jankowski presentation, scholarly publishing and the web, final version, 24feb2010

Scholarly Publishing & the Web:Considerations, Illustrations,

Challenges

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social SciencesSeminar: New Media and Society

24 February 2010

Nicholas W. JankowskiAdjunct Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Visiting Fellow, Virtual Knowledge Studio (VKS) for the Humanities & Social Sciences

Amsterdam, the Netherlandsnickjan@xs4all.nl

Agenda

• Introduction (ca. 10 min)

• Presentation (Jankowski, ca. 30 min)

• Discussion (ca. 20 min)

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Books in Digital Age: PerspectiveThompson, John B. (2005). Books in the Digital Age; The Transformation of Academic and Hitgher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States. Cambridge, UK: Polity

Chapter 12: The digital revolution and the publishing world

“Which types of content lend themselves to being delivered to end users in electronic formats and why?”

“Where does the use of new technologies enable content providers to add real value to their content, value which is sufficiently important for end users…that they are willing to pay for it?”

Potential added Values (NJ modified)• Hypertext links, internal & external• Textual revisions, updating (updatability)• Resources: datasets, tools, expertise• Portal function• visualizations: color, dynamic• Search function• Commentary, exchange, interactivity• Community-forming, collaboration

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new media & society

(the old) (the new)

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In Media Res

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International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM)

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International Journal of Learning and Media

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Article of the Future: Prototype 1

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Article of the Future: 2

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Article of the Future: 3 (Prototype 2)

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Summary

• Stability and change• (desperate) need for theoretical perspective• e.g.….– openness…open access…making public…public

sphere– ‘prosumer’

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Discussion

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