Septics

2014-12-07

Researchers from the US and UK are negative towards the use of repositories and social media for publishing and sceptical about their potential for increasing usage or reaching a wider audience.

Hamid R. Jamali, David Nicholas, Anthony Watkinson, Eti Herman, Carol Tenopir, Kenneth Levine, Suzie Allard, Lisa Christian, Rachel Volentine, Reid Boehm, Frances Nichols. How scholars implement trust in their reading, citing and publishing activities: Geographical differences. Library & Information Science Research 36 (2014)

West London

2014-11-27 20:20

Professor David Nicholas has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of West London's School of Computing and Technology in recognition of his outstanding work in Information Studies.

Malaysia

2014-11-16 15:20

Publications from ICoLIS 2014 Kuala Lumpur, 4–5 November 2014: In what scholarly channels and resources do authors trust to read, cite and publish? a Malaysian study; and The Google generation, the mobile phone and the 'library' of the future: implications for society, governments and libraries. Plus two presentations: Scholarly Communications: The Digital Transition, Open Access, Social Media and Trustworthiness; the mobile phone and the library of the future,

Drivers of Science

2014-10-29 14:33

JRC-IPTS expert workshop, Sevilla, Spain. Dave Nicholas' presentation on day one: Emerging reputational mechanisms: what are they, who are they, how are they doing and do they fit the bill?

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Trends and Research

2014-09-30 12:30

Published as an open access book by Springer and in print from November, Library and Information Sciences trends and research is edited by Chuanfu Chen (Wuhan University, China) and Ronald Larsen. It features abundant case studies written by LIS experts, educators and theorists, who have visited China, delivered presentations there and drafted their articles based on feedback they received. As a result readers will discover LIS issues from China’s perspective

Nicholas and Clark have contributed a chapter 'Information Seeking Behaviour and Usage on a Multi-media Platform: Case Study Europeana'.

Friends

2014-07-28 14:30

The Quakers have appointed CIBER to undertake a study of its libraries and archives at Friends House in London and Woodbrooke Study Centre in Birmingham.

The Library of the Society of Friends was founded by the Yearly Meeting in 1673 with the expressed purpose of collecting materials published by and in opposition to Quakers.

Emerging Reputation

2014-07-08 13:26

Analysis of emerging reputation mechanisms for scholars is a six-month study for The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) in Seville, one of the European Commission's seven research institutes.

Traditionally, the scientific reputation of researchers is closely linked to successful publication in high-impact journals and the citations of those publications. Online, bibliometric indicators have developed as a mechanism for reputation. With new forms of working amid disruptive technologies do such conventional indicators reflect reputation and impact in the field of science?

The aim of this exploratory study is to outline future directions for research and practices in order to refine Digital Science 2.0 related policies and actions in Europe.