[DEVC 154] Lesson 3A

Scholarly communication

Defined as a system through which research and other scholarly writings are: created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to scholarly community, and preserved for future use

1. Generate

2. Review

3. Disseminate

4. Acquire

5. Preserve

6. Discover

7. Access

8. Assimilate

What is the scholarly communication lifecycle?

Scholarly Communication

From the Rider University Libraries: It is a process by which academics, students, researchers conduct research; collect information from that research into a publishable format (print or electronic); have their research reviewed; and distributed.

1. Data Collection, Research, and Analysis

2. Authoring

3. Peer Review

4. Rights Management

5. Publication Model

6. Discovery

7. Collaboration and Discoverability

What is the scholarly communication lifecycle from University of Washington Libraries for Open Access Week (2011) Exhibit?

1. Scholars/researchers/scientists as authors

2. Publishers

3. Libraries

4. HEIs

5. Research funding agencies

Who are the major stakeholders of scholarly communication?

Knowledge generation and scientific progress

What are the two main goals of this level?

Flow of Scientific Information, Jim Parrott

What is this diagram and who is its proponent?

1. quantitative

2. qualitative

3. pragmatic

4. advocacy/participatory

What are the four major categories of research?

quantitative

The major category of research where data are collected and converted into numerical form; statistical calculations and variables are involved.

Qualitative

The major category of research where data are recorded and analyzed in an attempt to uncover deeper meaning and significance of human behavior and experience; it does not aim to get information generalizable to larger groups.

Qualitative

The major category of research where researchers tend to adopt an inductive approach, which means they develop a theory or look for a pattern of meaning based on data collected. This involves a move from the specific to the general and is sometimes called a bottom-up approach.

Pragmatic approach

The major category of research where a method best suited to research problem is used; in here, different approaches can be complementary.

Pragmatic approach

The major category of research where researchers have the freedom to use any of the methods, techniques and procedures typically associated with quantitative or qualitative research. They may also use different techniques at the same time or one after the other.

Advocacy/ participatory

The major category of research where research directly or indirectly results in some kind of reform; involves group being studied, preferably at all stages.

1. Examining a research problem/topic

2. Identifying a specific research topic

3. Conceptualizing

4. Choosing appropriate research methods/tools

5. Conducting research

6. Analyzing data

7. Writing final paper

8. Publishing

What is the generic model of the research process?