pressforward presentation at the western humanities alliance annual meeting, november 2013
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Presentation by Project Director Joan Fragaszy Troyano at the Western Humanities Alliance Annual Meeting, November 1, 2013, University of California San Diego. Panel: New Publishing Tools, Aggregators and PressesTRANSCRIPT
Scholarship and Publication, the Web WayPRESSFORWARD
http://pressforward.org@pressfwd
Joan Fragaszy Troyano [email protected]
@joanftroyano
PressForwardImproving the Scholarly Communication Ecosystem
repositories individualsweb publications communitiesOpen Web
Gray Literature conference papers reports “blessays” lectures pre-prints data sets
Goals discuss evaluatehighlight disseminate share accelerate
http://pressforward.org/discovering-scholarship
PressForwardHelping make gray literature be findable and usable
Surfacing from open web sources
Sharing curatorial efforts with others
Recognition of Opportunity and Value
Facilitating selection and publication process
PressForward Methodology in Practice
digitalhumanitiesnow.orgjournalofdigitalhumanities.org
* Graphic by Spencer Roberts *
Instructions and Criteria: http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/editors-corner/
PressForward Methodology
Case Study: Digital Humanities Now
Disseminating for broader reach
Nominating & selecting content based on value:item you would forward?item you would discuss?
Aggregating from multiple sources
Sources, Instructions, and Criteria: http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/editors-corner/
PressForward MethodologyCase Study: Digital Humanities Now
digitalhumanitiesnow.orgjournalofdigitalhumanities.org
PressForward Methodology in Practice
PressForward MethodologyCase Study: Journal of Digital Humanities
Post-publication sourcing for non-traditional works of lasting valuejournalofdigitalhumanities.org
PressForward TechnologyPlugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content
https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
Aggregated Content
PressForward TechnologyPlugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content
https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
Reading View
PressForward TechnologyPlugin to Aggregate, Review, Discuss, and Publish Content
https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
Review and Discussion
PressForward TechnologyAutomated Surfacing of Potential Content
Active learning�
When used? Label data is expensive or time consuming. Why used good results for smallamounts of labeled data in imbalanced set;�
Support Vector Machine (SVM)�
http://pressforward.org/classifier-research
slide and research by Xin Guan, George Mason University
sustainability of publications
http://pressforward.org
enhancing plugin
improving machine filtering
sourcing from repositories
documenting and sharing methods
crediting of gray literature
PressForwardNext Steps
PressForwardOpportunities for Methodology and Technology
collaborations with librarians
emerging interdisciplinary groups
tracking research impact and altmetrics
existing scholarly communities
collaborations with information scientists
http://pressforward.org/research-and-reports/
Scholarship and Publication, the Web WayPRESSFORWARD
http://pressforward.org@pressfwd
Joan Fragaszy Troyano [email protected]
@joanftroyano
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