Enhancing Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences:

Innovation through Hybrid Forms of Publication

Final Project Presentation

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KNAW e-Humanities Group / Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS)

SURFfoundation Program Enhanced Publications

e-Humanities Group Enhanced Publication Project teamNicholas W. Jankowski, Andrea Scharnhorst, Clifford Tatum, Zuotian Tatum

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Six Months Earlier...project objectives (1)

1. Hybrid book publications: Web complement to 4 books – supplementary resources (links, blogs, chapter appendices, author profiles);– chapter visualizations, color (animations, figures, tables)– Hyperlinks (internal &external to texts)– author updating– search features

Books• e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice. N. W. Jankowski, ed., Routledge, 2009.• Virtual Knowledge. P. Wouters, A. Beaulieu, A. Scharnhorst & S. Wyatt, eds., submitted MIT Press.• Digital Media: Concepts & Issues, Research & Resources. N. Jankowski, Polity Press, Digital Media and Society,

forthcoming 2011.• The Long History of New Media: Technology, Historiography, and Newness Contextualized. D. Park, N. Jankowski & S.

Jones, eds., Peter Lang, part of Digital Formations series, forthcoming 2011.

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Six Months Earlier...project objectives (2)

2. Database: aggregation of content across sites, relationships, underpinnings & context made explicit

3. Dissemination: conference panels & workshop, instructional materials

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End of the Road...project achievements (to date)• Web sites complementing 3 books (not yet 4)

– Original WordPress template expanded: new format, plugins– Construction of open source plugin for ESCAPE resource map– Training workshop held for authors / editors of Virtual Knowledge book

• Database built– Illustrative of within interlinking– between book interlinking remains ‘in theory’

• Dissemination to users-producers (details at digital Scholarship)– Consultations with publishers, editors, authors (conference-oriented brochure)– Presentations held & planned

• ACM Web Science Conference , Altmetrics workshop (14-15 June)• Conference OII / iCS Symposium, Decade of Internet Time (21-24 Sept.): two panels• Public Knowledge Project (PKP) conference (26-28 Sept.): paper accepted

– New Media & Society theme issue in preparation

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End of the Road...project achievements (to come)• Web sites

– Completion of site for 4th book (illustrative of features & functionality)– Refinement of sites, suitable for distribution to authors, editors, publishers– Preparation of training materials for authors / editors

• Database– Refinement: debugging, extension to ‘between’ book interlinking

• Dissemination (details to be posted at digital Scholarship)– Conference materials (papers) to be posted– NM&S theme issue: posting of article summaries; 2 articles open access– Continuance of discussions with publishers / editors / authors about collaboration

• Expectations– 2nd wave of book enhancements (1-4 titles)– Arrangements with publisher / editor of book series– Book project (see epilogue)

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EP Functional Diagram

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Bibliplug Enhanced (1)

Bibliplug Enhanced (2)

Bibliplug Enhanced (3)

Enhanced Pub. plugin for WordPress (1)

Enhanced Pub. plugin for WordPress (2)

Resource Map From WP

Aggregation Structure

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Book(site)

Chapters(pages)

Authors(users)

has

creator

Bibliographic work(bibliplug references)

references

Index terms(keywords)

references

Images(media files)

aggregates

creator

has

aggregationresource

person

creator

aggregates

Concept of community & shared practices

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IngestAuthor profilesPublicationsReferences (part)Blogs

“Export”DisseminationVisibilityContextualizationEngaging in scholarly discourse

Criteria for successful adoption-Near to existing adopted practices-Amount of provided context (adding content versus editing context)-Linking to other on-line environments (Zotero)

Coming to a Close....future of EP...today Our Choice

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Coming to a Close....future of EP...today: Making Online News

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Thank You!

Comments & Questions

Further informationDigital Scholarship

ContactKNAW e-Humanities GroupNicholas W. Jankowski, Andrea Scharnhorst, Clifford Tatum, Zuotian Tatum

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Epilogue….another next step: a book project

Available: Marjan Vernooy-Gerritsen (ed.) (2009). Enhanced Publications: Linking Publications and Research Data in Digital Repositories. Amsterdam University Press.

Propose: Preparation of International book on EP (SURF projects & other initiatives)

Topics•History of enhanced publications: bibliographic unit, hypertext

•Comparison of interpretations of enhanced publication: national & international initiatives; EP & open access movement

•The making of an EP – technological opportunities and challenges: From xml to WordPress to rdf - the technical backbone of EP between Web 2.0 & Web 3.0;

•EP in scholarly practices of different communities: Examples from different communities & how EP is adopted

•Visions of the future of EP: from main stakeholders (publishing houses, libraries, repositories, universities, scientific communities)

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