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English Language, Linguistics and Literature.: Selected Readings of Classical Writings for Linguistic Theory, Literature History, and Applications of the English Language.
No full textThis collection contains selected readings of Ccassical writings for linguistic theory, literature history, and applications of the English language in documents from the early beginnings to the 20th century
Attracted to open access journals: A bibliometric author analysis in the field of biology
No full textInternational audiencePurpose - Scholars from developing countries have limited access to research publications due to expensive subscription costs. However, the open access movement is challenging the constraint to access. Consequently, researchers in developing countries are often mentioned as major recipients of the benefits when advocating open access (OA). One of the implications of that argument is that authors from developing countries are more likely to perceive open access positively than authors from developed countries. The present study is an investigation of the use of open access by researchers from developing countries and is thus a supplement to the existing author surveys and interviews. Design/methodology/approach – Bibliometric analyses of both publishing behaviour and citing behaviour in relations to OA publishing provide evidence of the impact of open access on developing countries. Findings – The results of the multivariate linear regression show that open access journals are not characterised by a different composition of authors than the traditional toll access journals. Furthermore, the results show that authors from developing countries do not cite open access more than authors from developed countries. Originality/value – This paper argues that authors from developing countries are not more attracted to open access than authors from developed countries. Keywords – open access, bibliometrics, author analysis, developing countries. Article Type: Research pape
Costs and Benefits of Alternative Publishing Models: Denmark
No full textA report of Costs and Benefits of Alternative Publishing Models in DenmarkA knowledge economy has been defined as one in which the generation and exploitation of knowledge has come to play the predominant part in the creation of wealth. It is not simply about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge; it is also about the more effective use and exploitation of all types of knowledge in all manner of economic activities (DTI 1998). Scholarly publishing plays a key role as it is central to the efficiency of research and to the dissemination of research findings and diffusion of scientific and technical knowledge. But advances in information and communication technologies are disrupting traditional publishing models, radically changing our capacity to reproduce, distribute, control and publish information. One key question is whether there are new opportunities and new models for scholarly publishing that might better serve researchers and more effectively communicate and disseminate research findings (OECD 2005, p14). Building on previous work, this study looks at the costs and potential benefits of alternative models for scientific and scholarly publishing. The work began in Australia in 2006 with a study of Research Communication Costs, Emerging Opportunities and Benefits (Houghton et al. 2006). This was followed by a major study of the Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the UK (Houghton et al. and Oppenheim et al. 2009). The aim of this study is to apply the same basic approach to exploring the costs and potential benefits of alternative models for scholarly publishing in Denmark
Arslantepe, Malatya (Turkey): Textiles, Tools and Imprints of Fabrics from the Fourth to the Second Millennium BCE
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: Rapport til Det humanistiske Fakultet, KU, 2009
No full textShort analysis and action proposals concerning e-publication, prepared for the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhage
Universitetsbibliotekerne og Sociale Teknologier
No full textI denne rapport forsøges at skabe et overblik over de mest udbredte eksisterende sociale teknologier og sociale netværkssider samt at sammenstille et review af litteraturen om emnet. De sociale teknologier omfatter blandt andet RSS-feeds, Wikis, blogs, multimedie filer, Instant Messaging, tagging. I denne forbindelse defineres begreberne Web 2.0 og Library 2.0. De teknologier der er rygraden i Web 2.0 (og dermed Library 2.0), er som det vises i rapporten ikke nok til at definere Web 2.0 og Library 2.0, fordi disse begreber er mere en måde at tænke på i designet af hjemmesider end en liste af værktøj. Indbegrebet af Web 2.0 er at delagtiggøre brugerne, således at de er medskabere af indholdet på siden og ikke kun forbrugere. Deres aktiviteter (hvad enten det er upload, download eller trafik) er med til at definere sidens indhold. Library 2.0 er biblioteksinformationsservice på en ny måde, hvor lånerne kan opleve en mere dynamisk og integreret service samtidig med at de teknologier, siden benytter sig af, gør det muligt at ”atomisere” informationerne, altså tilgængeliggøre information fra biblioteket således at den kan bruges af andres services. Et godt eksempel er RSS-feeds, der giver information på en simpel måde, som andres hjemmesider kan gøre brug af. Universitets- og forskningsbibliotekerne benytter sig i stigende omfang af de forskellige sociale teknologier, herunder mobiltelefonteknologi til at skabe tidssvarende internetsider og –services. De sociale netværkssider, som f.eks. Facebook, MySpace og Twitter anvendes også i stigende grad dels til at markedsføre biblioteket og dels til at tilbyde sine services. Der er en til stadighed voksende mængde litteratur om forskningsbiblioteker og sociale teknologier/netværkssider. Denne litteratur findes i form af rapporter, bøger og artikler i tidsskrifter og magasiner men også i de nye informationskanaler som blogs og wikis. De fleste forfattere er positive over for udviklingen på området. De peger på, at eftersom antallet af besøgende på bibliotekernes hjemmesider er faldende, på trods af at den generelle benyttelse af internet er stigende, må bibliotekerne finde nye måder at tilbyde sine services på samt markedsføre disse bedre. Som det fremgår, findes der mange forskellige måder at gribe det an på, og litteraturen præsenterer mange forskellige eksempler på bibliotekers eksperimenter med den nye teknologi og måder at designe services på. Langt de fleste, hvis ikke alle, biblioteker har en RSS-feed, men det er langt fra alle, der har præsentationer af biblioteket på YouTube, eller tillader tagging og rating i kataloget. Til sidst konkluderes det, at selvom eller rettere fordi der er faldgruber i enhver udvikling, er de fleste forfattere enige om, at man er nødt til at undersøge og afprøve forskellige teknologier og til stadighed evaluere deres succes. Ikke for teknologiernes skyld men for at få mere viden om hvordan bibliotekerne kan udvikle og forbedre deres services til glæde for forskere, undervisere og studerende. Det anbefales, at Det Kongelige Bibliotek påbegynder en undersøgelse af hvilke erfaringer, bibliotekerne har gjort sig, udvikler en vision for fremtiden, der skal danne grundlag for en kommunikationsstrategi og en strategi for anvendelse af sociale teknologier i denne sammenhæng. I den forbindelse bør det overvejes, hvilke organisatoriske ændringer der er behov for for at imødekomme den hastige teknologiske udvikling. Endvidere bør der foretages en udvælgelse af eksisterende teknologier, der kan understøtte denne strategi samt herefter tilbydes Web 2.0 services i stil med f.eks. Yale University Libraries eller British Library i den udtrækning det opfylder før omtalte strategi og vision
International Cyber Society - Governing the Internet
No full textMaster's thesis at the Department of Political Science, University of CopenhagenThe thesis analyses the Internet, a political space that transcends state borders. The Internet is not chaos, but has emerged as an efficient system of governance with clear standards, norms and values. At the same time, it is a system without a centralised state authority. The three classical paradigms of realism, rationalism and revolutionism are applied in analysing the Internet as an evolving case. The following two research questions are explored: 1. Which of the three classical approaches best explains the development of the Internet? 2. Is the emergence of the Internet enhancing the power of the individual at the expense of the state? Using the three classical paradigms, pluralist theories of democracy, and Austrian coordination theory, the agenda is to find out whether the Internet has shifted the balance of power between the individual and the state. Has the Internet as a political space, in other words, given the individual opportunities to bypass state power? Has it enhanced the ability of the citizen to coordinate and act? Finally, the thesis addresses the possible reactions of the state to this apparent challenge to state sovereignty in the image of the individual, the state, and the international society of states. The Internet emerged as a spontaneous order between 1973 and 2003 as the result of contributions by various members of the international scientific community. The first phase in the evolution of the Internet is aimed at the world society, mankind, in what is mainly a revolutionist normative approach. A rationalist approach can be detected in the attempt by the Internet pioneers to transfer control of the Root file to the International Telecommunications Union - a part of the UN system - in 1997. As the economic and political importance of the Internet increases, a decidedly realist approach becomes evident. Should a national or world government destroy the efficient and free working of the Internet, the netizen may make use of his inaliable right to establish new information spaces outside state control. The technical standards – as well as norms and values – that have emerged as the Internet over the last 35 years, makes it possible for mankind to establish as a digital commonwealth, what Kant called the ius cosmopoliticum
Scholarly publishing and open access in the Nordic countries
No full textInternational audienceThis study examines aspects of scholarly publishing in the Nordic countries. On average half of Nordic journals publish online. In most Nordic countriees commercial publishers predominate; however, in Finland thje majority are society publishers.The number of open access journals is low, in line with international figures.There is concern to maintain local languages.in journal publishing. A majority of the journals publishing in local languages are within socila sciences, humanities, and arts; the STM sector publishes in Eglish. English-langiage publications are favoured in research assessments, international recognition,and impact. while the visibility of local-languag scholarly journals in international databases is low. The Nordbib program supports Nordic scholarly journals and fosters co.operation with publishing companies and learned societies over migration to e-publishing; it also supports open access. The article discusses future challenges for journal publishing, pointing out the problems of small journal publishers and the need for co-operation between stakeholders
Rapport om Samfundsvidenskabelige Primærdata
No full textRapporten er resultat af et KUBIS-projekt, om videnskabelige primærdata inden for samfundsvidenskaberne, der forløb i perioden marts til december 2009, støttet med midler fra KUBIS' Innovationspulje 2009. Projektets udgangspunkt var et ønske om at undersøge mulighederne for at bidrage med biblioteksmæssige kompetencer til arbejdet med videnskabelige digitale primærdata. På det samfundsvidenskabelige område er primærdata mangfoldige – både med hensyn til indhold, anvendelse, mængde og formater. Rapporten forsøger at belyse universitetsbibliotekets potentielle rolle med hensyn til videnskabelige primærdata. Undersøgelserne viser, at de elektroniske data, der indsamles og opbevares lokalt af forskere, især stammer fra spørgeskemaer, tests, interviews og observationer. Hovedparten af data har en kvalitativ karakter, og data opbevares på PC'er eller fællesdrev – og i mange tilfælde uden effektiv eller velorganiseret backup. En del data er personfølsomme og nogle data indsamles og/eller opbevares af eller i samarbejde med eksterne institutioner, eksempelvis Dansk Data Arkiv. Den lokale behandling af data sker gennem anvendelse af mangeartet software – og support i forbindelse med disse programmer er enten i høj grad overladt til forskerne selv, eller præget af tilfældige personlige relationer; hele processen forekommer uigennemskuelig og uoverkommelig for flere forskere. Nogle forskere udveksler og deler kun bearbejdede data, mens andre også udveksler og deler rådata. Udvekslingen sker normalt via e-mails – hvis der ikke er tale om direkte download fra en central institution. Virtuelle netværk benyttes ikke eller kun lidt. Konklusion: De samfundsvidenskabelige forskere har brug for opbevaring af data et sikkert sted, med adgang over længere tid. Set i relation til bibliotekets kompetencer forekommer det oplagt at sætte konkrete pilotprojekter i værk på området ”bevaring og personlig adgang til data"