to the mobile space

2013-10-01 12:53

Smartphone and tablet are set to become the main platform for searching the Web and yet our knowledge of how mobile consumers use information, especially scholarly information, is imperfect. CIBER Research working with Europeana has been studying the problem since 2009. Some of the latest research is described in: David Nicholas and David Clark. The second digital transition: to the mobile space — an analysis of Europeana. Learned Publishing Vol. 26 Nr. 4, October 2013, pp240–252

at EASE with Trust

2013-09-24 13:20

Anthony Watkinson's presentation to the Europeana Association of Science Editors on the subject of trust and authority in scholarly communication outlines preliminary results from our most recent research.

Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing

2013-09-21 11:02

The Council of ALPSP was delighted to make this award to Anthony Watkinson in recognition of his support for and commitment to the interests of the scholarly publishing industry over many years. During his varied and eminent career across the breadth of the industry, he has worked in research, as a scholarly librarian, and held senior roles with major publishing houses. He has also been involved in teaching as a visiting professor at the City University and UCL. He is currently principal consultant for CIBER Research, director of the Charleston Conference and Fiesole Collection, a consultant to the Publishers Association, a course director with STM and still finds time to teach at UCL and Oxford Brookes University.

Trust and Authority

2013-09-13 21:37

Dave Nicholas and Carol Tenopir of the College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, have been awarded $277,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a 15 month study of academic researchers' trust in scholarly information sources. The final report is now in preparation. more...

Globalização, Ciência, Informação

2013-08-07 08:58

Trust and authority in scholarly communications will be David Nicholas' theme when he gives the inaugural address at VI Econtro Ibérico EDICIC 2013 (4–6 November 2013, Universidade do Porto)

#AllezCulture

2013-07-03 22:50

Europeana is the infrastructure supporting Europe's free digital library, museum and archive. Current EU funding for Europeana and related services is over €30million per year. Following a drastic cut from €9 billion to €1 billion in the budget for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Europeana is now being asked to once again put the case for funding under revised guidelines. It will face severe competition from other digital services such as e-Justice, e-Health and Safer Internet.

#AllezCulture is a campaign to continue the funding of Europeana, look ahead for new partnerships, and open up collections to new audiences.

The recently published journal article: Nicholas, D., Clark, D., Rowlands, I. and Jamali, H. R., Information on the go: A case study of Europeana mobile users. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 64: pp1311–1322. July 2013 and a CIBER study commissioned by Europeana: Europeana 2012–2013: usage and performance update show how, following five years of progress in digital cultural programmes, Europeana continues to make cultural connections across Europe.

people, platforms, information

2013-06-08 21:46

Adapting to disruptive technologies and creating value with people, platforms and information is the theme of Online Information 2013, London, 19–20 November. David Nicholas will be contibuting an analysis of "Information on the Go"— anywhere, anytime, any device".

unabatedly accumulating abundance of information

2013-05-01 12:26

Routledge has set a December publication date for a new collection in the Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series: Information Science edited by David Nicholas and Eti Herman. In four volumes and over seventeen-hundred pages, this opus presents information science as a crucial site for scholarly exploration.