed to prepare Web sites for four
traditionally-published scholarly books and, in the process, to utilize a model of and tools for enhanced
publications developed by SURF. The project concluded at the end of June 2011. This paper notes the
objectives and accomplishments during that period, reflects on some of the challenges encountered, and
sketches paths meriting further exploration.
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2. The project had three objectives: (1) to develop hybrid forms of publications, (2) to develop a database
allowing for aggregation of content attributes and associations across the individual book Web sites, and (3) to
disseminate the results of the experiences in preparing enhanced publications. Regarding the first objective, a
template constructed within the WordPress platform was to be used to construct Web sites to complement the
four selected books. These Web sites were to contain a broad range of features:
Supplementary resources (e.g., links, blogs, chapter appendices, author profiles);
Chapter visualizations (e.g., animations, figures, tables) in color;
Hyperlinks, both internal and external to the book texts;
Author updating of site materials;
Search features.
Regarding the second objective, a database was to be developed that would allow for aggregation of content
attributes and associations across the individual book Web sites, such that topical relationships, intellectual
underpinnings, and contextual factors could be made explicit. Fundamental to this approach is a focus on Web-
based texts as dynamic and evolving discourses rather than completed works ready to be archived.
The third objective of the project was to disseminate the results of the experiences in preparing enhanced
publications. This objective involved sharing experiences through a range of activities: conference papers and
presentations, such as this paper for the PKS conference; journal publications, such as a theme issue of New
Media & Society; and discussions with publishers and other players involved in scholarly publishing.
Four books were selected for inclusion in the project: three edited anthologies and a single-author university-
level textbook:
Jankowski, N. W. (2009). e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice. New York: Routledge.
Wouters, P., Beaulieu, A., Scharnhorst, A., & Wyatt, S. (forthcoming, under review by MIT Press).
Virtual Knowledge.
Park, D., Jankowski, N. W., & Jones, S. (2011). The Long History of New Media: Technology,
Historiography, and Newness Contextualized. New York: Peter Lang.
Jankowski, N. W. (forthcoming 2012). Digital Media: Concepts & Issues, Research & Resources.
Cambridge UK: Polity Press.
The conceptual foundations of the Web sites and the underlying principles of the database architecture are
elaborated in the next section. Web sites complementing three of the four scholarly book publications noted
above are presented in the subsequent section (the fourth book is insufficiently developed to merit
presentation at this time). Finally, in the concluding section we reflect on the overall project and note areas
where further work is to be undertaken.
PLATFORM DESIGN AND FEATURES
As an important mode of scholarly communication, particularly in the humanities, the academic book format
has experienced relatively little enhancement from the affordances of digital media, networked content, and
database technologies. In this project we leverage the potential for creating enhancements for the book in its
present form. The basic architecture for this project includes a database-driven Web site for each of four
traditionally-published books, along with a central aggregation database that facilitates synchronization
features and will in a future stage of development include queries within and across the four books.
As reflected in Figure 1, a conceptual diagram of the project, content on each book Web site is managed with a
local database, connected to a central database. In this way, the linkage is established for aggregation and each
book Web site retains an individual Web presence with local content management and storage. In addition to
the five Web sites (four book Web sites and the central project Web site), a central accomplishment for the
project is the launch of Semantic WordPress for Digital Scholarship, termed Semantic WORDS, and two
specially tailored open source plugins designed to introduce traditionally published books to Web-based
scholarly communication.
Each of the four book Web sites contains a broad range of features intended to enhance the printed versions of
these books, including supplementary resources, visualizations, intertextual linking of content, and formal
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3. structuring of content using Semantic Web ontologies. In a subsequent phase, further development is planned
of the central database in order to facilitate aggregation of content across the individual book Web sites, such
that object relationships, discursive threads, and contextual factors can be made explicit.
Figure 1: Schematic Diagram of EP Project
The following Web sites have been developed as part of this project:
Central Project Web site;
e-Research book Web site;
Virtual Knowledge book Web site;
Long History of New Media book Web site.
In this project we employed the WordPress Content Management System (CMS) as the foundation for the Web
sites, both for its relative ubiquity and ease of use. According to the recent World Wide Web Technology
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Survey (W Techs), the WordPress platform is used by 14% of the largest one million Web sites on the Internet,
which amounts to more than half of the Web sites using a content management system.
The development strategy for this project focused in the first place on academic practice: how academics in the
social sciences and humanities conduct scholarship. This priority informed development-specific functionality
and interfaces. To this end, the relative ease of using WordPress played an important role. Figure 2 displays the
functional modules of the platform in three clusters: the WordPress software (upper left), community-
developed WordPress plugins (lower left) and the custom-developed plugins (right).
Semantic WordPress for Digital Scholarship
The Semantic WordPress for Digital Scholarship framework (Semantic WORDS) is the basis for this hybrid
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platform, which leverages Web 2.0 participatory modes of scholarly communication combined with formalized
content structures imposed by Semantic Web formats; see Figures 2 and 4. The Semantic WORDS software is
developed as open source for use with the WordPress Content Management Software, which is also open
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For background and rationale of this hybrid approach to enhanced publications, see Tatum, (10 June 2011) ‘Web 2.0
and/or Semantic Web?’ available on the Digital Scholarship site.
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4. source. Semantic WORDS is comprised of two custom plugins that are integrated with WordPress and Zotero,
the open source, Web annotation and citation management system.
Figure 2: Semantic WORDS Functional diagram
Enhanced Bibliplug
The first of the Semantic WORDS plugins, Enhanced Bibliplug, provides a suite of features for authors, which
are focused on organization and publication of academic content on the Web. Features include custom page
templates for academic texts, integration with Zotero for citation management, and expanded author profile
pages for CV content management, such as publications, presentations, projects and other related career
accomplishments. In addition to providing authors with advanced tools for publishing on the Web, Bibliplug
facilitates visibility (e.g., in search engines) of relationships between and among researchers, institutions, and
both formal and informal scholarly communication.
Bibliplug was first developed for the Virtual Knowledge Studio (VKS) in 2009, and is still in use on some dozen
project-related Web sites. At the time of development, the goal was to create a central repository for all
researchers affiliated with the Studio to organize their academic work. The initial design included: (a) database
schema for storing bibliographical references, (b) administration pages to manage the references, and (c) short
code for easy retrieval of references based on author, year, and publication type.
In this project we further developed the plugin and re-released it as Enhanced Bibliplug. Added functionality
includes: (a) the ability to connect and synchronize with Zotero accounts (see Figure 3), (b) a custom Author
page template to display user’s academic title and affiliation, bio, and CV content such as publications and
presentations, (c) the ability to export bibliography data in RDF format based on the SPAR ontologies, and (d)
the ability to group references based on categories and tags.
Enhanced Publication for WordPress
The second plugin, Enhanced Publication for WordPress, works in parallel with Bibliplug. Added content is
simultaneously structured in Semantic Web formats based on academic publishing ontologies. Unlike many
Semantic Web applications, this plugin includes integration of a visualization feature, such that object
relationships can be browsed with the InContext application developed by the SURFfoundation. The central
function of this plugin is to describe a WordPress site as an OAI-ORE aggregated book (an enhanced
publication). In this structure, we convert WordPress pages into book chapters and use various other plugins to
facilitate and describe reference lists, authors and editors, and attachments. For visualizing the content object
relationships, we employ SURF’s InContext Visualiser; see Figure 5.
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5. This combination of Web site and book objects was not readily compatible with any single ontology. We
therefore selected a list of related ontologies to describe the full content of the aggregation. Following is a list
of ontologies used in creating a new ontology that satisfied this need:
RDF: Resource Description Framework Ontology;
OAI-ORE Vocabulary for Resource Aggregation;
DCTerms: Dublin Core Metadata Ontology;
FOAF: Friend of a Friend Ontology;
FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records Ontology;
SWAN: Provenance, Authoring and Versioning in scientific discourse Ontology;
RES: Academic Researchers Ontology;
BiRO: Bibliographic Reference Ontology;
FaBiO: FRBR-aligned Bibliographic Ontology;
PRISM: Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata Ontology;
ESCAPE-Display: Vocabulary for describing inverse relationship of FOAF.
In addition to our custom plugins, we use several plugins from among the wide range of open source plugins
developed by the WordPress community. Eleven of these are depicted in the diagram shown in Figure 2. We
use another three plugins to augment functionality in our custom plugins: Co-Authors Plus, Ninja Page
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Categories and Tags, and User Avatar.
Figure 3: Zotero Admin page in WordPress
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The WordPress community has produced more than 15,000 plugins; see http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/.
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6. Figure 4: Semantic WORDS Aggregation Structure
Figure 5: InContext Visualization – Screenshot from the Virtual Knowledge Web site
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7. ENHANCING SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
This section presents work undertaken in developing the Web sites for three traditionally published, or to be
published, books noted above. Inasmuch as there are specific details and features related to each, they are
presented in separate subdivisions of this section. All of the book Web sites, however, are based on a uniform
template constructed within the WordPress content management system described in the previous section.
Book 1: e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice
The book e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice was released mid-2009 by Routledge and reflects
the characteristic features of traditionally published and specialized scholarly monographs: hardcover, black
text printed on white paper, and figures reproduced in tones of gray. There is no use of color in the book, other
than on the cover. A Web-based enhanced version of this publication could include myriad features associated
with Web sites, such as:
Illustrations, figures and tables, in color;
Internal hyperlinks between sections of the book;
External hyperlinks to related Internet-based materials;
Supplementary resources for book chapters (e.g. recent publications, multimedia and other materials).
Many additional features are also possible:
Interlinking index terms with book text;
Chapter references with hyperlinks;
Author search via Google Scholar for other publications;
Key word search for similar publications;
Periodic updating of material by chapter authors;
Comment and blog functions facilitating interactions between readers and authors.
Routledge granted permission to place the text of the book on the Web site, and this has allowed us to illustrate
how the chapters will be presented in both pdf and html file formats. At this time, two chapters have been
prepared in this fashion. Figure 7 shows the Web site page with links to presentations given by authors; Figure 8
illustrates information on related books and links to sites associated with these publications. Figure 9 depicts
author information from the database created for the book.
Although preparation of the Web site complementing this book is well underway, the text for all 17 chapters
has not yet been uploaded to the site. Once completed, these chapter presentations will also include the
following functionalities:
Search function through chapter texts;
Hyperlinks embedded in chapters;
Pop-up figures and tables in chapters.
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8. Figure 7: Links to presentations given by contributors to e-Research
Figure 8: Publications related to e-Research
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9. Figure 9: Author information from e-Research database
Book 2: Virtual Knowledge
The book manuscript Virtual Knowledge is based on research prepared by scholars associated with the Virtual
Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS), established by the Royal Netherlands Academy
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of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in 2006. The primary objective of the VKS was to facilitate innovative research
practices in the humanities and social sciences, and the book Virtual Knowledge is designed to reflect that aim.
Contributions came from scholars associated with the three divisions of the VKS: in Amsterdam, Rotterdam
(Erasmus Studio), and Maastricht (Maastricht Studio). One function of the book project was to enhance
cohesion among the wide array of VKS projects and to foster interactions among staff at the three divisions of
VKS.
From its conception, VKS intended to initiate and conduct new research practices, and to engage with on-going
innovative practices of other researchers. In this regard, VKS researchers were both ‘makers’ and ‘observers’ of
new digital scholarship. Two notions central to Science and Technology Studies (STS), which constituted the
home discipline of many of the central members of the VKS, are practice and community. These notions are
reflected in the preparation of Virtual Knowledge and in the complementing Web site. Regarding the book,
three workshops were conducted during preparation of chapters; regarding the Web site, one workshop was
held related to preparing and uploading contact for the site.
Based on interactions during preparation of the book, it was decided to prepare a Web complement to the
print volume. Several considerations contributed to adoption of this idea:
To continue interactions among authors;
To support the formation of a community around ideas expressed in the book;
To embed the book in an emerging environment of similar books;
To disseminate and promote of the book.
To support preparation of an enhanced publication for the book and to explore how preparation of such a Web
complement might facilitate the previously mentioned community function, a workshop was organized in April
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The VKS concluded operation on 31 December 2010 and the e-Humanities Group has been mandated to continue the
work of the VKS in a more focused manner and under a modified organizational structure. Further aspects of this transition
are indicated on the Web site of the e-Humanities Group.
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10. 2011 for book contributors. Of the 17 contributors, seven attended the workshop. The event provided
opportunity for participants to become familiar with the Web site and the general procedures for uploading
information, including bibliographic entries that were submitted with a specially prepared plugin for the
WordPress site. The workshop concluded with a general discussion, during which some persons expressed
regret at not being involved in an earlier stage in order to contribute to the design process and the user
interface with the site. This discussion was continued in a post-workshop survey that allowed all contributors to
reflect on the Web site under construction.
The level of contribution during and after the workshop was modest. While content has been uploaded to the
site, much remains to be completed. That acknowledged, preparation for the workshop did stimulate members
of the project team to complete the Web site template and specially developed plugins for bibliographic
entries. Some of the criticisms of the workshop and reservations about an enhanced publication included:
Inadequate involvement of the book editors in the planning;
Unclear value of a book Web site for authors;
Time constraints prevented engagement at the desired level;
Uncertainty about the utility of some site features, including author photos and videos;
Technical problems experienced with the site, including functioning of the interface;
Insufficient support from project team members in using the site.
Some of the positive reactions to the workshop and EP Project included:
Appreciation for being able to link references;
Acknowledgment of potential value in creating cohesion of edited collections through an enhanced
publication;
Value of Web site for author visibility;
Relevancy of site to own research practices.
Negotiations are ongoing with the publisher to which the book manuscript Virtual Knowledge has been
submitted for consideration. Preliminary reactions reflect interest in publishing the volume and in combining
the book with an enhanced publication in the form developed during this project. To this end, a preliminary
Web site has been prepared for the book and includes the basic functionalities included in the WordPress
template; see Figure 10 for illustration of the page describing the book.
Many of the functionalities for the accompanying Web site will remain important and further work will be
required to complete preparation of the content related to these features (e.g., providing supplementary
resources such as links, uploading bibliographic entries, completing video films of authors reflecting on their
chapters).
It is anticipated that a second workshop for authors may be necessary once arrangements have been made
with the publisher regarding preparation of the book. This workshop will build on the experiences of the initial
workshop held during this project.
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11. Figure 10: Page ‘About the Book’ from Virtual Knowledge site
Book 3: The Long History of New Media
The third book that is part of this project on enhanced publishing was released by Peter Lang in May 2011 and
is entitled The Long History of New Media: Technology, Historiography, and Contextualizing Newness. As with
the other books in the project, this is an edited volume and has been prepared and published in a manner
reflective of conventional procedures for scholarly publishing. The book was released as a paperback and the
cover consists of a designed arrangement of book title and names of editors. The text of the book is printed in
black ink on white paper; there are few illustrations and no tables in the book.
The Web site constructed for The Long History of New Media contains a similar set of features as prepared for
the other two books and uses the same WordPress template for the site; see Figure 10 illustrating the
homepage of the site and Figure 11 containing biographical sketches of contributing authors.
Inasmuch as the book has recently been released by the publisher Peter Lang and no prior arrangement was
made for reproducing the full book manuscript, only introductory paragraphs from the chapters have been
uploaded to the site, along with the text of the introduction chapter. These texts are temporary additions to
the site and require approval from the publisher before the site is formally announced, which is planned for the
autumn 2011.
The Web site is under construction and the content will mirror that available on the site for the e-Research
book, and include the following features:
Book-related materials: description of book, table of contents, chapter abstracts, figures from
chapters, compilation of references, and publisher information.
Profiles of contributors: photos and bios of authors and editors;
Supplementary resources: lists of institutions, publications, videos, and presentations related to Web
history;
Topic-related blogs: group blog for authors of the book, individual blogs by book authors, and other
blogs relevant to the themes in the book;
Interlinking index terms with book text;
Figures reproduced on Web site; figures in color;
Chapter references with hyperlinks and an overall bibliography for book;
Author search via Google Scholar for other publications by author;
Key word search for similar publications based on chapter titles.
Figure 10: Homepage of site for Long History of New Media
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12. Figure 11: Author biographical sketches, Long History of New Media
CONCLUSION
In this project a form of enhanced publication has been developed for traditionally prepared and published
scholarship. The undertaking has involved an accelerated learning experience in the terminology and models
underlying the initial SURF tender. We accepted the opportunity made available by the tender to achieve our
initial and central objectives: preparation of Web sites to complement traditionally published scholarly
monographs, along with construction of an overarching database containing materials from those monographs.
We were intentionally ambitious in formulation of objectives for the project, and it is not surprising that those
objectives were only partially accomplished. Still, the work undertaken reflects considerable accomplishment
during the six months available for the project. Much remains to be done, however, and some of the remaining
tasks are itemized in this section. Beyond a ‘to do’ list, this section reflects on the overall project and ‘next
steps’ that build on and extend beyond this SURF project with enhanced publishing.
Original objectives
Three objectives were formulated in the revised proposal submitted in January 2011 by the e-Humanities
Group to the SURFfoundation: (1) develop Web sites to complement four printed volumes released by
commercial and university-based publishers; (2) develop a database allowing for aggregation of content across
the individual book Web sites; and (3) share the experiences in preparing enhanced publications through
conventional channels for scholarly communication, informal and formal. Each of these objectives involved a
range of specific activities, and a summary of the activities undertaken is presented below.
Activities undertaken
The initial WordPress template for the book Web sites was redesigned to facilitate ease of use by book authors
and ensure basic uniformity in the presentation of site content. Plugins for the site were designed, tested, and
implemented; these plugins facilitate author uploading of references. Web sites were prepared for each of the
four books using a common template, and illustrations of content for each of the books was uploaded to the
respective sites. The amount of content uploaded varied per book because of the different phase of completion
and ‘life cycle’ of each book. For example, the book e-Research was released two years ago and the publisher
agreed to allow the full text of the book to be placed on the Web site. The book Digital Media, in contrast, is
still being written and only brief descriptions of chapters are made available. A database has been constructed
for each of the book titles and these individual databases are integrated into an overall database. Finally, a
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13. range of dissemination activities have been initiated: from individual talks with publishers and authors to
formulation of proposals for conference panels and papers.
Remaining tasks
Perhaps the most pressing task remaining to be achieved involves further population of the four book Web
sites with content. This is a prerequisite to approaching the authors of the respective books and requesting
update of material. We envision availability of adequate content on each of the sites by late 2011, at which
time we will invite chapter authors to revise and update the content as necessary. In the case of the book
Virtual Knowledge, site completion will be performed in consultation with the publisher of the volume which
has expressed strong interest in such a complementary Web venue to the printed volume.
Reflections
Three points merit comment in this final section of the report: (1) project duration, (2) database construction,
and (3) the original aspiration of this project to accentuate the communicative component of enhancing
scholarly publications. First, six months is a very short period of time and is inadequate to achieve the initially
formulated objectives. With hindsight, we should have strived for less in order to achieve more. That
acknowledged, progress was made across four different scholarly titles for development of complementing
sites using a platform with a large and active community of users. Second, we initiated construction of a
database for objects from each of the books with some reservation, not knowing whether and how the
construction would develop. As it turned out, this component of the project developed well and the work
accomplished positively reflects the potential of enhanced publications containing such infrastructure. Third
and finally, we underestimated the need for exchange with book editors and authors; although one of the
books, Virtual Knowledge, was well-placed regarding short communication lines and author interest, we
nevertheless encountered considerable reservation at the time of a specially planned workshop, partially
reflected in limited attendance and subsequent uploading of content. The ‘lesson’ from this experience is that
the need for personal communication among central players should not be underestimated.
In conclusion, it may be appropriate to mention that all members of the e-Humanities Group Enhanced
Publication Project are extending the achievements of this project into other arenas of journal and book
publishing. Other enhanced publications are in preliminary stages of planning as well as preparation of
reflective texts on this trajectory of scholarly communication. We welcome the challenges these plans involve
and in contributing further to a hybrid form of Web-based and traditional publishing.
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